WAS ANYONE GONNA TELL ME GETTING 100% COMPLETION IN THE EPILOGUE LEADS TO A SCENE WITH JOHN VISITING ARTHUR’S GRAVE AND TALKING TO HIM AS UNSHAKEN PLAYS OR WAS I SUPPOSED TO FIND THAT OUT BY MYSELF???
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes & The Phantom Pain
If you are an absolute stickler for chronological order, here:
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes & The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Are Metal Gear 1 & 2 necessary?
You can read a plot summary of Metal Gear. But Metal Gear 2 has a lot of plot points and characters that return in the next game. I’d say don’t skip unless you just really really can’t get into old 2D games.
What about Portable Ops?
It’s not really canon.
Original Metal Gear Solid or Twin Snakes Remake?
I’m always gonna vouch for the original, unless you absolutely need more polygons. It’s more or less the same– just directed like a fanboy’s version of The Matrix.
Playing options:
There’s two collections that have a majority of the games:
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection - MG1, MG2, MGS2, MGS3, MGS: PW
Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection - MG1, MG2, MGS2, MGS3, MGS4, MGS: PW (plus a download code for MGS1 if bought new)
I really recommend playing if you can because they have some really unique and enjoyable segments. If that’s not an option, I’d vote for a movie that features some game play or a let’s play over a cutscene compilation.
Anything else?
Yes, Metal Gear Rising is the best spin-off ever. It’s hack-n-slash rather than stealth, but it has the typical off-the-rails plot and endearing characters. It takes place after MGS4.
