Metal Gear Solid is the best series ever. Period.

[Wolf Kanno]

the first Metal Gear Solid is one of the best games ever the second was so disappointing because you had to be that wimp Radien! but the third was great a lot like James Bond really but i wanted them to make the game where snake fights his dad Big Boss and Grey Fox the new game should be good though.

If you can get a hold of MGS3:Subsistence, it comes with a port of the first Metal Gear games for the MSX. MG1 is kinda've awkward and more intriguing in theory than execution but Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is basically a 2d MGS1. A great plot, wonderful boss fights and puzzles that were ahead of it's time. It also has your battle with Grey Fox (he's a wuss by the way...) and a pretty damn hilarious battle with Big Boss.

[Shoeberto]

I'm going to point out first and foremost that I've only played the original MGS on PS1 and Twin Snakes.

I was a little disappointed in both. For as much as people hype the gameplay, you sure spend a lot of time not using it. I know that the creators spend a lot of time trying to craft this story, but there doesn't seem to be enough balance. This was most notable when you'd get a long cinematic with a boss or something, then leave the room, get a long-winded codec call, go forward two steps and get another codec call.

That, and I thought the whole "cruel relentless boss spilling his/her guts and deciding to turn to the good side thing" was lame. There, I said it.

I still plan on checking out the two sequels, of course, and it's possible they'll change my mind. Right now, though, MGS rests in my head in the same place as Halo: People treat it as if it's a flawless series, and while it's well-executed, there's a lot of problems that tarnish it a bit.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Raiden wasn't queer, he was having a baby with his (not ugly) girlfriend and his job involved shooting people in the face, blowing up mechs, defusing bombs and slashing people up with a katana.
Possibly the least queer actions I know.

queer
–adjective
1. strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different

[Roto13]

He wasn't queer in that sense, either, which wasn't what you meant when you posted it anyway.

[Psychotic]

Metal Gear Solid makes me happy in the pants.

I can't decide if the original or MGS3 was my favourite.

Metal Gear Solid had the best story and characters. Nothing beats FOXHOUND. ...well, except Solid Snake. I really liked the jungle setting of MGS3, and had endless fun mindlessly slaughtering animals or alternatively, capturing them and using them against guards. As soon as I find the cobalt blue tarantula, (it's on the walls in the prison area of Granin's lab) every single one of my kills from then on will be through me throwing the little critter onto a guard and having it bite him, slowly poisoning him to death. It's just little things like that which cause me to drool uncontrollably.

MGS2 wasn't a bad game, I just didn't really feel anything towards any of the characters, and no empathy isn't a good thing. Still, I did enjoy the overall plot.

[Rye]

I've only played MGS3, but I loved it. Psy is right when he says that the little details are fantastic.

[Jack]

He wasn't queer in that sense, either, which wasn't what you meant when you posted it anyway.

Roto is right.

MGS2 wasn't a bad game, I just didn't really feel anything towards any of the characters, and no empathy isn't a good thing.

I dunno, I felt more for Emma then anyone else. Oh, and Solid. I think the problem with that one is that it comes off too Steven Segal in places, and therefore the characters lose out in the end. I think the difference with MGS2 was that I thought the bad guys had a good point, right until Solidus justifies killing Raiden just to find the Patriots at the end. Silly boy. I showed him.

I really liked the jungle setting of MGS3, and had endless fun mindlessly slaughtering animals or alternatively, capturing them and using them against guards.

I did as well, although the CQC was more fun for me. Only problem with MGS3? Camera angle was a pig at times. Might get MGS3:Subsistence and see if I enjoy it more.

[Wolf Kanno]

I have mix feelings about the whole Otacon/E.E. plot, but in the end it proves that the entire point of MGS2 was to make the player feel awkward and on edge.

Though I agree that Solidus was more good than evil, he just pushed the concept of "the end justifies the means" a wee bit too far... I didn't care for anyone else in Dead Cell though. Vamp has a second chance to impress me in MGS4...

Anyone else thinking that Big Boss is going to return in MGS4? He's become increasingly popular since MGS3 and MGS:PO. Also, MGS1 was really evasive about his remains. Snake asked the Colonel why they just didn't hand over his body and Campbell didn't really answer...

Subsistence's camera might help you, I never really had a problem with the original but some people did I guess... Most say the camera helps in Subsistence. I never really found it very useful.

[Croyles]

I liked 1, but then got bored of it with 2 and 3.
3 was just a japanese marketing/product scam in my eyes.
Im curious what MGS4 will be like, but im not that excited.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

I'll say this though: Metal Gear 2 (y'know, the one in Zanzibar Land) is really, really good.

[arcanedude34]

Its alright, but if you like it so much more, shouldn't you all be in a MGS forum instead?

[Pike]

I love Metal Gear Solid. So much. The characters are so great and it's just overall such a fun series.

MGS4 is the main reason I want a PS3.

[NorthernChaosGod]

He wasn't queer in that sense, either, which wasn't what you meant when you posted it anyway.

So... you're reading my mind now?

If I had meant what you thought I meant, I would have said "Raiden is a queer." And compared to Snake, yes, Raiden is queer.

[Roto13]

He wasn't queer in that sense, either, which wasn't what you meant when you posted it anyway.

So... you're reading my mind now?

No, I'm reading your posting history now. Lots of homophobia in there.

[Eiko Guy]

I like it...Raiden is soooo hot I could just eat him up