Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Rumors

There are rumors going around that the three Metal Gear Solid games before Metal Gear Solid 4 but after the original 8-bit Metal Gear games will be showing up on an HD Collection. There's not much to go on with this, so I'm just going to nerd out over the three games that are being talked about.

The Metal Gear franchises is one of the greatest and most groundbreaking franchises in video games (ridiculously long cutscenes aside). It pioneered stealth gaming with Metal Gear's release on the MSX Japanese home computer in 1986. But the ones that are being talked about are the ones on the PS1 and PS2.

Pure, unadulterated awesomenes

Metal Gear Solid has already had a remake in the Gamecube game Twin Snakes. However, I wasn't incredibly satisfied with it and I would love to see a great HD remake of the game. It's often considered the crowning achievement of the original PlayStation and one of the greatest games in history. It had a great story (even with a major research failure on genetics), the best voice acting of the time, and some of the greatest boss fights in history.


The fight against Psycho Mantis where you have to plug your controller into the second socket is legendary. The fight against the Hind-D, Sniper Wolf, Metal Gear REX itself, and Liquid Snake on the top of Metal Gear REX. Despite being a stealth game based on patience, it's an adrenaline rush.

Despite what the cover shows, Snake isn't the main character

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a very polarizing game in terms of its story. It's gameplay was revolutionary and was one of the games that helped put the PS2 into the dominant position that it would hold for the rest of the generation. But a change in playable characters, the cutscenes that continued to grow longer, the overly-complex and hard-to-follow story, turned a few people off.


To be fair, the story makes MUCH more sense after playing the later games in the series, particularly Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. And like the first game, the boss fights were freaking awesome.

The Masterpiece

Ah, and here's the one that I'm really going to nerd out with. As amazing as all the other games are, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the masterpiece of the series in my mind. If this HD Collection is a rumor, I HIGHLY recommend picking this one up.

While it still has a complex story, it focuses more on its characters and simplifies it enough to make a story that's easy to follow and easy to enjoy. It takes all the great gameplay elements from Metal Gear Solid 2 and improves on everything else. It serves as an affectionate parody of the spy-movie genre like James Bond films while serving as a very compelling backstory for Big Boss, Snake's father and villain from the first two 8-bit Metal Gear games. Yet despite its humor, it's also the most depressing game in the series.

I can't think of any other game that made me shed more tears than Metal Gear Solid 3. Yeah there are games that do that to me and I'm fine with admitting it. If you get to the end of this game and don't choke up a bit, shame on you.

Don't worry big guy. We're all crying with you too.

Like in all the other games, the boss fights were AMAZING! One is a sniper duel that can potentially last 1-2 hours. One is against a guy who fires flame everywhere. But it's the final boss fight that sticks out in my mind as being both awesome and quite possibly the most emotionally powerful boss fight in video game history.

The biggest badass in the series (yeah that awesome) and the most emotional boss fight ever.

If this HD Collection does come out, I highly recommend that you pick it up if you can (as long as they're faithful to their originals). These three games are all outstanding, even Metal Gear Solid 2 with its flaws. If it doesn't come out and it's just a rumor. I highly recommend checking these all out, especially Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

I may have wasted your time with this but I love this series so much. I'll post more news about the rumor as it comes along.