Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection
Hitting store shelves in a springtime when hundreds of thousands of Hideo Kojima fans were anxiously awaiting the projected summer release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for PlayStation 3, this…
Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection is an adventure developed by Konami Digital Entertainment, released 18 April 2008 on PlayStation 2.
What Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection is
Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection is an adventure game developed by Konami Digital Entertainment and released in 2008. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hitting store shelves in a springtime when hundreds of thousands of Hideo Kojima fans were anxiously awaiting the projected summer release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for PlayStation 3, this PlayStation 2 compilation is presented as an opportunity to catch up on back story, as well as to play (or re-play) through three of the earlier PlayStation consoles' most highly acclaimed stealth games. Included are a PlayStation 2 port of the original PlayStation version of Metal Gear Solid -- the game that some say defined the stealth genre -- and the "Directors Cut" editions of its two PS2 sequels, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, drama and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metal Gear series
Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection is the 33rd of 70 entries we hold in the Metal Gear series. The next entry was Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots in 2008.
What it launched against
Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection launched on 18 April 2008, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto IV, Valkyria Chronicles, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition and Mario Kart Wii.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto IV, Valkyria Chronicles, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii.
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