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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD (360) on sale for $4.94 (67% off)

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Been replaying Peace Walker on Vita lately after losing my PSP save 3/4 through the game many years ago, and part of me wants to cave in and play it on the big screen. The Vita's second analog stick is nice, but nothing takes away the fact that it's still emulating 4 buttons, so aiming is still weird. Is getting the HD Collection worth it on PS3?
 
Flunkie said:
Been replaying Peace Walker on Vita lately after losing my PSP save 3/4 through the game many years ago, and part of me wants to cave in and play it on the big screen. The Vita's second analog stick is nice, but nothing takes away the fact that it's still emulating 4 buttons, so aiming is still weird. Is getting the HD Collection worth it on PS3?
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Definitely. It comes with 5 games. If you haven't finished 2/3 or Peace Walker that makes it alone worth it. Then you also get Metal Gear 1 & 2 as an added bonus. Metal Gear 1 is not amazing, but it's still cool to see where the series started (and is relatively short). And Metal Gear 2 is basically the blueprint Kojima used for MGS1.
 
I would buy it at that price, but I rented it at gamely and beaten it a couple times, so I don't think I would even play it if I did buy it. Where was this price months ago???
 
infinityBCRT said:
Definitely. It comes with 5 games. If you haven't finished 2/3 or Peace Walker that makes it alone worth it. Then you also get Metal Gear 1 & 2 as an added bonus. Metal Gear 1 is not amazing, but it's still cool to see where the series started (and is relatively short). And Metal Gear 2 is basically the blueprint Kojima used for MGS1.
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I do not understand why MG 2 doesn't get more love. Saying it's just a 2d clone of mgs is a bit of a write off.
Personally, it's exactly what I expected a snes era MGS to be, and that is awesome! Was kinda bummed the deathbed heart to heart between big boss and Solid turned out to be a retcon after all, but still a great experience.


But on topic, why no ps3 sale too?
 
infinityBCRT said:
Definitely. It comes with 5 games. If you haven't finished 2/3 or Peace Walker that makes it alone worth it. Then you also get Metal Gear 1 & 2 as an added bonus. Metal Gear 1 is not amazing, but it's still cool to see where the series started (and is relatively short). And Metal Gear 2 is basically the blueprint Kojima used for MGS1.
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I've beaten every other Metal Gear game but PW. I'd much rather buy it for PS3 for $5 than spending the full $20, gah.
 
Romars202129 said:
I do not understand why MG 2 doesn't get more love. Saying it's just a 2d clone of mgs is a bit of a write off.
Personally, it's exactly what I expected a snes era MGS to be, and that is awesome! Was kinda bummed the deathbed heart to heart between big boss and Solid turned out to be a retcon after all, but still a great experience.
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No, I'm saying MGS is a 3D clone of MG2 (which is what most people say).
 
oneida said:
idk why no PS3 games have gone on sale for the Xbox 360 Ultimate Games Sale but we're only on Day 3 so there's still a chance some PS3 games will go on sale. Maybe tomorrow.
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I refuse to keep track of sales events of systems I don't own. I'm just a badass like that.
 
I'm basically getting an Xbox 360 version of a Steam backlog now. I bought this game the last time it was on sale (maybe a year and a half ago?), and I've still barely played it, lol.
 
Daigoro said:
not easy. im pretty sure several of them at least require other people to complete as well. not an easy game to 1000.
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Yup, one of them requires you to S-Rank all missions including Side Ops. However, many Side Ops, mainly the boss battles, require a full online party to beat and on top of that you all need to work together to S-Rank the fight. I've had the game for a while now and have manged to S-Rank all the main missions and achieve either an A or S-Rank on almost all the Side Ops except the super hard boss battles and a few odd Ops.

Still the game is fucking amazing and one of my favorite Metal Gears, there is just SO much content it is unbelievable.
 
Super fun.

If you even remotely like metal gear or you are just in the mood to crawl around a jungle and listen to birds its worth it at $5
 
Story doesn't have the "mature" rating so it may disappoint some but I really liked this title. Story is ok, a tad hokey but the gameplay makes up for it, especially co-oping with a bud who isn't overpowered. Excited Kojima took the base building element of this game to PP, gonna be awesome.
 
FrankWza said:
This isn't true
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But it is true.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-tech-analysis-metal-gear-remastered

Now [MGS2] runs at 60 frames per second all of the time, with just the occasional dip in performance on the PlayStation 3 version of the game
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Metal Gear Solid 3 on PS3 and 360 has some performance issues not just during the cut-scenes but often during gameplay too - the Microsoft machine seems best equipped to stay on the right side of the perceptual divide, while the PS3 game dips below more often.
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I got my Peace Walker PSP bundle a few years back when they were on clearance at K-mart. Installed the game data, downloaded the DLC, haven't touched it since and now I'm contemplating this...jesus.
 
Dr. Black Jack said:
I got my Peace Walker PSP bundle a few years back when they were on clearance at K-mart. Installed the game data, downloaded the DLC, haven't touched it since and now I'm contemplating this...jesus.
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the superior version.

doooooo it.

if anyone wants a gridning partner on XBL hit me up. id like to get back into this game myself, and i got a shitload left to grind... :/
 
Bought it twice. Once on PSP once on Vita. So fucking good. Never got a chance to play co-op either but it was still fantastic.
 
Romars202129 said:
I do not understand why MG 2 doesn't get more love. Saying it's just a 2d clone of mgs is a bit of a write off.
Personally, it's exactly what I expected a snes era MGS to be, and that is awesome! [/B]Was kinda bummed the deathbed heart to heart between big boss and Solid turned out to be a retcon[/B] after all, but still a great experience.


But on topic, why no ps3 sale too?
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MGS4 doesn't exist, nano-machines wiped it out of the minds of the people.
 
Dr. Black Jack said:
Last night, about 630-7pm Central but it lasts through today/maybe early tomorrow morning. They've been posting the next day's dailies early for whatever reason.
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Oh ok I was worried it was ending soon and my friends were gonna miss it. Thanks for the heads up!!

I'm gonna spend all day trying to convince everyone to buy this

I need my MGO fix
 
i remember having trouble getting the final ops. looked for guides on the internet and they didn't help. turns out i needed to level the R&D because i cleared the game without building anything :s
 
Great deal. PW HD is a fantastic up-conversion. The dual stick controls make the game a little too easy though, since it was designed for the PSP and all...
 
chandoog said:
Great deal. PW HD is a fantastic up-conversion. The dual stick controls make the game a little too easy though, since it was designed for the PSP and all...
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Yeah the SP suffers but the Extra missions greatly benefit.

Now imagine a new game for the Vita.
 
infinityBCRT said:
It's because it still is not analog camera controls on the Vita version. It's probably better than the PSP but still not as good as what you're getting on 360/PS3.
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it wasnt so much the stick to face buttons. it was the other presets didnt work. you either have to use the d pad and left analog or the face buttons. i dont remember which one i settled on...maybe action?
 
FrankWza said:
i tried Peace Walker on Vita when the last sale was going on. It was still terrible control-wise.
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It controls much better than the PSP version though. Besides I meant a new game made with the Vita's capabilities in mind, PW had some really small and basic environments as well as a non-existent AI.
 
Oemenia said:
It controls much better than the PSP version though. Besides I meant a new game made with the Vita's capabilities in mind, PW had some really small and basic environments as well as a non-existent AI.
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I know. That's why I said that. It needs native vita controls. It's should have been released with the hd collection. Controls are better than vita but that leads people like me who read things like that and assume the Controls are actually good. They're not. Not saying youre misleading anyone as I have seen it written and commented on this way a bunch of times. only cost me $7 to find out so not a huge deal but in case anyone else was on the fence the consoles are the way to go.
 
FrankWza said:
I know. That's why I said that. It needs native vita controls. It's should have been released with the hd collection. Controls are better than vita but that leads people like me who read things like that and assume the Controls are actually good. They're not. Not saying youre misleading anyone as I have seen it written and commented on this way a bunch of times. only cost me $7 to find out so not a huge deal but in case anyone else was on the fence the consoles are the way to go.
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I agree, its far from ideal, the controls even on consoles were really fiddly so I can't imagine how it would be with less buttons.

It really makes little sense as to why it wasn't ported, PW was hugely popular in Japan as its the best selling MGS released and the game itself is perfectly suited for on-the-go gameplay.
 
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