Got Ground Zeros on sale a week or two ago but haven't played it.
I also have MGS4 because I got it day one and I never played it either, no idea why.
Would you suggest I jump straight to GZ? Play through IV first? Buy PSX classics? I've heard the story is crazy complicated and I wanna jump in to this franchise and enjoy it.
You've never played an MGS before? Play Ground Zeroes if you want to since it's a shiny new game and you probably want to play it. Don't worry about the story too much. When you're ready to start going into the series properly, though, play the games
in release order.
If you want to be
super hardcore about it, go:
- Metal Gear (1987)
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990)
- Metal Gear Solid (1998)
- Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions (expansion pack)
- Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel (spinoff)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- The extra missions in Metal Gear Solid 2 (extra)
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
- Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (spinoff, make sure it's number 2)
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- Metal Gear Rising (spinoff)
- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
- And when it comes out, MGSV: Phantom Pain
Play in release order.
If you just want to take a
casual stroll through the main series then and get to the meaty juicy important stuff so you're ready for Phantom Pain while also experiencing the best the series has to offer, go:
Play in release order.
- Metal Gear Solid (1998)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Play in release order.
You already have MGS4. If you're going the casual stroll route, now you just need to buy the
HD COLLECTION which contains MGS2, MGS3, and Peace Walker HD. And then for your first game buy MGS off of PSN. It's like $5 or $10.
Play in release order.
They got Kaz's order wrong, though.
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