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[xValentine]

Spoilers, you have been warned.


So I bought the MGS:Legacy and playing through MGS1 again and im in the torture chamber now and still thinking if im just gonna let her die or go nuts pressing circle to get her ending.

So what you say gaf, you only have 1 playthrough, what would you do?

 

[SJRB]

Did you play any other MGS game? If not, don't read:

Spoiler

It doesn't matter

 

[NIGHT-]

The better ending is when you don't save her, but I prefer to be the awesome hero and save her

by better I mean more emotional

 

[protonion]

The cut scenes and codec when not saving her are more enjoyable imo.

 

[-Kees-]

When I first played MGS I didn't even know that you could just give up. I just though you had to survive all of it.

My arms hurt.

 

[Red Chocobo]

Save.

She's alive in MGS4. Letting her die will mess up the continuity if you are playing through the series.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

You've just reminded me that I never managed to save her

My tiny hands as a kid just couldn't do it.

 

[SneakyStephan]

I believe that if you don't save her you get the camo suit, if you save her you get the bandana, both outcomes have a slightly different ending cutscene

 

[xValentine]

^
that is correct, but I kinda dont carr about those since you only get them on your next playthrough.

I still got 2, 3, and 4 to replay.

Save.

She's alive in MGS4. Letting her die will mess up the continuity if you are playing through the series.

Heh, this make sense.

Ill try to pull it like i did when i was a kid.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Playing through MGS1 multiple times as a kid I don't think I ever bothered to save her once. It was way too hard.

 

[NameGenerated]

Save.

She's alive in MGS4. Letting her die will mess up the continuity if you are playing through the series.

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

Identifying a person by staring at their butt. This sort of genius hasn't been replicated in gaming since MGS1.

 

[Gen X]

I believe that if you don't save her you get the camo suit, if you save her you get the bandana, both outcomes have a slightly different ending cutscene

Is one ending

Spoiler

you wearing the bandana

and the other

Spoiler

you wearing the camo suit

?

 

[Law Abiding Stranger]

In my opinion MGS's story and turn of events is way, way better if you don't save Meryl and stick to Otacon.

It kinda fits nice to their friendship in MGS2.

 

[Seth Balmore]

Don't. Not worth it. There are benefits to not saving her.

Spoiler

You get the awesomesauce stealth camouflage if you submit to the torture. Best replay item EVER. If you do save her, you get the infinite ammo bandana which is cool I guess but it's not effin' stealth camouflage.

Spoiler

'sides, Dave and Hal for life, yo. Bros b4 hos.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

I saved her the first play through and got the bandana. Of course I had to let her die the second play through to get the active camo.

I say save her. You're the hero after all.

 

[DeadRockstar]

I saved her on my first playthrough when I was a kid. I was a nicer person back then, so that's probably the right thing to do

 

[Yagharek]

Don't. Not worth it. There are benefits to not saving her.

Spoiler 1:

Spoiler

You get the awesomesauce stealth camouflage if you submit to the torture. Best replay item EVER. If you do save her, you get the infinite ammo bandana which is cool I guess but it's not effin' stealth camouflage.

Spoiler 2:

Spoiler

'sides, Dave and Hal for life, yo. Bros b4 hos.

Have to agree with this.

With regards to the first spoiler:

Spoiler

The best thing about stealth camo is walking around placing C4 on the backs of the genome soldiers.

 

[Cyborg]

When I first played MGS I didn't even know that you could just give up. I just though you had to survive all of it.

My arms hurt.

Well .....when I first played MGS1 I didnt know what did cause Meryl to survive. My friend said You need to play it on HARD in under 5hours......so I did that 3 time and every time she died! LOL

So It took me 4 playtroughs to figure out how she survives!

 

[Seth Balmore]

With regards to the first spoiler:

Spoiler

The best thing about stealth camo is walking around placing C4 on the backs of the genome soldiers.

Exactly!

 

[Sword Familiar]

Identifying a person by staring at their butt. This sort of genius hasn't been replicated in gaming since MGS1.

And yet no outrages and 'MGS can fuck off into space'.

Save her. For the love of that butt.

 

[Sgblues]

Well when given a choice in games, I always do the "right" thing first, so with MGS I saved her, but at the time I played the game I didn't think it would have affected the reward at the end till a friend who, had the game told me you got different stuff if you saved her or not.

 

[bobbytkc]

After mgs4, I wished I hadn't saved Meryl.

One of the worst subplots I have experienced.

 

[Croyles]

I keep thinking RTTP is Late To The Party pronounced in a heavy Japanese accent...

As for Meryl? I always save her. The ending with

Spoiler

Otacon on the back of your bike

is just weird.

 

[xValentine]

Thank god for Mei Ling remembering me to save, forgot that theres no auto save in this game. Almost lost 3 hours of gameplay. lol

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Does she sleep with you after saving her? Well there is your answer.


(totally joking)

 

[Krusenstern]

For the life of me, I never managed to succeed in that minigame. I had to give up the first time I played it because I haven't saved for a long time. Didn't want to lose my progress and had to give up before I got killed. I felt like a loser afterwards.

 

[toddhunter]

Dicking around with guards at the start of the next playthrough makes it an easy choice.

Some of the best pure gaming fun you can have.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Letting her die is the better ending, but it's not canon.

 

[Marvel]

I saved her, though with MGS4 I too wish I hadn't. Bitch.

lol.

 

[angular graphics]

Save of course! This is a human life we're talking about, not silly games!

 

[xValentine]

Well i just beasted it, it wasnt so hard as I remembered. My life never even went down pass 2/3.


Now Im in the cell waiting for the ketchup!

Okay, i remembered either otacon or ninja will appear here, how do you get those?

 

[Jawmuncher]

I always save beryl these days. But as a kid mashing that O button was to much. So is always give up.

 

[jsnepo]

The better ending is when you don't save her, but I prefer to be the awesome hero and save her

by better I mean more emotional

This. Too bad it isn't canon. Damn MGS4.

 

[Frost_Ace]

I like the Otacon ending more personally.

 

[Torquill]

I prefer not to save her and just let my brain fill in the blanks to maintain continuity with 4 (Snake was lied too when told she was killed, which he discovers shortly after the end of MGS). It doesn't take a lot to rectify .

 

[Stealth_Cobra]

From a storytelling and item given perspective, I prefer the Otacon ending... But the Meryl ending is cool in it's own right, at least in terms of saving both NPCs and it being a happy End... Oh and not screwing continuity.

Still, I think failing and losing Meryl made Snake even more human. The good ending makes him a hero after all ,while the bad ending makes Snake and Otacon lose someone very important to them. I also love how it brings about the fact Snake is , as he says "not a hero". He could not save the girl, was used, was infected, now he'll die of Foxdie in Alaska somewhere having mansex with Otacon... XD

 

[SneakyStephan]

Is one ending

Spoiler

you wearing the bandana

and the other

Spoiler

you wearing the camo suit

?

Spoiler

One ending is you riding out of the base with Meryl on the back of your motorcycle and otacon talking through the radio, the other is you riding out of the base with otacon on the back of the motorcycle. Meryl gives you her bandana, otacon gives you the camo suit he made

My memory is fuzzy it's been like 15 years since I played it.

 

[VeryGooster]

stealth camouflage > infinite ammo bandana

 

[xValentine]

Stopped at the start of the 2nd disk.

Now the long run of making the key card cold then hot.

 

[legacyzero]

Save.

She's alive in MGS4. Letting her die will mess up the continuity if you are playing through the series.

TIME PARADOX

EDIT: Dammit, beaten :lol

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

The only way I could save her was with a turbo controller. Fortunately Ocelot was full of shit and couldn't tell that I was cheating.

 

[Messi]

I could'nt physically do it. I failed you Meryl.

 

[Tuck]

Save.

She's alive in MGS4. Letting her die will mess up the continuity if you are playing through the series.

Yeah this. Saving Meryl is the "canon" ending.

 

[Jotamide]

Is there any way to report this post? I started a playthrough of MGS 2 days ago and the OP goes and puts spoilers on the fucking title. Unacceptable.

 

[Ambitious]

I recently got the Legacy Collection too. Should I play MG and MG2 or just play the MGS games? How relevant is the story of the MG games?

 

[SneakyStephan]

Is there any way to report this post? I started a playthrough of MGS 2 days ago and the OP goes and puts spoilers on the fucking title. Unacceptable.

Aeris dies in ff7

 

[zoukka]

Of course you save her ;__;

 

[NIN90]

Not saving her gives you that sweet camo that makes you invisible.

 

[Jotamide]

Aeris dies in ff7

I got the Legacy Collection recently, just like OP. Is tagging spoilers too fucking much to ask for? Now we even have a damn button for it to do it automatically on the reaply windows for fuck's sake!