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An Uncomplicated History of the Metal Gear Franchise

March 21, 2009 in Blog comments 14

In celebration of the iPhone release of Metal Gear Solid Touch, Gaming Target looks back at the Metal Gear saga while steering clear of the complicated (and at times baffling) plot twists.

With releases on just about every platform from the past twenty years, numerous sequels, remakes and non-canonical spinoffs, Metal Gear is one of the most prolific and longest-living series in gaming. It paved the way for stealth gaming in general, and in particular, broke ground for tech-stealth games like Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Syphon Filter. It's impossible to do justice to such a wide-ranging experience in so few words—that this history can only hope to scratch the surface is a testament to the depth of the Metal Gear experience.
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    Existence Mar 22, 09
    "Uncomplicated" history of Metal Gear? Now this, I gotta see.
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    Ameer Mar 22, 09
    This site looks tiny on bigger resolutions.
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      chautemoc Mar 22, 09
      There's a zoom function to fix that.
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        Ameer Mar 23, 09
        The layout should be a little more flexible than that.........I mean, catering for the lower resolution crowd is fine (they constitute the majority, 1024x768 anyway) but the site should be a little more fluid. It shouldn't have to be up to the user to zoom in what should be a little bigger in the first place.
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          chautemoc Mar 23, 09
          Oh, sorry, I misunderstood, I thought you meant for the source.
          I used this add-on when I had a smaller monitor so the zoom was set permanently for GG. Worked well enough..perhaps it could alleviate your conundrum.

          In any case, the forums are a better place for complaints.
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          Ameer Mar 23, 09
          I did mean for the source.
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    Bale Fire* Mar 23, 09
    Uncomplicated yes, but misses a lot of key points. Barely even mentions MGS4.
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    Twin_Master Mar 23, 09
    You just gotta love the MGS storyline and it's intricateness.
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    Tiger of Wu Mar 23, 09
    Snake shoots bad guys.

    That's all people really need to know.
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    Existence Mar 23, 09
    He doesn't even mention how Ocelot manipulates the whole series- Basically, all of them happened because of his actions. (except MGS3, of course)
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    EOM Bassist Mar 23, 09
    Everytime I try to pay attention to any MGS storyline I fall asleep. This time needless to say, was no different. No offence intended.
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      Existence Mar 24, 09
      Yeah, trying to read the whole storyline from a site is a very boring affair. You have to experience it to enjoy it.
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        Ameer Mar 27, 09
        Even playing it gets tedious with the sheer volume of cutscenes you have to wade through.
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    Oblivion 1 Mar 27, 09
    MGS4 was okay, but i'd rather play an older MGS game. Plus MGS4 was mostly cut scenes. Im not too sure about its older PS2 brothers but I find that kind of boring. Could be just me. I dont mind a good story now and then, but id rather watch a movie than do basically nothing and then watch a cut scene. Could be jsut me though.

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