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What The Metal Gear Solid Series Did Right

February 05, 2011 in News comments 10

Solid Snake's tale is long-completed, but Metal Gear Solid is far from over. OXCGN looks back on what exactly made that series so special, and poses surprising views.

It’s been over two and a half years since we experienced the end of Solid Snake‘s tale and what would be the true “end” of the series to the fanbase.

Snake gave his final salute at the end of Metal Gear Solid 4, and to longtime fans of the series (including the MSX versions) it was one of the most powerful moments this generation.

Here we have a hero that not only came to define the PlayStation platform, but ushered in the mainstream version of the stealth genre; now he’s out of our lives forever.

While there will obviously be more entries in the series, they ultimately don’t matter as much. Kojima has (after nearly a dozen years) officially moved on, but the team is still intact.

I pose a question to you: what exactly did Metal Gear Solid [as a series] do that was just so captivating?
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  • 3
    Drogo Baggins Feb 6, 11
    Question: What did the Metal Gear Solid series do right???

    Answer: EVERYTHING!!!

    Just try and disagree...Go on...
    • 3
      reaver11 Feb 6, 11
      Took the words right outa my mouth.
    • 2
      FinalFantasyFanaticc Feb 6, 11
      Haha, I saw the name of the article and thought exactly this!
    • 1
      Hideo1 Feb 6, 11
      Well the way the story was told was overly long and convoluted.

      Otherwise, I can't exactly disagree.

      And yes, those words from me describing a sentence by you is as much of a shock to myself as it is to yourself.
      • 0
        Drogo Baggins Feb 6, 11
        quote Hideo1
        Well the way the story was told was overly long and convoluted.
        I can actually agree with that, especially when it comes to MGS2. There were several scenes leaving me asking myself what was going on.

        I think MGS1, MGS3 and MGS4 are damn near perfect though, and I think that when you look at the series as a whole, the few flaws within it can be easily forgiven.

        EDIT: Oh, and-

        quote Hideo1
        And yes, those words from me describing a sentence by you is as much of a shock to myself as it is to yourself.
        I'm not surprised. Sometimes I hate to agree with me too.
    • 0
      Xander756 Feb 10, 11
      Okay I will. The story is a complete MESS. The first game was one of my favorite all time but after that the series took a dramatic downturn into the crapper, at least in my opinion.
      • 0
        reaver11 Feb 12, 11
        Your entitled to your opinion. But I'll let you know that once it's figured out, it makes sense, and is one of the better stories out there. But I'll give it to you - MGS2 had a helluva weird climax. MGS3 though was pretty easy to follow, and MGS4 was half/half. If you got MGS2, 4 was easy to follow. If you didn't...then you were pretty much screwed. I appreciated how Kojima did 4, in that he didn't cater to any newcomers by re-adding plot elements to help them get it. I hate it when deva do that. It's so annoying.

        But yeah, the story is convoluted, but once understood, it's fantastic. I swear, it took me years to figure out that damn AI in MGS2.
  • 0
    Bale Fire Feb 6, 11
    It's hard really to pick out exactly what the games did right.
    Generally though they were always pushing boundaries, so I'll go with that.
  • 1
    Metallica Feb 6, 11
    Well lets see:

    Character depth.
    Fun, challenging game play.
    Great boss fights.
    One hell of a story!
    Graphics.. They played a small part really, if MGS4 had MGS1 graphics, the game would still be as epic!

    But really, words cannot describe how great the series was and to be honest It's going to be hard for developers to try and top the action, emotion and dedication that Hideo Kojima put in to those games.
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    Metallica Feb 6, 11
    Oh I forgot to mention, they never milked the series nore did they just want money from it, they told the back story also by releasing prequels and didn't rush them out to make cash, it was a passion unlike some games of today.

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