Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 confirmed for a Steam release

I'm excited too! But mainly for the extras, I must admit (I loved Metal Gear Solid, but its follow-ups were never of interest to me) - it's always nice to see the MSX games get some more spotlight, and the included digital graphic-novel and guides look good, too.


Last edited by Pengling on 22 June 2023 at 10:57 am UTC

I was excited when I heard the rumours, but I'm concerned that this is just a re-release of the same content already available on PC. I think a lot of us have been looking forward to a MGS remake for a long time and Konami doesn't seem to be willing to do anything about it. At this point I'm concerned this won't be just a set of emulators with locked down settings providing a worse overall experience.

"Snake? Answer me snake! Snakeeeeeee!!!!" I remember those screams from mgs1 really well when snake died. It was a great game to play with ps1. And what about metal gear 1 and 2? A great stuff at the time. So Valve, here's all my money!
Err I mean I will buy this collection as soon as possible without spending all my fortune on it. It would be disastrous.

I am looking forward to this....... CRAB BATTLE!!!!.....

I was excited when I heard the rumours, but I'm concerned that this is just a re-release of the same content already available on PC. I think a lot of us have been looking forward to a MGS remake for a long time and Konami doesn't seem to be willing to do anything about it. At this point I'm concerned this won't be just a set of emulators with locked down settings providing a worse overall experience.

Metal Gear Solid 3 has never been available on PC. There is also a remake on the making for Metal Gear Solid 3 (perhaps not the remake people wanted), and there are rumours that is only the first of the main trilogy because it makes sense chronologically. The code in the Konami's website apparently* shows that there will also be a Master Collection 2 including the never released on PC MGS4.

I also think Konami is full of crap, but saying things that aren't true won't help anybody.

Last, but not least, I'm always puzzled with the community expecting some remakes, and giving more importance to them that to new titles, like if was the only way for them to enjoy a game. Let's not allow companies dictate when is good to replay a game :(

* I say apparently because a few people said it on a Discord chat, but I haven't been able to find it.

EDIT: I'll be picking it up. Even though I find the €60 mark, in some console markets, very expensive.


Last edited by Arehandoro on 22 June 2023 at 1:43 pm UTC

The best news was going to the Konami website and reading that the regional voice translations made for MGS will be available as a separate download for free. These are not available on GoG.

I'm disappointed with this. For me it's just a quick cash-grab release with zero effort at all.
They could have used the GC version of MGS1 (The twin snakes) as a base. And then the 3DS version for snake eater with all the qol changes. Instead we just get a collection of roms with some visual novels slapped in to make us believe it's "good value".

Good for you if you like it, but not for me, I'm not gonna give Konami money for this lazy collection (although considering the quality of most collection nowadays, I have to say this one is not the worst I've seen).

For me MGS went on a downhill path. MGS was the best, then MGS 2, then MGS 3, then MGS 4, and then MGS V which I couldn't even complete. Every release was worse than the one before. With every release the story gets more and more complicated, and the gameplay changes between releases make them sometimes feel like different games rather than a continuation of the same game. MGS 3 gameplay is quite different from MGS, MGS 2 has a different protagonist, while MGS V is open world! It feels like Konami looks out in the market for whatever is currently hot among players and puts it in an MGS game. Compare that to Uncharted and you'll understand what I mean.

I would like to play MGS1 on a very low resolution with pixelated textures as it was on the PSX. I prefer that style over the more smooth graphics of the PC version.

They could have used the GC version of MGS1 (The twin snakes) as a base.

If I'm not mistaken, Konami doesn't fully own the rights to that particular Metal Gear Solid remake - because it was a paid-for GameCube exclusive which also contained Nintendo cameo content, it's part-owned by Nintendo. It also occasionally floats around that possibly bits of it might also be with the developer, Silicon Knights.

At any rate, it seems that this might be why this version doesn't tend to get mentioned anymore, and has never been used as the basis for any re-releases or collections.

Disclaimer: Not a legal expert, this is simply as far as I know.

I would like to play MGS1 on a very low resolution with pixelated textures as it was on the PSX. I prefer that style over the more smooth graphics of the PC version.

You're not the only one! After all, its comic-bookish visuals were designed around the target hardware and resolution. I always felt it looked weird when smoothed out, too.

MGS 3 gameplay is quite different from MGS, MGS 2 has a different protagonist, while MGS V is open world!

You've potentially missed that MGS 3 & 5 have a different protagonist to 1 & 4

Spoiler, click me

and that 5 has a different protagonist to 3

.

Metal Gear Solid 3 has never been available on PC. There is also a remake on the making for Metal Gear Solid 3 (perhaps not the remake people wanted), and there are rumours that is only the first of the main trilogy because it makes sense chronologically. The code in the Konami's website apparently* shows that there will also be a Master Collection 2 including the never released on PC MGS4.

3 on PC will be interesting, but it depends entirely on how they manage it. I just don't see the effort going into it based on the video. I've gotten hyped up for other game ports before and been completely deflated when the finished product barely runs at all on high end hardware, or fails to be any better than a basic emulator.

Last, but not least, I'm always puzzled with the community expecting some remakes, and giving more importance to them that to new titles, like if was the only way for them to enjoy a game. Let's not allow companies dictate when is good to replay a game :(

I'm entitled to my own opinion, but I know for a fact that a large portion of the MGS fandom would love a well made remake of MGS with modern sensibilities, moreso now that Capcom is making their old games into modern hits. I spent 80 hours in RE4R and can easily see myself doing the same in a similar MGS remake.

Also, a lot of the "get it working" re-releases of classic games have been full of issues, performance being a big one. I'm just hoping they actually do the work to make it a more enjoyable experience than running the game in an emulator. There are unofficial HD texture packs coming out for a lot of these games.


Last edited by DrNick on 23 June 2023 at 4:31 am UTC

MGS 3 gameplay is quite different from MGS, MGS 2 has a different protagonist, while MGS V is open world!

You've potentially missed that MGS 3 & 5 have a different protagonist to 1 & 4

Spoiler, click me

and that 5 has a different protagonist to 3

.

Hey, you can add these four fellas to that crowd too, if you want.

Finally a thread not Bomberman related.......

Hey, you can add these four fellas to that crowd too, if you want.

God Dammit Pengling.......

Finally a thread not Bomberman related.......

Hey, you can add these four fellas to that crowd too, if you want.

God Dammit Pengling.......

Sorry buddy, I'm not the one who put them there!

Cool,
I loved the original PS1 game but after that there were too many "Stealth" genre games and I got fed up with it so didn't play any since.
Of course I have them all on my Deck and Ally via emulation but so many other things ahead of them in the queue....this release can make them jump up that queue.

Good to see them make a collection with the original MSX games and the very different NES games all together.
I never got around to playing these but it's a good chance to catch up.
Sure could emulate them great but an official resource is good, especially when they don't toss out an odd version or two.

Sure could emulate them great but an official resource is good, especially when they don't toss out an odd version or two.

I'm hoping that they'll be using the official retranslations for the MSX titles, since they've included them as bonuses in some previous releases as well, and the original official English version of the first MSX Metal Gear was apparently missing a lot of the script.

This to me would have been awesome about 5-7 years ago to be honest. Instead of re releasing these games (with i believe were already released for PC at some point except for mgs3) they should have just ported mgs4 for PC..

Sure could emulate them great but an official resource is good, especially when they don't toss out an odd version or two.

I'm hoping that they'll be using the official retranslations for the MSX titles, since they've included them as bonuses in some previous releases as well, and the original official English version of the first MSX Metal Gear was apparently missing a lot of the script.

I don't think we have much to worry about there Konami has been good about their retro collections and will likely use the best version thats already out there.
I hope they include that original bad translation too just for curiosity sake.
Then no one will have to dig out the rom just to find out.
Hmm though I guess the remake of the ps1 game might not be in there just the PS1 version so it might not be complete.
Maybe I missed something.


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