You see, before this year’s Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2 release, it was nearly impossible to play MGS4 on anything but a PS3.
Reception to the title since its 2008 debut has always been mixed, due to its very long cutscenes and environments that can make it easy for players to get lost or found. However, I’ve always had a soft spot for it, due to the game’s smart narrative on nostalgia.
Buy the Master Collection Vol 2 from Amazon (£42.99)Now, having played it three times on my Nintendo Switch 2, here’s why the game, remastered for Master Collection Vol 2, along with Peace Walker and Ghost Babel that are also included, is a perfect example of going full-circle for fans, game preservation, and for the series as a whole.
'Free from the System!'
Fans, myself included, were puzzled as to why – but it turns out that, as Snake is a clone of Big Boss, the aging process has accelerated faster than what many in the Metal Gear world have anticipated. But once the game arrived in June 2008, it turned out to be Snake’s final story, at least at the time of writing. (Like everyone else we're watching Kojima's movements very closely right now!)
As mentioned before, nostalgia abounds in Metal Gear Solid 4. At certain moments, you can press a button that will bring up a memory from games earlier in the series. Or, you’ll hear a ‘whoosh’ sound, similar to a flashback from the TV series Lost, where something will play that will also bring about a memory from the past.
View Green Video on the source websiteEven the last moments of this act, where you get to control Metal Gear Rex, it wraps up this section of revisiting Shadow Moses so perfectly that you almost don’t want it to end.
Everything runs at 60 FPS, and being able to play the game in handheld mode feels impossible after so many years of being restricted to the PS3, but it’s real.
'It’s not over yet!'
It’s narratively perfect, as the first boss you face in 1998’s Metal Gear Solid is Ocelot, and it begins with the life bar and music from the classic game. It progressively changes to MGS2, then MGS3, with their respective sounds.
It seems like Konami knew that it had to get Metal Gear Solid 4 right for this remaster, out of the gate, and it succeeded. But what’s next?
Perhaps 2015’s Metal Gear Solid V could be remastered, along with the spin-off, 2013’s Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
But, as things stand, it’s a great time to be a Metal Gear Solid fan - even if you’re new to the series. Right now, you can play almost the entire lineup of games on a Switch, a PS5, PC, and others, discovering Solid Snake’s journey from 1987 to 2008.
The Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2 is out now, and you can order your copy from Amazon.
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