What's The Best Version Of This Game In 2025?

[Bmash13]

I was thinking about buying a PS3 if I can find the model that has PS2 backwards compatibility. I've heard this version of METAL GEAR SOLID had issues on release, but some of them seem to be ironed out. Out of these versions listed below, which is the best today?

• METAL GEAR SOLID (1998 PS1 Original)
  
• METAL GEAR SOLID (2000 GOG Version)
  
• METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version (2023 Steam Version)

[Deathraven13]

Publicado originalmente por Pino:

sure but people don't pay for a simple emulation. its advertised as a remaster so why they cant even include fixes like better resolution or even a nativ support for min 16:9?[...]

It's not a remaster.

As I've said you really should do some research first.

[Pierce Dalton]

Publicado originalmente por Deathraven13:

Publicado originalmente por Pino:

sure but people don't pay for a simple emulation. its advertised as a remaster so why they cant even include fixes like better resolution or even a nativ support for min 16:9?[...]

It's not a remaster. :MGS2_Otadot2:

As I've said you really should do some research first. :MGS2_Otadot1:

Yes, it's not a remaster but that doesn't have anything to do with resolution settings. The original port wasn't a remaster either but had resolution settings. Some folks really should do some research first.

[danDaedalus]

twin snakes (joke)

[Deathraven13]

Publicado originalmente por danDaedalus:

twin snakes (joke)

[Pino]

Publicado originalmente por Deathraven13:

Publicado originalmente por Pino:

sure but people don't pay for a simple emulation. its advertised as a remaster so why they cant even include fixes like better resolution or even a nativ support for min 16:9?[...]

It's not a remaster. :MGS2_Otadot2:

As I've said you really should do some research first. :MGS2_Otadot1:

you should do some research too, then you would understand that the real developer earns nothing from it and only konami (the publisher who cant even re-sell a game properly) otherwise you wouldn't defend such a capitalistic move. Why people should pay for a game they could easily emulate themselves (especial when they already own the legal original).

and to say "its the original look" is not even right. Its like playing a game with 800p res on a steam deck and on your 1440p monitor. the game is still the same and only the render res is different. So it would be more a fix for modern hardware then a "Remaster".

Please dont defend always capitalinski companies my friend...

[Pierce Dalton]

Publicado originalmente por danDaedalus:

twin snakes (joke)

In reality, that's how Kojima wanted MGS to be since its inception, but obviously many things weren't possible due to budget and hardware limitations. The PS1 couldn't even leave corpses laying around, so many ideas were simply abandoned. With the original soundtrack mod, that actually is the definitive MGS experience. While I'm not a big fan of the new cutscenes, I've seen the original cutscenes a hundred times so it's like whatever, and some cutscenes are actually better like the Psycho Mantis introduction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMjR944Gr_o

[Shibby]

Publicado originalmente por Pierce Dalton:

Publicado originalmente por danDaedalus:

twin snakes (joke)

In reality, that's how Kojima wanted MGS to be since its inception, but obviously many things weren't possible due to budget and hardware limitations. The PS1 couldn't even leave corpses laying around, so many ideas were simply abandoned. With the original soundtrack mod, that actually is the definitive MGS experience. While I'm not a big fan of the new cutscenes, I've seen the original cutscenes a hundred times so it's like whatever, and some cutscenes are actually better like the Psycho Mantis introduction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMjR944Gr_o

Just to add that Kojima has literally said he worked on Twin Snakes.

https://x.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1581489098845749249?t=xwuw9XrIyDkO9D4VKxRZ5A