Is it worth it to buy this collection?

[lolcd4]

as a newbie to the MGS series,I really only played MGS V. I wanted this but... $50 for the whole thing? that's like 1 week worth of grocery money here. It's 5 games in total yes, have some nice QoL features. But my PC could emmulate games pretty well, and tbh I'm not really keen on dealing with shady downloads anymore like i used to. So, is it still worth it?

[Lethal Placebo]

I think this collection is very much worth it, yes. You'll want a mod for 2 and 3 to fix audio sounding compressed in cutscenes and if you play above 1080p, you'll want MGSHDFix, but if not then you won't need it.

I dunno where you're located, but right now $47.99 is the best price I'm seeing across the board. This past weekend, Green Man Gaming had the collection for around $38, so if you're willing to wait a bit another decent deal will probably come along.

Green Man Gaming, Humble Bundle, and Indie Gala all give you Steam keys when you purchase from there, so check those places too.

[Deathraven13]

Obviously yes. Here's what you get for buying the VOL1 pack:

[Title lineup]
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid (Including VR Missions/Special Missions)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (HD Collection version)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (HD Collection version)
Metal Gear (NES/FC version)
Snake's Revenge

Regional versions of the titles are available as additional downloads.

[Video]
Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel
Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel

[Digital book]
Metal Gear Solid: Screenplay Book
Metal Gear Solid: Master Book
Metal Gear Solid 2: Screenplay Book
Metal Gear Solid 2: Master Book
Metal Gear Solid 3: Screenplay Book
Metal Gear Solid 3: Master Book
Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Screenplay Book
Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Master Book

The digital books can be accessed from the game's main menu screen.

[Soundtrack]
Metal Gear Solid: Digital Soundtrack

The screenplay book is a good guide if you haven played one of the game and are stuck (played MG1 & 2 (MSX) and had no internet, so that helped a lot) and the master book are a good read AFTER you have completed the game.

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

Originally posted by lolcd4:

as a newbie to the MGS series,I really only played MGS V. I wanted this but... $50 for the whole thing? that's like 1 week worth of grocery money here. It's 5 games in total yes, have some nice QoL features. But my PC could emmulate games pretty well, and tbh I'm not really keen on dealing with shady downloads anymore like i used to. So, is it still worth it?

get a key online

[SolidSnakeUAE]

if you can find any cheap used ps3 collection with cheap ps3 you will get the full series otherwise no you will pay old games with outdated controlling system and missing MGS4 and MGSPE.

[Deathraven13]

Originally posted by SolidSnakeUAE:

if you can find any cheap used ps3 collection with cheap ps3 you will get the full series otherwise no you will pay old games with outdated controlling system and missing MGS4 and MGSPE.

Can't use mods on PS3 so it's cheaper but a downgrade.

[Lethal Placebo]

Originally posted by SolidSnakeUAE:

if you can find any cheap used ps3 collection with cheap ps3 you will get the full series otherwise no you will pay old games with outdated controlling system and missing MGS4 and MGSPE.

What you're telling him to do is more expensive than just buying this collection, which are much improved over the PS3 versions...