Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 Overview

[Sascha]

Here are all the games, options, changes, bonus content etc. that are included:

Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake
- Keyboard controls
- Achievements added
- Seperated from MGS3 and turned into its own launcher
- Option to move the screen from the center to left or right
- Option to choose black borders or multiple game related wallpapers
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg1_msx/pc/en/page14.html
- Digital game manual
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg1_msx/pc/en/index.html
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg2/pc/en/index.html
- Screenplay and Master Books
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg1_msx/pc/en/page13.html
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg2/pc/en/page15.html

Metal Gear NES/FC and Snakes Revenge
- Keyboard controls
- Pause menu added that can be opened by pressing LB+RB that let`s you customize controller button assignments
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg1_nes/pc/en/page12.html
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/snakes_revenge/pc/en/page13.html
- Option to move the screen from the center to left or right
- Option to choose black borders or multiple game related wallpapers
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg1_nes/pc/en/page14.html
- Digital game manual
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg1_nes/pc/en/index.html
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/snakes_revenge/pc/en/index.html

Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid Integral (NTSC-J)
- Up-converted 1080p at 30fps
- Keyboard controls
- Achievements added
- Japanese language pack can be downloaded and toogled on
- French, German, Italian and Spanish dubs are included in the eu version
- Added MGS1 disc swap animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdZVqW9gg0g
- Johnny is wearing underwear like in the pc and japanese version
- Pause menu added that can be opened by pressing LB+RB that let`s you customize controller button assignments and also includes the option to virtually swap controller ports from Player 1 to Player 2 for the Psycho Mantis fight
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1/pc/en/page20.html
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1_integral/pc/en/page21.html
- Option to create virtual save data for past titles like Azure Dreams, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Contra Legacy of War, Silent Hill, Suikoden, Vandal Hearts etc. so that Psycho Mantis can read your "memory card" and talk about these games like he did in the original
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1/pc/en/page21.html
- Option to create additional virtual save data for past titles in Integral like Dance Dance Revolution, Gradius Gaiden, Policenauts and Snatcher
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1_integral/pc/en/page22.html
- Option to move the screen from the center to left or right
- Option to choose black borders or multiple game related wallpapers
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1/pc/en/page23.html
- Digital 3D replica of the game's original retail packaging
https://twitter.com/HEITAIs/status/1705751256453755096
- Digital game manual
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1/pc/en/index.html
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1_integral/pc/en/index.html
- Screenplay and Master Books
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1/pc/en/page22.html

Metal Gear Solid VR Missions (NTSC) and Metal Gear Solid Special Missions (PAL)
- Keyboard controls
- Pause menu added that can be opened by pressing LB+RB that let`s you customize controller button assignments
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1_vr_missions/pc/en/page13.html
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1_special_missions/pc/en/page13.html
- Option to move the screen from the center to left or right
- Option to choose black borders or multiple game related borders
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1_vr_missions/pc/en/page16.html
- Digital game manual
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1_vr_missions/pc/en/index.html
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs1_special_missions/pc/en/index.html

Metal Gear Solid 2 HD Edition
- Up-converted 1080p at 60 fps
- Faster load times
- Keyboard controls
- Japanese language pack can be downloaded and toogled on
- Logo in the opening is now similiar in size to how it was in the original PS2 release and not as small as it was in the HD Collection
https://twitter.com/HEITAIs/status/1704840664863944979
- In-game credits like in the opening cutscene now have the same color like in the original PS2 release and aren`t green like in the HD collection
- Pause/delay before codec calls that has been introduced in the hd collection has been fixed
https://twitter.com/HEITAIs/status/1705771322826166730
- Broken Shaver mechanic from the HD Collection has been fixed
https://twitter.com/Kuwabara357/status/1716203679412273289
- Dog tags fall to the side of guards now after holdups instead of ontop of the guard
- Digital game manual
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs2/pc/en/index.html
- Screenplay and Master Books
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs2/pc/en/page27.html

Metal Gear Solid 3 HD Edition
- Up-converted 1080p at 60fps
- Faster load times
- Keyboard and partial mouse controls
- Japanese language pack can be downloaded and toogled on
- Snake Eater song in the beginning now works as intended and isn`t out of sync like in the HD Collection
- Pause/delay for changing camouflage and opening the cure menu that have been introduced in the HD Collection have been fixed
- Certain visual effects that were broken in the HD Collection have been fixed
https://twitter.com/naven0m/status/1716209978137059339
- Some treatment movies (like removing leech) didn`t play properly in the hd collection which is now fixed
https://twitter.com/HEITAIs/status/1716704961311227913
- Capturing a milk snake and sending it to para-medic falsely showed a cqc knife instead of the milk snake in codec-calls in the hd collection which is now fixed
https://twitter.com/HEITAIs/status/1716660867117482365
- Digital game manual
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs3/pc/en/index.html
- Screenplay and Master Books
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mgs3/pc/en/page26.html

Digital Graphic Novels
- Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (english dub)
- Metal Gear Solid: Bande Dessinée (japanese dub)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Grapic Novel (english dub)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinée (japanese dub)

Metal Gear Solid: Digital Soundtrack
- Sound player with 20 songs
https://metalgear.konami.net/manual/mc1/mg1_nes/pc/en/page13.html

Other info:
- The Master Books are digital books that gives you more insight into the Metal Gear series. It contains full character lists and story descriptions, along with guides, ghost photos for mgs1, dog tags for mgs2 and kerotans for mgs3 etc.
- The Screenplay Books are digital books that contains all the in-game story scenes and codec conversations. It also contains some work-in-progress story elements.
- Screenplay Books offer the localised versions of the japanese only scenario books and offer thousands of pages
- The Screenplay and Master Books let you place/remove book marks
- The Screenplay and Master Books let you choose from a table of contents so you can jump to the content you want to read
- The Screenplay Books and Master Books offer a music list so you can choose which song you want to hear while you read the books
- 6 clips of historical footage were replaced with new historical footage since the companies that own these licences are gone

Additional info regarding higher framerates:

MGS1 is tied to the framerate and breaks at higher framerates:

https://twitter.com/ApacheSmash/status/1707211701660106873

Specific parts of MGS3 are tied to the framerate which means the following issues aren`t a problem on Nintendo Switch since the game runs at 30fps:
- The Fury does things like attacking the wrong way and using his abilities during hitstun. Also at higher framerates a much larger amount of fire can persist on the ground which can be be especially seen running the hd collection through backwards compability on xbox series x/s since the game runs at a stable 60fps (Tied to framerate)
- The Pain's bullet bee will not hit Snake in first person view, because of the game running at 60fps (Tied to framerate)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo_QG9_NXUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxL0HnOQZ28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej-I-Qv8UkE

[11bravowarrior]

Thank you for this. I pre ordered and I'm ready to deep dive back into Kojimas masterpiece collection

[Afevis Solmunko]

Originally posted by CybernetikFrozone:

I went through the 6 hours on YouTube and it doesn't show the Metal Gear solid Master collection.

what? not sure what you're trying to say lol

[Shikiller]

Can you play with your Keyboard? and can you remap keys?

[Afevis Solmunko]

Originally posted by Shikiller:

Can you play with your Keyboard? and can you remap keys?

Yes, they added K/M support, the steam pages just haven't been updated yet.

[Espire Mike]

Thanks for sharing this list. Excited for next week!

[Snake0384]

["...Specific parts of MGS3 are tied to the framerate which means the following issues aren`t a problem on Nintendo Switch since the game runs at 30fps."]

so, they WILL be a problem on the PC version?

[Don Solo]

Thanks for taking the time to write this out for us lazy people

[Afevis Solmunko]

Originally posted by Snake0384:

["...Specific parts of MGS3 are tied to the framerate which means the following issues aren`t a problem on Nintendo Switch since the game runs at 30fps."]

so, they WILL be a problem on the PC version?

No, they were noting issues caused in the past by increasing the FPS of old games. The issues with MGS3 specifically WERE issues with the HD collection.

Master collection has bug fixes for such issues, and the fire misbehaving may very well be fixed already - we won't know until we get the game tomorrow with the day 1 patch.

[Sascha]

Master Collection is out, I updated the list again and launch trailer has released:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej-I-Qv8UkE