Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Review

Editor’s note: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is released in Europe this week. Here we present our review of the North American release of the game, first published in November last year. To the best of our knowledge it’s still accurate with respect to the European version. Metal Gear Solid’s Snakes may resemble Escape From New York’s hero right down to their names and eventual eye patch; however, their penchant for ideological musing about the nature of war reminds me more of another mulleted eighties action hero, Dalton, the bouncer with a philosophy PHD from Road House. And much like that 1989 cult classic, in Metal Gear Solid, it’s never clear when the creators are in on the joke. More esoteric and cerebral than the pro-war action movies from which they draw so heavily, Metal Gear Solid games are equal parts melodrama, political thriller, science-fiction, whimsical meta-humour and surreal theatrics. They’re as much war games as Twin Peaks is a police procedural. Often, their lengthy exposition is meandering, over-explaining simple facts ad nauseam while glossing over important twists in the labyrinthine plot. But just when you start tuning out, something will suddenly grab your attention like a guard alerted to Snake’s presence. The… Read full this story

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