It might be equal to or maybe even better than MGS3, and I think MGS3 is the best game on the PS2. I thought it was pretty good on the psp. but controlled horribly. Having the right stick and the L2 ans R2 buttons truly makes it MGS5. Kojima even recently sated that Peace Walker was meant to be MGS5. It reminded me why I was super obsessed with Metal Gear for the last 10 years or so.
 
 The two things I really really want now are either a remake of the MSX metal gear or a another big boss game. I remember Sniper Wolf taking about how Big Boss traveled around gathering up foxhound. How amazing would it be to see Younger psycho mantis and he's on your side. I would pay 60 bucks just for the promise of psycho mantis in really anything. I'm not really interested in Metal gear riseing but I will wait with baited breath to find out whatever this turns out to be.

It might be equal to or maybe even better than MGS3, and I think MGS3 is the best game on the PS2. I thought it was pretty good on the psp. but controlled horribly. Having the right stick and the L2 ans R2 buttons truly makes it MGS5. Kojima even recently sated that Peace Walker was meant to be MGS5. It reminded me why I was super obsessed with Metal Gear for the last 10 years or so.
 
 The two things I really really want now are either a remake of the MSX metal gear or a another big boss game. I remember Sniper Wolf taking about how Big Boss traveled around gathering up foxhound. How amazing would it be to see Younger psycho mantis and he's on your side. I would pay 60 bucks just for the promise of psycho mantis in really anything. I'm not really interested in Metal gear riseing but I will wait with baited breath to find out whatever this turns out to be.

My problem with Peace Walker is that it's not really a Metal Gear game. It's a port of a PSP game, where it's meant to be played in short bursts and then discarded. If they had retooled Peace Walker into a console experience, I'd probably love it.

Also the game looks like absolute ass.

My problem with Peace Walker is that it's not really a Metal Gear game. It's a port of a PSP game, where it's meant to be played in short bursts and then discarded. If they had retooled Peace Walker into a console experience, I'd probably love it.

Also the game looks like absolute ass.

Good thing Peace Walker wasn't called MGS5, cause it's pretty lame. At least when played on a console.

I couldn't get through it on the PSP, but I haven't tried it on the PS3 yet. I have it though.
 
The controls were just horrendous. No pausing when going into item/weapon select, poor aiming, extremely nerfed CQC. I just couldn't do it, and this coming from an MGS super fan. 
 
But I really don't want another Metal Gear. Four ended it perfectly, and there really isn't too much to go back into. I'm not even going to touch Rising; as far as I'm concerned, it's non-canon and non-existent.

@kingzetta said:

@KingWilly said:

My problem with Peace Walker is that it's not really a Metal Gear game. It's a port of a PSP game, where it's meant to be played in short bursts and then discarded. If they had retooled Peace Walker into a console experience, I'd probably love it.

Also the game looks like absolute ass.

Didn't think that at all. I played it for hours and hours and thought it actually looked pretty good for an up ported PSP game.

Glad you enjoyed it, but it's not what I was expecting. Granted all I heard was "MGS Collection includes MGS2, 3, and PW" and didn't bother to research, but I was thinking they'd at least throw more polys at the game for the console experience. It doesn't play poorly, but I don't like how segregated it is. I've never found gathering intel on missions to be so tedious as it is in Peace Walker. Also, ten minute cutscenes of nothing but motion-comic crap put me off. I understand it's a portable game they threw into the collection, but on the whole I'm disappointed they didn't do more to tailor it to consoles.

I want to get the MGS HD collection just for Peace Walker. Always excited for the ''Further Adventures of Naked Snake!'' Though even without playing Peace Walker, I feel like they've done enough with both Solid Snake and Naked Snake. I remember someone on here suggested a prequel that's based around the early career of The Boss. Now that I would love see one day.

I want to get the MGS HD collection just for Peace Walker. Always excited for the ''Further Adventures of Naked Snake!'' Though even without playing Peace Walker, I feel like they've done enough with both Solid Snake and Naked Snake. I remember someone on here suggested a prequel that's based around the early career of The Boss. Now that I would love see to come to be one day.

I got thru Peace Walker just fine on my PSP. I really enjoyed that game.

The graphics were really sub-par when compared to consoles, but probably pushed the psp's capability. The short-burst playing was great for when you wanted to play with friends. The CQC was really simplified (hint: once you have the soldier in a choke hold, press the triangle button several times to get the soldier to actually say something useful)

Did you get to the ending, with the ending timeline and speech? Absolute chills, man.

I agree, that game is fantastic and made me believe that MGS is still something I can care about

@BlastProcessing said:

Good thing Peace Walker wasn't called MGS5, cause it's pretty lame. At least when played on a console.

Your face is lame. On a console.

!!!!!

@Enigma777 said:

@BlastProcessing said:

Good thing Peace Walker wasn't called MGS5, cause it's pretty lame. At least when played on a console.

Your face is lame. On a console.

!!!!!

OHHHHHHHHH! OH NO YOU DIDNT! WHOO WHOO WHOO WHOO WHOOOOOO

@Enigma777 said:

@BlastProcessing said:

Good thing Peace Walker wasn't called MGS5, cause it's pretty lame. At least when played on a console.

Your face is lame. On a console.

!!!!!

OHHHHHHHHH! OH NO YOU DIDNT! WHOO WHOO WHOO WHOO WHOOOOOO

@kingzetta: I completely agree. It is a pretty good game. Sure it would be nice if the graphics were a bit better, but it is still an MGS game. Honestly if these MGS4 style controls were in MGS3 or 2 than those games would be even better (MGS2 doesn't need it as bad though.)

The characters and story that I've seen so far are very Metal Gear. Even with the comic style cutscenes it is still pretty interesting. Also I like my MGS environments to be a single large place like MGS1, MGS2, and MGS3. But Peace Walker is fine since I do a lot of building up my base between missions and the short mission length helps with recruiting and having something quick to play online.

@Xtrememuffinman said:

I couldn't get through it on the PSP, but I haven't tried it on the PS3 yet. I have it though. The controls were just horrendous. No pausing when going into item/weapon select, poor aiming, extremely nerfed CQC. I just couldn't do it, and this coming from an MGS super fan. But I really don't want another Metal Gear. Four ended it perfectly, and there really isn't too much to go back into. I'm not even going to touch Rising; as far as I'm concerned, it's non-canon and non-existent.

The aiming recital could be something other than white, but other than that I feel like the aiming is fine and the CQC is easier to pull of than MGS3.

Yeah, Big Boss gathering up the Fox-Hound unit we learned to love (and hate) in the first MGS would be guaranteed greatness. Bring that to the table in whatever format you want, Kojima, and I'm buying it day one! Also plenty of room for new characters that just didn't end up "making" it to the start of the saga.

I also ended up pretty much loving Peace Walker when I got it earlier this year for like 10 € from the bargain bin. Didn't expect anything beforehand - if anything, a disappointing experience on a portable console I never cared about - but was completely satisfied in the end. Don't know if it'll hold up on the big screen, since the collection isn't yet out here in Germany, but I'm keen on revisiting it.