Metal Gear Solid: The Complete Guide
On newsstands right now is PlayStation: The Official Magazine’s Metal Gear Solid: The Complete Guide.
So many times before, I have been duped by the hype of a game or console, into purchasing a “launch guide” or and “all you need to know about (insert game/console here)”. I always finish reading the publication with a poor taste in my mouth. Nothing but recapped articles from previous issues, and pages upon pages of already seen screenshots.
Well I am here to tell you that this one is different.
Sure it has some of the aforementioned “previous articles”, it even has some old interviews with Hideo Kojima. But its the new editorial content, mixed in with detailing the MGS time line and characters that truly set this publication aside from the rest.
Some of the more original content features stories about Johnny Sasaki, Rose, and Raiden.
The Complete Guide is just that. It recaps the whole Metal Gear Series, all the characters, all the sequels, all the spin offs, all the emotions, all the thoughts provoked while playing these masterpieces.
The Metal Gear Saga DVD Vol 2. did a good job of briefly recapping the series, and providing quick backgrounds to some of the characters, and plot. However if you are looking for a more detailed version of that, then surely you should pick up this guide. In fact, if you cannot find it…. hunt it down.
-Sev1512
April 27, 2008 at 12:33 am
I’m getting this for the purpose of being able to say I have it. I don’t want to buy another Konami game until Kojima realises the beauty of skipable cut scenes.
April 27, 2008 at 1:30 am
Actually one of the things I read in this exact magazine, was that not only is there skipable cutscenes, but there is also some things to make you more involved in the cutscenes. MK II has a little cam on it and you can see whats going on with everything else in the scene. I am sure Kojima will include plenty of surprise for those who choose to look around.
June 30, 2008 at 2:05 am
When a guide comes about that writes about the games you love, its content often caters to those of us just looking for a little bit more, yes, even when it is recapping old material. The Complete Guide for Metal Gear Solid is beyond the simple and ventures into the complex outline created by this gracefully aging saga. It caters to all who have just a passing interest in MGS, or for those with a long history of Hideo Kojima’s projects with Konami and the Kojima Productions team. The only thing missing would have to be more pages.