Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1will contain two more games than expected, according to itsPlayStation Store listingand a statement that the game’s publisher, Konami, provided to Digital Trends. Those titles are the originalMetal Gearand its follow-up,Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
You might have missed the announcement ofMetal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1during the PlayStation Showcase. An image that appeared briefly following theMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater’sannouncementconfirmed the collection and revealed it would featureMetal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, andMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
The PlayStation Store listing goes into a lot more detail about what versions of what games are actually included in this collection. It confirms thatMaster Collection Vol. 1will include the HD Collection versions ofMetal Gear Solid 2and3, in addition to a version ofMetal Gear Solidthat also features the VR and Special Missions, but it also states that the package includes the first two games in theMetal Gearseries.
Digital Trends contacted Konami to affirm that this PlayStation Store listing was accurate, and a PR representative confirmed that “for the Collection, the PS Store listing is correct.”
WhileMetal Gear Solidis when Hideo Kojima’s stealth espionage series went mainstream, it actually began when Konami releasedMetal Gearon the MSX2 in Japan and Europe in 1987. This game, along with its 1990 Japan-only follow-up,Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, are top-down stealth games where players infiltrate enemy bases as Solid Snake. These games laid the groundwork for theMetal Gear Solidseries’ lore, and they are still canon within the wider series. As such, it’s great to see these games present in the collection, as they’ve only really ever been available as bonuses in rereleases ofMetal Gear Solid 3.
