No.34
So /mgs/, what got you into Metal Gear?
For me, it was Raiden's cyborg ass in a MGR trailer
No.37
Played NES Metal Gear, and then just went on after that.
No.38
I'M NUCLEARR
Started looking into the lore recently.
>inb4 newfig
No.40
I only got into MGS last year. A friend let me borrow MGS4. I was able to follow along pretty easily at least with that game's contained plot and used MGS wiki to fill in the gaps. Intrigued, it set me off to go through the rest of the series piece by piece.
No.41
I've seen it for a while since around 2006 or something but I got into around 2013 but I was off-put because I thought it was to complex (SoL and GotP) but right now it's my favorite series.
No.42
My roommate has a PS3. I decided to plunge into the abyss with the HD collection and MGS4, Currently on 4.
No.57
>>38Don't worry, that's how I started getting into it too.I actually bought MGS HD Collection and started playing through that, then bought Ground CIPHERes today.
I don't really like MGS2: SoL so far. MGS3: SE and MGS5: GZ seem to be the best out of what I've seen so far.Can someone give me a summary of what has happened so far between 1 and 5? I'm kind of confused.
No.60
>>34>I would turn on the psx>boot up metal gear solid>and hand the controller to my dad>just watched him play MGS and listened to the story and plot shitand that's how I started. I got really into it and here we are.
I really fucking hate my father now though so I have kinda repressed those memories of spending time with him. I see it as more I was using him to play out a movie rather than actually caring about him playing the game No.67
My bf pissed into my asshole and called me Big Boss and told me to fuck his ass and call him a faggot cowboy
After sex he explained what he was talking about
This was about 9 years ago.
No.72
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>>34Oldfag here, I started playing MGS in '98 on the original Playstation. Graphics were shit and gameplay not best, but still a classic, story awesome though. Good for it's time. Didn't really get into it until the release of MGS3: Snake Eater in '04. Raiden was a little bitch in MGS2. I suggest you play the first 2 Metal Gear games, Metal Gear (late 80's) and Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake (1990) on an MSX emulator. Metal Gear 2 was also re-released in MGS3 Subsistence I really want to play MGS5 and want to replay MGS4 , but don't have the time to.
No.73
>>34I had heard so much about mgs, but I saw some cutscenes of Otacon and he made me want to experience the Metal Gear Solid story.
Just beat 1, bout to go to 2 and subsequently 3.
No.76
I decided to look for good rated games on IGN MGS4 was one of the perfect games on there so I decided to give it a shot.
I finished the first two acts and got confused as hell on what the fuck is going on so I started playing the first one on emulation but gave up after a few days because of mei ling not saving my game and being forced to use those forced emulation saves which made me feel bad for cheating. I saw the HD collection on the PSN while browsing idly and bought it, I opened a UK account and bought MGS1 too. I played through all the games in around a week time and I don't regret a single second.
No.77
>>73Oldfag here. Otacon's a whiny little Otaku bitch like the weeaboo fags on 4chan. Ocelot kicks ass though!!! I luv Young Ocelot in MGS3; He is badass with his revolver juggling and firing skills torturing Sokolov like that!!!
No.78
the MGS demo for the PlayStation that Pizza Hut gave out in 97. From the moment I beat thee demo, I was hooked.
No.79
>>57>Who are the La-li-lu-le-lo>Ocelot: who's side is he on?>The Communists designed Metal Gear Rex?>The Communists designed Metal Gear Rex…AND RAY!>Who are The La-li-lu-le-lo?>There can only be one Snake, and one Boss.>Mr. president, you're a clone!>This is who we are now…we're Diamond Dogs.>This is our, OUTER HEAVENWho are the La-li-lu-le-lo you ask?
>The La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo.the end??
No.82
>>72If that makes you an oldfag, am I a fossilfag because of NES Metal Gear?
No.83
>>72It's best to play the MSX on ps2 or an emulator in the second disc of MGS3 subsistence. They are much more fluid than on the MSX
No.85
My uncle gave me MGS2 when I was a kid, like maybe 9 or 10, and I loved it, so naturally I started to get more games as I got older and more self aware.
No.99
when I was like 6 when it came out watching my older bro play it. One of the most powerful gaming experiences of the 5th generation.
No.101
pic related
No.105
What got me into Metal Gear Solid?
I was younger and was sitting around my aunt's house. I went into my nephew's room to see if there was anything to do. Sitting there he was playing Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. He allowed to me to play a little bit and we were down there around the time for Christmas and he ended up giving me the game as a early present. The next case of me getting into Metal Gear was when I went to a friend of mine's house and he was playing Metal Gear. I asked him what was he doing, he was near the torture scene. We watched the cutscene and I was just amazed. Then we were stuck, we couldn't figure out what to get out. So we went into the "Survival Viewer" and spun him around because we were bored. When we exited he puked and we got out. We beat the game after that within a week, now I make it a goal to beat Metal Gear Solid 3 every single day to improve on my knowledge and how fast I can beat it. Hope anybody has a story just like mine. If you got this far, thanks for listening /mgs/.
No.116
i bought mgs2 off a friend when i was 14 just because the cover looked cool, ended up being amazed by the visuals and the concept of having to sneak around but I understood bummer all of the story since my english was very poor,once i inproved on that front i replayed it and then went out of my way to get the other games and understand the full picture. Mgs3 hooked me up for good.
No.118
Board Owner are you listening? Get rid of your shitty CSS
No.125
>be 6 year old me
>heard my older brother and his friend talk about mgs for the 1st time in my life
>watch friend play the game
>fastforward a few months, my brother got the game
>he would get killed all the time
>all the fucking time
>and he would hit anything close to him every time he got killed (me, most of the times)
>he couldn't even make it to the fucking part where you fight Ocelot for a lot of fucking time
>tfw he would never let me play the game. I bet I could have finished the game months sooner than he did, but he wouldn't even let me try it.
After that, we got almost every MGS game for both of us, and I was always be the one who would play a million times more than he will ever do. Not to mention I know everything a whole lot deeper than he does.
No.126
>>125I still wonder why he would keep playing, if he was so fucking pissed all the time about losing. Also, he never tried to play in stealth mode, he always got caught trying to beat enemies or trying new weapons.
No.129
Pizza Hut demo disc, mofucka. Japanese VO and ended when you entered the vent. I think it was on the same disc as SSX and CTR. I may have had two discs. Anyway, the game just grabbed me, and once I borrowed the full game from the neighbor kid, I knew it would never let me go.
I was 10 years old, kek
I fucking hate MGS4
No.131
I was digging through the family's PS1 Collection in '09 (I had my games at the time and my Dad had his, always separated from each other), and I found the Playstation Underground disc with the MGS Demo in my Dad's stash. I popped it in and I pretty much immediately ordered the full game from ebay after that.
I played through the entire series almost spoiler-free. Got pissed off at Raiden being the protagonist and everything. Possibly my favorite series ever.
No.133
My bf was playing the first game about a year or so ago and I couldn't stop watching. I ended up watching him play 1-3. We went out a few months ago and bought the legacy collection so I've been playing them recently.
I remember watching scenes from it on youtube when I was about 10, and my cousin would come to my house all the time and let me watch him play different games, so I watched him play it back then.
But I had forgotten about all that until my boyfriend played it…
No.147
A friend gave me mgs 3 subsistence for PS2 and I never gave it back.
No.148
Back around 2007-08 i got my cousin's ps3 and it had metal gear solid 4 and i fell in love with the series and wanted to play the first one after playing the part on Shadow Moses from metal gear solid one so I bought mgs1 and 2 from a friend who was clearing out his old games
No.169
I've watched the mgs 3 and 4 cutscene movies on youtube and thought it was kinda cool.
No.183
>see Snake in the Brawl trailer
>tell friend about it
>he tells me about Metal Gear Solid
>have a cousin who goes on and on about MGS4
>want to play MGS, but I also want to wait until I'm 17 because its rated M
>start with Twin Snakes
>mfw submarine
>mfw Ocelot
>mfw "What was she fighting for"
>mfw The Best is Yet to Come
No.198
>>183>start with twin snakesjesus. please tell me you at least tried the original either on psx or pc.
No.201
>>198I did. Played it on a used PS2 after playing the series up to Peace Walker.
No.203
I actually played Portable Ops first. I'm so sorry :(
No.227
I honestly can't remember. I had heard about how cool MGS1 was for a while, despite being like, 12. I somehow got my hands on MGS:TTS, but I never beat it. I think I got stuck on Sniper Wolf (also I was bad at stealth games). I beat it eventually, but years later.
Eventually I got my hands on a PS2 along with MGS2 and MGS3. Once again, never beat MGS2. I had no idea what was going on and I was even worse at it than TTS. I also beat it eventually, years later.
MGS3, however, I loved and played all the way until the Shagohod fight. Right after I defeated the Shagohod, when Snake and EVA speed off on the bike again, the game crashed. My disc couldn't load that part. I went out and bought another copy. It couldn't load either. I bought ANOTHER copy. It ALSO couldn't load either.
I gave up on the MGS series for a long time after that. It wasn't until the HD Collection that I got back into it and finally beat MGS3. I also fell in love with Peace Walker.
So yeah I've been playing them since 2003-ish but I didn't really become an invested fan until 2012.
No.228
>>227Oh and not pictured is my sealed Legacy Collection I found for $50 in a second hand store
Finally I'll get to play MGS4
No.240
>>228Have you tried the two Metal Gears?
No.251
>>240I got like halfway through MG1 before I got bored. Haven't gotten around to MG2 yet.
No.265
Metal Gear Awesome on Newgrounds. I'm sorry.
No.286
I got a demo disc from Pizza Hut that had MGS1 on it.
No.297
I remember when I was like 6 or 7, I watched and older kid play MGS1 and thought it was really cool, but it wasn't until I was 12 or 13 when I got into it. By then MGS2 and MGS3 had been out for a while, and I quickly played through both those games. I kept replaying them over and over again, I was hooked. When MGS4 came out I HAD to buy a PS3 even though it had basically nogames. It wasn't until I was 16 that I actually got to play MGS1, but when I finally did, I felt like everything came full circle.
No.351
>April 2011
>my last carefree summer vacation (indiafag here) since in the following months I would need to study a lot for my IGCSE finals in november
>think I'll play a lot on my new PS3 this summer
>PSN hacked
>Can't play the online games I wanted to.
>No single player games to play
>Go a bit mad
>Remember how MGS4 was praised as one of the best games on the PS3
>Get interested in it
>Can't play the other games since not all are present on the PS3
>Decide to read up the stories of all the games on wiki
>Was long and quite convoluted but I thought it would be worth it
>Got to nearby game shop
>MGS4 isn't there
>get super pissed since it meant all that work for nothing
>Buy GTA4 instead, was satisfied with it
>Fast forward few months
>E3 2011
>MGS HD C ollection announced
>Get hyped since I can finally play it but then realzie that I spoiled a lot of it already for myself
>Bittersweet emotions
>Fast forward december 2011
>IGCSE done, play MGS1 on PC and get the HD collection and then MGS4.
By the end of it I was absolutely mesmerized and never believed such awesomeness existed in this world. When playing it I seemed to have forgotten most of the spoilers but the ending if MGS3 was still clear in my mind so that would be the only thing I regret.
No.355
>>286Me too. Pizza Hut bros.
No.356
I just like the big fucking robots and tech shit
No.381
>>38So where should I look for lore as a newbie?
Wiki articles? Anon walls of text?
No.382
>>381Either watch the cutscene movies on youtube or read the wiki. Listening to anons might be dangerous because the series is prone to head cannon.
The absolutely best way would obviously be playing all the games of course. No.386
>>382I'll second the notion of watching the MGS movies, I did that to refresh myself on Portable Ops, since I didn't remember anything about it (not that I really needed to).
This guy has them all compiled in a handy playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLae_AFHRR5HlGrWSz0sHebp8qgpRtfY6N No.388
>ps1 mgs
>that music
>rising up through the water
>oh my gwad i need to be this man
followed the series ever sense
>played all of them
>beat all of them
joined marines to be like snake
>MGS5 still not out
the face when you want to start outer heaven
No.389
>>388Nigga what the hell is going on in that pic?
No.390
>>388>joined marines to be like snakeDid you get an animal code name? No.568
>be 12
>be in love with goldeneye for n64
>love all the cool gadgets and spy shit.
>get MGS for birthday.
>Have no idea what the game is or how you play it.
>Neighbor tells me how great the game is
>give me 1 tip. "Read instruction book"
>Pop game in.
>Realize they wan't this guy to save the world from nuclear war and all they gave him was a pair of binoculars.
>All Snake brought was a pack of smokes.
>Realize Snake is the ultimate badass.
>Beat the game in a day.
No.578
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The amazing dub we spaniards gotfor MGS 1; it pulled me in so hard that I never left. Yes, I know it's heresy to say that, but damn…
Vid related
No.586
>watch ocelot spin revolvers endlessly in the jungle on youtube
>play mgs 3
>play the other games
>never stopped playing
No.588
>>578I played it with the original voices and I debated with a lot of people about MGS1 with spanish voice actors. Makes me cringe every time that people say they prefer the spanish version. It's a pile of shit compared to the original voices.
No.594
>>588Those voices where top-notch. Also, it helped A LOT to pay attention to such a story-driven game for me. Vidya back never had those many cutscenes and conversations.
Also, when I bought the MGS Legacy, I made sure to download the english version.
Gotta love Hayter's voice
No.604
Little me, glares at brother playing MGS.
I remembered him telling me the lore of it, even if he was high as shit, he still explained it fine to me.
I tried playing it but never got very far. The PS2 was already out but we were too poor to get one until my brother got a job. He got MGS 3 since he heard that it was about Big Boss and whatnot. Again, I never knew what to do but that mini game with the monkey was my life. Everyday after school, I'd play that shit.
Then, a few years ago, the HD collection of X360 came out and played 2-3. PW never came with it sadly since it was a digital copy of the collection. Until today, I stay up with the lore and news about MGS V. I watched the E3 trailers several times and fell in love with the music. Then I saw that /mgs/ was a featured board. And now I'm here. I still need to play PW and PO (is Portable Ops even canon or important to the plot?)
No.639
I got a 50 dollar giftcard to gamestop in like 2010, and I bought 3 ps2 games with it. Silent Hill 2, Devil May Cry and MGS3. I know it was out of order, but they didn't have mgs1 on ps1, and twin snakes was like 30 bucks.
No.640
>>388
>joined tbe Marines to be like snake>mfwBoth Bog Boss and Solid Snake were in the Green Berets fIrst, dude. But hey, I supposs you can qualify and apply for MARSOC. You still in the military?
No.641
Back in 2008, I bought Ghost Recon Warfighter 1 & 2, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and MGS4 because a friend of mine recommended to me after hearing about my operator dreams. I've always been a great fan of guns, war history and everything pretty much related to it, so I figured why not?
While GRAW still remains one of my favorite tactical shooters of all time, MGS4 definitely took the fucking cake. To the point where I went out and read the lore (I couldn't get a PS2 nor any of the old games, so I had to make due.) and replayed MGS4 once in a while for years, up until Ground Zeroes came out. It; along with GRAW, SW: Republic Commando,/k/, countless war movies and documentaries, inspired me so much during my teenage years, that I made the decision to join ROTC and apply for Army Special Forces once I'm fit enough to do it, starting after my first year of college.
MGSV looks like it's going to be another one of these pivotal games that will inspire me once more to pursue this.
No.658
>>34It was during high school. I was in walmart with some friends and we were dicking around in the electronics section. I saw that they had a box set of MGS 1-3. My pals convinced me to get it and when I got home that night I started playing. Played all 3 games back to back to back. Loved it ever since. I've moved away from my hometown but every time I play Metal Gear now I always think of my friends I never get to see anymore.
No.667
>be 12
>spent christmas with my dad
>got PS2 as a gift
>about to fly home together with my big brother
>be in the airport
>fucking blizzard
>all flights cancelled
>have to wait in the airport until shit's over
>find shop selling shitty CDs and also a few video games
>buy MGS 3
>dick around in the airport
>there's a TV on the wall in an empty part of the airport
>aw yiss
>build up ps2
>nobody gives a fuck
>buy all the shitty fast food we can find
>me and my brother play MGS 3 and eat shitty airport food for like 12 hours straight
Best night of my life.
No.674
>>640In MGS2, Snake says he was in Delta Force. But he was Plissken when he said it, so…
No.675
>>674Didn't he say he was Navy SEAL?
I think he also accidentally made some comments that gave away that he never actually was one. At least that's what the bomb dude said.
No.684
I remember my brothers getting MGS when it came out. I Watched them play it every day and I distinctly remember freaking out during the psycho mantis fight.
A lot of points in MGS and MGS2 really strike a chord for me. When I play them I remember being a kid and hiding behind my brothers when enemies would come out.
No.753
>>640>>674>>675"Mr. Stillman, I'm CIA." - Iriquois Plissken, MGS2 (2001)
No.775
I got into it, thanks to my ex-girlfriend.
No.843
My dad broke my copy of Silent Hill on PSX by accident, so he promised to buy me a game to replace it. I chose Metal Gear Solid because it had a cool cover. Been a fan ever since.
No.1146
hearing the music in Super smash bros, then listening to the actual music.
I wanted to start actually playing the first two, but my ps1 doesn't read the copies I have, and I don't want to start mid series…
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No.1273
a fanfiction where Raiden is turned into a cock-thirsty cumdump after being injected with a cocktail of sex-stimulating nanomachines by Armstrong
kill me
No.1274
Dad bought MGS from a friend of his and I would watch him play until he got bored and let me try it. I was young then I don't remember much else except
>NOT YET, SNAKE
>IT'S NOT OVER YET
>LIQUID!
Then came MGS2 after a long wait and been a fan ever since, tho I was european extremely rustled at Raiden being the protagonist of MGS2.
No.1282
>>1274Why is Shalashaska another name for Ocelot again? What's the reason for it exactly?
No.1283
>>1282I think he gets it while working for the KGB in Afghanistan, basically he'll probably get it during MGS5.
No.1285
>>1282Apparently he got it from afghan rebels in the russian invasion of afghanistan, where he was known for his sadist torturing techniques.
It's afghan pidgin for 'Sharashka', which is a special type of Gulag (russian forced labor prison) for scientists, which were forced to develop R&D for soviet russia. The term itself is originally russian slang for a badly organised company or organisation.
I assume it was lazy research on the development team side and was intended to mean 'prison' or 'labor camp' in general instead of that very specific term. At least it is falsely translated as 'prison' in an official character sheet for Ocelot.
No.1345
This is the first post anons, good luck finding the second and third
No.1348
>see people talking about MGS
>suck at stealth games so I don't even try
>saw MGR on sale some time ago
>bought it
>played the shit out of it
>decided to check MGS
>played MGSV which came with my GPU
>dank as fuck
I want to play the whole series now, going to buy the legacy collection if I find it.
No.1364
>>1348>going to buy the legacy collection if I find it.Definitely do that, it's a great collection
No.1380
Played MGS1 in 98-99.
No.1385
>>1364Managed to find it for 120(around 40 dollars), which is really cheap in my country. If nothing fucks up I'll get it within 5 days. Hype as fuck.
No.1389
Heard good things about it, and one day decided to get Metal Gear Solid 3.
Loved it to death and am now hooked.
No.1402
>>1385It just fucking got here. FOOK YEH.