Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection Game

Metal Gear Solid 4 tied up a lot of loose ends from the ground-breaking 20-year series, but if you're new to the franchise, then you don't know what you're missing. Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection brings together the original titles, including the original PSOne release of Metal Gear Solid. The series was groundbreaking in placing emphasis on Snake's stealth abilities more than his combat skills.

Metal Gear Solid was rated one of the finest games for the original PlayStation. In it, Snake must infiltrate a fortified compound in Alaska bare-handed. In addition to guards, he must contend with the terrorist leaders who each have their own preferred method of fighting whether hand-to-hand, sniping or heliborne.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater explores Snake's origins. Set in 1964, a lot of the gadgets from the first games aren't available, forcing players to pay more attention to their surroundings. The environment comes alive as even the blades of grass respond to movement. The Camouflage Index lets you know how stealthy Snake is at any given time and the Close Quarters Combat mechanics grants a whole new set of moves which lets Snake threaten one foe while shooting another. The ability to customize the style of play means that you'll be wanting to run through it again and again to see how different changes affect your performance.