New Metal Gear Solid Vol. 1 Master Collection details revealed

Konami recently announced Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, which includes remastered versions of the first three games in the Metal Gear Solid series. Konami has now detailed what other content is in this collection, which will feature a variety of written material, graphic novels, a soundtrack, and the first two Metal Gear games.

One notable inclusion is Metal Gear 2: Snake's Revenge. This decision is interesting because it disregards series creator Hideo Kojima's involvement. Snake's Revenge was a sequel to Kojima's original Metal Gear but was developed without his participation. Kojima went on to regain control of the series and created the highly regarded Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, which completely ignored Snake's Revenge.

There are concerns among fans that the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection may suffer from similar issues as the Silent Hill HD collection, which featured subpar ports without significant quality-of-life improvements. For example, it is disappointing that Metal Gear Solid will remain in a 4:3 aspect ratio, considering its importance in gaming history.

Despite these concerns, the collection offers a substantial amount of content, including Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid (including VR and Special Missions), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (HD Collection version), Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (HD Collection version), Metal Gear (NES/Famicom version), and Snake's Revenge.

The collection will also include two graphic novels covering the stories of Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 and newly written material, including the Screenplay Book and Master Book, containing artwork, character bios, and story descriptions for each title. Moreover, it comes with the digital soundtrack of Metal Gear Solid, and pre-orders will receive newly recorded versions of some of the series' iconic themes, including “Snake Eater”.

On another note, it has been mentioned that the Master Collection will not support keyboard and mouse. The Steam page for the game briefly appeared with a notice stating the lack of keyboard and mouse support, but it has since been taken down. Considering the previous PC ports of MGS and MGS2 did support these inputs, the lack of support doesn't make sense. Metal Gear Solid Vol. 1 Master Collection is coming out on October 24th for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam. Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater will also be available as stand-alone digital titles on the collection's release date.

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KitGuru says: After seeing all the content it packs, are you planning on grabbing the Metal Gear Solid Vol. 1 Master Collection or will one of the stand-alone titles suffice?

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