In a nutshell: The best Metal Gear game ever gets possibly the best director’s cut ever, with a three disc special edition bursting at the seams with bonus content, including a new camera system and a completely separate online game!
The lowdown:
Video games don’t often get the special edition treatment but this is the most complete celebration of Metal Gear Solid 3 you could hope for. It includes the whole of the original game, with the all new option of an over-the-shoulder camera view, which immediately makes the game a whole lot more fun to play. On top of this the package also includes the two original Metal Gear games from 1987 and 1989, which were previously only available for the MSX computer. There’s also an expanded crossover with Ape Escape, a new boss rush mode and a secret theatre of joke cut scenes. It’s just the thing to convert newcomers and for existing fans this will be like all of their Christmases come early.
Most exciting moment:
The most anticipated new extra in the game is an entirely new online game with a suite of five different game modes, as you and up to seven pals compete in standard single and team deathmatch games as well as more stealth based missions. The slower paced modes work particularly well, allowing you to use all the skills you’ve mastered in the single player game.
Since you ask:
Existence, the third disc in the set, contains all the game’s cut scenes, plus some new ones, edited into a three and a half hour long feature film. It was only available with pre-orders of the game in America but comes as standard in the UK.
The bottom line:
The best version of the best Metal Gear Solid. - HARRISON DENT