What is the best Metal Gear Solid game and why is it 2?

What is the best Metal Gear Solid game and why is it 2?

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4 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 5

4 > 3 > 1 = 2 > 5

4 = 3 > 2 > 1 = 5

4 was essentially Kojima telling the fans that he hated them.

1 = 2 > 3 > GZ = PW > PO > V > 4

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Its essentially not.

RAY is the best Metal Gear.

WE MANAGED TO AVOID DROWNING

[citation needed]

It would have been great if MGS 2 was just the Tanker Chapter.

MGS4 is Kino

4 was a great game what are you on about? Replay it without the lol ista movie meme and it's a great MG game.

You know I get the feeling that RAY is a direct ancestor of the LEVs we see in Zone of the Enders.

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PSYCHO MANTIS?

Bane?

MGS2 has one of the most atmospheric openings ever and then it just turns to boring, bright, flat, orange shit that might as well be a VR simulation for a long time.

MGS is amazing all the time all the way.

2 is pretty cool and I like it for what it is
But I find 1 and 3 more enjoyable to play through

Not when fucking REX exists.
That thing is absolutely gorgeous. GOAT design

I tried replaying it the other day without skipping cutscenes but the pacing is just awful. The cutscenes tend to come in these bundles of sorts, and really cut the momentum of the gameplay because it's mostly explaining stuff rather than moving forward the plot itself
It really brings it down for me

The ratio between cutscene and gameplay is nowhere near as exaggerated as people try to make it up to be, yes, but it certainly feels that way. Makes it a chore for me to go through

>it's an AV-98 vs AV-X0 episode