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Seeing as so many othe games have their own threads, I thought I should honor my favorite series by starting Metal Gear Solid General. Feel free to talk about your favorite Metal Gear game, which Snake you think is best, the art of hiding in boxes, fun facts, anything MGS related.

Also… Any thoughts on this?

My favorite game has to be a tie between MGS3 and MGS4. Gray Fox is awesome. Solid Snake is my favorite snake. This is one of my favorite video game series. I've never had much luck hiding in boxes. That's really all I have to share for now.

I do have a question for everyone. What is your opinion on Raiden? Before cyborg ninja and after.

First hes a gay version of Snake, Than hes a gay version of Gray Fox.

Overall pretty gay.

So, I'm not the only one who thought he was a pointless character? My friends keep telling me I'm being irrational because I don't think he was a good character. Well, all but one of them who hates Raiden with a passion.

You are far from being the only one who dislikes Raiden. Just about everyone I know does.

In fact… I don't think Kojima himself liked Raiden too much. Remember in Snake Eater, there was a character named Major Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov… Volgin's gay lover? Regardless, in MGS4, he gave him a big NPC role, redesigned everything about him, and now (as promised in Snake Eater) he's going to be the star of MGS5. I don't know how I feel about that, but, let's face it, I'm going to buy it no matter what.

MGS is a game tied to my childhood. I remember when I unboxed my first PSX, inside the box was a Gray CD, it was a Demo, and it all began just right there. I never finished the demo, and my friends in school all were saying stuff like "Man, I already beated the giant metal shark, don't get in the water or it will eat you up", funny thing is that I actually believed them. I got the full game and I couldn't beat the game, I was a kid, I didn't know how to think "Inside the Box". Since then, I've been playing all the MGS that I could afford.

About Rayden, he might be not the best character, If you compare it to Snake, he is just a whining kid. But I don't have a problem with him, Fighting Solidus with the sword was pretty cool and in MGS 4 he comes back like a badass losing almost everything, you have to give the boy credit for that. I don't have a particular favourite among others, I enjoyed them all a lot, still Metal Gear Solid has a special place in my heart for being first.

Metal Gear Solid 1 was one of the best games of all time.

All the other Metal Gears can't compare.

I wish I had access to a PSP or PS3 so I could play MGS4 and Peace Walker, but I don't know a single person IRL who owns either.

MGS3 was my favorite, to be honest. I liked the aspect of Survival that was put into it.