Product Reviews
Konami's 2011 holiday-season presentation of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection contains graphically enhanced remakes of three previously released games: the PS2's Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and the PSP's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The games run at 60 frames-per-second in 720p, and interfaces have been fine-tuned for PS3 controllers, with features such as vibration feedback and right-stick formatting. Multiplayer modes from Peace Walker are available online through PlayStation Network, along with co-op play. The masterpiece series of luminary designer Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid games are known for adventuresome stealth action in modern, military situations, for tightly woven narratives that project universal, philosophical themes, and for their enigmatic protagonist, the loner special operative Solid Snake. In Sons of Liberty, he infiltrates an ocean-bound tanker, hijacked by rogue soldiers. Snake Eater challenges the hero to survive terrorist threats a hostile wilderness. In Peace Walker, players command operatives in third-person action and real-time tactics missions. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide