Metal Gear Solid Series Ranked

No Spinoffs. Only "mainline" entries.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

2

Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid

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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

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Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus

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3 Comments


5 months ago

I just finished The Phantom Pain and I've been looking forward to playing the PSP titles, would you recommend to play both Portable Ops and Peace Walker? Also, do I have to play Snake Eater beforehand?

5 months ago

@paq250_ Skip Portable Ops if you want, it does not have much impact on the story in the grand scheme of things. Play Peace Walker first since it's story is directly connectd to MGSV: PZ and PP, save Portable Ops for last.

And yeah, it is important to play Snake Eater before any of those games to understand who Big Boss really is. Motivations and such.

Order goes a bit like this, just to understand Big Boss story: Snake Eater < Peace Walker < Ground Zero < Phantom Pain

5 months ago

@Moister Thanks a bunch :D I thought of skipping Portable Ops but maybe it could have been important for the plot of Peace Walker or something, so thanks for the confirmation. I still plan on getting to it at one point or another tho, but I'll leave it for later.


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