Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2 review – once more unto the mercenary breach
PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S; Konami This second collection remasters another three titles from the illustrious stealth espionage series, but their world has changed little since the original releases ‘War has changed,” claims Old Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Back in 2008, the team at Kojima Productions waxed poetic about people recruited to fight in proxy wars they have no
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- The Guardian
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- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 21 Aug 2026, 10:45 UTC
- Source updated
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- Byline
- Diego Nicolás Argüello
- Section
- Games
PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S; Konami This second collection remasters another three titles from the illustrious stealth espionage series, but their world has changed little since the original releases ‘War has changed,” claims Old Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Back in 2008, the team at Kojima Productions waxed poetic about people recruited to fight in proxy wars they have no
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Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2 review – once more unto the mercenary breach
PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S; Konami This second collection remasters another three titles from the illustrious stealth espionage series, but their world has changed little since the original releases ‘War has changed,” claims Old Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Back in 2008, the team at Kojima Productions waxed poetic about people recruited to fight in proxy wars they have no
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- #813
- Observed
- 21 Aug 2026, 10:49 UTC
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- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
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