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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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21 Aug 2026, 10:49 UTC
Last checked
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Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
21 Aug 2026, 10:45 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Diego Nicolás Argüello
Section
Games
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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
HTTP result
200 / parsed
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459,929 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
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