You don’t see many online game preorder reductions anymore – except you’re a PC gamer. In that advantageous custom, right here’s an awesome deal on Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2, which comes out Thursday. Fanatical has Steam codes on sale for $38.49, which quantities to a hefty 23% low cost off the $49.99 MSRP. That’s an awesome deal on a terrific assortment of video games that seem to run nice on PC. This can be a preorder deal that ends August 27, the day the sport releases — or when Fanatical runs out of codes. In different phrases, time’s working out, so seize it quickly.
Save 23% Off Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 (Steam)
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 (Steam)
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Because the “Vol. 2” within the title suggests, that is the second assortment of Metal Gear Solid video games. The primary got here out in 2023 and was very properly acquired — appropriately, because it included the primary three video games within the trilogy, all of that are stone-cold classics. This new assortment incorporates the next video games:
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Weapons of the Patriots
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection model)
- Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
Essentially the most notable inclusion right here is Metal Gear Solid 4: Weapons of the Patriots. This assortment represents the primary time that recreation has ever been out there on a platform apart from PlayStation 3 (and the way many people nonetheless have a PS3 linked to a TV?). It’s an outstanding recreation that’s in contrast to some other and carries the MGS story to its conclusion (MGS 5 is a prequel). Upon its 2008 launch, IGN gave MGS4 a ten/10 in our overview.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker has appeared in earlier collections, but it surely’s an integral a part of the MGS story. It initially appeared on PS Vita in 2010 and immediately turned one in every of (if not the) the perfect video games on the platform. It brilliantly translated the sequence’ console expertise into a transportable bundle, with quick missions you possibly can decide up and play anytime. However make no mistake, it is a core recreation within the MGS lore. Greg Miller awarded Peace Walker a 9.5/10 within the official IGN overview. And IGN positioned it at quantity 45 on our most up-to-date record of the Greatest PlayStation Video games of All Time.
Lastly, there’s Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, which is billed as a “bonus” inclusion on this assortment. It’s a non-canon entry that initially launched for Recreation Boy in 2000. It takes place in an alternate continuity from the remainder of the Metal Gear Solid video games, however remains to be price testing for followers of the franchise.
Further Content material
This can be a thorough assortment, and it features a bunch of bonus materials:
- Metal Gear Solid: Digital Soundtrack Vol.2 – consists of 16 tracks
- MGS: Master Collection Vol. 1 Save Information Bonus – When you’ve got save information for any title within the first assortment, you’ll get the next digital bonus objects: Gold Camouflage in MGS4, and Gold Uniform in MGS: Peace Walker.
Metal Gear Solid 4
- Metal Gear Solid 4 Database
- Digital Screenplay E-book
- Digital Master E-book
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- Digital Screenplay E-book
- Digital Master E-book
Preorder Bonus
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Along with the bonus materials listed above, anybody who preorders will get a few bonus objects:
- Cardboard Camouflage – (in Metal Gear Solid 4: Weapons of the Patriots)
- LOVE BOX Uniform – (in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker)
Personally, I do most of my gaming on Steam Deck, so I preordered this assortment at this discounted worth. It’ll be nice to have Metal Gear Solid 4 on fashionable platforms for the primary time in years. And I’m certain Peace Walker will really feel proper at dwelling on the hand held {hardware}. I’ve my doubts that Ghost Babel will maintain me enthralled lengthy sufficient to finish it, however I’ll undoubtedly test it out.
Chris Reed is a senior commerce editor and offers knowledgeable for IGN. He additionally runs IGN’s board recreation and LEGO protection. You possibly can observe him on Bluesky.