I was amazed when I had the opportunity to review this title for impulsegamer! Being a long term reviewer and co founder for the site, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was an early title that I looked after and one of the first games that I unreservedly gave a perfect 12/10.

Editor's note: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is released in Europe this week. Here we present our review of the North American release of the game, first published in November last year. To the best of our knowledge it's still accurate with respect to the European version.

A (nearly) full history of one of gaming's hardcore icons The trend for revamping classic titles continues with the latest Konami offering – the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. However, the title is a bit misleading – starting with Metal Gear Solid 2, this package encompasses Metal Gear Solid 3 and...

Massive amount of truly excellent gameplay; 5 games in one; plus extras; huge story; encompassing several generations of console; intelligent; strict gaming style that has never been bettered; some of the best boss fights ever created; sweet 3D options; SNAAAAAKE

Still looks a bit ropey; despite the upscaling (Especially MGS2; control scheme is still a pain to use; story is still all over the shop; no MGS1; massive cutscenes + mental story = occasional bouts of tedium

Three instalments of the classic stealth series has been repackaged and given higher resolution. Is it the same good old Snake or just an old Snake?

Bluepoint have treated the games in the

Until Metal Gear Solid came along, sneaking about was hardly commonplace in gaming. The release of the game back in 1998 was very highly anticipated, and the game proved to be something very different with its sneaky gameplay and detailed storyline.

Having followed the MGS series from Playstation one, and a bit of the 2D world of Metal Gear from before that aswell, i was eager to see how the new HD remastering would alter the game. The answer.... In no way what so ever. You don't fix what isn't broken.

Very few games have been able to successfully call themselves stealth titles. Sure most releases these days such as Batman: Arkham City and Deus Ex: Human Revolution have stealth elements in them but none could honestly be called a true...

The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is one title I've been looking forward to for a long time. The Blu-ray contains five of the seven main Metal Gear games released so far: Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear...

franchise should need no introduction. It's a juggernaut that gets maximum press and coverage whenever there is a release and as such Hideo Kojima and his development team are now, for many, household names. It has been almost four years since