Alternative MissionsThe 2018 release of Metal Gear Survive marks the first Metal Gear game since Hideo Kojima`s departure from Konami. Yet it`s most certainly not the first game in the franchise he hasn`t helmed. While these games collectively fall short of Kojima`s consistent track record, there are more gems here than duds, like Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, which have each rated as well as many of the mainline Metal Gear installments on GameSpot. Take a look:For better or worse, it`s likely that the Metal Gear name will live on well after Metal Gear Survive. If a non-canonical spin-off with zombies sounds dubious, consider the Metal Gear pachinko slot machine game that features completely remade cutscenes from Metal Gear Solid 3. It`s a proverbial CQC gut-punch with a knife twist. But as a whole, this collection of spin-offs shows Konami`s penchant for trying out new game mechanics, sometimes departing from the tactical espionage action that made the franchise a success.If you`re curious about Metal Gear Survive, a second beta is currently live. It will run until February 18 and is available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Like the previous beta, it focuses on co-op play where the only available game type is a take on the classic multi-wave Horde mode made popular by Gears of War and, more recently, Fortnite. For more thoughts on our impressions on Metal Gear Survive at this point, you can check out our most recent preview and our beta livestream. Metal Gear (NES, MS-DOS, Commodore 64)Just as there are a dozen features the NES version preserved from the original MSX2 game, so too are there a dozen notable changes that makes the NES edition a brand-new experience. It begins right from the opening shot: the NES version has Snake parachuting--with three mystery operatives who are never seen again--in the middle of the jungle while the MSX2 game has him infiltrating underwater. There are differences in level layouts and how enemi ...
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