Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 1

Five legendary stealth games. One disc. No excuses. The Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 1 for Xbox Series delivers the complete origin story of gaming's greatest espionage saga to Microsoft's current-gen hardware.

The lineup speaks for itself: Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid with VR Missions, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty HD, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD. These are the games that taught an entire generation that patience, observation, and a well-placed cardboard box could be more thrilling than any action sequence. The collection also includes the NES Metal Gear, Snake's Revenge, both Digital Graphic Novels, a digital soundtrack, and a massive library of screenplay and master books.

Here is the angle Xbox collectors should care about: Metal Gear has never been an Xbox-native franchise. Physical copies of this series on Microsoft hardware have always been uncommon, which makes this Master Collection a genuine anomaly in the Xbox library. Years from now, when someone is hunting for a complete Xbox Series collection, this disc will be one of the harder ones to track down.

The bonus content alone justifies the shelf space. Screenplay books and master books for every game in the set, plus graphic novels and a full soundtrack. This is Kojima's magnum opus preserved in its entirety, and it is sitting on a platform where most people will grab it digitally. Be the collector who grabs the physical copy instead.