That said, Metal Gear Solid: Survive is included because it directly emanates from the events in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and resides as the most current release in the series. Here's a guide to playing each Metal Gear Solid game in order, and a few details about where it lands in the timeline.įor the purpose of ordering these titles, we've excluded tie-ins or otherwise non-canon entries in the franchise. While it's certainly not required to play the games in order, it'll make understanding Metal Gear's overarching plot much easier.
it's canon but the fact that it is will never effect any other game in metal gear since its the last one currently, and the only possible later entry to metal gear will be rising 2, Canon according to Konami, Kojima however doesnt like the future it. Kojima and Murata did not write Rising so no its not canon. The Set Up Metal Gear seems to be in a major tonal shift with Ground Zeros and The Phantom Pain. It connects with 4 just like 4 connects with anything else. Add on top of this a series of games told out of order, and it's easy to see how some players might be intimidated just trying to figure out where to start. It was writen by the same people, placed in the same universe, it takes place after MGS4 and takes Metal Gear story in a count. Its kind of assumed that Snake dies shortly after MGS4. Though the games have dominated the genre, Metal Gear titles often incorporate political or historical details interlaced with its already convoluted plot. Yes, Revengeance is Canon and because of that is the last game in the timeline. The Metal Gear Solidseries has a reputation for begin hard to follow.
