A simple thread asking all Metal Gear Solid fans out there what their favorite title was of the still ongoing series....
Well I personally haven't experienced every MGS game to date but I have played MGS2: Sons of Liberty, a tiny bit of the original, and a good amount of MGS3 a long time ago when it came out back in '04 but I never actually REALLY got into 3 nor did I even come close to finishing the game.
So - IMO Sons of Liberty was probably the best. Maybe not in a practical sense in comparison to how much more is added in MGS3 but just in a way that the game had an effect on me.
SoL was my very first really cinematic game I ever played and it was THE REASON I bought the PS2 in the first place. To give you an even greater idea here I actually bought the PS2 and MGS2 before purchasing a memory card (b/c the system had just launched and finding one in a store was near impossible!) and actually kept the PS2 on during the school day and times when I wasn't around just to get through the game from start to finish...I'm actually surprised the damn thing didn't burn out...we're talking about it being on constantly for maybe 5 or 6 days straight!
It was also my very first M-rated game (I was something like...12 at the time) so that made it even more HARDCORE.
I did like the nice open/jungle feel of MGS3 in the little bit I played of it but I HATE that they got rid of the mini map....that was basically GOD for me in MGS2 - it helped you out so much. It also doesnt help that the camera basically goes almost top down making seeing things around you near impossible without going into first person view every 10 seconds or so...