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Really just wanted to have a moan about the availability of this. Asda, Tesco, Game and Gamestation in my home town didn't have a copy of this this afternoon but I was apparently lucky to get a copy from HMV for £32.99. A little bit more than I wanted to pay but I was happier to give them the money after the reaction I got from the member of staff at Gamestation who seemed to find the idea of me finding a new game in stock in his shop ridiculous. "That's why you have to preorder!" with more than a faint hint of smug dickhead. I've never pre-ordered a game in my life. I understand pre-orders for limited/special editions but I would expect the level of stock to match the demand for a popular franchise. He told me it was up to the customers to pre-order the stock otherwise they won't receive enough stock. What a rubbish way of doing business!

I asked him how many copies they had to put out yesterday and he told me they had NONE. How is a game supposed to exceed sales expectations if they don't even have stock to fill their shop shelves? The last time I went in there to buy a new game on release day was when Blur came out and it was nowhere to be seen back then. I think i'm right to expect better from a supposed specialist games seller. What does GrCade think?

GAME and GS won't be stocking new niche titles like that anymore - they're going down the swanny.

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Got it today from Amazon. Just had a quick go on MGS2- controls will take some getting reused to! Plus I keep thinking I'm playing other games.

Snake jumping off the bridge though

I was going to go and pick it up from Gamestation on Tuesday but if they won't have it I'm going to order it now off Amazon....probably for the 360.

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I had the same experience. Popped into GS today just to see if they had it, as I was thinking about picking it up, and not any sign of it at all. But then I expected that after the past few days.

While I was there I heard a girl asking if they'd still be around in a year as she'd heard they were going belly up. The staff member seemed pretty confident, but then I think he was trying to sell her console damage cover.

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I imported it back at the start of December. So good playing through them again, though I forgot how silly MGS2 is.

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The Interesting Thread

got mine from Tesco this morning for £28

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Playing through MGS2 and PW simultaneously.

MGS2 is as awesome as I remember.

Now than PW is on a console with a second analogue stick, it's shaping to be very good.

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A Torrent of Thoughts

Perhaps. We'll see the next time a similar niche title gets released (off the top of my head, either Catherine or Blazblue Extend).

Then again, my local seems to be fairly decent of getting niche titles in: there was a few copies of Arcana Heart 3 around when it launched.

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Is the Vita version a launch game?

If so, I might wait for that.

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Quick look suggests no. Hell, I haven't even seen a Vita version up for pre-order, so it's a definite no.

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maybe he's thinking of the 3ds

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Likewise, I think it's mad that a lot of people waited for it. That is unless obviously they can only play it on the 360. That said the games scrub up really well in HD, MGS3 especially looks utterly superb, haven't tried Peace Walker yet, but that shall be next on my hit list.

Damn this collection...so far I've ended up playing through..

Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2
Metal Gear Solid
MGS2.

Currently playing MGS3...

I think you can see where this is going

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should play in timeline order

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I may pick this up when it's going for under £20. I wouldn't mind playing through 2 again, and I've been recommended to give Peace Walker a good try (The only bit I've played so far was the T-Rex fight ) and I never did get around to MGS3 so it's as good an excuse as any.

I'm still just disappointed that Twin Snakes, by far the better version of the first MGS, wasn't included in the collection.

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Heresy!!

I was tempted to really, but wanted to play them in release order to at least enjoy the improvements as the series went on, rather than missing something that wasn't thought of at the time

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MGS and ZoE HD collections were announced for the Vita a while ago, here's the trailer for the Vita version of MGS.

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Picked it up with the speedy delivery So Monday I'll be playing it

MGS 2 is probably my favourite but for some reason I don't remember much about 3 so I hope it feels like I'm playing it for the first time again <3

Really looking forward to Peace Walker Heard its fantastic <3

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Was that off the shelf or did you have to do any voucher/multi-buy shenanigans?

I've never played a MGS game (apart from 10 mins on 4 which just left me baffled) so this seems like the perfect time to give them a go.

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Sick Kids Save Point 4. It begins...again. Now with added mountain climbing!

Peace Walker is fantastic, but 3 still remains the best in the series as far as I'm concerned

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