how long will it take to beat metal gear solid 1, 2, and 3?

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#1 Cornerstore
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topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?
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#2 vespuche
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maybe 15-20 hours
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#3 avataraang1
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MGS1-8

Mgs2-10

Mgs3-12

For me at least

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#4 donnygorgas
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I'm playing them now and it is taking a long time. I have no idea how long it will take you to get through them if it's your first time.
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#5 truenextgen
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Its been a while for 1. But 8 to 10 sounds about right. And that was considered vary long for those days. Only RPGs were long back then. Action games were from 3 hours to 10. Well TR was around the 20s and 30 maybe??



I remeber RE 1 was like 4 hours once you got it down.
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#6 Keir21
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a week if you don't suck too bad.
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#7 steve4200
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first time play through of all three...prolly between 15-25 hours depending on how well u take to the gameplay and style of game it is...
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#8 truenextgen
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first time play through of all three...prolly between 15-25 hours depending on how well u take to the gameplay and style of game it is...steve4200

I dont know. After glancing at this again. And being reminded. I think the cuts are 15 to 25 alone in one game.

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26386543

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#9 Gamerboi27
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took me

14.5 hours : mgs1

13.5 hours : mgs2

still playing mgs3

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#10 kenshinhimura16
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This are my times from the first time I played each game, so it means I didnt knew what to do or where to go so they are more realistic. Also, dont listen to anyone who says that MGS 2 or 3 can be done under 10 hours.

MGS PSX: 8 and change

MGS 2 No Dog Tags: 12 and change

MGS 2 With Dog Tags: 14

MGS 3 No Dog Tags: 22 hours (took a lot of detours lol, should take you 15-18 to finish)

MGS 3 With Dog Tags: Havent started that yet :P

MGS Twin Snakes: same as the first, though I havent gone yet for the Dog Tags.

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#11 mitchconlin
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took me

14.5 hours : mgs1

13.5 hours : mgs2

still playing mgs3

Gamerboi27

same times as me(normal difficulty)

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#12 wooooode
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maybe 15-20 hoursvespuche
Each
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#13 budboarder
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If you sat down and played each one without getting killed too much or taking breaks, you could do it in 24-36 hours. Normally, about a week per game.
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#14 grahamx
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Now I can beat them in:

MGS1: 2-4 hours

MGS2: 4 hours

MGS3: 5-6 hours

All on normal difficulty, for 2 though, I can also do this time on hard, but as the difficulty says though... it is hard.

On my first times for each though, you can expect 6-9 hours for each

They are generally short games, and don't take long to beat, depending on the difficulty

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#15 soulfly626
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topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?Cornerstore

just make sure you play them in order.

mgs3

mgs

mgs2

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[QUOTE="Cornerstore"]topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?soulfly626

just make sure you play them in order.

mgs3

mgs

mgs2



MGS1 came before MGS3 nibbysauce.
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#17 Bloodseeker23
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Now I can beat them in:

MGS1: 2-4 hours

MGS2: 3 hours

MGS3: 4-5 hours

All on normal difficulty, for 2 though, I can also do this time on hard, but as the difficulty says though... it is hard.

One my first times though, you can expect 5-7 hours for each

They are generally short games, and don't take long to beat, depending on the difficulty

grahamx

Impossible, cut scenes are even longer than those hours...

Anyways

MGS1- 8-10 hrs

MGS2- 15-20..

MGS3- 20-25...

well thats me =P

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#18 avataraang1
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[QUOTE="soulfly626"]

[QUOTE="Cornerstore"]topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?Teh_Solid_Snack

just make sure you play them in order.

mgs3

mgs

mgs2



MGS1 came before MGS3 nibbysauce.

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#19 S3_sysytem1313
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wow u guys suck then. my times for beating each one are

mgs1 2 and a half

mgs2 took me 7

mgs3 was around 7 and a half to 9 hours

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#20 Duckman5
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MGS1-8

Mgs2-10

Mgs3-12

For me at least

avataraang1

Mine was similar, 7.5 for 1, about 10 for 2, and 13 for 3.

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#21 carving_a_giant
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topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?Cornerstore

Ah, left your homework to the last minute there mate?

Better get cracking, you only got 3 weeks till the due date.

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#22 jescoupupup
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[QUOTE="soulfly626"]

[QUOTE="Cornerstore"]topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?Teh_Solid_Snack

just make sure you play them in order.

mgs3

mgs

mgs2



MGS1 came before MGS3 nibbysauce.

but wasn't the story of mgs3 happening way before mgs

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#23 soulfly626
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[QUOTE="Teh_Solid_Snack"][QUOTE="soulfly626"]

[QUOTE="Cornerstore"]topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?jescoupupup

just make sure you play them in order.

mgs3

mgs

mgs2



MGS1 came before MGS3 nibbysauce.

but wasn't the story of mgs3 happening way before mgs

They do referrence the big boss on MGS. That way you'll know who they are talking about. I had no Idea who the big boss was when I first played MGS when it came out. So if you are new to mgs, That is the order should play them.

They talk about zanzibar and outer haven.

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#24 kenshinhimura16
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[QUOTE="Teh_Solid_Snack"][QUOTE="soulfly626"]

[QUOTE="Cornerstore"]topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?jescoupupup

just make sure you play them in order.

mgs3

mgs

mgs2



MGS1 came before MGS3 nibbysauce.

but wasn't the story of mgs3 happening way before mgs

I can only think of 2 reasons:

1- Because the gameplay in 3 is completely different than that in 1 and 2 and would make them harder.

2- He is a complete ........... (use whatever adjective you want)

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#25 soulfly626
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MGS3 is the beginning of the Saga. It's a prequel. after that you have like 3 more major insidents before Shadow Moses(MGS) and you have MGS2(the tanker insiden).

MGS4 is the sequel to MGS2.

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#26 avataraang1
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wow u guys suck then. my times for beating each one are

mgs1 2 and a half

mgs2 took me 7

mgs3 was around 7 and a half to 9 hours

S3_sysytem1313
Metal Gear solid in in 2 hours... Right.....
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#27 kenshinhimura16
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[QUOTE="S3_sysytem1313"]

wow u guys suck then. my times for beating each one are

mgs1 2 and a half

mgs2 took me 7

mgs3 was around 7 and a half to 9 hours

avataraang1

Metal Gear solid in in 2 hours... Right.....

He is one of those guys who skips everything and uses every possible glitch in the game as well as cheapshots.

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#28 avataraang1
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[QUOTE="avataraang1"][QUOTE="S3_sysytem1313"]

wow u guys suck then. my times for beating each one are

mgs1 2 and a half

mgs2 took me 7

mgs3 was around 7 and a half to 9 hours

kenshinhimura16

Metal Gear solid in in 2 hours... Right.....

He is one of those guys who skips everything and uses every possible glitch in the game as well as cheapshots.

Who plays a game like that. Thats like taking the hot out of hotsauce. The May out of Mayo. The Awesome out of awesomeness do I need go on
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#29 kenshinhimura16
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[QUOTE="kenshinhimura16"][QUOTE="avataraang1"][QUOTE="S3_sysytem1313"]

wow u guys suck then. my times for beating each one are

mgs1 2 and a half

mgs2 took me 7

mgs3 was around 7 and a half to 9 hours

avataraang1

Metal Gear solid in in 2 hours... Right.....

He is one of those guys who skips everything and uses every possible glitch in the game as well as cheapshots.

Who plays a game like that. Thats like taking the hot out of hotsauce. The May out of Mayo. The Awesome out of awesomeness do I need go on

Well, its one of the people who likes to do speed runs. I for one hate doing that. And in MGS I always listen to everything, use the codec a lot to get all the secret conversations and now, Im beating them without killing enemies, unless you have no other way.

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#30 avataraang1
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[QUOTE="avataraang1"][QUOTE="kenshinhimura16"][QUOTE="avataraang1"][QUOTE="S3_sysytem1313"]

wow u guys suck then. my times for beating each one are

mgs1 2 and a half

mgs2 took me 7

mgs3 was around 7 and a half to 9 hours

kenshinhimura16

Metal Gear solid in in 2 hours... Right.....

He is one of those guys who skips everything and uses every possible glitch in the game as well as cheapshots.

Who plays a game like that. Thats like taking the hot out of hotsauce. The May out of Mayo. The Awesome out of awesomeness do I need go on

Well, its one of the people who likes to do speed runs. I for one hate doing that. And in MGS I always listen to everything, use the codec a lot to get all the secret conversations and now, Im beating them without killing enemies, unless you have no other way.

Killing the enemies are awesome though. Its so hard not too when you run out of Mk22 and in alarm phase.
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#31 CJL182
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You can beat them in a very dedicated week.
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#32 kenshinhimura16
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Killing the enemies are awesome though. Its so hard not too when you run out of Mk22 and in alarm phase.avataraang1

Its not only hard, its damn hard but Im resisting it though, since Im replaying them but trying to get all the tags (got 89% on my first try of the 2nd playthrough MGS2, now Im gonna finish that one and then move to MGS 3 and finally to the Twin Snakes)

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#33 avataraang1
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[QUOTE="avataraang1"]Killing the enemies are awesome though. Its so hard not too when you run out of Mk22 and in alarm phase.kenshinhimura16

Its not only hard, its damn hard but Im resisting it though, since Im replaying them but trying to get all the tags (got 89% on my first try of the 2nd playthrough MGS2, now Im gonna finish that one and then move to MGS 3 and finally to the Twin Snakes)

Oh i thought you were talking about MGS3
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#34 jeremiah06
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mgs a little over 8 hours

mgs2 like 17 hours

mgs3 still playing 10 hours into it and no end in sight but more importantly i will be finished before June 12th

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#35 jeremiah06
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wow u guys suck then. my times for beating each one are

mgs1 2 and a half

mgs2 took me 7

mgs3 was around 7 and a half to 9 hours

S3_sysytem1313

2 hours you very first time your lying that would mean you skipped all the cutscenes and you knew exactly how to do each part which is not possible you first time and why would you skip the cutscenes your first time its just not logoical that it only took you 2 hours your first time

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#36 kenshinhimura16
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[QUOTE="kenshinhimura16"]

[QUOTE="avataraang1"]Killing the enemies are awesome though. Its so hard not too when you run out of Mk22 and in alarm phase.avataraang1

Its not only hard, its damn hard but Im resisting it though, since Im replaying them but trying to get all the tags (got 89% on my first try of the 2nd playthrough MGS2, now Im gonna finish that one and then move to MGS 3 and finally to the Twin Snakes)

Oh i thought you were talking about MGS3

In MGS 3 its even more complicated not to kill people sadly, there are less hidding spots :(. But also, killing them is even better than before too :P.

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#37 Rakuho
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depends on whether you want to fly through them or not. If not, 12hrs tops for all 3 titles, from moderate to hard difficulty. I remember spending a lot of time on mgs2, but no so much on 1 and 3.

kinda of topic and maybe sort of a spoiler....

how long did it take you guys to beat that old sniper in mgs3, it took me an embarassing amount of time on the hardest difficulty.

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#38 cmpepper23
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I guess I like to take my time with games because I remember each one taking me 15 to 20 hours to beat in my first playthrough. If you stay on track though and don't play around like I like to do, then you could probably finish each one in around 10 to 15 hours.
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#39 csqwared
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For all of 'em I'd say about a week in total, if your going in hours depending on how long you are willing to sit down for, it can vary. For me it took about 3 days to beet MGS, 3 or 4 days for MGS2, and I went slow on MGS3 so it took about a week. In total I think I had 12 hours on MGS, 12 on MGS2, and 24 on MGS3.
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#40 tktosc666
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mgs: 10 hours

mgs2: 14 hours

mgs3: 22 hours

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#41 Steve_ps
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MGS should take around 8 hours so should MGS2 and then MGS3 would be like 14 or so.

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#42 pistolplatypus
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Depends on how you play...for me being all sneaky and such, maybe 30 hours...for my brother, being all agressive and such, maybe 60 :)
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#44 Goku2639
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topic, like how many hours all together for my first time?Cornerstore
If you play the game how its supposed to be played....not just a random run through, skip everything thing.....

MGS- like 8-10hours

MGS2-10-20

MGS3-14-20+

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#45 Goku2639
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[QUOTE="S3_sysytem1313"]

wow u guys suck then. my times for beating each one are

mgs1 2 and a half

mgs2 took me 7

mgs3 was around 7 and a half to 9 hours

jeremiah06

he didnt ask HOW FAST CAN I BEAT THEM?????? he asked how long will it take him...as in a normal playthrough.

U shudnt go on a forum acting smart...when in reality you just made yourself look stupid


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#46 ronniepage588
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MGS1-8

Mgs2-10

Mgs3-12

For me at least

avataraang1

yeah thats pretty accurate- but you may want to sit through the cut scenes. but hey you'll enjoy it, and if you get them all now you'll have plenty of time to beat them before MGS4 comes out.