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jonmichaelnoise's review against another edition
3.0
You need to know the plot of of MGS 1 and 2 already to follow the plot. The art style can be hard to track at times. Still, this is the only MGS comic we’re gonna get right?
ryter89's review against another edition
3.0
The art on this was pretty great but it was, at times, hard to see what was going on. The writing was ok. There were a few moments when it was "I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling..." That's actually said. The characters seemed pretty interesting but the story felt long and drawn out most of the time and really rushed at certain points. I liked the Metal Gear Solid game when it originally came out so it was fun to revisit those characters. I feel like if I had no prior knowledge of the series I would have been totally lost most of the time though.
aych's review
1.0
The art is absolutely awful. Having played the entire series throughout my life starting in my formative years, this was a big disappointment. The story still retains its convoluted nature although it becomes slightly easier to follow once you remove the interactive parts of what made the games transcend traditional story-telling and therefore so much fun to experience. Having played the games and spent a lot of time thinking and talking about them, my mind was able to fill in the blanks of what was lacking, mostly a clear visual element which is complete and utter shit here. None of the character designs stand out and the entire book reads like a SparkNotes transcript with a high schooler's rough sketches attempting to illustrate the action. Even if I didn't have such a strong connection to the source material, this is an exhibition of poor panel layout, plotting, penciling and everything else that composes an enjoyable graphic novel.
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