Of the ones I've played...
MGS1: Dated graphics, but the great sound and voice work helped it age better than most other PS1 games. About the right level of "over-the-top-ness." 9/10
MGS2: Pretty much the same gameplay as the first game, which is okay. Raiden's banter with his girlfriend is painful to listen to, though, and the story goes a little too far "out there." 7/10
MGS3: Nigh-unplayable, in my opinion. The menu-based functions (eating and healing) add nothing but tedium to the game, and removing the HUD radar makes playing it a chore and a half. The voice work and silliness are still solid, though, so it's not a total stinker. 3/10
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
