TUTORIAL: How to properly enjoy your METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION

play by release date, not on the "canonical time line"
25 years of game design are now at your reach on a single platform: the PS3! so this is the REAL ORDER to play this game, if you go straight to MGS3 you'll spoil yourself the actual evolution of this franchise stellar gameplay

game play order by original release date.
1. METAL GEAR (MSX2 1987/ PS2 2006/ PS3 2011/ PSVITA 2012)
2. METAL GEAR 2: SOLID SNAKE (MSX2 1990/ PS2 2006/ PS3 2011/ PSVITA 2012)
3: METAL GEAR SOLID (PSX1 1998/ 2000 PC/ 2003 NGC/ 2008 PSN)
4:METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY (2001 PS2/ 2002 XBOX/PC /2011 PS3X 360/ PSVITA 2012)
5:METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER (PS2 2004/ PS3 X360 2011/ N3DS 2012/ PSVITA 2012)
5.X: METAL GEAR SOLID PORTABLE OPS (2006 PSP)
6: METAL GEAR SOLID: PEACE WALKER (PSP 2010/ PS3 X360 2011/ PSVITA 2012)