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Metal Gear Solid #1

Metal Gear Solid Volume 1

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When a genetically-enhanced band of terrorists overrun a secret weapons facility in Alaska, the fate of America -- and the world -- hangs in the balance. The future lies in the hands of infiltration expert Solid Snake, who must defeat the terrorists or die trying.

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First published May 30, 2005

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57 reviews8 followers
December 24, 2019
Один з найгірших коміксів, які мені доводилось читати. Це фактично не мальопис, а гра перероблена в мальопис. Герой може сторінками скрадатись в стелзі, збирати лут, отримувати купу одноманітних квестів і т.д. Малюнок переважну більшість часу - це просто нерозбірливі мазки сірого. При цьому художник вміє малювати круто і зазвичай дуже непогано малює екшн сцени, але ща межами екшену все дуже погано. Мабуть фанатам гри комікс зайде краще, але для пересічного читача тут немає що ловити крім пари круто намальованих сцен.
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562 reviews100 followers
August 18, 2016
Dicen que sin jugar el videojuego antes la historia no se entiende tanto... Pero a golpe de vista sí que pega.
Profile Image for Frank.
18 reviews1 follower
July 31, 2010
*This review is for both volume 1 and 2*

Metal Gear Solid, a video game I grew up on and it's probably responsible for me playing video games today.

When I saw this graphic novel based on my favorite video game series, I had to check it out.

First of all there are going to be 2 opinions you hear. One of them from people who have played the video game and the second from people who have not played the video game.

For the people who have played the game: The game is almost exactly the same as the graphic novel. There are some differences, but plot is identical.

For the people who haven't played the game: It's about secret agent Solid Snake. He is sent in to figure out what terrorists are planning to do with a new Metal Gear prototype on the island of Shadow Moses. Shadow Moses was supposed to be used for containing nuclear weapons...Or so everyone thought. Now it's used by a terrorist group lead by Liquid Snake. They want to pentagon to give into their demands for billions of dollars or they will launch a nuke from their walking battle tank known as Metal Gear REX. Then they will sell the models to any other terrorist groups that can afford them. From there you get action scenes, thrilling battles, and strong emotions between the characters that come together.

Overall, it's a great read, and I recommend it to anyone.
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125 reviews4 followers
December 20, 2021
Gran adaptación de un gran videojuego. Ojalá se editaran más cosas de Ashley Wood acá, aunque con el silencio que hubo después de estos tomos, no parece probable.
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5,105 reviews173 followers
July 27, 2016
Impresionante el laburo visual de Wood en cada página (no siempre el narrativo), y Oprisko es bastante fiel y pragmático a la hora de adaptar la genial historia original a historieta. Pero no me pude sacar la sensación de que si no hubiera jugado al videojuego hace mil años, me habría perdido en la mitad de la trama, como si estuviera muy pensada para entendidos (y eso que yo me desentiendo bastante de todo).
La edición local: muy buena salvo algún detalle puntual a la hora del letreado. La portada plateada quedó divina.
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168 reviews4 followers
September 1, 2015
This was a lot of fun, and gave a lot of nostalgia. Even though its exactly as the video game, shot for shot, it still was fun to read, and a great reminder of the story of the series. The illustrations, even though they are cool beans as illustrations, they're a bit hard to follow storywise, hard to notice who is speaking to who. That said, it still is a lot of fun.
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1,604 reviews88 followers
July 28, 2016
La obra maestra del mundo del videojuego de Konami se traduce al lenguaje de historieta de la mano de Oprisko y Wood, en esta serie de dos tomos en espectacular y brillante edición argentina.
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