2 of my cousins and I have just finished going through MGS 1-3 and we're going to play through the original MG games to continue on with the story then finish up with MGS4. I don't think I've ever seen such a complex story weaved into a game series...so much so I'm usually asking my cousins questions like, "who's that?" and "where did they come from?" That Kojima is a mad genius.