So instead of MGS 1,2 and 3...

This whole MGS1 vs. TTS thing has been beaten to death at this point but ill share my view

Now as for what I think of Twin Snakes? I personally thought it was an awesome remake and lives up to the original in many ways. Saying this I know people are going to think: "OMG WTF NOT A TRUE FAN!!!" or "your opinion is dumb and wrong" or even "you never played the original if you think that" etc. But, to me personally, TTS is not as bad as people make it out to be...

The new recorded VA was a little weak in some parts and some of the script changes were a little pointless, like the one that someone earlier mentioned between "character flaw" and "weakness". I think it’s a bit much to say the VA in TTS is horrid though as some like to say.

Personally overall I thought the VA was an improvement in some areas while being weak in others. For example, I hated how quickly people talked in the original after someone was finished speaking sometimes. It didn’t seem natural to me. That said TTS has problems with how some characters say their lines, as though they aren’t fully there. It still sounds good somewhat, but they don’t seem as motivated this time around. Also, this point is always funny for one reason. For all those saying that they want a "proper" remake on a Sony system, they’d have to get the VA AGAIN. Who’s to say they will want to come back a third time after being a bit wary to come back the second time? David Hayter had to give up half his paycheck to get most of them to come back and do it again for TTS. Who knows if he'd be willing to do that again, or if they will even accept that this time? Also, I like the fact the accents for both Mei Ling and Naomi are gone, they didn’t fit in the original so I didn’t mind that they were gone. And personally, I much prefer Rob Paulsen (i think that’s his name) as the Cyborg Ninja. While I didn’t mind Greg Eagles's performance, I didn’t think it fit overall honestly for the Ninja. My opinion though so don’t take it personally.
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Chapter 7, that's all you need to say to a Valkyria fan, they'll know what you mean-Celestial Damnation (see quote)

Cutscene direction overall was pretty bad. I did like some of the new cutscenes, most of them whenever the Cyborg Ninja and Snake were involved at the same time or just the Ninja himself. I also liked the scenes with REX near the end of the game. But overall, many of the over the top cutscenes were unnecessary and downright ridiculous sometimes.

While cutscene direction was bad, however, most of the blame falls on Kojima for this one. Most people either forget or don’t know this, but the guy who made the cutscenes originally had them pretty much identical to what the original had. But Kojima didn’t want it to be exactly the same. So he rejected the original cutscenes and had the director redo them, and told him to do it in the way he is known for. This director is famous for his over the top action sequences in some Japanese movies and the main reason why Kojima hired him in the first place since he was a fan of his work and wanted to see him do his work on the cutscenes in the game. Kojima WANTED the over the top cutscenes, whether they were good or not is up to the player. Could the over the topness been toned down? Yeah probably, but just know that they weren’t intended to be that way in the first place by the director. He wanted to keep the cutscenes the same but Kojima didn’t allow it

With gameplay changes, I thought the inclusion of the MGS2 mechanics were awesome. This was also fueled by the fact that MGS2 was and still is my favorite MGS game in the series and I liked its gameplay mechanics.

While the gameplay changes did make the game MUCH easier than the original, I still felt it added a whole new feel to the game that made playing it all the more better for me. Plus some people make it sound like the guards were completely unchanged thereby making the MGS2 mechanics pointless and game breaking, which isn’t entirely untrue, since they make entire areas and one boss much easier than they should be. However, guards got the behavior from MGS2 as well, by calling backup when Snake is discovered and doing searches in rooms where Snake is suspected to be hiding, which prevented it from being too easy than it already is and a huge step up from the original guards which by contrast were really dumb and easy to avoid, so the guards were updated to coincide with the MGS2 mechanics. In other words, they are smarter, even if it’s only by a little bit. Had the guards been kept the same as the original, the MGS2 mechanics truly would’ve been more game-breaking than they already are. And if you find Twin Snakes too easy, then just play on Extreme, which should provide you with enough challenge to not be annoyed at how easy it is, even though it’s not as hard as the original’s Extreme. Dog Tags were useless but they were there if you felt like going for them. Guarantee they would be a trophy or achievement if Twin Snakes would be updated in HD for the PS3 and 360 though, but that’s beside the point.
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Chapter 7, that's all you need to say to a Valkyria fan, they'll know what you mean-Celestial Damnation (see quote)

As for music changes, I didn’t mind it too much so I don’t have much to say on the matter. The new music is alright, but nothing more. The new music isn’t bad and tends to fit most of the areas well enough, but most aren’t very memorable.

Overall, the music is alright for what it is. The real improvement I say in regards to music though was each boss getting their own theme, instead of using the same one each time. That in my opinion was awesome and I’m glad they did that. It does suck some of the original key music is missing like “Encounter” though at least they kept “The Best is Yet to Come” for the credits. That change would’ve been one true gripe I would’ve had (to the point of preferring the original, other improvements be damned) if it had occurred but they were wise to keep it. Also some are under the impression that ALL the music was changed, but that’s not entirely true. The music in the Nuclear Warhead Storage Building is actually the same, but since the type of music they used to make the songs in the TTS is updated and therefore different, it doesn’t sound exactly the same. It’s more of a remix but it is the exact same theme. You can look this up on YouTube to see what I mean. Unfortunately this is the only example I have since I haven’t played either game in a long time so I don’t remember much of the music.

Overall, despite some of the things that were wrong with Twin Snakes, the game is worthy enough to be called a true remake of MGS in my eyes. The original does some things better, and the remake does some things better. However, the core story is the same and it’s still the same MGS experience down to its core just with a fresh coat of new paint, only it was painted with some questionable colors if you get what I mean.

That’s pretty much all I got. Whew, man that was long. Sorry for the triple post but i couldnt fit all of it in one post.
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Chapter 7, that's all you need to say to a Valkyria fan, they'll know what you mean-Celestial Damnation (see quote)