[quote name='TurkFebruary']Seeing as how there seems to be opinions on MGS games, I need advice: I just got a Vita last week and have cash in my psn wallet. I'm thinking either MGS HD Collection, or LBP Vita. Which one should I grab?[/QUOTE]
Buy LBP Vita and a PS+ sub, if you're into LBP Vita, that is. It really does feel like a console game. It's got good length and a lot of cool community levels and the like. I bought it when it was sub $20 during that one sale and I don't regret it one bit.
EU PS+ just got MGS HD collection (Vita) for free. Content usually seems to end up in parity between the two over a long enough timeline.
[quote name='CaptainJoel']You're new here but you'll quickly learn that I love MGS like nothing else.
That being said: Get MGS HD. I've never been one for the LBP series, but I have tried with each release to get into it. The floaty controls just really don't serve any purpose other than to piss me off. I beat LBP1, 2, PSP, and even started on Karting before getting so sick of the rubberbanding that I quit. You don't really have to deal with that with the MGS games. Plus, MGS3 is the greatest game of all time. There's around 80 hours of fun in there if you know what you're doing.[/QUOTE]
Joel, without a doubt, you just described something of my nightmares. I plan to give MGS3 another shot via the HD collection on Vita some day... but currently, IMO of course, it is the worst of the MGS games. MGS/MGS2/MGS4 are all better than it for me, hands down.