could i play it before MGS1?

>>380127247
No.

>>380127247
you really shouldn't, everything in it was made with already having played MGS1 in mind

Well you could but it'd be real fucking retarded.
I think there's a synopsis of the events of MGS1 somewhere in the main menu if you decide to do it.

>>380127247
I played it as my first MGS game when it came out on the original Xbox, I enjoyed it a lot but having gone back and played the whole series from the beginning recently I can see how much context I missed out on. The game really plays on the expectations you have from playing MGS1.