Okay, I’ll actually go into some detail.

The biggest problem with Twin Snakes is the addition of MGS2 mechanics without altering the level design in any way, shape, or form. This breaks the game and makes it laughably easy - the levels were never designed to allow for firing a weapon in first person or hanging from railings.

But the other major problem is the cutscenes, which add a ton of absurd Matrix-y crap that breaks the atmosphere of the game. Snake should not do a kickflip off a missile in midair. Fuck that.

Basically, telling someone to play Twin Snakes instead isn’t like telling someone to play the Final Fantasy X PS4 remaster, which doesn’t alter cutscenes or add game mechanics that the game was never intended to accommodate.

Telling someone to play Twin Snakes first is like telling someone to make the conscious decision watch the 2011 Blu-Ray SE of Star Wars instead of the original version because the 1977 effects are dated.