Is metal gear solid delta a good first metal gear game?

there's a legacy control option if you want it to feel like the original. i'd play on the new style though, it's a lot more comfortable and nothing about the stealth gets easier for it.

yeah, probably the best place to start. it's a remake of mgs3, which is the earliest story in the timeline, so you don't need anything before it. a few names and moments hit harder once you've played the rest, but it stands on its own. just know the cutscenes are long, that's the series.