Metal Gear Solid (1998)
- Developer
- Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
- Publisher
- Konami
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Genres
- Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
- Rating
- 4.5 of 5, 1,682 player ratings
- Main story
- about 12 hours
- Where to get it
- Nintendo eShop
How it feels
A slow-burn infiltration where every footstep matters, wrapped in a dense, dramatic story that constantly interrupts the tension with lengthy but compelling cutscenes and codec calls.
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About
Metal Gear Solid is a stealth game created by Hideo Kojima which follows the MSX2 video games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Despite a transition to 3D, Metal Gear Solid's gameplay remains similar to his predecessors. The game utilizes a traditional top-down view and the player must navigate the protagonist Solid Snake through the game's areas without being detected. Detection will set off an alarm which draws armed enemies to his location. Conversations with Snake's allies and cutscenes are used extensively to advance the plot and gain more insight into it. Metal Gear Solid is regarded as one of the greatest and most important video games of all time, and helped popularize the stealth genre and in-engine cinematic cutscenes.
What players say
Remembered as a genre-defining, deeply cinematic stealth game that still holds up, with players praising the thick, claustrophobic tension of Shadow Moses, atmospheric lighting and ambient sound, and distinctive, personality-driven boss fights. It frequently lands on all-time-greatest lists as the title that blended film and games.
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