Metal Gear Solid is a sequel to Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. After the tragic confrontation with Big Boss, the hero, special agent Solid Snake, decided to retire and has since then lived in a secluded region in Alaska. But the US government recruits him once again for a dangerous mission. The members of Foxhound, a renegade special forces unit, threaten to use a devastating nuclear weapon if the government doesn't hand them the mortal remains of Big Boss, their former commander. Foxhound is now led by a talented, ambitious young man with the codename Liquid Snake. Knowing that the visual resemblance between this new terrorist mastermind and himself can not be coincidental, Solid Snake agrees to infiltrate the new Foxhound base, destroy the unknown nuclear weapon, and find the truth about his own identity.

The gameplay in Metal Gear Solid follows the prototype established in the two earlier Metal Gear games. Solid Snake has a limited arsenal of weapons and cannot allow himself to pave his way to the goal by killing all the enemies. He has to stay unnoticed, hide, crawl, wait for the right moment, sneak, and use various gadgets that will prevent him from alerting the enemy. Boss battles and some other sequences are played out as action-oriented set pieces, with the player having to figure out the weakness of the enemy in order to succeed.

The game utilizes traditional top-down view, but the graphics in this installment are real 3D. Conversations with Snake's allies and cutscenes are used extensively to advance the plot and gain more insight into it.

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Alternate Titles

"特攻神諜" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
"合金装备" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"MGS" -- Common abbreviation
"Hejin Zhuangbei" -- Chinese title

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User Reviews

A good barometer of what console gamers think serious gaming is. That is: Arcadish, overhyped, childish and with lots of cheese.	PlayStation	Zovni (9427)
The definitive PSX experience.	PlayStation	Anatole (52)
A rare classic.	PlayStation	DarkDove (66)
A game, a hero and the save the world plot get a hellava lot better.	PlayStation	Jason Lee (11)
It was more like a movie	PlayStation	Robert C (7)
This game lived up to the hype!!	PlayStation	Tarzan Dan (23)
A legend that put the Metal Gear series on the throne!	PlayStation	lado (28)

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The Press Says

GamesAreFun.com (GAF)	PlayStation	Aug 29, 2005	10 out of 10	100
Cheat Code Central	PlayStation	Jan 01, 2005	10 out of 10	100
Darkstation	PlayStation	Jun 12, 2002	10 out of 10	100
Retrogaming.it	PlayStation	Jun 12, 2008	10 out of 10	100
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation	Jul 15, 1999	A+	100
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Feb, 1999	94 out of 100	94
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation	Mar 11, 1999	18 out of 20	90
Gamekult	PlayStation	Oct 30, 2000	9 out of 10	90
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	PlayStation	Nov 27, 1998		70
Thunderbolt Games	PlayStation	Sep 04, 2004	6 out of 10	60

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Zovni's (really old) review for this is great!	48	Zovni (9427) Oct 05, 2010

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Trivia

There were untrue rumors about Greg Eagles, the actor who voiced Grey Fox, being dead. In fact, he was mistaken for Kaneto Shiozawa, the actor who voiced the same character in the Japanese version of the game, dead in 2000.

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This entry was contributed by GTramp (17832), Foxhack (11889) and Grant McLellan (546)