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, to destroy the unknown nuclear weapon, and to find the truth about his own identity.

The gameplay in Metal Gear Solid follows the prototype established in the two classic 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, to hide, to crawl, to wait for the right moment, to sneak, and to use various gadgets that will prevent him from alerting the enemy. The game utilizes traditional top-down view, but the graphics in this installment are real-time 3D.

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Alternate Titles

"合金装备" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"MGS" -- Slang
"Hejin Zhuangbei" -- Chinese title

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A good barometer of what console gamers think serious gaming is. That is: Arcadish, overhyped, childish and with lots of cheese.	Zovni (9114)
The definitive PSX experience.	Anatole (52)
A rare classic.	DarkDove (67)
A game, a hero and the save the world plot get a hellava lot better.	Jason Lee (11)
This game lived up to the hype!!	Tarzan Dan (23)
It was more like a movie	Robert C (7)
The best game ever!!	daniel o neill (3)	unrated

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The Press Says

Darkstation	Jun 12, 2002	10 out of 10	100
Retrogaming.it	Jun 12, 2008	10 out of 10	100
GamesAreFun.com (GAF)	Aug 29, 2005	10 out of 10	100
The Video Game Critic	Jul 15, 1999	A+	100
GamePro	Jul 13, 2005	5 out of 5	100
PSX Extreme	1998	9.9 out of 10	99
IGN	Oct 21, 1998	9.8 out of 10	98
Power Unlimited	Dec, 1998	9.8 out of 10	98
Super Play	Feb, 1999	96 out of 100	96
PGNx Media	Aug 26, 2002	9.5 out of 10	95

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Trivia

Due to union regulations, the voice cast (with the exceptions of David Hayter and Doug Stone) used pseudonyms during the recording sessions, and were credited that way. Here's a list with the voice actors names and their respective pseudonyms: Cam Clarke (James Flinders), Debi Mae West (Mae Zadler), Jennifer Hale (Carren Learning), Christopher Randolph (Christopher Fritz), Paul Eiding (Paul Otis), Kim Mai Guest (Kim Nguyen), Greg Eagles (Greg Byrd), Renée Raudman (Renee Collette), Patric Zimmerman (Patric Laine), Peter Lurie (Chuck Farley), Tasia Valenza (Julie Monroe), Allan Lurie (Bert Stewart) and William Bassett (Frederick Bloggs).

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Grant McLellan (559) on Mar 31, 2001.