Metal Gear Solid

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Games made into comics
• Metal Gear series
• PlayStation greatest hits releases
• Protagonists with mullets

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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 (9141)
The definitive PSX experience.	PlayStation	Anatole (52)
A rare classic.	PlayStation	DarkDove (67)
A game, a hero and the save the world plot get a hellava lot better.	PlayStation	Jason Lee (11)
This game lived up to the hype!!	PlayStation	Tarzan Dan (23)
It was more like a movie	PlayStation	Robert C (7)
The best game ever!!	PlayStation	daniel o neill (3)

The Press Says

Darkstation	PlayStation	Jun 12, 2002	10 out of 10	100
Cheat Code Central	PlayStation	Jan 01, 2005	10 out of 10	100
Power Unlimited	PlayStation	Dec, 1998	9.8 out of 10	98
IGN	PlayStation	Oct 21, 1998	9.8 out of 10	98
Game Vortex	PlayStation	Nov 12, 2000	98 out of 100	98
Super Play	PlayStation	Feb, 1999	96 out of 100	96
Kingdom of Desire	PlayStation	Jul 22, 2006	9.5 out of 10	95
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

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Trivia

For the US release of Metal Gear Solid, McFarlane Toys was entrusted with the sculpting of an action figure line based on the game by Konami. Consisting of one series, the lineup includes: Solid Snake, Meryl Silverburgh, Ninja, Revolver Ocelot, Psycho Mantis, Sniper Wolf, Vulcan Raven, Liquid Snake and a limited edition Psycho Mantis repaint.

This series has been re-released several times (lately in double-packs) with enough success to hint at a possible new edition once Metal Gear Solid 2 gets released.