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Summary

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.

Genres

Tactical, Adventure

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable

Developers

Konami Computer Entertainment Japan

Release Date

September 2, 1998 (26 years and 8 months ago)

Publishers

Konami

Content Rating

M Animated Blood and Gore, Animated Violence, Mature Sexual Themes, Sexual Themes, Suggestive Themes, Blood and Gore, Violence

Franchises

Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid

Community

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PublishedJuly 16, 2018

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PublishedJuly 14, 2018

7/13/18

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PublishedJuly 13, 2018

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PublishedJuly 3, 2018

6/26/18

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PublishedJune 26, 2018

6/25/18

We streamed all of Metal Gear Solid this weekend, sneaking around cameras and talking all things Kojima. If you missed out, here’s the full playthrough.
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Heather Alexandra

PublishedJune 25, 2018

6/23/18

We’re playing Metal Gear Solid live now on Twitch until we finish! Expect wolves, ketchup, gunfights, and sunglasses. If you think you’re up to it, come and join the chat, rookie.

Heather Alexandra

PublishedJune 23, 2018

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