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Metal Gear Solid (1998)

Konami Computer Entertainment Japan

PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable

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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 … 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. Read more

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Developers
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Publishers
Konami
Genres
Adventure, Shooter, Tactical
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Stealth, Survival
Franchises
Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid
Series
Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid
Also known as
特攻神諜 (Chinese title, traditional) · Metal Gear 3 (Working title) · MGS (Acronym) · MGS1 (Acronym)

Release dates

  • Sep 03, 1998 (Japan) PlayStation
  • Oct 20, 1998 (North America) PlayStation
  • Feb 22, 1999 (Europe) PlayStation
  • Mar 21, 2008 (Digital compatibility release) (Japan) PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3
  • Jun 18, 2009 (Digital compatibility release) (North America) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
  • Nov 19, 2009 (Digital compatibility release) (Europe) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable

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