Metal Gear Solid
Tags: paranormal

Plot synopsis:
The year is 2005. In Alaska's Fox archipeligo, A nuclear weapons disposal facility is attacked and captured by the next-generation special forces group known as "Fox-Hound". They have presented Washington with one demand: "The delivery of the remains of the legendary soldier "Big Boss". Unless the demands are met within 24 hours. A nuclear weapon will be launched.Former member of Fox-Hound, Solid Snake is called back on duty to take the operation. Instructed by Colonel Roy Campbell to infiltrate the base and rescue two hostages, DARPA Chief Donald Anderson, and the president of Armstech Manufacturing company Kenneth Baker. Snake decides to take the operation.Snake swims the docks of the base and begins to sneak around, The only up to the ground is an elevator that Snake must wait for to come down. The elevator arrives and Snake takes it up to the helipad. Reaching the ground above, Snake contacts Campbell and is introduced to Mei Ling who has also joined the operation as another of Snake's allies. Campbell, Mei Ling, and Naomi Hunter, chief of Fox-hound's medical staff instruct Snake about the mission and give him a few pieces of advice. Snake notices a Hind D ready to lift off the helipad before beginning the intrusion. From the other side of the helipad, Snake scopes out possible entrys into the building and sees a ventilation duct at the top. Silently Making his way to the duct. Campbell calls and says the F-16s used as a diversion were shot down by the hind. Snake crawls through the duct and recieves a transmission from Survivorlist MacDonnell Miller who has also joined the operation. Snake comes to a halt at a shaft looking down on two soliders holding a conversation regaurding a "woman in the cell".Snake reaches the top balcony of the building inside and makes his way downstairs to the elevator. Taking it to the 1st floor basement, Snake's soliton radar system shows a green dot (DARPA Chief) flashing in a cell in another room on the floor. Finding a ventilation shaft, Snake crawls to the location of the dot and finds the DARPA chief. Snake learns that the DARPA Chief had no idea of the possible threat of the nuclear launch but informs Snake information that the terrorists have been conducting exercises on a new weapon of mass destruction, Metal Gear. The chief gives Snake information how to stop the launch using PAL keys, but time is running out since the terrorists have found out the chief's password to arm the launch, He tells Snake the president of Armstech has a password as well but hasn't shared it yet. Snake learns where Baker may be held up and decides to look for him. Before leaving the cell, the DARPA chief asks Snake something about "the pentagon" and if he's sure he didn't hear anything about disarming the PAL. All of a sudden, the chief dies a mysterious death which looks like a heart-attack. Coming into contact with Campbell, Snake is beginning to think he is hiding something from Snake. He is then instructed to find Baker before he password is given.Before leaving the cell. Snake hears a struggle in the next cell over and his cell door mysteriously opens. Snake peaks around the corner to find a knocked-out naked soldier on the floor and a woman dressed in the soldier's outfit draws her gun on Snake. Snake calling the woman a "rookie" for her mishandling of her gun, draws his weapon on her. Three guards enter the room as more storm in, Snake and the woman work together taking them out. Checking if the hall is clear. The woman makes a run for the elevator and Snake chases her. She shoots at him and Snake dives for a corner taking cover. After the elevator doors close and the woman disapears, Snake becomes hallucinated by a ghost complementing the girl. Snake calls Naomi to learn that the ghost was Psycho Mantis, Fox-hounds psychic.Snake takes the elevator down to the 2nd floor basement where Baker is supposedly hiding. Snake finds a wall painted a different color than the others and uses C4 to blow it up, revealing a hall leading to another cover entrance. Snake finds Baker tied up to a pole with several C4 charges wired to blow if the wire is touched. A man appears out of nowhere and shoots at Snake but misses. The man introduces himself as Revolver Ocelot. Challenging Snake to a duel, he shows him his signature revolver and the two get into a fierce battle. Snake manages to take down Ocelot but as Ocelot prepares to shoot once again, his hand is mysteriously sliced off. The ropes tied to Baker are cut and he falls to the ground as the charges go off. Ocelot picks up his hand and runs off telling Snake they will meet again. Snake notices the invisible force has come to form of a cybernetic ninja. It begins to have a painful spell in its head and runs off disapearing into the wind. Snake helps Baker and learns his password was taken and that he couldn't resist Ocelot's extreme torture, which explains his broken arm. Snake learns from Baker that a woman was brought in when the revolt started and gives Snake a hint on how to contact her. He also learns about an employee, Dr Hal Emmerich of Armstech, who worked on the Metal Gear project and who is being held somewhere on the base. With all information gathered, Snake begins to head out and begin his new objectives. Baker hands Snake an opitical disc with all of Metal Gear's test exercise data saved onto it. Before leaving the president, he dies in the same manner as the DARPA Chief.Leaving the armory. Snake gets into contact via codec with the woman, Meryl Silverbergh who happens to be the Colonel's niece. They share information about the operation and Meryl explains more statistics of the base, Metal Gear and Dr. Emmerich to Snake. Suggesting they team up, Snake declines Meryl's offer because she's still a rookie. But a story of Meryl's horrific experience in battle causes him to give her another chance. Snake suggests going up ahead to look for Emmerich while Meryl agrees to meet up with them.Making his way through a vacant canyon towards the storage building, Snake receives a transmission from an unknown caller calling himself "Deepthroat", who warns Snake that there are claymore mines planted under the snow. Carefully making his way through the minefield, Snake encounters a tank being commandeered by Vulcan Ravin. Snake, armed with grenades, lobs them at the tank's gunners shooting at him. Snake manages to disarm the tank and reaches the storage building.Arriving in the building, Snake finds boxes of Dismantled nuclear warheads carelessly stocked and is instructed not to use any weapons in that area. Reaching the elevator, Snake takes it to the 2nd floor basement where Emmerich is held. A hall filled with gas and an electrified floor halts Snake to proceed. Deepthroat calls once more and tells Snake the only way to disarm the electrified floor is to blow up a transformer in a room off the hall. Snake uses a nikita missile to blow it up and proceeds. Entering another hall, Snake finds it filled with dead soldiers who look like they were cut up by a blade. Entering the door at the end of the hall, Snake finds Emmerich trapped by the Cyborg Ninja. The ninja turns around and has been waiting for Snake and "a final battle to the death". Snake and the ninja endure in a fist fight while Emmerich hides in a locker, scared to death. After the battle, the ninja asks Snake if he knows who he is now. Snake can't belive who it is. The ninja takes off once again and Snake reveals to Campbell that the ninja is "Gray Fox", a former partner turned adversary in Outer Heaven years ago. Naomi chimes in and tells Snake and Campbell about how a medical group resurected Fox in Cybernetic form and that the whole operation was a failure due to all the doctors dying during the operation. Snake prepares himself to meet Fox once again when the time comes.Snake rescues Emmerich and gathers more information on Metal Gear and how it works. However to Emmerich's knowlege, he had no idea that the terrorists were gonna use Metal Gear to launch a missile. Emmerich finally breaks down about how the curse of nuclear weapons has always been a downfall of his family. Snake gets into contact with Meryl but she is cut off by patrolling guards shooting at her. Snake having no idea how to find her, Emmerich tells him she may be dressed up as a soldier who has "a way of walking". Snake decides to go and find her while Emmerich, using his stealth camouflage prototype, stays out of harms way, giving Snake his codec frequency and his new code name : "Otacon".Snake reaches the 1st floor basement, scoping out the patrolling guards hoping to find Meryl. Meryl spots him and runs to the womans room as Snake follows her in. Snake and Meryl share information about what they've learned so far and Meryl gives Snake one of the PAL keys used to override the detonation. They decide to go to the communications tower up ahead. Arriving at the commander's room north of the 1st floor basement, Snake and Meryl hear strange music and Meryl begins to fall into a trance. She draws her gun on Snake and is ready to shoot. Campbell quickly calls and tellls Snake that Psycho Mantis is controlling her and he should not harm her. Snake, using a stun grenade, knocks Meryl out while he and Mantis endure in a battle. Mantis uses all the objects in the room to try to take down Snake but is unsucessful. Snake manages to kill him. As Meryl regains consiousness, Snake and Mantis hold a conversation as Mantis slowly dies, showing Snake how their worlds are alike because they are both killers and no one deserves happiness. Before dying, he shows Snake the way to the underground base where Metal Gear is stationed. Snake and Meryl leave the commander's room.Snake and Meryl find a long, wide passage way towards the communications tower but before moving ahead, Meryl is shot three times by a sniper at the end of the hall. Snake, taking cover at the corner, finds himself ungunned and helpless without a sniper rifle. Otacon tells him that there is a PSG-1 back in the armory where Baker was held. With no other choice, Snake travels all the way back to get the sniper rifle.Arriving back to the hall, Meryl is nowhere to be found, Snake quickly takes cover and seeks out Sniper Wolf, who is waiting for him. They get into a long battle, but Snake manages to take her down. Running towards the balcony where Wolf was shooting from, she's nowhere to be found. Snake finds the door leading into the tower but is side-tracked by Wolf and her men. Snake is knocked out and is dragged away.Slowly waking up tied to a torture bed, Snake hears leader of Fox-Hound Liquid Snake, who bears a similarity to Snake, make final plans with Wolf and Ocelot on the nuclear attack. Liquid also receives word that the government has refused to give in to his demands. Ocelot is instructed to torture Snake without killing him like he did with the chief. Wolf and Liquid leave and Ocelot begins the torture. If Snake resists the torture, Meryl will be left alone, but if he submits, she dies. Ocelot sends electricity running through Snakes body four times as Snake manages to resist the torture session. True to his word, Ocelot assures Snake that Meryl will be okay for now.Locked up in a cell, Snake finds the decomposed body of the DARPA chief laying in the corner of the cell. With time to spare, Snake, while in conversation with Campbell, finds out that he was keeping information from Snake regarding the president's methods of dealing with the situation. Snake then talks to Naomi about her and family to ease himself from the pain. Naomi hesitates in talking about herself or her family. Then Snake finally admits to her that he had no family as well but one man who claimed to be his father... Big Boss. The truth behind Outer Heaven is brought up as they continue to talk about their lives. Thinking of a possible way out, the guard watching the cell runs to the bathroom with a stomach ache. Otacon appears and gives Snake food and a bottle of ketchup and a keycard that'll get him out of the torture room. Otacon also begs of Snake not to kill Sniper Wolf because of the feelings he has for her. The guard leaves the bathroom and Otacon disappeers using his Stealth camo. When the guard comes back, he finds Snake on the ground with blood (ketchup) around him. The guard enters the cell and Snake manages to kill him and escape. Gathering his items and clothes, Snake escapes the torture room and heads back to the Communications tower.Back at the hall where Meryl was shot, Snake stops for a minute to recollect the thought of her getting shot in front of his eyes. Snake admits to Campbell he wasn't able to protect her and he also tells her the truth why Meryl joined in combat. Master Miller tunes in and tells Snake to not punish himself for what's happened. Naomi then sees a little connection going on between Snake and Meryl. Snake then learns that Naomi's father was in the F.B.I. Ending the conversation, Snake enters the entrance of the tower.Being spotted by a camera. Snake is chased up the long winding tower by swarming guards trying to stop him. He reaches the top of the stairs stopping the soldiers coming after him. Snake climbs a ladder to the roof of the tower. Out on the roof, Snake reaches the catwalk to tower B but is cut short when small missles take down the giant satellite dish on the top of Tower B, dismantiling the catwalk. Liquid appears in the Hind and Snake takes cover as Liquid tries to kill him. Using a piece of long rope, Snake repels down the side of the tower dodging machine gun fire from the hind. Snake reaches the bottom of the tower to a cat walk which will take him to Tower B.With no time to waste, Snake enters the second tower and runs down the circular staircase to the bottom but is halted when the stair case is broken. Making it back up to where he was. Otacon appears and Snake asks him to fix the elevator that was broken before that will take him down. While Otacon works on the elevator, Snake heads up to the roof of the tower, ready to take down Liquid.Liquid is hovering around the top of the tower, and Snake gets ready to fight. Armed with stinger missiles, he manages to take Liquid down and the hind comes crashing to the ground below. Otacon calls Snake and tells him the elevator is working. Snake reaches down to the elevator, but when he steps inside, a loud buzz goes off. Ignoring it, Snakes takes the elevator to the bottom floor. Otacon calls and tells Snake that four stealth prototypes he had housed in his lab have gone missing, and the weight of the elevator felt like someone was holding it. Finally reallizing it, Otacon warns Snake that the guys who took his stealth camos are in the elevator with him. Snakes takes down the soldiers and the elevator reaches the bottom floor of the tower. Snake exits the tower into a wide open snowfield where he is shot at by a sniper.Otacon calls in to check on Snake and Snake tells him that he's being shot at. Otacon excitedly shouts out "It's Her!!", Snake realizes he's talking about Sniper Wolf and that he seems happy. Otacon then begs him once again to not kill her. Snake reminds him that she's a killer and shot Meryl. Wolf interrupts the transmission and tells Snake that he's next to be dead, as Otacon attempts to make peace between the two. Snake vows to pay her back for Meryl. A final sniper battle takes place and Snake takes Wolf down, shooting her in the lungs.
In her final moments, Wolf tells Snake her life story being raised on a battle field and that she was saved by Big Boss. Ready to go down in glory, she implores Snake to set her free. As Snake is drawing his gun on Wolf's face, Otacon appears crying because he's about to lose the love of his life. When Otacon apporaches her, he turns around and says good-bye, closing his eyes and covering his ears. Snake shoots Wolf, killing her as a pack of wolves howl from a distance. Leaving Otacon to grieve with Wolf, Snake heads for the underground base.Snake takes an elevator down to the bottom level of the blast furnace, reaching a cold storage area. On the way, Master Miller calls Snake and verifiies the story that Naomi told Snake about her father being in the F.B.I was a lie because of false evidence regarding the story. When he enters the room, a flock of ravens appear and fly around him. Vulcan Raven, now armed with a M60 Mini gun challenges Snake to a final duel. Taking him down with the Nikita launcher, Snake wins the battle and Raven, now dying, chants a sermon. He tells Snake that the DARPA chief he attempted to rescue was not really him, but Decoy Octopus, a master of disguise of Fox-Hound. Snake wants more information about it but Raven tells him to solve the riddle, as the ravens pick off of what remains of Raven.Master calls back with more info on Naomi but this time, Campbell tunes in and Master tells him the story and the new evidence he's gathered indicating that the woman they think is Naomi, isn't her, and that the really Naomi Hunter died somewhere in the middle east some time ago. Fearing that she might be a spy sent in from Fox-Hound, Campbell has her placed under arrest. Snake, believing that Campbell's hiding something, proceeds to the underground base.Snake reaches the bottom of the base and sees Metal Gear standing high above him, waiting to be used. Otacon calls Snake and tells Snake that he's hacked into Baker's private files about Armstech and information about Metal Gear. Snake tells him to find out how to stop the launch or to destroy it. Reaching the top of the base. Otacon calls back and gives information to Snake about the missile used to be launched from Metal Gear. The weapon is an unstoppable stealth weapon and has only been computer simulated and the outcome of the destruction could mean the end of the world. Snake reaches the control center where Liquid and Ocelot are talking about a possible designated target and they elaborate more on their future plans. Liquid declares that after the attack, Shadow Moses will be called "Outer Heaven".
Snake also learns about FoxDie, and how it killed off Baker and Decoy Octopus. Meryl is still alive and Liquid tells Ocelot to leave her that way.Otacon calls Snake back and tells him the secret of the PAL override system using the three keys. Snake only having one of them finds out that he actually has all three of them because the card is made out of a shape memory alloy material. To over-ride the launch, Snake must take the key he has and change the temperature of the key because the process requires in order: a room temperature key, a frozen key, and a hot key, and the keys are to only be used once. Looking through the screen of a hidden surveilance camera. Ocelot seeks Snake and shoots at him. The key flys out of Snake's hand and lands back at the bottom of the base. The doors to the control room lock shut as Liquid watches Snake fight off incoming guards.Snake makes it down to the bottom and retrieves the key and goes back to the control terminal which is now empty. He puts the key in the room temp. terminal and makes his way to the cold storage area where he fought Raven to freeze the key. After going back and entering the frozen key into the Low temp. terminal, Snake heads to the blast furnace to warm the key. Taking the elevator up to the blast furnace. Naomi secretly calls Snake and tells the truth about her and her assignment. She admits to Snake that Gray Fox is her brother and that she injected Snake with FoxDie in retaliation for his killing. Before continuing, she is cut off by Campbell and is beaten up in the background as Campbell forbids Snake to talk to her.Arriving back at the control terminal with the key in its hot state. Snake puts the key in the high temp. terminal and Metal Gear suddenly becomes activated. Master calls Snake to thank him for inputing the detonation code and explains that Metal Gear is now unstoppable. He reveals to Snake that the DARPA chief's code was never retrieved and that the threat was never intentional and that Snake was sent in as an ace-in-the-hole to obtain Metal Gear's launch data on the opitcal disk he was carrying. Demanding more information from Master. he tells Snake that he's very close by. Campbell interrupts and tells Snake that the body of Master Miller was found at his home recently, and his transmission signals were coming from inside the base. On the codec screen, "Master" takes off his sunglasses and releases his ponytail, revealing himself to be Liquid who's been playing Snake from the beginning. Suddenly the doors of the control room close and lock up as gas is released to kill Snake. Seconds later, Otacon hacks into security and opens the door for Snake. Snake leaves the room and finds Liquid waiting for him next to the cockpit of Metal Gear.Liquid reveals more information regarding the operation and Snake being a pawn in it, and how he was being used as a vector to spread FoxDie. But as long as it doesnt kill Snake, then Liquid isn't worried about it. Liquid then gets into specifics about Big Boss's DNA and how the two of them are the Sons of Big Boss with Snake being dominent to Big Boss's genes and Liquid being recessive. The truth for Liquid wanting revenge finally comes out as he jumps into the cockpit of Metal Gear and arms it, leaving Snake to take it down once again.Armed with Stinger Missles, Snake fires at Metal Gear's weakpoint, the radome. When it finally stops for a couple of seconds, it comes back to function and it moves in on Snake. Fox appears and covers Snake as he takes cover. Fox shoots a laser gun at Metal' Gears Radome twice leaving it dysfunctional for a minute, giving Fox a chance to explain to Snake the reason why Naomi wants revenge, and that he was the one who killed her parents and shortly after took her in as her own flesh and blood. He gives Snake a message to tell her that it was him who did it and gives him a box of Stingers to use against Metal Gear. Fox declares that he'll stop Metal Gear for good and in the process gets his arm cut off by Metal Gear's Laser. Jumping to a ledge. Liquid drives Metal Gear's beak into Fox, violently crushing him into the wall. Grabbing his laser gun, Fox shoots at the radome as Liquid yells to Snake, destroying it. With Metal Gear now automatically disabled, Liquid uses the manuel form of Metal Gear and finishes off Fox by pulling him down the ground and stomping on him. Snake is left to watch Fox die for good. Snake goes in one more round with Metal Gear as Liquid Pilots it continuing to try to kill Snake. Snake launches Stingers into the cockpit and destroys Metal Gear for good, but the explosion sends Snake into a hardwall knocking him out.Liquid appears out of the wreckage of Metal Gear as Snake slowly regains consiousness. More truths about his plan of hostile takeover and his intentions with Big Boss's DNA come clear to Snake. It is revealed that the genome army patrolling the base are also to be the Sons of Big Boss using his Genetics to make the army, "Next- Generation Special Forces". After disarming Snake of all his weapons, Liquid points to Meryl laying tied up and uncousious on the back of Metal Gear with a bomb set to go off. Liquid gives Snake a chance to call Campbell to learn what the pentagon is about to do.Campbell tells Snake that the Secretary of Defense has taken active lead of the operation and has ordered the pentagon to launch a bomb on Shadow Moses to vaporize the evidence and people who were involved in the Metal Gear project. Campbell insures Snake that he'll stop the nuclear strike or at least delay the chain of command to give Snake a chance to escape. He finally admits the truth that Meryl was brought in as bait to manipulate him and force him to cooperate in keeping vital secrets from Snake. Campbell is then cut off and knocked out, Mei ling scared tries to tell Snake what just happened but then Secretary Of Defense, Jim Houseman comes on telling Snake that Campbell's been arrested for treason, and leaking information. He reveals that the bombing of the island will be covered up by a story involving the terrorist's exploding a nuclear device. Snake defends the sakes of the people of the island and tells him that Houseman didn't really mean to kill the chief after all. Houseman then tells Snake if he hands over the disc holding Metal Gear's test data that everyone will be okay. But Snake tells him he doesn't have it. Houseman then tells Snake that he and Liquid will die soon and the country's dark little secret will be forgotten for good.With time winding down of the bomb attack, Liquid challenges Snake to a fight with Bare fists on top of Metal Gear's head. If Snake wins, he has a chance to save Meryl for a short time. They begin to fight for a while and Snake manages to throw Liquid off of Metal Gear sending him 25 stories to the ground below.Snake reaches Meryl who awakens slowly and Snake defuses the bomb next to her. Sharing a moment with Meryl for their somewhat success, he tells her the entire base is about to blow but they plan to attempt the escape. Otacon calls and congratulates Snake on destroying Metal Gear and hears about the bombing run. As Otacon decides to stay for a little bit longer to clear his head and to turn away from the past that has haunted him, They end their conversation for what looks like the last time.The base begins to rumble and Snake and Meryl get off Metal Gear and run for a garage sitting next door. They find a jeep with a machine gun mounted in the back. Meryl hops in the driver's seat as the rest of the genome soldiers come after them. Getting the jeep to start, Meryl drives by Snake as he hops in the back taking control of the mounted gun. They drive down a long tunnel as they fight off more soldiers trying to stop them. After they kill off the remaining army, Liquid pursues them in another jeep with a famas in his hand. Liquid and Snake exchange fire as the jeeps avoid being hit. At the end of the tunnel, they reach daylight but when they reach the ice covered road, the jeeps turn over leaving Snake and Meryl trapped. Looking around to find Liquid, Snake assumes he's dead, but then Liquid appears from the passenger side of his turned over jeep drawing his FA-MAS on Snake. Snake and Meryl look at him, before he pulls the trigger, Liquid staggers and falls to the ground inducing what looks like the effects of FoxDie. Snake thinks if Liquid died from it, he'll probebly be next.Campbell suddenly calls and tells Snake that Houseman has been arrested and the whole operation was led by him acting alone. The bombing has been cancelled and Campbell learns that Meryl's okay. He apoligizes to Snake for the secrets he's kept from him during the operation. He tells Snake that there's a snow mobile hiding in a cave not far from their location and they can use it to escape. Thinking they won't ever meet again, they say there good byes but Snake promises him a visit sometime soon. Snake then asks about FoxDie but Campbell tells him that Naomi wants to talk to him about it. Snakes tells Naomi about her brother and the last message he had for her and that he is now a hero for saving the world. She begins to cry at the fact they she never had a chance to say good bye or to see him one last time. Snake changes the subject asking about FoxDie and that it killed Liquid. He asks her how much time he has left, but Naomi just tells him "Everyone dies when their time's up", leaving Snake with the fact that he was never injected with FoxDie in the first place.Snake and Meryl emerge from the jeep and begin to walk down the cliff to their snow mobile. They hop on and discuss the future their lives have in store for them. Meryl gives Snake a bandana she had with her and they ride off into the sunrise.Days later....
Ocelot is on the line with someone explaining the aftermath of the operation,that no one knows his true identity, and that he's recovered Metal Gear's test data. He bids thanks and farewell to "Mr. President"

Review: I began playing this game not know any of the previous story line or what to expect, but 13+ hours later I was in amazement with one man's vison and how well it was placed in a 2 Disc game.
It has a very deep story which I won't go in-depth into because I'll leave that for the people who want to play theirselves.Performance: The graphics are a bit choppy for nowadays' standards but were great with the new PSX/PS1 which came out around that time.
It has been in production for more than four years and video gaming tradition has it that any game that stays that long in production is most likely to turn out bad.Well Metal Gear didn't follow this tradition.All those years were spent on making it perfect and the truth is that almost everything in this game is excellent!!!!First of all the story is simply brilliant with many unexpected twists.The voice acting is flawless all the actors are believable nad they have great accents which of course is something very rare for a video game.
In other words if metal gear was a film it could win an Oscar!!!!Technically the game is awesome.Enemy A.I. works nice and the enemies are very smart and their behaviour is totally believable.
So in conclusion metal gear is the closest you'll ever get to actually playing a big budget action and espionage movie it may not be the longest or hardest game out there but believe me when i say that it is worth each penny of the money you'll pay for it..
Metal Gear Solid is one of the best games ever created.
This game is precisely the game I had hoped the industry would create since I was a young gamer, and playing the 1st Metal Gear on MSX.
Your actions decide most of what happens in the game, even theending of the story.Definitively a great experience that combines the emotions of cinema withinteractive entertainment.
Not only does this undertaking concieve some very memorable characters with some very top-notch voice-acting, it contains, above all, an unrelenting, twist-filled world of a story that will fundamentally change the way you think of games.
And in there, you also get a great gameplay style that is so fun, you'll be sitting there for hours on end fiddling with your weapons, setting up traps for, and playing tricks on guards.
After playing all the metal gear solid games on the ps2 and ps3, i felt i was missing a lot by not playing the original.
the game play even now is fun and is still as iconic as ever, even though the enemies act like simpletons due to the dated AI.
Two great games but then my father's friend was telling him all about Metal gear Solid saying how amazing it was and how it's considered by many to be the best PS1 game of all time.
I was not really interested at the time but then I saw my father play the game and he hated it (He said he couldn't get into it.) So then I asked him if I could try it out and I did.
It's got an amazing story, amazing graphics for it's time, It's characters, music, gameplay, boss fights, replay value, voice acting.
I have seen many works of art in the past such as in movies,music Television,radio,paintings,models,books and video games but Metal Gear Solid is by far a true historic media masterpiece.
Embrace the immense cinematography, game-play, storyline and atmospheric stealth mode of Metal Gear Solid.
Metal Gear Solid is one of the finest games I've every played; the story by series-scribe Hideo Kojima is great, the music phenomenal, the direction spotless, and though the graphics are dated it still has a nice style in spite of the said visual ageing.
Some of the events happening around you can only be explained through unbelievable reveals that happen later on and boy do you NOT see them coming.Kojima toys with the player's expectations and gives us some of video-gaming's all-time best characters and scenes, from his revolutionary retired war-hero Solid Snake, Meryl, Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich, to the baddies: Revolver Ocelot, Liquid Snake, Sniper Wolf and Psycho Mantis.
At first, I didn't really understand why because PlayStation 2 has spoiled me visually for nearly 5 years now, and starting to play a PlayStation game again now made me think; "Geez, these graphics are crap..." I must remind you all that I don't always care that much about graphics as long as the story is thriving and the gameplay is good.
(Before anyone starts rapping at me for 'dissing' the graphics, let us all remember that MGS at the start of its prime was considered having THE best graphics EVER on a PSX action adventure.) I still can't claim that I have completed the game (or any of its sequels for that matter).
Just remember this; MGS was the milestone of an entire game generation, and is still considered the Best PSX Game of All Time.
By saying that, I am encouraging anyone who ever enjoyed a MGS game to play this well-aged game.In standard definition, everything looked dim and Snake practically had no eyes, nose, or mouth.
Actually I would want a new MGS game to be made in last generation graphics but with more alternate endings and totally emotional-involving game-play like MGS1.
But very unfortunately only a few scenes in sequels had such a touch like Meryl's rescue and the blood taint left on the ground that Snake kept stepping onto......I really hope Hideo Kojima could surpass himself again, and let MGS lead the next revolutionary step in interactive presentation..
Amazing!...nobody thought that the metal gear solid series would become as popular as it is today...this game is the reason why!
The plot is unbelievably great and with a wide range of items and weapons, the game is definitely one of the 3 best games in world.The group of operatives that you are supposed to stop are part of a group called FOXHOUND, Solid Snake's former group.
Among this group are Revolver Ocelot: gunman, sadist, and an expert at interrogation, Vulcan Raven: shaman who is extremely strong, Sniper Wolf: female sniper who is very patient, Decoy Octopus: Master of Disguise, Psycho Mantis: Telekinetic, and an expert at reading minds, and their leader: Liquid Snake.Other characters include Colonel Campbell: person in charge of this rescue operation; Doctor Naomi Hunter: FOXHOUNDS doctor and provides Snake support; Hal Emmerich: scientist who created Metal Gear; Meryl: the Colonels niece sent to the rebellion; Cyborg Ninja: Unknown NinjaIf i could I'd rate this game a 97 out of 10.
When it comes to video games, no one can beat metal Gear solid.
Of course, the story, graphical quality, AI and gameplay were revolutionary back in 1998 - it's like a Playstation 2 game on a Playstation 1.
Unless you're the most patient person in the world, you'll be tempted to skip the incredibly lengthy cutscenes, and the control isn't brilliant - but otherwise, this is one of the best games on this platform (not quite the best, I think Final Fantasy VII holds that title) and if you are at all a fan of action games, you should certainly give Metal Gear Solid a try.
Metal Gear Solid is a landmark achievement in video gaming, regularly topping critics and gamers Top 10 lists, and for good reason.
I know lots of people who think that it's a rubbish game as the graphics don't live up to some other PS1 games, but MGS was made in 1998, a time when technology wasn't all that...and they even had to develop the game on 2 discs, as it was so big.
Solid Snake must stop them!I still have a copy of the original game, and I still play it quite a bit to this day!
Metal Gear Solid truly is video game perfection.
I played the first Metal Gear game on the NES and I enjoyed it a good deal.
Snake will find allies though on his mission to take down Liquid Snake and the newest Metal Gear weapon!The game play is stealth based and pretty easy to pick up.
I remember having the demo for Metal Gear Solid before it came out and playing it over and over again desperately waiting for it to be released so I could buy it and see what happened next, I was about ten or eleven at the time.
if extreme violence isn't your thing (I saw far too many Arnold Swarzenegger movies as a kid) then you can just sneak your way through the game and apart from certain instances where you are forced into fighting you may avoid killing enemies for long stretches, it really depends on how sadistic you're feeling on that particular day.The story of the game is that an elite black ops unit of the US Army called FOXHOUND has gone rogue and taken over a nuclear weapons facility on a remote island of the Alaskan coast named Shadow Moses.
And that is a point that should be made, the cutscenes are often and long, which gives you the feeling you're in a movie but can become tiresome if your playing through it again, the twists and turns will keep you watching first time round though, you can skip them but I wouldn't recommend it, you wont know what the hell is going on otherwise.
Metal Gear Solid, the game of 1999 (well so far).
You´ve probably heart a lot of times this comment: "The best video-game ever made!".
Metal Gear Solid evolves the video game genre into a new age.
For anyone who says that an action game cant have a good story Kanomi presents Metal Gear Solidthis games story line is better than many recent movies and it was this very part that makes the game a must have.
Metal gear Solid is one of the greatest games ever.
Metal Gear Solid is a really cool game that I had a blast playing.
The voice acting was beyond excellent, they couldn't have done any better!The game isn't that hard, it only took me about 10 hours to beat the first time.
Metal Gear Solid was a very different game, compared to what I'm used to.
Metal Gear Solid is one of the greatest video games for the Sony Playstation Game Console.
With a good story (this is very rare in video games) and great music makes this the best video game ever made!.
Having just finished Metal Gear Solid on the hardest level (finally!) and getting the "good" ending, I have to say that this game has surpassed my every expectation and has truly elevated the medium of video games as a whole.
What do you get when you add a movie and a video game== Metal Gear Solid.
You play as Solid Snake, a man forced into helping the US government prevent from a group of Mad Men from destroying the world with a revolutionary Missile called Rex or better known as Metal Gear.If you need to waste a weekend, don't worry, with MGS you won't be wasting your time.
I've been playing video games for well over a decade now and Metal Gear Solid is perhaps the greatest epic video game for the Playstation Console.
Trust me, if you like adventure with a deep story line and plot, METAL GEAR SOLID is for you!!.
Metal Gear Solid is probably the best game that was ever made.
These days hardly any classic games like Metal Gear Solid come out.
it is like a film with the story line and all of the twists and turns it requires you to use your brain and think ahead the best game ever.
Metal Gear Solid is a paced, action adventure game that challenges the persons mind.
i first played metal gear solid after hiring it from a video store, just to sample it from all the great reviews it got.
It incorporates a really in-depth story, unrelenting action, Hardcore stealth, a great musical score and cinematic cut scenes that are as beautiful (for a PS1 game) as well interesting.
And for those who played the original Metal Gear a character from Snakes past returns but maybe not as an ally.
This is one of the most best game i have ever played the storyline is cinematic the graphics are not that great but dark shadowing is cool the music is wonderful and it goes along with the game very well the gameplay is not like other Spy/Espinage games like when you are seen you see a red explanation point your enemy's heads and you can knock on walls to distracts enemy's.
While the game was a little too easy, the end scene with the Metal Gear was amazing.
Metal Gear Solid has an exciting and genuine story that no action-genre fan must miss.
Metal Gear Solid offers a wonderful, heart-beating espionage experience that is fun to even watch at times.
If you buy one game this year, make sure it is Metal Gear Solid.
Metal Gear Solid is an action-adventure stealth play-station video game directed, produced and co-written by Hideo Kojima of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan.
You play as Solid Snake (Voiced by David Hayter), a retired US Elite Special Forces operative, called back into action to stop a his former team, now rogue, FOXHOUND lead by Liquid Snake (Voiced by Cam Clarke) from infiltrated a nuclear disposal site and threatening to use a new nuclear launching device walking tank, Metal Gear Rex, to attack the White House.
Metal Gear Solid is often recognized as one of the key titles involved in popularizing the stealth game genre.
Metal gear solid is a fantastic game.
Solid snake is hands down one of the best and well known character in all gaming history.
Though Konami had doubts, the game performed extremely well on play tests and ultimately "Metal Gear" saw great success.
"Metal Gear Solid" saw release in 1998, and was packed with cut-scenes, superb voice acting, tight controls, cinematic camera placement, unforgettable characters and a superb anti-nuclear weapon story filled with deceit, plot twists and multiple endings.You play as Solid Snake (An unforgettable voice performance from David Hayter), an ex-soldier of special forces unit "Fox-Hound".
Considering that "The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" (1998), is my overall favourite game for all ages, "Metal Gear Solid" treated you like an adult.
Regardless of what was to follow in the later sequels, the original "Metal Gear Solid" still has everything that made the game memorable to me and that was the games villains.
Metal Gear Solid Game Review Legandry!.
BE WARNED You are Solid Snake the legendary solider Big Bosses successor you must infiltrate shadow mosses nuclear weapons disposal facility to stop the terrorists and save the hostages at first i thought it was just another spy film game but it had so many twists and legendary characters it blew me dead its 2012 now and I have played many games COD and all but this is a classic legend that I have never seen a better game than this very few if it is a must play it is just too good it should be a film the best game i have seen so far a legendary plot revolving around Conspiracy and betrayal just get it!Metal Gear Solid is one of my all time favourites< it is one of the best games I have played in my life.
I have played all the Metal Gear Solids up to 4 Guns of the patriots.
A rather old but great game a must play brilliant story kojima should become a novelist the later games have even more great plots this is a game to die for Solid Snake is a legend indeed..
Metal Gear Solid is a classic video game that's like watching a movie while playing a game.
Metal Gear Solid is a game that should be played.
I still get amazed to see how people were able to make such a big story and world at a video game for the time period.
Once I started to play, I could not stop, it delivers action, suspense & ultimate adrenaline rushes as you fight against the most geniusly created enemies, from a sniper who appears to be watching your every move to a Metal Gear itself, and the introduction of a Ninja who's whereabouts you do not know until later just adds to this games already compelling storyline & the amazing job the team behind it did.
Metal Gear Solid is one of the best games I've ever played.
Metal Gear Solid is one of the best games I've ever played.
But the main objective of the game is to go to Fox Hound headquarters and find their secret weapon, Metal Gear Rex. That's all I'm going to say for the story.
I played Metal Gear Solid 2 before this, and the thought that a game could be better than that one surprised me.
Unlike MGS2, you play as Snake the whole game, like in Metal Gear Solid 3.
To describe how Metal Gear Solid plays, is somewhat a difficult thing to do.
Other than this, there isn't much else I can say.STORY: Someone's up to no good with Metal Gear again.
`Metal Gear Solid' stands out above all others I have ever played in terms of graphics (relative to the system the game is played on), play control, music, plot, and overall feeling of enjoyment from the game.
Since this is a review, I can't tell you what exactly I liked about the game (major plot spoilers, go play it, you'll see), but I'll try to tell you about it without giving anything away.First off, the graphics.
Movies, video games, and guns are not to blame, but the people and society that spawns them are.There are two minor flaws in the end of Metal Gear Solid, but they can be forgiven fairly easily.