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Game Information
- Platform: PlayStation
- PEGI Rating: Ages 16 and Over
- Media: Video Game
Product Features
- A great PlayStation favourite
- Gameplay emphasizes stealth over firepower and cunning over force
- Includes VR Missions
- More than 30 different offensive and defensive weapons
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
You are Solid Snake, a super spy who is half James Bond, half Snake Plissken, and you are mean. Your mission isn't terribly new (infiltrate a terrorist base and blow everything up), but the gameplay is: your numerous enemies are watching for you, and you are encouraged to sneak rather than simply charge in. Every level brings new challenges. You fight snipers, invisible ninjas, psychic warriors and even an M-1 tank! As the father of the modern spy-game genre, this game is an instant classic.
Your allies and superiors speak to you via a cool, implanted radio, monitoring your progress, offering tips--but failing to give you the full story. The combination of a mysterious and engaging plot and high in-game tension makes this a thrilling ride. Campy humour also abounds as you rescue beautiful women, verbally spar with your allies and blow up enemies in the bathroom. A user-friendly control interface allows for sniping, hiding, crawling and running, and the graphics leave nothing to be desired. If you like espionage, spy movies, or just want to own and play a piece of gaming history, then this is a must-have. Metal Gear Solid is one of the all-time greats. Game tip: Secretly attach plastic explosives behind an enemy, sneak out of the room, and see what happens. --Allen Stewart
Manufacturer's Description
This enormous and visually revolutionary game of tactical espionage action is nothing less than mind boggling. Become Snake, a government agent and terrorist fighter armed with a full arsenal of equipment. Though you are alone, you must infiltrate a terrorist base and blow everything up. The first-person mode guarantees complete suspense. This game is an instant classic!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I fell in love with Metal Gear Solid from the first time I slapped that Playstation Magazine demo in my big gray box around five years ago. Five years on and I still love it. Konami have released three additional MGS games since it's rapid success all that time ago and it's not hard to see why.
Even now Metal Gear Solid has it all - the perfect storyline, the perfect look, the perfect feel. When I say 'feel' I mean you, the player, are treated like the lead character - not some dull repetative option from a menu. Other game characters refer to you in your real life situation, for example Ocelot demanding you don't try use a quick-fire pad to cheat, or Mantis offering to confuse your memory cards.
Play MGS and you'll know what I'm talking about, you cannot class it in a league with any other game. It's really that good. After I got well into the game I got personally interested in the storyline - a play on real life tragic projects and what could happen to the world if ruled by such underground powers. I wouldn't hate to spoil the whole story in this one review for you but it's filled with twists and turns at the most unusual but appreciated points.
The game hides morals for us all, again, the storyline isn't comparable to anything else. Anyone who cannot relate to my words hasn't played the game to it's full intent, perhaps I haven't played it to it's full intent. Perhaps you should get your hands on a copy and see what I'm talking about! You'll be glad you did.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The bad things about this game first. It's simply too short. You will probably finish it in under 15 hours the first time you play it, and if you try to do it fast, and skip all the movie sequences it is possible to finish it in under 3 hours.
Now that was the bad things about Metal Gear Solid. The good things are just to many to point out here, try it yourselves. Some people think this game is like Doom or Quake, and they start running around shooting people. They are discovered by the enemy and they die. This happens over and over again. Bad game right? Or bad player. This game is something called Tactical Espionage Action. You are not supposed to be discovered. Think about it, you are all alone in the enemy territory, and you have nothing but a scope and a pack of cigarettes. You do not want the enemy to see you. That my friends, are the ingenious point of the game. Then of course you will get a heart attack every time you are discovered.
The story is great, and the entire game is made so that it feels kind of like a movie, and you are in it. "In China they say: "You have to cross the river before you tell the crocodile that he has bad breath."" Buy this game and find out what it means, you will not be disappointed.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Put simply, i beleive this is the finest game ever made for any video system. The story line is immersive, the gameplay is tremend, the characters are excellent.
When i first got hold of this game back in '99 i wasnt expecting much, but this was the best investment i have ever made, bar final fantasy 7.
When i first got hold of this game back in '99 i wasnt expecting much, but this was the best investment i have ever made, bar final fantasy 7.
if you do not own this game, please buy it.
thats all there is to be said.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
"This Is Snake. 90's Guy, Do You Read Me?" "Loud and Clear, Snake."
Thinking about it...this is kind of a big moment for me, writing this review. Not only is it about one of the best video games ever to grace any console, but it's also bound to be... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Matthew Stoneman
I usually write in-depth reviews but...
This time I'm not going too, buy it, what was that? Why you say? BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME! My all time favourite game, don't get Twin Snakes, get this, right now, go on, see that... Read more
Published 3 months ago by DemonOfGaming
Worth It!
Great product. i've loved this game since it first came out but when i decided to buy it back i thought it won't be as good and it was. But back to the seller. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ls
simply the best game i've ever played
the title says it, this is the best game i have ever played.
i have sampled more or less every category and sub-category of games out now an played hundreds of them and still... Read more
i have sampled more or less every category and sub-category of games out now an played hundreds of them and still... Read more
Published 16 months ago by vamp101
The greatest game ever made!!
I just thought i had to add this review seeing as this is my favourite game of all time and in my opinion the greatest game ever created , Ok the graphics are dated now but... Read more
Published 18 months ago by A. Northam
Just so you know
Don't get me wrong, this game is very well made and i would recommend anyone to buy it ; but the camera in the game is quite poor, it is frustrating when you sometimes cannot see... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2009 by Arun Prathapan
the greatest game ever made
i have literally completed this 20+ times, its that good! the only thing going against it is that the version on the gamecube (the twin snakes) has better graphics, but is... Read more
Published on 21 April 2009 by S. Casebow
There are video games. Then there's Metal Gear Solid.
In the build up to the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots last year, I dug out the original Metal Gear Solid and played through it in the first time in eight... Read more
Published on 15 April 2009 by W. Hughes
As perfect as 1999 had to offer!
Of course this game cannot compete with todays games in ways such as graphics and physics engines, that does NOT matter. Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2008 by Mr. Richard J. Lepper
Simply Epic.
Nothing more you can say about it really. I would actually say this game is the greatest game of all time. Read more
Published on 2 July 2008 by Mr. T. Z. Al-ghrawi
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