Metal Gear Solid

Video Game
1998
M

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A crack government anti-terrorist squad takes over an obscure Alaskan nuclear disposal facility. Solid Snake is up for the task to infiltrate the facility, rescue the two hostages and thwart... Read allA crack government anti-terrorist squad takes over an obscure Alaskan nuclear disposal facility. Solid Snake is up for the task to infiltrate the facility, rescue the two hostages and thwart the terrorists' plans.A crack government anti-terrorist squad takes over an obscure Alaskan nuclear disposal facility. Solid Snake is up for the task to infiltrate the facility, rescue the two hostages and thwart the terrorists' plans.

Director
- Hideo Kojima
Writers
- Hideo Kojima
- Tomokazu Fukushima
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9.6/10

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Director
- Hideo Kojima
Writers
- Hideo Kojima
- Tomokazu Fukushima
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

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David Hayter

Solid Snake
(English version)
(voice)

Patric Zimmerman

Revolver Ocelot
(English version)
(voice)
(as Patric Laine)

Peter Lurie

Vulcan Raven
(English version)
(voice)
(as Chuck Farley)
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Akio Ôtsuka

Solid Snake
(voice)

Banjô Ginga

Liquid Snake
(voice)
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Kyôko Terase

Meryl Silverburgh
(voice)

Hiromi Tsuru

Naomi Hunter
(voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hal Emmerich - Otacon
(voice)

Takeshi Aono

Roy Campbell
(voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Mei Ling
(voice)

Kaneto Shiozawa

Gray Fox
(voice)

Eiko Yamada

Nastasha Romanenko
(voice)

Kôji Totani

Revolver Ocelot
(voice)

Yukitoshi Hori

Vulcan Raven
(voice)

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Psycho Mantis
(voice)

Naoko Nakamura

Sniper Wolf
(voice)
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Masaharu Satô

Donald Anderson
(voice)

Yuzuru Fujimoto

Kenneth Baker
(voice)

Director
- Hideo Kojima
Writers
- Hideo Kojima
- Tomokazu Fukushima
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Trivia
The production team came up with the principal designs of the game's areas by building miniatures out of Lego.

Goofs
If Snake gets a cold after escaping from the prison cell and calls Naomi, Snake will ask if Naomi can do something to cure it. Naomi replies that the nanomachines in Snake's blood don't carry antibiotics. The common cold is a virus, and antibiotics would be ineffective against it. Antibiotics work against bacterial infections.

Quotes
Solid Snake: A strong man doesn't need to read the future, he makes his own.

Crazy credits
At the end of the credits (for both endings) there is a short conversation between Ocelot and the President of the United States. In the Meryl ending, we find out that he's Solidus Snake, the third clone of Big Boss.

Alternate versions
Japan's Metal Gear Solid Integral not only contains more VR Missions but it also contains a first person view feature in the game. This feature allows to walk and look around(but can't shoot your weapon) through Solid Snake's eyes in regular game mode. North America's Metal Gear Solid VR Missions has this feature but it's hidden within the game's coding. The only way to enable this feature on MGS VR Missions is using a cheating device (Gameshark).

Connections
Edited into Metal Gear Solid: Integral (1999)

Soundtracks
The Best Is Yet to Come
Written & produced by Rika Muranaka
Additional choral arrangement by David Downes
Words translated by Blathnaid Ni Chufaigh
Recorded at Beech Park Studio, Ireland
Engineered by Philip Begley
Lead vocal: Aoife Ni Fhearraigh (appears courtesy of Gae-Linn Records)
Chorus: Iarlaith Carter, Stephen Mailey, Eimear Noone, Meav Nt Mhaolchatha, John McNamara, Cathal Clinch, Rachel Talbot, Sinead Fay, Sylvia O'Brieniarlaith Carter, Ewan Cowley
Musicians: Declan Masterson (as Deelan Masterson) (low pipe, bouzouki), James Blennerhassett (double bass), John Fitzpatrick (fiddle), Noel Bridgeman (percussion), Rika Muranaka (keyboards)

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10/10

A masterpiece!!!!

Metal Gear Solid is one of the best games ever created. The graphics are revolutionary, the gameplay is excellent, the storyline is top, the gameplay relys on stealth rather than Doomish action. You are Solid Snake, a super-agent who is sent to Alaska to take out the terrorists that occupied a U.S. nuclear facility. You arrive at the dock-area, and the place is crowded with armed guards. You sneak your way past them. If you try to kill them, there is a good chance that you`ll be killed. Brilliant! The storyline is very good and borrows heavily from blockbuster action-movies, but this is far better than most movies. The only downside of this magnificent title, is that it is too short, but don`t refuse to buy it because of that. MGS is a massive game, that will change the way action-games are developed! 10/10