Metal Gear Solid
from: Sony
Price: $95.00
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Product Description:
Editorial Review:
You are Solid Snake, a superspy who's 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, offeringtips--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 humor 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
Pros:
Editorial Review:
You are Solid Snake, a superspy who's 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, offeringtips--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 humor 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
Pros:
- Story well-integrated into gameplay
- Stealth favored over brute force
- Challenging puzzles
- Puzzles can be frustrating
- Torture scene too intense for younger gamers
Features:
- Lightly Armed and facing an army of foes, Snake must avoid firefights in order to survive.
- If Snake can locate them he can utilize advanced hardware, ranging from silenced pistols to ground-to-air missiles.
- Enemies react to sight and sound - so stay quiet and stay in the shadows.
- State-of-the-art graphics, textures, transparencies, models & explosions.
- Taut, gripping story with multiple endings - a truly cinematic experience.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Easily The Best In The Series
Well,I just recently got into the world of Metal Gear Solid (Started with 2 and played 1 last haha!) But have always respected MGS as one of the best games on the PS1,and now I know why!
MGS is all about sneaking around,if you get caught its better to use a stun grenade and run in the earlier parts of the game cause you will die fast!
The learning curve isn't too bad,The first boss can be a bit hard,but after that its smooth sailing till near the end.
Graphics ... Read More
Rating: 
- BORING AS HELL
Very very very boring game! The graphics are nice and all but I don't want to watch a movie when my intentions are "I JUST WANT TO PLAY THE FREAKING GAME!" Whoever thought of putting long cut scenes on a game is retarded.
Rating: - AWESOME, A GAME EVERY FAMILY CAN HAVE TO HAVE FUN WITH KIDS!!!!
I HAD THIS GAMES YRS AGO & I ENJOYED PLAYING IT WITH MY KIDS, NOW I RECALL THEM TIMES ONCE MORE & IS REALLY GOOD TO SHARE FUN GAME TIME WITH MY KIDS!!!
Rating: - I was blown away!!
There is a reason many(like me)consider this game to be the best psx,nay,best game ever.In fact there are many reasons.One reason is the incredible story.The story is phenominal.You play as Solid Snake infaltrating a base in Alaska.Your mission is to save to very important hostages and destroy the most dangerous weapon on Earth,Metal Gear.The voice actors are fantastic.Nothing short of superb.The story is loaded with wise sayings,interesting characters,humor(a little),romance,sadness,and fear.
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Rating: - Best game ever
I played this game when it first came out in 1998 and now over two decades later i can still say that it is the best game i have ever played. Definitely the best series ever. Why? do you ask. On top of having great action and gameplay, it has INTENSE cutscenes that are still up to today's standards, (considering the somewhat lower detail due to it being a playstation one game) and what's more it delves much deeper than just what you see, there are many ideals and themes of morality that are very prevalent ... Read More
- Easily The Best In The SeriesWell,I just recently got into the world of Metal Gear Solid (Started with 2 and played 1 last haha!) But have always respected MGS as one of the best games on the PS1,and now I know why!
MGS is all about sneaking around,if you get caught its better to use a stun grenade and run in the earlier parts of the game cause you will die fast!
The learning curve isn't too bad,The first boss can be a bit hard,but after that its smooth sailing till near the end.
Graphics ... Read More
- BORING AS HELLVery very very boring game! The graphics are nice and all but I don't want to watch a movie when my intentions are "I JUST WANT TO PLAY THE FREAKING GAME!" Whoever thought of putting long cut scenes on a game is retarded.
- AWESOME, A GAME EVERY FAMILY CAN HAVE TO HAVE FUN WITH KIDS!!!!I HAD THIS GAMES YRS AGO & I ENJOYED PLAYING IT WITH MY KIDS, NOW I RECALL THEM TIMES ONCE MORE & IS REALLY GOOD TO SHARE FUN GAME TIME WITH MY KIDS!!!
- I was blown away!!There is a reason many(like me)consider this game to be the best psx,nay,best game ever.In fact there are many reasons.One reason is the incredible story.The story is phenominal.You play as Solid Snake infaltrating a base in Alaska.Your mission is to save to very important hostages and destroy the most dangerous weapon on Earth,Metal Gear.The voice actors are fantastic.Nothing short of superb.The story is loaded with wise sayings,interesting characters,humor(a little),romance,sadness,and fear.
Read More
- Best game everI played this game when it first came out in 1998 and now over two decades later i can still say that it is the best game i have ever played. Definitely the best series ever. Why? do you ask. On top of having great action and gameplay, it has INTENSE cutscenes that are still up to today's standards, (considering the somewhat lower detail due to it being a playstation one game) and what's more it delves much deeper than just what you see, there are many ideals and themes of morality that are very prevalent ... Read More
