Overview:

Snake is back! …again…but this time in glorious 3D and with full on voice acting. your mission is to infiltrate Shadow Moses to rescue some dudes from some baddies without getting caught. You will use your radar and other weapons to do the mission successfully before the terrorists fire a nuclear weapon!

Visuals:

Man this game is so cool looking. It was mind blowing back then, even with the rudimentary 3D graphics, it conveys what it’s trying to do so well. It’s cinematic as fuck. The characters all have their own style and Shadow Moses is awesome looking. Not to mention, Metal Gear Rex just looks like a fuckin’ hoss. I’ve been looking to get a model kit of it but they’ve gone up in price. MGS was one of the games that made the PlayStation a beast compared to the N64 and a lot of people really never looked back.

Audio:

As I said in the opening, voice acting is here. David Hayter plays a very fun snake and everyone is taking the story super seriously. Even if what they are saying is nonsense and maybe doesn’t have the quite cinematic nuances, it’s still amazing. Especially for 1998. All the sounds are iconic now, and I’d say even then we knew they were something special. The music just hits hard as well as all the sound effects. I still feel the voice actors still surpass all of these and are the true standouts.

Completion:

I FINISHED THIS GAME! Multiple times, throughout the decades. It’s a super short game and you get extra stuff every time you beat it. There aren’t much different ways to play, as it’s not an open world, but there are quite a few. Silent stealth man or guns a blazing action hero, you can do it. I really love this game. Even if Liquid Snake is just Leonardo.