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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

2004 · PlayStation 2 · Shooter · Tactical · Adventure

89IGDB player score
1,290 ratings

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An 89 average across 1,290 ratings. Firmly in the "everyone should try it once" tier. Survival is the whole game — scarce resources, bad odds, and every small win feeling huge. No multiplayer, no problem — the campaign carries the whole thing.

About this game

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the prequel to the entire Metal Gear series. Most of the series' defining gameplay elements have been carried over and as before, Snake must use stealth and wits rather than brute force to infiltrate enemy zones and eliminate his major adversaries. Unlike the previous games, this installment takes place in a large outdoor jungle. Snake is able to use camouflage, climb trees, hide in tall grass or wear clothes that make him less noticeable.

At the height of the Cold War, America's greatest agent known as The Boss defects to the Soviet Union. At the same time, an extremist named Colonel Volgin fires an American-made portable nuclear missile at the Soviet design bureau OKB-754, sparking an international incident. In order for America to clear its name and avoid World War III, a man named John and codenamed Naked Snake is dispatched by the special forces unit FOX to assassinate the woman who taught him everything.