Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater cover

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 2004

Released
November 17, 2004
Genres
Shooter · Tactical · Adventure
Platform
PlayStation 2
Developer
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Publisher
Konami
Rating
86/100 on IGDB
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About this game

Konami's 2004 PS2 stealth game, and the one that takes the crate away and drops you in a Soviet jungle in 1964. Camouflage is a number: you change uniform and face paint to suit the ground you are lying on and the game tells you what percentage of you is visible. You also get hungry, and a hunger gauge that runs out costs you your aim and makes your stomach audible, so you hunt and eat. Close quarters combat lets you take a guard by the throat and choose what happens next. The bosses are set pieces rather than health bars: one of them is a sniper called The End, who hides somewhere in a stretch of jungle and waits for you to move first. Hiding is something you read off the screen and act on rather than guess at.

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