If Snake is detected, the game will go into alert phase, bringing extra guards to the area as long as alert mode is active. Unfortunately, making any sort of noise will alert other guards in Shadow Moses. Snake can also take out enemies by grabbing them and knocking them out, or utilizing the variety of weapons in his arsenal to take them down. Utilizing his ability to walk quietly, crawl, and press against walls, Snake can avoid attracting enemy attention. Like its predecessor, Metal Gear Solid is a game which revolves around stealth, so Snake will spend most of his time avoiding enemy detection. Gameplay The Blast Furnaceĭespite the transition to 3D, the gameplay of Metal Gear Solid remains largely identical to that of its 2D predecessor Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
government to neutralize the threat and rescue two key hostages (DARPA Chief Donald Anderson and ArmsTech President Kenneth Baker). Players reprise the role of Solid Snake, brought out of retirement (again) and dispatched by Colonel Roy Campbell of the U.S. A secret nuclear weapon disposal facility (codenamed "Shadow Moses"), located on a remote island in Alaska's Fox Islands has been attacked by a terrorist splinter cell of FOXHOUND (led by the mysterious "Liquid Snake", who threatens the United States government with nuclear weapons if they do not provide the remains of Big Boss). The game is set in 2005, six years after a battle-hardened infiltrator of United States special forces unit FOXHOUND, codenamed "Solid Snake", infiltrated the military nation of Zanzibar Land, destroyed armored bi-pedal tank Metal Gear D (with its pilot, rogue FOXHOUND operative Gray Fox), and eliminated its leader, rogue FOXHOUND commander Big Boss.
It is the sequel to the Japanese-exclusive 1990 game Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, and the first (and most prominent) installment of the Metal Gear Solid series of stealth action games. Metal Gear Solid is a 3D espionage third-person action-adventure game developed by KCE Japan and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation on October 21, 1998.