Barely remembered this from few years ago, so decided to replay it to compare with the recently played NES dilogy and for the Retro Achievements. Yes, this one is definitely better. It looks and feels nicer, 3 buildings rather than 5 make more sense and I didn't really like those jungle parts in the Nintendo port.

I loved the story. I mean, it's kinda silly, but in a good way, I enjoyed whatever happened there. Snake's Revenge story, for example, is silly in a bad way, all the dialogues and "plot twists" were uninspiring. In Metal Gear even cheesy moments were rather funny and cool. I love how Kojima implemented events of this game into the overall franchise canon rather than rebooting it at some point, and
how the name "Big Boss", which was likely given to protagonist's boss without a second thought at the time, still takes a major part in the lore. Pretty sure MG2 story was even more fun, but I remember it even less, we'll see after I replay it.

The gameplay is not only unique for the time (one of the earliest stealth games), but pretty good even today. There are flaws, but nothing too frustrating or unfair. All the Metal Gear fans who aren't too allergic to retro games should at least give it a try.