All renown people always need to start before reaching where they are today. This was the first game of Hideo Kojima. He create this game that also created a genre : Stealth games.
First of all, the music is really good. It sets pretty well the atmosphere of the game. Since you are a special ops, having a James bond/mission impossible inspired type of music fits pretty well for this game.
For the story part, you are Solid Snake, a rookie sent to his first mission. He needs to save a top agent Grey Fox that tried to infiltrates a base that was create a nuclear weapon named Metal Gear. The story is told via a radio and from other characters that you meet along your mission. This is one of the first game that the story is more present in the game. This makes a huge change compared to a basic plot just to give motivation to the main character.
The gameplay is also different then all previous game that I beaten so far. The stealth aspect is really present since you cannot just run and shoot everything that you see. Sure, you have a weapon with bullets, but it's only there to back you up in case of emergency. You will get other weapons and tools to help you along the way.
There's also a neat system that when you get caught by one guy, he will try to eliminate you. However, if you get caught by more that one person or you do a lot of noises, reinforcement will comes off-screen to eliminate you. While the idea is good, it makes the game so much harder because of it.
Also you will find some locked doors that will require you some special keys. However, the key system is really annoying in this game since the door doesn't tell you which key that you need. So that means you will need to try every single key to know if you got it or not. This can be really irritating.
Also the hitbox of the character can also be blocked by obstacles in the game even though you could pass. If a pixel at the bottom of your character is aligned with an obstacle, you will not be able to move in that direction. This can be crucial in part that you want to be stealthy and also need to be fast.
While this game created a new genre of game, it had a couple of issues that bothered me during the gameplay. I would still recommend to try this game to get a glimpse of the first game of Solid Snake.
Game #52 of my challenge
First of all, the music is really good. It sets pretty well the atmosphere of the game. Since you are a special ops, having a James bond/mission impossible inspired type of music fits pretty well for this game.
For the story part, you are Solid Snake, a rookie sent to his first mission. He needs to save a top agent Grey Fox that tried to infiltrates a base that was create a nuclear weapon named Metal Gear. The story is told via a radio and from other characters that you meet along your mission. This is one of the first game that the story is more present in the game. This makes a huge change compared to a basic plot just to give motivation to the main character.
The gameplay is also different then all previous game that I beaten so far. The stealth aspect is really present since you cannot just run and shoot everything that you see. Sure, you have a weapon with bullets, but it's only there to back you up in case of emergency. You will get other weapons and tools to help you along the way.
There's also a neat system that when you get caught by one guy, he will try to eliminate you. However, if you get caught by more that one person or you do a lot of noises, reinforcement will comes off-screen to eliminate you. While the idea is good, it makes the game so much harder because of it.
Also you will find some locked doors that will require you some special keys. However, the key system is really annoying in this game since the door doesn't tell you which key that you need. So that means you will need to try every single key to know if you got it or not. This can be really irritating.
Also the hitbox of the character can also be blocked by obstacles in the game even though you could pass. If a pixel at the bottom of your character is aligned with an obstacle, you will not be able to move in that direction. This can be crucial in part that you want to be stealthy and also need to be fast.
While this game created a new genre of game, it had a couple of issues that bothered me during the gameplay. I would still recommend to try this game to get a glimpse of the first game of Solid Snake.
Game #52 of my challenge