As I decided to make my entry into the Metal Gear Solid Series, I saw that Metal Gear 1 and 2 were optional, but as someone who loves worldbuilding and not missing out on any pieces of a story, I delved into Metal Gear. It was not the game I was expecting and for a while was really enjoying it and worked hard to navigate my way through screens unscathed, unlocking new rooms, saving prisoners, and gaining new tools to help me on my mission. The thing that really tripped me up is that at a certain point it is an absolute requirement that you start hitting random walls in order to find key equipment that help you progress. To me that is not great game design and very cheesy, at this point I needed to look up a walkthrough to make my way through the game which I did not like.