My first time playing Metal Gear Solid and I can honestly say I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would!
For a game that released in 1998 and knowing just how impact Kojima's work is and was, the innovation in MGS is stellar and was likely unmatched during its time. I really loved most of the boss fights (especially psycho mantis, it was everything I had hoped for), while a couple others were pretty difficult for me, specifically fighting Metal Gear Rex. General progression and stealth took me a while to get used to - I think the controls felt slightly outdated for me so I would often get stuck on a wall when trying to evade an enemy or hide from a camera.

I think the characters introduced in this game were incredible along with amazing voice acting! Seriously, I was super impressed by the voice work in this game, it felt very serious whereas I thought MGS would go down a more silly route. The story arcs were pretty solid albeit short lived. I also um... got the bad ending. So I'll be going back soon to get the good one.

Speaking of short, MGS was a lot shorter than I thought which is completely fine with me. Perhaps my perception of this game was just so skewed from the get go, but I had envisioned what I thought this game would be and it was astronomically exceeded. MGS was very ahead of its time and I honestly think it pulls it off better than most games made today could.


I really loved this game, aside from some difficult boss fights and moments that may have been outdated. If I had played this back in the 2000s, I think I would have appreciated it much more.

I understand now. I understand why everyone loves this game.

i swear getting fox or big boss is 1000x easier than running through all 300 of those vr missions bro after 60 it just gets boring😭😭 goated game tho