Metal Gear Solid

 PC
User Score
8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 282 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 242 out of 282
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 282
  3. Negative: 16 out of 282

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  1. BillC.
    Sep 22, 2005
    5
    Looks like the old ps game.
  2. AstiX
    Jun 25, 2018
    7
    It might be unfair to score such an old game by today's standards, but this was my first experience with a Metal Gear game and I'm honestly scoring it by how much I enjoyed it.

    First of all I was surprised by the gameplay. It was actually quite good for a game so old and I had quite a bit of fun sneaking, running around and figuring out the controls. I was also surprised by how fleshed    It might be unfair to score such an old game by today's standards, but this was my first experience with a Metal Gear game and I'm honestly scoring it by how much I enjoyed it.

    First of all I was surprised by the gameplay. It was actually quite good for a game so old and I had quite a bit of fun sneaking, running around and figuring out the controls. I was also surprised by how fleshed out and detailed the story was. Sometimes maybe even a bit too much.

    As much as I enjoyed the story I feel it was somewhat ruined by extremely long cutscenes, overly long dialogues filled with unnecessary information and oh so unnecessary drama executed by less then average voice-acting which made for some very cringe-worthy scenes and horrible eye-rolling clichés! Seriously, the cutscenes are so damn long during one of them I'd go to the kitchen, make myself a sandwich, clean up a bit, come back and it was still playing.

    While the level design is very well done, it sometimes includes way too much backtracking for hours to old locations and fighting respawned enemies which you've already dealt with which was very annoying.

    Did I say the cutscenes were so freaking long?    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#35 Best PC Game of 2000
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#18 Most Discussed PC Game of 2000
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#56 Most Shared PC Game of 2000

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Hot Games
    80
    PC gamers who have had no prior exposure to this game will definitely want to take a look, as this is still the same great game it always was.
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  2. GameSpy
    89
    This is the definitive version of Metal Gear Solid and it's only available on the PC. Go tell your console owning buddies and watch 'em cringe.
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  3. CNET Gamecenter
    70
    For those unfamiliar with the title, this is a chance to check out one of the better console games ever made, warts and all.
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