Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Nov 17, 2004
  • Also On: 3DS
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  • Summary: In the struggle to achieve world peace and world dominance, rivaling governments are secretly developing weapons technology that could threaten the future existence of life. Destined to be the first, a race ensues to become the ultimate nation. A special elite tactical soldier is summoned toIn the struggle to achieve world peace and world dominance, rivaling governments are secretly developing weapons technology that could threaten the future existence of life. Destined to be the first, a race ensues to become the ultimate nation. A special elite tactical soldier is summoned to penetrate deep in the heart of enemy territory and obtain intel about "Metal Gear," a prototype weapon with nuclear capabilities. This is your mission and you must infiltrate alone. Interactive environments where traps catch enemies and prey. Rely on camouflage, combat, hunting and instincts to survive. Set in the 1960s where politics and war are shaping real world history. Blockbuster musical score composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. [Konami]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 68
  3. Negative: 0 out of 68
  1. Into Liquid Sky
    100
    It takes the quality gameplay from the second game and vastly improves it, while taking the better story pacing from the first game in mind when providing the lengthy tale that really involves the gamer.
  2. Cinescape
    100
    You might be surprised that this game isn't an Xbox game when you first see it on the TV. It looks great and while it does have some telltale signs of being a PS2 game, it's still absolutely gorgeous.
  3. BonusStage
    96
    Except for the slow first few hours of the game and an occasionally annoying camera, MGS 3 is damn near a perfect game.
  4. DarkStation
    90
    Combines great stealth action with a superb storyline and excellent visuals.
  5. AltGaming
    90
    There has never been, and will not be for a long time a more convincing and immersive game released.
  6. TotalGames.net
    89
    We'd like to say that Metal Gear Solid 3 is on a par with the original PSone game and in many ways it's much better, but it also feels like it has been left behind in some fundamental areas by the likes of "Splinter Cell."
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  7. Detroit Free Press
    50
    Not since the movie "Rambo 3" have we seen such cheesy dialogue and a storyline so over the top that it can be comical. That's fitting because the plot also borrows heavily from "Rambo 3," or at least the worst parts of it.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 299 out of 338
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 338
  3. Negative: 16 out of 338
  1. Skoobz
    Nov 23, 2004
    10
    Aw geeze, my sony camcorder is better than your panasonic one. my ge dishwasher is better than your whirpool dishwasher. shut up already.Aw geeze, my sony camcorder is better than your panasonic one. my ge dishwasher is better than your whirpool dishwasher. shut up already. splinter cell is good in its own merits and the same can be said for mgs3. mgs is more ground breaking. i could not believe what i was experiencing when i first played mgs. and up till now, i still can't believe the thrill of mgs3. hideo just keeps on raising the bar higher and higher. i cannot wait to see what he has in store for us in mgs4. yes, i too thought sc was just a mgs hack, but after playing it, i've enjoyed it immensly also. ignore these dolts who tell you to stay clear from either game. rent them both, i'm sure you'll end up buying them both. i sure hope konami is brining snake to the pc again, because playing sc2 on the pc is fantastic. the eye candy is gorgeous. i can't wait to see snake on an nvidea gfx card...you can only do so much with the emotion engine of the ps2. … Expand
  2. jorel1408
    Jul 24, 2011
    10
    Snake Eater has my favorite storyline of any game ive ever played. I have never felt such a connecting to a story before. The gameplay isSnake Eater has my favorite storyline of any game ive ever played. I have never felt such a connecting to a story before. The gameplay is some of the best in gaming if not the best. A classic if there ever was one.… Expand
  4. AgentH.
    May 1, 2005
    10
    I don't know what to say...BEST GAME EVER!
  5. Giobar
    Jan 5, 2021
    10
    It's impossible to describe this game with few words
    We're in 2021, and still I think there's no game like this.
    This game tecnologically    It's impossible to describe this game with few words
    We're in 2021, and still I think there's no game like this.
    This game tecnologically anticipated games for a lot of years, nothing more to say than this: as a game developer myself, I think this is the best game ever.    … Expand
  6. herget
    Feb 23, 2012
    10
    mgs 3, just another classic. great graphics for an 04' game. cutting russian soldiers throats is very satisfying. mess around in the junglemgs 3, just another classic. great graphics for an 04' game. cutting russian soldiers throats is very satisfying. mess around in the jungle killing animals and eating them, treating gunshot wounds and cuts. wild boss fights, alot of action. really enjoyed the camo system. answers questions about the previous metal gears, poses new ones. and its just incredible that snakes radio is indistrucable. 10/10 must play… Expand
  7. dorohedorofan90
    Nov 3, 2022
    9
    1. Metal Gear Solid
    Probablemente el más recordado y con el que el que todo el mundo empezó.
    Kojima cuando aún tenía ideas buenas y no    1. Metal Gear Solid
    Probablemente el más recordado y con el que el que todo el mundo empezó.
    Kojima cuando aún tenía ideas buenas y no delirios de gurú con ínfulas desmedidas, al que todos idealizaban en un altar.

    2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
    Con esta precuela se alcanzó una mayor dimensión al concepto de supervivencia y de subsistir en medio de un entorno hostil, sin el abuso del radar, con un sistema de
    camuflaje que te mimetizaba con el entorno, cazabas tu propia comida y esta se iba pudriendo por un sistema de horas real, como si pasaran días, el combate de CQC con
    un amplio abanicos de movimiento, para reducir al enemigo que hizo más dinámico infiltrarse y hasta poder interrogar enemigos, contando con hasta un menú de autovendaje, para sanar heridas, ya fuera por entablillar huesos rotos, envenenamiento o heridas que requerían sutura y aguja. Con uno de los finales más emotivos de la historia de los videojuegos. Y en el que hasta el más machirulo toxiquito de gym, con barba pero depilado, con frágil heterohombría podía derramar una lagrimita. Kojima bien.

    3. Metal Gear Ac!d 2
    Por desgracia el más infravalorado, el cual mezclaba el sistema de cartas rpg, con el sigilo dando una experiencia muy enriquecedora y que no tuvo el reconocimiento que merecía. Se echa en falta una remasterización.

    4. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
    Raiden tenía su propio juego y Platinum rescato un proyecto que se estaba hundiendo. Nada podia salir mal, pero el resultado no está exento de un desarrollo apresurado, downgrade, escasa duración pero que a pesar de estos inconvenientes no empañan para nada un título que me ha aportado muchísimas horas de diversión. Sentirse como un charcutero sociópata sin repercusión alguna es algo que no tiene precio.

    5. Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
    Konami y las Kojimadas, un juego inacabado, un mundo abierto, y posibilidades infinitas que llevan la experiencia Metal Gear a otro nivel. **** Konami.

    6. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
    Kojima ya empezaba a delirar un poquito y el altar a su propio ego era más que evidente. No se conformaba ya con autorreferencias, no.
    Un autohomenaje a Shadow Mosses y un enfrentamiento de Robots, fanservice, fanservice del robot de Snatcher, y apelación a la nostalgia.
    Pero ojo; Rex contra Ray, queredme. Kojima comprándonos con peleítas de roboses armados con penes laseriseles de la muerte. Kojima mal.

    7. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
    El que asentaría las bases y empezaría a instaurar el lore. Muchas de las ideas presentes serian un precedente de cara a las siguientes entregas. Esconderse en un cubo de fregar o bajo una alfombra me parece muy cómico.

    8. Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
    Quizás el más divisorio, amado y odiado a partes iguales, algunos ni siquiera lo consideran cannon. Un homenaje a los Metal Gear de la MSX. Apto solo para gente que le gusta sufrir. Un intento de llevar los clásicos de 8 bits a la portátil de Game Boy Color, no del todo acertado... Mal llevado.

    9. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
    El salto gráfico fue brutal en aquel entonces. Y aunque a muchos machirulos tóxicos les escoció el protagonismo de Raiden, es otro de los Metal Gear más queridos. Personalmente pienso que ha envejecido bastante mal.

    10. Metal Gear
    El más tosco, experimental y arcaico. Solo para puristas pollaviejas, los comienzos son siempre difíciles.    … Expand
  8. Ryencoke
    Feb 16, 2005
    0
    This is possibly the worst series of games I have ever played. They're all so pointless. Gameplay was awful. Controls were just horrid. This is possibly the worst series of games I have ever played. They're all so pointless. Gameplay was awful. Controls were just horrid. Storry was lame. AND HE CAN'T SWIM. He can walk up to people slit their throat, yet he can't swim? What a joke. Stick to games that are good like Splinter Cell. Konami is a mockery of a company.… Expand

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#5 Best PS2 Game of 2004
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#2 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2004
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#3 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2004