MGS3, while not my personal favorite, is the best game Kojima has done. The characters and voice acting are incredible, the story is a great examination of the James Bond like character, while also talking about the cold war and the risk the world was put into, all with the classic MGS camp.
Son, you got a way to fall.
Son, you got a way to fall.
Combines every single 80s/90s action and spy movie trope into the best stealth action game I've played. Feels like the perfect refinement of all the mechanics of MGS1&2, and adds some great new mechanics like the survival system. The final boss fight and ensuing scene with Ocelot are absolute kino. The only complaint I could possibly come up with is that Cobra Unit bosses aren't nearly as interesting as Foxhound or Dead Cell from the previous entries.
Metal Gear Solid 3 isn't afraid to be fun, or to be challenging, or to be campy. It's all of these things that make it stand on it's own from its predecessor, and really make it feel like a perfect homage to mid-20th Century espionage fiction that it parodies. The gameplay set the standard for the series going forward, with the largest change after it being the switch to open-world level design in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The characters in the game's COBRA unit serve as refreshingly creative takes on human emotions, providing depth to the relatively straightforward cheesy story, one that adds to the endearing nature of the game.
By far the peak of action-adventure-linear-story-campaign thingies. It's excellently paced in terms of gameplay, story, exploration, etc. Furthermore, it proves the age old false dichotomy of "do you want good story or good gameplay?" is so deeply wrong it's unbelievable. Excellent fucking experience. Almost no complaints.
I raised you. I loved you. I've given you weapons, taught you techniques, endowed you with knowledge. There is nothing more for me to give you. All that's left for you to take, is my life, by your own hand. One must die, and one must live. No victory, no defeat. The survivor will carry on the fight.
Peak MGS. Hideo Kojima, you are a real hero, a true patriot. Thank you for this masterpiece.
Peak MGS. Hideo Kojima, you are a real hero, a true patriot. Thank you for this masterpiece.