I came home to my best friend and saw him playing this game. I just sat down, digged into the crisp bag on the table, and enjoyed watching a new game far from any other I had seen before.

Stealth game, puzzles and he had this Uber cool sidearm that I never forgot. Mk23 from H&K. Used by special forces like Seals. Ambidextrous, large cal and with the laser pointer looked sick.

I was forever in love with that sidearm, so much so that I bought an Airsoft version in full metal, gas-driven.
I started in an Airsoft club due to this new obsession.

I finally did get to play this at my friend's house, but I was an Amiga/PC gamer I had no idea how to use a controller. I am sure my mate had a great time watching me fail

I failed a lot but kept on. I met Psycho Mantis and blew a gasket trying to figure out why the F he was so hard to beat. I surely gave my inept controller experience the fault. He was literally reading my mind. Bugged game for sure. My mate did have compassion enough to let me in on a secret, a secret that blew my mind.

How meta was that fight. The innovativeness of Kojima to exploit the physical world combined with Psycho Mantis' ability to read my mind was genius.
I know of no other game that has done something this smart before this game or ever since. Something obscure probably exists but this was mount Everest to me.

I loved this game and it is one of the reasons I even considered buying my first console. The PS3. I was not going to let too many Metal Gear titles slip away from me.