As my first Metal Gear game, this was quite an impressive introduction to the series. Compared to games like the original Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear had a few more moments that I would have never gotten past without a walkthrough, but it more than made up for it with the consistently tense stealth-action gameplay and unique puzzles spanning across entire buildings. The segment that really sold me on the game was when it incorporated the trope of NPCs lying to you, but with traps that could be identified by applying your experience gained throughout the game. Even with the limitations of hardware and game mechanics from the mid-80's, the original Metal Gear has the creativity and cleverness that I expected from this series.

Part of the Glitchwave Top 100 Project (#19/100 - Metal Gear Solid HD Collection)