I have a lot of memories of playing this game as a kid back in the day. Replaying it now I’m surprised 9 year old me had the patience! I don’t think I’d have bothered to finish this if the nostalgia didn’t keep me playing. MGS1 has aged gracefully in my opinion but this feels like a relic with frustrating controls and oftentimes obtuse mission objectives. I did enjoy my time playing through it though, especially with save states! I’m going to give the sequel a chance since I never played that properly when it released. It will have to be better than this for me to play through the rest of the series though.