My personal favorite Metal Gear game, and a game that deserves to be listed on backloggd’s top 20 highest average ratings four separate times. It was probably the point in my Metal Gear marathon where I really started to appreciate the Metal Gear franchise. The game's signature song Snake Eater is amazing and used very effectively throughout the game. The boss fights are all very fun and creative, maybe my favorite lineup of bosses in the franchise outside of Rising. The story is really nice too, it still manages to hit hard while being relatively self-contained and not as insane compared to the likes of MGS2 and especially MGS4. My favorite part of the playthrough was constantly sounding the alarm in the weapons lab for no reason other than to annoy the people watching me play the game in a voice call. There’s no real reason for Snake to ring the alarm, it’s meant for scientists to run over to in case they spot you, but you can do it yourself. It’s hilarious.

I mentioned in an older review that even more people would hail this as one of the best video games ever if it got a rerelease on modern platforms. And guess what? They recently announced not only a collection including the first three Metal Gear Solid titles, but also a full-on remake of Snake Eater is in development. No more excuses. Play this game.

After beating MGS1 I was glad to be done with something that's been on the to do list for AGES, but didn't think much of it.

After beating MGS2 I just kinda went "yeah thats one of the videogames I've played, it was good" and didn't think much of it.

After beating MGS3 was when I really felt this was one of the best video games ever made.
Each boss outdid the last, the game's theme "Snake Eater" is legendary and the times it gets used in game are thrilling. I had an audience for this game, they'd all tell you I am really, REALLY bad at MGS games, but fighting the Shagohod with people screaming at me to quick change to even mundane things like ringing the alarm at the lab to cause problems on purpose made the experience even better.

This game's hard to get nowadays, if it ever gets rereleased again I think even more people would hail it as one of the best video games released, and I absolutely recommend it if you can.