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Genre: Action
System(s): Other
ESRB: M
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Metal Gear Solid, (Japanese:????????? ) commonly abbreviated as MGS, is a stealth-based game developed by Konami and first published for the PlayStation video game console in 1998. It is the third canonical game in the Metal Gear series, produced and directed by Hideo Kojima, with artwork by Yoji Shinkawa. Metal Gear Solid alternates stealth gameplay and expository cinematic sequences. It has been frequently selected by gaming publications as the greatest PlayStation game ever made.
Metal Gear Solid was groundbreaking in its use of spoken dialogue, an intricate plot, and cinematic presentation. The availability of 3D graphics and the extensive storage capacity of the CD-ROM format compared to what the Metal Gear team had to work with in 1987 and 1990 made it possible to create a more complete version of Hideo Kojima's vision of what the previous games for the NES and MSX should have been.
After a teaser showing at E3 in 1997, it became one of the most highly anticipated games of its time. It topped the sales charts upon its release in 1998, and held the number one spot in the ELSPA UK videogames chart for eight consecutive weeks, a record at the time.
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