METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.

METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake is a action, adventure and action-adventure game developed and published by KONAMI.
Released on October 24th 2023 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.

It has received 549 reviews of which 461 were positive and 88 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake into these genres:

Action Adventure Action-Adventure Exploration 2D Platformer Top-Down Shooter 2D Pixel Graphics Stealth Cinematic Top-Down 1990's Drama Military War Tactical Tanks Story Rich Singleplayer Violent

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System requirements

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Windows

OS: Windows 10(64-bit OS required)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 1 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible sound card
Additional Notes: Xinput Controller required

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

Metal Gear 1 is really rough around the edges, but if you like the series it's somewhat worth to play it. Metal Gear 2 is absolutely amazing for it's time and still pretty fun to this day.

Jan. 2025

It's ... A Metal Gear!!! SnaAAAAAaaake! Man I love me some Plisken. It's great to enjoy some classic blasts from the past from time to time and this is a neat little package that really takes me back. These were a lot harder to beat as a kid but I think I had less patience back then. If you've never played the original NES games you really gotta check these out. Sure, you could just emulate them, but why not support the series?! <3

Sept. 2024

Fun little blast to the past, quick 100%. Both games will take you around 3 hours to do everything.

May 2024

i just finished metal gear 1 and 2 and it was perfect. i recommend this game to you if you're okay with old games. and for the achivements , it's easy , you just have to try everything in game and just have fun.

April 2024

TLDR: MG1 is a very rough game that's only really worth playing for curiosity, not for fun. MG2 is actually quite good and I genuinely enjoyed my time with it. The overall package is worth buying if you can get it at a decent discount. Metal Gear 1 : It definitely hasn't aged well. And that's pretty understandable for a game from 1987, but it still poses lots of issues. The game really suffers in two main ways. First, the gameplay itself is very rough. Stealth and whether enemies can see you or not feels very inconsistent. Sometimes they're completely blind and other times they'll spot you from a mile away. Unlike future stealth games which offer plenty of opportunities to avoid the enemy's gaze and learn their limitations, MG1 doesn't shed much light on what enemies are capable of making stealth often feel like an exercise in trial and error. But even worse is the combat. Bullets are so slow enemies can literally outrun them, while the XY axes that you and the enemies travel along is viewed at an angle that makes it difficult to line up shots. You'll quickly learn that precision is impossible and your best bet is always to shoot first and aim later. But the much larger issue with the game is its lack of direction. There is a huge amount of backtracking, yet the game can be pretty obtuse as to when its needed. The codec is a neat gimmick but doesn't do well as a guide. 90% of the time you'll just get no response at all when you try to call someone and yet you're expected to rely on info you get from it for some important late-game segments. Rather than bash your head against a wall, I'd just recommend using a guide when you can't figure out how to proceed. 90% of the time its the game that's being dumb, not you. I cant set my standards too high here. The stealth genre barely existed at this point so the clunkiness is understandable. And the game does have some charm that you can see the bits of Kojima shining through even if its not nearly as apparent as with his later titles. Judged purely as a game, I don't think its worth playing. But looking at it more broadly as a piece of gaming history, as context for the rest of the MGS series, and as a unique experience, I think you can still justify a playthrough. Just don't set your hopes too high. Metal Gear 2 : I was pleasantly surprised playing this. Metal Gear 1 was a very rough experience and gave me no shortage of issues, but this managed to take what was a very rough foundation and turn it into something genuinely fun to play despite its age. MG2's stealth is hardly complicated. Stay out of guards' lines of sight, avoid stepping on surfaces that make noises, and if there is no opportunity to slip by undetected then wait for the guards' patrols to line up and give you the chance. With a top-down perspective and a radar in the corner showing all enemy locations (even on adjacent screens) the game is pretty generous at giving you the tools to remain undetected instead of using unpredictability as a substitute for difficulty. This game improves over its predecessor in a number of major ways. The design and layout of the map is far better at keeping up the pressure with nearby enemies without feeling overbearing or too simple. At the same time, it avoids the constant backtracking of the previous game by introducing plenty of shortcuts and a more centralized structure for the base so that no part of the map is absurdly far away. Combine this with a much better hints system with the Codec calls (which were extremely minimal in the first game) and better instructions for progression and I never hit a point where I felt like I had no idea what to do. Its easily one of the best aged games of its time period and rarely gave me any difficulties. So I don't have to preface the review with any statements about rough edges or outdated design choices. Just give it a shot and even a modern gamer shouldn't face any issues.

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KONAMI

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KONAMI

Release 24 Oct 2023

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