Metal Gear Solid for PlayStation 1 Reviews

Metal Gear Solid for PlayStation 1

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  • Metal Gear Solid:The Best Action/ Adventure Game!!

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 27, 2000
    Pros: Excellent Plot!
    Cons: NONE

    Summary: When I had first saw commercials about Metal Gear Solid, my first opinion about it was "Who would want a game like this"? To me it didn't seem any fun at all! Well, at this time I didn't have a playstation, Then my younger cousin had gotten ... read more

  • Solid Game

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 27, 2000
    Pros: good story, fun, graphics
    Cons: no fmv, long conversations

    Summary: Metal Gear Solid is one of the best games i've played in a long time. It was the first game to utilize stealth as a major factor which is now included in many top notch game such as Syphon Filter and Tenchu. It has a good story and you feel like you ... read more

  • "Greatest Hits" Indeed!

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 25, 2000
    Pros: Gripping storyline; Variety of characters; Fantastic graphics; Smooth gameplay; Professional voice-acting (for once); Compelling soundtrack
    Cons: Unrealistic bosses; Soundtrack can get repetitive; Lots of running back and forth

    Summary: Finally, now that I have a Playstation, I was able to play this game. I beat this game the very day I got it, because I literally couldn't put down the controller; the story was just too gripping. Not only is the story uncomfortably plausible and ... read more

  • Metal Gear Solid... A revolution in video games

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 13, 2000
    Pros: long hard game yet fun and suprising
    Cons: A I are dumb and graphics can be better

    Summary: Metal Gear solid... A game of exelent preportions... dont let my big vocabulary fool you.... i am just a kid that has been reading a thasaourus. Anyway metalgear solid is one of the best games i have ever played. It has probably one of the greatest ... read more

  • SOLID

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    Apr 12, 2000
    Pros: nice graphics and easy game play
    Cons: gliches make walls invisible sometimes, it is also hard to stay undetected all the time

    Summary: this game is intense!!! the graphics and cinema screen layout of the story line give you a realistic feel for the characters and backgrounds. the controles are easy to learn and moving is a breeze. the basic plot is based around everyones favorite ... read more

  • Solid all the way

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 11, 2000
    Pros: cinamatics
    Cons: controls

    Summary: this game is all around solid. first off the cinamatics are incredible and the plot that the game has is one of the best. I like the way it was developed to allow you to explore and find what you need anywhere in the game. Also the choice of weapons were ... read more

  • Will keep you hooked for weeks

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 7, 2000
    Pros: Realistic, interesting story, affordable price, high replay value
    Cons: none

    Summary: When I first heard about this game I thought, "Nah, this wont be any good." But boy was I WRONG! This is probably, no is, the best game that I own. You don't have to be into all that war-type stuff to play this game. This game is exactly ... read more

  • A smart, realistic adventure for everyone

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 5, 2000
    Pros: replay value, excellent story line, great graphics
    Cons: Not too long or difficult

    Summary: This game has everything an action fan could want--great graphics, a story that just makes you cry for more, voice overs, and lots of replay value. This game is smart, that is it has many features that really make you think. Through careful use of ... read more

  • rent it first.

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 2, 2000
    Pros: too many to list
    Cons: short!Too short!

    Summary: I loved the game!Metal gear solid is probably the best Adventure style game of the genre. The stealth missions,the snow missions where you must take care your foot prints in the snow are not detected by a patrolling guard.Great realism, well placed ... read more

  • I got into the Navy Seals because I played this game.

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 1, 2000
    Pros: Controls nice, realism good, and missions difficult.
    Cons: Tried and tried, but I can't think of any.

    Summary: Okay, the SEALS didn't want me. But I loved this game. The first time I played it I didn't put down the controller until I got to the end. This game revolutionized shooters. The views were amazing, they took awhile to get the hang of but once you ... read more

  • MGS RULES!

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 26, 2000
    Pros: Good story line,good control.
    Cons: fuzzy graphics

    Summary: How often do you get to use stealth and sneak up on guards?How often do you get to snap a sleeping guards neck? Well,in Metal Gear Solid, you do it all! MGS is a absolute classical game, like the nes version, you still play as Snake, the lonely dog ... read more

  • Solid Game

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 26, 2000
    Pros: Everything
    Cons: nothing

    Summary: This game is awesome! It's amazing. I have an uncle in the seals, and he played this game and that he said that it's the most realistic game he's ever played. The cinematics in the game are amazing and the ai is astounding. You can snap guys necks ... read more

  • Metal Gear Solid

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 25, 2000
    Pros: Everything
    Cons: none

    Summary: Metal Gear Solid The most eagerly awaited and most inteligently put together PlayStation title since ever. So why is it the greatest game ever? Lets find out..... As covert operative Snake Solid,you are called by special force to destroy a major ... read more

  • Just Like An Action Flick, With Not As Much Cussing!

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 25, 2000
    Pros: Unique gameplay, just like a good action movie
    Cons: It has an ending

    Summary: Before this game came out, I would play the demo all the time at the Electronics Boutique. I didn't have a playstation at the time, so when I got enough money, I got both a playstation and MGS. Yes, I got a playstation only to be able to play MGS at ... read more

  • Metal Gear Solid

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 24, 2000
    Pros: story, graphics, gameplay
    Cons: really hard

    Summary: Metal Gear. A name that is familiar to almost all video game players. It was one of the first games to use the concept of stealth killing rather than "run into a building and shoot." Some players consider it too be one of the best games of all ... read more

  • My Opinion: The Greatest Game Ever Made!

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 24, 2000
    Pros: The greatest game ever! None better. NONE! Can't get any better I can go on for hours... but I won't.
    Cons: LoL! There isn't any man!

    Summary: Metal Gear Solid is the greatest game ever on Playstation or any other system! This game had everything a true fan or even someone who doesn't usually like Playstation games would want. This game is the greatest game that I have seen on any system. ... read more

  • Short but fun

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    Mar 24, 2000
    Pros: Everything
    Cons: nothing

    Summary: Metal Gear Solid(MGS) is a cool game the game is that you have to stop some terrorists before they use a nuclear bomb, or one man against an infinite army. I got this game because the advertisment made it look cool. The ad didn't do it justice. ... read more

  • Metal Gear... Solid?

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 23, 2000
    Pros: Good story line
    Cons: Not enough game for the money paid

    Summary: This game is everything but solid. I bought the game when it first appeared on store shelves and thought it was going to be a great action game. Far from it. Either the game was too easy or I'm just too good for the game itself. Seeing that I only ... read more

  • Stealth action gone bad--Metal Gear

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 23, 2000
    Pros: Good story, excellent graphics and sound.
    Cons: Poor stealth engine. Bad controls. Dull, uninteresting game-play.

    Summary: If you've been a video gamer for a while, you know about games that seem to just be loved by everybody. Donky Kong Country, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more recently, Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. These games not only live up to ... read more

  • Metal Gear Solid: Awesome Game

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 22, 2000
    Pros: yep
    Cons: cool

    Summary: Yo, wut up? Here's a small opinion from me to you about Konami's Metal Gear Solid. I'm going to give it my rating out of 5 stars and opinions about what makes M.G.S. how good it is. Well, I'll start off by saying that if Metal Gear Solid came out with ... read more

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