Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

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The third installment in the Metal Gear Solid franchise is swathed in the Cold War, and it's up to Naked Snake (the "father" of Solid Snake) to keep the Soviet Union and the United States from all-out war. He takes On-Site Procurement to another level, capturing animals to survive.

Overview

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the third installment in the Metal Gear Solid saga and is a prequel to Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Set in 1964, the game is different from the first two games in that it is mainly set in a jungle environment. This coupled with the arcane technology of the Cold War era makes encounters more difficult to escape if the player is caught. Stealth is very important to the gameplay of Snake Eater due to more advanced AI enemies. A new engine was created for Snake Eater in order to create a richer graphical experience. Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series, directed Snake Eater and the game is generally seen as an answer to the criticism that was given to Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.

Story

The player takes control of top operative Naked Snake, whose relationship to the series' hero Solid Snake is not initially explained. At the outset, Naked Snake is sent behind enemy lines to retrieve a Russian weapons designer named Sokolov who wishes to defect to the United States. Sokolov has developed an advanced tank named the Shagohod, which is a direct precursor to the bipedal Metal Gear weapons which threaten global stability in the other series installments. Snake is aided over the radio by new characters like Major Zero, Para-Medic, and the Boss, his former mentor. The operation goes as planned until the Boss betrays Snake, giving the renegade Soviet officer Colonel Volgin two nuclear warheads and assisting in the theft of the Shagohod. To cover up the theft, Volgin nukes the base, and the Soviet Union blames the United States for the attack. Snake is commanded to track down and eliminate the Boss and destroy the Shagohod in an effort to clear the US' name.

Gameplay

Traditional to the Metal Gear Solid series, MGS3 focuses on stealth and sneaking around enemies rather than straight up confronting them in a gunfight. If the player is spotted, Snake will enter an alert phase. At ALERT: 99.99, the enemy can see Snake and are currently firing at you. At ALERT: 99.98 and below, the enemy is still searching for Snake, but Snake is hiding. If the counter runs down, the game enters EVASION. In EVASION, the enemy is still looking for Snake, but not as vigorously. If that counter runs down, the game will enter CAUTION mode. The enemy has given up searching for Snake, but is still aware of his presense.

Because of the 60's setting, the rader in previous games has not been invented, and the player must rely on special equipment. The active sonar, when you press L3, sends out a rather noisy ping, and reports the location of all animals and people, but the noise the ping makes may alert the enemy. The motion detector reports the location of all moving objects, but not stationary ones. The the AP sensor vibrates the controller upon dectecting an enemy. He can also use a mine dectector to locate claymore mines. These items take up battery power, which refills when not using items that use the battery. If the battery runs out, the items that use battery power will not operate for a short period of time.

The game also has the survival system, which is new to this game. The stamina meter, below your health bar, determines how fast you run, how much your health recovers, and how well you aim. To replenish this, you can capture animals by shooting them or attacking them with your knife. You can them eat them, which replenishes the stamina in various amounts.

The camoflauge system determines how well hidden you are in the surrounding enviornment. Snake has a variety of uniforms and face paints he can wear, each blending him in more or making him stick out more. If you get injured, you can use the cure screen to heal yourself. You can have various injuries like cuts and burns, and you can put medical supplies on him to heal him.

New this game also is CQC. If Snake has a CQC compatable weapon, he can sneak behind an enemy and grab him by pressing the circle button and holding it. From here he can slit his throat by holding down the circle button firmly, interrogate the enemy by holding down the left stick, choke him by mashing circle many times, or walk around and use him as a human shield.

The camera in this game does not have a 3D rotational camera of other action games, but rather the stationary camera of past Metal Gear Solid games. The main camera is a roughly overhead camera, which can be panned, but not rotated, by the R stick. The other main camera is the first person view. Snake cannot move while in first person, but can see the world around him, and aim your weapon by pressing square. If Snake presses up against a wall, he can see the area around the corner, and can get and even better view by peeking, which is done by pressing L2 or R2. The last camera angle is infilteration mode. When lying down in tall grass of crawling through a hole, the game enters first person mode, but the player is able to move around.

Snake has an arsenal of weapons he can carry. These weapons are:

Mk. 22 This is a traqualizer gun which can knock enemies out. This is a good weapon when going for a no kill game. Can attach suppressor by opening up the weapons menu and pressing circle.
M1911A1 A standard pistol. Can attach suppressor by opening up the weapons menu and pressing circle. Holds 7 rounds.
Survival Knife A knife for CQC. Can be used to slit throats, or interrogate enemies.
AK-47 A gun that can fire rapid fire rounds. Holds 30 rounds.
XM16E1 A better version of the AK-47. Can attach suppressor by opening up the weapons menu and pressing circle. Holds 21 rounds.
M37 A standard shotgun. Can blow away multiple enemies at once. Holds 7 rounds.
M63 A gun that can fire all of its clip without reloading. Holds 501 rounds.
SVD A sniper rifle. Can zoom 3x and 10x. Holds 9 rounds.
Mosin Nagant. A tranqualizer rifle. Can zoom 3x and 10.
Single Action Army A six shooter with bullets that richochet.
Scorpion A machine gun with a laser targeting system. Holds 30 rounds.
Patriot A machine gun with unlimited bullets.
RPG-7 A rocket launcher. Holds 1 round.
TNT Dynomite. Can be used to blow up supply huts.
Claymore A mine that can be set as a trap for enemies.
Grenade Comes in regular, fire, electronic, smoke, and stun varieties.
Hankerchief and Smoke Cigars Anesthetic.

Snake also has some items that he can use as well.

Life Medecine A item that restores the Life bar.
Fake Death Pill An item that fools enemies into thinking that you are dead. Can use revival pill in Game Over screen to wake up.
Mouse Trap A device for catching animals to eat.
Cardboard Box A box in which to hide in.
Directional Microphone A device for amplefying sounds.

Soundtrack

Disc 1

1. Snake Eater

Cover art for the Metal Gear Solid 3 soundtrack

2. Metal Gear Solid
3. CQC
4. Virtuous Mission
5. On The Ground - Battle In The Jungle
6. Kgbvsgru
7. Shagohod
8. Operation Snake Eater]
9. Mission Briefing
10. Across The Border- Snake Meets The Boss
11. Eva's Unveiling
12. Ocelot Youth - Confrontation
13. Cobras In The Jungle
14. Pain
15. Fear
16. Fortress Sneaking
17. Underground Tunnel
18. Fury
19. Surfing Guitar
20. Sailor
21. Salty Catfish
22. Old Metal Gear

Disc 2

1. Battle In The Base
2. Volgin, The Torturer
3. Sorrow - Everlasting Fight
4. Clash With Evil Personified
5. Sidecar - Escape From The Fortress
6. Didecar - On The Rail Bridge
7. Takin' On The Shagohod
8. Escape Through The Woods
9. Troops In Gathering
10. Life's End
11. Last Showdown
12. Return Of The Migs
13. Don't Be Afraid
14. Eva's Reminiscence
15. Debriefing
16. Way To Fall
17. Rock Me Baby
18. Pillow Talk
19. Jumpin' Johnny
20. Sea Breeze
21. Snake Vs Monkey

General Information Edit

Game Name	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Publisher(s)	Konami Corporation
Developer(s)	Kojima Productions Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc.
Genres	Add a new genre Action Adventure Shooter
Themes	Add a new theme Alternate Historical Espionage Martial Arts
Original US Release	Nov. 17, 2004 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	know the real date?
Aliases	MGS3 MGS3: SE MGS: SE