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    Metal Gear Solid

    Game » consists of 17 releases. Released Sep 03, 1998

    Metal Gear Solid, released in 1998, is a game developed and published by Konami Corporation. The game follows recent retiree Solid Snake in his return to active duty as he attempts to rescue DARPA Chief Donald Anderson and President of ArmsTech Kenneth Baker, both taken hostage by a terrorist group, in order to prevent the terrorists from launching a nuclear warhead.

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    Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid is undeniably important.  It is also undeniably divisive.  You'll either be infuriated by the inescapable lecture on the horror of nuclear war (just in case you thought it sounded like a hoot), or rendered giddy by the melodrama and aggressive insanity of it all.  Essentially, this is a game you should play.
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