Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake

Overview

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is a 1990 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami for the MSX2. The second mainline installment in the Metal Gear series, it serves as a sequel to the original Metal Gear (1987). Set in 1999, a few years after the events of the original game, Solid Snake must infiltrate a heavily defended territory in Central Asia known as Zanzibar Land to rescue a kidnapped scientist and destroy the revised "Metal Gear D". The game significantly evolved the stealth-based game system of its predecessor, and uses a storyline dealing with themes such as the nature of warfare and nuclear proliferation.

Metal Gear 2 was written and designed by series's creator Hideo Kojima, who conceived the game in response to Snake's Revenge (1990), a separately produced sequel that was being developed at the time for the NES specifically for the North American and European markets. Metal Gear 2 was released in Japan to positive critical reception, and retrospective reviews have labeled it as one of the best 8-bit games ever made. It was followed by a sequel, Metal Gear Solid, and was released worldwide for the PlayStation in 1998. Metal Gear 2 was re-released alongside the original Metal Gear in the Subsistence version of Metal Gear Solid 3 (2006) with a full English translation and other revisions, which was used for further re-releases on the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection.

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Tactical, Adventure

Developer

Konami

Publisher

Konami

Platforms

PlayStation 3, Windows, Nintendo Switch

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Release dates

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Region

US

Time to beat

about 7.4 hours