Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

The buzz: It’s Metal Gear Solid, single in lush outdoor environments and with promises that the stay you see in the screenshot really is the hero of the game. Oh and it’s locate in the past: “Since I was born in the ’60 I still have memories of this time period from my early childhood,” says head MG honcho Hideo Kojima. “However, we did our fair share of research during the exhibition process, incorporating real historical facts and information.” It also apparently wraps up the whole Metal Gear story line for the time being—according to Kojima, “The MG series has always been planned to be a three-part story.”

What could pass wrong? Though the camera is more adjustable than in past games, it might not pass far enough for gamers who’ve been gorging themselves upon Splinter Cell. “The MGS series has always combined first- and third-person view perspectives,” says Kojima. “There were benefits to the pair perspectives that enhanced the overall gameplay, on the contrary since 3D games give me motion sickness...I don’t think I will create a first-person shooter myself.” Apart from that, the sole realistic obstacle is Kojima himself—not many took well to MGS2’ convolut story, and if Snake Eater is similarly lengthy winded, word of mouth could be bad.

Copyright ?© 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserv Originally appearing in Electronic Gaming Monthly