Metal Gear main series releases

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  • Metal Gear

    Metal Gear was released for the MSX2. It was developed as a stealth game because of hardware limitations at the time: having too many enemies on screen made action slow, so gameplay was made to focus on avoiding combat instead.

  • Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake

    A direct sequel to MG1, the game established many of the gameplay elements that would transition into the 3D games to be released over the next 2 decades.

  • Metal Gear Solid

    The first 3D game in the series, took everything from MG2 and expanded on it in the new 3D spaces available on the Playstation.

  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

    The first game on the Playstation 2

  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

    A prequel to all previously released games, it added new mechanics and is set in a Cold War setting.

  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

    Set in the (then) future, it is the "conclusion" to the overarching story arc.

  • Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

    Set in Costa Rica in 1974

  • Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

    MGSV part 1. Released as a short prologue to the full MGSV game under pressure of the publishing studio.

  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

    The "full" release of MGSV, set in 1984. Series creator Hideo Kojima left the series after the release after decades with the company.