
It is the third canonical title released in the Metal Gear series, being a sequel of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most important games of all time, and is heralded as the game that made the stealth genre popular. It was well-received critically and commercially, shipping more than six million copies (being the eighth best-selling game on the PlayStation), and scoring an average metascore of 94 out of 100 on Metacritic. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published in 1998 for the PlayStation. Metal Gear Solid ( メタルギアソリッド, Metaru Gia Soriddo ?, commonly abbreviated as MGS or MGS1) is a stealth action video-game directed by Hideo Kojima. 2 CD-ROMs (PS1), paid download (PSN) Release chronology Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
