#45: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
I loved Metal Gear Solid (more on that later!), Sons of Liberty was a bit too "out there" for my taste, Snake Eater was a glorious return to form. The story focuses on Big Boss before he became big boss. The characters are all captivating, the game introduces interesting new mechanics like hunting for food and using camouflage to go by unnoticed. What sets this game apart though are the wonderful boss fights whether dodging hordes of bees, hunting down a hidden foe in the trees, outsmarting an old sniper, running away from a crazy flamethrowing maniac or fighting the Boss in a beautiful field of white flowers the game delivers some of its best moments through those fights.
On the story side, the game returns to a more straightforward plot although retaining some of the MGS exentricities without going overboard. It also features one of the best and saddest endings in all the video games I've ever played.
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