Revisiting Metal Gear Solid in 2025

A timeless experience that still delivers real stealth action

Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid (1998). Screenshot from the Master Collection Vol.1.

If you’ve seen Escape from New York, it’s easy to spot how Solid Snake pulls from Kurt Russell’s take on Snake Plissken.

Kojima loved that character. He lifted the swagger, the codename, and the mullet, then dropped a similar figure into the cold, angular maze of Shadow…