Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is the sequel to the espionage action game Metal Gear Solid. Much of the gameplay remains the same, as the game's protagonist has to sneak past guards, outsmart them using…

90 13 November 2001

Adventure Shooter Tactical Action Stealth

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is an adventure developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, released 13 November 2001 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 9.9 hrs to finish.

Verified 15 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is an adventure game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and released in 2001. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Two years after the events of the Shadow Moses Incident, Solid Snake and Otacon, working as Philanthropy, receive intelligence of a new type of Metal Gear being transported through the Hudson River. As Snake boards the tanker, it's seized by a group of Russian mercenaries led by Revolver Ocelot, intent on stealing the new Metal Gear. Fast-forward to the year 2009: the player takes control of Raiden, a rookie agent operating under the order of the Colonel, apparently a member of a reformed Foxhound unit. His initial assignment is to infiltrate the offshore clean-up facility Big Shell and rescue the President of the United States of America, who was kidnapped by members of a terrorist…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Metal Gear series

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is the 11th of 70 entries we hold in the Metal Gear series. It arrived 8 months after Konami Krazy Racers. The next entry was Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Limited Edition in 2002. Its critic score of 90 is 9 points above the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence at 98.

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How it was received

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 1,038 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 9.9 hrs.

What it launched against

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty launched on 13 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.

Cheats and codes

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