Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence continues the Metal Gear Solid series tradition of follow-up enhanced, international version releases. Subsistence's online multiplayer component, titled Metal Gear Online…
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence is an adventure developed by Kojima Productions, released 22 December 2005 on PlayStation 2.
What Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence is
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence is an adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and released in 2005. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is a 2004 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. It was released in late 2004 in North America and Japan, and in early 2005 in Europe and Australia. Written, produced and directed by Hideo Kojima, the game is the fifth mainline installment in the Metal Gear series and the first chronologically, serving as a prequel to the entire series. Set in 1964, 31 years before the events of the original Metal Gear, the story centers on the FOX operative codenamed Naked Snake as he attempts to rescue Russian rocket scientist Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov, sabotage an experimental superweapon, and assassinate his defected…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metal Gear series
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence is the 22nd of 70 entries we hold in the Metal Gear series. The next entry was Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition in 2006. Its critic score of 98 is 17 points above the series average of 81. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence holds a critic score of 98 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 31 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 95, across 350 votes.
What it launched against
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence launched on 22 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and Yakuza. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Yakuza.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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