METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version

Item: METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version
Rating: 82
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-02

Summary

Timeless masterpiece with emotional story
Innovative stealth and survival gameplay
Cinematic and artistic excellence
Poor PC port quality
Excessive cutscenes impact pacing
Outdated movement mechanics

METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version header

Emotions

Satisfaction26%Admiration15%Frustration15%Disappointment11%Excitement7%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 41%
Unhelpful reviews: 57%
Protest reviews: 1%

82%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
18%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2367
Negative points: 979
Gameplay points: 366
Perf. points: 84
Rec. points: 564
Misc points: 264

Point	Description	Importance
Timeless Masterpiece & Emotional Story Description The game is consistently praised as a timeless classic and masterpiece, with reviewers highlighting its enduring quality and how well it has aged. Its narrative is frequently cited as one of the best in gaming, deeply emotional, full of impactful twists, and capable of evoking strong feelings and reflection. Importance 87%	The game is consistently praised as a timeless classic and masterpiece, with reviewers highlighting its enduring quality and how well it has aged. Its narrative is frequently cited as one of the best in gaming, deeply emotional, full of impactful twists, and capable of evoking strong feelings and reflection.	87%
Innovative Stealth & Survival Gameplay Description Reviewers highly commend the game's innovative and deep gameplay mechanics, particularly the satisfying stealth, CQC, and unique survival elements like hunting and camouflage. These systems encourage player creativity, experimentation, and offer high replayability, setting a benchmark for the genre. Importance 65%	Reviewers highly commend the game's innovative and deep gameplay mechanics, particularly the satisfying stealth, CQC, and unique survival elements like hunting and camouflage. These systems encourage player creativity, experimentation, and offer high replayability, setting a benchmark for the genre.	65%
Cinematic & Artistic Excellence Description The game is lauded for its exceptional cinematic presentation, including masterfully directed cutscenes and compelling character relationships. Its visual design, detailed graphics (especially for its era), and outstanding soundtrack and sound design contribute significantly to an immersive and high-quality artistic experience. Importance 51%	The game is lauded for its exceptional cinematic presentation, including masterfully directed cutscenes and compelling character relationships. Its visual design, detailed graphics (especially for its era), and outstanding soundtrack and sound design contribute significantly to an immersive and high-quality artistic experience.	51%
Rewarding Player Experience Description Despite an initial learning curve for its controls, the game offers a highly enjoyable and rewarding player experience. Its balanced difficulty, engaging humor, and high replay value, often enhanced by replaying on harder difficulties or for achievements, contribute to lasting satisfaction. Importance 26%	Despite an initial learning curve for its controls, the game offers a highly enjoyable and rewarding player experience. Its balanced difficulty, engaging humor, and high replay value, often enhanced by replaying on harder difficulties or for achievements, contribute to lasting satisfaction.	26%
Memorable Characters & Origins Description The game is praised for its richly developed and iconic characters, particularly the impactful portrayal of Naked Snake's transformation into Big Boss. The complex and emotional relationship between Snake and The Boss is frequently cited as a narrative highlight, providing deep character backstories and motivations. Importance 22%	The game is praised for its richly developed and iconic characters, particularly the impactful portrayal of Naked Snake's transformation into Big Boss. The complex and emotional relationship between Snake and The Boss is frequently cited as a narrative highlight, providing deep character backstories and motivations.	22%
Creative & Challenging Boss Fights Description The game's boss battles are consistently highlighted as memorable, varied, and strategically deep. Reviewers appreciate that these encounters often allow for multiple creative methods of defeat, encouraging critical thinking and rewarding player ingenuity. Importance 22%	The game's boss battles are consistently highlighted as memorable, varied, and strategically deep. Reviewers appreciate that these encounters often allow for multiple creative methods of defeat, encouraging critical thinking and rewarding player ingenuity.	22%
Enhanced by Modding Community Description The game's experience on PC is significantly enhanced by the active modding community, which provides fixes for technical issues and graphical improvements. Mods allow players to further customize and optimize the game, making it a definitive way to play on modern systems. Importance 17%	The game's experience on PC is significantly enhanced by the active modding community, which provides fixes for technical issues and graphical improvements. Mods allow players to further customize and optimize the game, making it a definitive way to play on modern systems.	17%
Authentic Spy Thriller Tone Description The game masterfully captures the essence of 1960s spy thrillers, drawing comparisons to classic James Bond films. It successfully blends campy action with a deeper, emotionally resonant narrative, creating a unique and engaging homage to the genre. Importance 9%	The game masterfully captures the essence of 1960s spy thrillers, drawing comparisons to classic James Bond films. It successfully blends campy action with a deeper, emotionally resonant narrative, creating a unique and engaging homage to the genre.	9%