![]() This turns out to be the true motivation for everybody’s actions, including Major Zero’s reason for sending Snake to Russia in the first place. This 'Philosopher’s Legacy’ has been obtained by Volgin, and both the US and Russia want to get their hands on it. This Illuminati-esque group broke apart after WWII, but their $100 billion in funding was divided up and hidden in various banks across the globe. In an exposition-heavy cut-scene he learns about ‘The Philosophers’, who were a group of powerful people from Russia, China and the US who secretly control the world from the shadows. In one of many similar prison-break scenarios in this series, Snake escapes custody then returns to Graznyj Grad. Volgin kills Sokolov and tortures Snake, during which he has one of his eyes removed. Snake reaches Groznyj Grad (Volgin’s fortress) where Sokolov and the Shagohod are both being held, but he’s captured in the process. With her help he makes his way from place to place, defeating Ocelot and then the rest of Cobra Unit one by one as he goes. He is supposed to meet up with an undercover agent called codenamed Adam, but instead finds Eva who is also working as a double-agent in Volgin’s camp. One week later Snake is redeployed to the jungle to fulfill the terms of the agreement in a follow up mission called Operation Snake Eater. To restore peace the US label Boss a traitor and agree to eliminate her and Volgin, who has gone renegade with his Cobra unit. This story is set during the Cold War, so these events aggravate an already tense relationship between the two countries. The Russians detected Snake’s aircraft when he was dropped into the region, so they blame the United States for the nuclear attack. Snake is extracted from the hot zone using the Fulton Recovery system and returns to America to heal. Sokolov is re-captured by Cobra and as they all escape Volgin fires one of the nukes to cover his tracks, leaving him with one left over. She beats the crap out of Snake and throws him off a bridge. Unfortunately this is all ruined when The Boss defects to Russia, joining Volgin and the Cobra’s and taking two mini-nukes with her. Snake makes his way to Volgin’s Cobra base to extract Sokolov and escort him back to America. The opening chapter of this story is called the Virtuous Mission, which has Naked Snake sent into a Russian jungle to extract a soviet scientist called Sokolov, who has been helping Colonel Volgin to develop the first iteration of a Metal Gear, known as the Shagohod. Revolver Ocelot - An American member of the Cobra Unit who will have an ongoing relationship with Snake throughout the game series. Major Zero - Leader of the CIA’s FOX Unit and another disciple of The Boss, Zero one of the main people Snake speaks to during his mission via Codec.Įva - An ex-NSA agent who defected from the US a few years ago, and whose allegiance is perpetually unclear.Ĭolonel Volgin - The Russian commander of the Cobra Unit, a Soviet counterpart to FOX which has soldiers with special abilities. She has been a very important role model by this point. The Boss - A female soldier who taught Snake everything he knows, including his code of ethics. At this time he is a secret agent working for the CIA. Naked Snake - This is the codename Big Boss uses at the beginning of the story. Several of them will appear throughout the series so it’s useful to have a quick reference at hand. The first thing to do with each of these games is briefly introduce the main players in the large cast. In part one we’ll be going through the third entry in the main MGS series, and the first true Metal Gear game on the PSP, which wasn’t actually directed by Hideo Kojima but does have an interesting story (which has only been partially ret-conned since). 2014 – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.2007 – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.1984 – Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.1975 – Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes.For the first half of this story recap we’ll be looking at the prequels which focus Big Boss when he was known as Naked Snake. The second half is all about his (sort of) son, who is unaware of his own lineage at the start of the story but later comes to right his (sort of) father’s wrongs and redeem the good name of… Snake. There are some parallels to be drawn with the Star Wars movies, as the first games in the timeline are about the corruption and eventual fall of the hero. The series splits its focus between Solid Snake the hero of the first few games, and Naked Snake the original soldierfrom which Solid was cloned. The series has 10 main entries that jump around a massive and complicated timeline, so I wanted to break it down in a way that’s easy to digest for anyone who needs a reminder or is new to the series. With the recent release of The Phantom Pain I thought it would be useful to do a recap of the Metal Gear Solid storyline.
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