Metal Gear

Metal Gear is a series of stealth-based games created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. The player takes control of an elite military operative (usually Solid Snake) repeatedly facing off against the latest incarnation of the eponymous superweapon, "Metal Gear", a bipedal walking tank with nuclear launching capabilities.

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The games take place in near future scenarios (with the exception of one game) and focus on stealth and finesse rather than brute-force combat. The player starts out with few or no weapons at all. On the highest difficulty settings in some of the more recent games, being seen by an enemy even once may result in a game over. Through the course of the game, the hero (either Solid Snake, Raiden or Naked Snake) gathers equipment and weapons to help accomplish his mission objectives, and gathers information by rescuing captives.

Stealth-based game: A stealth-based game, unlike an action game, revolves around patience, avoiding combat, and using stealth and cunning to complete your objectives. It is not a genre unto itself (though it is usually found in shooter games), but instead a focus the game can have....

Hideo Kojima: Hideo Kojima (小島秀夫 Kojima Hideo, born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer at Konami. Formerly the vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, he is currently the head of Kojima Productions, a new team devoted to creative game development leaving ...

Konami: Konami Corporation (コナミ) (NYSE: KNM) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling computer and video games. The company was founded in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Osaka, Japan by Kagemasa Kozuki, the still-current chairman and ...

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