Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid transformed video games into interactive cinema. Hideo Kojima brought stealth action to 3D with Shadow Moses: guards with vision cones, cascading alarms, psychological boss fights (Psycho Mantis read your memory card!) and a nuclear espionage plot touching genetic determinism. David Hayter's voice as Snake became iconic. The codec offered hours of optional dialogue. Kojima proved games could be auteur works, not just products.