Metal Gear Solid is a game that touched me in a way that it most likely touched others. I had never really played stealth games before, but I was interested in the Metal Gear series for a while. This interest led to me buying MGS 1-3 together on my birthday. While it took me awhile to get into MGS 1, I found that not only was the gameplay fun and intense, but that the story was interesting enough to keep playing until the end. I will go in depth as to why this is one of my favorite games of all time. 

Graphics-8: 
    Now, since this is a PS1 game, it has the obvious graphical hiccups when it comes to rendering textures on a 3D plane. This is normal and it's not really an emulation error, but more of a hardware limitation. I'm not actually sure if they were going for a certain style in this game or if it was just the limitations of the console, but I kinda like the no-face thing that everyone has. The game has a bluish tint to it, so characters like Sniper Wolf have green hair instead of blonde hair. Other than that, there isn't much to say about graphics.
 
Sound-9:   
   The soundtrack in this game is fantastic, it's got a kinda chilling, techno, orchestra vibe to it and it works well. I heard that Konami originally wanted the music to change dynamically with the game, but due to limitations of the PS1 they couldn't actually pull that off, so they canned it. MGS 2 actually reused this idea and if paid off well. The voice acting is kinda cheesy, but for PS1, it's top-notch. David Hayter has just started doing Solid Snake's voice, so it isn't as refined as it is in later games, but I'll let it slide. The guards say some really dumb things like "What was that noise?" or "Whose footprints are these?". These little things became highly quotable for many people and I can tell why
 
Addictiveness-7: I gave this a 7 because, while it is a very fun game, there are only two endings. Both of these endings get you different items to use in a new game. These will give you a worse rank, but they're both useful. MGS is well worth playing to completion and again to find all of the easter eggs or get the other ending.

Story-9: The story of Metal Gear Solid involves former agent, Solid Snake, of the now rogue group known as FOX-HOUND. Snake is called back into action to stop them, because they want $1 billion dollars and the remains of the legendary soldier known as Big Boss. You must sneak through a military base off the coast of Alaska known as Shadow Moses Island. The members of FOX-HOUND include; Decoy Octopus, Vulcan Raven, Sniper Wolf, Psycho Mantis, Revolver Ocelot and the leader, Liquid Snake. It'a the perfect action movie plot, but in the form of a wonderful video game. You have your action star, interesting side characters and cunning main villain.  

Depth-7: On your first playthrough, it should take more than ten hours to complete the game. When you learn more and more about the game, it gets incredibly shorter as you can beat it faster. Most people who master it usually beat it in 3 hours at the least. There isn't much you can do on the side, but it's okay because that would be too distracting.
 
 Difficulty-6: This game can get pretty difficult at times, especially during the Metal Gear REX fight. That boss fight is probably the hardest one it the entire game. Other than that, it's pretty fair with its difficulty. Sneaking can be a bit hard because you can get could something off screen, but that usually isn't the game's fault.