The most innovative stealth series turns 30
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On the 13th July 2017, renowned video game series Metal Gear Solid reaches its 30th Anniversary.
One of the most acclaimed video game series of all time reached its 30th Anniversary. Metal Gear Solid is the series which celebrates its anniversary, a series which took stealth gameplay and turned it on its head.
Originally released in 1987, creator Hideo Kojima was the creative mind behind this genre-defining series. Simply titled “Metal Gear”, the first entry to Hideo Kojima’s debut project was published by Japanese company Konami for the old school MSX2.
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30 years ago, on July 13th 1987, METAL GEAR was released for the MSX2. It all started here. Tactical espionage action was born. #MG30th pic.twitter.com/0Em4836gt8
— METAL GEAR OFFICIAL (@metalgear_en) July 13, 2017
At the time, the original Metal Gear did something revolutionary for all action games; instead of directly engaging with enemies Hideo Kojima encouraged players to avoid combat. Given the context, infiltrating an enemy compound, it made more sense to avoid combat than to go guns blazing. This core idea of avoiding combat soon became the seed which grew into the massive Metal Gear Solid franchise.
On the day of the games anniversary, Twitter exploded with content honouring this renowned franchise. With the hashtag #MG30th, art, videos and comments have all been posted online, praising the influence of Hideo Kojima’s influential franchise.
#メタルギア30周年#MG30th
私の体を構成する大好きなゲーム。おめでとうございます。 pic.twitter.com/vAv06uQ1Xh— りゅまぐ (@rygazou_mg) July 12, 2017
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