Summary

  • Hideo Kojima's games vary in length, from a few hours to over 45 hours.
  • Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes is a short but replayable experience.
  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is a shorter and more accessible follow-up to the original game.

Hideo Kojima began working for Konami in 1986 and would spend the next couple of decades building a reputation for himself as one of the generation's boldest creators. That partnership was severed in 2015, which led the developer to create his own studio, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Kojima Productions, later that year.

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P.T. is not mentioned because it was on🍃ly a demo for an unfinished game.

13 Metal Gear Solid 5: G𒈔round Zeroes

2 Hours

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Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes
Stealth
Systems
Released
March 18, 2014

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To 🐷Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Violence, Stroཧng Language
Publisher(s)
Konami
Engine
🅠 Fox Engine 💎
Platform(s)
PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC
How Long To Beat
2 Hours

Despite Metal Gear Solid 4 feeli🌳ng like the conclusion to the series, Kojima still had some juice in the tank and surprised audiences with the announcement of Metal Gear Solid 5 in 2012. Before the big game, audiences were treated to a bite-sized prequel known as Metal Gear Solid 💎5: Ground Zeroes.

This ab💝breviated experience was designed to showcase the potential of the Fox Engine while laying the groundwork for The Phantom Pain. Despite only being a c🎀ouple of hours long, there are so many different tools and ways to approach your mission at Camp Omega that fans were able to sink dozens of hours into it while they waited for the follow-up.

12 𓄧 Metal Gear

5 Hours

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Metal Gear
Action
Stealth
Systems
Released
July 13, 1987

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

ESRB
e 10+ // Mild Violence, Tobacco Ref𒉰erence
Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
Platform(s)
PC, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Ninte♍ndo GameCube, MS-DOS, MSX2 𒁏
How Long To Beat
4 Hours

Metal Gear is the first entry in the iconic Konami series, launching on the MSX2 in Japan before being ported to the NES in North America a year later. It follows Solid Snake during his first missi🤡on to a place known as Outer Heaven to locate a missing soldier and uncover the truth about a rumored weapon of mass destruction.

The game was instrumental in establishing the stealth genre and contains familiar elements that would be represented throughout the rest of the series. Due to hardware limitation𝕴s, Metal Gear is a relatively short adventure that you can complete in a session or two.

11 ﷽ Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake

6 1/2 Hours

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Metal Gear 2
Stealth
Action
Systems
Released
July 20, 1990

WHERE TO PLAY

PHYSICAL

ESRB
m
Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
Platform(s)
PC, PS2, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
How Long To Beat
7 Hours

Noওt to be confused with Snake's Revenge for the NES, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is the true sequel to the original game and was develop🔯ed exclusively for the MSX2. It once again follows Solid Snake after he is asked to infiltrate Zanzibar Land to save the world from a potential nuclear crisis.

With a longer narrative and a bigger map to explore, Metal Gear 2 is a larger package than its predecessor and will take you a bit longer to co𓄧mplete. There are a lot of hidden secrets and obscure objectives, so it's often recommended to use a guide during this mission to help you clear it quick🔯ly.

10 Snatcher

8 Hours

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Snatcher
Released
November 26, 1988

WHERE TO PLAY

PHYSICAL

ESRB
e
Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
Platform(s)
Sega CD, Sega Saturn, TurboGrafx-CD, PS1, PC
How Long To Beat
8 Hours

Between the development of the first two Metal Gear games, Hideo Kojima went in a compl🦩etely different direction and directed the advent🅰ure game, Snatcher. Inspired by classic sci-fi movies like Blade Runner, you play as a man named Gillian Seed who is tasked with locating robots that are killing and replacing humans.

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Despite its compelling themes and cine🐼matic approach to storytelling, Snatcher struggled to find an audience, and a sequel was canceled due to the project's long development time. It's developed a cult following over the years, and it's worth playing just to see how Kojima approaches this genre.

9 Metal Gear Soliꩲd 🐷

11 1/2 Hours

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Metal Gear Solid
Stealth
Systems
9.0/10
Released
October 20, 1998
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Suggestive Themes, Violenc🍌e

Developer(s)
💙 Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Publisher(s)
Konami
Sequel(s)
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metal Gea꧙r Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004), Metal Gear Solid 4:🎃 Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain 👍
Platform(s)
PS1, PC
How Long To Beat
12 Hours

Metal Gear Solid is the game-changing stealth-action game that elevat๊ed Hideo Kojima's status as one of the most fascinating developers in the industry. His approach to both narrative and gameplay remains influential, and this game is the perfect demonstration of how he 🌱can break the fourth wall by weaving the two together.

This ambitious PlayStation title once again follows Solid S꧋nake as he sneaks onto Shadow Moses Island to stop a group known as FOXHOUND from firing a nuclear weapon at the United States. While an initial playthrough will take you about a dozen hours, you'll be stuck on the edge of your seat as you ♏confront memorable bosses and witness the beginning of the Metal Gear Solid saga.

8 ꦡ Policenauts 🐼

12 Hours

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Policenauts
Adventure
Systems
Released
July 29, 1994
ESRB
e
Developer(s)
Konami

Publisher(s)
Konami
Platform(s)
3DO, NEC PC-98, PS1, Sega Saturn

Despite Snatcher's inability to become as successful as the Metal Gear games, Hi🍰deo Kojima revisited the adventure genre with Policenauts, which took about four years t๊o develop. While it had its own plot and unique characters, Policenauts felt like a spiritual successor to Snatcher and also struggled in the market.

It didn't help that Konami refused to localize Policenauts for audiences outside of Japan, but there are fan translations now for anyone curious about Kojima's last attempt with this kind of storytelling. You play as a detective who is tasked with locating his ex-wi▨fe's husband in the distant future.

7 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty💧

13 Hours

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Metal Gear So🐻lid 2: Sons of Libertꦦy
Stealth
Systems
Released
November 13, 2001

WHERE TO PLAY

PHYSICAL

ESRB
♑ M For Mature 17+ Due To Animated Blood, Animated Violence
Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
Prequel(s)
Metal G♐ear Solid
Sequel(s)
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (♍2004), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain ও
Platform(s)
PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS Vita
How Long To Beat
13 Hours

Only three years after Me🍌tal Gear Solid revolutionized 3D stealth gameplay, Hideo Kojima surpassed all expectations with the beloved sequel, Sons of Liberty. The game took audiences by surprise with shocking twists and immersive gameplay that once again redefined the genre with seemingly limitless p🐈ossibilities.

On this mission, you will fiꦫnd a way into a large facility called Big Shell to stop a group known as the Sons of Liberty from destroying it and killing everyone inside. Filled with memorable boss fights and an eerily prophetic story, Sons of Liberty is a divisive entry in the legendary series tha🔥t you can still finish in a weekend.

6 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 💞

16 Hours

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Meta🐽l Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
Stealth
Action
Adventure
Systems
Released
November 17, 2004

WHERE TO PLAY

PHYSICAL

ESRB
M For Mature 17+ due to Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, ꦅLanguage, Sexual Themes 🐓
Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
Sequel(s)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain 🍸
Number of Players
1
How Long To Beat
16 Hours

As fans eagerly awaited to find out what happened after the events of Sons of Liberty, Kojima defied expectations once again by setting the next Metal Gear Solid in 1964 during the Cold War. Acting as a prequel to the entire Metal Gear franchise, Snake Eater is often praised a♛s being one of the greatest games ever made.

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5 Metal Gea🃏r Solid: Peace Walker

18 Hours

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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Stealth
Systems
Released
June 8, 2010

WHERE TO PLAY

PHYSICAL

ESRB
T For Teen due to Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Suggestive Themes, Use o🔯f Tobacco, Violence
Publisher(s)
Konami
Multiplayer
💎 Local Multiplayer
Platform(s)
PS3, Xbox 360, PSP
How Long To Beat
18 Hours

Only a couple of years after Guns of the Patriots put a nice little bow �🍌�on the Metal Gear series, Hideo Kojima surprised fans with the announcement of Peace Walker, the first mainline entry designed for a handheld device. Set about a decade after the events of Snake Eater, you play as Big Boss after he is sent to Costa Rica to investigate a mysterious military group.

Despite being developed for the PSP, Peace Walker retains all the elements you co🍃uld expect from a classic ♒Metal Gear experience while mixing things up with stylish motion comic sequences that give the game a unique identity. It's surprisingly long, but it's a pivotal entry in the series that is essential for any fan.

4 ♈ Meꦚtal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots

18 1/2 Hours

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Stealth
Systems
Released
June 12, 2008

WHERE TO PLAY

PHYSICAL

ESRB
M For Mature 17+ due to Blood, Crude Humor, St🐼rong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Publisher(s)
Konami
Engine
Havok
Sequel(s)
Metal Ge🎉ar Solid 5 The Phantom Pain 🌳
Platform(s)
PS3
How Long To Beat
20 Hours

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was designed as the ambitious final chapter to the Metal Gear Solid story that Kojima had fostered for the last two decades of his career. Of course, this meant that he went as far as he could go with the project, resulting in i✱t being one of the longest games he's ever created.

While Guns of the Patriots should take you just under twenty hours to complete, you shouldn't expect to be holding your controller the en꧂tire time, as the amount of exposition and cutscenes in the game is record-breaking. There is a lot of talking throughout this "final" journey, but the gameplay is still top-notch and endlessly satisfying.