As of late, Konami has become known mostly for falling from grace with many fans after suddenly cutting ties with Hideo Kojima, the creator of the acclaimed 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metal Gear Solid series, and even barring him from attending the 2015 Game Awards🔯, but it's important to remember all the amazing games the company ha🐬s provided us over the years.
Whatever your feelings toward Konami, the company has put out some spectacular games, and it wouldn't be unfair tꦫo say that they helped shape the gaming lan๊dscape. With a little help from , here are the 10 best Konami games, ranked.
10 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ World Soc🦄cer Winning Eleven 7 International (93)
Starting off this list is World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 International, a mouthful of a name for a soccer game for the PS2, but it's commonly known as Pro Evolution Soccer 3 out of Japan.
The third entry in the long-running Pro Evolution Soccer series, Pro Evolution Soccer 3ཧ featured better gameplay, graphics, and animatioꦺn, and it was the first in the series to include a Shop Mode, where players could trade points in exchange for hidden items.
9 ༒ Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (93)
Talk about a game that has aged like a fine wine. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is over twenty years old and remains a timeless masterpiece that set the bar for all Castlevania games to follow.
Beloved by fans and critics alike, Symphony of the Night pushed the limits of the original Playstation. It features a huge castle with multiple routes to exp꧑lore, fan꧅tastic boss fights, a soundtrack you'd want to listen to on repeat, and a healthy length that never feels like it drags.
8 World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 Inte🐓rnational (93)
Next up is World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 International (Pro Evolution Soccer 2), the predecessor of Pro Evolution Soccer 3. There are quite a few fans that argue that Pro Evolution Soccer is better than FIFA, and these early titles prove their point.
This Playstation 2 classic is often regarded as the best sports game on the system, so it's no surprise to see Pro Evolution Soccer 2 on this list. Even though this entry and its sequel have a score of 93 on Metacritic, Pro Evolution Soccer 2 just edges out.
7 ꧃ Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection (93)
Spoiler alert: most of the entries on this list are going to be Metal Gear Solid games, but let's not pretend that's not what everyone expected. And the first of that franchise to make this list is Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection.
The Legacy Collection has so much to offer fans of the series. It includes every single mainline Metal Gear game directed by Hideo Kojima from 1987 all the way through to 2012. That's eight full games perfect for fans of the series that hadn't been able t⛦o play the earliest entries, as well as a booklet and two digital graphic novels.
6 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (94) ꧟
The Playstation 3 had scores of amazing games but perhaps the one that sits at the top is Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, which has a Metacritic score of 94. Set 5 years after Metal Gear Solid 2, Guns of the Patriots features an aged 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Solid Snake going on on🎐e last mission to eli🎀minate his nemesis Liquid Snake.
Not only is Guns of the Patriots considered to be one of the best games of the seventh console generation, but it's also recognized as one of the best games of all time. It was so popular t🐷hat it even caused a boost♈ in PS3 sales.
5 Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsisဣtence (94)
Most people are familiar with Metal Gear Solid 3 as Snake Eater, but it's Subsistence that finds its way onto this list with a Metacritic score of 94. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence is actually just an expanded version of Snake Eater, featuring a new 3rd person camera mode and the first incarnation of the now discontinued Metal Gear Online.
Going by the story's chronology, the events of Subsistence actually takes place before any of the other Metal Gear games, serving as a prequel to the whole franchise. Depending on who you ask, Subsistence is considered to be the best game in the series.
4 🤪 Metal Gear Solid (94)
The game that started it all, well sort of. While there were two releases in the Metal Gear franchise before Metal Gear Solid, most fans turn to this game as the one that truly started the series. Released for the Playstation, Metal Gear Solid ha𓄧s a comfortable spot🙈 near the top of this list with a score of 94.
Sure, a lot of elements in this game feel enormously outdated by today's standards, but Metal Gear Solid deserves such a 𒐪high spot simply on th🉐e influence it had on the franchise and on the gaming landscape as a whole.
3 ♏ISS Pro Evolution (94) 🌟
While a couple of Konami's soccer games have made this list, those entries belonged to the Pro Evolution Soccer series. That's not entirely the case for this entry. ISS Pro Evolution, released in 1999 for the Playstation, is something of a precursor to the Pro Evolution Series, defining what it would become.
What makes Konami's soccer games so special is how they approach gameplay as a simulation of the real sport, rather than games like FIFA, which takes an arcade-like approach to gameplay. ISS Pro Evolution is obviously dated now, but at the time it was regarded as the bestܫ soccer game ever made.
2 🐽 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (95)
The latest release in the Metal Gear Solid series (Metal Gear Survive does not count) is The Phantom Pain, e🐼arning the second-place spot with a Metacritic score of 95. It's al♍so the last game Kojima worked on at Konami.
Despite a few controversies, like the game's portrayal of Quiet, The Phantom Pain garnered near-perfect scores from just about every outlet, and it was praised for its compelling but convoluted narrative. It seems that whenever a new Metal Gear Solid game is released, it's called the ever made. The Phantom Pain was no different.
1 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of L✃iberty (96) 🤪
Taking the number one slot of Konami's best games is Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty with a score of 96. Not only is it the highest-rated Konami game on Metacritic, but i♏t's also one of the highest-rated video games on the site period.
Even though fans were thrown for a loop when they discovered that Raiden was the protagonist for most of the game instead of Solid Snake, Sons of Liberty received well-deserved acclaim. It's widely regarded as the fi⛄rst example of a postmodern video game, and as one of👍 the most influential games of all time.