Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game Review

When a board game adaptation of Metal Gear Solid was announced a few years ago, I was skeptical. I am a massive fan of the Metal Gear Solid video games—less so of the original Metal Gear games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, since I’m more of a SEGA and Sony guy than a Nintendo fan. I still believe Metal Gear Solid is the best IP on Sony’s Playstation systems.

The story of the characters featured in the series is legendary, but also legendarily complicated…no one board game, movie, book, etc. could ever fully capture the depth of the rich, wild, and admittedly ridiculous storyline featuring the game’s hero, Solid Snake (yes, I still think this is one of the funniest hero names in gaming) and his attempts to continuously save the world from enemies ranging far and wide. There are terrorist organizations, private military corporations, and missions that take players all over the world, along with some of the best boss battles ever created for a video game.

While I have logged hundreds of hours into what became my favorite series on Playstation, the game is a passion point mainly because of the stealth elements. In fact, when any Metal Gear game devolves into an action game, it becomes significantly less interesting. The gunplay, the streams of bad guys…

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