What is the best Metal Gear game of all time?

By YPB TeamJul 29

From 8-bit infiltration on Japanese home computers to open-world spectacle, with a couple of entries fans still argue about including. Where do you stand?

1
Metal Gear
Hideo Kojima's 1987 MSX2 original that invented stealth action by making avoidance smarter than shooting.
2
Snake's Revenge
The 1990 NES sequel made by Konami USA without Kojima, mixing side-scrolling action into the stealth formula.
3
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Kojima's own 1990 MSX2 sequel, years ahead of its time with sound-based detection and a full story.
4
Metal Gear Solid
The 1998 PlayStation landmark that brought cinematic storytelling and Shadow Moses to a mass audience.
5
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
The 2001 sequel that swapped Snake for Raiden and turned its own hype into a story about information control.
6
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
The 2004 Cold War prequel set in the jungle, widely called the series' best-told story.
7
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
The 2004 GameCube remake of the first Solid, rebuilt with MGS2 mechanics and restaged cutscenes.
8
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
The 2006 PSP entry that introduced squad recruitment and bridged the MSX games to the Solid era.
9
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
The 2008 PS3 finale that sent an aged Snake through four warzones to close the Patriots story.
10
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
The 2010 PSP entry that built out base management and co-op, laying the groundwork for MGSV.
11
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
The 2013 PlatinumGames spin-off that recast Raiden in a fast cut-anything action game.
12
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
The 2014 prologue whose single Cuban base showed off the Fox Engine and open-ended infiltration.
13
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
The 2015 open-world entry with the series' deepest systems and its most divisive ending.