What is the best Metal Gear Solid game?

Tactical espionage across cardboard boxes, Cold War jungles, and tangled geopolitical intrigue, spanning decades of stealth innovation from 8-bit roots to sprawling open worlds. Which entry reigns supreme?

1. 1
   Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

   The 2004 Cold War prequel set in the jungle, widely hailed as the series' storytelling and gameplay peak.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

   The 2014 prologue to The Phantom Pain that debuted the Fox Engine open-world stealth.
   571pts
3. 3
   Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

   The 2015 open-world finale featuring Venom Snake and the most refined stealth systems in the series.
   422pts
4. 4
   Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

   The 2013 hack-and-slash spinoff by PlatinumGames starring the cyborg ninja Raiden.
   357pts
5. 5
   Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

   The 2004 GameCube remake of the original with updated visuals and MGS2-style gameplay.
   357pts
6. 6
   Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

   The 2001 sequel famous for its Raiden twist and prescient story about information control.
   281pts
7. 7
   Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

   The 2008 PS3 conclusion to Solid Snake's saga, wrapping up decades of story threads.
   192pts
8. 8
   Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

   The 2006 PSP entry bridging the Big Boss timeline with squad-recruitment mechanics.
   192pts
9. 9
   Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

   The 2010 PSP entry that expanded Big Boss's story and introduced base-building mechanics.
   192pts
10. 10
    Metal Gear Solid

    The genre-defining 1998 PlayStation stealth classic that introduced Solid Snake and Shadow Moses.
    192pts