


What follows is a game that loves to break the fourth wall while telling a surprisingly compelling (and serious) story about war, morality, and nuclear proliferation. With the clock ticking down on their deadline, Snake must infiltrate the facility, ascertain the status of any hostages and whether Shadow Moses is really capable of launching a nuclear missile, and neutralize the traitorous members of FOXHOUND if necessary. government turn over the remains of Big Boss and a ransom of $1 billion within 24 hours, or they will launch a nuclear strike against America. Their new leader is a mysterious man who is the spitting image of Snake (long blonde hair aside), but calling himself Liquid Snake. There, Snake discovers that he has been forcefully drafted back into service to deal with an urgent situation.įOXHOUND has gone rogue and taken control of a classified Alaskan nuclear disposal facility on Shadow Moses Island. government and brought to a submarine beneath the Bering Sea. But one day, he is suddenly kidnapped from his home by the U.S. Traumatized by the events of Zanzibar Land, Snake officially retired from active duty to a quiet life raising sled dogs in Alaska. At the climax of the mission, Snake discovered that his best friend Gray Fox had been working for Big Boss, and was left haunted by the revelation that Big Boss was his real father. Six years have passed since Solid Snake, a special covert operative working for the United States military as a member of their FOXHOUND unit, infiltrated Zanzibar Land and assassinated the legendary soldier-turned-terrorist Big Boss.
