Legitimately THE most underrated, underappreciated, and most criminally overlooked game in the HISTORY of video games.
This is the first stealth game to implement vision cones, sound, live patrol routes, an evasion phase for escaping enemies, AND prone crawling. THIS is the first game where 95% of modern games have taken the blueprints of.
The Last of Us 2, Ghost of Tsushima, even Breath of the Wild use gameplay mechanics that originated in THIS very game and is such a WILD shame that Metal Gear Solid completely STOLE the spotlight from this hidden gem.
Housing excellent stealth segments, a large explorable military base with many hidden items and crevices (some that I found on my 3rd playthrough) and an engaging story put together one of the best entries in the Metal Gear series.
It's a damn shame that I'm 1 of 6 people that actually appreciates this game.
Oh yeah, and this game is 100% canon to the MGS story. Don't skip it.