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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Guide

Naked Snake blending into foliage in an original PlayStation 2 camouflage demonstration screenshot.

Naked Snake blending into foliage in an original PlayStation 2 camouflage demonstration screenshot.

PlayStation 2 · 2004 · 6 guides & references

Cheats, locations & unlocks

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Key characters

FOX operative

Naked Snake

The playable agent, later known as Big Boss. His 1964 mission introduces the survival techniques and personal loyalties behind that later identity.

Mentor and rival

The Boss

Snake’s former teacher helped develop CQC. Her apparent defection places her at the centre of Operation Snake Eater.

Field contact

EVA

EVA supplies intelligence, equipment and transport while pursuing objectives that Snake does not fully understand.

Mission commander

Major Zero

Zero directs the mission by radio and interprets its political stakes. Para-Medic and Sigint support him with medical and equipment advice.

Characters

Artwork & pictures

Naked Snake in a forest area, with the camouflage and survival HUD visible in the original PS2 game.
Naked Snake in a forest area, with the camouflage and survival HUD visible in the original PS2 game.
Naked Snake blending into foliage in an original PlayStation 2 camouflage demonstration screenshot.
Naked Snake blending into foliage in an original PlayStation 2 camouflage demonstration screenshot.
Snake hunting near crocodiles in a swamp, from GameSpot’s November 2004 final-build PS2 preview.
Snake hunting near crocodiles in a swamp, from GameSpot’s November 2004 final-build PS2 preview.
Title screen of the original PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
Title screen of the original PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Pictures & sources

References