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Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence continues the Metal Gear Solid series tradition of follow-up enhanced, international version releases. Subsistence's online multiplayer component, titled Metal Gear Online…

85 14 March 2006

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition is an adventure developed by Kojima Productions, released 14 March 2006 on PlayStation 2.

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What Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition is

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition is an adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and released in 2006. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence continues the Metal Gear Solid series tradition of follow-up enhanced, international version releases. Subsistence's online multiplayer component, titled Metal Gear Online, consists of five tournament-style game modes, each with a capacity of up to eight players. The Limited Edition comes in a special keepsake box and includes a copy of the game and a bonus "Existence" disc. The Existence disc is a theater disc that presents the game's storyline and cutscenes edited to be suitable for a standalone movie-style release.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Metal Gear series

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition is the 23rd of 70 entries we hold in the Metal Gear series. The next entry was Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops in 2006. Its critic score of 85 is 4 points above the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence at 98.

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How it was received

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 20 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition launched on 14 March 2006, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II and Daxter. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter.

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When did Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition come out?
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Limited Edition was released on 14 March 2006 for PlayStation 2.

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