Metal Gear Solid 3 takes place the two other games in the series, Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2, in the 1960s – 1964 to be precise – during the time of the Cold War. The U.S. and Soviet Union are both try to out do the other in terms of power without actually going to war; the arms race, space race, and missile race – both countries are trying to prove their superiority over the other. However, when a defected scientist named Nikolai Sokolov is captured by the Soviet Union, the U.S. sends in its top CIA agent, and Special Forces specialist, Naked Snake. His mission ends up being split into two parts – the "Virtuous Mission" and "Operation: Snake Eater." The game takes you through one of the most brilliantly told stories in the videogame medium. Hideo Kojima takes actual historical events, but changes everything completely around to fit the world of Metal Gear Solid and helps to better explain the origins of the characters that would appear in later games. The plot twists are brilliant, the story is filled to the brim with emotion, and the execution of the telling of the story is remarkable. 

 
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