Metal Gear Solid: 20 Things That Made You Love Hideo Kojima

19. Rescuing Him In MGS: Ground Zeroes

Here's how to make an impact on the next-generation of hardware - port your lovely mug into the game in question. In Metal Gear's case, Ground Zeroes came with a handful of missions with one seeing Snake retrieve a person of huge importance. Some fans had seen the screenshots of Kojima in-game and knew what was coming, but for the rest who got into the mission, battled through any number of guards, retrieved the bag-headed hostage and swiftly delivered them back to the waiting chopper, finding out it's Hideo himself delivering the immortal "What took you so long?" line - there just aren't any words.