9 Video Game Rewards You Shouldn't Accept

9. Your Own Gear - Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid blew everyone away when it first came out, thanks to a revolutionary 3D approach to stealth, an intriguing thriller storyline, and of course, for containing that classic Hideo Kojima trickery.

Everyone remembers the Psycho Mantis fight, where he reads your save file, and you have to plug your controller into the second port to even fight him, but another - more subtle - way Kojima messed with everyone's heads was the part where Snake loses his gear.

You can, of course, get all your gear back, but when you do, well, it would seem you've just randomly exploded! I hate when that happens.

Well, it turns out Snake exploding is due to the game sneaking a bomb into your gear that you need to manually disarm, after retrieving your stuff.

This cheeky bit of tomfoolery on Kojima's part is not only a great subversion of the "hero loses his gear" trope in gaming, but an effective means of keeping the player on their toes.