30 Best Video Games Of All Time

5. Metal Gear Solid

Another incredibly influential and important game, but one that backs up all its medium-shaking impact with just as much gameplay.

Metal Gear Solid not only ushered in the arrival of fully-voiced, cinema-rivalling character performances, but also saw director Hideo Kojima shoot every cutscene like a Hollywood epic. Truly, you can thank Metal Gear for every modern cutscene or blockbuster production value aiming to replicate the sensation of being in the cinema.

Even outside of these immaculate scene-setting values, you had innovative and completely unique stealth infiltration, playful A.I. meddling as you unlocked various items like a concealing cardboard box, multiple fourth wall breaks like consulting the real-world CD case to progress or evading a mind reader's powers by switching the controller port.

From front to back, top to bottom, Hideo Kojima is a household name and an important force in gaming because of Metal Gear Solid. It's his magnum opus, the most playable and understandable of every instalment, and a game that pushed the PS1 to its absolute limit, resulting in a refined gem of a game.