When Does "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater" (2004) Take Place?
"Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater" is a spy video game written by Hideo Kojima, designed for the PlayStation 2 system, that released November 17th, 2004. So when is "Snake Eater" set?
It takes place on the fictional Metal Gear timeline in the year:
We know this because at one point Doctor Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov (loosely based on the real-world scientist Sergei Pavlovich Korolev: 1907-1966) says, "Ever since the Cuban Missile Crisis, 2 years ago..." and the famous Turkish/Cuban Missile Crisis occurred from October 16th 1962 AD to October 28th, 1962 AD.
1962 + 2 = 1964.
1964 AD
We know this because at one point Doctor Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov (loosely based on the real-world scientist Sergei Pavlovich Korolev: 1907-1966) says, "Ever since the Cuban Missile Crisis, 2 years ago..." and the famous Turkish/Cuban Missile Crisis occurred from October 16th 1962 AD to October 28th, 1962 AD.
1962 + 2 = 1964.
Furthermore, during the very first scene, there is a place and time setting title card that reads: "5:30 AM August 24, 1964 Pakistani airspace".
It is the chronologically earliest game in the Metal Gear universe and can be played either at its timeline point or after "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" (2001) as part of an extended flashback.
It is the chronologically earliest game in the Metal Gear universe and can be played either at its timeline point or after "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" (2001) as part of an extended flashback.
