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 during the very first scene, there is a place and time setting title card that reads "5:30 AM August 24, 1964 Pakistani airspace".
Additionally, 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 to October 28th, 1962 AD.
1962 + 2 = 1964.
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.
1964 AD
We know this because during the very first scene, there is a place and time setting title card that reads "5:30 AM August 24, 1964 Pakistani airspace".
Additionally, 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 to October 28th, 1962 AD.
1962 + 2 = 1964.
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.
