When Does "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" (2008) Take Place?
"Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" is a spy video game written by Hideo Kojima with Shuyo Murata, designed for the PlayStation 3 system, and released June 12th, 2008.
It takes place on the fictional Metal Gear timeline in the year:
We know this because Colonel Roy Campbell's dialogue "the Shadow Moses incident 9 years ago" refers to the events of "Metal Gear Solid" (1998), which takes place entirely in 2005 AD.
2005 + 9 = 2014.
Later, Otacon's dialogue refers to event near the end of "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" (2001) as occurring "5 years ago", and the main action of that game happens in 2009 AD.
2009 + 5 = 2014.
It is the chronologically second-to-last game in the Metal Gear universe and can be played either at its timeline point or between “Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater” (2004) and “Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes” (2014) as part of a retro release order experience.
2014 AD
We know this because Colonel Roy Campbell's dialogue "the Shadow Moses incident 9 years ago" refers to the events of "Metal Gear Solid" (1998), which takes place entirely in 2005 AD.
2005 + 9 = 2014.
Later, Otacon's dialogue refers to event near the end of "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" (2001) as occurring "5 years ago", and the main action of that game happens in 2009 AD.
2009 + 5 = 2014.
It is the chronologically second-to-last game in the Metal Gear universe and can be played either at its timeline point or between “Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater” (2004) and “Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes” (2014) as part of a retro release order experience.
