Series Achievements

First console game to use stealth
"Created by Japanese designer Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear was the first console game to fully utilize stealth as part of the gameplay. Although earlier adventure games had used elements of stealth, such as hiding and disguises, Metal Gear was the first game to concentrate solely on these elements, effectively creating the “stealth game” sub-genre."

GWR Gamer's Edition 2008

First collective AI in a stealth videogame:
"Metal Gear Solid 2 was the first stealth game to feature guards who could operate as a team and even communicate with other guards off-screen to organize a counter-attack. Disabling them before they could call for help was a major part of the gameplay, and this level of Artificial Intelligence has since become integral to the stealth sub-genre as a whole."

GWR Gamer's Edition 2008

First interactive digital graphic novel
"Released on 13 June 2006 in North America, Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel is the first interactive comic for the PSP. Made by Kojima Productions, the graphic novel features character backstories, Manga-style art and original music."

GWR Gamer's Edition 2008

First PSP game to make use of Wi-Fi hotspots
"Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops made imaginative use of the PSP’s Wi-Fi capabilities. By using the built-in Wi-Fi (or by purchasing the GPS receiver separately), players could download new bonus features including new characters that could be recruited as soldiers."

GWR Gamer's Edition 2008

Longest cutscene ever in a videogame
"The longest example of a videogame cutscene or non-interactive film in to explain the story between levels, is 27 minutes, in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami, 2008)."

GWR Gamer's Edition 2011

Longest sequence of cutscenes ever in a videogame
"The longest cutscene sequence is also from MGS4 - 71 minutes of cutscenes are combined together in the game's climax to explain events after the game's story has concluded."

GWR Gamer's Edition 2011

Most space used by a PS3 game on a Blu-ray disc
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the patriots was widely plublicized and rumoured to take up all 50GBs of space on the dual layered Blu-ray disc its was distributed on, though this is disputed by Playstation 3 jailbreakers and by inserting the disc into a Blu-ray drive in a PC, which both state that it only takes up 30.1GB.