Hideo Kojima Wanted Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake To Have a More ‘Indiana Jones’ Style Title

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These days, when people think of Metal Gear as a franchise, they usually insert the word «Solid,» referencing the more modern games. While Sons of Liberty is considered one of the best in the stealth series, the original late 80s and early 90s entries are still classics. The first game in particular helped usher in the stealth genre, and the sequel was just as well-received. However, this second installment wasn't always going to be called Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake as Hideo Kojima recently stated.

According to a couple of posts on his Twitter profile, the famed Japanese director has said that this particular Metal Gear game was going to have a somewhat different title. Kojima says that he wasn't happy putting «Metal Gear2» into the name, and instead wanted something that was more in the style of Indiana Jones. In other words, he was more interested in dropping the first part of the name and would probably have called the sequel «Solid Snake.» Of course, this didn't come to fruition, but Kojima agreed with the sales team to a compromise, so both titles were used.

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