Metal Gear Solid Special Missions is the European version of VR Missions, offering hundreds of exercises in virtual arenas with Snake, Meryl and other characters. Generous additional content extending the masterpiece experience. Ideal for mastering all the game's mechanics.
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Action Adventure1 player16+
Description
Standalone European expansion providing Metal Gear Solid Integral's VR content, a set of tactical missions in virtual environments. Created by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and Konami, released in 2000 in Europe under the Metal Gear Solid Special Missions title. Over three hundred virtual missions including infiltration, elimination, tracking and puzzle, Sneaking, Weapons and Mystery modes, bonus character unlocks including the Cyborg Ninja and Hollywood-style soundtrack. European edition under the Metal Gear Solid Special Missions title.
Metal Gear Solid - Special Missions review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Settings stripped to the essentials: green grids, wireframe rooms and pared-down silhouettes compose a resolutely abstract training universe. This geometric coldness, far from impoverishing it, highlights the purity of the infiltration gameplay. This graphic minimalism, strange and elegant, extends the series' aesthetic in another way.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Tackling hundreds of short, finely honed stealth challenges, where each room tests a single gameplay idea, turns mastery into an obsessive target. Beating your time and chasing the perfect rank revives the attempt at once. The lack of a story limits the scope, but this pure distillation of the stealth system keeps a fearsome pull for anyone who loves to refine their craft.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,33 GB📅29/10/1999
Published by Konami
Metal Gear Solid - Special Missions (PS1) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
PAL release of Metal Gear Solid's VR Missions, sold as a standalone box and localized in five languages. Often treated as a side title, this training disc shows cheap loose prices but a sharply climbing sealed value, a sign that few survived boxed. Scarcer sealed than the main game, it rounds out a European Metal Gear collection as the natural companion piece.
Is Metal Gear Solid - Special Missions still worth playing in 2026?
A companion mission disc to Metal Gear Solid, known as VR Missions or Special Missions, this title offers over three hundred training trials isolating Kojima's stealth mechanics, from pure sneaking to shooting, plus logic challenges and new modes. The purity of the level design and the joy of scoring win over fans of the system. The absence of narrative and the dependency on the original game limit the appeal. A sharp supplement for stealth devotees and fans of Metal Gear Solid.
