Platform: PlayStation Portable (PSP) Region: Japan (NTSC-J) Version: 1.03 (Digital or UMD Patch) Genre: Tactical Espionage Action / Third-Person Shooter 1. Context: The Bridge Between Snake Eater and Metal Gear Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) is a landmark title in Hideo Kojima’s saga. Chronologically set ten years after Snake Eater (1974) and before the original Metal Gear (1995), it directly follows the events of Portable Ops . Kojima considered Peace Walker the true sequel to Snake Eater —"Metal Gear Solid 5" in spirit—long before The Phantom Pain existed.