Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Metal Gear Solid is often considered the first real, 3D Stealth Action title. It popularized the genre after all, and set up a lot of the design we still use today. But what if I told you that it actually came second in that race? And that the peer that came first was also extremely well respected at the time... but has since more or less been forgotten?

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World of Longplays: longplays.org/home.php

MGS3 by Spazbo4: youtu.be/DOoYo5sn3xc

Splinter Cell Pandora by Jihao: youtu.be/4SKEaG10atk

Splinter Cell 1 by RickyC: youtu.be/JriSe12tzd8

Tenchu Return From Darkness by RickyC: youtu.be/D-yy6DSaY_0

Sekiro by HolyMeatball: youtu.be/xBSK7bTTtfg



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Tenchu Fatal Shadows by MOREIRA 9999: youtu.be/SBjsWwl7kBQ

Tenchu Z by RyoGamestation: youtu.be/x9G-40nenaQ