Guns of the Patriots: Solid game but murky morals

To describe the plot of the Metal Gear series as complex would, as understatements go, be like describing Heather Mills as a teensy bit irritating.

Epic in both ambition and execution, Solid Snake's futuristic adventures have so far managed to bamboozle and engage in almost equal measure. So much so that I actually completed a large proportion of an early instalment without being 100 per cent sure of whether I had been battling on the side of good or evil.