Metal Gear Solid is Konami's stealth series created by Hideo Kojima, first released in 1998 with Solid Snake as its central operative. Short codec and mission voice lines from the games have long circulated as reaction clips because they sound dramatic out of context. This approving line spread through gaming forums, YouTube edits and soundboards alongside other terse callouts like enemy spotted. It remains popular because Snake's reputation for elite stealth makes any praise addressed to him feel like the highest grade a player can earn.