Burn Your Cardboard Boxes!

When you see a fire, equip a Cardboard box and walk into the fire. Not only will Snake or Raiden burn, but your cardboard box will be destroyed.

Fatman's Bomb

This tip is a beginner tip. After defeating Fatman, as shown in the FMV, he activates the biggest bomb in the Big Shell. You have a little over a minute to find the bomb and if the timer reaches 0, the Big Shell will collapse and the mission fails. If you don't know where it is, this tip will help you. If you equip Sensor A, the area shown is around Fatman and around some of those things I like to call "crates". If you equip Sensor B, it doesn't do anything. Notice that if you get around Fatman, you hear a pulsing sound. That means the bomb must be nearby. More specifically, it's under Fatman. Drag Fatman out of the way and defuse the bomb using the Coolant Spray.

The Pictures

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Fun With Room Names

At the end of the game, when Raiden has to get to the end of the hallway with all of the Metal Gears, if you keep re-entering the torture chamber and the hallway, the names of these rooms will change.

Easy Gurlugon

Just shoot out his upper or lower legs with stingers and shoot the targets inside with an M4 or a PSG1. For Snake Tales version, Take Out upper legs, head lower left arm, and rifle(rifle target is a little high.)

Impale

To impale a guard you have to be Raiden or Ninja Raiden stands next to a guard with your H.F. blade and it does not matter if its blunt blade or not. Press R3 and now you have impaled one of them.

Collecting Dog Tags

Use this trick to collect dog tags from nearly all guards. The only drawback is that it may take some time, depending on where you are in the mission; knocking out all other nearby guards before starting and targeting reporting guards last is recommended. If you cannot get close enough to a guard to demand his dog tags without being spotted, begin by tranquilizing him from a distance. Run to where he falls. Pick him up from the shoulders to make sure he is facing up. Position yourself so that you are standing in line with his head (but not literally on top of him). Also, make sure that when he stands up there is enough room in front of him that you can run around and demand his dog tags. When he starts to get up, equip you M9. The moment he reaches a standing position, hold him up. The guard will not have time to turn around and see your character. To wake up guards faster, use either the Coolant Spray technique outlined elsewhere or prop the guard against a wall (feet first, preferably), enter first person view, and punch at the highest part of his body. Both ways will get them up faster, but make sure you are in a good position to hold them up in case they wake up faster than expected. This technique also works well to salvage failed attempts (i.e. you were spotted, panicked, and tranquilized him, which is a good reason never to have your USP or Socom equipped when first holding someone up as you do not risk panicking and killing the guard by accident.)

Automatic Rtions

Equip a ration icon. When your life reaches zero, the ration will automatically restore part of your life so you do not have to.