Number 9 is a very good game and a very recent game in my top ten list, although I do not consider it to be the best in the series... so that is why the number 9 spot belongs to:

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Playstation 3 - 2008 )

Now just because it only got to number 9 I am not going to rally off a list of reasons why it is not the greatest of all time, lets remember that this is a list of greatest games of all time to me so it's not like number 9 is a bad spot to be in!

Metal Gear Solid 4 see's the main series protagonist of Solid Snake on his final mission to rid the world of the Patriots - a company that has control over war in theory through ID control ranging from people to weapons and even emothional control. When this power falls into the wrong but well known hands of Liquid Ocelot it then becomes a last ditch effort for Old Snake to save the world one last time.

The game is visually stunning, offering some of the best graphics you will see on a current generation console, this is ever more present in the big budget cut-scenes that you see more than actual gameplay - unfortunately once again in MGS4 we have the same old issue of cut-scene overkill when compared to actual gameplay, it is not such a bad thing because the cut-scenes simply engulf you into this glorious world but when you also take into consideration that I have completed this game in just under 4 hours by skipping the cut-scenes then maybe a bit more game play should have been thrown into the mix.

The story will go down in history as one of the greatest told within a video game, and the final fight is so emotional and a fitting end to a truly great series; But the best part comes in a shock moment just after the credits start to role.