Snake Eater gives military personnel access to a database including names, addresses, known associates, and other pieces of information.

The game also features voice acting, consisting of returning cast members from Snake Eater and new actors.

While previous games used only a simple life bar, Snake Eater also keeps track of injuries over the entire body.

Many fans wanted Snake Eater to use a 3D camera, but this was ultimately not implemented in the game.

Snake Eater was a commercial success and sold 3.6 million copies worldwide by August 2005.

Despite this, the framerate has been criticized for falling far below the other versions of Snake Eater.

The story of Snake Eater is told through numerous cut scenes and radio conversations.

Snake Eater varies its terrain, battles and style of gameplay throughout.

Wonderfully detailed and imaginative, Snake Eater can also be extremely frustrating.

It takes a lot of patience and ingenuity to play Snake Eater well.