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Solid I.V. Lyrics

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Walking in the rain, trying to forget the pain
Here we go again, I'm fucked up and I can't escape my brain
Such a tragedy, the person who I am today
So end my suffering, before I fucking end it my way
I just wanna live, but I also wanna die
Give me piece of mind, I'm tired but I cannot sleep at night
Look me in the eye and tell me if you think I'm lying
When I say I'm alright, I'm on the fucking verge of crying

Rain rain go away
It's pouring on me everyday
And I'm so fucked up mentally
Depression and anxiety
Rain rain go away
It's pouring on me everyday
And I'm so fucked up mentally
Depression and anxiety
Shit be burning when it rains down on me
It feels like acid you know
It eats away at my skin
Devouring all of my bones until I'm left with nothing
Then everybody can see
Like everyone of my sins
Breakdown
I fucking breakdown
Breakdown
I fucking
Break break break break
Breakdown
I fucking breakdown
Breakdown
I fucking
Break the fuck down
Breakdown
I fucking breakdown
Breakdown
I fucking
Break break break break
Breakdown
I fucking breakdown

Breakdown
I fucking

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Solid I.V.'s song IV seem to be an expression of inner conflict and a desire for self-discovery. The singer starts off by questioning someone's assumption that they could have control over him/her by stating that they own their own body. The following lines show the artist's desire to understand him/herself better but also the hesitation that comes with it, as evidenced by the repeated questioning of if it's wrong. Perhaps, the singer is speaking to a fickle partner who was romantically interested in them in the past, and they are now feeling abandoned and alone, as the partner never came back. This abandonment has led to the artist feeling like they are in a perpetual state of waiting, with their thoughts being stored away, waiting for the right moment to be expressed.

The chorus is a declaration that the artist is committed to hiding their pain for the sake of who they love, even though they may have been disowned and left alone. The artist expresses a willingness to be erased, perhaps from the mind of the loved one, and to sleep so that they might forget their hurt. This song is an introspective look at a situation of unrequited love or abandonment and the emotions that come with it.

Line by Line Meaning

When did you think
At what point in time did you believe

You could have me
That I would become someone you could possess

Well, you're wrong
Your expectation was misplaced

I own myself
I possess the authority over my own being

This is my body
It's me who decides what can happen to my physical form

Am I wrong
Are my thoughts and feelings incorrect?

Call me a piece of shit
To disparage and degrade me

But I was experience
I was living my life and learning from my actions

Is that wrong
Is that something that deserves criticism?

I want to be myself
I desire to adhere to my genuine identity

I want to see myself
I wish to perceive my existence more clearly

Guess I'm wrong
But it appears that my sentiments are misguided

But you wanted me
You expressed the desire to have me in your life

And you got me, eh
You were able to obtain me as your own

And now that I see
Now that time has passed and I've gained insight

It's blinding
The truth is overwhelmingly clear to me

Have I been by myself
Have I been alone all this time

All this time
Throughout the entire duration

Store my thoughts up on a shelf
I compartmentalized my emotions

Organized it, with time
I arranged my headspace to make things more manageable

Waited for you
I postponed taking action until you could be involved

But you never came
But your intended assistance was never provided

Chapters unread
Parts of my story have never been fully experienced

And dust will remain
These sections will continue to gather dust and be forgotten

I swear, mama
I'm making an oath, mother

I've used my brain
I have thought this through logically

There ain't no way
There is absolutely no possibility

I feel this way
I can't help but experience these emotions

And I know I
I am certain that

Will hide the pain
I will conceal the discomfort it brings me

For you and I
For both you and myself

I will erase
I'll eliminate my discomfort and emotions for the greater good

Disown me, yeah
Reject me entirely, yes

Leave me, yeah
Abandon me, yes

Just wanna sleep
I simply desire to slumber

Don't wake me, yeah
Please refrain from disturbing my rest

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Written by: Ozrik Stevens

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TheMostFrench

48w

It would have been difficult to implement with any depth, since you can kill or save each B&B as they appear. If devs wanted them to have a conversation with the player or with each other, to talk and interact with other characters during cutscenes, or to appear at different points in the game to assist you, there are potentially 14 combinations or more depending on how a developer writes them (e.g 'nanomachines turn their mind into a single unit').

e.g if x = a B&B you killed, and 1,2,3,4 are each member of the B&B Unit, then combos look like:
xxxx (all killed)
1234 (all saved)
1xxx
x2xx
xx3x
xxx4
12xx
1x3x
1xx4
x2xx
x23x
x2x4
xx3x
xx34

Lost-SoulSilver

2y↑373

Some memorable scenes

5:09 Fukushima was killed by the Yakuza
7:49 Sunny has two dads
12:41 Can something be good, even if nobody likes it?
22:49 Big Blast Sonic
28:55 Steak's description of a 60's con artist
35:38 Nanomachines. The cause and solution to all our problems
51:26 Where's Vamp?
58:30 Raiden's sad and pathetic life story
1:04:11 Snake is super old and can't have kids
1:05:13 Heavy Day
1:08:53 MGS4 passes the Bechdel Test
1:13:49 Big Boss is alive... as a biomort
1:20:29 Some dude drops an apple
1:20:47 The first serious MGS3 pull
1:22:15 MGS4 becomes unsalvageably fucked
1:33:49 The Patriots are these fucking guys
1:39:03 Light up the night by The Protomen
1:43:45 Liquid Ocelot injects some life and hope into this motherfucking game after hitting the stupid town orphanage
1:50:50 Snake's weird uncomfortable dreams
2:16:14 Giant Robot Fight
2:39:12 Golden Boy the animation
2:54:50 Raiden's role in MGS4
3:00:13 Raiden's role in MGR
3:07:08 The last serious MGS3 pull
3:16:43 Solid Snake is the greatest character in videogame history

AtheistJunior

1y↑87

I think my two absolute favorite moments in this video, that make me laugh literally every single time, are:

1.
"You ever see a guy with like, a hat? And a weird shirt? He's flipping a coin, because he's trying to get a coin thing going. He wants to be the guy with the coin.

....

That's me. I'm the guy that scared you in Best Buy."

2.
[Steak] "Nice try Kojima, but Snake HAS a family. And they're happy together. You just go ahead and kill him."
[Brak] "See if I care! Cause I do!"

😂😂😂

roler42

2y↑229

I gotta come here and fully agree with you that Rising completely fixes Raiden's character. For the simplest reason:

Before Rising, Raiden had his life ruined 3 times, and all of them were because he was being manipulated. Solidus kills his parents as a personal experiment on individuality, the Patriots put him in the S3 program as a test subject for their social manipulation experiment, and finally Rose takes away his son and abandons him for Campbell so he had nothing to lose and no hesitation to help destroy the patriots, losing his body in the process...

Every happy ending he gets as a result feels like a consolation prize because he never actually had a say in the matter.

But then Rising happens, yeah, Raiden is once again fighting, but this time around it's because HE chooses to, it is the game where no matter what happens in the story, Raiden asserts himself as his own man, and it's pretty powerful if you think about it.

Because while Big Boss kickstarts the war economy that ruins the world in 4 and Snake is helpless to stop it, Raiden comes out of the new war on terror tearing a hole in the military industrial complex by taking away the possibility to create new child soldiers and his actions even ends up leaving a positive impact on his own allies.

Raiden's war in Rising is not one he fights for money, governments, or for grand conspirators, it's one he fights for himself. And that's fucking beautiful.

Pandamoniaque

1y↑2

I wanted to let you know that this is, in all honnesty, my favourite video on Youtube.
I've seen it for the first time about 2 years ago. When I was in a very depressive state, under medication and all.. Nothing out of the ordinary but my own personnal struggle.

And eventhough the video was 3 hours long I couldn't help but keep watching it to the end. Because your video managed to talk about a video game franchise that I've experienced myself, in a way that helped me dive back into the memories of it all.
In about 3 hours I could remember the whole game and how it made me feel, meanwhile your essay brought up so many interesting new things to the table for me !

I don't know how to describe it, but the pacing of the video really catch me and I can't help but watch it entirely everytime. Because yeah, I guess I've seen it 4 times in the last 2 years. Which is very weird and could be considered a waste of time, but since the video's so long, it helps with grasping all of what is said into it. And to me, what is said matters.
The pacing isn't the only thing here, the humour is there, and the selection of songs used, as well as the Protomen parts. I just think you worked a lot to make this and it feels so good to be entertained by it.
And not only entertained, because as I mentionned, the essay has some very insightful things too, regarding the game's story, but also the game design, and also our own relationship to it as players.

And the fact that this video seems to be quite personnal for you, makes it quite touching as well.

It's.. It made me feel a lot of things, back when I first saw it. And everytime I've been watching it again since then.
It makes me remember why I loved these games, why I love to still be around, why I love that people get to share their interests the way you did.
And to me, these 3 hours of videos, they're very important. The fact that I can take 3 hours of my life to enjoy this, and feel grateful like that at the end of it.
It makes a lot of the struggles in my life worth it.

So yeah, thank you, and I wish you the best !

Tristan Soucy

2y↑40

Okay, Ive always wanted to make a comment on this video and ive finally mustered enough courage after watching it 4 times (ironic) but I saw it only a week after it first came out and always come back to it every year.

MGS4 was the first Metal Gear Solid game I played when I was 9 or 10, my dad got it and I watched him and played it for myself afterwards, and replayed and replayed. To a young boy, even the "stupid/confused" aspects or spectacles and even walls of dialog were just so fascinating to me at the time

I remember when we sold a bunch of our PS3 games to make some money back I reluctantly said that MGS4 could be sold because I never could find a copy of it since IRL, and probably would buy it again anytime since I still have 2 PS3s

For some reason MGS4 has been near and dear to my heart, I never knew of the games that came before it and didnt have to compare it to its predecessors like you ever had to. I was thrown into a world with complex thought that (when you pointed it out could have been a lot more clear cut) blew me away. This was also in the period of my life that I first laid my hands onto Fallout New Vegas. The Resonance of "War Never Changes" and "War Has Changed" was a mind blowing mental idea to a young boy, and both messages flew over my head at the time, but both games are still close to my heart.

However MSG4 to me was an almost perfect introduction to the Metal Gear series as I could start at the ending and Conspiracy my way back into time. Seeing the Threads I had no idea existed and build my deeper appreciation of what ideas came out later.

you know... until I played MSG5 with no spoilers so the ending just burned me.

But Ive always loved this video because it to me shows that even a non-perfect product can still be loved... and frankly I love Metal Gear Solid 4, to no end.

And I just wanted to show my appreciation to this video masterpiece

So Thank you Steak

All comments from YouTube:

NFKRZ

5y↑5.8K

"Johnny shidded and farded and camed his way into the story" oh my god I am crying

the number four

5y↑25

yep

BrandonIsWeird

5y↑35

What are you doing here?

spacedp

5y↑34

Yo what are you doing in an MGS vid?

Devin Crawford

5y↑16

It's Russian Pyro!

cloudzack1090⛪️

5y↑10

an hero

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Jane Fuckerbutt

2y↑727

Liquid ocelot running backwards shrugging and pointing is what made this game a 6/10 to a 9/10 when I originally played it.

Jaune Arc

1y↑63

I love how much of a little shithead he was in that scene

OrtadragoonX

1y↑5

Best scene in the game bar none.

sasaki999pro

1y↑25

That cartoonishly meniacle laugh of his just sends me.
Ocelot is the single greatest antagonist in video game history.

Forgot7en

1y↑2

@sasaki999pro sends you what

Bread bucket

47w↑2

@Forgot7ensends him to a mission of stopping his evil twin brother who mind controlled a russian spy

Pasta Man

2y↑787

Snake:"Raiden, you're still young, live a good life"
Raiden:"ok"
Raiden a few years later: RULES OF NATURE

Matthew Gallaway

2y↑47

Well he’s less young then

Pasta Man

2y↑12

@Matthew Gallaway don't you mean younger? And also it's only like 3 years between mgs4 and mgr

Matthew Gallaway

2y↑74

@Pasta Man all I’m hearing is that I’m technically correct.

Tsukiru

2y↑36

@Matthew Gallaway Y'know, fuck it. Love this energy.

LoudSnake

1y↑2

Raiden:"ok."

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XanthosAcanthus

1y↑457

Can we just take a moment and reflect upon the fact this video is longer than mgs4 if you skip the cutscenes

antzooma

50w↑13

this comment doesn't really work because this video is also the cutscenes

XanthosAcanthus

50w↑18

@antzooma no, it works. If you are familiar with the game and skip cutscenes, you can beat it in a little over 3 hours, especially if you just plow through it. Speed runners have it down to 2 hours. This video is about 3 hrs 26mins. The presence of cutscenes in this video is irrelevant.

antzooma

50w↑2

@XanthosAcanthus they are relevant

XanthosAcanthus

50w↑1

@antzooma how so?

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FLUB

1y↑312

“Then snake falls out Rex and starts screaming and starts yelling because he’s the dumbest man alive.” Is a quote that perfectly captures what makes this video so special somehow being so ernest, funny, bonkers, and beautiful while juggling all of that with some of the most amazing analysis I’ve ever heard. Thank you steak.

Mister E

1y↑3

Hello darkness my old friend...

Pica hudsonia unflocked

1y↑5

Also way lots much great music + sound edits too! <*insert "well done" Steak pun-compliment here*>

AudiosurfArchive

1y↑4

Truly a fan perspective of a lad who grew up loving this series to death and helped form their interest in other Eastern artforms.

Mac Mansfield-Parisi

1y↑192

The use of Protomen as a Liquid Ocelot theme here is INCREDIBLE. The Hounds as an introduction was electric.

Gaz TV inc.

1y↑15

The music during Occelot’s GUNS OFTHE PATRIOTS!! BANG! BANG! HAHAHA DIE!
hit every dramatic beat with every riff and chord change…

It was perfectly synced with the visuals!

Garland

1y↑12

thanks for forever associating the protomen with liquid ocelot for me steak

CineDesi

3y↑2.2K

It took a few sittings (because damn that's long) and Steak might not ever see this comment, but I just want to add on to the pile of compliments. This was obviously a lot of work. And it was enlightening, hilarious and by the end, emotional. It was like a good anime. Quite long. And I only wish it was slowed down and longer... in certain parts. Just so I could get every detail without needing to double back. Overall, fantastic video essay. One content creator to another. I also can't help but love this era. Where we can get a video essay thoroughly breaking down a video game series I love to ad nauseam. What a hella fun video and a dope voice to carry it through.

Rhino

3y↑22

Put playback speed to 0.75x

Fibonacci- Dilemma

3y↑13

He needs to make more videos I enjoyed this so much

Lopiklop

Are you talking about the game or his video?

JustPickAlready

3y↑4

I absolutely love this video. I found it a bit over a week ago and have watched it or listened to it like a podcast no less than ten times, possibly more, in the last week. It is the best video analysis I have seen so for. I wish he had more.

Matt Mas

3y↑13

@JustPickAlready been regularly watching this video every couple of months for 2 years now. Never gets old

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Kyra Merchen

2y↑408

God, can you imagine how powerful it would have been if Foxalive turned off all nano machines and THAT’S what killed Naomi instead? If Naomi went into this mission KNOWING she would be destroying the only thing keeping her alive and went through with it anyway for the greater good of the world and the next generation, and the kind of thematic moral sacrifice that would represent in tandem with the original ending where snake dies? Or even if turning off the nano machines was somehow the thing that killed the dangerous foxdie in Snake so that Naomi’s sacrifice ALSO saved Snake’s life along with the lives and freedom and personal identities of everyone else?

KnightGamer724

1y↑26

....Why can I hear Steak say this comment?

Ursa Prima

1y↑20

This comment deserves 400x more upvotes
Super interesting idea

EHollo

1y↑6

Damn..

OrcaStrike77

1y↑15

Comments like this and a few others I’ve seen that offer alternative directions for characters to have been taken in make me wish someone would undertake trying to rewrite this games story, taking these ideas into account

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Daniel Devaney

2y↑209

You legit took one of gaming's most ridiculous gaming moments and with some editing and an addition of a fucking excellently fitting song turned it into a legit cinematic moment of pure unalloyed gold. Fucking hell.

Ben Pruitt

1y↑52

The great thing about this video is there's like 3 parts where you could say this

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BryerTuck

2y↑109

There's a beautiful symmetry between Raiden in Rising and Gray Fox. I know it's tragic to see a character whose been through as much as Raiden turn back to violence. But Gray Fox's words sum up his motivation "Fighting was the only thing I was good at. But at least I faught for what I believed in."
That's exactly Raiden in Rising. He's fighting for a better future so children don't have to go through the same thing as him.

roler42

2y↑26

And the best part is he succeeds, arguably he deals an even bigger blow to the military industrial complex than even Solid Snake when he erased the patriots.

He also manages to use the wisdom Snake imparted onto him to simply not just throw his life away, he is putting his life on the line in combat, but now he does it knowing he has a home and a family to go back to, and that is just delicious.

Neflame

2y↑681

Johnny was a genome soldier, that's the entire reason he was at Shadow Moses in MGS1. Now if memory serves, the genome project was some kind of bizarre super soldier attempt using gene therapy to adapt the subjects to have Snake/Big Boss's genetics (which is also why Johnny kinda looks a little bit like a really young Solid Snake). This would have been the PERFECT avenue to go to give him a reason to avoid the nanomachine injections. He's already been part of one shadowy fucked up government experiment so why shouldn't "mandatory nanomachine injections" stink the same way?

nogohoho

2y↑88

It also gave him the worst IBS any man has ever had to suffer through. I guess he just got the worst genes.

OrcaStrike77

2y↑73

Bro that would have been a PERFECT direction to take his character. The fact that they didn’t use this or at least some variation of this is just another, if not one of the best examples of sequel dissonance like Steak described.

Pliskin

2y↑30

@nogohoho Other way around, the nanomachines were filtering the water the soldiers were drinking, that's why he has the shits

Heroic_Spirit_Gomikubi

2y↑52

@OrcaStrike77 I personally wouldn't count Johnny's "I just hate needles" line as sequel dissonance. It's not that he diverts from the characterization of his past self in a way that doesn't make sense, the problem with the scene is that it's the exact opposite: Unlike the rest of MGS1's tertiary cast he remains 100% consistent with his joke character origin, and as a result we feel the sting when it's pointed out just how easy it would have been to use the moment as a basis to build something, anything for him to stand on as a character instead of just milking him for another cheap laugh.

It's like Steak mentions in his take on Raiden's ending, the line "I don't think you're meant to think about this hard enough to think that Rose did something wrong" really sticks with me here. The same logic definitely feels relevant to scenes where Johnny is present in that it definitely comes off as though Kojima probably never so much as pondered the concept of doing anything more with this character. The goals set for him were simply to make the player laugh, conveniently be able to save Meryl through sheer dumb luck, and subsequently have her decide he's husband material for probably no other reason than to pre-emptively make sure nobody asked whether she was gonna get with Snake.

prty5k

I wish

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Brooks

2y↑271

I remember that both when I first played MGS4 and then was reminded/given new insight by this video 3 years ago, that I too thought it extremely odd that every culture in the world secede basically everything to a single nanomachine manufacturer.... but nowadays the idea of Tencent and/or Disney and/or Google combining into a international super corporation that we all just accept because we are all too tired to argue about it honestly just seems like a decent prediction of the future technological trajectory

Christopher Maldonado

2y↑33

Brought to you by Pfizer

Gyra Solune

2y↑9

the shitpost in barkley shut up and jam gaiden where square enix merges with food corporation goya and also gets into arms manufacturing is probably, like, just going to happen

Nikk'sHistoryCorner

2y↑10

I'm terminal and this is one of the dumbest comments I've ever read, and will now be the last. Goodbye

George Tsiros

1y↑2

@Gyra Solune doesn't general electric already manufacture pretty much anything that can be manufactured, from dishwashers to nuclear reactors?

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Corn Beef Boy

3y↑4.6K

Johnny never getting any nanomachines and the whole “nanomachines suppressing everyone’s negative emotions that come from combat” means Johnny has just been rawdogging this whole thing emotionally, making him one of the hardest motherfuckers in mgs4

mercury

3y↑184

I'd dispute that but it'd go against a lot of the thematics of this game, and those happen to be the ones that actually kind of work

Shorty G

3y↑193

Honestly he should get his own spinoff game.

Epicentre of Videos

3y↑64

@Michael Marple it worked for Capone

Michael Marple

3y↑31

@Epicentre of Videos Case in point

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The King of the Internet

1y↑131

This video is, without question, my most-consumed piece of media of all time across all genres and mediums. I've watched it so much, I can damn near quote the first half from memory. So I just wanted to thank you; it's become a nightly routine of mine to fall asleep while listening to it. The subject matter and the presentation just click so damn well with me. Great stuff.

Jonjonny55

1y↑3

Honored to grace you my lord.

jchud13

1y↑3

Seriously, I do not know what it is with this video. Ive come to realize maybe a large part is how crazy, wacko and cool metal gear solid really is and then just hearing in gory detail EVERYTHING about this game and how it relates in good ways and bad to the extended metal gear verse is just enthralling

Liam McFaul

1y↑3

The voice of the Steak is soothing to the ears.

Pica hudsonia unflocked

1y↑1

You too? I have a handful of these night companion videos & I'm late to this but have been stuck on it. Love this one, hbomb + codex entry got me with Pathologic as well. I just love these gonzo game essays.

Chiara Keating

52w↑1

Oh my god same!! I’m so glad I’m not the only one that uses steak’s voice lol’ing MGS4 to ease me into slumber hahahaa

Not Aboutit

1y↑54

I come back to this video probably once a year and every time the "I checked" bit hits just as hard as the last time. Thank you.

Brad Beck

47w↑1

I’ve lost count how many times I’ve watched this and it still hits every time. This video is so damn good. Countless nights (like tonight) I put it on to fall asleep to and usually end up watching all or most of it 😅

November_Days

2y↑119

Can't believe 1:39:04 got me into Protomen, of all things. The entire video is some of the best this platform has to offer, but that particular scene is now stuck with me. It works so goddamn well, it's gloriously hammy. I doubt anyone reads comments this far down, but if you somehow get this down, Bentley, thanks. This video, and the Venture Bros. one, are some of the best goddamn things I've watched in recent memory.

Zae P

2y↑10

Yeeeeeah....this was the first time I ever heard of The Protomen.

And it makes me even happier than I'm obsessed with his video essay.

I'm actually saving up the Venture Bros. video for a sad day I'll need some cheering up for.

Hash Vendetta

2y↑6

It's really crazy how well that song matches up with that cutscene.

no no

1y↑35

if they let us save the B&B units, and let snake or rose rehabilitate them that would be interesting. Having them killed off makes them as forgettable as the FROGS.

TheMostFrench

48w

Lost-SoulSilver

2y↑373

Jack Jackson

1y↑10

Dude you missed the most important of them all 1:27:48

Pica hudsonia unflocked

1y↑5

Thanks! May your service-karma-kindness be returned 7fold when you least expect it.

deadlyninja112

50w

Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series!

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OneManCast

3y↑3.1K

Raiden: Its like Beauty and the Beast
Rose: Don't say that. You're no beast.
Raiden: Who said I was the beast?

Elon Tusk

2y↑562

Based Raiden

dolores meat restaurant eater

2y↑388

beauty and the beast is about an abusive relationship, so honestly rose being the beast makes more sense than it being raiden.

CYB3R Redux

2y↑119

hey police id like to report a murder

ungern

2y↑159

MGR Raiden would say something like that tbh

Michal Poláček

2y↑86

@dolores meat restaurant eater Beauty and beast and is about ANY relationship, that is based around lust.

The fact, that you see only abuse in it, tells more about you, than content of the fairy tale.

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Thomas Watson

51w↑11

Completing my annual rewatch of this epic masterpiece.

AtheistJunior

1y↑87

tank head

1y↑11

"The cutscenes feel like they were edited by hideo Kojima, a crazy person, both, or no one"

AtheistJunior

1y↑3

@tank head It's so true. His critiques are all so dead-on accurate but also hilarious.

roler42

2y↑229

Just A Fan

2y↑45

“Not for money, not for oil. Not for what they are told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own war!”
Basically.

mercury

2y↑38

@Just A Fan the idea of Raiden completely fucking an institution trying to put a new generation of kids and people in general through the same insane crap he had to go through is one of the reasons I love Rising's story so much

IronManx70

2y↑17

Thank you hate when people say Rising ""ruined"" Raiden's character when 4 already did that. Kojima pumped him full of Grey Fox steroids and made him emo, shallow and over the top just to flip peoples negative opinion of him from 2. Just because nobody wanted to find deeper meanings with his character.

Luichin Playstation

2y↑7

Amen nanomachine brother

mercury

1y↑4

@IronManx70 I've heard people say his ending is good because it serves MGS4's theme of repetitions and patterns but honestly, I don't think MGS4 as a whole conveys those themes well and it feels more like an attempt at capitalizing on repetition rather than saying something meaningful about it

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mev

2y↑26

Honestly, while listening to the last part of "Why Solid Snake is the greatest character in videogame history" and how his ending we got in mgs4 is a better one because things in our life changes our perspective on the actions in the media, all I could think about that line that is kind-of-not canon, because it's from MGS: Ghost Babel, but -

"No, I think I want to live. Accept myself--forgive myself... Life is worth living, even if it hurts you, even if you hurt in it."

And he says that during the ending as well. A happy ending.

Don't know, but that quote always stuck with me.

Jacob Somebody

2y↑2

It's a good quote

Pyxel Pub

1y↑1

I finally have access to Ghost Babel, so I very much look forward to beating it and seeing it for myself. Great quote indeed.

Focus Support pls

2y↑134

That last analysis on how Solid Snake's life was inspired by Kojima's struggles is incredible and very enlightening.
I bet there's a lot of game devs with similar struggles in their lifes and use video games as a means of therapy, self-reflection and improvement, you could say they pour some of their own lifeblood in their creations.
As controversial as Kojima is, I am glad he created these series, went through all the pain and threats and decided to soldier on until the end of his impossible mission, even if this costed him sanity, reputation and many sleepless nights. We need more people like him in these times of yearly, automated, soulless releases made with financial reports in mind.

allwalledup

1y↑3

Wait controversial? I thought everyone had nothing but love for kojima. You saying he did something bad?

Munit Z

1y↑5

@allwalledup OP probably means controversial in the sense that Kojima sometimes takes his stories in bizarre directions or has his characters act in weird ways, as seen in this video.

Mandu 666

1y↑2

Indeed. Kratos has a kid in the new God of War games is to whitewash the genocide he committed and the game director had his first born child, a son, around that time. Some of the more personal stories in Cyberpunk 2077 feel like stories and situations lifted from the writers' personal lives.

Dante Vitale

3y↑1.3K

Drebin has three things going for him

1. He brings you weapons
2. He brings you exposition
3. Monke

Arsenii Popov

3y↑4

A week ago
Nice

Thomas O' Dwyer

3y↑19

Return to Monke

borot man

3y↑33

He's undoubtedly one of the worst characters/plot devices of the game and I friggin love him!

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moist_ cabbage

1y↑59

I’ve watched/listened to this video over a hundred times over the past 4 years and necker get tired of it. Best video on YouTube

Kieron Rana

1y↑6

agreed

One Trick

2y↑143

How many times have I watched this now? How many times used it for background noise? Fallen asleep to it at night?

Dunno. But I'm happy it's a mainstay that always helps me relax. The music used both while talking and to play over cutscenes is absolutely excellent.

Even if you feel that making more videos is too much pressure or just not interesting, I respect your decision and wish you the best.

David Reeding

2y↑5

I, too, rewatch long videos as a form of background noise.

Kankooro

2y↑8

Yeah same. I've been occasionally listening to this video on mundane drives. It's sad he only has 3 somewhat lengthy videos in this format. I think his voice really entertains this genre.

GraylyHen94

1y↑1

reddit spacing and your favorite YouTuber's opinions

Rudolf Ambroz | ENVtuber

@GraylyHen94 "Reddit spacing" is that how you explained it to your English teacher?

kolowski13

1y↑28

As someone whose only ever played MGSV, I just love this whole essay. Everything about it great, witty and insightful, not to mention your music selection to top-tier.
Could Naomi's injections be like booster shots? So instead of her injecting herself to turn them off, she is just using the booster but realizes that it's no longer enough?

sans fire30

1y↑2

I Just played 3 and ground zero and 5.

Six Shepard

1y↑11

1:20:34 Watching this scene again (for like the fourth time since I love this video), I think the apple that guy drops is actually the one Snake receives from monkey in Act 2 at 30:00, as said apple appears to fall from behind the guy Snake is holding. This makes it even stupider, that not only would Snake have kept that apple in his kevlar vest that absolutely does not have pockets big enough for an apple, but that he would pack it for this completely different mission into an urban area, and only now at the church would it fall out of his apple pocket.

Kojima is stupid as hell but I am excited for Death Stranding 2.

Pandamoniaque

1y↑2

Adventfather

2y↑2.4K

In 2016, I was at an anime convention where Khary Payton, Drebin's VA, was attending as one of the guests. Lo and behold, he's there selling autographed Drebin photos and I just had to ask him what the hell was up with the B&B Corps backstory part in the script. From his perspective the script reading and acting was really well done and he was enthusiastic about what he was saying and referencing. Then...Laughing Octopus' lines appeared. And midway through a take, he stops and asks "What the hell is this? What am I reading? This a joke?" Nope. Was straight from Kojima himself. "How the hell does this character suddenly know this? Why does he know this? Why is this important to the player?" He was told yet again, from Kojima himself. Read the lines and ignore it. Did his job wonderfully, but years later at that con, the baffled look on his face sticks with me whenever I play, or watch reviews of MGS4.

drunke mönke

2y↑148

That’s wild

Spaghetti King

2y↑100

Beyond epic.

Phoenix

2y↑283

that makes the situation even funnier. even as a kid I had no idea why suddenly I (or Snake to be exact) needed a background exposition on the boss I just killed. every other game in the franchise knew how to naturally insert characters backstory (especially if you're on the "bad" side), so knowing the VA himself couldn't take this seriously is beyond funny.

ps his monkey and raiden share the same mo cap actor, and that's a backstory I would rather like know than any of the B&B's

Jim Jim

2y↑33

Sometimes actors don't know what they're getting into as Peter Weller is still baffled by Buckaroo Banzai. As for Payton, I'd have enjoyed hearing about his time on Deus Ex.

ThoughtfulPug1

2y↑19

Khary Payton is a champ va. Honestly that may be the reason a part of me kinda liked Drebbib

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Ash Weston

1y↑23

On the Protomen's Bandcamp page, there's a review saying they were introduced to them by this video. Having never heard of this channel before then, and having watched every review on here at least twice since then, I am so glad they did. This video is an absolute masterpiece and I love it! The AMV's to Protomen tracks are definitely highlights but the whole thing is just incredible. I've watched it all the way through twice already, and I will do the same again.

Jaune Arc

1y↑3

I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video—and this introduced me to The Protomen too!

I genuinely believe this is one of the greatest videos on YouTube ever made.

Tristan Soucy

2y↑40

Christina Edwards

2y↑1

My first metal gear was solid on ps1.
My 2nd metal gear was guns of the patriots.
It just felt like a remake, I loved it.

My ps3 got the yellow light 8 years after it was released and I only recently traded in my copy of MGS4. I couldn’t part with it but I don’t see ever owning PlayStations again.

Ziggy

2y↑42

1:39:00 this whole sequence is absolutely fantastic the music adds so much to the scene that it feels strange and incorrect when I watch the original version.

Too Hundred

1y↑9

Can I just say, it's amazing to see somebody ACUALLY citing their sources!!! It's a small thing to do, but makes me have infinite more respect for you.

Chuck Finley

1y↑7

It's really impressive that you can insert your own personal experiences in a beneficial way that isn't bloviating. Also a great balance or usage of light banter vs content.

Foxhound645

3y↑1.2K

This video is a fucking masterpiece. It actively makes Metal Gear Solid 4 a better game. The whole franchise is enhanced because this video exists.

Roverandom

3y↑14

totally agreed

Thunder Ring

3y↑34

Same, though I probably will never play 4 because it PS3 exclusively.

Ceceli

3y↑56

I just finished watching the whole video and I can only think: where is this dude's video on MGS5?

Trusty Source

3y↑52

Ceceli 100% agree, a MGSV video would require a backpack of cocaine and a mile of conspiracy string just to get a glimpse of what the fuck was going on in MGSV writer's room.

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terrenceswiff

1y↑14

good video, and I'm a little displeased your sentiments toward 4 aren't so common. I basically feel the same way about the whole thing: there are awful parts and amazing parts and the ending, while messy, "felt" right in the right ways. Even if you DON'T know the metatextual details like Big Boss's Japanese VA here being Solid's VA's father, or Kojima's personal motivations, you can feel them nonetheless and it resonates. I also really love how the game actually ends: the conversation between Snake and Otacon. It's just nice. I consider 4 to still be the end of the series. V and others are like supplements, 4 is the completion

Randomtangle

1y↑8

I’ve never played Metal Gear, but you’ve made me feel like I grew up alongside each character, then you stabbed them to death and pointed out how bad it all was, but also how it shouldn’t work, but does work, and I can’t tell what to think about the game, but I’ve been filled with new vigor to work on my art.
Because if a game this big, this bad, and this hated can be simultaneously awesome and loved, maybe I have a chance out there.

Joki G

1y↑1

Exact same thing with me

Jack Vogel

1y↑3

Honestly one of the best things I've watched on YouTube as far as entertainment goes.
3 and a half hour but had me glued from start to finish.
Probably in part due to a long and complex relation to a video game character called Snake that always leaves you wanting for more, but can't imagine any tale of his adventures being told and delivered better than was done here.
It was a pleasure

Who dis?

1y↑5

I love MGS4, both story and gameplay. The whole thing felt like a bittersweet farewell. A goodbye you don't want to say, but one you have to. Playing this, I was reminded a lot of my uncle who died of cancer not long before MGS4 was released. The experience felt like visiting him in the hospital. Watching a man who fought and sacrificed everything for his country gradually withering away, but getting meaningful conversations and nostalgic memories to wash down the bitter pill that is loss. Its upsetting and unpleasant, but that's how final goodbyes are. It's beautiful but heart wrenching. Idk. Maybe it was the timing in which I first played this game, but it really hit me hard and filled me with a lot of complex emotions.

que

2y↑7

I've never felt so much in the same wavelength with someone just by watching their essay video, may our parasocial relation be unhinged and unhealthy, please release more stuff this is real quality shit, would love to hear your thoughts on space dandy

Radames Vaz

5y↑1.6K

After listening to you for 3 hours straight, I feel like we're friends

Comrade Jet

4y↑146

Honestly, i feel a deep personal connection with everyone who watched this through.

Matt Mas

4y↑10

I feel the same lol

Tall_Black_Man

4y↑6

like the best of friends......

iRemainNameless

4y↑5

This. You get it.

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BennyTheBuff

1y↑6

I come back to watch this video often, mainly because I am a huge fan of Steak's voice. But also, because this part of the video, 1:39:05, ABSOUTELY RIPS.

Hope you're doing well Mr.Steak, thanks for also motivating me into watching the Venture bros. When I got covid last year, I spent all my time watching that show, was a fantastic ride. Hope you are well, wherever you are!

Gooey Bowser

51w↑1

Thanks for the timestamp 🙏

Jacob F

2y↑8

I've watched this a few times and the "Johnny gets his team killed." always fucking gets me.

Keyser Soze

2y↑23

This made me laugh soo much. That vamp/noami death is so baad. Its like kojima doesn’t even know his own story.

Robbo_

2y↑10

After watching this whole video, my last thought on it was, "but we got revengance tho." For me, it may have been a mistake, but it's a mistake I am glad happened.

Hayden

1y↑6

This is hands down one of the greatest YouTube videos ever made. Very good job man! 👏 I know this took a lot of work.

AtheistJunior

1y↑1

Agree 100%.

Yes Man

4y↑2.3K

“If you were writing a story about yourself, wouldn’t you want it to have a happy ending?” What a beautiful line.

Kyle Reptile

4y↑44

Yeah man just all around really quality stuff

Tomimated

4y↑30

I wouldn’t

- Clod -

4y↑25

to answer the question, nah

Saul Buenhombre

4y↑83

Neil druckmann: hehe NO

MilkGod

4y↑60

Nah, let ending be as it should. I don't know the ending to my story so I just go with the flow.

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Lektuerekurs

1y↑4

I have watched this video so many times, that I
a) listen to the Protomen for fun and
b) during Light Up The Night I always get visions of this video. In fact I consume that song always as if it was just background music to Snake and Meryl and the scenes from this clip :D

Paper Mache Man

50w

The last 3 seconds of this video were truly special, perfectly capturing what MGS4 is and what it wanted to achieve, bravo

Neill McCartney

49w↑3

I watch this bout once a year, love it every time, and thanks steak for introducing me to the protomen!

James Dulak

2y↑10

I have never played a Metal Gear game, may not ever in my life, but I'm watching this for some reason and the part where this dude is talking about Kojima letting the gamers play as young Snake and the host is like "And me and all the gamers slurped our Big Gulps and said yeah that's fuckin right now your place" was so hilarious I had to comment.

What a weird game.

Jlc Davenport

2y↑9

I haven't played MG4, and I haven't watched Venture Bros, but I've still listened to what's now totalled almost 5hours of you talking about both those subjects, because your Venture Bros video popped on my feed, I checked it out to see what it was about and then got sucked into the way you told and presented the story.

I think more than anything I resonate with the way you described the Monarch's passion being enough to make people around him want to follow him- I haven't played or watched either of these things, but your clear love for and frustration with them was more than enough to keep me enthralled with both.

Mauri El Creador

3y↑588

How is it this man drops possibly the greatest MGS video essay ever conceived and just falls off the face of the Earth. Amazing. Watching it for the 3rd time in 2 years btw.

Brandon Huynh

3y↑107

The Patriots silenced him

Brad Beck

2y↑11

I stopped keeping track of how many times I've watched this lol. Not to mention the times I put it on to fall asleep to.

Hobo The Henry

2y↑8

That Cowboy Bebop video also slaps but godamn right after the patriots got him

Visassess

Maybe he got in a car accident or something and died

Lasagna is pretty cool

2y↑2

he's still active on Twitter

Hope

2y↑3

after watching the whole thing, it almost seems like you genuinely enjoyed MGS4, from your appreciation toward the ending and the genuine happiness you seem to feel toward some of the levels like the last battle fist fight or the metal gear vs metal gear slug fest or even the basic stealth of some of the earlier missions that gave you that genuine metal gear feel

Desty Nova

2y↑8

Man, I love Way to Fall (aka the ending theme of MGS3). It is such a cool song and the lyrics even go well with the theme of MGS as a whole.

AskRepeat

Thank you for making this masterpiece! Got my fingers crossed we’ll see more of your brilliance in the future. Hope things are well.

LordRoto

2y↑1

What a cool run-through. From someone who's only connection with MGS is Revengence and being obsessed with the final battle because of how epic it was in spite of having no context I appreciate what you did here.

AaronAlso

2y↑13

Agness Kaku (bomber name BTW): is totally correct, writing, story and character development literary skills in general have long been an overlooked component of video game development. While many have tried; few have really succeeded to the epic levels of literary giants. The Metal Gear franchise stands the test of time despite the broken timelines and confusing character swapping. Hindsight being 20/20 maybe one day we will get a retcon of the whole series from beginning to end in, mostly, chronological order. An opportunity that was sadly left on the table by Hideo and Konami with MGS:V. They have the game play and the engine down; they could have flushed the whole franchise out by rebuilding all of the previous games in that framework, creating an extensive list of DLCs, and retconning the story arcs and chronology.

GamePil

4y↑430

"You would be excused for thinking that this is the last time Drebin shows up"
He has a monkey, a coin, a catchphrase and does magic tricks. Of course Kojima would keep him around for the entire game

Super Bnns

1y↑2

I've watched this entire video like twice a year for 3 years and it's still fucking incredible. One of the best YouTube videos I ever stumbled across. Those Guilty Gear OST drops are pure cinema.

NinjaCrazy87

1y↑3

Damn I saw this video recommended to me a few years ago and never wanted to see it because even though I had been a fan of MGS since I was a kid, I never finished MGS4 until a year or 2 ago. Finally finishing this video after all those years really hit me in the feels, feels like the first time I finished MGS4. Very emotional at the end yet still hit with all the great memes I love it thank you so much Steak-Kun🥺

Xillos

1y↑2

I honestly went through this whole game when I was younger without once thinking about the mental health mechanic because I didn’t understand it. And I didn’t have any difficulty.

James Kesner

2y↑1

What an amazing analysis of this game. This was my first MGS and I loved it, I also knew nothing about it. The more you learn the clearer the nightmare becomes, but for what it is I love it. I know this was 3 years ago and had to have taken an insane amount of time, but I think you would have a good basis to do the exact same thing for the rest of the series. Thank you, enjoyed this very much.

Pica hudsonia unflocked

1y↑1

This video is so stuffed with rad-ness, I've listened to it a couple x a week at least since it turned up in my recc's, yet still notice new things all the time when I re-watch/listen. Absolute freakin' masterpiece.
This time I finally noticed: "...helicopTER TER TEr Ter ter trrr..."
& had 2 new thoughts:
1) oh no I think Johnny is HJ's self-insert lol
2) Steak makes amazing Protomen videos

Crowborn

2y↑1.4K

"It's always metalest before the gear"
-John Metalgear, protagonist of Metal Gear

Zae P

2y↑118

Solid Steve.

PAntS

2y↑61

@Zae P Liquid Lakes

SheemWasHere

2y↑34

Sounds like something maxor would say.

Lysandre

2y↑47

every gear has its metal

not a spider

2y↑69

"do me a Solid and Metal that Gear for me"
- David Metalgear, supporting character

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killerwhale276

1y↑7

First video that I watched from him glad to see its not some guy hating on it but is giving it tough love and criticism and not being a asshole

AudiosurfArchive

1y↑2

That's what it is: but so many idiorts don't seem to realize that, because they don't actually watch it and leave hate.

Doctor Drewl

1y↑9

I've never played a Metal Gear game. I woke up to that music video in the middle and grooved myself awake. Out of context that whole scene was incredible.

The King of the Internet

1y↑3

The exact same thing happened to me. In my delirious half-asleep state it was like listening to a choir of angels, and also got me into The Protomen. Great band, highly recommend. But Light Up the Night just isn't the same without Ocelot yelling about how YOUR GUNS AND YOUR WEAPONS ARE NO LONGER YOUR OWN

thejason755

1y↑1

@The King of the Internetit’s kind of like how now i can only achieve orgasm by telling a room full of men “why don’t we just print more money?”

The King of the Internet

1y↑1

@thejason755 This is one of the greatest things I have ever read, thank you.

thejason755

@The King of the Internet yw uwu

megashillyshally

I can’t listen to this song without needing the ‘moo-ing’ of the Gekko during the intro lol.

Lupus Albus

1y↑8

2:21:50
"what does emma like....birds...chopsticks"
Holy shit an entire Japanese lesson from 15 years ago suddnely popped in my head. Good job, Steak. hashi kudasai

L

1y↑14

I think the MGS 4 fakeout ending only didn't work because they tried to trick us into believing it did. I pretty much played all the MGS games back to back, so seeing these characters I saw and felt grow was emotional, and seeing it end with one finally "ending his mission" was emotional as well, it felt like the end. But seeing them strip that feeling of "it's over" is why I hate how they handled it, they should've either had him do it or don't pretend like he's going to. So much of this games plot is only hidden because they want the player to not know about it, and stuff like anime never shuts up with that stupid cliche, I'll never like it and think it makes the plots worse when two people know the ending to something and only hide it from everyone just because they want the player or watcher to experience it. It's not good writing, it's a copout excuse and no good series should ever try to do it.

non-bird-nary

52w↑2

damn you for making me cry dude. i love this so much.

Harrison McKinney

4y↑2K

Hopefully this dude has spent the last year and a half making a Metal Gear Solid 2 is a masterpiece video.

A Convenient Myth

4y↑79

Harrison McKinney oh my fucking god I could die happy

James K

4y↑57

He made a really great cowboy Bebop video after this, you should give it a watch!

A Convenient Myth

4y↑22

Safest Sephiroth hahaha dude I shit you not, I’m literally in the middle of binging the show so that I can watch and understand that video lmfao it’s great though I’m loving it so far. Makes me wish I’d watched it when I was a kid and it was on haha

Kng

4y↑5

A Convenient Myth I could never get into it when I was younger idk why

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RayytheHomeyy

1y↑1

The shot of Otacon and Snake flying over Shadow Moses to Huey Lewis and the News is the greatest thing ever

Jae AKA Tha Profit

2y↑3

In my opinion the cutscenes and the dialogue are the best part of the game which keeps me in it.

nogohoho

2y↑4

Well it took me about a week to get through this, but holy hell was it good! My man, you really pulled together all the things that made MGS4 feel "off" and expressed them in such a heartfelt way. Thanks for sharing your love and your struggles with the game.

jeff young

1y↑2

I think I needed this video, After years of loving this franchise, I've never looked at it from this perspective. Thank you for making this. I'll always love solid snake and Big Boss but looking at it from this perspective, I can kinda see why Hideo Kojima wrote him this way.

Slop King

47w↑1

MGS 4 was such an incredible experience. the release was truly an event. what a time.

Scoopity Woop

3y↑823

“We’ve got you surrounded! Come take your nanomachine shots!”
“I HATE THE WAR ECONOMY! I HATE THE WAR ECONOMY!”

Roomy

2y↑31

>Johnny

EMPIRE

2y↑9

I HATE NEEDLES! I HATE NEEDLES!

Dogora Guy

“Hate!?! War does many a favor, just give war a chance”

I Smellmandude

2y↑1

Based Johnny

Portgas D. Ace

2y↑1

In for yet another viewing. Have to say the commentary never really gets old. Feels like it's own story. Great work

Pica hudsonia unflocked

1y↑1

This video deserves its own OST. Dope music.

TheScarlettGirl

1y↑4

I love this video in a way that has utterly derailed any chance that I might become a functional post-war human. Thank you,I think. I think 4 is an attempt, in many ways,to remake 2 with better graphics and more cinematic tools. Technology finally caught up to the ultra paranoid covert military thriller that Kojima wanted. But with so much story already told,reprises took up more and more narrative space.

Lauri Torni

2y↑2

A game so meta that it makes you want to die and then allows you to die as a reward, Kojima is 10 steps ahead of us.

Harris

2y↑12

i have probably watched this video over 50 times. gotta keep watching until it reaches 3,000,000 views in order to summon steak back into this realm

Ethan

4y↑2.5K

Real quarantine vibes is watching a grown man dissect MGS4 for three hours instead of finishing the essay due in an hour.

xander Rosales

4y↑26

Same, got an extension at the last minute tho

Anti

4y↑14

That’s exactly what I’m doing right now

Kng

4y↑6

CecDog3 Our semester over hopefully you get some time to make it up

Anti

4y↑3

KNG 88 I have till Saturday for late work :) it’s all good

Kng

4y↑2

CecDog3 good luck bro

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DimpleBup

1y↑3

mgs4 mightve been a mistake but holyfuck this video itself is pure art. this is coming from a guy that loves mgs4, outstanding job with this video

Tarah Tarahdise

2y↑3

I played the hell out of Metal Gear Solid in Playstation when I was a kid. It was my first challenging game and I remember always struggling with the torture scene trying to save Meryl or some of the final fights. I loved Meryl because I was a redhead girl and so was she. She was cool af to me (I was lost on the weird writing).

I LOVED that game. I went on to play, VR Missions, MGS2, MGS2 Substance, and MGS3. Imo, MGS 1, 2, and 3 had massive replayability. Those games offered so much to find in sense of story, game play, items, and Easter eggs. It was so fun.

I only played MGS4 once. It was so long and caused so much whiplash. The movie long cutscenes and what they did to Meryl as well as all the other characters from the previous games was very 'look at how they massacred my boy'. I hated all the fan service but I will admit, operating Metal Gear Rex and then going on to fighting Metal Gear Ray while in Shadow Moses was the coolest shit ever.

Thank you for voicing and putting words to how strongly I felt about MGS4. I fell out of the series after this game and never played the newer games in the franchise. I enjoyed this video from staff to finish.

Tray Sutherland

2y↑10

Kojima is like George Lucas. He churns out a slurry of ideas that range from mildly cool to incredible but doesn't do the heartbreaking work of writing, which is killing your pet ideas for the sake of cohesion.

557deadpool

2y↑2

George Lucas is better

Press Start

1y↑1

After watching this video I see why you deserve this many subs. This had to be sooooo time consuming

Lazychild

2y↑1

Maybe my 5th rewatch of this and I wanted to comment on the sniper fight in TPP. Might be my favorite of the series since you can just meme on her with ordered in supplies like ammo and new gear. You can non lethal her by bonking her twice I believe. Literally the only way I'll ever engage in that fight lmao

Johnny Bensonitis

3y↑206

I watch Pulp Fiction, The Departed, and Metal Gear Solid 4 Was A Mistake at least once every year. I leave a comment every time I watch it because I'm left in awe which I'm sure will be true 10 years from now. What a beastly documentary.

maddogkilla1

@Johnny Bensonitis tl;dr

Johnny Bensonitis

3y↑3

@maddogkilla1 Ah shit, my bad! I forgot who a portion of Steak's fanbase as well as MGS 4 were.

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雨

2y↑2

Amazing video. Finally the reason I love Snake so much put in words! Among very valid critiques I also mostly agree with. Impecable sense of humor, too.
I've had a great 4 hour experience, thanks a whole lot.

Bilbo of Bag'end

2y↑7

Alright, time for my annual rewatch of this masterpiece

John Ray

1y↑2

Watched the whole thing for the first time in three years. This video is such an epic labor of love.

alex veley

2y↑5

Nothing makes me more unhappy than Steak Bentley retiring after this masterpiece. He made the gold standard in video game essays and then just disappeared.

Dr. Salad

1y↑2

He's made two more videos since this. It takes a while for new content, but that's the price for quality.

alex veley

1y↑3

@Dr. Salad Yes. 2 videos since this comment was made. If I recall correctly I nearly fell off my chair a couple days after this comment when I saw his Venture Bros video posted.

VeciliasMk2

2y↑2

This video has become an almost monthly tradition for me to watch. I dont know exactly what it is, the editing quality or the sick choice of music or the great narrative voice, but i just keep coming back to this 3 and a half hour long video essay and time flies so fast.
Thank you for making this.

AvengedHate26

3y↑679

I wish raidens ending was more realistic. All the pain she put him through I think it would have been much better if he would have retorted with a “I’ll be here for him, not you” kind of thing. Cuz your right she’s gaslighting the shit out of him

Hishkapish

3y↑79

if u wanna take metal gear rising as canon, u can kinda see it as their relationship didn't end up working out

mercury

3y↑132

@Hishkapish they seem like they have a decent relationship, but obviously they can't be together for a while and Raiden has no qualms with flirting with Courtney (which I really can't blame him for, especially after all the crap he went through because of Rose)

Thunder Ring

3y↑10

Love seeing the recent comments. Love this video.

Space Girl

3y↑11

But was Raiden that innocent? I mean, you blame Rose but her actions were justifiable. It was his decision at the first place to drown his sorrow, and pain in alcohol instead of taking therapy and fight with his past like a man.

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KoboldKantations

2y↑1

I keep combing back to this video and watching it, constantly listening to and agreeing with the video about how awful MGS4 is…

And yet I can’t help but adore this game. I still occasionally replay it. Hell I think I’ve put more hours into 4 than I did 5 and I love the gameplay of 5 (not soo much the plot but eh, here we are).

INvalidSYNapse

I feel like I gotta watch this at least one more time to give any meaningful reaponse, but it definitely kept my attention the whole 3 hours. Glad to see a relatively new video about one of my favorite cartoons ever. Keep it up!

DANGERZONE

2y↑5

A friend of mine is going to tackle the series, the whole series, I'll be going along for the ride. As a huge Metal Gear fan who hasn't had the time to play 'em again recently I've been hitting up videos to refresh myself and found this.

I'm in the camp of I love MGS4 despite its flaws. It's interesting to me to dive in to those flaws and boy are there a lot of them, a lot this video highlights. I really do think we made this man answers questions he never intended to answer and the beautiful mess is the result. A serial repeater of his own work I don't think it was a huge surprise he tried to culminate everything in callbacks x infinity. I think trying to link it all together was the only way it could have gone. It was messy, it was ridiculous and despite it all I think it was still Metal Gear Solid. I agree with a lot of what was said - especially the part about putting Hideo on a pedestal. I do it myself, sometimes as a joke but not always and I felt a bit called out. That's a mistake. But I don't think Metal Gear Solid 4 is. COOL VIDEO THOUGH.

I don't do big comments but since I spent 3 hours here almost in one sitting why not lol.

Also: yes Solid Snake is the greatest video game character of all time.

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