Another detail: In Sam's DLC, he has an attack where after doing a quick draw, he blows smoke off of his sword sheath, akin to someone blowing off a gun barrel after firing.
Can't believe that Sam was such a Chad he took on a fucking metal gear, senator, and robot man who could suplex metal gears. And most of all he had no cybernetic enhancements other than an arm and his suit.
Nah, he had to have cybernetics in order to jump high, use Zandatsu (blade mode,) the ability to royally piss off machines, cyborgs, and Haki-using Senators, and cut a freakin' Metal Gear in half by just drawing his sword.
That's gotta have some kind of symbolism deep in there but I have no idea what it is besides Sam's mask resembling that of an outlaw's, hiding his identity
I have no real clue what could this symbolize at all, but I could give a theory on what I personally think it symbolizes. Sam hides his mouth, because like the video stated, Sam is trying to mask his identity like those cowboys, but I don't believe that's what it's truly trying to say, because there's no point in hiding your identity behind a mask when everyone knows who you are. What I think this really symbolizes is that Sam hides behind a mask because he doesn't want to listen to whatever tells him he's going down the wrong path because he's already made his choice. There is nothing that can stop Sam from going against World Marshel due to him losing a part of himself. He doesn't want to argue with anyone about ideals, but he is watching and observing to possibly see how his actions speak louder than his words. Raiden, on the other hand, masks his face because he doesn't want to change his ideals at all, being stoneheaded into them, refusing to accept anything that someone tells him, unlike Sam. Sam is watching and observing, wanting to change his ideals because he sees a future where Raiden will uphold his legacy, whereas Raiden doesn't like to change it at all, because he's already convinced himself he's going down the right path. Think about it. When Armstrong destroyed the thing that covers Raiden's eyes, Raiden was observing and watching, even deciding to listen to Armstrong's speech about what he believes. When masked behind the thing covering his eyes, he believes Senator Armstrong is just another corrupt politician, which explains the theme "Collective Consciousness", because Raiden is telling himself this is what Armstrong is. When Armstrong gets rid of it, the final boss theme is almost like an apology between the two, understanding each other's ideals despite the fact that one of them has to die to continue on down the path of what they believe is right. However, that's only if you assume it applies for both of them. Most likely, it applies for Raiden, because Raiden is the one that this song is suppose to represent. Raiden, no longer masked, sees Armstrong's ideals, but regrettably has to kill him instead of believing in his own ideals, and Raiden changes his ideal of his sword only being a means of justice, because he gets Sam's blade. He no longer wishes to fight for justice but rather anger and vengeance. At the end of the game, you can notice Raiden possibly believing a bit in Armstrong's philosophy, saying people fight for causes they don't believe in. He even changes his appearence, now having a suit and tie just like Armstrong. Raiden used his mask to mask his ideals and wouldn't allow himself to be convinced to the ideals of others, unlike Sam. Sam knew what he was doing was wrong but couldn't stop himself from fighting because he lost himself already, but he knew Raiden was going down the right path in his opinion. That's what I believe at least.
Its amazing how a game where a texas senator drop kicks a cyborg ninja with a crowd cheering has some very deep philosophical arguments about the nature of human conflict.
One amazing little known detail to note: In the Japanese release of Rising, androids and cyborgs will typically have white blood instead of red. Typically, as Sam is one of the only characters who bleeds with the red as opposed to the white. Showing how human he truly was the whole time.
Haven't played MGRR in years but didn't Bladewolf tell Raiden that Sam was mostly human and that his arm was his only cyborg part after Raiden hills him?
@@JFLEstudios Yes I believe that is correct. It's amazing to see just how strong he was having only a cybernetic arm and an exosuit to combat people like Raiden and Monsoon who are more machine than human. Dude was wickedly capable
It’s interesting that when Sam is disarmed, and attacks with his cybernetic arm, there is a red warning flash, but when he kicks, there isn’t one. I think his kick is actually the only attack in the game without a red or yellow warning flash. It really gives an impression that he is unpredictable and aimless without his weapon, although still very well trained and deadly.
I want you all to notice something. When Sam cut Armstrong’s arm, it was in a sharp angle. When he cut Raiden’s arm, it was a perfect straight cut, he also cut further up the arm past the elbow joint rendering it useless. (Also, his face guard writing on the sides read “Combat Oxygen Supplier”).
Increasing his supply of oxygen probably comes with a LOT of bonuses. Moving at speeds capable of keeping up with someone like Raiden would make breathing difficult, and artificially regulating his oxygen intake would also keep him awake and maximize his stamina longer in combat, and since he's mostly organic, his body probably tires out quicker from moving around in a suit that makes his muscles move exponentially faster. Let's also not rule out how difficult it would be to breathe at all with an unguarded face on top of a train. *edit* I just realized he wasn't wearing his mask on the train but my point still stands
Good guy Sam: when Blade Wolf says that he lost to Sam because his design is flawed, Sam says that it's not that Blade Wolf is defective - it's just that Sam was really, really good.
Raidens' mask covers his eyes but leaves the mouth open, blinding him from the truth but freely speaking his ideals, while sams' covers his mouth but keeps the eyes free, allowing him to see the truth of the world around him but preventing him from speaking about it to others.
I once heard someone say in one point in history that gunslingers or duelists, samurai, Pirates, and Knights all existed to some capacity at the same time. He then went on to say that you could produce a story that has a group with a gunslinger, failed samurai, failed Knight, and a shippless pirate and it would still be historically accurate. Has nothing to do with the video but if anyone can elaborate and tell me more details on this I'd really appreciate it, alot.
The last samurai to ever exist died in 1877. knights were still a thing until some time in the 1700s when guns became too strong for conventional armor to help, but armor in general was still used until some time in the 1800s, and swords were still a thing until the world wars. The wild west was from 1865 to 1895 (1865 was when the first real revolver was created, but gunslingers of the sort definitely could've existed before then, the first revolver was in 1835 and way before that single shots were a thing), the golden age of piracy was from the 1650s to the 1730s, but pirates still exist even today in places such as Somali, boats and all. So very early 1800s could have a samurai, a knight who refuses to accept plate armor isn't effective anymore or transitioning into the lighter variants that are more common for the time, a pirate is just some robber dude with boat experience, a flintlock and a sword, and a gun expert that is flying through rifle shots or flintlocks with as much speed as possible. It's not a perfect mesh, but it seems very much possible if you're wanting a pseudo-realistic DnD type thing. Just be prepared for the knight to die quickly if a rifle is pointed at him.
@@megasuperiordude much appreciated partner. But Knights are still a thing to this day. Just like sir Issac Newton, Steven Spielberg was knighted by the queen. So technically the director of E.T is a knight. But that's completely ceremonious and he wouldn't really do anything Knights in the 1700s do.
"Come to Brazil, Raiden." -Samuel "Jetstream Sam" Rodriguez, 2018 for real tho Metal Gear has some kickass and lovable rival characters. for a game franchise revolving around global conspiracies and tragic heroes, especially.
litterally corporations these days use memes to try to sell whatever they're selling and it WORKS people buy their products it not because its better but because they were "funny and relatable" and if whatever politician were to use memes to try and get votes it would 100% work
The G.W. AI lecture in MGS2 is considered "the most profound moment in video gaming" because of its fortelling of social media manipulation. This game was released to a more high-octane generation of gamers that have trouble seeing past THE MEMEZ and UG-suplexing. But the astute Metal Gear player sees the core of this game's events as another harolding of societal manipulation. But in fairness, the original Deus Ex gave us our first glimpse of meme warfare.
@@quitspoem8651 the main problem isn’t with platinum it’s with Konami holding the rights to the game Kojima expressed that he’d like to work for a sequel with platinum
The thing about “Italian and Greek looking” but also Japanese inspired Samurai and western cowboy could be a nod on how South America and Brazil specifically is just a mix of multiple heritages that create their own culture as Brazilian, many descendants of Brazilian households in one neighbourhood could be of completely different descent from Japan all the way to the east up to America all the way to the west, so Sam having Italian roots might be possible, my mother is a “full blooded” Brazilian but her mother is a descendant of the Brazilian native tribes of the Yanomami and her father is from the Netherlands and my father is from Portugal, and I live in germay, multiculturalism is part of the Brazilian history
Yep. Brazil has the largest italian and japanese population outside their original countries, mainly on the state of São Paulo, where nearly half of the population have italian ancestry, like Rodrigo Santoro (Westworld, 300, as Xerxes), and a great bunch of them of japanese ancestry like Lyoto Machida, MMA champion and karate fighter. The "Liberdade" in the city of São Paulo is also the largest japanese community outside Japan. So, it's not hard to meet people like Sam. As a matter of fact, three of my uncles and two of my cousins are actually japanese-italian-brazilians.
Então você é meio brasileiro como eu, legal. Eu sou um BR, mas meu pai é Russo. Minha mãe é descendente de italianos por parte da minha avó e de tribos índigenas pelo meu avô.
also note that he learned he learned not to give them a sharp stick to impale him with you never know when your enemy will harden his diagonally cut arm and stab you
Another layer to the relation between his Japanese and Italian heritage is the fact that he is from São Paulo, which has a huge population with descended from Japanese and Italian immigrants.
Com a referência direta de Minuano, dificilmente ele é de São Paulo, ele provavelmente nasceu entre os 3 estados do Sul pois o Minuano é características desses estados, e enquanto a descendência Japonesa/italiana Paraná e Rio Grande do Sul preenchem esse quesito
@@Adriano_Kohls Isso não tem nada a ver, Mistral é da Argélia porém o vento que ela representa somente sopra nos alpes franceses, Sundowner é do Alabama mas seu vento vem da Califórnia, Khamsin é Americano mas seu vento sopra no Oriente Médio, a localização dos ventos não representa necessariamente de onde o personagem vem.
The fact that long after the games realse people still discuss it proves just how great it really was. Can’t wait to see analysis of Armstrong’s ideologies
If you haven't seen it yet, someone has done an analysis of his Ideologies, and an overall analysis of his character in contrast to Raiden: th-cam.com/video/J0Txjd4PwNA/w-d-xo.html
No joke, for my college music course, I chose for my essay on song meanings to be on "The Only Thing I Know For Real." The instructor actually liked the meaning behind the song, and after watching this video, I learned to love it even more.
Also, Sam lost his right arm, while Raiden lost his left. Signifying how both of them combine to make a full set of arms, completing the half they are both missing.
Bro, Sundowner is my favorite of the Winds and despite his flawed boss fight (though still awesome if you dont pull a dummy and forget to cut his shields off), hes just so much fun and I wanna know his backstory better. God, why couldnt we have a Sundowner DLC?
I always loved how Raiden was more like a Ninja and Sam was a samurai. Even the way they hold their swords, and their stances. I know Raiden isn't 100% a Ninja, but he's more Ninja like than Samurai. Also Sam's theme is fucking godlike. Very few songs get my blood pumping as much as it.
Raiden was always a shinobi, since MGS2. He's always been an agent rather than a fighter, until rising of course, but even in Rising he still uses the disguise in Mexico, owing to his stealthful nature. Even in stature the two are contrasted, Sam is wide and burly, while Raiden is slimmer and leaner.
I also like the contrast of them Sam is mostly human, with 1 cyborg limb Raiden is that much of a cyborg even his blood his artificial with barely any human parts left in him
Just to add something, Brazil is an extremely culturally diverse country, we have a lot of Italians and Japanese people, so sam looking a little Italian and having a Japanese family could very much happen over here
His mask can represent a bandana, but it also looks alot like a samurai mempo, which was a face peice worn by the samurai attached to their helmet, but the masterless samurai know as ronin also wore them without helmet
1:45 Its never going to be equal. Sam's barely enhanced, and fights mostly with his superiority, while raiden has to tech himself up just to be able to have a chance against him. There will never be another swordmaster as good as Sam.
I have to disagree with you there. When you call Doktor, he says straight up that technology wouldn't be the deciding factor in the duel. Obviously you can't take that at face value, but you gotta remember that just cause Sam's not fully augmented, doesn't make his tech a slouch compared to Raiden's. Sam was clearly able to catch and momentarily stop a downward cleave from Raiden with his bare hands, he's able to block multiple hits from a fully enhanced Raiden with one hand on his sword before losing his balance, his armor could tank hooks from Armstrong, and the exosuit provides enough strength behind his HF blade and attacks to cut a Metal Gear RAY clean in half. Raiden won fair and square, and only lost the first time because even Sam knew he wasn't at the top of his game.
sam’s literally wearing an exosuit ala solidus so he can keep up with cyborgs. otherwise yeah his perception is pretty fucking insane since he can react to raiden’s sub-relative sword swings
I actually love Jetstream Sam and if I’m being honest i don’t get all the hate MGR gets it was such a great game and Sam was a splendid character and when I saw the notification I never expected an mgr video and then the god tier theme of his fight in the end with Raiden oh don’t even get me started Edit:To clarify what I mean by hate is people talk a lot of bad on the official videos or the reviews on the store
For me is the fact that it was not made by Kojima and it is weird when considering what the end of mgs4 is suppose to represent. I don’t hate it but as part of the metal gear series, it lives a weird taste in my mouth.
I think the only 3 hates that I hear a lot are: 1 , the game being somewhat short , true , most campaign games are short , but at least some give you freedom to make a whole level or play someone's level , like in DOOM 2016 2 , the game not having a sequel despite being out for 7 years , and it also sequel baits at the end of the game , that's infuriating 3 , the fact that it's the only game that lets you freely cut enemies , although this is more of a hate on the industry rather then the game itself , come on gaming companies , 7 years and we still didn't get anything like it
@@edselcervantes6229 There's been weirder shit in this franchise. I do t see a problem besides the change in combat. I think it needed a change in gameplay, as there's only so much you can do with stealth compared to a game like this.
@@djordjepopovic7568 (Apologies if this gets a little long.) The second point you raised is no fault of the game itself, but of Konami as the publisher that owns the Metal Gear IP doing nothing with Revengeance despite its unexpected success. Third point I'll give you because despite the Fox Engine that Konami has ownership of showing some real promise in Revengeance and MGS5, nothing meaningful has been done with it. It's wasted potential. I can kind of get how some people would vent that particular frustration on the game, even if it is unreasonable, and ultimately it ties into the second point since Konami is involved. First point has more to do with the nature of the developer, Platinum Games, and their design philosophy with what they develop. A lot of the staff who worked on Revengeance were some of the same people who worked on the first three Devil May Cry games, and those games have a similar structure in their narrative, how missions/acts are staged, and the length of the game. A big part of the replayability of their games (including Bayonetta 1&2, Transformers: Devastation, and more recently Astral Chain) is that their main stories are compact and tight, meant to work with an entertaining narrative that has some complexity, but never leaning too far into a narrative experience. Standard playtime for these kinds of games is between four to ten hours, depending on if you're exploring/having difficulty/speedrunning/farming to upgrade skills/finding collectibles. Story and gameplay have to work together, because these are video *games*, not interactive movies. This allows players who enjoyed the gameplay to repeat the game on higher difficulties to test and refine their skills, which is given direct feedback through the scoring system. So those who get mad or dislike Revengeance for the first point you raised kind of miss the whole point of character action games, and that Revengeance is about enjoying the ride that is the story AND gameplay. As for me, I don't really hang around circles that openly dislike or hate Revengeance. I know one person online who really dislikes the game, but that's more due to specific characters causing her an intense emotional reaction from the philosophies they espouse, and it really angers and freaks her out that they'd say such things.
I believe the choice of Brazil for being Sam's homeland was on point. He is the fusion of the conceptions of the Samurai from the east, and Cowboys from the West. Brazil has huge japanese and italian communities since the earliest years of the 1900s, creating a pretty interesting culture combination. Sam's also very outgoing and charismatic, a big steriotype amongst brazilians, as this cultural fusion agregates to the people and make them more united, which leads to this typical friendly and charming behavior.
I challenged myself to beat Sam without healing and only using Raiden's katana, and I managed to do it. The sense of honor and pride I felt was shockingly immense, to be honest.
I challenged myself with doing a no-hit run on the hardest difficulty. I'm not entirely sure if I did it but I remember for sure that Sam and Armstrong I was able to do it successfully. Which was pretty satisfying. Incidentally I only used the Katana because I may have forgotten about the other weapons and I was most comfortable using it
i played the entire game without heals because i chose to. it was too easy with heals i only used 1 repair nanopaste on the first play during the monsoon fight
I love how MGR doesn’t just throw music around carelessly. If there’s music, it has a purpose, if the music has lyrics, those lyrics have purpose, if the music loses their lyrics, that loss has purpose.
Soo, Just realized something, Minuano is a word that is only used in the south part of Brazil, at this part of the country, most of it's people have European ancestry(mostly from Italy and Germany) that can be a justification to why Sam looks so ,you know, italian
Minuano is a indigenous tribe in the South of Brazil. But yes, the southern region of Brazil are mostly populated by germans and italians. Actually, german is a co-offical language in many cities in the south. The italians and japanese are more common in São Paulo (southeast region).
You know despite being the primary protagonist of the series, and a timeless industry-defining icon, I never see character breakdowns like this for Solid Snake. Think you can fill those shoes?
I took the vocals in the songs leaving with the blade being more that the sword is how Sam and Raiden articulate those feelings. Without it they still have that feeling (the music playing) but only with a sword in hand can they articulate it (The lyrics staying with the blade).
@@binho2010ish I love how Sam's theme is also less 'robotic-sounding' if you know what I mean? It's good old fashioned heavy metal, with some amazing lyrics. Plus, I also hear flutes in the background. The lyrics also being about loss of one's identity feel really personal and somewhat relatable. Bah, let's face it, the entire OST of this game is god-tier.
How MGR wants you to know about Samuel: A deep character who lost porpoise due revenge, he seeks what he has lost in Raiden and is made as a weapon by desperado. What i understood about Samuel: Brazilians can double jump
MGRR is seriously underrated, IMHO. From the easy-to-learn-hard-to-master swordplay, to the timeless memes, to its deeper philosophical points. This game has a special place in my library.
If there ever is a sequel I still hope that they reveal Sam somehow lived and he is the one to face Raiden again after Raiden goes off the deep end with Jack. To remind him to be the better man.
could you imagine playing mgrr 2 and raidens gone fucking batshit in like a cutscene or something theres the sound of approaching footsteps paired with the sound of win then, and only then, would sam's theme start playing
Actually I think a better idea on how that could work is Raiden going insane and he hears and sees Sam telling him to be better than this, better than him and it starts a boss fight from *Sam's* perspective with the same moveset as Raiden currently as you face against Jack the Ripper. This Sam is of course a delusion that Raiden sees in his madness but the fight will still be real. If I could write a song for the fight I'd make it a reprise of "The only thing I know is real", but with a few hints of other MGR themes and a different set of lyrics. I guess example lyrics of it would be... _My spirit was broken, My body was smoking, all I had left was only my name!_ _But now I see through my act of treason, was worth that whole reason that I left you my family's blade!_ _Your path has been broken, your end is uncertain, but it doesn't have to be this way you now feel!_ _You claim to know nothing but blood-shed, but I'll continue to shake my head._ _You were the one, left, who continued my fight when I once had ran from death._ _Because I know you have fought against your original fate. Oh, yeah!_ _You claim to know nothing but blood-shed, but I won't run again like I once let my past self done._ _Take back your identity, to know why we are the same._ _To find the truth in front of me, I must fight against the storming rage._ _Looking upwards to see the bright light! And finally remembering the reason I fight!_
I am so glad that you mentioned the detail in the music during the Armstrong fight, and how it parallels the same detail in the music during Sam's fight. It is my absolute favorite detail in the entire game.
it's a nice detail how the lyrics for "the only thing i know for real" relate to raiden's initial struggle with identity crisis, and knowing nothing but violence since he was a child. most of the boss fight themes comunicate the perspective of the boss in question, which contrast with raiden's personal experience. also, sam himself said that "the war was the big pay off", meaning that he eventually learned of armstrong's plans to use the war economy to destroy it, and create a world of anarchy where everyone gets to choose their own fights, instead of being told what to fight for. that was something he seemed to be looking forward to, but turning into another soldier fighting for someone else's ideals, and raiden taking down world marshall by himself, despite all the gaslighting done to stop him from playing the hero like sam once did, seem to have made him reevaluate it all.. anyway this video is amazing, great job.
One could even see Sam proceeding with the fight against Raiden anyways despite not being certain of his own beliefs as a means of carrying out the philosophy of seppuku. He became the thing he set out destroy, and even if there was a chance that the ends would justify the means, he was still willingly playing accomplice to World Marshall's atrocities. By fighting Raiden and setting a timer on the Murasama's lock in case he lost, he genuinely left it up to fate and atoned for his crimes.
funny how the calamity mod of terraria has a sword that looks exactly the same and has the same name, which is "murasama" and actually is the most powerful sword in that mod. It can be obtained by killing a very hard boss, there is also an alternative to get it and that is by naming your character "Jetstream Sam" or "Samuel Rodrigues".
Every bit of this fight is masterful. My favorite is when you knock Sam's sword away and he says "show me a good time Jack!" That line alone is Sam slightly acknowledging Jack's skill, but also demanding more of him, as if to say "you've disarmed me huh? Good job! Now take advantage of it!!". Almost like Sam is teaching Jack how to fight for real.
So many details. I really love this game for the philosophy behind each villain but this video describes it on a whole new level. Thanks for doing this video.
I think the sword's name might itself be a double edged sword, being both his family's most prized possession and still misinterpreted in origin. It might represent how Sam's origin and resulting culture and ethics are a mix of different cultures and he may not be the same as anything before him, but damn is he strong.
I’m just happy that we were able to finish what Sam began… with his weapon… this way he can finally rest In peace, as his “mission” (I guess) to destroy Armstrong and his empire… is fulfilled… Rest In Peace Samuel… you will always be my favorite Sword-fighter of the series… and I’m sure he will live on in our hearts…🥲
What a miracle a Brazilian character, who is not green and shoots lightning, or a secondary character who barely appears and has no prominence. Because most Americans and other gringos think that all Brazilians are Tarzans who are jumping from tree to tree and Negroes. Or there is only Amazon, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. PS: Kojima has a legion of fans here in Brazil. And when we found out that Sam is Brazilian, we were all proud and started to admire Kojima even more.
As a Brazilian, I honestly really like Sam. I guess it's because I got used by my country only being represented in fighting games, where the character's nationality is pretty much the whole point of them either by having our signature martial art Capoeira or by being... well, whatever the hell Blanka is. Sam is Brazilian but you definitely couldn't tell that without at least knowing his full name, his aesthetics are clearly much more Japanese-inspired, which still really fits since Brazil has quite a large Japanese community that has always been there, we're kinda defined by our cultural diversity so it's really cool to have a freaking Brazilian Samurai Cyborg representing all that. Plus it definitely helps that he's probably the most charismatic character in this whole game.
Fuck yes my dude. I've never been happier to be a subscriber. I've always had a fascination with Japanese Culture. I was once forced to work a few times a month for some scary people years ago because I had sticky fingers, but they were good to me. I learned some Japanese and they taught me more about myself than I knew. I miss them, they're all dead now and this video means the world to me. Sam was always one of my fav characters from MGS, I know it's a spin off but a freaking amazing one. I've been trying to learn how to use a blade again, it's been years, I've been practicing with a staff before I buy a new blade. Sam was one badass son of a gun, he did so much kick-ass stuff in his life. I wish I was half the man he was, hell I lost my way and wandered away from my honor and ideals. I've been trying to redeem myself since I left rehab and just now found the strength through Yeshua to help others. I've been uploading videos to help others. I don't care if people don't believe me, my truth is my truth. I hope I die an honorable death like Sam one day. But this untreatable cancer will probably take me out. Thank you again for this video and the peace it gave me tonight. Woke up at 3 pm and found out a woman I loved died, that got me caught up with the Japanese. She fell to liquor and pain pills. So this calmed me and reminded me of the man I once once. レッドフォックス Reddofokkusu I'll check out the Patreon. May Yeshua bless you friend. Waveo out.
Sam doing all of this with nothing more than a good body suit and one robotic arm is amazing, he truly earned his nickname and title because of the sheer strength and human will he has
In the end the east and west love each other's stuff and many of what's known today in movies, games and such was the result of reimagining and inspiration of each other's work. Neat Everything is a fanfiction.
I don't know what wires get tied in my head whenever I see this video, but for whatever stupid reason whenever I see it my brain automatically thinks that the thumbnail says Jerusalem Sam
Another thing to note is that Sam's mask harkens back to the "mempo," a form of armored face mask worn by samurai during the Feudal Era. They were often designed to look like demons, in the hopes it would frighten the wearer's enemies.
Don't forget that the finger twitching is nothing short of ICONIC for westerns, hovering over their gun in holster; ready to draw. That is a scene used an infinitesimal number of times in all forms of media.
Also when Raiden gets Sam's sword during the Armstrong fight he says "Let's dance" which is what Sam said before he fought raiden and Armstrong in the Dlc
Looking for Sam's cutscenes to give myself some motivation and ended up here. Great vid! Definitely increased my appreciation on the writing in this game. I did get the part you mentioned at the end, about Sam seeing a part of him in Jack. But the lyrics and all, I didn't interpreted them as literal as you pointed out. Your take still makes sense though. To me, he never really lost and left his behind entirely, but only let it stay dormant. Since he lost to Senator, he admitted he wasn't strong enough to make the change and reluctantly accepts World Marshal's ideal as Just. He 'taints his hand' in order to see this through, and meeting Raiden ignites the hope in him again so 'he takes his hand'. Man, the hand motif is really useful and clever. During their final fight, he said 'history will decide who's right". The playback in his sword he says "May the best man win", believing the stronger ideal always wins, just like how the Senator won him over. Rules of Nature baby. So he went all out on Jack and like you said, Raiden finally proved himself. Though I'd like to inquire the source of that interview at 2:56? Looks like an artbook, and artbook I dig. Will be checking your catalogue of vids. Good luck !
This game really was something unique. If not in it's gameplay, definitely in the story and the way it carries forwards all the themes of MGS. It had such huge potential to turn into a great franchise like DMC, shame Konami wasted it.
He's design being italian like makes a lot of sense, here on Brazil we have a lot of Italian descendents, myself included, because after the end of slavery here the farm owners didn't want to contract the free slaves so they bring a lot of italians to work here.
@@vergilthedeadbeat5474 Não é comum, mas tem. A maioria dos descendentes de eslavos no Brasil são poloneses e ucranianos, mas tem alguns poucos russos sim.
Cara se vc dar um pulo no rio vc vai ver um monte de gente nesse perfil. Especialmente surfistas. Eu n entendo o porquê de vcs quererem fzr nosso país um puxadinho da Itália, parece que vc n tem amor a pátria brother.
@@ramon1930 veio eu não falei que não amo o Brasil, tu tá extrapolando o que eu eu falei e tirando uma conclusão muito louca, só disse descendente de italiano porque que é a informação relevante no contexto de explicar porque o Sam é parecido com Italiano, mas se tu que que eu especifique sou também descendente de Africano, Tupi Guarani(o que fez meu pai querer me dar esse nome) e Polonês, ou seja aquela mistura maravilhosa que a maioria dos brasileiros são.
I actually think Sam's blade represents his doubt, he records on it his doubts and on a very basic level whenever he carries the blade the lyrics tell of his self doubt and hatred for what he is becoming. He then gives this burden to Raiden who proves the doubt wrong and shows that Sam could have overcome the challenges in front of him.
“Sam died knowing Raiden could accomplish what he couldn’t.”
The only thing I know for real is I’m not crying right now.
Our hearts broken the truth goes unspoken.
I feel I've forgotten it's just a game
*pats head like baymax* there, there
@@bluememe4652 we even forgotten our names
@@perrypougins379 I don't know the season, or what is the reason I'm standing here crying in shame
Another detail:
In Sam's DLC, he has an attack where after doing a quick draw, he blows smoke off of his sword sheath, akin to someone blowing off a gun barrel after firing.
That's because he has a hun sword with a magazine and trigger for faster quick draws.
He does that in the Main Game as well
it literally is a gun strapped onto his sheath so he could draw faster
@@bluecaptainIT it's easy to miss that, and I didn't even realize that, because he's wearing a metal mask
its inspired by the iconic revolver blow from spaghetti westerns of old, but we all knew that
Can't believe that Sam was such a Chad he took on a fucking metal gear, senator, and robot man who could suplex metal gears.
And most of all he had no cybernetic enhancements other than an arm and his suit.
only had that arm after taking on the Metal gear and senator
Raiden didn't save the world to be called fucking robot man
@Straight Busta Gene the godhand user?
@@popothecat9760 He means Gene from MGS: Portable Ops. God Hand Gene is pretty awesome though. XD
Nah, he had to have cybernetics in order to jump high, use Zandatsu (blade mode,) the ability to royally piss off machines, cyborgs, and Haki-using Senators, and cut a freakin' Metal Gear in half by just drawing his sword.
Another neat fact is that Raiden's mask is the opposite of Sam's: Raiden's hides his eyes and shows his mouth, Sam hides his mouth but shows his eyes.
That's gotta have some kind of symbolism deep in there but I have no idea what it is besides Sam's mask resembling that of an outlaw's, hiding his identity
I have no real clue what could this symbolize at all, but I could give a theory on what I personally think it symbolizes.
Sam hides his mouth, because like the video stated, Sam is trying to mask his identity like those cowboys, but I don't believe that's what it's truly trying to say, because there's no point in hiding your identity behind a mask when everyone knows who you are. What I think this really symbolizes is that Sam hides behind a mask because he doesn't want to listen to whatever tells him he's going down the wrong path because he's already made his choice. There is nothing that can stop Sam from going against World Marshel due to him losing a part of himself. He doesn't want to argue with anyone about ideals, but he is watching and observing to possibly see how his actions speak louder than his words.
Raiden, on the other hand, masks his face because he doesn't want to change his ideals at all, being stoneheaded into them, refusing to accept anything that someone tells him, unlike Sam. Sam is watching and observing, wanting to change his ideals because he sees a future where Raiden will uphold his legacy, whereas Raiden doesn't like to change it at all, because he's already convinced himself he's going down the right path.
Think about it. When Armstrong destroyed the thing that covers Raiden's eyes, Raiden was observing and watching, even deciding to listen to Armstrong's speech about what he believes. When masked behind the thing covering his eyes, he believes Senator Armstrong is just another corrupt politician, which explains the theme "Collective Consciousness", because Raiden is telling himself this is what Armstrong is. When Armstrong gets rid of it, the final boss theme is almost like an apology between the two, understanding each other's ideals despite the fact that one of them has to die to continue on down the path of what they believe is right. However, that's only if you assume it applies for both of them. Most likely, it applies for Raiden, because Raiden is the one that this song is suppose to represent. Raiden, no longer masked, sees Armstrong's ideals, but regrettably has to kill him instead of believing in his own ideals, and Raiden changes his ideal of his sword only being a means of justice, because he gets Sam's blade. He no longer wishes to fight for justice but rather anger and vengeance.
At the end of the game, you can notice Raiden possibly believing a bit in Armstrong's philosophy, saying people fight for causes they don't believe in. He even changes his appearence, now having a suit and tie just like Armstrong. Raiden used his mask to mask his ideals and wouldn't allow himself to be convinced to the ideals of others, unlike Sam. Sam knew what he was doing was wrong but couldn't stop himself from fighting because he lost himself already, but he knew Raiden was going down the right path in his opinion.
That's what I believe at least.
@@ellieprion7488
Yeah like a bandana
@@Marxsychosis
Or maybe he just wanted to protect his chin from all the damage Raiden took in that specific place ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@ellieprion7488 It's also basically just a futuristic version of a Samurai's Menpo, perhaps to contrast him even more with the Ninja-like Raiden.
Its amazing how a game where a texas senator drop kicks a cyborg ninja with a crowd cheering has some very deep philosophical arguments about the nature of human conflict.
And the best part it holds up well. TOO WELL. kojima is a genius.
What did you expect? It's a game by Kojima.
Colardo senator
@@onerandomdude4015 right shoot.
@@Moostar95 Wasn't one of the things that characterized this game the fact that it wasn't directed by Kojima?
One amazing little known detail to note:
In the Japanese release of Rising, androids and cyborgs will typically have white blood instead of red. Typically, as Sam is one of the only characters who bleeds with the red as opposed to the white. Showing how human he truly was the whole time.
Wow.
Haven't played MGRR in years but didn't Bladewolf tell Raiden that Sam was mostly human and that his arm was his only cyborg part after Raiden hills him?
@@JFLEstudios Yes I believe that is correct. It's amazing to see just how strong he was having only a cybernetic arm and an exosuit to combat people like Raiden and Monsoon who are more machine than human. Dude was wickedly capable
@@JFLEstudios yes and the only reason he have robotic arm is becouse he got it heavly damages but Armstrong during last fight in dlc
Yeah, it’s why we never get to chop him up, the blood geyser after Raiden’s stab was the dramatic reveal.
It’s interesting that when Sam is disarmed, and attacks with his cybernetic arm, there is a red warning flash, but when he kicks, there isn’t one. I think his kick is actually the only attack in the game without a red or yellow warning flash. It really gives an impression that he is unpredictable and aimless without his weapon, although still very well trained and deadly.
Well I think its because its the only non cyborg attack. His cyborg arm is his only cyborg part, his suit is just that. A suit.
@@mightyradish9672 yeah
... Cyborg samurai (the common ennemy) have the exact same attack, without any warning
Some metal gear rays attacks don't have flashing too
maxentirunos I thought the cyborg version totally did have a warning flash
I want you all to notice something. When Sam cut Armstrong’s arm, it was in a sharp angle. When he cut Raiden’s arm, it was a perfect straight cut, he also cut further up the arm past the elbow joint rendering it useless. (Also, his face guard writing on the sides read “Combat Oxygen Supplier”).
Por que ele fez isso? Aliás, "Colgate, a marca número um dos dentistas. 9/10 dentistas aprovam."
@@Peheal provavelmente pq ele n queria q a mesma coisa q aconteceu com o Armstrong acontecece de novo.
Increasing his supply of oxygen probably comes with a LOT of bonuses. Moving at speeds capable of keeping up with someone like Raiden would make breathing difficult, and artificially regulating his oxygen intake would also keep him awake and maximize his stamina longer in combat, and since he's mostly organic, his body probably tires out quicker from moving around in a suit that makes his muscles move exponentially faster. Let's also not rule out how difficult it would be to breathe at all with an unguarded face on top of a train.
*edit* I just realized he wasn't wearing his mask on the train but my point still stands
Learning from his mistakes.
6:00
"You fight because you're forced to.
I fight because I choose to."
“Let dance”
We are not the same
Armstrong: *No*
"My design... is flawed"
Good guy Sam: when Blade Wolf says that he lost to Sam because his design is flawed, Sam says that it's not that Blade Wolf is defective - it's just that Sam was really, really good.
Raidens' mask covers his eyes but leaves the mouth open, blinding him from the truth but freely speaking his ideals, while sams' covers his mouth but keeps the eyes free, allowing him to see the truth of the world around him but preventing him from speaking about it to others.
Zamn
Zamn baby
Then in the final battle, Armstrong breaks Raiden's mask.
Zamn
@@RandomL0s3r holy shit
I feel sad for Sam, he lost the fire to keep his ideals, and became empty, feeling only the cold wind, and nothing else
Cold wind of despair
Brazilian Minuano wind.
Dam 666 likes bruh
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Fear not. For the sole reason why he joined Desperado was to find someone strong enough, stronger than him, to kill Armstrong.
And he did.
I once heard someone say in one point in history that gunslingers or duelists, samurai, Pirates, and Knights all existed to some capacity at the same time. He then went on to say that you could produce a story that has a group with a gunslinger, failed samurai, failed Knight, and a shippless pirate and it would still be historically accurate. Has nothing to do with the video but if anyone can elaborate and tell me more details on this I'd really appreciate it, alot.
Thank god I'm not the only one who remembers
The last samurai to ever exist died in 1877. knights were still a thing until some time in the 1700s when guns became too strong for conventional armor to help, but armor in general was still used until some time in the 1800s, and swords were still a thing until the world wars. The wild west was from 1865 to 1895 (1865 was when the first real revolver was created, but gunslingers of the sort definitely could've existed before then, the first revolver was in 1835 and way before that single shots were a thing), the golden age of piracy was from the 1650s to the 1730s, but pirates still exist even today in places such as Somali, boats and all.
So very early 1800s could have a samurai, a knight who refuses to accept plate armor isn't effective anymore or transitioning into the lighter variants that are more common for the time, a pirate is just some robber dude with boat experience, a flintlock and a sword, and a gun expert that is flying through rifle shots or flintlocks with as much speed as possible. It's not a perfect mesh, but it seems very much possible if you're wanting a pseudo-realistic DnD type thing. Just be prepared for the knight to die quickly if a rifle is pointed at him.
@@megasuperiordude much appreciated partner. But Knights are still a thing to this day. Just like sir Issac Newton, Steven Spielberg was knighted by the queen. So technically the director of E.T is a knight. But that's completely ceremonious and he wouldn't really do anything Knights in the 1700s do.
@@megasuperiordude *My faith is my shield !*
@@lordscrubugus9897 *My face is my shield*
People actually looking deeper into and past the memes in MGR? I love it.
Always
You cant ignore the memes or they will destroy the world
Thr memes are the bonus
Strangely enough Jetstream Sam is something my friends always talked serious about
It's pretty bestest
"Come to Brazil, Raiden."
-Samuel "Jetstream Sam" Rodriguez, 2018
for real tho Metal Gear has some kickass and lovable rival characters. for a game franchise revolving around global conspiracies and tragic heroes, especially.
Rodrigues*
No Z bro
We are literally currently living in a world ruled by whoever has the strongest memes and people think all the meme talk in this game is a joke.
YOU think people think that. Guess you wanna be smart really badly, huh?
@@littlemoth4956 nono he's got a point
litterally
corporations these days use memes to try to sell whatever they're selling and it WORKS
people buy their products it not because its better but because they were "funny and relatable" and if whatever politician were to use memes to try and get votes
it would 100% work
The G.W. AI lecture in MGS2 is considered "the most profound moment in video gaming" because of its fortelling of social media manipulation. This game was released to a more high-octane generation of gamers that have trouble seeing past THE MEMEZ and UG-suplexing. But the astute Metal Gear player sees the core of this game's events as another harolding of societal manipulation.
But in fairness, the original Deus Ex gave us our first glimpse of meme warfare.
4:35
Sam the mercenary from tf2
MGR needs a remaster or a sequel honestly, same for Asura's Wrath
Asura"s wrath might be possible, but the mgr sequel idea was shelved after Kojima's fallout with platinum
Alvi Syahri Kojima didn’t write MGRR but he gave it form and a tangible direction. At least I believe so
this game has graphics like freaken RE2: R
and Death stranding
@@quitspoem8651 the main problem isn’t with platinum it’s with Konami holding the rights to the game Kojima expressed that he’d like to work for a sequel with platinum
@Alvi Syahri well Kojima dropped from Konami
The thing about “Italian and Greek looking” but also Japanese inspired Samurai and western cowboy could be a nod on how South America and Brazil specifically is just a mix of multiple heritages that create their own culture as Brazilian, many descendants of Brazilian households in one neighbourhood could be of completely different descent from Japan all the way to the east up to America all the way to the west, so Sam having Italian roots might be possible, my mother is a “full blooded” Brazilian but her mother is a descendant of the Brazilian native tribes of the Yanomami and her father is from the Netherlands and my father is from Portugal, and I live in germay, multiculturalism is part of the Brazilian history
That gives an explanation for stuff like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Multiculturalism!
as a brazilian, I can confirm: it's true
Yep. Brazil has the largest italian and japanese population outside their original countries, mainly on the state of São Paulo, where nearly half of the population have italian ancestry, like Rodrigo Santoro (Westworld, 300, as Xerxes), and a great bunch of them of japanese ancestry like Lyoto Machida, MMA champion and karate fighter. The "Liberdade" in the city of São Paulo is also the largest japanese community outside Japan. So, it's not hard to meet people like Sam. As a matter of fact, three of my uncles and two of my cousins are actually japanese-italian-brazilians.
Então você é meio brasileiro como eu, legal. Eu sou um BR, mas meu pai é Russo. Minha mãe é descendente de italianos por parte da minha avó e de tribos índigenas pelo meu avô.
@@vergilthedeadbeat5474 Meio brasileiro? kkkk como que funciona isso?
I love how Sam in his first fight with Raiden he left him with the same scar and rip apart arm that he has
also note that he learned
he learned not to give them a sharp stick to impale him with
you never know when your enemy will harden his diagonally cut arm and stab you
Sam lost function of his right arm. Raiden had his left arm completely sliced off
Another layer to the relation between his Japanese and Italian heritage is the fact that he is from São Paulo, which has a huge population with descended from Japanese and Italian immigrants.
Com a referência direta de Minuano, dificilmente ele é de São Paulo, ele provavelmente nasceu entre os 3 estados do Sul pois o Minuano é características desses estados, e enquanto a descendência Japonesa/italiana Paraná e Rio Grande do Sul preenchem esse quesito
@@Adriano_Kohls Isso não tem nada a ver, Mistral é da Argélia porém o vento que ela representa somente sopra nos alpes franceses, Sundowner é do Alabama mas seu vento vem da Califórnia, Khamsin é Americano mas seu vento sopra no Oriente Médio, a localização dos ventos não representa necessariamente de onde o personagem vem.
@@JohnnyLouisXIX correto, o vento é mais pelas características deles do que necessariamente onde nasceram.
@@JohnnyLouisXIX mas dentre fatos esse é o único que nós temos, não há nada que aponte que ele vem de São Paulo, e algo que aponta que ele vem do sul.
@@roygreed São Paulo é o estado com o maior número de Japoneses
The fact that long after the games realse people still discuss it proves just how great it really was. Can’t wait to see analysis of Armstrong’s ideologies
If you haven't seen it yet, someone has done an analysis of his Ideologies, and an overall analysis of his character in contrast to Raiden: th-cam.com/video/J0Txjd4PwNA/w-d-xo.html
No joke, for my college music course, I chose for my essay on song meanings to be on "The Only Thing I Know For Real." The instructor actually liked the meaning behind the song, and after watching this video, I learned to love it even more.
Love to hear what your college instructor thought about your essay, did he listen to the song as well? Maybe play the game?
Also, Sam lost his right arm, while Raiden lost his left. Signifying how both of them combine to make a full set of arms, completing the half they are both missing.
Now I want to see a deep analysis of Sundowner, The Alabama warmonger. All im saying is.. GIVE WAR A CHANCE
I hope we'll get that video in the good ol' days after 9/11
@@aphato2770 Eh, he'll need to get in touch with his inner child first.
@@walkermcmullin8665 I doubt he can criticize him in any way though, Sundowner's fuckin' invincible, after all.
@@aphato2770 He won't release it for now. Not while it's still useful.
Bro, Sundowner is my favorite of the Winds and despite his flawed boss fight (though still awesome if you dont pull a dummy and forget to cut his shields off), hes just so much fun and I wanna know his backstory better. God, why couldnt we have a Sundowner DLC?
Sam is love.
Sam is live.
When he died, I kept on cry.
😂 Says the man who dream too much and meet the Jack Ripper in action
I think “the only one left will ride upon the dragons back” just means that whoever won their final duel would drive off on sams motorcycle
and then raiden fucking marathon ran on foot
Imagine being not only 1, but 2 cliches, but also being a likeable, well written, and badass character.
With this now in place, we have laid the groundwork for "The Glory of Nanomachines". Perfect.
Nanomemes, child
Hue hue my people have a spy in this game Brasil 🇧🇷
I always loved how Raiden was more like a Ninja and Sam was a samurai. Even the way they hold their swords, and their stances. I know Raiden isn't 100% a Ninja, but he's more Ninja like than Samurai.
Also Sam's theme is fucking godlike. Very few songs get my blood pumping as much as it.
Raiden was always a shinobi, since MGS2. He's always been an agent rather than a fighter, until rising of course, but even in Rising he still uses the disguise in Mexico, owing to his stealthful nature. Even in stature the two are contrasted, Sam is wide and burly, while Raiden is slimmer and leaner.
@@theta_clips what’s more is that when playing as Raiden you get the option to do stealth kills, but playing as Sam in his DLC you don’t.
@@daddy_1453 Samurai could be shinobi, if they want. Hanzo Hattori was a shinobi and at the same time, a samurai.
In real life, ninja aren't supposed to engage in combat
@@theta_clips sam thicc
The rivalry between Sam and Jack, as well as their ideals, has to be one of my favorite rivalries in all of gaming.
I also like the contrast of them
Sam is mostly human, with 1 cyborg limb
Raiden is that much of a cyborg even his blood his artificial with barely any human parts left in him
Just to add something, Brazil is an extremely culturally diverse country, we have a lot of Italians and Japanese people, so sam looking a little Italian and having a Japanese family could very much happen over here
His mask can represent a bandana, but it also looks alot like a samurai mempo, which was a face peice worn by the samurai attached to their helmet, but the masterless samurai know as ronin also wore them without helmet
"He was confident Raiden could do what he couldn't"
you're gana carry that weight
Aren't you, space cowboy...
As a brazilian
I love the fact that Sam is brazilian too
The patriot in me is very happy with this
"Why won't you die?!"
"Huehue br men KKKKK"
Ver brasileiros em mídia estrangeria é algo tão satisfatório
@@pedrohsilva7473 Opa, como vai compatriota?
@@OGrupxe é bom ver que tem muitos brasileiros por aqui. Fico feliz
Grande dia
1:45 Its never going to be equal. Sam's barely enhanced, and fights mostly with his superiority, while raiden has to tech himself up just to be able to have a chance against him.
There will never be another swordmaster as good as Sam.
Idk about ever
Sam was xp vs Raiden's tech
I have to disagree with you there. When you call Doktor, he says straight up that technology wouldn't be the deciding factor in the duel. Obviously you can't take that at face value, but you gotta remember that just cause Sam's not fully augmented, doesn't make his tech a slouch compared to Raiden's. Sam was clearly able to catch and momentarily stop a downward cleave from Raiden with his bare hands, he's able to block multiple hits from a fully enhanced Raiden with one hand on his sword before losing his balance, his armor could tank hooks from Armstrong, and the exosuit provides enough strength behind his HF blade and attacks to cut a Metal Gear RAY clean in half. Raiden won fair and square, and only lost the first time because even Sam knew he wasn't at the top of his game.
@Aquarium Gravel You know thats a good point
sam’s literally wearing an exosuit ala solidus so he can keep up with cyborgs. otherwise yeah his perception is pretty fucking insane since he can react to raiden’s sub-relative sword swings
I actually love Jetstream Sam and if I’m being honest i don’t get all the hate MGR gets it was such a great game and Sam was a splendid character and when I saw the notification I never expected an mgr video and then the god tier theme of his fight in the end with Raiden oh don’t even get me started
Edit:To clarify what I mean by hate is people talk a lot of bad on the official videos or the reviews on the store
For me is the fact that it was not made by Kojima and it is weird when considering what the end of mgs4 is suppose to represent.
I don’t hate it but as part of the metal gear series, it lives a weird taste in my mouth.
Yeah, and Armstrong is one of my favorite villains of series by far
I think the only 3 hates that I hear a lot are:
1 , the game being somewhat short , true , most campaign games are short , but at least some give you freedom to make a whole level or play someone's level , like in DOOM 2016
2 , the game not having a sequel despite being out for 7 years , and it also sequel baits at the end of the game , that's infuriating
3 , the fact that it's the only game that lets you freely cut enemies , although this is more of a hate on the industry rather then the game itself , come on gaming companies , 7 years and we still didn't get anything like it
@@edselcervantes6229 There's been weirder shit in this franchise. I do t see a problem besides the change in combat. I think it needed a change in gameplay, as there's only so much you can do with stealth compared to a game like this.
@@djordjepopovic7568 (Apologies if this gets a little long.)
The second point you raised is no fault of the game itself, but of Konami as the publisher that owns the Metal Gear IP doing nothing with Revengeance despite its unexpected success. Third point I'll give you because despite the Fox Engine that Konami has ownership of showing some real promise in Revengeance and MGS5, nothing meaningful has been done with it. It's wasted potential. I can kind of get how some people would vent that particular frustration on the game, even if it is unreasonable, and ultimately it ties into the second point since Konami is involved.
First point has more to do with the nature of the developer, Platinum Games, and their design philosophy with what they develop. A lot of the staff who worked on Revengeance were some of the same people who worked on the first three Devil May Cry games, and those games have a similar structure in their narrative, how missions/acts are staged, and the length of the game. A big part of the replayability of their games (including Bayonetta 1&2, Transformers: Devastation, and more recently Astral Chain) is that their main stories are compact and tight, meant to work with an entertaining narrative that has some complexity, but never leaning too far into a narrative experience. Standard playtime for these kinds of games is between four to ten hours, depending on if you're exploring/having difficulty/speedrunning/farming to upgrade skills/finding collectibles. Story and gameplay have to work together, because these are video *games*, not interactive movies. This allows players who enjoyed the gameplay to repeat the game on higher difficulties to test and refine their skills, which is given direct feedback through the scoring system. So those who get mad or dislike Revengeance for the first point you raised kind of miss the whole point of character action games, and that Revengeance is about enjoying the ride that is the story AND gameplay.
As for me, I don't really hang around circles that openly dislike or hate Revengeance. I know one person online who really dislikes the game, but that's more due to specific characters causing her an intense emotional reaction from the philosophies they espouse, and it really angers and freaks her out that they'd say such things.
I believe the choice of Brazil for being Sam's homeland was on point. He is the fusion of the conceptions of the Samurai from the east, and Cowboys from the West. Brazil has huge japanese and italian communities since the earliest years of the 1900s, creating a pretty interesting culture combination. Sam's also very outgoing and charismatic, a big steriotype amongst brazilians, as this cultural fusion agregates to the people and make them more united, which leads to this typical friendly and charming behavior.
Poeple in 2020: "Sam is so cool."
Me who always thought he was cool: "Hey I've seen this one."
yeah I also think he's cool
Literally, the cool brazilian wind
I challenged myself to beat Sam without healing and only using Raiden's katana, and I managed to do it. The sense of honor and pride I felt was shockingly immense, to be honest.
I challenged myself with doing a no-hit run on the hardest difficulty. I'm not entirely sure if I did it but I remember for sure that Sam and Armstrong I was able to do it successfully. Which was pretty satisfying. Incidentally I only used the Katana because I may have forgotten about the other weapons and I was most comfortable using it
Like a true samurai
i did that accidentally because i had no nanopaste
This is the Only Way to Actually Fight Sam, Any way else is just Disrespectful
i played the entire game without heals because i chose to. it was too easy with heals i only used 1 repair nanopaste on the first play during the monsoon fight
Sam: Has an actual development
Me the first time seeing him: Haha, pretty boyyy.
I love how MGR doesn’t just throw music around carelessly. If there’s music, it has a purpose, if the music has lyrics, those lyrics have purpose, if the music loses their lyrics, that loss has purpose.
Soo, Just realized something, Minuano is a word that is only used in the south part of Brazil, at this part of the country, most of it's people have European ancestry(mostly from Italy and Germany) that can be a justification to why Sam looks so ,you know, italian
Minuano is a indigenous tribe in the South of Brazil. But yes, the southern region of Brazil are mostly populated by germans and italians. Actually, german is a co-offical language in many cities in the south. The italians and japanese are more common in São Paulo (southeast region).
I am brazilian but I don't know nothing about minuano. But here in Parana I heard something about this. I need to learn more about my own country.
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for all we know he's a knight too.
Bro his look is so normal in Brazil, it is not a italian thing.
You know despite being the primary protagonist of the series, and a timeless industry-defining icon, I never see character breakdowns like this for Solid Snake. Think you can fill those shoes?
That's gonna be a big ass shoe
When I played Metal gear rising and saw this character, it felt like love at first sight
I understand why, that shit eating grin, can't help but love him
Same even though I've never played the game. I LOVE him😍
I took the vocals in the songs leaving with the blade being more that the sword is how Sam and Raiden articulate those feelings. Without it they still have that feeling (the music playing) but only with a sword in hand can they articulate it (The lyrics staying with the blade).
I love going back and replaying this Boss fight. We need more MGS content on this channel!
Sam's theme is awesome
@@binho2010ish *red sun intensifies*
@@binho2010ish I love how Sam's theme is also less 'robotic-sounding' if you know what I mean? It's good old fashioned heavy metal, with some amazing lyrics. Plus, I also hear flutes in the background. The lyrics also being about loss of one's identity feel really personal and somewhat relatable.
Bah, let's face it, the entire OST of this game is god-tier.
@@hagoromootsutski9058 I know exactly what you mean.
How MGR wants you to know about Samuel: A deep character who lost porpoise due revenge, he seeks what he has lost in Raiden and is made as a weapon by desperado.
What i understood about Samuel: Brazilians can double jump
Jetstream Sam is unironically one of my favourite characters ever and I'm glad you made this!
So much depth in such a short game, bro. They need to revisit this because it's pure genius
the beat you can hear faintly in the background at the beginning is Breath of a serpent from Katana Zero
MGRR is seriously underrated, IMHO. From the easy-to-learn-hard-to-master swordplay, to the timeless memes, to its deeper philosophical points. This game has a special place in my library.
If there ever is a sequel I still hope that they reveal Sam somehow lived and he is the one to face Raiden again after Raiden goes off the deep end with Jack. To remind him to be the better man.
That would be dope
could you imagine playing mgrr 2 and raidens gone fucking batshit in like a cutscene or something
theres the sound of approaching footsteps paired with the sound of win
then, and only then, would sam's theme start playing
Or maybe play as a new character in the game that fights with raiden and during the fight, plays sam's theme with different lyrics
Actually I think a better idea on how that could work is Raiden going insane and he hears and sees Sam telling him to be better than this, better than him and it starts a boss fight from *Sam's* perspective with the same moveset as Raiden currently as you face against Jack the Ripper. This Sam is of course a delusion that Raiden sees in his madness but the fight will still be real.
If I could write a song for the fight I'd make it a reprise of "The only thing I know is real", but with a few hints of other MGR themes and a different set of lyrics.
I guess example lyrics of it would be...
_My spirit was broken, My body was smoking, all I had left was only my name!_
_But now I see through my act of treason, was worth that whole reason that I left you my family's blade!_
_Your path has been broken, your end is uncertain, but it doesn't have to be this way you now feel!_
_You claim to know nothing but blood-shed, but I'll continue to shake my head._
_You were the one, left, who continued my fight when I once had ran from death._
_Because I know you have fought against your original fate. Oh, yeah!_
_You claim to know nothing but blood-shed, but I won't run again like I once let my past self done._
_Take back your identity, to know why we are the same._
_To find the truth in front of me, I must fight against the storming rage._
_Looking upwards to see the bright light! And finally remembering the reason I fight!_
@@merchantziro4285 Neat idea
3:23 For any of you degenerates, the girl is from Muramasa Rebirth. A game released originally on the Wii and remastered on Vita.
MGR was my first MG game. So it does hold a special place in my heart despite all the memes.
I am so glad that you mentioned the detail in the music during the Armstrong fight, and how it parallels the same detail in the music during Sam's fight.
It is my absolute favorite detail in the entire game.
I love the soundtrack for MGR so much! The lyrics were well thought out for each of the characters/bosses
Hands down one of the best OSTs in gaming. Right up there with the greatest of soundtracks.
it's a nice detail how the lyrics for "the only thing i know for real" relate to raiden's initial struggle with identity crisis, and knowing nothing but violence since he was a child.
most of the boss fight themes comunicate the perspective of the boss in question, which contrast with raiden's personal experience.
also, sam himself said that "the war was the big pay off", meaning that he eventually learned of armstrong's plans to use the war economy to destroy it, and create a world of anarchy where everyone gets to choose their own fights, instead of being told what to fight for.
that was something he seemed to be looking forward to, but turning into another soldier fighting for someone else's ideals, and raiden taking down world marshall by himself, despite all the gaslighting done to stop him from playing the hero like sam once did, seem to have made him reevaluate it all..
anyway this video is amazing, great job.
One could even see Sam proceeding with the fight against Raiden anyways despite not being certain of his own beliefs as a means of carrying out the philosophy of seppuku. He became the thing he set out destroy, and even if there was a chance that the ends would justify the means, he was still willingly playing accomplice to World Marshall's atrocities. By fighting Raiden and setting a timer on the Murasama's lock in case he lost, he genuinely left it up to fate and atoned for his crimes.
funny how the calamity mod of terraria has a sword that looks exactly the same and has the same name, which is "murasama" and actually is the most powerful sword in that mod. It can be obtained by killing a very hard boss, there is also an alternative to get it and that is by naming your character "Jetstream Sam" or "Samuel Rodrigues".
It's in the hell lab IIRC, it's only USABLE under those condition.
We need a prequel where Sam goes to take his father's revenge and the game ends by Sam taking his eye scar.
Sam is probably one of my favorite video game characters ever created by a considerable margin. Thanks for the awesome video
I love how sam *literally* disarms all of his opponents
Jetstream Sam is probably my favorite character in any media. Everytime I see him I grin all stupid cause he's just so fuckin cool in every way.
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I swear jetstream sam mastered the ancient technique of doing the grin that makes you want to punch his teeth out lmao
Every bit of this fight is masterful. My favorite is when you knock Sam's sword away and he says "show me a good time Jack!"
That line alone is Sam slightly acknowledging Jack's skill, but also demanding more of him, as if to say "you've disarmed me huh? Good job! Now take advantage of it!!".
Almost like Sam is teaching Jack how to fight for real.
I love that you show Katana Zero footage. Loved that game.
So many details. I really love this game for the philosophy behind each villain but this video describes it on a whole new level. Thanks for doing this video.
This is your best work .
Man, been a Brazilian myself, Sam Is my favorite character so far in games. Thanks for video, i always wanted to know all of it.
Eh mesmo dane-se
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I think the sword's name might itself be a double edged sword, being both his family's most prized possession and still misinterpreted in origin. It might represent how Sam's origin and resulting culture and ethics are a mix of different cultures and he may not be the same as anything before him, but damn is he strong.
Samuel Rodrigues is the perfect character to represent my country. I am so happy for this.
I’m just happy that we were able to finish what Sam began… with his weapon… this way he can finally rest In peace, as his “mission” (I guess) to destroy Armstrong and his empire… is fulfilled… Rest In Peace Samuel… you will always be my favorite Sword-fighter of the series… and I’m sure he will live on in our hearts…🥲
What a miracle a Brazilian character, who is not green and shoots lightning, or a secondary character who barely appears and has no prominence. Because most Americans and other gringos think that all Brazilians are Tarzans who are jumping from tree to tree and Negroes. Or there is only Amazon, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. PS: Kojima has a legion of fans here in Brazil. And when we found out that Sam is Brazilian, we were all proud and started to admire Kojima even more.
Kojima didn’t creat the character tho, he didn't have much to do with MGRR
As a Brazilian, I honestly really like Sam. I guess it's because I got used by my country only being represented in fighting games, where the character's nationality is pretty much the whole point of them either by having our signature martial art Capoeira or by being... well, whatever the hell Blanka is. Sam is Brazilian but you definitely couldn't tell that without at least knowing his full name, his aesthetics are clearly much more Japanese-inspired, which still really fits since Brazil has quite a large Japanese community that has always been there, we're kinda defined by our cultural diversity so it's really cool to have a freaking Brazilian Samurai Cyborg representing all that. Plus it definitely helps that he's probably the most charismatic character in this whole game.
Someone finally did this video. I've been wanting a breakdown of Sam's philosophy and story for ages now.
What makes sam the best for me is the fact he just fights because he wants to, not for any higher cause, just for himself
Finally, a meme worth calling pretty!
MGR is soooooo underrated, I'm so glad someone is taking a look at it.
omg it's so good to see some brazilian representation in games, thank you for making such a good video about such a good character
Jetstrean Sam, Katana Zero, nice music choices, etc. I LOVE THIS VIDEO!
Fuck yes my dude. I've never been happier to be a subscriber.
I've always had a fascination with Japanese Culture. I was once forced to work a few times a month for some scary people years ago because I had sticky fingers, but they were good to me. I learned some Japanese and they taught me more about myself than I knew.
I miss them, they're all dead now and this video means the world to me. Sam was always one of my fav characters from MGS, I know it's a spin off but a freaking amazing one. I've been trying to learn how to use a blade again, it's been years, I've been practicing with a staff before I buy a new blade.
Sam was one badass son of a gun, he did so much kick-ass stuff in his life. I wish I was half the man he was, hell I lost my way and wandered away from my honor and ideals. I've been trying to redeem myself since I left rehab and just now found the strength through Yeshua to help others. I've been uploading videos to help others. I don't care if people don't believe me, my truth is my truth. I hope I die an honorable death like Sam one day. But this untreatable cancer will probably take me out.
Thank you again for this video and the peace it gave me tonight. Woke up at 3 pm and found out a woman I loved died, that got me caught up with the Japanese. She fell to liquor and pain pills. So this calmed me and reminded me of the man I once once.
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I'll check out the Patreon. May Yeshua bless you friend. Waveo out.
YESSSS YESSS YESSS THANK YOU!!!
Sam doing all of this with nothing more than a good body suit and one robotic arm is amazing, he truly earned his nickname and title because of the sheer strength and human will he has
In the end the east and west love each other's stuff and many of what's known today in movies, games and such was the result of reimagining and inspiration of each other's work.
Neat
Everything is a fanfiction.
as the song says
Losing my identity wondering have i gone insane to find the truth in front of me i must climb this mountain range
I never expected you'd make a vid for Sam but hell am I glad you did. Keep up with the awesome content!
I don't know what wires get tied in my head whenever I see this video, but for whatever stupid reason whenever I see it my brain automatically thinks that the thumbnail says Jerusalem Sam
The most Human Boss in the whole Game, besides his right arm and suit, no cybernetics, just Dedicated Training, Pure Skill….
*All Sam…*
Another thing to note is that Sam's mask harkens back to the "mempo," a form of armored face mask worn by samurai during the Feudal Era. They were often designed to look like demons, in the hopes it would frighten the wearer's enemies.
Don't forget that the finger twitching is nothing short of ICONIC for westerns, hovering over their gun in holster; ready to draw. That is a scene used an infinitesimal number of times in all forms of media.
Bro fr beat all of the Bosses without even having any major cybernetic enhancements other than his power suit
Dude I never in a million years thought you'd make an analysis on mgs not even talking about Mgr and even on my favorite character, damn man thanks 😁
Also when Raiden gets Sam's sword during the Armstrong fight he says "Let's dance" which is what Sam said before he fought raiden and Armstrong in the Dlc
The samurai/cowboy connection has always fascinated me.
Looking for Sam's cutscenes to give myself some motivation and ended up here. Great vid! Definitely increased my appreciation on the writing in this game. I did get the part you mentioned at the end, about Sam seeing a part of him in Jack. But the lyrics and all, I didn't interpreted them as literal as you pointed out. Your take still makes sense though.
To me, he never really lost and left his behind entirely, but only let it stay dormant. Since he lost to Senator, he admitted he wasn't strong enough to make the change and reluctantly accepts World Marshal's ideal as Just. He 'taints his hand' in order to see this through, and meeting Raiden ignites the hope in him again so 'he takes his hand'. Man, the hand motif is really useful and clever. During their final fight, he said 'history will decide who's right". The playback in his sword he says "May the best man win", believing the stronger ideal always wins, just like how the Senator won him over. Rules of Nature baby. So he went all out on Jack and like you said, Raiden finally proved himself.
Though I'd like to inquire the source of that interview at 2:56? Looks like an artbook, and artbook I dig. Will be checking your catalogue of vids. Good luck !
This game really was something unique. If not in it's gameplay, definitely in the story and the way it carries forwards all the themes of MGS. It had such huge potential to turn into a great franchise like DMC, shame Konami wasted it.
The only thing I know for real is not only works for Sam but also for Riden.
This game brings back memories
Yeah, alot of them
Its amazing how this game is simple and straightforward but at the same time, full of details and complexities.
He's design being italian like makes a lot of sense, here on Brazil we have a lot of Italian descendents, myself included, because after the end of slavery here the farm owners didn't want to contract the free slaves so they bring a lot of italians to work here.
Pai russo, acho que sou único.
@@vergilthedeadbeat5474 único o que?
@@vergilthedeadbeat5474 Não é comum, mas tem. A maioria dos descendentes de eslavos no Brasil são poloneses e ucranianos, mas tem alguns poucos russos sim.
Cara se vc dar um pulo no rio vc vai ver um monte de gente nesse perfil. Especialmente surfistas. Eu n entendo o porquê de vcs quererem fzr nosso país um puxadinho da Itália, parece que vc n tem amor a pátria brother.
@@ramon1930 veio eu não falei que não amo o Brasil, tu tá extrapolando o que eu eu falei e tirando uma conclusão muito louca, só disse descendente de italiano porque que é a informação relevante no contexto de explicar porque o Sam é parecido com Italiano, mas se tu que que eu especifique sou também descendente de Africano, Tupi Guarani(o que fez meu pai querer me dar esse nome) e Polonês, ou seja aquela mistura maravilhosa que a maioria dos brasileiros são.
What a glorious, handsome man.
I actually think Sam's blade represents his doubt, he records on it his doubts and on a very basic level whenever he carries the blade the lyrics tell of his self doubt and hatred for what he is becoming. He then gives this burden to Raiden who proves the doubt wrong and shows that Sam could have overcome the challenges in front of him.
thank you for calling me glorious