The psycho mantis part has to be the greatest 4th wall break ever. Imagine you in the 90s. And he does that to your controller. I was freaked out the first time.
and then he tells you what games you have played after the system scans the memory car, that made me freak the hell out as a kid though it was way less explainable and more like wow than anything lol
To think: All these cutscenes, the writing, the voice acting, and the story All on a damn PS1 !? This game was waaaaaayyyyyyy ahead of its time. #KojimaTheLegend
SupremeCloud • I respect your opinion about the art, but I have very specific reasons why I disagree. The three drastically different character designs in FFVII between walking around, fight animations, and cutscene/avatar portrait were jarring for me, I preferred the more polished and unified look of MGS and FFVIII, or artistically the colorful designs of FFIX and Chrono Cross were even more appealing if you embraced their clear commitment to fantasy and cartoon.
This game was perfect but for god sake meryl should have died. It was far more impactful with her dying. This video could have been great if he had used the death ending instead.
This game has been in my mind since I was 6 years of age, and that was 20 years ago. Greatest game of all time and will remain an instant classic. Fuck Call of Duty, this is a real action game
Yeah the only thing thats ever come close was nier automata. There is a vibe i had throughout that game that totally took me back to the mystery and intriguing MGS felt watching my dad play. The tone and style of story telling is incredible and so alike in those two games to me
I used to play this along with my dad when I was a 7 years old. Now I'm 21 and my dad just passed away last year. So many emotions running back to me. I remembered that he can finish MGS 1 and 2 in just a span of 2 hours. This is so nostalgic.
For me, FFVII, MGS1, and RE2 are like the Mount Rushmore of PS1, in terms of taking games from being a thing for kids, to being a medium for real, mature storytelling. Snake and Cloud being in Smash feels so wrong, because they are so inextricably linked to PS1 for me.
Yeah man totally...his voice was smooth but with a hint of the snake as we know it. It was not forced, like he was just acting to what was happening around him for the first time very authentic!
@Terror He didn't get lazy, an actor has to take care of their voice; if he kept doing it he might've ruined his voice. Kojima fired him so he could get a bigger name actor; David was always treated poorly by Kojima.
A nearly flawless performance. Until the end. As much as I hate to say it, the ending of this game just blows. From Naomi's bullshit monologue, to Snake immasculation as he became "the new him". Snake's final words were so outside of his character that it can't be ignored
This game is legitimately the most well-made, close-to-perfect game I can think of. From it's story to its gameplay and it's soundtrack to its Voice Acting. It's is positively brilliant, and set the bar for all future games to see how a truly legendary video game is done. Even better, it took it upon itself to teach a very powerful life lesson, and have real world themes that you can apply to your life.
IamCaptainMan I do have one criticism about the writing though. Almost every line of dialogue is answered with a single word question. Snake's script is basically "Terrorists?" "Key card?" "Psycho Mantis?"
Sedatus He is supposed to be and always has been an extension of you. He has tons of lines in this game that are phenomenal and the meaning and depth of his dialogue is what makes him one of, if not the best, characters in all of gaming.
As a kid I honestly thought just getting a glimpse of him on this game was an honour! It took me so long to complete the full game so as I saw him in cutscenes I literally went nuts as if he was exclusive and only a few of us had ever gotten so far in the game to see him 😂 My childhood memories at 8 years old
+GRIMLOCK07 Yes Hollywood could never be trusted with such an in depth masterpiece, they would want to turn it into a 94 minute action film and shit on the mg reputation. Outside possibility could be an epic hbo tv show similar to game of thrones but still even then i would be wary.
+Patrick o'flanagan I feel that the MGS franchise shouldn't even be considered as a show or movie, just because no-one but Kojima can capture this immense plot in such a perfect way. Any form of show/film would struggle to capture it's perfection.
I am so grateful this was part of my youth! Watching this in my 30's is still as amazing as a young teenager. This game truly was like watching a really well scripted movie. What a masterpiece this game is!?!?
I mean, compared to enemies in every other game from that time period, they did. The only other game I can think of from that time period that had enemies who even acknowledge the existence of the character was Spyro the Dragon. In all the other games back then the enemies were super dumb, either blindly walking a patrol route or having incredibly simple strategies like "if you see the player, either charge towards him, or stand there and shoot at him". They didn't notice things like sounds or footprints. They didn't work together to try and kill you. If you tried to play MGS the way you would have played something like Medal of Honor or Tomb Raider, the enemies destroyed you every time. It took us a while as kids to figure out that trying to fight everything you saw like you did in other games wasn't the way to play MGS. After we spent many hours playing and mastering MGS, all the other games felt sort of hollow by comparison.
They finally perfected the "advanced sense of hearing and vision" by 2004 and 2015 - The Phantom Pain and Snake Eater did their detection systems justice, using sight and sound based on lighting and camouflage.
This game is a masterpiece : top notch voice acting, epic storyline, amazing soundtracks. I've watched the movie countless times and I will keep watching it again. I cannot get enough of it. It reminds me humanity can still give birth to talented people, even as of today.
"You're pretty good! Just what I'd expect from the man with the same code as the Boss." Back then we thought he was talking about Liquid Snake. But no, he meant Big Boss: Naked Snake. I don't care if it was intended that way to begin with or if it was just retconned in to be that way but that context for it just gets me right in the heart.
Part of me wishes they had never made sequels. The open ending of the story is just perfect. As a kid I always imagined Snake finally lived a life of peace, sipped coffee while his dogs ate, went and visited Campbell every once in a while, and grew old in a world that was never threatened by nuclear annihilation again. Every time I hear The Best is Yet to Come, I think of that. . .
Roxurface It's really something to think about how perfectly the story would have neatly wrapped up after this game in comparison to how convoluted and ridiculous the story became in the subsequent games. I prefer Meryl and Snake riding off into the sunset as the ending I'd have liked to see for the Solid Snake saga. They could have continued the series with the Big Boss saga only and it would have still been great.
Roxurface Tempted to agree. Snake never recaptured those intense moments and scenes that exist in MGS1 - Though I'll admit rushing down to buy MGS2 on release day... most of my excitement was crushed after I finished the Tanker 'section'... and goldilocks stepped in. Also, The Best is Yet to Come is a personal song of mine. It's beautiful.(even more-so personal as I speak Irish.)
3 was cool too. Snake Eater was something completely different because that's where it was more open world. Killing animals to stay alive and fixing up yourself when you got injured. Then being able to change into different colored uniforms for camouflage. But it's just something about the 1st one. I was introduced to that game back in '98-'99 when I was about 6 or 7 years old then. I played the demo when it was in japanese lol. I thought Snake's gear was cool, the music was cool. I guess because I was introduced to it at a young age, it holds a special place in my heart. Like it's really a part of my childhood. The nostalgia just makes me love it even more because of it being on the first Playstation...
Shayana Griffin I can get behind that sometimes the first of anything will always be everyone's favorite personally MGS3 is my favorite (metalgear solid was my first) but once Phantom Pain comes out I'm 100 % sure that will take that spot quickly
Shayana Griffin Even though 2, 3, and 4 all built upon each previous game, I felt like they got a little bit full of themselves. MGS was just the right amount of ridiculousness for me
Shayana Griffin take off those nostalgia goggles this game is objectively shit. the controls and graphics are terrible not to mention sloppy game mechanics. game does NOT hold up at all.
I’m not a huge fan of this version of Snake. In this game has a few too many cheesy lines, he’s more pouty, and Hayter hasn’t really figured out how to nail his Snake voice yet. It doesn’t help I never played this game (I’m an Xbox guy), but I also never played 4 personally and I love that story and Hayter’s portrayal.
Snake: What's this? Otacon: It's a handkerchief. I got it from Sniper Wolf. Snake: Why? Otacon: I don't know why. She's nice to me. Snake: Seems like Stockholm syndrome to me! LOL XD
Its crazy...I played this game 100 times back in 1999/2000. I haven't played it since, and looking at this video, its amazing to see how at one time, graphics like this were amazing!
It's amazing. You have to have grown up with this game to appreciate it the way it looks. Any kid now probably thinks oh this looks bad. You just don't understand this is beautiful.
If you start any person early enough any media can have a large impact on a person's life. Think of all the music or movies your parents loved to their dying breath and how even though you didn't experience them first-hand, they still played a powerful role in your life. If you don't have that kind of dynamic to feed off of, though, it obviously will be harder to appreciate dated media, but I know plenty of folk who purposefully sought out dated material as children because they wanted to know where the ideas originated and what made them great to begin with even without their parents' help. Don't discount youths just because you don't know how to relate to them.
Again, I’m born before 2000 and I think this game looks “like shit”, so that factor is irrelevant because now there are games that look immensely better, and we are looking at this game now, in 2019. But as I said, it all depends on what you’re comparing it to.
After hearing the story/plot lines for the other sequels...I'm glad I stopped with this game. The double crosses/triple crosses and the never ending Ocelot character is just...exhausting to even think about.
i totally agree with you. mgs 5 was a great disapoint. i waited so long for this game just to see how shitty it actually is. they rather remake mgs 1 than producing that shit.
I agree with you on the story--and the level designs are quite bland. But the gameplay itself is really good. Stealth is brilliant, better than most stealth-based games, and to be honest, the mother-base function, albeit bland, is still quite good. MGSV is not perfect, and is the final product of a half-made game, but it could have been great. They got like 50% of it right, and the other was just left out.
MGS1 and MGS3 are the best games i have ever played, i grew with this series since i was a kid aged 10 to today 28. I hold this series to the day i die. 1 and 3 have epic storys, memorable characters, graphics, voice acting etc. Both are really fun to play as well as great as stand only stories. Thank you kojima for making my life and childhood so special.
I respect your opinion completely. I just think 2 really has aged much better than when it was first released. Four is definitely has its flaws but it's not a bad game by any means in my opinion.
THE 2 greatest moments in my gaming life: 1. Playing this game when I was 8 years old. I literally changed the moment I beat this game; sitting speechless and listening to The Best is Yet to Come. It blew me away. I started sneaking around my house and school avoiding my parents and teachers with an imaginary socom in my hands. It changed how I thought about games, war, nuclear proliferation, government, and myself. I even took the ASVAB in high school before my mom begged me not to join the military. I pretended to listen to her, but really was just remembering Snake and Meryl's words about killing and war. 2. Seeing MGS2 for the first time. The excitement alone upon seeing the updated graphics...oh, god. It was around this time that games were just beginning to be taken seriously. Back when EB games was still Electronics Boutique and had non-game inventory and female gamers were almost unheard of. There wasn't much to gaming before this in terms of innovation, story-telling, and development; one of the first to introduce polygon models, an OST, and a deep story with compelling gameplay. Metal Gear Solid is the reference point.
Andrew C I used to get a couple friends in the neighborhood with our plastic toy guns, and we would play out Metal gear solid-like missions lmao it was great. Feels like a century ago
There were both games with both polygon models and story telling on the SNES (and story and “innovation” on the Genesis too). But it’s true that the CD format was the first to be able to contain full voice acting, and a soundtrack that wasn’t Midi Chip-tunes, and I think the audio did a LOT to sell the emotional weight of this game. Edit: While the above is true, I also think that this game was way ahead of anything else of its time. This is the only reason I consider getting the PS Classic. I’m glad I got to watch this “movie” all these years later. I’m about your age (MGS2 came out my freshman year of high school), but I skipped owning the PSX generation because the graphics bugged me and distracted me from immersion. Still, I was also into espionage, I think a lot of our generation was, and I would grill my gamer friend on the way home from school for a detailed regaling of what happened in the game. It was fun!
GHOSTBOY GAMING • Same! Funny that it was over two decades ago, feeling both a long time ago and not so long. You ever worry we are changing socially as a species due to digital entertainment and the internet? I feel like there was a time where we felt it would be “bad” to say aloud a lot of things we were comfortable enough saying behind the anonymity of the Internet, but now I see the post-9/11 kids saying the most outrageous things to our faces. Also, I’m afraid my boredom, nighttime addiction to digital entertainment, and finally insomnia is going to lead to early onset dementia or something. ... Er, I still think this is a really cool game.
When Snake yells FOOOOOOXXXX, I cried. All that guilt and tragedy to the end. A man burdened and shamed by murder, humanity stripped when turned a ninja... wanting to die. Dayymmm the feels
Well actually, hes technically still alive in the universe. He was never mentioned as dying in Metal Gear Rising so for all we know he's still alive and hasn't kicked the bucket quite yet.
"Put your controller flat on the floor and i will show you my power" Back then this is when the first dualshock came out. And me being a kid it actually freaked me out for a minute.
I'm 40 years old. I am lucky enough to have grown up during the time of MGS's evolution. I remember my first time playing MGS and literally getting scared when I was told to turn the game off. I remember literally shedding tears of manliness many times because I was so immersed. Even just watching the ending of MGS 3, I can't help getting choked up... Hideo Kojima could not have done a better job... That man was/is a genius. I truly wish I could go back in time and play the MGS series for the first time again. Out of the thousands of games I have played and mastered, I have NEVER been so invested in a game. RIP, MGS. In my opinion, this is easily the best game series to have ever been made.
I'm doing a playthrough right now. Honestly its doubly rewarding. You know where you are more because you get the timeline and you probably forgot half the stuff that happened anyway. Games are fun to start out all antiquated and see new mechanics be added and taken away. It's not just fun for the story it's fun to see how games themselves have evolved as well.
P.S. 4 always gets me (spoiler) when Eva jumps in the fire for big boss and you get confirmation that she really did love him for the first time. That's a good moment it kills me. Lol.
I started early. I shed my first tears of manliness at the age of 7 when I witnessed 1st hand the evil soulless greed of corporations when they slaughtered the leader / father figure of the autobots (1986 transformers movie in theaters) just to sell more toys / make a profit.
Derrick Gulledge The MSX duo? Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Btw, the later I mentioned is structured like MGS, kinda like Uncharted 2 & 3 are.
Still my favourite game ever. Masterpiece. I remember renting it for 5 days, in which time I completed it. The day I took the game back, I purchased it, went home and played it again and again. Best game ever imo.
Kojima is a genius! I never get tired of this video. The intro! The Music! The story telling! The voices! An amazing and thrilling story What more can you ask?!?
@@garymitrovic2503 I mean then again death stranding is going to be Kojima unhinged since you know he doesn't have Konami holding him back like they did
Cj 327 not true IMO. This game was a masterpiece specifically because kojima was held back. He was a large member of a bigger team. This was before MGS was a “kojima” game. Kojima is better when he’s held back. MGS 4 and 5 are his brainchildren and they are the worst of the entire series
@@Ervinabrahamian The Hind D is easy, you shoot then move for cover. And how is mashing buttons difficult? I beat the game on extreme difficulty, the car chase was the most difficult because it wasn't fair as aiming wasn't precise.
This and the Legacy of Kain games, especially the story arc that was narrated in the Soul Reaver games - which were heavily inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost - are amongst the very best stories I have experienced through the medium of video games. Though I personaly prefer MGS 2's story over the first's for the higher degree of interpretation it has to offer.
+Boris Jevrić i still remember how my mind was blown when i finally realized he was talking about the game case. it may seem ridiculous today but it was really immersive, in the sense that you had to check an item in real life ^^
no no don't get me wrong, i love the stuff Kojima does where it involves real life actions haha, i just found this really funny. And yeah i can imagine myself getting confused if i played this back in 98 :D
+The Friendly Heavy I played this game on the HD Collection, so I had no clue what they were talking about, lol. I had to look it up on a walkthrough to figure out they meant the game cover... for the original game.
The "Twin Snakes" version that came out on Gamecube years after... lets just say it kinda ruins what made the OG special. All the cutscenes are stupidly exaggerated to even cartoony-levels, and they added the first-person shooting mechanic from the 2nd game, that completely breaks the gameplay in a bad way. Some bosses become trivial, and since the environment wasnt designed with aiming in first-person, or hell, hanging from ledges, you can breeze through while completely avoiding entire parts of the game. The collection that just came out seems to be alright at least, but it was mediocre to a lot of fans. No matter how hard even Kojima tries, he'll never be able to re-capture what made this game so great, and maybe, thats what makes it so special.
My thoughts exactly which is why I'm a huge proponent of next gen remakes of both Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2. Solid Snake in his prime running on the Fox Engine? Pure heaven.
As someone with genetic disabilities, the scenes between Solid Snake and his adversaries is so deep with emotion and philosophy that I can’t help shed a tear.
This game made me fall in love with Video games when i was a child. I first played the game in April 1999. I was 6 years old. My brother got given this for his birthday. We were both instantly drawn under its spell. Even with my limited understanding as a child. I knew how ahead of its time this game was. As much as I loved the game. It scared the living hell out of me. The 'DARPA Chiefs' death in particular. (the stuff of nightmares when you're a kid. Don't even mention his lifeless, rotting corpse in the cell..) every year since the inception of first playing the game. I've played it at least once a year, to this very day. Everything from the tone, the setting, the music, the characters. The story. I could go on how much the game means to me. Would love to know other people's experiences with the game!
George Seers in 98 I was 13. When the credits popped up in the very beginning while you was playing that blown everyone in my house minds! We had it on demo disk. I bought it the next day after seeing that!
1:26:55 Meryl: Snake. What's wrong? I thought you were good with dogs. 1:27:50 *After getting shot* Snake: Meryl, what's wrong? I thought you weren't a rookie.
I had that demo and it made me so hooked that it was one of the very few things I asked my parents to buy me. I didn’t have a memory card though, so I had to beat it on a no death run. Good times. Somehow, that was the peak of my gaming ability and I’m nowhere near that good now. I was 10 bro. Good times 😂
One of the most beautiful games ever made. The acting, the gameplay, the melding of movie like makings and video game interaction. 😢😢😢 i swear i love this game so much! so so much.
Blockbuster put it on the back of their box. It was typed in- between all the small print on the back. Personally thought I was screwed at the time and picked up the box with little hope. I don't know if Konami made that happen or Blockbuster was paying attention, but it was there.
Lets just say if I were to sell the game to a resale shop to be resold but I didn't have the original game case, I would BEG the owner to put in a slip of paper in their "typical used game case" with the writing on it saying "Meryl's number is 140.15" that way future owners of that game wouldn't get stuck
I had the actual game but was a proper dumbass lol. I kept searching every damn room in the facilities because I thought I didn't pick up the 'in-game' item CD. I kept thinking I had missed an item pick up somewhere. Especially when a lot of PS1 games like RE punished me severely for not checking everywhere thoroughly. Didn't think to literally check the back of the PS1 cd case for ages on end.
...Man, when you finally piece together this series' entire timeline of events you end up with one of the most over the top stories in gaming spanning half century's worth of utter insane badassery!
I remember the first time that I played this game I had no idea what the hell Baker was talking about when he said that Meryl's frequency was on the back of the CD case. I looked everywhere in the game for a CD case and kept thinking that it had to do with the optical disk that he gave me. One day, just for fun, I decided to look at the game case and saw a codec conversation with Snake and Meryl on the back, with Meryl's frequency shown. Definitely a major facepalm moment for me.
Without a doubt. Metal Gear Solid has both the best story in the series and the best cast of characters in the series as well. Metal Gear Solid 3 comes close in both regards and Guns of the Patriots comes close for the sheer epicness of it's final story but for as good as both games are, neither can top this one, Kojima's true masterpiece.
This game blew me away when I first played it at 14 years old in 1999. I went on to play through and complete the game multiple times over the next couple of years until MGSII dropped on PS2. I had never seen or experienced a video game like it. Its cinematic storytelling had me instantly hooked and the gameplay was the kind of fun that kept you coming back. MGS turned me into a Kojima fan and a huge fan of the series and have since went on to play through and beat every game in the MGS series. I even played through and beat Metal Gear Rising which I felt carried on the series' tradition very well.
@@rc5924 ditto. it took me fucking forever to crack that! My brother and I NEVER got it when we got to the part we Saved Baker. Fuckin 4th wall breakin XD
Believe it or not, Blockbuster put the code on the back of the box for Twin Snakes (the GC remake). I imagine people must have called in to complain about it.
I was like 8yo n thought he was talking abt the CD case Baker just gave you, full bs, the optical disk¿ idk. I just rang every number on the codec I think 180:15/181:15
i hold this series so close to my heart! even though we'll probably never see a true metal gear game ever again, i hope people still continue to play and love this series.
03:26:19 I always loved how liquid gave snake a few minutes to confirm what he just said to Campbell. Liquid took such glee in Campbell’s betrayal of snake he put killing him on hold just to hear it play out. Right down to the sarcastic use of the word precious, a testament to how funny liquid finds Snake’s blind loyalty to him.
My god that was beautiful. Having played only Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain, they have so much more depth and meaning to them now. All the hidden clues and nuances... that's incredible. What a fantastic series.
+MedikPac I started with 4 some years ago (I was completely lost, but it still became my second favorite PS3 game) and I felt the same way after watching 1 and playing 2. I never got around to playing 3, but since getting Ground Zeroes for Christmas I am determined to play 3 and Peace Walker before getting The Phantom Pain - as much as I want to play it right now ...and then I will play 2 and 4 again to get the full saga in one go. If you can, definitely get the HD collection and MGS4.
+MedikPac I know exactly whatca mean I recently started playing metal gear rising revengeance and then ground zero, and I felt so lost not knowing the characters and the messages, it feels good I can come back and rewatch this and experience it form the start.
Never get tired of this game, absolutely fantastic. Still in my opinion the best game ever. Story line, voice overs .. and the amazing music throughout. 10/10. Brings back many happy memories.
I enjoy playing PS/1PS2 games more than any other platform, still! Metal Gear Solid is my all-time favorite. When playing it originally, I never wanted it to end. Great memories.
1:48:33 Nice that you including scenes from Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater when Ocelot was telling Solid Snake about his past.
I remember going to my grandmother's with my PS1 and playing this in her back room for hours I was like 9 so it was really hard for me to get past some levels but the nostalgia is emence for me...I beat this game around 18 years old bought a ps1 this game and syphon filter....and here I am at 30 watching cutscenes of this game for the 35th time.....SNAKE! ILL BE WATCHING YOU!
Deepthroat: “Just call me .. Deepthroat” ... Snake: “Who are you anyway?” Deepthoat: “One of your fans” Gotta say this is the highlight of the dialogue in the first hour of this cut
The funny thing is they obviously called him that to reference the Watergate informant but of course everyone hearing it was just a kid and so had absolutely no idea about the Nixon era, and only understood deepthroat with regards to felatio
what gets me is how snake dismisses it, as fox did the same thing in zanzibar. even with the impression he was dead, you'd think that would ring some disturbing bells.
@@HopeyDiamond Yeah that's my point. Donald Anderson is AKA Sigit from MGS 3. He worked with Naked Snake. So I found it funny because our first clue to realizing it isn't him is when he doesn't recognize who Snake is. Technically he is his superior since he is a Patriot.
I am born 89, and i was in the room with my older brother. The scenes when Meryl is shot by Sniper Wolf, that was one of my biggest Character developments in life. I remember how i thought about what happened to snake. Wow. Just goosebumps watching it again. Thank you.
I remember when my friend and I played through this whole game in one sitting one day. We were blown away by how good the story line was and how great the was overall. This game NEEDS to be remastered.
I always preferred the Otacon ending. Meryl dying made Snake seem more human because he actually lost something. The rest of the time he seemed almost superhuman defeating a tank, helicopter and Metal Gear Rex by himself. The emotion in the scene when Snake realised Meryl is dead is amazing as well.
To be fair. He did have help beating rex. Gery Foxes intervention was the only reason he did enough damage to actually get the cockpit open. Then he immediately lost Frank after that for a second time. That's just my take.
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This game is better than most Hollywood movies.
Omg you are so right
MrHAR right
Space Rain which is why I want to make one. I have a goal to meet and the first movie will be MGS3 and go chronological from there..
HOPELESS ENTERTAINMENT a
MrHAR yes!
The psycho mantis part has to be the greatest 4th wall break ever. Imagine you in the 90s. And he does that to your controller. I was freaked out the first time.
Brian Brison haha yeah, imagine being 11 and alone in the room. Creeped me the fuck out .
screaming mantis was awesome
and then he tells you what games you have played after the system scans the memory car, that made me freak the hell out as a kid though it was way less explainable and more like wow than anything lol
I don't understand why boss fights are like that today.
Too bad he didn't have a Castlevania save file...
To think:
All these cutscenes, the writing, the voice acting, and the story
All on a damn PS1 !?
This game was waaaaaayyyyyyy ahead of its time. #KojimaTheLegend
It is the best game ever made, if you take everything into account...release date, story, voices, graphics, etc
@@Jomzi01 ehhh the graphics weren't that good but they were alright final fantasy 7 had the best
Mgs1 graphics are way better in my opinion.
SupremeCloud • I respect your opinion about the art, but I have very specific reasons why I disagree. The three drastically different character designs in FFVII between walking around, fight animations, and cutscene/avatar portrait were jarring for me, I preferred the more polished and unified look of MGS and FFVIII, or artistically the colorful designs of FFIX and Chrono Cross were even more appealing if you embraced their clear commitment to fantasy and cartoon.
thats why it was my favorit game on ps1 , and it was mysterious
No matter how old I get , this game will forever be a classic
Absolutely
In olympus of gaming
This game is part or my childhood and now part of my adulthood now that they're remastering it for ps5 I'm excited like a kid on Christmas again
@@tylerbailey470 Wait, only for PS5?
This game was perfect but for god sake meryl should have died. It was far more impactful with her dying. This video could have been great if he had used the death ending instead.
Whos in their early 30's watching this in 2019? what a jewel.
Jona well said bro. Im 34 now and i never seen game good like mgs1 before. This is mostly because it was stater of genre.
27, started by playing The Twin Snakes, then I played MGS 2 then MGS 3(best of the entire series) and still on and off on MGS 5
absolutely man !!!
Me
This game has been in my mind since I was 6 years of age, and that was 20 years ago. Greatest game of all time and will remain an instant classic. Fuck Call of Duty, this is a real action game
Truly one of the best games ever created
AGREE 100% !!!
ZomBee yes and yes
Wollem and it still remains the best.
Yeah the only thing thats ever come close was nier automata. There is a vibe i had throughout that game that totally took me back to the mystery and intriguing MGS felt watching my dad play. The tone and style of story telling is incredible and so alike in those two games to me
THE best
I used to play this along with my dad when I was a 7 years old. Now I'm 21 and my dad just passed away last year. So many emotions running back to me. I remembered that he can finish MGS 1 and 2 in just a span of 2 hours. This is so nostalgic.
My mom and dad both passed away so I feel your pain and I’m 22
@@andressamuel7049 L Family
@bPa1n Wow, that's low. What is wrong with you?
1yr later, sending love to you and your dad...
@@dabearcub here here
RE1, this, & FF7 each released 1 year apart. PS1 was the real deal.
D00NBU66Y had all 3 of em
Not to mention GTA 1
For me, FFVII, MGS1, and RE2 are like the Mount Rushmore of PS1, in terms of taking games from being a thing for kids, to being a medium for real, mature storytelling.
Snake and Cloud being in Smash feels so wrong, because they are so inextricably linked to PS1 for me.
Gran Turismo was excellent too. But yeah FF7, MGS were the business
wasnt RE1 released in '96?
David Hayter's performance in this game is probably his best as Solid Snake.
Yeah man totally...his voice was smooth but with a hint of the snake as we know it. It was not forced, like he was just acting to what was happening around him for the first time very authentic!
Of course it is. He was much younger at the time this game was in development, so for him to put this voice on in 1998 it ran smooth like water.
@Terror
He didn't get lazy, an actor has to take care of their voice; if he kept doing it he might've ruined his voice.
Kojima fired him so he could get a bigger name actor; David was always treated poorly by Kojima.
I always thought it was keifer sutherland
A nearly flawless performance. Until the end. As much as I hate to say it, the ending of this game just blows. From Naomi's bullshit monologue, to Snake immasculation as he became "the new him". Snake's final words were so outside of his character that it can't be ignored
Infiltrates top secret facility... Leaves swimming gear in the elevator. Classic Snake.
Like his father before him
I literally never thought of that as a kid. I’m 32 now. WTF
Lol
@@distantsea Wasn't Naked Snake the one who threw away a helmet that said "US"?
After I noticed that in 1998 i quit playing the game and refused to beat it. Paid $50 for it at blockbuster i was mad
This game is legitimately the most well-made, close-to-perfect game I can think of. From it's story to its gameplay and it's soundtrack to its Voice Acting. It's is positively brilliant, and set the bar for all future games to see how a truly legendary video game is done. Even better, it took it upon itself to teach a very powerful life lesson, and have real world themes that you can apply to your life.
*coff coff* mgs4 *coff coff*
In my opinion,MGS3
All MGS games have a message, and Death Stranding will have a message too.
IamCaptainMan I do have one criticism about the writing though. Almost every line of dialogue is answered with a single word question.
Snake's script is basically "Terrorists?" "Key card?" "Psycho Mantis?"
Sedatus He is supposed to be and always has been an extension of you. He has tons of lines in this game that are phenomenal and the meaning and depth of his dialogue is what makes him one of, if not the best, characters in all of gaming.
3:14:40 onwards. The pinnacle performance of these voice actors.
Such amazing casts. Truly legendary!
Liquid is such a great character. Even Kojima regretted killing him off so quick.
As a kid I honestly thought just getting a glimpse of him on this game was an honour! It took me so long to complete the full game so as I saw him in cutscenes I literally went nuts as if he was exclusive and only a few of us had ever gotten so far in the game to see him 😂 My childhood memories at 8 years old
I wish there was a Liquid spinoff game
Something like
Metal Gear Liquid Chronicles
Hopefully he can bring him back via the arm fused to a clone
"And that's why I live on through this Arm" - Liquid
Liquid ocelot
I heard that MG was often regarded for it's good story, but my expectations have been blown. This was immensely great.
+The Killjoy i just wish someone would finish that fan made movie mgs:philanthropy but alas Konami got their knickers in a bunch lol.
+The Killjoy Only if it's Fan Made or if Kojima himself was directly involved. Hollywood would most likely screw this up.
+GRIMLOCK07 Yes Hollywood could never be trusted with such an in depth masterpiece, they would want to turn it into a 94 minute action film and shit on the mg reputation. Outside possibility could be an epic hbo tv show similar to game of thrones but still even then i would be wary.
+Patrick o'flanagan I feel that the MGS franchise shouldn't even be considered as a show or movie, just because no-one but Kojima can capture this immense plot in such a perfect way. Any form of show/film would struggle to capture it's perfection.
This is only scratching the surface. You've seen nothing yet haha!
I am so grateful this was part of my youth! Watching this in my 30's is still as amazing as a young teenager. This game truly was like watching a really well scripted movie. What a masterpiece this game is!?!?
Well said
You look just like Barstool Nick
I know I never played the game but I’ve watched all these cutscenes and I love it. I just might pick it up now.
BRO YOU LOOK LIKE OTACON
No.
“The genome soldiers have an advanced sense of hearing and vision...”
Genome soldiers only can see 15 feet in front of them.
I mean, compared to enemies in every other game from that time period, they did.
The only other game I can think of from that time period that had enemies who even acknowledge the existence of the character was Spyro the Dragon. In all the other games back then the enemies were super dumb, either blindly walking a patrol route or having incredibly simple strategies like "if you see the player, either charge towards him, or stand there and shoot at him". They didn't notice things like sounds or footprints. They didn't work together to try and kill you.
If you tried to play MGS the way you would have played something like Medal of Honor or Tomb Raider, the enemies destroyed you every time. It took us a while as kids to figure out that trying to fight everything you saw like you did in other games wasn't the way to play MGS. After we spent many hours playing and mastering MGS, all the other games felt sort of hollow by comparison.
@@knightshousegames tenchu ...
Snake is the Batman of military based stealth
What was that noise
They finally perfected the "advanced sense of hearing and vision" by 2004 and 2015 - The Phantom Pain and Snake Eater did their detection systems justice, using sight and sound based on lighting and camouflage.
Snake would be a really annoying friend to hang out with
"Hey Snake, do you want a sandwich or something?"
"Sandwich?"
HB MK sandwich? What do you mean?! Who are you working for!!?
More like "Hey Snake, want to go see a movie?"
He stops and presses his codec "Colonel, which movie should we see?"
KHayes666 for 1h
@@ReflectionOfPerfection more like;
"Hey Snake, you want a sandwich?"
Snake: "METAL GEAR!?!?!?"
No wonder his only friend is an equally as weird dude.
I wish I could erase my memory of this game and play it again for the first time.
Without doubt the greatest videogame ever
This game is a masterpiece : top notch voice acting, epic storyline, amazing soundtracks. I've watched the movie countless times and I will keep watching it again. I cannot get enough of it. It reminds me humanity can still give birth to talented people, even as of today.
B Doucouret amen
I watch this at least twice a year
Greatest game ever made. Story is incredible. Solid snake is my favourite game character ever
Loved the revolver ocelot flashbacks and how you actually showed the controller move. This is the best edit of the game into a movie I’ve seen
"You're pretty good! Just what I'd expect from the man with the same code as the Boss."
Back then we thought he was talking about Liquid Snake. But no, he meant Big Boss: Naked Snake.
I don't care if it was intended that way to begin with or if it was just retconned in to be that way but that context for it just gets me right in the heart.
That Pizza Hut demo almost 20 years ago really changed my life
nick quiroz. ditto
pizza hut was promoting the game? :D
All my life I've been wondering where that demo disc came from. Good days
nick quiroz 💯💯💯💯💯
nick quiroz I definitely remember that. after I played that demo I got from Pizza Hut. I begged my mother to take me to the game store
Part of me wishes they had never made sequels. The open ending of the story is just perfect. As a kid I always imagined Snake finally lived a life of peace, sipped coffee while his dogs ate, went and visited Campbell every once in a while, and grew old in a world that was never threatened by nuclear annihilation again. Every time I hear The Best is Yet to Come, I think of that. . .
Sucks tho that snake doesnt have a happy ending
Roxurface It's really something to think about how perfectly the story would have neatly wrapped up after this game in comparison to how convoluted and ridiculous the story became in the subsequent games. I prefer Meryl and Snake riding off into the sunset as the ending I'd have liked to see for the Solid Snake saga. They could have continued the series with the Big Boss saga only and it would have still been great.
Roxurface That's adorable. ( ^ _ ^ )
Roxurface It was meant to be so...
Roxurface
Tempted to agree. Snake never recaptured those intense moments and scenes that exist in MGS1 - Though I'll admit rushing down to buy MGS2 on release day... most of my excitement was crushed after I finished the Tanker 'section'... and goldilocks stepped in.
Also, The Best is Yet to Come is a personal song of mine. It's beautiful.(even more-so personal as I speak Irish.)
My favorite thing about MGS games is how they're totally able to just be watched like movies like this if you want.
I always felt like this was the best Metal Gear Solid game out of all of them...
Even over 3?
3 was cool too. Snake Eater was something completely different because that's where it was more open world. Killing animals to stay alive and fixing up yourself when you got injured. Then being able to change into different colored uniforms for camouflage. But it's just something about the 1st one. I was introduced to that game back in '98-'99 when I was about 6 or 7 years old then. I played the demo when it was in japanese lol. I thought Snake's gear was cool, the music was cool. I guess because I was introduced to it at a young age, it holds a special place in my heart. Like it's really a part of my childhood. The nostalgia just makes me love it even more because of it being on the first Playstation...
Shayana Griffin I can get behind that sometimes the first of anything will always be everyone's favorite personally MGS3 is my favorite (metalgear solid was my first) but once Phantom Pain comes out I'm 100 % sure that will take that spot quickly
Shayana Griffin Even though 2, 3, and 4 all built upon each previous game, I felt like they got a little bit full of themselves. MGS was just the right amount of ridiculousness for me
Shayana Griffin take off those nostalgia goggles this game is objectively shit. the controls and graphics are terrible not to mention sloppy game mechanics. game does NOT hold up at all.
I forget what a flirty bastard Snake was in this game lol
Same, its pretty funny though.
It's interesting seeing this Snake, and then seeing the Snake he became later in life.
@@silverpslm that age failsafe really matured him didnt it.
He went from stereotypical action star to mentor/boss to old man Hitman.
I’m not a huge fan of this version of Snake. In this game has a few too many cheesy lines, he’s more pouty, and Hayter hasn’t really figured out how to nail his Snake voice yet. It doesn’t help I never played this game (I’m an Xbox guy), but I also never played 4 personally and I love that story and Hayter’s portrayal.
Snake: What's this?
Otacon: It's a handkerchief. I got it from Sniper Wolf.
Snake: Why?
Otacon: I don't know why. She's nice to me.
Snake: Seems like Stockholm syndrome to me!
LOL XD
Sounds* like Stockholm Syndrome to me...
Makes me wonder. Did he truly love her? It did begin his separation from his father by losing something he cared for.
@Jose Luis Rodriguez when hostages begin liking their captors
Its crazy...I played this game 100 times back in 1999/2000. I haven't played it since, and looking at this video, its amazing to see how at one time, graphics like this were amazing!
It's amazing. You have to have grown up with this game to appreciate it the way it looks. Any kid now probably thinks oh this looks bad. You just don't understand this is beautiful.
Andrew Jaramillo so true... these games were my childhood... and hold a very special place in my heart
If you start any person early enough any media can have a large impact on a person's life. Think of all the music or movies your parents loved to their dying breath and how even though you didn't experience them first-hand, they still played a powerful role in your life. If you don't have that kind of dynamic to feed off of, though, it obviously will be harder to appreciate dated media, but I know plenty of folk who purposefully sought out dated material as children because they wanted to know where the ideas originated and what made them great to begin with even without their parents' help. Don't discount youths just because you don't know how to relate to them.
It all depends on what you’re comparing it to, and leaving the subjectivity out of it. Story-wise it is great though.
Yea if you were born after 2000 this game probably looks like shit. No context to know this is one of the greatest video games ever created
Again, I’m born before 2000 and I think this game looks “like shit”, so that factor is irrelevant because now there are games that look immensely better, and we are looking at this game now, in 2019. But as I said, it all depends on what you’re comparing it to.
I just finished playing this game last week for the first time.
*And holy shit, what a masterpiece this game is.*
Prot07ype Wish i could play it
@@donkeykongisytpooping3002 Here's to hoping you haven't seen the entire thing yet, it's so much better to learn the story as you play it.
Prot07ype It’s to late
After hearing the story/plot lines for the other sequels...I'm glad I stopped with this game. The double crosses/triple crosses and the never ending Ocelot character is just...exhausting to even think about.
I'd be interested to know how old you are.
MGS 1, the best thing i've expierienced in my pathetic life
5 is better
i totally agree with you. mgs 5 was a great disapoint. i waited so long for this game just to see how shitty it actually is. they rather remake mgs 1 than producing that shit.
"Somehow Kojima fucked it up" "MGS5 is the worst in the series" You're a Konami bot aren't you.
VanMedia We got a high minded individual over here. Watch out!
I agree with you on the story--and the level designs are quite bland. But the gameplay itself is really good. Stealth is brilliant, better than most stealth-based games, and to be honest, the mother-base function, albeit bland, is still quite good. MGSV is not perfect, and is the final product of a half-made game, but it could have been great. They got like 50% of it right, and the other was just left out.
MGS1 and MGS3 are the best games i have ever played, i grew with this series since i was a kid aged 10 to today 28. I hold this series to the day i die. 1 and 3 have epic storys, memorable characters, graphics, voice acting etc. Both are really fun to play as well as great as stand only stories. Thank you kojima for making my life and childhood so special.
MGS2 is a jewel as well
Ameen!
2 is more profound than 3.
I respect your opinion completely. I just think 2 really has aged much better than when it was first released. Four is definitely has its flaws but it's not a bad game by any means in my opinion.
1:45:27
"So patriotism is your excuse for circumventing the constitution?"
This game was so amazing in its story-telling. Incredible.
In The Twin Snakes version, they changed that line to:
"So you turn to black Ops...convenient."
filipeflower Really? I remember the line, but not in that context.
Why the hell would they change that? That line was so awesome :o
@@dEAdAimGUNSHOT Speaking of screwing everyone over The Twin Snakes.
This comment aged well, Jan 6 coo
"Huh! The hell with you."
THE 2 greatest moments in my gaming life:
1. Playing this game when I was 8 years old. I literally changed the moment I beat this game; sitting speechless and listening to The Best is Yet to Come. It blew me away. I started sneaking around my house and school avoiding my parents and teachers with an imaginary socom in my hands. It changed how I thought about games, war, nuclear proliferation, government, and myself. I even took the ASVAB in high school before my mom begged me not to join the military. I pretended to listen to her, but really was just remembering Snake and Meryl's words about killing and war.
2. Seeing MGS2 for the first time. The excitement alone upon seeing the updated graphics...oh, god. It was around this time that games were just beginning to be taken seriously. Back when EB games was still Electronics Boutique and had non-game inventory and female gamers were almost unheard of.
There wasn't much to gaming before this in terms of innovation, story-telling, and development; one of the first to introduce polygon models, an OST, and a deep story with compelling gameplay. Metal Gear Solid is the reference point.
Andrew C I used to get a couple friends in the neighborhood with our plastic toy guns, and we would play out Metal gear solid-like missions lmao it was great. Feels like a century ago
I played this for years every single day as a kid it was a obsession
There were both games with both polygon models and story telling on the SNES (and story and “innovation” on the Genesis too). But it’s true that the CD format was the first to be able to contain full voice acting, and a soundtrack that wasn’t Midi Chip-tunes, and I think the audio did a LOT to sell the emotional weight of this game.
Edit: While the above is true, I also think that this game was way ahead of anything else of its time. This is the only reason I consider getting the PS Classic.
I’m glad I got to watch this “movie” all these years later. I’m about your age (MGS2 came out my freshman year of high school), but I skipped owning the PSX generation because the graphics bugged me and distracted me from immersion. Still, I was also into espionage, I think a lot of our generation was, and I would grill my gamer friend on the way home from school for a detailed regaling of what happened in the game. It was fun!
GHOSTBOY GAMING • Same! Funny that it was over two decades ago, feeling both a long time ago and not so long.
You ever worry we are changing socially as a species due to digital entertainment and the internet? I feel like there was a time where we felt it would be “bad” to say aloud a lot of things we were comfortable enough saying behind the anonymity of the Internet, but now I see the post-9/11 kids saying the most outrageous things to our faces. Also, I’m afraid my boredom, nighttime addiction to digital entertainment, and finally insomnia is going to lead to early onset dementia or something.
... Er, I still think this is a really cool game.
Damn when metal gear came out on ps2 it was so fuckin sick I was in like 6th 7th grade
God, the voiceacting is amazing. This is level unobtainable by most of the games even nowadays.
I totally agree with ya :), this game is still legendary.
When Snake yells FOOOOOOXXXX, I cried. All that guilt and tragedy to the end. A man burdened and shamed by murder, humanity stripped when turned a ninja... wanting to die.
Dayymmm the feels
I remember playing this back in 1998... Games these days can learn a lot from the games of old. We're missing the story development we used to get.
They sacrifice gameplay and story for graphics and revenue
I miss blowing through stuff in a week. Miss games like that.
Never put profit over quality is my moto
Snake lived 9 more years after this. All things considered, that's pretty impressive.
About 9 years they never told when he died.
+spuder_mund Very soon after the ending. Probably a few days
Well actually, hes technically still alive in the universe. He was never mentioned as dying in Metal Gear Rising so for all we know he's still alive and hasn't kicked the bucket quite yet.
+DOOMED ! In the Japenese version there is a wooden sword that has the soul of Snake in it so yeah hes dead by the time of Rising
+Zee Kusa
MGR isn't canon to the MGS series.
"Put your controller flat on the floor and i will show you my power"
Back then this is when the first dualshock came out. And me being a kid it actually freaked me out for a minute.
Kyle Greenwalt yeah shit my pants
And also if you put the controller in your butt while he does that it feels real nice
@@Bigohno0 tf is wrong with you
Right!!! And plugging it into the 2 player spot. Alot of good moments of breaking the fourth wall.
Owen Ambrose bro?
I'm 40 years old. I am lucky enough to have grown up during the time of MGS's evolution. I remember my first time playing MGS and literally getting scared when I was told to turn the game off. I remember literally shedding tears of manliness many times because I was so immersed. Even just watching the ending of MGS 3, I can't help getting choked up... Hideo Kojima could not have done a better job... That man was/is a genius. I truly wish I could go back in time and play the MGS series for the first time again. Out of the thousands of games I have played and mastered, I have NEVER been so invested in a game. RIP, MGS. In my opinion, this is easily the best game series to have ever been made.
I'm doing a playthrough right now. Honestly its doubly rewarding. You know where you are more because you get the timeline and you probably forgot half the stuff that happened anyway. Games are fun to start out all antiquated and see new mechanics be added and taken away. It's not just fun for the story it's fun to see how games themselves have evolved as well.
P.S. 4 always gets me (spoiler) when Eva jumps in the fire for big boss and you get confirmation that she really did love him for the first time. That's a good moment it kills me. Lol.
I started early. I shed my first tears of manliness at the age of 7 when I witnessed 1st hand the evil soulless greed of corporations when they slaughtered the leader / father figure of the autobots (1986 transformers movie in theaters) just to sell more toys / make a profit.
When Psycho Mantis read my mind at the time I played this, and said “You like Castlevania don’t you?”, I dropped my controller in shock.
For me is what suikoden lol
I got shocked when I saw a video and it said that.......HOW DOES IT KNOW????!!!!!
Mr nobody Returns He checks your memory card or HD for any Konami games lol a little of Kojima’s genius touch...
He checks your memory card or HD for any Konami games lol a little of Kojima’s genius touch...
Kreative_ Krystal He checks your memory card or HD for any Konami games lol a little of Kojima’s genius touch...
“I've used a gun like this since I was 8. I'm more comfortable with it than I am with a bra. " (takes mag out of a bra)
Ironic, ain't it...
I think she took it out of her top, not Bra.
@@filipeflower Out of her top? Where would she put it in her top, it doesn't look like it had any pockets
I think this game is solely responsible for why I still play video games today. The most enthralling game series EVER. (MGS - MGS4)
Mgs 5 now
Это точно. Потому как до сих пор не получал таких эмоций ни в одной другой игре.
Derrick Gulledge The MSX duo? Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
Btw, the later I mentioned is structured like MGS, kinda like Uncharted 2 & 3 are.
I would have to say the same.
Still my favourite game ever. Masterpiece. I remember renting it for 5 days, in which time I completed it. The day I took the game back, I purchased it, went home and played it again and again. Best game ever imo.
Metal Gear Solid - One of the BEST games ever made.
Bigga We GoT fOrTnite
Kojima is a genius! I never get tired of this video. The intro! The Music! The story telling! The voices! An amazing and thrilling story What more can you ask?!?
Kojima said that Death Stranding will be his best work yet. It's got some tough competition.
Michael Biland I'd love to be proven wrong, but I can't see Kojima topping this masterpiece.
@@garymitrovic2503 I mean then again death stranding is going to be Kojima unhinged since you know he doesn't have Konami holding him back like they did
Commando 723 they only held him back on the later games. He will never top this masterpiece.
Cj 327 not true IMO. This game was a masterpiece specifically because kojima was held back. He was a large member of a bigger team. This was before MGS was a “kojima” game.
Kojima is better when he’s held back. MGS 4 and 5 are his brainchildren and they are the worst of the entire series
@@michaelthompson7217 I'm with you on V, but 4? That game was amazing, the series should have ended there
I was too young to really appreciate this game and even then it managed to mark my life
Will forever stand as one of the best games ever made. Story driven, good game play, challenge, great story and amazing characters.
T-Bone Facts this shit was fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 on my soul.
Challenge? At some points this game was god damn impossible, especially that MG Rex fight.
@@jacques2368 Only the car chase part is unfair, otherwise it's not difficult.
@@saifaddeenal-manaseer6325 What about the Hind D battle? And the button tapping to survive the torture scene?
@@Ervinabrahamian The Hind D is easy, you shoot then move for cover. And how is mashing buttons difficult?
I beat the game on extreme difficulty, the car chase was the most difficult because it wasn't fair as aiming wasn't precise.
probably the best story ever created in a video game. still my fav of the series. not over complicated but still absolutely incredible
This and the Legacy of Kain games, especially the story arc that was narrated in the Soul Reaver games - which were heavily inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost - are amongst the very best stories I have experienced through the medium of video games. Though I personaly prefer MGS 2's story over the first's for the higher degree of interpretation it has to offer.
"Oh that's right... It should be on the back of the CD case!" lmao, such immersion
+Boris Jevrić i still remember how my mind was blown when i finally realized he was talking about the game case. it may seem ridiculous today but it was really immersive, in the sense that you had to check an item in real life ^^
no no don't get me wrong, i love the stuff Kojima does where it involves real life actions haha, i just found this really funny. And yeah i can imagine myself getting confused if i played this back in 98 :D
+Boris Jevrić I was stuck on that bit for weeks! pissed me of so much till i saw the back of the game box lol
Then if you got it without a case... Let's just say you had to borrow a case.
+The Friendly Heavy I played this game on the HD Collection, so I had no clue what they were talking about, lol. I had to look it up on a walkthrough to figure out they meant the game cover... for the original game.
I wish I'd played this when I was younger. This game is so cool even 25 years later. Need a remaster!
The "Twin Snakes" version that came out on Gamecube years after... lets just say it kinda ruins what made the OG special. All the cutscenes are stupidly exaggerated to even cartoony-levels, and they added the first-person shooting mechanic from the 2nd game, that completely breaks the gameplay in a bad way. Some bosses become trivial, and since the environment wasnt designed with aiming in first-person, or hell, hanging from ledges, you can breeze through while completely avoiding entire parts of the game. The collection that just came out seems to be alright at least, but it was mediocre to a lot of fans. No matter how hard even Kojima tries, he'll never be able to re-capture what made this game so great, and maybe, thats what makes it so special.
Remake*. This game has gotten plenty of remasters.
I love how you bended in some of the future game footage into revolver ocelot's backstory
Can you imagine this game running on the Fox Engine? It would be epic!!!
My thoughts exactly which is why I'm a huge proponent of next gen remakes of both Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2. Solid Snake in his prime running on the Fox Engine? Pure heaven.
Not interested. The original is perfect.
But a remake of MS and MS2 - sure
+johnabc420 MS? You mean MG?
Marco Bott Yeah. I must have been tired
+johnabc420 And then we'd get Hayter and Sutherland.
At least we hope we do, that would be badass.
get your popcorn and drinks ready, turn off the lights and cellphones and enjoy your movie
Unless you’re watching on phone.
King Quan Gaming with the lights on
right!
Loving it
As someone with genetic disabilities, the scenes between Solid Snake and his adversaries is so deep with emotion and philosophy that I can’t help shed a tear.
Probably the best game ever made...
This game made me fall in love with Video games when i was a child. I first played the game in April 1999. I was 6 years old. My brother got given this for his birthday. We were both instantly drawn under its spell. Even with my limited understanding as a child. I knew how ahead of its time this game was. As much as I loved the game. It scared the living hell out of me. The 'DARPA Chiefs' death in particular. (the stuff of nightmares when you're a kid. Don't even mention his lifeless, rotting corpse in the cell..) every year since the inception of first playing the game. I've played it at least once a year, to this very day. Everything from the tone, the setting, the music, the characters. The story. I could go on how much the game means to me. Would love to know other people's experiences with the game!
George Seers in 98 I was 13. When the credits popped up in the very beginning while you was playing that blown everyone in my house minds! We had it on demo disk. I bought it the next day after seeing that!
"Snake! did you like my sunglasses!" have to admit I never saw it coming
That opening and closing song of the lady singing is still one of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard
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This game seriously needs a new generation remake.
+XtremeCS game was have remake .... MGS :TWIN SNAKES orginaly for GAMECUBE and later on consoles and even on PC
+Kazimierz Różański Yeah, but I mean, a remake for the 8th generation. It will looks so great with nice graphics and a better control.
+Kazimierz Różański I know why but... Sad Kojima didnt put Twin Snakes on the Legacy Collection.
they are making a reboot. its called Shadow Moses. It looks really legit
+Ruben Sanchez it is cancelled
1:26:55 Meryl: Snake. What's wrong? I thought you were good with dogs.
1:27:50 *After getting shot* Snake: Meryl, what's wrong? I thought you weren't a rookie.
I shouldn't have laughed as hard as i did.
The wolves didn't howl for her that day.
"It would be wise not to underestimate him. In battle he is as if possessed by a demon" Vulcan knew what was up more than anyone.
I’ve watched this countless times and it never gets old, it takes me back to a time when I was truly happy the game in all aspects is just pure gold
"A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal!" -- Grey Fox
if it wasn't for Pizza Hut and it's demo i would've never witnessed such beauty in this franchise..
"Ah, this pizza's bringing me back, to my days in New York!..."
I still have my Pizza Hut Demo Disc. It's scratched to high heaven but it's still there :)
I had that demo and it made me so hooked that it was one of the very few things I asked my parents to buy me. I didn’t have a memory card though, so I had to beat it on a no death run. Good times. Somehow, that was the peak of my gaming ability and I’m nowhere near that good now. I was 10 bro. Good times 😂
Same! I was introduced to so many PlayStation games thanks to Pizza Hut. It was marketing done amazingly well
Opm Always you people were so lucky.
3:07:24 "You killed our father with your own hands!"
Snake: "...actually it was with a lighter and a hairspray."
(I think it was bug spray)
***** You sure?
+filipeflower Nah it was hairspray
In what part of MGS Snake kills Big Boss ?is it Peace Walker?
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake Final Boss
Imagine if your watching this on your cell phone and psycho mantis made your phone vibrate
One of the most beautiful games ever made. The acting, the gameplay, the melding of movie like makings and video game interaction. 😢😢😢 i swear i love this game so much! so so much.
bruce cueva yes
11:00 I never forgot that Naomi offered Snake some ass if he ever got back...
I remembered. Every night under my covers in my teenage bed.
Too bad she knew it wouldnt happen because of Foxdie. Almost as bad as that bitch, Carole fuckin Baskin
Joey Miller
FOX...........DIIIIIEEEEEE!!
I liked Mei Ling, i wish they got together....
Probably because She thought he’d die
The scene where Otacon asks Snake what they're fighting for will always be a personal favorite.
If we make it out of here I’ll tell you
I love how half of Snake’s dialogue is just him repeating the last words said by another character _to_ said other character.
Hes just employing the same tactic I use when im not really paying attention to the conversation but want to pretend like im engaged
The other half is just "hhhhmmmrg..." and "metal gear"
What??!!
Half of Snake's dialogue is just him repeating the last words said by another character?
...Repeating dialogue?
31:10 "It should be on the back of the CD case"
One of the best anti-piracy measures of that time.
Blockbuster put it on the back of their box. It was typed in- between all the small print on the back.
Personally thought I was screwed at the time and picked up the box with little hope.
I don't know if Konami made that happen or Blockbuster was paying attention, but it was there.
Lets just say if I were to sell the game to a resale shop to be resold but I didn't have the original game case, I would BEG the owner to put in a slip of paper in their "typical used game case" with the writing on it saying "Meryl's number is 140.15" that way future owners of that game wouldn't get stuck
I had the actual game but was a proper dumbass lol. I kept searching every damn room in the facilities because I thought I didn't pick up the 'in-game' item CD. I kept thinking I had missed an item pick up somewhere. Especially when a lot of PS1 games like RE punished me severely for not checking everywhere thoroughly. Didn't think to literally check the back of the PS1 cd case for ages on end.
@@skycloud4802 Snake had a CD in his possession, so I kept trying "examine" it to no avail. Fun times.
@@Miss_Phoenix_56 lmao! Damn! The struggle was real!
This is no doubt the best game ever. The story line is truly unmatched. I played this in 1999 back in high school fond memories.
...Man, when you finally piece together this series' entire timeline of events you end up with one of the most over the top stories in gaming spanning half century's worth of utter insane badassery!
Downloaded this to my phone and listened to it at work. Was playing each scenario in my head as it was happening. It made work awesome so thank you.
I remember the first time that I played this game I had no idea what the hell Baker was talking about when he said that Meryl's frequency was on the back of the CD case. I looked everywhere in the game for a CD case and kept thinking that it had to do with the optical disk that he gave me. One day, just for fun, I decided to look at the game case and saw a codec conversation with Snake and Meryl on the back, with Meryl's frequency shown. Definitely a major facepalm moment for me.
Same. Thing. Ha ha ha
Aah, thank u for that. I nearly went batty looking for the cd case in the game too. I never knew the answer until u posted this.
Me Too Lol I Was Like “How The Hell Do I Look At Back Of The Optic Disk?!”
Ours was a copy, we had the front cover part but not the back. We went through every codec number 😂
Same. I’m not smart. 😂
My friend told me and says “ how cool was that huh?”
Me: uh😲
"Her frequency should be at the back of the CD case!" konami was funny and creative back in these days.
*Kojima
JCarlo Sy still is
Trying to beat piracy
Even The Psycho Mantis Battle
The gameplay may have gotten better with the sequels but this one still has the best story of them all imo.
The story is AWESOME. I knew the significance when I first played this and I was 15 at the time. But the CODEC dialogue.... Barf.
Real shit it does
Without a doubt. Metal Gear Solid has both the best story in the series and the best cast of characters in the series as well. Metal Gear Solid 3 comes close in both regards and Guns of the Patriots comes close for the sheer epicness of it's final story but for as good as both games are, neither can top this one, Kojima's true masterpiece.
This game blew me away when I first played it at 14 years old in 1999. I went on to play through and complete the game multiple times over the next couple of years until MGSII dropped on PS2. I had never seen or experienced a video game like it. Its cinematic storytelling had me instantly hooked and the gameplay was the kind of fun that kept you coming back. MGS turned me into a Kojima fan and a huge fan of the series and have since went on to play through and beat every game in the MGS series. I even played through and beat Metal Gear Rising which I felt carried on the series' tradition very well.
Also, when it comes to an exo skeleton augmented cyborg ninja, I'll take Gray Fox over Raiden any day.
31:00 Ken Baker: "It should be on the back of the CD case"
Me: "BUT I RENTED THIS GAME FROM BLOCKBUSTER!!!!"
It took me forever to get it
@@rc5924 ditto. it took me fucking forever to crack that! My brother and I NEVER got it when we got to the part we Saved Baker. Fuckin 4th wall breakin XD
Lol love it
Believe it or not, Blockbuster put the code on the back of the box for Twin Snakes (the GC remake). I imagine people must have called in to complain about it.
😂😂😂😂
I laugh everytime -
Snake"what frequency is she on"
Baker "i forgot",
snake "dammit"
Baker "Oh right!! it must be on the back of the cd case"
For anybody who reads this and did it know what this CD case I was mind blown when I 1st found out
That is pure genius.
I was like 8yo n thought he was talking abt the CD case Baker just gave you, full bs, the optical disk¿ idk. I just rang every number on the codec I think 180:15/181:15
31:00 thats the time stamp fir tbe reference you made.. In the future please stamp your references so we can jump to it and laugh with you.. Lol
I stopped playing for a month until a friend at school told me the frequency!!
i hold this series so close to my heart! even though we'll probably never see a true metal gear game ever again, i hope people still continue to play and love this series.
I can still remember crying several times throughout the gameplay.
I know. I wish i would've beat it lol. I mean i still can
Well
The Cell scene was by far the most intense I had ever encountered on a Console.
"Don't think! Shoot!"
Don't talk to me like a rookie!
@@Facelessman254 I‘m telling you: SHOOT!!
@@MGSVxBreakpoint AhAhAhAhggghhha
Mission Briefing 0:33
Dock 3:42
📞Disposal Facility 6:42 8:11
🕶Master Miller 12:03
👨🏾💼Donald Anderson🤖13:14 🚀15:42💳17:21💀19:11
👩🏻🦰Rookie 20:56 22:43
🔫Ocelot 24:33 26:35
👴🏻Kenneth Baker 27:51 👩🏻🦰29:37👨🔬31:14💀33:18
Contact Meryl 36:55
Deepthroat 45:21
Tank 45:55 47:44
🥷Cyborg Ninja 50:53 53:22 55:07
👨🔬Otacon 58:18 1:03:27 1:06:01
👩🏻🦰Meryl 💳1:09:14🪞1:10:15
😵💫1:12:40 1:13:29
🔮Mantis 1:14:17 1:19:03🧠1:20:05🔥1:21:32 🤿1:22:36
👩🏼Wolf’s Trap 1:27:20 1:29:15 1:32:51
⛓Captured 1:36:41 1:38:51 1:43:01
📞1:43:42 👨🔬1:47:46 👩🏻 1:51:39/ 1:53:11/🧬1:55:16
👨🔬Ketchup 1:56:15
👩🏻Naomi’s Grandfather 2:02:15
👨🔬Heroes & Love 2:06:24
🚁Hind 2:09:24 2:10:42
👩🏼Wolf 2:13:57 2:16:55
👨🔬2:21:43
🕶Naomi’s Lie 2:25:08
👨🏽🦲Raven 2:27:07 2:30:37
🕶Naomi Spy 2:33:53
👨🔬Computer Files 2:36:20💻2:37:37
🚀Launch Plan 2:40:54
👨🔬Card Key Trick 2:46:00
🕶 FoxDie 2:50:15
👩🏻 Truth 2:52:57
🚀Activation 2:59:37 🕶3:02:08
💪🏻Twins 3:03:41 🧬3:05:40
🤖Metal Gear REX 3:07:43 👨🔬 3:09:07🥷3:11:36/ 3:13:33/3:15:25💥3:17:57
💪🏻Liquid 3:18:59 🧬3:21:30/3:23:32👩🏻🦰3:25:30📞3:26:25/ 3:28:17
💪🏻 3:30:24 👩🏻🦰3:32:43👨🔬3:34:32
👩🏻🦰Escape 3:36:18 🚗3:38:21💪🏻 3:38:47
💀3:39:59 📞3:41:32
👩🏻 Choose Life 3:44:23/3:46:00
👩🏻🦰 Live for Someone Else 3:48:37
You're a hero for posting that. Thanks.
03:26:19 I always loved how liquid gave snake a few minutes to confirm what he just said to Campbell. Liquid took such glee in Campbell’s betrayal of snake he put killing him on hold just to hear it play out. Right down to the sarcastic use of the word precious, a testament to how funny liquid finds Snake’s blind loyalty to him.
I was just thinking this exact thing as I watched this part then scrolled down and saw your comment lol. so true.
My god that was beautiful. Having played only Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain, they have so much more depth and meaning to them now. All the hidden clues and nuances... that's incredible.
What a fantastic series.
+MedikPac I started with 4 some years ago (I was completely lost, but it still became my second favorite PS3 game) and I felt the same way after watching 1 and playing 2. I never got around to playing 3, but since getting Ground Zeroes for Christmas I am determined to play 3 and Peace Walker before getting The Phantom Pain - as much as I want to play it right now ...and then I will play 2 and 4 again to get the full saga in one go. If you can, definitely get the HD collection and MGS4.
+MedikPac "Hey Mantis, remember when we were kids and stole a Metal Gear?"
"Sure boss."
"I'm feeling nostalgic. Let's do it again."
+Beatstruck 3 is absolutely fantastic. If you've already played it, by now you obviously know.
+Beatstruck You're not missing much if you haven't played 3.
+MedikPac I know exactly whatca mean I recently started playing metal gear rising revengeance and then ground zero, and I felt so lost not knowing the characters and the messages, it feels good I can come back and rewatch this and experience it form the start.
Never get tired of this game, absolutely fantastic. Still in my opinion the best game ever. Story line, voice overs .. and the amazing music throughout. 10/10. Brings back many happy memories.
Yes one of them
I enjoy playing PS/1PS2 games more than any other platform, still! Metal Gear Solid is my all-time favorite. When playing it originally, I never wanted it to end. Great memories.
Sniper Wolf's death always gets to me.
1:48:33 Nice that you including scenes from Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater when Ocelot was telling Solid Snake about his past.
+Shephard, Corporal this was released in 2013. idk how they got that footage.
Monkrey wait NIGGA I JUST SAW THAT HOW ARE THE GRAFICTS SO GOOD BOI
@@MrMj122803 There was a 6 minute reveal trailer in 2013, the footage is probably from that.
16:00 ‘HEY, SHUT UP IN THERE WILL YA!!”
I thought the funny part was when going through the overhead vents you could see one of the guys on the crapper.
hey alrighttttttttttttt atpRtsd
Bugger off johnny
I remember going to my grandmother's with my PS1 and playing this in her back room for hours I was like 9 so it was really hard for me to get past some levels but the nostalgia is emence for me...I beat this game around 18 years old bought a ps1 this game and syphon filter....and here I am at 30 watching cutscenes of this game for the 35th time.....SNAKE! ILL BE WATCHING YOU!
I still got a game and I played on my PS3
You got a PS1? Good! You can use that to stop Liquid!
Deepthroat: “Just call me .. Deepthroat”
...
Snake: “Who are you anyway?”
Deepthoat: “One of your fans”
Gotta say this is the highlight of the dialogue in the first hour of this cut
The funny thing is they obviously called him that to reference the Watergate informant but of course everyone hearing it was just a kid and so had absolutely no idea about the Nixon era, and only understood deepthroat with regards to felatio
what gets me is how snake dismisses it, as fox did the same thing in zanzibar. even with the impression he was dead, you'd think that would ring some disturbing bells.
Decoy Octopus is my favorite boss fight.
Rebellious Treecko Raven is mine.....
I see what you did there.
It's hillarious knowing Decoy messed up when he didn't recognize Snake's face. But no one knew who Donald truly was yet.
@@silverpslm
he was pretending to be the chief (he wouldn't know), he was literally waiting for the guy that looks like his boss, don't be dense
@@HopeyDiamond Yeah that's my point. Donald Anderson is AKA Sigit from MGS 3. He worked with Naked Snake. So I found it funny because our first clue to realizing it isn't him is when he doesn't recognize who Snake is. Technically he is his superior since he is a Patriot.
It’s really amazing to see that this game is still good even after all these years.
I am born 89, and i was in the room with my older brother. The scenes when Meryl is shot by Sniper Wolf, that was one of my biggest Character developments in life. I remember how i thought about what happened to snake. Wow. Just goosebumps watching it again. Thank you.
I remember when my friend and I played through this whole game in one sitting one day. We were blown away by how good the story line was and how great the was overall. This game NEEDS to be remastered.
Its a classic
This game will always pull that nostalgia feeling. Such a great game.
Liquid: Hello, Snake
Snake: L I Q U I D ? ! ? !
Hello, Bart.
Sideshow Bob ? ! ? ! ? !
I always preferred the Otacon ending. Meryl dying made Snake seem more human because he actually lost something. The rest of the time he seemed almost superhuman defeating a tank, helicopter and Metal Gear Rex by himself. The emotion in the scene when Snake realised Meryl is dead is amazing as well.
To be fair. He did have help beating rex. Gery Foxes intervention was the only reason he did enough damage to actually get the cockpit open. Then he immediately lost Frank after that for a second time. That's just my take.
That ending scene is when solid snake give up in ocelot interrogation.
I get your point but I think the emotion still works really well in the Meryl ending as well