@@tylerjohnson4830 he's really not, take a look at the health bars. After the shirt comes off he has 200% health, meaning that that first bar that u punched was his shirt's health
Just to be clear for Sam's augmentations-- prior to his encounter with Armstrong, he had 0 augmentations. He was a normal flesh and blood human in a performance enhancing exosuit (which might be why his DLC is so hard-- enemies hitting harder and faster may be because he lacks the artificially enhanced reaction times and durability of Raiden). After Armstrong stabbed (and practically severed) his arm, it was replaced with a cybernetic arm, making is the only augmentation he had. This means the guy solo'd both Blade Wolf and a Metal Gear Ray with no augmentations, and nearly defeated armstrong-- something Raiden barely managed at his peak.
If you think about it Sam actually could've gotten worse with his new cybernetic arm because of muscle memory and how he would have to get used to his new arm and stuff
Almost a decade later and Armstrong is still a huge meme, and every thing he says just hits even harder. That's how you know Revengeance is truly an immortal masterpiece
I think the point of the Sam DLC being "harder" and everything in it being "faster" is that Sam is entirely human at this point, the enemies aren't faster or tougher than when you play as Raiden, Sam just genuinely has no cybernetic enhancements
Its also designed in a much more confining way, playing as sam is much more methodical with very weighty decisions and way less player freedom. Its a parry and charge attack fiesta and not playing the base game on revengeance will ill prepare you for that. A lot of people who avoided rev difficulty dont know that it cranks the absolute shit out of the parry damage and will do things like 1 shot jetstream sam. I wouldnt say its harder, just deceptively different.
@@superluigi6968 yes, completing the game on revengeance is a completely different experience. Parries are king and sam eats dirt before the first chorus. Getting the thundergod achievement(all s rank, all hidden fights, revengeance is a completely different experience too because of wigs, hidden ranked fights you backtrack for. Nonsense ranked fights with rocket launchers and helicopters that get you that 0.1 percent stray damage while youre infinite wig b:ing trough everything(no damage is a requirement almost) like its nothing. The only hinrance is bullshit like that and the bosses.
@@superluigi6968 i don't think it was intendented but because parry damage has a very high cap and the damage enimes do is increased damage parries go from doing decent damage to cutting health bars in half
Imagine playing ball with someone in college and twenty years later you hear that he became a politician and died fighting some cyborg mf while using nanomachines
I think it's the only game I played that shoves a policial debate in your face bringing Armstron's neoliberalism vs Raiden's protecting the weak ideals, but making it amazing and unforgettable by the best among reasons
@@lucky6961 Yeah no. I don't really think neoliberalism is about "the land of the truly free" " Where every man can fight his own wars" "People will kill and die for what they believe. Not for money. Not for oil" "The law changes for the individual not the other way around"
"Every line in this game should sound cringey, but in the actual context, it sounds so cool" Charlie basically summed up the writing of the entire MSG series
I love that there is "Blade Wolf", "Mistral", "Monsoon", "Sundowner", "Armstrong" and then just fucking Sam. One of the coolest characters and probably my favorite boss fight and his name is just Sam
44:49 Originally, Sam was fighting to avenge his father's death at the hands of a drug cartel (he ran a martial arts dojo before his murder). Using the family blade, the Murasama, Sam cut down his killers, and later went to dispense justice as a vigilante of sorts, being called *Minuano* (the cold wind of Brazil). He later decided to go after Armstrong for sending men to die for reasons unknown to them, but after his fight with the Senator, Sam instead joined him. During his time with World Marshal, Sam had lost sight of his original ideals instead fighting for the sake of fighting, but after watching the dedication Raiden had to saving the brains of the children, he began to question what he was really doing. The reason he had fought Raiden in the Badlands was to rediscover his ideals. His theme song during the fight reflects all of this: A man who's lost sight of his reasons to fight and who has replaced them with how he fights, represented by his blade. The bit with no lyrics (or when you knock away his sword), represents how this final fight makes him feel alive and human again. For a moment, he not only thrives in the heat of battle, but he actually rediscovers his original ideals: to fight for justice and keep soldiers from being sent to fight in wars they don't believe in, seeing these ideals in Raiden. He doesn't need the fight itself as his reason to fight anymore when he has his original ideals in hand. The final verse shows Sam's reflection during his time with World Marshal. He had spent so much time thriving on bloodshed, climbing the ranks and becoming a Wind of Destruction that he had forgotten why he fought at all. This is why he is testing Raiden: if Jack's resolve is great enough to beat Sam, then it will be sufficient enough to defeat Armstrong as well. He was checking to see if Raiden was worthy enough as his successor (Think Bruce Wayne passing the torch of Batman to Dick Greyson (Robin), except the test is killing each other).
It took me way too long to notice that after catching Sam's sword against Armstrong, Raiden says "Okay, let's dance." the same line Sam said before their fight and even takes the same fighting stance as him. Also Sam just effortlessly bodying Metal Gear Ray and ending it with one singular quick big boy slash when Raiden struggled and had to fight it twice is just so badass. This game is so fucking cool.
My favorite is that lyrics for the Sam fight are playing from the very start of the fight, which is normally a phase 2 kind of thing, because you already had phase 1, in the prologue.
@@Liamx-00 The last one that does that is DMC V and it came out half a decade ago. Man, I really want more wacky hack n slash with ridiculous story like these games
No this is waaaay too over the top for me lol. At least for like mortal kombat, it doesn't take itself all that seriously. This is like the opposite where it's 20% funny 80% serious
You can tell this game was rushed because it lacks polish in certain areas, but it's still so amazing and really a testament to what PlatinumGames can do. It's also the most coherent rendition of the metal gear lore by far, and it cuts back on the most confusing and silly aspects of the previous games to make a world that actually feels somewhat serious.
Sam's suit isn't cyborg enhancements. It's more of an exoskeleton to boost his physical capabilities. His right arm is his only inorganic body part, because of Armstrong fucking up his normal one at the end of the DLC.
Senator Armstrong despite only appearing in the last few minutes of the game, manages to be a compelling and memorable boss. Not only that but the memes from this game are still going. Wish there was a sequel
Sam being such a hard character to play makes sense when you remember he doesn't have any cybernetics. Which just makes his boss fight with Raiden that much more impressive, since he's kicking your ass with *nothing.*
@@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561 Logically his strength should be enhanced somewhat to not easily get overpowered by Raiden. Man can throw a metal gear into the air after all
I think what makes sam my favorite is that “we’ve both heard enough speeches by now” because every single other metal gear game (including this one) is jam packed with characters monologuing about their ideals
They need to make more badass games like this, just wacky over the top insanity the entire time, every enemy looks super cool and the cinematic combat is a pleasure, always wondered why the metal gear solid games were never like this one.
Because this game is a spin-off hack n slash game, not like your traditional stealthy metal gear solid game with a groundbreaking story that makes you question things. Not at all saying rising’s story isn’t great either.
@@arrogantlobster3270 Your 100% correct my friend, I enjoyed snake eater and guns of the patriots, those are the only ones I played, would have been awesome for them to make a Rising 2, its good that they can separate the 2 genres
For that part at 8:06, I like to think Sam was just wanting an excuse to spare Raiden so he could get stronger and face him again later. Truly the Goku of cyborg samurai.
I just now realized that the bike that Raiden steals belonged to Sam. That explains why Sam wanted to fight Raiden, he was angry at him for taking his bike.
@@user-fv9er3by5n its right though in the sam DLC (which takes place before the main events), sam leaves his bike where raiden picked it up. sam was just angry that his bike got stolen.
The second Mistral fight helps show how far you've come and how much stronger you've become in both upgrades and skills. The second Monsoon fight is also there.
"Metal Gear Rising is a masterpiece" *Ahh yes, the floor here is made out of floor.* No, seriously, I can't believe how well the game holds up and my god, those realistic, gory cutting mechanics...
This game is so fucking cool. Everything from the music to the combat and the bosses. The story is goofy as hell but it doesn’t shy away from it like when raiden seethes with rage because wolf won’t shake like a dog.
Basically every metal gear solid story lol, mgs 3, and 5 tries a rather serious tone in story, but they still manage to crack up some goofy things here and there, Revengeance just went full comedy mode in almost every aspect and i fking love it
@@aesthetic3355 I mean they tease sunny. So who knows, maybe? Also when did she stopped preparing eggs for Otacon and work for Space Agency or some shit.
I think Platinum excels at that. Just like Bayonetta, it is utterly committed and unapologetic about its insanity. And it stays coherent enough to make you care.
1:15:59 See, funnily enough, Sam is actually fully human by this point. He bears no cyborg enhancements: the only things he has to put him on equal footing with his enhanced foes are skill, a gun sheathe, his enhanced Murasama, and an exosuit. He only becomes a cyborg post-DLC, and even then it's just his arm (the replacement of which proved to be a nerf). Sam dunked on total cyborgs and UGs as a human being. If this guy teamed up with Raiden instead of staying with Armstrong, the battle in Pakistan would've been over within under 3 minutes. Not even kidding
I believe someone on platinum (maybe kojima himself) said that Sam could have actually win against armstrong, had he not go for the killing blow immediately
@@givemeanameiwillhate9525 I remember hearing that as well. If he had turned the fight into a war of attrition, Armstrong probably would've run out of energy to power his nanos, at which point Sam could've taken him down. But still, the fact that he landed a significant blow at all is no small feat for a human.
@@My2Cents.iF7934 i mean, that shit tanked a blade that can cut through virtually anything, and the fact that he can literally TIME it just by seeing it. Yeah, big feat
Charlie makes jokes like "He could dual wield with both halves of his body", or "Maybe the prime minister isn't dead, he seemed like a tough guy" But with Kojima cyborg technology, those are honestly 100% reasonable predictions
"He was gonna end war forever" No, he wanted to end war *as a business*, but also create a society where everyone can kill each other because they themselves wanted to instead of because their country told them to.
@@sasdagreat8052 That's kind of what lawlessness is, innit? Near as I can tell, Armstrong dreams of a world of people with individual power persecuting those without it and fighting each other in a free-for-all - mistakenly thinking that everyone loves combat. Anarchy. It's not authoritarianism, because that involves controlling people and forcing troops to fight for you, but rather some sort of anarchy with no organized governance to "tell people what to do". There's a reason he's not running with that as his political platform: it's unpopular. Very few people like the idea of anarchy. Most of us appreciate some kind of government, either because it benefits society as a whole, because it benefits our tribe, or because it benefits specific individuals (dictators). Armstrong sees peace as boring (celebrity bullshit); to him, life only has meaning in the individual struggle for survival, and if people aren't struggling to survive, by god, he'll *make* them struggle.
@Aquarium Gravel Yeah, I guess what Armstrong meant by "the strong" isn't necessarily physical strength, but strength of will. It just so happens that in video games those often overlap lol.
The fact that Raiden stabbed a giant robot with its own sword is pretty cool. Then you remember his pain inhibitors were off the whole time he did that sequence
It’s interesting. Sam cuts Raiden with the same technique he uses against Armstrong only when he cuts Raidens arm off the stump is flat while when he cuts off Armstrongs his arm is cut at an angle. Kinda showing how Sam learned to cut arms flat after Armstrong stabbed him with one.
Monsoon is the equivalent of lines like “I can win, I feel great, I CAN DO THIS!” and “The name’s Recoome, it rhymes with doom and you’ll be hurting all too soon”.
@@SageLegacy actually I'd argue a lot of RPGs would benefit from lyrical music along the lines of MGR (just not going in as hard, of course), given that it'd cut down the need for cutscenes declaring motivation
The definition of a meme is: "an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation." Senator Armstrong, even though he is a small element in the finale of the game created a meme an idea that is passed down even today. He was may have died but his meme will live on.
Raiden's memes and Armstrong's memes definitely modify/merge with each other in some way judging by the ending. Hell, if Raiden lost in this fight, I would expect that Armstrong would probably be left with hard questions to ask himself considering how close someone came to defeating him, someone who embodied everything Armstrong sees as "strong" but with a completely opposing perspective.
Kojima got a lot of his inspiration for MGS and MGS2 from Richard Dawkins book the selfish gene which defined meme well before the internet existed yeah they started to lean into the internet meme definition in the later games but that's not what was originally intended
I don't know man I don't think they can make a sequel better then this After seeing the worst game of the year I felt my soul was betrayed after seeing that...
So since I have your attention, due to this video being so new, “Rules of nature”, is actually about how the Metal Gears are outdated, the things that were once so dangerous, they were the final bosses of every Metal Gear Solid game, have fallen to the wayside, to make room for highly augmented soldiers, who are far more dangerous, mobile, fast, and lethal. The once mighty predator has been reduced to the prey of these new apex predators. The song is about how a weapon to surpass Metal Gear has been created, and is now everywhere, making the once formidable Metal Gears nothing but dying hunters, starving for whatever prey they can find, only to be easily killed by what once would have been their prey. And it’s not hard to see this either, since the fight against the Metal Gear at the start is by far the easiest boss fight in the game. And this metaphor also helps build Armstrong’s character even more, because in lore, the thing he uses to fight Raiden before he gets his nanomachines, is not actually a Metal Gear. In the lore of the game, it was only given the Metal Gear monicker to help it sell better, and in reality, is not one, as it is not bipedal, and has no AI. Think about that. Armstrong is essentially piloting a Chinese knockoff Metal Gear, that lacks any of the things that makes a Metal Gear, a Metal Gear. It’s the perfect metaphor for the front he puts up. It looks, sounds, and acts like what the Patriots were doing, but in reality, it’s a middle finger to everything they represented. This Metal Gear is only similar in name, but when you look beyond that, they’re actually completely different. Like Armstrong, and the Patriots, the very ideals he claims to uphold, while secretly despising them, and trying to undermine them. And like how he takes the fate of America into his own hands, he also takes the controls of this fake Metal Gear into his hands, as well. He could have easily just had it installed with an AI, but he chose to be its pilot, to control the machines that will burn down the old America, and plant the seeds of the new America he strives to create. Armstrong in a nutshell, basically.
@@wretchedknight2195 Play college ball if you still can. And work out religiously. You might also need to identify his political party, so you can get the right colour tie.
@@HESHRocketWarhead I think he may be a Libertarian (On the far corner of Libertarian Right) pretending to be a Republican. I could be misinterpreting his views, but it sounds pretty correct.
I really hope they start making games like this again. There was a golden age before mobile gaming, where graphics were getting amazing, but now all games are taking up the mobile model of pay to win, and I can't think of anything now that actually tries. I really miss how gaming used to be.
You should get into indie games, there are some really passionate game developers that make outstanding games. There are even some indie games that surpass AAA games tenfold. I would reccomend undertale, hades, terraria, dead cells, stardew Valley, ultrakill, oneshot, a hat in time, celeste, and many others.
Charlie at the start: They really shouldn't make a sequel after a catastrophic failure with Babylon's Fall. Charlie at the end: They really need to make a sequel.
Fun fact this game was supposed to be a prequel of metal gear solid 4 to fill in the gaps in the story but then Alastair Duncan (the guy who voiced Armstrong) came in screaming about patriotism and nanomachines so they changed the script of the game.
Wait, so Armstorng's voice actor improvised some lines and they liked it so much the whole game was completely rewritten? That's fucking boss. *Big Boss.*
Yeah that's not true. Kojimas team couldn't think of a game past the sword slicing concept so they gave it to Platnium who developed it into a sequel instead.
You know how much more overpowered Raiden would be fighting those PMC soldiers? The gameplay would probably be more linear but the levels would have more variety
I remember being 7 and playing this. I struggled so hard with Armstrong and popped off so hard that I cried when I beat him. I was like a whole celebration. It was 2 am and everyone in the house was watching. I felt like I was the best. I then played the game over and over again on the hardest difficulty until I could play it without getting hit. Good times
@_buildblok85_my mom and dad let me play gta when I was literally 4 with my brother and continued to let me play it growing up, I loved the games but holy shit yeah those weren’t good for kids
The way the music ties into the boss fights was easily the coolest part for me. The way the bosses connected to the lyrics for one, but also the way they'd drop in the vocals and it gets louder right when the action's getting really flashy. I think bosses in pretty much any game would be more memorable with music tying in that closely
Armstrong may not be the most complex final boss in the world, but the combination of the fun, challenge, spectacle, music, setting, and the character himself make this easily my favorite final boss of all time.
@@ratman7212 I disagree. Armstrong is the ultimate test in the game whether you have learned all the mechanics or not. These include: learning his moveset (which is always the same), dodging, parrying, the accuracy of your cuts during blade time, etc. Each boss is supposed to teach you these elements of the game, and Armstrong just combines them into one. Maybe the one annoying thing about him is his HP, but then again he also drops a ton of healing and gives you opportunities for free damage a lot. I think his fight is brilliant
@@jerkopatrik Yeah I liked how Armstrong threw every game mechanic at you all at once. The parrying vs dodging that you learn from the Blade Wolf fight, aiming your blade mode swings like the Sundowner fight, etc. Felt like a great way to end the game, by proving you've mastered every component. Plus there weren't any bullshit adds like most other fights in the game.
@@Jun88782 wait, oh damn i read the wrong comment. I thought you were talking about a sequel mentioned in the og comment. I can easily see a remaster with this game, upgrades to texture res, higher polys on some character models, and a tweak in the lighting model, better reflections(this game legit would work very well with ray traced reflection, or even screen space would work), and a higher res for console versions.
The amount of interactivity this game has is wild. Like the attack where Armstrong throws stuff at you, you can just avoid that completely by running. It's pretty linear with progression but feels more open than most modern open world games.
At Sam's dlc, he DOESN'T have any augments. He goes full commando. He has an armor, but that's all. In the main story, he has a prosthetic arm (he lost his one, I mean...). He still goes full commando, he never uses augments or whatev.
Rising was the closest “true” successor to the MGS trilogy than anything that came after 3 in terms of story structure. The franchise really lost itself as time went on by dropping the concept of a one-man-army taking down an entire military squad comprised of awesome specialized lunatics, lead by a morally questionable badass who was arguably justified given the circumstances. Armstrong was far more in line with the likes of Solidus and Liquid than the miserable garbage we saw with Coldman and Skullface; and Desperado could easily hold their ground against the likes of Foxhound, Dead Cell, and the Cobra unit. It’s pretty easy to see why the game is still so loved; it embodies and embraces what people enjoyed most about the franchise to begin with.
@@poopy-discoop982 Don't be so cynical, they also gave us Automata and Astral Chain in the last 5 years. Babylon's Fall wasn't the first time Platinum had a misstep, they've always released very average games between their larger and significantly better projects.
@@poopy-discoop982 most studios have a bad game. It happens. If they have 2 in a row then it becomes problematic. At least they aren’t on a streak of trash games like BioWare (mass effect andromeda and Anthem)
@@pelicancrayon2523 they're already done with Babylon's Season 2 and are already working on 3 at least from what I've heard. Hopefully things take a turn for the good. Just seems that they're somewhat misguided
Im *standing* with everyone that says this game is a masterpiece, after i *realised* that most *people that are just like me* think platinum games are so good they can stay alive for all of *history* . But who am i to judge *whats right from wrong* .
@@adityabhargav7879 Fuuuck the subway. Still hate it to this day. I can deal with a lot of the other areas, and the gorillas, but the subway really messes me up.
Bro this and I somehow still beat that gorilla without knowing how to parry(same for the gorillas on the elevator) also played on normal so ig thats how I made it pass
i am beyond overjoyed that this game is making a comeback! god i was OBSESSED with this game years ago! Even got the blade wolf dlc - still the only dlc i ever tried/bought
The dlc were free on ps3. I never knew you needed to buy them. They're also free on steam.......xbox must have sucked with this game then I guess? Or you lied.
A little detail I absolutely love is that, because Sam wasn't used to his cybernetic arm, he's the only boss who's weapon can be knocked out of his hand And the fact that he was able to keep kicking Raiden's arse even without the sword , WITH 0 ENHANCEMENTS aside from his suit mind you, is just the cherry on top
Might sound goofy, but I took inspiration from MGR when making slendytubbies 3 when it came to vocal soundtracks; it definitely adds another level of epicness to the gameplay!
wait is it blowing up now? I thought people always loved this game. I played it on release and i kept playing it over and over again on all difficulties because it's so good. Assumed everyone was the same
@@TrexSeven Some people were still mad about "Kojima tricked me. Where's Solid Snake?", "Raiden is sooo lame" and "they made MGS too political"(because of Armstrong lol). There were a bunch of loud dummies who are either pretending they always liked it or off complaining about equally stupid shit in new games now.
I saw it on steam last year and got it cause I have never heard of it. Went in completely blind and it stunned me. I have been looking for a game that is just off the wall ridiculous but in a good way and it delivered.
Babylons fall was mostly Squares fault forcing them to make it live action/multiplayer focused, and had to basically scrap their prior progress. Platinums amazing except when they get a lame publisher it seems. The trailer from 2019 is clearly a very different build vs the 2021 trailer/release gameplay. It's likely the game that came out is only 6-8 months of rushed patch work.
@@sparkie1j It's not a certified true story and nothing reporting on it, it's all from prior examples and inferring and reading between the lines so not everyone's gonna get it. Watching the series "What happened?" By matt mcmuscles gives a good insight into this kind of behind the scenes stuff. A company releases a good game one day, then seemingly releases a trash game another, and that's all the situation appears to be on the outside for now. Don't be surprised if articles come about this games development similar to Anthems.
Not just that but if you look at the time line who was working on what it's pretty clear BF was made by a bunch of newbies. To top it off the team of newbies were made back in 2019 the same year we got that gameplay trailer. That means they likely had the experienced guys work on it before handing it off to the newbies only a couple of years ago.
It makes sense that bladewolf seems buffed in Sams dlc, considering Sam isn't exactly Raiden, he's not a cyborg I bet he doesn't even have pain inhibitor control, Sam was just a really good human samurai he is going to feel those slashes more than Raiden does
Sam does seem to scream louder when he gets hit than Raiden did. It would make sense that he either has less effective or no pain inhibitor. Minor/moderate cyborg enhancement and probably armor or an exoskeleton of some kind but little else. Compared to many enemies in the game and Raiden who are basically complete cyborgs in and out.
Blade wolf isn’t just buffed, but Sam also gets less benefits from partying actually putting him in a worse situation. It’s meant to be a last resort. You have to dodge attacks or throw a red phosphorus at blade wolf to allow you to spam charge attacks.
Finally a huge TH-camr like charlie giving this masterpiece the respect it deserves. Yes, memes are funny and this game has birthed some good ones. But this game is unbelievably fun. With an awesome ost.
This game is so perfect the music, the story, the characters, the aesthetic, everything about it is everything I day dreamed about when I was 14. It's just so freaking cool.
Only thing I wish they should have included is more background story for the Winds, like missions they did or them showing how strong they really were, but the game just as it is it's a complete masterpiece
standing here, I realize that I unironically want to play this now. Sad that Platinum created such hits like this and Bayonetta then went on to make Babylon's Fall
People dont understand that Square Enix came to them and told them make a game in that shitty dungeon looter format. They could only do so much to a game out of it.
It's weird that publishers look at what Platinum has done, what it can do, and decide to contact them for low-budget licensed games or... whatever Square-Enix did. To my deep regret, only Nintendo seems to be willing to give them a chance beyond one-off projects, for some reason, which necessarily locks the games down to a single platform, because Nintendo is as greedy as any of them. Granted, Babylon's Fall seems to be something like Square-Enix giving them a second chance after the first one (Nier:A) went so well, except that the most believable explanation for the result turning out badly would be executive meddling from Square-Enix, which undermines the concept of giving them a chance. I don't want to say that it's impossible that Platinum could make a stinker, anyone can make mistakes, but S-E has a long history of shooting itself in the foot, so this sure looks like it's just more of that. Then again, someone in another comment said that Platinum has a new CEO, so that could be bad news.
The problem is, despite a lot of Platinum games being amazing, they never sell extremely well. Even Nier only sold like 6 million which isn’t a lot if you compare. Bayo games are amazing but they only sold 2 million.
Memories broken The truth goes unspoken I’ve even forgotten my name I don’t know the season Or what is the reason I’m standing here holding my blade A desolate place Without any trace It’s only the cold wind I feel It’s me that I spite As I stand up and fight The only thing I know for real There will be blood- -shed The man in the mirror nods his head The only one Left Will ride upon the dragon’s back Because the mountains don’t give back what they take Oh, no, there will be blood- -shed It’s the only thing I’ve ever known Losing my identity Wondering, have I gone insane? To find the truth in front of me I must climb this mountain range Looking downward from this deadly height And never realizing why I fight
to explain a bit of what happened to Babylon's fall: Platinum were making a completely different kind of game (same name but I mean in terms of structure etc) but then Square's last two attempts to make live service games flopped (marvel and what ever that looter shooter was) they had platinum completely retool the game into a live service mess which forced them to completely gut the game. Meanwhile square already has ff14 one of the biggest cash cows in the industry and they're just being greedy for more :)
Maybe instead of telling people to make a live service game, they should get Yoshi-P to helm another project. I mean, he understands live service games far more than Square ever will... And his resume is mostly MMOs. Namely FF14.
@@kyotanaka920 Yoshi-p is director of ff16 as well. Besides he probably won't work on much else. He himself has said he would have to die before he stopped working on ff14. On top of that after a real reborn happened Yoshi-p is on the business' board of directors (or equivalent) and has been sited that he fights off square execs all the time from ff14. He's got his hands full already lol. Besides square doesn't NEED another live service game like ff14 they're just being greedy. They are one of like 3 companies that has an active service game that brings in the kind of money that ff14 does. They legit dont need another lol
Looks like you just made this shit up and are spouting it as facts. In fact, Platinum’s new CEO is all-in on live service games, so they’re also partly to blame.
@@gameboycolor47 They definitely don't need another, but the dumb fucks at Square doesn't understand that. If they're going to INSIST on persuing this fruitless endeavor, the very least they can do is to DO IT RIGHT. And of all the people under Square... The only one that knows how to not fuck this monetization model up is Yoshi-P. Get him helm a live service project, otherwise, fuck off with this concept entirely. They've shown time and again they are not willing to learn from their mistakes, so their only hope of a SUCCESSFUL live service game will only be from Yoshi-P's directions
the game follows the rule of cool 100% of the time and i really think it pays off, it really is the coolest game. maybe not the best game, but definitely the coolest.
For those who discovered this amazing game through this video, there are SO many amazing moments that weren't included in it. This game is AMAZING and it'll make you feel awesome like no other game can.
I just bought this game finally and it's one of the best games I have ever played. The combat, the story, the characters, the boss fights and that SOUNDTRACK. I'm sorry but this game has the best soundtrack in any game I have ever played. Masterpiece of a game.
Actually, prior to his fight with Armstrong, Sam had zero augmentations, but wore something of a battle suit/exo suit type thing. His cyborg arm is his only augmentation
Using analog as one of the button to parry it's a best design in action game ever. It's felt much better than just tap 1 button , direction just give me sense of immerse in characters like you actual moving thier arm not just game script
Still convinced the only reason they never made a sequel was because they knew they couldn't come up with a better final boss than Armstrong
@Christofer Pezet That's you.
Dont read my name😶
@Christofer Pezet makes sense
this is a sequal
@@MbitaChizi ok I wont
Fun fact: armstrongs first hp bar is his shirt's health
I can't tell if you're joking. I would've straight up believed you.
@@tylerjohnson4830 im not, after he rips his shirt his hp bar increases to 200%.
Holy fuck no way
@@tylerjohnson4830 he's really not, take a look at the health bars. After the shirt comes off he has 200% health, meaning that that first bar that u punched was his shirt's health
Armstrong's shirt is a hidden sub-boss
Just to be clear for Sam's augmentations-- prior to his encounter with Armstrong, he had 0 augmentations. He was a normal flesh and blood human in a performance enhancing exosuit (which might be why his DLC is so hard-- enemies hitting harder and faster may be because he lacks the artificially enhanced reaction times and durability of Raiden).
After Armstrong stabbed (and practically severed) his arm, it was replaced with a cybernetic arm, making is the only augmentation he had. This means the guy solo'd both Blade Wolf and a Metal Gear Ray with no augmentations, and nearly defeated armstrong-- something Raiden barely managed at his peak.
thats really cool
The game is basically just an anime plotline at this point
If you think about it Sam actually could've gotten worse with his new cybernetic arm because of muscle memory and how he would have to get used to his new arm and stuff
Weakest Brazilian
@@goldenhate6649 and we love it for it.
Almost a decade later and Armstrong is still a huge meme, and every thing he says just hits even harder. That's how you know Revengeance is truly an immortal masterpiece
Making the mother of all omelettes here jack
Can't fret over every egg
Nanomachines, son.
They harden in response to physical trauma
Thanks man appreciate it
I think the point of the Sam DLC being "harder" and everything in it being "faster" is that Sam is entirely human at this point, the enemies aren't faster or tougher than when you play as Raiden, Sam just genuinely has no cybernetic enhancements
Its also designed in a much more confining way, playing as sam is much more methodical with very weighty decisions and way less player freedom.
Its a parry and charge attack fiesta and not playing the base game on revengeance will ill prepare you for that.
A lot of people who avoided rev difficulty dont know that it cranks the absolute shit out of the parry damage and will do things like 1 shot jetstream sam.
I wouldnt say its harder, just deceptively different.
@@hongodongo9053 wait,Revengeance difficulty is just a gimmick shift?
huh.
@@superluigi6968 yes, completing the game on revengeance is a completely different experience. Parries are king and sam eats dirt before the first chorus.
Getting the thundergod achievement(all s rank, all hidden fights, revengeance is a completely different experience too because of wigs, hidden ranked fights you backtrack for. Nonsense ranked fights with rocket launchers and helicopters that get you that 0.1 percent stray damage while youre infinite wig b:ing trough everything(no damage is a requirement almost) like its nothing. The only hinrance is bullshit like that and the bosses.
@@superluigi6968 i don't think it was intendented but because parry damage has a very high cap and the damage enimes do is increased damage parries go from doing decent damage to cutting health bars in half
He actually does have cybernetic enhancements. A cyborg arm.
Imagine playing ball with someone in college and twenty years later you hear that he became a politician and died fighting some cyborg mf while using nanomachines
Not nanomachines.
NANOMACHINES, SON!
*voice in the back of my head* "What have you achieved boi??!"
I saw this comment somewhere befpre
At some cushy ivy league school.
@@KurosakiNexus Try University of Texas.
"History is written by the victors, as they say. But i cant read."
So motivating, 10/10 quote.
"Don't eat another man's ass if you don't like his ass."
41:32 dont mind me just putting the quote timestamp in
"Or write."
M O T I V A T I N G
@@globe7640 Quote is cleaner without it.
MGR:R is the perfect example of a game that’s so fucking cheesy and stupid, that it just loops back around into being the coolest shit ever.
"it's so cringe that it goes back to being based"
I think it's the only game I played that shoves a policial debate in your face bringing Armstron's neoliberalism vs Raiden's protecting the weak ideals, but making it amazing and unforgettable by the best among reasons
@@lucky6961 Isn't Armstrong more anarchist or maybe libertarian with social Darwinism? Or are you referring to his initial typical politician persona?
@@Aniyah-CHG I think so, I think he was more concerned over diplomacy but I heard about neoliberalism a while ago so I guess it was stuck in my head
@@lucky6961 Yeah no. I don't really think neoliberalism is about "the land of the truly free" " Where every man can fight his own wars" "People will kill and die for what they believe. Not for money. Not for oil" "The law changes for the individual not the other way around"
"Every line in this game should sound cringey, but in the actual context, it sounds so cool"
Charlie basically summed up the writing of the entire MSG series
MSG= Metal Solid Gear?
@@bruhman1545lol. Ah yes, my favorite game from the series is MSG: Avengeance
I love the chinese food flavoring games
@@bruhman1545, Madison Square Garden
Bruh, MSG is the shit.
I love that there is "Blade Wolf", "Mistral", "Monsoon", "Sundowner", "Armstrong" and then just fucking Sam. One of the coolest characters and probably my favorite boss fight and his name is just Sam
I mean...Jetstream Sam. But still, I agree, and think his name is probably the most badass in the game. Even surpassing Raiden.
there's minuano if you want a better nickname for him
The best brazilian character ever made
Samuel Rodrigues
I mean it Jetstream Sam doe
Armstrong could be called as Steven
44:49
Originally, Sam was fighting to avenge his father's death at the hands of a drug cartel (he ran a martial arts dojo before his murder). Using the family blade, the Murasama, Sam cut down his killers, and later went to dispense justice as a vigilante of sorts, being called *Minuano* (the cold wind of Brazil). He later decided to go after Armstrong for sending men to die for reasons unknown to them, but after his fight with the Senator, Sam instead joined him. During his time with World Marshal, Sam had lost sight of his original ideals instead fighting for the sake of fighting, but after watching the dedication Raiden had to saving the brains of the children, he began to question what he was really doing. The reason he had fought Raiden in the Badlands was to rediscover his ideals.
His theme song during the fight reflects all of this:
A man who's lost sight of his reasons to fight and who has replaced them with how he fights, represented by his blade.
The bit with no lyrics (or when you knock away his sword), represents how this final fight makes him feel alive and human again. For a moment, he not only thrives in the heat of battle, but he actually rediscovers his original ideals: to fight for justice and keep soldiers from being sent to fight in wars they don't believe in, seeing these ideals in Raiden. He doesn't need the fight itself as his reason to fight anymore when he has his original ideals in hand.
The final verse shows Sam's reflection during his time with World Marshal. He had spent so much time thriving on bloodshed, climbing the ranks and becoming a Wind of Destruction that he had forgotten why he fought at all. This is why he is testing Raiden: if Jack's resolve is great enough to beat Sam, then it will be sufficient enough to defeat Armstrong as well. He was checking to see if Raiden was worthy enough as his successor (Think Bruce Wayne passing the torch of Batman to Dick Greyson (Robin), except the test is killing each other).
Shit this doin numbers
Chill you don’t need to write a whole essay it’s just a game
It’s mgrr, we have exceptions
@@fineman1235 Dude just respect this man's effort bro
@@fineman1235 I'd fucken do it again
Fun fact: the low health beeping is the same noise my fridge makes when you leave it open for too long
Kojima was actually inspired by the beeping sound of your fridge and decided to put it in-game
Bravo Kojima
@@Technoblade6277 bravo vince
Your fridge:
Standing here
I realize
You take too long
To find some cream of ice
@@MycroftGlassgow😂😂😂 Jamie Christopherson, hire that man now
If You don’t shut your fridge properly Sam busts down your door and you have to battle him
It took me way too long to notice that after catching Sam's sword against Armstrong, Raiden says "Okay, let's dance." the same line Sam said before their fight and even takes the same fighting stance as him. Also Sam just effortlessly bodying Metal Gear Ray and ending it with one singular quick big boy slash when Raiden struggled and had to fight it twice is just so badass. This game is so fucking cool.
My favorite is that lyrics for the Sam fight are playing from the very start of the fight, which is normally a phase 2 kind of thing, because you already had phase 1, in the prologue.
I remember realizing the bike you take to fight sam is sam’s bike, that part had my jaw dropped
Pepega Clap
tbf that was Raiden's old cyborg body
This game knows exactly how ridiculous and stupid things can be and it just embraces that so it works so well.
I miss when games used to be like that
@@Liamx-00 The last one that does that is DMC V and it came out half a decade ago. Man, I really want more wacky hack n slash with ridiculous story like these games
@@sax7760 DMC V came out 3 years ago.
No this is waaaay too over the top for me lol.
At least for like mortal kombat, it doesn't take itself all that seriously. This is like the opposite where it's 20% funny 80% serious
@@Liamx-00 play Devil May cry 5.
A perfect balance of edge, silliness, and un-ironic coolness.
With a hint of a philosophical narrative on the nature of war. I love this game.
it's the best
Sam's rifle sheath quick draw will never not be cool
You can tell this game was rushed because it lacks polish in certain areas, but it's still so amazing and really a testament to what PlatinumGames can do. It's also the most coherent rendition of the metal gear lore by far, and it cuts back on the most confusing and silly aspects of the previous games to make a world that actually feels somewhat serious.
@@darrenfleming7901 Which is ironic, because the seriousness makes the ridiculous parts even more ridiculous.
I love how Armstrong gets absolutely no scenes, no dialogue, no nothing, and then gets revealed as the final boss.
I mean, in R-002 🤓
He is seen and mentioned like once then never again until R-07
@@pheilimobrien6634 Um actually it's R-02 not R-002 get it right bozo
@@goose7618 nobody asked bozo!!1!!11!
@@goose7618 he is mentioned more than that, bud
Sam's suit isn't cyborg enhancements. It's more of an exoskeleton to boost his physical capabilities. His right arm is his only inorganic body part, because of Armstrong fucking up his normal one at the end of the DLC.
So if he did have enhancements, Raiden would be screwed.
@@Theragtagna probably
@@Theragtagna apparently the cybernetic arm actually made him weaker because he wasnt used to it
@@Theragtagna If I remember right he was actually weaker with the robotic arm.
@@doctorneotech7011 Ok, then what if we give him time to get used to it?
Senator Armstrong despite only appearing in the last few minutes of the game, manages to be a compelling and memorable boss. Not only that but the memes from this game are still going. Wish there was a sequel
Fun Fact: Armstrong's VA also voices Mimir
The memes…
One of the greatest boss battles in video game history
@@Kono_Dio-Da Odin's lucky he didn't bring out the nanomachines
Making the mother of all omelette’s Jack. Can’t fret over every egg.
I really have no clue why this game randomly resurfaced but honestly I'm really glad, this game was my child hood
I'm guessing it's the Max0r video
@@LiteBosmark it's a mix of that and the amount of memes that popped up, mostly with Jetstream Sam.
probably the whole raiden punching armstrong and jetstream sam rickroll, plus I'd like to think that it was also bc of the meme VAs the game has
I’m so fuckin happy it’s back again. I love it so much.
@@hazyworld8626 Weakest Brazilian male
4:06 idk why but the mental image of charlie walking his dogs while listening to rules of nature on his ipod is fucking hilarious
We need more games that take themselves less seriously like this. It’s just so fun. Yet also so meaningful when it wants to be.
The Yakuza series does this
@@TheGigachadKneeChauvin rgg takes itself pretty fucking seriously though
@@dalelumina3 youve never played the games
@@TheGigachadKneeChauvin the main story, i know how wacky the minigames and stuff are
Glad games like dmc5 are still being made
Sam being such a hard character to play makes sense when you remember he doesn't have any cybernetics. Which just makes his boss fight with Raiden that much more impressive, since he's kicking your ass with *nothing.*
Except his right arm
BUT STILL-
I recall him having BARELY any cybernetics, so he has some.
(I recall correctly. Beaten the game for the first time last week)
all he has is a shitty arm, and a suit. and yet i get skysmashed
@@Stribog1337 All of his cybernetics are defensive, and do not effect his strength or speed.
@@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561 Logically his strength should be enhanced somewhat to not easily get overpowered by Raiden. Man can throw a metal gear into the air after all
I think what makes sam my favorite is that “we’ve both heard enough speeches by now” because every single other metal gear game (including this one) is jam packed with characters monologuing about their ideals
This game knew how to separate from the rest of the franchise, and actively make fun of it at the same time, all while respecting its legacy
It's great since it's justified by considering at this point he doesn't want to give someone the chance go talk him out of the path he's chosen.
He should have added "It's not like anyone was really paying attention to them in the first place."
They need to make more badass games like this, just wacky over the top insanity the entire time, every enemy looks super cool and the cinematic combat is a pleasure, always wondered why the metal gear solid games were never like this one.
Because this game is a spin-off hack n slash game, not like your traditional stealthy metal gear solid game with a groundbreaking story that makes you question things. Not at all saying rising’s story isn’t great either.
@@arrogantlobster3270 Your 100% correct my friend, I enjoyed snake eater and guns of the patriots, those are the only ones I played, would have been awesome for them to make a Rising 2, its good that they can separate the 2 genres
@@xhemel4303 guess what. Look at what Konami is making rn. THERE MAKING ANOTHER BADDAS FIGHTING GAME!
My brother in Christ, we still have Devil May Cry.
All of the DMC games, especially 5 are what you’re looking for
Sonic Frontier’s Titan boss fights are a honorable mention
For that part at 8:06, I like to think Sam was just wanting an excuse to spare Raiden so he could get stronger and face him again later. Truly the Goku of cyborg samurai.
You can hear it in his laugh.
My headcanon is that when he says “lucky devil” he means himself
@@sentientmustache8360 this is now my favorite interpretation.
@@sentientmustache8360
_steals_ thanks
That's basically a fact. Sam tried to fight Armstrong in prequel dlc, and the recording he left with Wolf counting on Raiden to take down Armstrong
I just now realized that the bike that Raiden steals belonged to Sam. That explains why Sam wanted to fight Raiden, he was angry at him for taking his bike.
Ninja stole my bike.
Can't have shit in Denver
@@12isaac00 nigga *
That's wrong....
@@user-fv9er3by5n its right though
in the sam DLC (which takes place before the main events), sam leaves his bike where raiden picked it up.
sam was just angry that his bike got stolen.
Think about it. If Nanomachines harden in response to physical trauma, so do masochists.
Leech gonna leech
@Don't read profile photo Okay
@@kran8258 ironic how you call others leach while you leachin off the leach
thats actually a pretty good synonym
@MonsterHunteroo He's either a bot or a edgy kid, don't fry your head about it and report it
The second Mistral fight helps show how far you've come and how much stronger you've become in both upgrades and skills. The second Monsoon fight is also there.
Nah I think they just straight up needed to pad a bit
The mistral fight shows how far you’ve come
The monsoon fight ties into the plot
"Metal Gear Rising is a masterpiece"
*Ahh yes, the floor here is made out of floor.*
No, seriously, I can't believe how well the game holds up and my god, those realistic, gory cutting mechanics...
Yeah no shit sherlock
Just kidding fr
This game is so fucking cool. Everything from the music to the combat and the bosses. The story is goofy as hell but it doesn’t shy away from it like when raiden seethes with rage because wolf won’t shake like a dog.
From my experience, games who don't take their story too seriously tend to be more fun than others lol.
Japan never let go of the campiness, unlike hollywood which left it behind in the 90s
Standing here, I realize,
The story is great dude.. it’s quite serious. Political corruption, military industrial complex, futuristic cyborg moral dilemmas..
Basically every metal gear solid story lol, mgs 3, and 5 tries a rather serious tone in story, but they still manage to crack up some goofy things here and there, Revengeance just went full comedy mode in almost every aspect and i fking love it
The best part about this game is Armstrong is canonically the last Metal Gear boss!
talk about going out on a high note
And even if there are more games he will probably still be, i doubt they would make a metal gear that takes place after rising
@@aesthetic3355 I mean they tease sunny. So who knows, maybe? Also when did she stopped preparing eggs for Otacon and work for Space Agency or some shit.
The fact that Charlie who rarely reacts to anything happening on screen says shit like "wow thats so fucking cool" you know this game is the shit
MGR knows exactly how goofy and over the top it is and that’s why it’s so good
it's better
I think Platinum excels at that. Just like Bayonetta, it is utterly committed and unapologetic about its insanity. And it stays coherent enough to make you care.
“That’s a nice argument senator, how about a source to back it up?!”
“My source is that I MADE IT THE FUCK UP!”
This had me rolling 😂😂
Well if it isn't Sussy Jack.
Imagine a world, Raiden, free of cancel culture!
Where no one can call me out for my outlandish claims!
a world where I can say the
Bro, are you high?
1:15:59
See, funnily enough, Sam is actually fully human by this point. He bears no cyborg enhancements: the only things he has to put him on equal footing with his enhanced foes are skill, a gun sheathe, his enhanced Murasama, and an exosuit. He only becomes a cyborg post-DLC, and even then it's just his arm (the replacement of which proved to be a nerf).
Sam dunked on total cyborgs and UGs as a human being.
If this guy teamed up with Raiden instead of staying with Armstrong, the battle in Pakistan would've been over within under 3 minutes. Not even kidding
I believe someone on platinum (maybe kojima himself) said that Sam could have actually win against armstrong, had he not go for the killing blow immediately
@@givemeanameiwillhate9525 I remember hearing that as well. If he had turned the fight into a war of attrition, Armstrong probably would've run out of energy to power his nanos, at which point Sam could've taken him down. But still, the fact that he landed a significant blow at all is no small feat for a human.
@@My2Cents.iF7934 i mean, that shit tanked a blade that can cut through virtually anything, and the fact that he can literally TIME it just by seeing it. Yeah, big feat
Close but not quite; DLC is a prequel of sorts.
It's because Brasilians can double jump. We don't need augmentation; everyone else needs of to catch up. xD
Fun Fact: The music producer is the same person that did Toontown Online and this was his first OST with rock.
Charlie makes jokes like "He could dual wield with both halves of his body", or "Maybe the prime minister isn't dead, he seemed like a tough guy"
But with Kojima cyborg technology, those are honestly 100% reasonable predictions
Honestly surprised he hasn't made those yet
Don't they quite literally say in one of the codec conversations that if the prime minister was a cyborg, they could've saved him?
Nanomachines, son.
If only it weren’t for the train
"he could dual wield with both halves of his body"
monsoon: am i a joke to you?
"He was gonna end war forever"
No, he wanted to end war *as a business*, but also create a society where everyone can kill each other because they themselves wanted to instead of because their country told them to.
Which is basically just "The Purge" movies going on forever, it would be awful.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 that's different, idk any movie that closely resemble armstrong dream.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 It's not like he wanted to create a lawless society. He just went full in on the freedom and strong vs weak men beliefs
@@sasdagreat8052 That's kind of what lawlessness is, innit? Near as I can tell, Armstrong dreams of a world of people with individual power persecuting those without it and fighting each other in a free-for-all - mistakenly thinking that everyone loves combat. Anarchy. It's not authoritarianism, because that involves controlling people and forcing troops to fight for you, but rather some sort of anarchy with no organized governance to "tell people what to do".
There's a reason he's not running with that as his political platform: it's unpopular. Very few people like the idea of anarchy. Most of us appreciate some kind of government, either because it benefits society as a whole, because it benefits our tribe, or because it benefits specific individuals (dictators). Armstrong sees peace as boring (celebrity bullshit); to him, life only has meaning in the individual struggle for survival, and if people aren't struggling to survive, by god, he'll *make* them struggle.
@Aquarium Gravel Yeah, I guess what Armstrong meant by "the strong" isn't necessarily physical strength, but strength of will. It just so happens that in video games those often overlap lol.
The fact that Raiden stabbed a giant robot with its own sword is pretty cool. Then you remember his pain inhibitors were off the whole time he did that sequence
It’s interesting. Sam cuts Raiden with the same technique he uses against Armstrong only when he cuts Raidens arm off the stump is flat while when he cuts off Armstrongs his arm is cut at an angle. Kinda showing how Sam learned to cut arms flat after Armstrong stabbed him with one.
I find the image of Raiden trying to hit Sam with his flat stump arm very funny lol
Take a shot everytime Charlie says "God it's so fucking cool"
Take a shot every time you think the same.
Dead by 20 minute mark lmao
@@dustin202 Charlie sheen doesn't have the liver for that
Didn’t realise that “DNA of the soul” line everyone says is a direct quote until today. Literally pogged
monsoon is just wild in general. abriged scenes would barely deep fry his dialoge
Monsoon is the equivalent of lines like “I can win, I feel great, I CAN DO THIS!” and “The name’s Recoome, it rhymes with doom and you’ll be hurting all too soon”.
@@randomprotag9329 Religion is a joke.
Metal Gear has this obsession with the Terminology of Meme as the Cultural Equivalent of beneficial Genetics
@@acceptablecasualty5319 thats the original definition
Charlie’s totally right about how music in games needs lyrics, it’s why I love the modern persona games so much
It really depends on the game. For high intense action I’d agree, but def not most rpgs
Persona 5 is easily one of my most favorite games I‘ve ever played and the soundtrack is a HUGE reason why
@@SageLegacy actually
I'd argue a lot of RPGs would benefit from lyrical music along the lines of MGR (just not going in as hard, of course), given that it'd cut down the need for cutscenes declaring motivation
No need to lyrics honestly .
Even most intense fights .
Have you ever heard the Devourer of Gods theme?
I do agree more games should have lyrics in their tracks, but not too much. Some games benefit from the subtlety of not having lyrics in their tracks.
"History is written by the victor" was such an amazing line by Charlie but then he followed it up with "But I can't read" and I just died laughing
Because he actually thought about it and realized it was not factual
The definition of a meme is: "an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation." Senator Armstrong, even though he is a small element in the finale of the game created a meme an idea that is passed down even today. He was may have died but his meme will live on.
Raiden's memes and Armstrong's memes definitely modify/merge with each other in some way judging by the ending. Hell, if Raiden lost in this fight, I would expect that Armstrong would probably be left with hard questions to ask himself considering how close someone came to defeating him, someone who embodied everything Armstrong sees as "strong" but with a completely opposing perspective.
Kojima got a lot of his inspiration for MGS and MGS2 from Richard Dawkins book the selfish gene which defined meme well before the internet existed yeah they started to lean into the internet meme definition in the later games but that's not what was originally intended
Nice definition you got there, Why don't you back it up with a source?
@@SomeOne-ke6vq My source is that I made it the fuck up!
his meme passed on raiden as he said in the ending "fighting my own war"
Idk why everyone is just now realizing how good this game is, but in mind of a potential Sequel, I'm here for it
A bunch of zoomer memes I think. The DNA of the soul.
Thanks to Max0r and Raiden rapidly punching Armstrong
The power of tiktok
I don't know man I don't think they can make a sequel better then this
After seeing the worst game of the year I felt my soul was betrayed after seeing that...
yeah a sequel or a remastered version.
Do you see now?
All this murder and you still aren’t
*B A S E D*
@𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 what the actual fuck
@@stupystup3375 report the stupid bot and get their account offline, best way to go that one I put for harrasment, they're spamming everywhere
@@bigbouncer4196 yes I agree
@@sans5466 Thanks, sans.
@𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 bros going a little crazy
"You are bringing shit to a piss fight" has to be the best line I've ever heard.
Was just editing a video featuring a clip from Metal Gear Rising only to see you upload this video at exactly the same time.
Dont read my name🤨
Damn that's crazy bro.
this won't make anyone watch your videos bub, get your soft advertising outta here
@@NylinTheBlade I just like the content but go off king x
It’s crazy because I was just thinking about this game wishing they’d remaster it and he uploads this today
1:08:14 after 10 years we finally learned that the bike raiden stole to escape Denver, was Sam's bike which he arived
So since I have your attention, due to this video being so new, “Rules of nature”, is actually about how the Metal Gears are outdated, the things that were once so dangerous, they were the final bosses of every Metal Gear Solid game, have fallen to the wayside, to make room for highly augmented soldiers, who are far more dangerous, mobile, fast, and lethal. The once mighty predator has been reduced to the prey of these new apex predators.
The song is about how a weapon to surpass Metal Gear has been created, and is now everywhere, making the once formidable Metal Gears nothing but dying hunters, starving for whatever prey they can find, only to be easily killed by what once would have been their prey.
And it’s not hard to see this either, since the fight against the Metal Gear at the start is by far the easiest boss fight in the game.
And this metaphor also helps build Armstrong’s character even more, because in lore, the thing he uses to fight Raiden before he gets his nanomachines, is not actually a Metal Gear. In the lore of the game, it was only given the Metal Gear monicker to help it sell better, and in reality, is not one, as it is not bipedal, and has no AI.
Think about that. Armstrong is essentially piloting a Chinese knockoff Metal Gear, that lacks any of the things that makes a Metal Gear, a Metal Gear. It’s the perfect metaphor for the front he puts up. It looks, sounds, and acts like what the Patriots were doing, but in reality, it’s a middle finger to everything they represented. This Metal Gear is only similar in name, but when you look beyond that, they’re actually completely different. Like Armstrong, and the Patriots, the very ideals he claims to uphold, while secretly despising them, and trying to undermine them.
And like how he takes the fate of America into his own hands, he also takes the controls of this fake Metal Gear into his hands, as well. He could have easily just had it installed with an AI, but he chose to be its pilot, to control the machines that will burn down the old America, and plant the seeds of the new America he strives to create. Armstrong in a nutshell, basically.
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Armstrong is so based I’m gonna be a politician and follow his footsteps
@@wretchedknight2195 Play college ball if you still can. And work out religiously. You might also need to identify his political party, so you can get the right colour tie.
@@HESHRocketWarhead I think he may be a Libertarian (On the far corner of Libertarian Right) pretending to be a Republican. I could be misinterpreting his views, but it sounds pretty correct.
I really hope they start making games like this again. There was a golden age before mobile gaming, where graphics were getting amazing, but now all games are taking up the mobile model of pay to win, and I can't think of anything now that actually tries. I really miss how gaming used to be.
You should get into indie games, there are some really passionate game developers that make outstanding games. There are even some indie games that surpass AAA games tenfold. I would reccomend undertale, hades, terraria, dead cells, stardew Valley, ultrakill, oneshot, a hat in time, celeste, and many others.
@@p1nball729i agree with every game this guy suggested but Ultrakill in particular is a masterpiece
Wdym man you don’t like games being crappy P2W bs? That have cringe ads that show sexy girls to try and appeal to male fantasy
@@elijahmeilak2906one of the best games ever made and it's not even done yet
Charlie at the start: They really shouldn't make a sequel after a catastrophic failure with Babylon's Fall.
Charlie at the end: They really need to make a sequel.
This game aged like fine wine, of course it is a Masterpiece
Dont read my name🤨
the game does not feel that aged at all. its simple fun detached from trends and part from graphics has aged decently
No period.
@@gramerpolice6429 But you keep using periods?
@@M0nkiDRufiwhat i ment was that he had not used a period?
Fun fact this game was supposed to be a prequel of metal gear solid 4 to fill in the gaps in the story but then Alastair Duncan (the guy who voiced Armstrong) came in screaming about patriotism and nanomachines so they changed the script of the game.
Wait, so Armstorng's voice actor improvised some lines and they liked it so much the whole game was completely rewritten? That's fucking boss.
*Big Boss.*
Yeah that's not true. Kojimas team couldn't think of a game past the sword slicing concept so they gave it to Platnium who developed it into a sequel instead.
@@JL-lg9xs He’s right about the first part but I’m sure he was joking about the voice actor doing that.
well i mean the jp voice actor is Joseph Joestar so... i don't see why not.
You know how much more overpowered Raiden would be fighting those PMC soldiers? The gameplay would probably be more linear but the levels would have more variety
I remember being 7 and playing this. I struggled so hard with Armstrong and popped off so hard that I cried when I beat him. I was like a whole celebration. It was 2 am and everyone in the house was watching. I felt like I was the best. I then played the game over and over again on the hardest difficulty until I could play it without getting hit. Good times
Danm you played mgr at 7? I'm 13 and my parents are hesitant to let me play half life
@KingSquids you'll learn to appreciate parents like that
@_buildblok85_my mom and dad let me play gta when I was literally 4 with my brother and continued to let me play it growing up, I loved the games but holy shit yeah those weren’t good for kids
The way the music ties into the boss fights was easily the coolest part for me. The way the bosses connected to the lyrics for one, but also the way they'd drop in the vocals and it gets louder right when the action's getting really flashy. I think bosses in pretty much any game would be more memorable with music tying in that closely
yea, the music kinda tells the boss's story in a way (i don't know if i explained that right)
Armstrong may not be the most complex final boss in the world, but the combination of the fun, challenge, spectacle, music, setting, and the character himself make this easily my favorite final boss of all time.
Idk I feel like the difficulty spike was too much at the end. Overall a 7.5-8 out of 10 which it would’ve been if Armstrong wasn’t a bullshit fight
@@ratman7212 I disagree. Armstrong is the ultimate test in the game whether you have learned all the mechanics or not. These include: learning his moveset (which is always the same), dodging, parrying, the accuracy of your cuts during blade time, etc. Each boss is supposed to teach you these elements of the game, and Armstrong just combines them into one. Maybe the one annoying thing about him is his HP, but then again he also drops a ton of healing and gives you opportunities for free damage a lot. I think his fight is brilliant
@@jerkopatrik Yeah I liked how Armstrong threw every game mechanic at you all at once. The parrying vs dodging that you learn from the Blade Wolf fight, aiming your blade mode swings like the Sundowner fight, etc. Felt like a great way to end the game, by proving you've mastered every component. Plus there weren't any bullshit adds like most other fights in the game.
It's a crime that this game doesn't have a current-gen remaster, let alone a sequel.
You wouldn't want one now. Pretty sure it'd be mediocre.
@@tsuzukiyomi8911 why would it be mediocre? U talking about the graphics or?
@@Rishi-fq9cu graphics is pretty much a given nowadays, but the same cannot be said with the story and gameplay
@@forrandomsites3336 But you already have the story, and a little tweak can get the gameplay better... A remaster would be the play, not a remake
@@Jun88782 wait, oh damn i read the wrong comment.
I thought you were talking about a sequel mentioned in the og comment. I can easily see a remaster with this game, upgrades to texture res, higher polys on some character models, and a tweak in the lighting model, better reflections(this game legit would work very well with ray traced reflection, or even screen space would work), and a higher res for console versions.
The amount of interactivity this game has is wild. Like the attack where Armstrong throws stuff at you, you can just avoid that completely by running. It's pretty linear with progression but feels more open than most modern open world games.
Honestly MGR is the perfect kind of campy. The Dialogue is cheesy as hell but holds up because it delivers it with absolutely no hesitation.
this game is better
The sheer CONVICTION in the lines is so good
On paper it sounds really cheesy, but they sell it so well that it works perfectly.
At Sam's dlc, he DOESN'T have any augments. He goes full commando. He has an armor, but that's all.
In the main story, he has a prosthetic arm (he lost his one, I mean...). He still goes full commando, he never uses augments or whatev.
He might have some man-machine-interface types, to use that armor of his... But no actual cybernetics.
Rising was the closest “true” successor to the MGS trilogy than anything that came after 3 in terms of story structure. The franchise really lost itself as time went on by dropping the concept of a one-man-army taking down an entire military squad comprised of awesome specialized lunatics, lead by a morally questionable badass who was arguably justified given the circumstances.
Armstrong was far more in line with the likes of Solidus and Liquid than the miserable garbage we saw with Coldman and Skullface; and Desperado could easily hold their ground against the likes of Foxhound, Dead Cell, and the Cobra unit.
It’s pretty easy to see why the game is still so loved; it embodies and embraces what people enjoyed most about the franchise to begin with.
too bad the studio makes garbage now lmao. From MGR to Babylon's Fall. kinda sad
@@poopy-discoop982 Don't be so cynical, they also gave us Automata and Astral Chain in the last 5 years. Babylon's Fall wasn't the first time Platinum had a misstep, they've always released very average games between their larger and significantly better projects.
@@poopy-discoop982 most studios have a bad game. It happens.
If they have 2 in a row then it becomes problematic. At least they aren’t on a streak of trash games like BioWare (mass effect andromeda and Anthem)
@@pelicancrayon2523 they're already done with Babylon's Season 2 and are already working on 3 at least from what I've heard. Hopefully things take a turn for the good. Just seems that they're somewhat misguided
@@poopy-discoop982 One bad game didn't suddenly ruin Platinum lmao, jesus christ
Im *standing* with everyone that says this game is a masterpiece, after i *realised* that most *people that are just like me* think platinum games are so good they can stay alive for all of *history* . But who am i to judge *whats right from wrong* .
nice
That got got my guard down. But I think we both agree
That *violence breed violence* , *but* unfortunately, it *has to be this way*
(Bad line-ender i know)
@@sonetagu1337 Don't worry, you were just *Carving your own path*
@@BattleBoxeR555 you can't forget that you *Followed your wrath*
The last time I REALLY raged at a game was when this first came out and I was going against those gorilla-type enemies and not knowing how to parry.
Same, I related to this so hard.
Especially the gorillas in that dark subway
@@adityabhargav7879 Fuuuck the subway. Still hate it to this day. I can deal with a lot of the other areas, and the gorillas, but the subway really messes me up.
Bro this and I somehow still beat that gorilla without knowing how to parry(same for the gorillas on the elevator) also played on normal so ig thats how I made it pass
The time I raged hard was when you had to fight Armstrong as Sam. I had no idea you could roll dodge until the next day.
i am beyond overjoyed that this game is making a comeback! god i was OBSESSED with this game years ago! Even got the blade wolf dlc - still the only dlc i ever tried/bought
Sam dlc was better in my opinion
The dlc were free on ps3. I never knew you needed to buy them. They're also free on steam.......xbox must have sucked with this game then I guess? Or you lied.
@@maverick5335 played it on the series x recently and the dlc is free there too
@@llskoolkidll879 thought so. Would have been weird to let this shit be free from the get go on ps3 and have it be purchasable elsewhere.
@@maverick5335 that's how it was on 360 and for the first I think 60 days after the dlc released for ps3 it was paid
A little detail I absolutely love is that, because Sam wasn't used to his cybernetic arm, he's the only boss who's weapon can be knocked out of his hand
And the fact that he was able to keep kicking Raiden's arse even without the sword , WITH 0 ENHANCEMENTS aside from his suit mind you, is just the cherry on top
My absolute favorite Brazilian samurai
Can't you do the same too mistral though, there's a segment in the video that shows it.
@@wut-se8hz you don’t knock it out of her hands, you cut through it
"And he did it by *JUICING."*
@@ardantop132na6this man dunked on Raiden harder than Kobe after he threw an UG unit
When you think about it, the Armstrong fight is like a DEX build and a STR build fighting in Dark Souls PVP.
_"Like I said, kids are cruel Jack!"_
*_"AND I LOVE MINORS!!"_*
- Sundowner
I think u downloaded the wrong sundower
@@Dayn3576 Sundowner Model MAX-0r
@@Dieci-9 Oh shit, u got dat premium version
yeah, man. Shit cost me an eye and a hand, too.
- Your average Minecraft youtuber
Sam's expressions are my favorite fucking thing. He's just so cocky, but you _know_ he can back it up.
I fucking love this game and anyone who disrespects rules of nature shall be sent to the shadow realm
I agree with the stranger :D
rules of nature? more like rules of nature valley granola bars.
@@TrulyBS-QJ
Delicious, but a pain in the ass, like Jetstream Sam.
Get a girlfriend
Vengeance
This is one of the best games ever made. Honestly, all the lines are just fire. The music is incredible. The entire feel of the game is just so good.
Might sound goofy, but I took inspiration from MGR when making slendytubbies 3 when it came to vocal soundtracks; it definitely adds another level of epicness to the gameplay!
Ain't NO way
No way are you a charlie viewer
Hmmmmmmmm
@@Twiquil hell yee
Fuck You doing here?
I like how at 1:20:29 Armstrong just stands over your body like he's just excpecting you to get up and continue
It’s funny how originally the two games starring Raiden ended up getting more appreciation long after release.
whats funny about it
wait is it blowing up now? I thought people always loved this game. I played it on release and i kept playing it over and over again on all difficulties because it's so good. Assumed everyone was the same
@@TrexSeven it's been through a bit of a resurgence lately, it's been on my TH-cam for a couple of weeks now
@@TrexSeven nah dude, people hated it, some evenn called it the worst metal gear and claimed that it ruined raidens character development
@@TrexSeven Some people were still mad about "Kojima tricked me. Where's Solid Snake?", "Raiden is sooo lame" and "they made MGS too political"(because of Armstrong lol). There were a bunch of loud dummies who are either pretending they always liked it or off complaining about equally stupid shit in new games now.
15:35
Mistral: “Ideals Jack, what are yours?”
Charlie: “Justice! …and ice cream on Tuesdays.”
I did not expect much from that game, but a friend said I should get it.
yeah, this game is absolutely amazing. did NOT expect this.
I saw it on steam last year and got it cause I have never heard of it. Went in completely blind and it stunned me. I have been looking for a game that is just off the wall ridiculous but in a good way and it delivered.
@@darkmario3321 fully agree
@@darkmario3321 I loved mgs v and unfortunately there isn't a lot of mgs content on pc so I might have to check this out
@@darkmario3321 what can i say, it's batshit insane
Babylons fall was mostly Squares fault forcing them to make it live action/multiplayer focused, and had to basically scrap their prior progress. Platinums amazing except when they get a lame publisher it seems.
The trailer from 2019 is clearly a very different build vs the 2021 trailer/release gameplay. It's likely the game that came out is only 6-8 months of rushed patch work.
its so frustrating hearing him placing the blame on platinum when its not their fault
@@sparkie1j It's not a certified true story and nothing reporting on it, it's all from prior examples and inferring and reading between the lines so not everyone's gonna get it. Watching the series "What happened?" By matt mcmuscles gives a good insight into this kind of behind the scenes stuff.
A company releases a good game one day, then seemingly releases a trash game another, and that's all the situation appears to be on the outside for now. Don't be surprised if articles come about this games development similar to Anthems.
Not just that but if you look at the time line who was working on what it's pretty clear BF was made by a bunch of newbies. To top it off the team of newbies were made back in 2019 the same year we got that gameplay trailer. That means they likely had the experienced guys work on it before handing it off to the newbies only a couple of years ago.
It makes sense that bladewolf seems buffed in Sams dlc, considering Sam isn't exactly Raiden, he's not a cyborg I bet he doesn't even have pain inhibitor control, Sam was just a really good human samurai he is going to feel those slashes more than Raiden does
Mans a Brazilian. Ofc he can double jump and fight a guy who is a senator of Colorado.
Sam does seem to scream louder when he gets hit than Raiden did. It would make sense that he either has less effective or no pain inhibitor. Minor/moderate cyborg enhancement and probably armor or an exoskeleton of some kind but little else. Compared to many enemies in the game and Raiden who are basically complete cyborgs in and out.
brazilian genetics allow you to push yourself up to 10x harder than an average human
Blade wolf isn’t just buffed, but Sam also gets less benefits from partying actually putting him in a worse situation. It’s meant to be a last resort. You have to dodge attacks or throw a red phosphorus at blade wolf to allow you to spam charge attacks.
@@feister2869 As a brazilian I can confirm, we can double jump
Finally a huge TH-camr like charlie giving this masterpiece the respect it deserves. Yes, memes are funny and this game has birthed some good ones. But this game is unbelievably fun. With an awesome ost.
Raiden saying that sam had barely any cyborg enhancements shows you how much of a beast he was
he only got the arm because of armstrong stabbing it. he was ambushed by machine guns pre cybernetics and won thats how much skill sam has
He has a cybernetic gaming chair
Honestly I know the game isn't perfect but that doesn't stop it from being one of my favorites of all time. Definitely at least a 90% for me.
This game is so perfect the music, the story, the characters, the aesthetic, everything about it is everything I day dreamed about when I was 14. It's just so freaking cool.
Only thing I wish they should have included is more background story for the Winds, like missions they did or them showing how strong they really were, but the game just as it is it's a complete masterpiece
@𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 okay, that's just sick.
@@ParanointDE there is worse ppl out there, like ppl making fun of Jacksepticeyes dad.
@𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 what the fuck dude
The flips & acrobatics in this game inspired me to be one, forever grateful/fortunate of this game.
The lyrics in the songs from this game actually tell a story about the boss that you’re fighting
“Time for jack… to let er rip!”
Becomes a fucking bayblade
Overall, the entire Metal Gear franchise is a masterpiece
Even Metal Gear Survive
@@grunkleg.2934 we don't consider that a metal gear game
@@grunkleg.2934 no.
@@grunkleg.2934 Doesn't exist
@@grunkleg.2934 We don't talk about that abomination here.
standing here, I realize that I unironically want to play this now.
Sad that Platinum created such hits like this and Bayonetta then went on to make Babylon's Fall
And to think they also made Nier:Automata is nuts.
People dont understand that Square Enix came to them and told them make a game in that shitty dungeon looter format. They could only do so much to a game out of it.
You can get it for like $5 on CD keys. 110% worth the money.
It's weird that publishers look at what Platinum has done, what it can do, and decide to contact them for low-budget licensed games or... whatever Square-Enix did. To my deep regret, only Nintendo seems to be willing to give them a chance beyond one-off projects, for some reason, which necessarily locks the games down to a single platform, because Nintendo is as greedy as any of them.
Granted, Babylon's Fall seems to be something like Square-Enix giving them a second chance after the first one (Nier:A) went so well, except that the most believable explanation for the result turning out badly would be executive meddling from Square-Enix, which undermines the concept of giving them a chance. I don't want to say that it's impossible that Platinum could make a stinker, anyone can make mistakes, but S-E has a long history of shooting itself in the foot, so this sure looks like it's just more of that. Then again, someone in another comment said that Platinum has a new CEO, so that could be bad news.
The problem is, despite a lot of Platinum games being amazing, they never sell extremely well. Even Nier only sold like 6 million which isn’t a lot if you compare. Bayo games are amazing but they only sold 2 million.
Memories broken
The truth goes unspoken
I’ve even forgotten my name
I don’t know the season
Or what is the reason
I’m standing here holding my blade
A desolate place
Without any trace
It’s only the cold wind I feel
It’s me that I spite
As I stand up and fight
The only thing I know for real
There will be blood- -shed
The man in the mirror nods his head
The only one
Left
Will ride upon the dragon’s back
Because the mountains don’t give back what they take
Oh, no, there will be blood- -shed
It’s the only thing I’ve ever known
Losing my identity
Wondering, have I gone insane?
To find the truth in front of me
I must climb this mountain range
Looking downward from this deadly height
And never realizing why I fight
One year later, 100 likes and no reply? Oml I have lost faith in humanity
This game is so legendary, the fighting, the story, the music, the characters, Everything about it is just a 10/10 game
Level design is kinda wonky and I fucking hate the enemies, but besides that there's almost nothing bad about it.
to explain a bit of what happened to Babylon's fall:
Platinum were making a completely different kind of game (same name but I mean in terms of structure etc) but then Square's last two attempts to make live service games flopped (marvel and what ever that looter shooter was) they had platinum completely retool the game into a live service mess which forced them to completely gut the game. Meanwhile square already has ff14 one of the biggest cash cows in the industry and they're just being greedy for more :)
Maybe instead of telling people to make a live service game, they should get Yoshi-P to helm another project. I mean, he understands live service games far more than Square ever will... And his resume is mostly MMOs. Namely FF14.
@@kyotanaka920 Yoshi-p is director of ff16 as well. Besides he probably won't work on much else. He himself has said he would have to die before he stopped working on ff14.
On top of that after a real reborn happened Yoshi-p is on the business' board of directors (or equivalent) and has been sited that he fights off square execs all the time from ff14. He's got his hands full already lol.
Besides square doesn't NEED another live service game like ff14 they're just being greedy. They are one of like 3 companies that has an active service game that brings in the kind of money that ff14 does. They legit dont need another lol
Looks like you just made this shit up and are spouting it as facts. In fact, Platinum’s new CEO is all-in on live service games, so they’re also partly to blame.
@@gameboycolor47 They definitely don't need another, but the dumb fucks at Square doesn't understand that. If they're going to INSIST on persuing this fruitless endeavor, the very least they can do is to DO IT RIGHT. And of all the people under Square... The only one that knows how to not fuck this monetization model up is Yoshi-P. Get him helm a live service project, otherwise, fuck off with this concept entirely. They've shown time and again they are not willing to learn from their mistakes, so their only hope of a SUCCESSFUL live service game will only be from Yoshi-P's directions
Started replaying this just this week and was wondering if Charlie ever did a playthrough... Love it when stuff comes together like that
He did one a long time ago with pepsiman mod lmao
the game follows the rule of cool 100% of the time and i really think it pays off, it really is the coolest game. maybe not the best game, but definitely the coolest.
For those who discovered this amazing game through this video, there are SO many amazing moments that weren't included in it. This game is AMAZING and it'll make you feel awesome like no other game can.
I remember playing this game a long time ago before the recent popularity and none of my friends tried it 😢
I just bought this game finally and it's one of the best games I have ever played. The combat, the story, the characters, the boss fights and that SOUNDTRACK. I'm sorry but this game has the best soundtrack in any game I have ever played. Masterpiece of a game.
@@jarrodeaston6373 you should try dmc 5. It’s fun and has a good sound track too
@@datboi4216 I did. I played all dmc games before playing revengeance. Love them all as well.
There will *NEVER* be another game like this. 10/10 gameplay, soundtrack, story AND memes? Not happening.
I mean… there’s the entire yakuza series for ya
Yakuza 0 exists
The Yakuza and Dmc games would beg to differ
The slo mo parts where you turn people into mincemeat is always cool as fuck
45:20 i love how in that scene sunny shakes Bladewolf's hand then raiden tries but gets ignored
Always loved that “We’re done here!” Line that Raiden gives at the end.
For about 5 hours, I have been playing nothing but this game. I have currently beat it 3 times. This is one of the greatest games of all time
Actually, prior to his fight with Armstrong, Sam had zero augmentations, but wore something of a battle suit/exo suit type thing. His cyborg arm is his only augmentation
Don’t forget his Covid mask
Using analog as one of the button to parry it's a best design in action game ever.
It's felt much better than just tap 1 button , direction just give me sense of immerse in characters like you actual moving thier arm not just game script