One of my favorite running gag is Raiden's chin. A lot of enemies hit it, but when he's finally able to dodge his chin getting hit, he gets distracted about it and get a fistfull of nanomachines in his face.
And then, IIRC, slides face first across the ground, grinding his chin against it, meaning he Still comes out with it glowing red hot from the hit. Again.
The gag is also mentioned in Sam’s DLC, where Blade wolf and Sam fight, in the previous cutscene, Sam dodged what would have been a hit directly to the chin
I feel the need to correct/tell you my interpretation about a few crucial details: Collective Consciousness does not represent the world Armstrong is trying to build, it represents the world the player THINKS he's trying to build. When you actually come face to face with him, he's fairly quick to drop this facade. "The truth then" is that he's "using war as a business to get elected... to END war as a business." He believes that every person should be free to fight for what they believe in and not for what anyone with higher status wants you to believe. What he is preaching is an extreme version of an "eat the rich" mindset where-in people would be allowed to take action into their own hands, much like Raiden Storming World Marshall who were committing atrocities by exploiting legal loopholes. It would prevent desperado from exploiting all the people Raiden has killed as their pawns. The main problem here being that Armstrong's solution involves "Purging the weak", a phrase in direct opposition to Raiden's self proclaimed ideals of "protecting the weak". To Raiden, the weak are the people who hold no systematic power and are incapable of consistently obtaining the resources they need and to Armstrong, the those same people are the ones who become the most resourceful and capable of accomplishment, pointing to Raiden as someone who has overcome such a life. So then, It Has To Be This Way, in addition to being about Raiden, is also about Armstrong. The REAL Armstrong. Note the lyrics "Standing here, I realize _You were just like me_ " and "I've carved my own path You followed your wrath but _maybe we're both the same_ " There's a sense of sympathy/doubt in Raiden's lyrics that really show that he truly does see and understand Armstrong's perspective, despite the fact that he's A "batshit insane" politician who "has never been hungry". It's honestly a lot to take in and it somehow makes Armstrong an almost sympathetic villain because what he ultimately wants is idealistically a better world, but the avenues by which he intends to make it happen are unreasonable for the end-result he so desires. Edit: perhaps eat the rich was the wrong phrase to use. The idea I mean to get across is that he supports people like Raiden who break laws, potentially even kill people, in order to fight for what the believe in.
Eat the rich isn’t right it’s more of a might makes right not as a justification but instead as him saying that it should be a form of survival of the fittest in the marketplace of ideas
"You see jack, I have a dream! That one day we'll-" Boowomp "what the fuck was that" "That was Boowomp. Anyway, go on." "Ugh. Uh, that one day, we'll all-" Bo-oi-oi-oi-oing "Ok, what gives?" "That one was Bo-oi-oi-oi-oing. This one's Bink, this one's Bonk, and this one's Sploink. I even got the Hell's Kitchen sound. It was a bitch to get the rights to it. It only plays when I'm under extreme stress though. it malfunctioned." "But why are you doing this now, of all times!?" "You're a government man presenting stupid ideas. And this is filibuster!" Boowomp "Ok, not gonna lie that sounded a lot cooler in my head." "HRRAH!" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Hell's kitchen sound
20:08 That's how you know how powerful this guy is. he can grant people the ability to read minds. not only that, but he can do it through a display screen!
I get this is a joke, but for people that haven't play the game: Raiden can hear the thought of those guys cause they are also cybernetically enhanced and Sam is just broadcasting what their cyber-brains are thinking to Raiden through the comms.
Public service announcement: if a game has the punching a guy really fast meme in it, it’s automatically a good game with a single exception Also at 18:04 it’s worthwhile to note that if you’re fast enough you can run up the cross thing in the middle and jump to an open window to skip the encounter The exception is yandere sim
@@HeyLookItsFNaFb and there's nothing more American tha- (mental breakdown) and there's nothing more American than shooting a man in this Walmart of a world
A year later, and Monsoon has to be my favorite boss. If you don't want to use EMP or Monsoon's own charged sai during the second run of the game, parry, parry good enough and the "MaGnEtIc FoRcE jAcK." phase becomes more of a quick joke. As Max0r said, "He knows he's three edges away from being a Sonic OC and you know what? *I F@$KING DIG IT.* "
Incorrect. Monsoon is a redditor. - Obsessed with memes - Likes to act ambivolent and like he has no morals, ignoring the fact that everyone has morals, just not everyone has ~good~ morals. - Probably thinks hes a philosopher - Thinks hes smarter than he actually is - Weeb.
When you said you will make a video about a game you actually like I never would have thought it'd be MGR. From all of them out there, you hand picked the best one. Good game, and an even better video
20:08 the mind reading part is horseshit but sam temporarily deactivated the emotion suppression nanomachines specifically to fuck with raiden because "oh no the police actually have feelings and now i'm conflicted because they have regrets and didn't want to fight me"
Out of lore, it could probably be a jab at the player’s power fantasy. Something I hear is on brand with Metal Gear’s stories, likely an attempt to provoke thoughts into the player as a reader, _even if stuff like this comes off as condescending in tone…_ In the story, Raiden is affected because of how he used to present himself, something Sam remembers from their first fight. Raiden claims he fights to protect the weak, something that doesn’t hold up in a pursuit of vengeance while blending the civilian police force. How does Raiden retort? Of course they’re going to die, when the villains put them as meat shields in the way. (And then we have the whole Monsoon says there is no purpose to life vs Raiden finds purpose in fighting for pain and so on but that’s neither here nor there)
Note for the homies: Monsoon's split phase where you can't hit him can be overcome by waiting, parrying him, using an EMP (these drop during the M A G N E T I C F O R C E , N A T U R E ' S F O R C E miniphases), or in a rerun of the fight his own Sai, when charged up (just don't use it for a hot minute), can knock him out of it. There might be more ways I don't know about, but these are the easiest for getting him to stagger.
getting a hit in on him while he's in the middle of attacking will ruin his magnetic defense, since he can't dodge it it's the same principle as connecting with perfect parries against the desperado-brand enemies in the latter half of the game
24:20 No? The character development is Raiden becoming comfortable with his Ripper-self, becoming comfortable with killing in general. He knows he can't keep it down, so he used it for good. He embraces his Ripper-persona rather than rejecting or suppressing it.
The genius of Monsoon's "break them by talking" schtick is that it backfires horribly on him! Instead of getting a Raiden whos too shocked and traumatized to fight back, he instead got a Raiden who has accepted his other side and is more determined than ever to put a stop to World Marshal's plan. with absolutely nothing- not even himself- holding him back anymore!
How relevant, with the meme revival this game's getting Anyway I want to defend the Monsoon bit here- I saw it as kind of talking down to the player on their power fantasy kind of in the same way MGS2 called out the player for wanting to be Snake. Here, the game goes "hey you might look/feel cool, but remember you're literally killing people who're just doing their jobs and may not even know about the baby brains". It feels in line with the Metal Gear ethos. But Raiden has been deflecting that this whole time by framing his actions as vindictive justice. He only moves on when he caves and accepts- yes, he's not only killing people, but enjoys fighting and killing. And just like in a Persona game, that self-acceptance makes Raiden stronger. The adrenaline dies down and he can pursue Sundowner with a more honest perspective on himself, and more easily defeat Sam later (Sam was earlier taunting Raiden about not living up to his own potential back in the prologue). Also I say it's one of the best fights in the game not only for Monsoon's creative application of powers, but he makes you work for the hit. He's essentially the game's midterm exam.
You left out the best bit about the song lyrics: they're meant to describe not just the boss you're fighting, but Raiden as well. The only exception is Collective Consciousness, which is how Raiden views Armstrong at that point; he's incorrect, and the lyrics therefore describe neither of them. And then we get It Has to be This Way, which returns to the theme.
@@gingerinajacket8519 it doesn't represent Khamsin, Khamsin is a part of the "Collective Consciousness" mentioned in the song, but the song itself is about what Armstrong believes the current world to be, a world where people don't have their own opinion and just blindly follow what they're told (Khamsin being one of those people is confirmed by "Just like the buffalo, blindly following the herd" in The Hot Wind Blowing (Khamsin's theme))
Senator Armstrong is maybe one of the conceptually insane villains ever. The main villain of the game, and he doesn't even make an appearance until the end of the game's 3rd act, and he immediately establishes himself as THE main thing anyone remembers from this game. His design alone is absolutely bananas, before he even says a word. The entire encounter alternates between trading barbs about a hypothetical sports career, to waxing on about differing political philosophies; from crazy good choreography to genuinely funny slapstick. And all of this is playing out to the tune of some seriously ass-ripping heavy metal music, and an actually challenging boss fight. Senator Armstrong is one of the greatest boss encounters of all time.
39:04 "Most of Denver, of course, is terrible and the level isn't that great either" LMAO, this line single-handedly made the entire video worth watching
I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone else mention it (maybe I haven't digged into the comments far enough), but Raiden wasn't reading the brain of those cops during the 'Sunshine part'. If you talk to Doktor (who is probably the most interesting codec NPC anyway, aside from Wolf), he says that it was actually broadcasted via speaker from them as a sort of psychological warfare Desperado devised. It takes their suppressed thoughts and actually says them aloud, while rendering them unaware that it's even happening. Just figured it was worth mentioning, it wasn't just some random thing they didn't bother to explain.
Talking about stuff you dislike can lead to great jokes and a nice look at what not to do but sometimes, nothing beats a good ol' talk about something you adore.
Sundowner's theme is about his views on humanities nature of violence and to embrace it. The red sun is based the Japanese red sun flag with the lines.
23:51 to be fair, it's so that one doesn't have to sit through the lore dumps if they don't want to. it caters to different levels of immersion, which isn't great in this case as the implementation is bad for, well metal gear fans, but it's the thought that counts in this case imo.
The Doom reboots take a similar approach as well, taking most of the lore and meatier plot details and throwing them in logs and supplementary material. Which would be a problem if the game's surface level plot wasn't good enough to support the gameplay, but it's never really a problem
An additional tidbit I’d love to add about Sam’s boss theme _that Meti puts into better words and detail than I can remember…_ The presence of lyrics and lack of lyrics being tied to the sword can also represent Sam’s state of mind himself. You gather hints both before and after the fight of Sam’s lack of self-assurance, Sam telling wolf that he is doubting himself, Sam’s subtle surprise to Raiden’s own self-assurance for their fight _with additional subtitles to highlight the “wh-“_ In fact it’s unknown if Sam even believes in World Marshall’s cause since he was almost coerced into joining them after his “interview” with Armstrong, further considering Sam was first there, after having climbed the ranks for years, to take down World Marshall. When you first fight Sam, it’s a theme of confident domination. You are fighting a swordsman with greater skill than you. Someone with a cause…something that you lack. When Sam is wielding his sword, he carries with him his spirit. And it’s unsure, and lost from his years of vengeance, not knowing why he’s standing here holding his blade, never realizing why he fights. By now, he is doubting his purpose, if it is even his own. When losing his sword, he is able to detach himself from the bloodshed he has caused and is helping to continue. He must also rely on his cybernetic arm, granted by the very people who took a part of himself. It’s a harder fight, but quick to overcome… This fight can be seen as a test to Raiden, who has found purpose in his life, who has accepted his nature, while using this nature for good, fighting for something beyond “revengeance.” A test to see if he can succeed where Sam has failed, killing - no, overcoming Armstrong.
i'd like to add that Sam's lack of belief in the cause he fights for is also told in his monologue before the final fight with Armstrong "Three years i've been working towards this, and now on the final day blondie has me doubting the whole thing." All of the winds of destruction are what Raiden could've become (except for Sundowner). Mistral shows what he would've become if he had succumbed to his bloodlust from the beginning. Monsoon shows what he would've become if he kept making excuses for his killing. Sundowner is an exception, since unlike Raiden or any of the other Winds of Destruction, Sundowner is a coward, he constantly fights dirty and unfair, picking up pillars to attack Raiden or calling support in the form of Helicopters and grunts. and Sam is what Raiden would've been if he had lost to Armstrong, if he lost his purpose.
@@kdevelopergw Sundownder also represents someone else that Raiden has killed in the past, Someone who wanted to perpetuate a war, using children as soldiers, for greater and ill-gotten gains alike. Mistral shows a coldness to violence. Raiden initially rejects this. Monsoon shows a resignation to violence. Raiden finally embraces it. Sam saw a short-sighted purpose to violence. Raiden, too, abandons this purpose. Sundowner saw a beauty and allure to violence. Raiden does...but he'll use it to steal the lives of those who steal others'. I see it less that Sundowner is a coward, moreso that Sam and Armstrong are the only ones who see Raiden as an equal.
Man, that metal gear sure is exponentially translating along the y-axis. Some may say he's doing it out of revengeance. That was the point of the game right?
"and from a fan perspective he is the White Devil" I didn't know this video was Principality of Zeon propaganda. The more you know. jokes aside, I loved this video Bumbles, and I hope you get to review more games you love.
Honestly I kinda loved the Monsoon cutscene- The fact you can completely ignore him to watch a guy try to befriend one of the most agile cats in the universe. And the fact that he constantly calls Raiden a monster for justifying senseless murder, expecting Raiden to continue try to justify himself, only to be caught completely off guard and horrified when Jack decides to show Monsoon the actual monster he's been trying to hide away. Monsoon f*cked around and found out.
I have such fond memories of the Armstrong fight. I was like 13 or something, this was not only my first metal gear game but my firs character action game. I used ALL my nano paste on exelcius, barely scraped by the fight, figured I'd have a chance to restock before the finale. But no. And over the course of like an hour, I had to learn to do Armstrong straight and honest, and it's my favorite memory of this game.
While Sam is almost entirely human, he is wearing an exosuit that boosts his abilities to match that of cyborgs. So he is technically fighting you on even ground
I maaaaaaay have tricked my older brother to get this at a gamestop for his birthday, but man did I and everyone else not regret getting it for 50 bucks. Good to see everyone giving it the recognition today
24:29 the re-awakening of Raidens do-or-die persona of Jack is why. The personality he took on when he was a child soldier, that's why he doesn't care anymore. 31:45 no, he hasn't. Yeah only his arm was cybernetic but he's been wearing a combat exoskeleton to keep up with other cyborgs. Yeah, it doesn't make him *more* powerful it just makes his strength and durability about level with a full conversion cyborg like Raiden(basically anyone who's body is 70% machine or more).
Raiden being the protagonist in MGS2 was like those Zelda teasers we got post Ocarina of Time. They looked great, and people got excited. Then they showed off a dramatic demo of a new Zelda game. Epic music, striking wordplay, and then! Toon Link unsheathing his sword. Wind Waker was one of the best Zelda games in the series, but that deception cost it dearly. And rightly so. People don’t like being lied to. It’s like someone telling you their going to bring you your favorite dinner made exactly how you like it and when you cut into it it’s a decorated cake. It could be the best cake that ever existed, and for those people who’s favorite thing is something sweet, the change might not be as jarring, but those people who’s favorite thing is something savory, not sweet, the whiplash is too much. It doesn’t matter how good the cake tastes if it’s not what you’re prepared for or in the mood for. That’s Raiden. Even worse, Raiden wasn’t the best cake ever. He was a store bought cupcake at best. Passable and still good, but nowhere near the beef the is Solid Snake.
One of my favorite story aspects about MGR? This story is ultimately about Raiden. Not just his actions, what he does and what he kills, but the journey and development of his character, of what he learns. This can be specifically seen when you notice MGR’s enemies mirror aspects of Raiden’s character at the moment. When you approach Mistral, Raiden is presented with the idea of a killer, who has found purpose, even if shallow, or for someone else. You may find that after passing Mistral, she seems to have a past not too dissimilar to Raiden’s. But what is his purpose? When you’re met with Monsoon, Raiden is struggling with the idea of killing others, not because it’s bad, but because of his flimsy defense of “justice.” By the end of this fight, Raiden finds a purpose for why he fights. He accepts that he is a killer, that he lives for pain, rejecting the nihilism of Monsoon. When confronting Sundowner, he explains to Raiden a familiar idea, that people are naturally violent. To embrace war is to embrace our nature, to reject conflict is to reject ourselves. That’s why this war has to happen. When Raiden cuts down Sundowner, you are cutting down the idea of becoming like Sundowner. People are naturally temperamental, but how does that justify us when we steal the lives of others? Every boss so far has tried to present you an idea. Raiden accepts any lessons learned. But these ideas lack substance, using distractions or dirty tricks to make you succumb to believing this idea. Usually though, they’re flaws that present fodder to strengthen our resolve. When Sam and Armstrong fight Raiden one on one, it’s without any interference. Without any outside influence or smoke. They are honest and encouraging, instead of trying to confuse and demoralize you. You are not able to fight Sam before, not only because he has had more experience, but you also denied your weapon it’s purpose. Accepting what you do, you are able to pass the test of Sam, who has lost his own will to Armstrong before you, something you have found. Like you, he climbed the ranks for vengeance. Unlike you, he had no further motive other than killing the ugly leaders of the world. It is difficult to fight Armstrong because he is one of the few characters that Raiden might agree with when he opens up…freedom cannot be forced onto others, it must be earned for oneself. We shouldn’t be forced to fight the wars of others. To die for someone else’s cause, if we don’t believe in it. People should be able to take ultimate control of their own lives… But ultimately, you have to take his. Although Raiden represents Armstrong’s perfect future, and what Armstrong says is an ugly truth of the superiors today, Armstrong’s objective is still that of an extremist with nuclear methods that will harm the lives of others, like Raiden himself, and those he must kill. Raiden understands Armstrong, but with how their motives and objectives opposed one another, it has to be this way.
I feel like I worded things weirdly and misinterpreted some details, but I’m not sure where and how. If anyone’s got any suggestions to rephrase/restate the above ideas, I’d be happy to listen.
You might also want to check out Vanquish, too. It's made by the same people & is similar to MGR but emphasise on the gun aspect. As someone who doesn't care much for shooters excluding a select few, I can confidently assure you that it is worth your time.
I like the Symbolism in "The Only Thing I Know For Real" in the Sam Boss fight since it speaks about Sams Journey, how he forgot his original goals and eventual demise, can I say how fucking genius it is that when Sam loses his sword the Lyrics stop since it's the most Human he has ever been and how he was more Human and aligned with his Original goals without his sword which has since became just a tool of the Corrupted Government's and Criminals he once sought to destroy.
21:19 So, recently I've been listening to these videos as I sleep, and something my brain will do is take random things I hear as I sleep and use that as the foundation for the dreams I'm having. For some reason, the line "vault of baby-brains" was the line my brain chose, and it led me to having a dream where I am fighting against a company that tries to eat babies, and they kept trying to justify it, and it was honselty one of the weirdest dreams I've had in a while. So...thanks, I guess?
I freaking LOVE THIS GAME. Every part of it is near perfection, even the stealth. I know it’s a fast paced game, but I’m a stealth fan myself and even that gives me joy. Even the Monsoon fight is fun for me to play, since I mastered the parry. Also, throughout the video you said some attacks can’t be parried. Well, I was able to parry every move an enemy threw at me, sooo… what gives? One last thing, do you have any of the wigs? Infinite Wig B is busted, as it gives you unlimited zan datsu AND unlimited Ripper Mode. Makes repeat play throughs really satisfying.
I don't know if you'll ever see this, but thank you. This video inspired me to buy Metal Gear Rising (for $7) and really introduced me to what ended up being one of my favorite games of all time. I'm about 38 hours in so far, trying to unlock Revengeance difficulty for the sole purpose of no damaging Monsoon. It's been hell but it's also been so, so worth it.
I will just say that with "The only thing I know for real", a lot of people have a different view of the lyrics coming in and out. The other big view I've seen is that the lyrics playing means sam is thinking of all the things he's done, and that the lyrics themselves have the meaning that he's like mistral; he only feels at home fighting. Or well, he feels like he has to constantly fight, and that when you knock the sword out of his hand, the lyrics disappearing means he needs to focus more on the fight, and doesn't have the time to think about what he did in the past.
>dislikes monsoon because he gives too much exposition and talks too much instead of just fighting >dislikes codecs as a way to give story instead of giving each boss 20 million lines of dialogue because it's boring Make yo damn mind up we got sprite or coca cola you getting a drink either way
I would vote for Armstrong, not because I agree with him but I'm afraid that if I didn't he would come to my house and slam me through my dining room table.
fun fact about this game and me. i once tried to do a letsplay series of this game on my own channel, TH-cam in their infinite wisdom thought i a unknown gaming youtuber with only 99 subs at the time thought i was promoting terrorism by doing a letsplay of the game, removed the videos and gave me a " not a channel strike but a warning of what could happen" strike on my channel. i just wanted to jam out to Rule of Nature
This video is literally the reason I bought this game, I've played through the entire game, and its amazing. Thanks for showing me such an amazing game, Jack.
When you said you wanted to do a good game next holy shit you picked a GOOD one. Would have loved to seen you cover the DLC campaigns where you play as Sam and Wolf, though. Even if they're mostly just reskinned bits of the Denver level, they do add a fair bit to the game and Hot Wind Blowing is probably the most underrated song from the soundtrack just because it was from the DLC. (Also I think it shows you that the motorcycle that Raiden steals was actually Sam's bike...why he left it behind to swordfight you later who's to fuckin' say. Game doesn't need to make sense as we've already made very clear, it just needs to follow rule of cool to the 9th degree)
I mean, considering that on the same day Raiden takes the bike Sam was on Denver it is likely that he parked it there and left via helicopter or smth to the area where he would face Raiden for the final time
My favorite game’s sunshine part? I’m realizing that for the first time in my life since 1995 I’m torn between my favorite game being Crono Trigger (you can all hate but I was an OG) and Mass Effect 2. So in CT it’s the first time you go to 2300 AD. In ME2 it’s probably Lazarus Station because I have to endlessly farm paragon/renegade points.
I'm curious, what are your opinions on the DLCs (mostly Sam's, lets be honest)? Is it enough to fill a follow-up video with? Regardless I'm curious to hear them as I've enjoyed hearing what you had to say on Revengeance very much.
Metal gear rising is one of those games I can never get tired of, the gameplay is fun, the soundtrack is the best video game soundtrack ever made and if you say otherwise I will fight you on the side of the street, and the characters are fantastic, I didn't see one I didn't like
I've played at the entirety of metal gear rising over five times on hard very hard and revengeance difficulty you saying Monsoon as hard is about as big as a baby move as saying dodging is for babies
So interesting thing about the Sundowner fight. You can completely fuck up the AI if you just jump over his shield charge and hit him in the back. It ruins the fight and skips his 2nd phase since the fight is never meant to progress if you just dont break any of his shields. It's hilarious just seeing Raiden pogo over the terminator Mr Clean.
now bumbles, i love mgr, but little mac has 2 more infraction that you didn’t mention when aran ryan is going down in TD, you can star punch him, which breaks the rule that you can’t hit opponents who are going down, or are already down, and he can also use a head pillow when nobody else is using it, by losing 100 times, you can use the head pillow against anybody, which is also an infraction,
Hearing the bit about sunshine parts made me think of what I always called that, which was 'the future', in reference to going to 2300 AD in Chrono Trigger. Everything before that was super fun, but god the pace slowed down to a crawl at that point.
I feel like I must be in the minority when you say the Monsoon fight, one of my favorite boss fights EVER (Stains Of Time is a kickass song), is a Sunshine section. I see why, but I do genuinely like his monologue and the brains are treated more like macguffins than...well, brains.
Loved the shout out to MadWorld. Cause you mentioned it I hit the subscribe button. Definitely a hidden gem for the Nintendo Wii. Right up there with the original No More Heroes as far as style, satire and gore. If you haven't done a video on either one of those I hope you do.
First off monsoons speech is intresting even outside the meme thing and isnt that bad through replaying and second the monsoon fight is one of the most fun across all difficulties. If you wanted to enjoy the fight you shouldnt be waiting out his dodge phase you should be attacking while parrying to get him out sooner
Sundowner is may favorite character in the game with Sam and Armstrong behind him, he just has so much charisma and it’s so entertaining hearing him speak, but his fight deserves so much better like a 2nd health bar, I just need more red sun man
Waitwaitwaitwait I thought the game taking place over a day was a joke made by Max0r about throwing mechs. ARE YOU TELLING ME RAIDEN JUST. JUST. JUST FUCKING KILLS HIS WAY THROUGH DESPERADO AND ARMSTRONG OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY?
Monsoon's boss fight would have been even better if it was the original Beyblade theme playing instead of Stains of Time. And I really like Stains of Time.
My inyerprtiation of after the monsoon fight is that raiden has given in to jack to ripper. Misrals backstory is she feels out of place on the battlefield. After, raiden feels he gets a bit too exited in combat, and monsoon calls that out. His line "how pleased you are to chop away" explains it *perfectly*. Raiden only feels life while cutting and slashing. Monsoon wakes raiden up to the monster he is. Raiden claims "this is a wake up call to what i really am" or something along those lines. He goes ripper mode and is unrelenting with his desire to kill. After that sundowner says, "war is just a part of who we are", wich is now what raiden has accepted as himself. After being reminded that the battlefield is his home, and he is a careless killer, sundowner just confirms with him that wars as natrual to raiden as breathing
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One of my favorite running gag is Raiden's chin. A lot of enemies hit it, but when he's finally able to dodge his chin getting hit, he gets distracted about it and get a fistfull of nanomachines in his face.
THIS, It's the stupidest running gag but I love it and no one talks about it for some reason.
Don’t forget that he has doktor give him a metal chin that can actually retract to help him dodge getting hit in the chin.
And then, IIRC, slides face first across the ground, grinding his chin against it, meaning he Still comes out with it glowing red hot from the hit. Again.
Not to mention another red chin but this time with pain receptors off
The gag is also mentioned in Sam’s DLC, where Blade wolf and Sam fight, in the previous cutscene, Sam dodged what would have been a hit directly to the chin
I feel the need to correct/tell you my interpretation about a few crucial details:
Collective Consciousness does not represent the world Armstrong is trying to build, it represents the world the player THINKS he's trying to build.
When you actually come face to face with him, he's fairly quick to drop this facade. "The truth then" is that he's "using war as a business to get elected... to END war as a business." He believes that every person should be free to fight for what they believe in and not for what anyone with higher status wants you to believe. What he is preaching is an extreme version of an "eat the rich" mindset where-in people would be allowed to take action into their own hands, much like Raiden Storming World Marshall who were committing atrocities by exploiting legal loopholes. It would prevent desperado from exploiting all the people Raiden has killed as their pawns. The main problem here being that Armstrong's solution involves "Purging the weak", a phrase in direct opposition to Raiden's self proclaimed ideals of "protecting the weak". To Raiden, the weak are the people who hold no systematic power and are incapable of consistently obtaining the resources they need and to Armstrong, the those same people are the ones who become the most resourceful and capable of accomplishment, pointing to Raiden as someone who has overcome such a life.
So then, It Has To Be This Way, in addition to being about Raiden, is also about Armstrong. The REAL Armstrong. Note the lyrics
"Standing here, I realize
_You were just like me_ "
and
"I've carved my own path
You followed your wrath
but _maybe we're both the same_ "
There's a sense of sympathy/doubt in Raiden's lyrics that really show that he truly does see and understand Armstrong's perspective, despite the fact that he's A "batshit insane" politician who "has never been hungry". It's honestly a lot to take in and it somehow makes Armstrong an almost sympathetic villain because what he ultimately wants is idealistically a better world, but the avenues by which he intends to make it happen are unreasonable for the end-result he so desires.
Edit: perhaps eat the rich was the wrong phrase to use. The idea I mean to get across is that he supports people like Raiden who break laws, potentially even kill people, in order to fight for what the believe in.
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Well said
Yeah, I've heard that same sort of thing mentioned in a few other comment sections on TH-cam as well. Makes sense.
Eat the rich isn’t right it’s more of a might makes right not as a justification but instead as him saying that it should be a form of survival of the fittest in the marketplace of ideas
Yo it's the guy
"You see jack, I have a dream! That one day we'll-"
Boowomp
"what the fuck was that"
"That was Boowomp. Anyway, go on."
"Ugh. Uh, that one day, we'll all-"
Bo-oi-oi-oi-oing
"Ok, what gives?"
"That one was Bo-oi-oi-oi-oing. This one's Bink, this one's Bonk, and this one's Sploink. I even got the Hell's Kitchen sound. It was a bitch to get the rights to it. It only plays when I'm under extreme stress though. it malfunctioned."
"But why are you doing this now, of all times!?"
"You're a government man presenting stupid ideas. And this is filibuster!"
Boowomp
"Ok, not gonna lie that sounded a lot cooler in my head."
"HRRAH!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Hell's kitchen sound
Funnywes is hilarious
thats one of my fav vids
Bro what
"Sam is living proof that Brazilians can double-jumb and aren't sharing it with us"
One of the best descriptions of Sam or Brazilians in general
As a Brazilian i can confirm we can Double jump
@@mobgabriel1767 can you teach us please
@@thenexus8384 we can't tell our secrets
@@danielvenancioduartecarval242 damn it
@Bully Maguire Going to brazil for a double jump? If it was straight up flying maybe.... I don't even jump that often
20:08 That's how you know how powerful this guy is. he can grant people the ability to read minds. not only that, but he can do it through a display screen!
I get this is a joke, but for people that haven't play the game: Raiden can hear the thought of those guys cause they are also cybernetically enhanced and Sam is just broadcasting what their cyber-brains are thinking to Raiden through the comms.
Public service announcement: if a game has the punching a guy really fast meme in it, it’s automatically a good game with a single exception
Also at 18:04 it’s worthwhile to note that if you’re fast enough you can run up the cross thing in the middle and jump to an open window to skip the encounter
The exception is yandere sim
What is the exception
What. Is. The. Exception.
jojo?
What is the exception the world needs to know
What exception
32:32 In the words of Max0r, this is the moment when "A giant McF*cking crab evolves from the goddamn soil like a 1000-year-old cicada"
What the fu-
@@hughshax5903 NOTHING
... Well, if it isn't Sussy Jack
@@HeyLookItsFNaFb bro are you high?
@@hughshax5903 Let me check...
...yes.
High on AMERICAN SPIRIT
@@HeyLookItsFNaFb and there's nothing more American tha- (mental breakdown) and there's nothing more American than shooting a man in this Walmart of a world
A year later, and Monsoon has to be my favorite boss. If you don't want to use EMP or Monsoon's own charged sai during the second run of the game, parry, parry good enough and the "MaGnEtIc FoRcE jAcK." phase becomes more of a quick joke. As Max0r said, "He knows he's three edges away from being a Sonic OC and you know what? *I F@$KING DIG IT.* "
Incorrect. Monsoon is a redditor.
- Obsessed with memes
- Likes to act ambivolent and like he has no morals, ignoring the fact that everyone has morals, just not everyone has ~good~ morals.
- Probably thinks hes a philosopher
- Thinks hes smarter than he actually is
- Weeb.
You think we'll ever get another game with THIS type of cutting game mechanics, where a sword ACTUALLY cuts something?
Who knows, honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if Konami copyrighted that mechanic
@@dredskl Which would be absolute cow dung, given Platinum was the one who developed the game!
@@dredskl they did, I believe!
Imagine if someone had the guts to make a Star Wars game with these mechanics.
@@videogamegang1797 WHAT!?
When you said you will make a video about a game you actually like I never would have thought it'd be MGR. From all of them out there, you hand picked the best one. Good game, and an even better video
Yeah, I'm pleased to say this MIGHT be better than TF2.
@@refusingtoconform if no bots existed
20:08 the mind reading part is horseshit but sam temporarily deactivated the emotion suppression nanomachines specifically to fuck with raiden because "oh no the police actually have feelings and now i'm conflicted because they have regrets and didn't want to fight me"
Out of lore, it could probably be a jab at the player’s power fantasy. Something I hear is on brand with Metal Gear’s stories, likely an attempt to provoke thoughts into the player as a reader, _even if stuff like this comes off as condescending in tone…_
In the story, Raiden is affected because of how he used to present himself, something Sam remembers from their first fight. Raiden claims he fights to protect the weak, something that doesn’t hold up in a pursuit of vengeance while blending the civilian police force. How does Raiden retort?
Of course they’re going to die, when the villains put them as meat shields in the way.
(And then we have the whole Monsoon says there is no purpose to life vs Raiden finds purpose in fighting for pain and so on but that’s neither here nor there)
@@palecaptainwolfkayls8499 jokes on the game, I don't value the pork patrol in the slightest lol
@@AnAverageGoblin "The enemies you're fighting are still people"
"Yeah, but they're cops, so they don't count"
Note for the homies: Monsoon's split phase where you can't hit him can be overcome by waiting, parrying him, using an EMP (these drop during the M A G N E T I C F O R C E , N A T U R E ' S F O R C E miniphases), or in a rerun of the fight his own Sai, when charged up (just don't use it for a hot minute), can knock him out of it. There might be more ways I don't know about, but these are the easiest for getting him to stagger.
getting a hit in on him while he's in the middle of attacking will ruin his magnetic defense, since he can't dodge it
it's the same principle as connecting with perfect parries against the desperado-brand enemies in the latter half of the game
You also could stop it by hitting his head in blade mode
my dumbass completely forgot what EMPs did in this game oh my god thank you
24:20
No? The character development is Raiden becoming comfortable with his Ripper-self, becoming comfortable with killing in general. He knows he can't keep it down, so he used it for good.
He embraces his Ripper-persona rather than rejecting or suppressing it.
If you're talking about the gag with the sombrero it's a joke
@@rayanlaflamme313 he’s talking about why he doesn’t like the Detroit level and the Monsoon boss fight, he just picked the time after it was said
@@beybladeking99999 *Denver
@@promienodrzutowysamuel790 right thank you honestly never noticed till now
The genius of Monsoon's "break them by talking" schtick is that it backfires horribly on him! Instead of getting a Raiden whos too shocked and traumatized to fight back, he instead got a Raiden who has accepted his other side and is more determined than ever to put a stop to World Marshal's plan. with absolutely nothing- not even himself- holding him back anymore!
Do not forget, "Collective Conciseness" goes one to one with "All ai want for Christmas"
*THE UN-EN-LIGHT-ED MASS-ES*
*Collective Consciousness going one to one with “All i want for Christmas is you”*
“I'm not joking.”
"Don't be on your phone"
But Bumbles...I'm listening to you on my phone!
*cue X Files theme*
How relevant, with the meme revival this game's getting
Anyway I want to defend the Monsoon bit here- I saw it as kind of talking down to the player on their power fantasy kind of in the same way MGS2 called out the player for wanting to be Snake. Here, the game goes "hey you might look/feel cool, but remember you're literally killing people who're just doing their jobs and may not even know about the baby brains". It feels in line with the Metal Gear ethos. But Raiden has been deflecting that this whole time by framing his actions as vindictive justice.
He only moves on when he caves and accepts- yes, he's not only killing people, but enjoys fighting and killing. And just like in a Persona game, that self-acceptance makes Raiden stronger. The adrenaline dies down and he can pursue Sundowner with a more honest perspective on himself, and more easily defeat Sam later (Sam was earlier taunting Raiden about not living up to his own potential back in the prologue).
Also I say it's one of the best fights in the game not only for Monsoon's creative application of powers, but he makes you work for the hit. He's essentially the game's midterm exam.
As Sam told him before, "Ah I see... You deny your weapon its purpose.".
You left out the best bit about the song lyrics: they're meant to describe not just the boss you're fighting, but Raiden as well. The only exception is Collective Consciousness, which is how Raiden views Armstrong at that point; he's incorrect, and the lyrics therefore describe neither of them. And then we get It Has to be This Way, which returns to the theme.
Honestly? The person Collective Conciousness represents isn't even in the base game. It describes Khamsin, a DLC boss.
@@gingerinajacket8519 it doesn't represent Khamsin, Khamsin is a part of the "Collective Consciousness" mentioned in the song, but the song itself is about what Armstrong believes the current world to be, a world where people don't have their own opinion and just blindly follow what they're told (Khamsin being one of those people is confirmed by "Just like the buffalo, blindly following the herd" in The Hot Wind Blowing (Khamsin's theme))
Remember how Raiden started out as a guy who had to sneak around in his underwear? Oh how far he’d come
Not in his underwear... The guy was full on butt naked.
Not even
Yeah, now he gets to sneak around naked and hands-free!
Senator Armstrong is maybe one of the conceptually insane villains ever. The main villain of the game, and he doesn't even make an appearance until the end of the game's 3rd act, and he immediately establishes himself as THE main thing anyone remembers from this game. His design alone is absolutely bananas, before he even says a word.
The entire encounter alternates between trading barbs about a hypothetical sports career, to waxing on about differing political philosophies; from crazy good choreography to genuinely funny slapstick. And all of this is playing out to the tune of some seriously ass-ripping heavy metal music, and an actually challenging boss fight.
Senator Armstrong is one of the greatest boss encounters of all time.
Aw man, I remember going through my first playthrough, and I got to THAT Sundowner scene ON 9/11 and I lost my mind.
39:04 "Most of Denver, of course, is terrible and the level isn't that great either"
LMAO, this line single-handedly made the entire video worth watching
Thank you for including the classic "what. *WHAT!?*. What...?" from SBFP.
I think about this moment daily
39:59 for those curious
what does SBFP stand for?
@@timothywilcox1539 Super best friends plays
@@patrivillareal2299 Thanks
My source?
My source is that I made it the f**k up.
Read fucking book
Jokes on you, there are no Sunshine parts in God Hand.
Learning the controls is the Sunshine Part
@@bumblesmcfumbles Only the first time.
I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone else mention it (maybe I haven't digged into the comments far enough), but Raiden wasn't reading the brain of those cops during the 'Sunshine part'. If you talk to Doktor (who is probably the most interesting codec NPC anyway, aside from Wolf), he says that it was actually broadcasted via speaker from them as a sort of psychological warfare Desperado devised. It takes their suppressed thoughts and actually says them aloud, while rendering them unaware that it's even happening. Just figured it was worth mentioning, it wasn't just some random thing they didn't bother to explain.
Talking about stuff you dislike can lead to great jokes and a nice look at what not to do but sometimes, nothing beats a good ol' talk about something you adore.
Sundowner's theme is about his views on humanities nature of violence and to embrace it. The red sun is based the Japanese red sun flag with the lines.
23:51 to be fair, it's so that one doesn't have to sit through the lore dumps if they don't want to. it caters to different levels of immersion, which isn't great in this case as the implementation is bad for, well metal gear fans, but it's the thought that counts in this case imo.
The Doom reboots take a similar approach as well, taking most of the lore and meatier plot details and throwing them in logs and supplementary material. Which would be a problem if the game's surface level plot wasn't good enough to support the gameplay, but it's never really a problem
BIG respect for the Pomu clip inclusion. I see you too are Pomu
we are Pomu
THANK YOU
I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT VIDEO
We are.... the brother hood of steel
Brotherhood of Pomu@@Edgeworth992
An additional tidbit I’d love to add about Sam’s boss theme _that Meti puts into better words and detail than I can remember…_
The presence of lyrics and lack of lyrics being tied to the sword can also represent Sam’s state of mind himself.
You gather hints both before and after the fight of Sam’s lack of self-assurance, Sam telling wolf that he is doubting himself, Sam’s subtle surprise to Raiden’s own self-assurance for their fight _with additional subtitles to highlight the “wh-“_
In fact it’s unknown if Sam even believes in World Marshall’s cause since he was almost coerced into joining them after his “interview” with Armstrong, further considering Sam was first there, after having climbed the ranks for years, to take down World Marshall.
When you first fight Sam, it’s a theme of confident domination. You are fighting a swordsman with greater skill than you. Someone with a cause…something that you lack.
When Sam is wielding his sword, he carries with him his spirit. And it’s unsure, and lost from his years of vengeance, not knowing why he’s standing here holding his blade, never realizing why he fights. By now, he is doubting his purpose, if it is even his own.
When losing his sword, he is able to detach himself from the bloodshed he has caused and is helping to continue. He must also rely on his cybernetic arm, granted by the very people who took a part of himself. It’s a harder fight, but quick to overcome…
This fight can be seen as a test to Raiden, who has found purpose in his life, who has accepted his nature, while using this nature for good, fighting for something beyond “revengeance.”
A test to see if he can succeed where Sam has failed, killing - no, overcoming Armstrong.
i'd like to add that Sam's lack of belief in the cause he fights for is also told in his monologue before the final fight with Armstrong
"Three years i've been working towards this, and now on the final day blondie has me doubting the whole thing."
All of the winds of destruction are what Raiden could've become (except for Sundowner).
Mistral shows what he would've become if he had succumbed to his bloodlust from the beginning.
Monsoon shows what he would've become if he kept making excuses for his killing.
Sundowner is an exception, since unlike Raiden or any of the other Winds of Destruction, Sundowner is a coward, he constantly fights dirty and unfair, picking up pillars to attack Raiden or calling support in the form of Helicopters and grunts.
and Sam is what Raiden would've been if he had lost to Armstrong, if he lost his purpose.
@@kdevelopergw
Sundownder also represents someone else that Raiden has killed in the past,
Someone who wanted to perpetuate a war, using children as soldiers, for greater and ill-gotten gains alike.
Mistral shows a coldness to violence. Raiden initially rejects this.
Monsoon shows a resignation to violence. Raiden finally embraces it.
Sam saw a short-sighted purpose to violence. Raiden, too, abandons this purpose.
Sundowner saw a beauty and allure to violence. Raiden does...but he'll use it to steal the lives of those who steal others'.
I see it less that Sundowner is a coward,
moreso that Sam and Armstrong are the only ones who see Raiden as an equal.
this has always been one of my favorite games and im happy to see it get such a massive resurgance lately even through just memes
You could say that it came back with quite the revengeance.
Man, that metal gear sure is exponentially translating along the y-axis. Some may say he's doing it out of revengeance.
That was the point of the game right?
Translation: Raiden threw the thing
When's it coming back down
"Doktor! I see a metal gear rising from the water!"
I taste Metal
I got the Gear
My temperature is Rising
"and from a fan perspective he is the White Devil"
I didn't know this video was Principality of Zeon propaganda. The more you know.
jokes aside, I loved this video Bumbles, and I hope you get to review more games you love.
Gundam lol
Honestly I kinda loved the Monsoon cutscene- The fact you can completely ignore him to watch a guy try to befriend one of the most agile cats in the universe.
And the fact that he constantly calls Raiden a monster for justifying senseless murder, expecting Raiden to continue try to justify himself, only to be caught completely off guard and horrified when Jack decides to show Monsoon the actual monster he's been trying to hide away.
Monsoon f*cked around and found out.
I have such fond memories of the Armstrong fight. I was like 13 or something, this was not only my first metal gear game but my firs character action game. I used ALL my nano paste on exelcius, barely scraped by the fight, figured I'd have a chance to restock before the finale.
But no. And over the course of like an hour, I had to learn to do Armstrong straight and honest, and it's my favorite memory of this game.
Talking abt monsoons fight highlights the fact you didn’t listen to the codec calls in which you are told to use emp grenades to disrupt his splitting
While Sam is almost entirely human, he is wearing an exosuit that boosts his abilities to match that of cyborgs. So he is technically fighting you on even ground
I maaaaaaay have tricked my older brother to get this at a gamestop for his birthday, but man did I and everyone else not regret getting it for 50 bucks.
Good to see everyone giving it the recognition today
Got a Yu-Gi-Oh ad before watching this.
How appropriate for your channel.
I'm a quarter through, I'm upset you didn't bring up how the composer of this game composed the soundtrack of Toontown Online.
Welp, never thought I’d see this statement today
Or paw patrol
24:29 the re-awakening of Raidens do-or-die persona of Jack is why. The personality he took on when he was a child soldier, that's why he doesn't care anymore.
31:45 no, he hasn't. Yeah only his arm was cybernetic but he's been wearing a combat exoskeleton to keep up with other cyborgs. Yeah, it doesn't make him *more* powerful it just makes his strength and durability about level with a full conversion cyborg like Raiden(basically anyone who's body is 70% machine or more).
Raiden being the protagonist in MGS2 was like those Zelda teasers we got post Ocarina of Time. They looked great, and people got excited. Then they showed off a dramatic demo of a new Zelda game. Epic music, striking wordplay, and then! Toon Link unsheathing his sword.
Wind Waker was one of the best Zelda games in the series, but that deception cost it dearly. And rightly so. People don’t like being lied to. It’s like someone telling you their going to bring you your favorite dinner made exactly how you like it and when you cut into it it’s a decorated cake. It could be the best cake that ever existed, and for those people who’s favorite thing is something sweet, the change might not be as jarring, but those people who’s favorite thing is something savory, not sweet, the whiplash is too much. It doesn’t matter how good the cake tastes if it’s not what you’re prepared for or in the mood for.
That’s Raiden. Even worse, Raiden wasn’t the best cake ever. He was a store bought cupcake at best. Passable and still good, but nowhere near the beef the is Solid Snake.
"i have a dream!"
"what"
"WHAT"
"what"
poetry
I hate the "sunshine" part but litterally just when it comes off for the cutscene is the reason I play it. Yes I love the monsoon boss.
One of my favorite story aspects about MGR? This story is ultimately about Raiden. Not just his actions, what he does and what he kills, but the journey and development of his character, of what he learns.
This can be specifically seen when you notice MGR’s enemies mirror aspects of Raiden’s character at the moment.
When you approach Mistral, Raiden is presented with the idea of a killer, who has found purpose, even if shallow, or for someone else.
You may find that after passing Mistral, she seems to have a past not too dissimilar to Raiden’s. But what is his purpose?
When you’re met with Monsoon, Raiden is struggling with the idea of killing others, not because it’s bad, but because of his flimsy defense of “justice.”
By the end of this fight, Raiden finds a purpose for why he fights. He accepts that he is a killer, that he lives for pain, rejecting the nihilism of Monsoon.
When confronting Sundowner, he explains to Raiden a familiar idea, that people are naturally violent. To embrace war is to embrace our nature, to reject conflict is to reject ourselves. That’s why this war has to happen.
When Raiden cuts down Sundowner, you are cutting down the idea of becoming like Sundowner. People are naturally temperamental, but how does that justify us when we steal the lives of others?
Every boss so far has tried to present you an idea. Raiden accepts any lessons learned. But these ideas lack substance, using distractions or dirty tricks to make you succumb to believing this idea. Usually though, they’re flaws that present fodder to strengthen our resolve.
When Sam and Armstrong fight Raiden one on one, it’s without any interference. Without any outside influence or smoke.
They are honest and encouraging, instead of trying to confuse and demoralize you.
You are not able to fight Sam before, not only because he has had more experience, but you also denied your weapon it’s purpose.
Accepting what you do, you are able to pass the test of Sam, who has lost his own will to Armstrong before you, something you have found. Like you, he climbed the ranks for vengeance. Unlike you, he had no further motive other than killing the ugly leaders of the world.
It is difficult to fight Armstrong because he is one of the few characters that Raiden might agree with when he opens up…freedom cannot be forced onto others, it must be earned for oneself. We shouldn’t be forced to fight the wars of others. To die for someone else’s cause, if we don’t believe in it. People should be able to take ultimate control of their own lives…
But ultimately, you have to take his. Although Raiden represents Armstrong’s perfect future, and what Armstrong says is an ugly truth of the superiors today, Armstrong’s objective is still that of an extremist with nuclear methods that will harm the lives of others, like Raiden himself, and those he must kill.
Raiden understands Armstrong, but with how their motives and objectives opposed one another, it has to be this way.
I feel like I worded things weirdly and misinterpreted some details, but I’m not sure where and how.
If anyone’s got any suggestions to rephrase/restate the above ideas, I’d be happy to listen.
Knowing McFumbles is a Pomu enjoyer makes me happy.
I don't want to watch this video because I want to experience the game for myself someday, but I will leave a comment and like to help it out.
Smart feller
You might also want to check out Vanquish, too. It's made by the same people & is similar to MGR but emphasise on the gun aspect. As someone who doesn't care much for shooters excluding a select few, I can confidently assure you that it is worth your time.
I like the Symbolism in "The Only Thing I Know For Real" in the Sam Boss fight since it speaks about Sams Journey, how he forgot his original goals and eventual demise, can I say how fucking genius it is that when Sam loses his sword the Lyrics stop since it's the most Human he has ever been and how he was more Human and aligned with his Original goals without his sword which has since became just a tool of the Corrupted Government's and Criminals he once sought to destroy.
21:19 So, recently I've been listening to these videos as I sleep, and something my brain will do is take random things I hear as I sleep and use that as the foundation for the dreams I'm having. For some reason, the line "vault of baby-brains" was the line my brain chose, and it led me to having a dream where I am fighting against a company that tries to eat babies, and they kept trying to justify it, and it was honselty one of the weirdest dreams I've had in a while. So...thanks, I guess?
This game genuinely makes me emotional and I can’t explain why
This feels like less on crack version of Max0r's video and I'm all for it
I like how Sam even makes fun of the endless monologs at the beginning of the fight
fun fact: the motorcycle Raiden steals is actually Jetstream Sam's.
The whole evolution of raiden in the metal gear franchise can be put into the glow up meme format
I freaking LOVE THIS GAME. Every part of it is near perfection, even the stealth. I know it’s a fast paced game, but I’m a stealth fan myself and even that gives me joy. Even the Monsoon fight is fun for me to play, since I mastered the parry.
Also, throughout the video you said some attacks can’t be parried. Well, I was able to parry every move an enemy threw at me, sooo… what gives?
One last thing, do you have any of the wigs? Infinite Wig B is busted, as it gives you unlimited zan datsu AND unlimited Ripper Mode. Makes repeat play throughs really satisfying.
Another reason to hate the Denver level: it’s entirely unrealistic because there’s a fucking subway system and a tram station in an American city
I don't know if you'll ever see this, but thank you. This video inspired me to buy Metal Gear Rising (for $7) and really introduced me to what ended up being one of my favorite games of all time. I'm about 38 hours in so far, trying to unlock Revengeance difficulty for the sole purpose of no damaging Monsoon. It's been hell but it's also been so, so worth it.
I will just say that with "The only thing I know for real", a lot of people have a different view of the lyrics coming in and out. The other big view I've seen is that the lyrics playing means sam is thinking of all the things he's done, and that the lyrics themselves have the meaning that he's like mistral; he only feels at home fighting. Or well, he feels like he has to constantly fight, and that when you knock the sword out of his hand, the lyrics disappearing means he needs to focus more on the fight, and doesn't have the time to think about what he did in the past.
All I got from this game was armstrong becomes black... and indestructible!?
>dislikes monsoon because he gives too much exposition and talks too much instead of just fighting
>dislikes codecs as a way to give story instead of giving each boss 20 million lines of dialogue because it's boring
Make yo damn mind up we got sprite or coca cola you getting a drink either way
35:42 "via strategic blackface, he manages to put us on the backfoot." has to be one of the best things ive heard in my life
I’m Brazilian and yeah we do and will never tell!
This video is honestly like a calmer and less headache inducing version of Max0r's video.
and that's okay.
Max0rs is better
this game is also known as hack and slash definitive edition
I would vote for Armstrong, not because I agree with him but I'm afraid that if I didn't he would come to my house and slam me through my dining room table.
Metal Gear Rising is the type of game that can publically shit its pants and do it so confidently, that it will make YOU the weird one
fun fact about this game and me. i once tried to do a letsplay series of this game on my own channel, TH-cam in their infinite wisdom thought i a unknown gaming youtuber with only 99 subs at the time thought i was promoting terrorism by doing a letsplay of the game, removed the videos and gave me a " not a channel strike but a warning of what could happen" strike on my channel. i just wanted to jam out to Rule of Nature
As a fellow Irish let’s player who’s only strikes were songs simply replaced, I feel for you.
LMFAO
I really love how Armstrong's 1st phase theme is an exactly what Armstrong does not believe in.
It's how raiden sees what armstrong is about before he explains.
This video is literally the reason I bought this game, I've played through the entire game, and its amazing. Thanks for showing me such an amazing game, Jack.
got into revengance not even a month ago, and your just making video about it, now that timing!
Very great review. Made me have flashbacks to chipcheezum's amazing LP of it. Also surprised to see Pomu. Amazing turn around on this video.
I love the three “What?”s in a row to Armstrong’s “I have a dream”
one of the best sbfp clips
When you said you wanted to do a good game next holy shit you picked a GOOD one.
Would have loved to seen you cover the DLC campaigns where you play as Sam and Wolf, though. Even if they're mostly just reskinned bits of the Denver level, they do add a fair bit to the game and Hot Wind Blowing is probably the most underrated song from the soundtrack just because it was from the DLC.
(Also I think it shows you that the motorcycle that Raiden steals was actually Sam's bike...why he left it behind to swordfight you later who's to fuckin' say. Game doesn't need to make sense as we've already made very clear, it just needs to follow rule of cool to the 9th degree)
I mean, considering that on the same day Raiden takes the bike Sam was on Denver it is likely that he parked it there and left via helicopter or smth to the area where he would face Raiden for the final time
33:49 it also syncs up with all I want for Christmas is you
19:12
>he doesn't know about Gelato Beach Skip
I literally just bought the game a few days ago and beat it yesterday so I’m happy that you made a vid on this game.
Show me a good time, Mcfumbles!
My favorite game’s sunshine part? I’m realizing that for the first time in my life since 1995 I’m torn between my favorite game being Crono Trigger (you can all hate but I was an OG) and Mass Effect 2. So in CT it’s the first time you go to 2300 AD. In ME2 it’s probably Lazarus Station because I have to endlessly farm paragon/renegade points.
I'm curious, what are your opinions on the DLCs (mostly Sam's, lets be honest)? Is it enough to fill a follow-up video with? Regardless I'm curious to hear them as I've enjoyed hearing what you had to say on Revengeance very much.
MGRR is a classic, one that while flawed, has amazing humor, political commentary and characters overall.
Metal gear rising is one of those games I can never get tired of, the gameplay is fun, the soundtrack is the best video game soundtrack ever made and if you say otherwise I will fight you on the side of the street, and the characters are fantastic, I didn't see one I didn't like
You can parry monsoon when he's invulnerable to break his invulnerability, but your parry has to be in his upper body
And with that, I watched all the videos on your channel. This was a really fun ride. I look forward to more
I've played at the entirety of metal gear rising over five times on hard very hard and revengeance difficulty you saying Monsoon as hard is about as big as a baby move as saying dodging is for babies
Not hard. Just tedious
So interesting thing about the Sundowner fight. You can completely fuck up the AI if you just jump over his shield charge and hit him in the back. It ruins the fight and skips his 2nd phase since the fight is never meant to progress if you just dont break any of his shields. It's hilarious just seeing Raiden pogo over the terminator Mr Clean.
Can I say, your timing on the Collective Consciousness bit is actually fucking amazing. It's like Rules Of Nature all over again.
now bumbles, i love mgr, but little mac has 2 more infraction that you didn’t mention
when aran ryan is going down in TD, you can star punch him, which breaks the rule that you can’t hit opponents who are going down, or are already down, and he can also use a head pillow when nobody else is using it, by losing 100 times, you can use the head pillow against anybody, which is also an infraction,
Hearing the bit about sunshine parts made me think of what I always called that, which was 'the future', in reference to going to 2300 AD in Chrono Trigger. Everything before that was super fun, but god the pace slowed down to a crawl at that point.
That Random Pomu saying Rules of Nature.
INDEED
25:47 "Colonial, estoy tratando de escabullirme. pero el aplauso de mis nalgas sigue alertando a los guardias"
I feel like I must be in the minority when you say the Monsoon fight, one of my favorite boss fights EVER (Stains Of Time is a kickass song), is a Sunshine section. I see why, but I do genuinely like his monologue and the brains are treated more like macguffins than...well, brains.
Loved the shout out to MadWorld. Cause you mentioned it I hit the subscribe button. Definitely a hidden gem for the Nintendo Wii. Right up there with the original No More Heroes as far as style, satire and gore. If you haven't done a video on either one of those I hope you do.
First off monsoons speech is intresting even outside the meme thing and isnt that bad through replaying and second the monsoon fight is one of the most fun across all difficulties. If you wanted to enjoy the fight you shouldnt be waiting out his dodge phase you should be attacking while parrying to get him out sooner
i cannot press this enough when Raiden gets kicked by armstrong the sfx of people cheer is IN THe GAME it’s not edited in god this game is fantastic
You know a game means business when the scripted tumbleweed kicks in: 30:14
Sundowner is may favorite character in the game with Sam and Armstrong behind him, he just has so much charisma and it’s so entertaining hearing him speak, but his fight deserves so much better like a 2nd health bar, I just need more red sun man
Waitwaitwaitwait I thought the game taking place over a day was a joke made by Max0r about throwing mechs. ARE YOU TELLING ME RAIDEN JUST. JUST. JUST FUCKING KILLS HIS WAY THROUGH DESPERADO AND ARMSTRONG OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY?
35:58
I still love that exchange so much. It's like the game's writers were engineering it specifically to pull moments like this and fuck with you.
you can't say "let it rip" and do a yu-gi-oh card transition. that clearly needs a bayblade transition.
Monsoon's boss fight would have been even better if it was the original Beyblade theme playing instead of Stains of Time. And I really like Stains of Time.
That, or replace "let it rip" with "chazz it up".
My inyerprtiation of after the monsoon fight is that raiden has given in to jack to ripper. Misrals backstory is she feels out of place on the battlefield. After, raiden feels he gets a bit too exited in combat, and monsoon calls that out. His line "how pleased you are to chop away" explains it *perfectly*. Raiden only feels life while cutting and slashing. Monsoon wakes raiden up to the monster he is. Raiden claims "this is a wake up call to what i really am" or something along those lines. He goes ripper mode and is unrelenting with his desire to kill. After that sundowner says, "war is just a part of who we are", wich is now what raiden has accepted as himself. After being reminded that the battlefield is his home, and he is a careless killer, sundowner just confirms with him that wars as natrual to raiden as breathing