For those asking about the absence of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It's canon is debated - as Kojima did not produce/direct the game. As stated in the intro; this video covers only the games he had the final say in. Don't fret, A Revengeance video is on the horizon. But that's for a different time. Thanks for understanding and enjoy the video!
I firmly believe that Rising is Canon just because simply it doesn't contradict anything that has happened in the previous titles, after all its the last one in the MG timeline
I really, really wanted you to be correct because the thought is hilarious. But I checked, and sadly, MGS4 takes place in 2014, and Metal Gear Rising takes place in 2018. You can *not* count it, but the giant shitpost that is that game deserves some recognition.
@@kemp8667technically, rising is basically just kinda...there. its not apart of the main plot but serves as character development for Raiden, so its essentially just a character development-based side-game that doesnt have any standing in the main plot. While yes, it does happen after. 4 is the ending of the story.
@@ratt__mann9220rising is so badass though. But yeah its weird when u think of Mgs 5 being after 3, and even the games on the NES being after Operation Snake Eater as well, and before Mgs 1, the one on Shadow Moses Island.
Correction, Kaz wasn’t simply killed on the loo. It was said that his place was raided by militants and he was able to kill 15 soldiers before dying him self. Considering he’s crippled and refuses to wear prosthetics. You gotta give it to Kaz. He’s one hard Mf
To be clear to condense 15 years of crazy plots into an hour and a half video, he hits pretty much all the major series points but there are tons of plots and nuances in individual games that contribute a lot. So don't feel as though there's nothing left to gain if you were interested. If not all the power to you
nothing will EVER rattle me more, then that damn Parrot saying; "Hal, I miss you" ;_; genuinely crushing - the metal gear series honestly has some tear-jerking moments
So what you’re saying is this entire series can be boiled down to, An inter-generational feud that stems from 3 guys’ attempt to understand their mother’s or mother figure’s dying words. With espionage.
That's one thing so often lost when talking about the Boss and Snake Eater - She actually remained Loyal to the End. She 100% lived by her own creed. Her own feelings aside, she was the ultimate soldier because she completed her mission regardless of what it entailed. Snake went wrong in thinking there was a necessary Honor to being a soldier, as if the Boss was somehow "not respected" or "loved" by her country by being a sacrifice - but that's already getting off of the Boss' guidance. Loyalty to the End, your job isn't to think about right and wrong when you're a true soldier, you simply complete the mission by the letter. Snake never understood that, and Major Zero was too busy trying to create symbols...
I don't think you really understand either character my guy. The Boss wanted the world to live united. That was her ultimate goal in the end. She was still a soldier but he personal creed at the end was that soldiers will be used like pawns until the world unites as one. Big Boss and Zero BOTH attempted to do this in different ways. Big Boss wanted to create a place where soldiers werent just pawns and Zero tried to take over the world.
i’m absolutely baffled by the fact this vid has so gotten little interactions. this was a wonderful video. i originally started it thinking i could use it as background noise while gaming but found myself watching the vid more than playing anything. great job!!
I’ve listened to this entire video like six times now, all while working, and I don’t plan on stopping any time soon; thank you for this video, it was well worth it by my count, and I hope this comment brings a smile to your face
32:53 to be totally fair to Huey, he designed it specifically such that it could not be piloted, and it was the Third Child’s psionic powers that made it possible to do so. He’s incredulous because he’s basically designed a car without a steering wheel or pedals, not realizing Skull Face knows Huey is holding out, and is planning on outfitting the car with a self-driving system to circumvent this. And this is also why Huey is so convinced he did nothing wrong-even in the face of his personal nonsense, his killing his wife etc-because he thought he was smarter than Skull Face, or was able to conceal something from him. He never actually helped Skull Face in his mind, certainly not willingly or freely like he does Big Boss, because he only ever intended to deliver a broken/nonfunctional weapon to XOF-not realizing that helping Skull Face build Sahelanthropus AT ALL IN ANY CAPACITY is a violation, because he (plus Strangelove) was the only one who had ever actually _designed and built_ a Metal Gear unit before, so if Huey didn’t help him, Skull Face couldn’t go forward.
@@ChipmunkuChan lol thanks. I love this series, because so much of it is an exercise in determining what exactly happened and when and why, just like the real fog of war and real political intrigue of the Cold War etc. _Fantastic_ video, man! Very easy to follow, and I think you hit all the Good Stuff with a level of complexity, but in a way that it’s still easy to understand. I do kind of wish you’d done a segment tying Metal Gear Rising in, because a lot of it is pursuant to Metal Gear Solid 2’s themes and characters, but I get why you’d limit the scope of a quote-unquote “beginner-level” video breakdown.
Didn't he design it to have a small cockpit that only an AI pod or a small child could pilot? Which is how Eli was able to pilot it during the canceled Mission 51? If I remember correctly, Huey said that their wasn't enough room to make the cockpit bigger, but that could also go into him trying to screw over skullface as well.
@@SpaceImmemorial tbh I don’t remember the specifics of how it couldn’t be piloted as it was, but yes that sounds familiar: something along the lines of wanting it to be specifically AI-driven IIRC, which is why he and Strangelove were on the team at all-plus their metal gear building experience, of course. And Skull Face let Huey believe they were gonna use the AI interface, until Skull Face could abscond with the Sahelanthropus and use the Third Child to make it work.
Having Family that fought Nicaragua and have family in both Nicaragua and Costa Rica this series has a spot in my heart. Proxy wars are fucked up and having lost much to it I appreciate when this get mentioned.
You could’ve just gotten a fan from the entertainment quality your videos provide, but you earned a fanatic with the frequency of Venture Bros references.
Didn't understand that preface for MGS4. If anything it's MGS fans that enjoyed that game the most. It's start to finish fan service. It's the people for whom none of the moments wrapping up the story meant anything that complained. Game is a masterpiece.
I came here as I promised I would. Just like with Resident Evil I’m a series veteran here. Played all but the original two games as they released. Venture Brothers refs are a treat of course but your handling of this was beautifully paced and put together and I shed a few tears at the end. Thank you for this, and for all the effort you put in on your videos like this. You are not appreciated anything like as much as you should be.
Man i really like the part where paz exploded after jumping out of the helo, very good editing work. I swear it must be no more than one frame before the explosion. Phenomenal
It's crazy how this doesn't have more views, This is a great review of the entire MGS lore and in an entertaining way. I've played the entire series but it's been years since I thought about it so this brought back a lot of memories. It really is one of the greatest series of games of all time.
Man, you really did this well. After watching the whole video I immediatly went to your channel to see if there's more to watch like this one and yes! Resident Evil, also very, very well done! Thanks for making these!😊
This is hands down the best explanation for the entire series I've ever seen, and you managed to keep it under 5 hours somehow!? Absolutely amazing work 👏 You're Pretty good! 👉👉
This is my first time watching this video and even learning about the lore of MGS and honestly... wow. There were even a lot of times i kinda cried and I am not ashamed to say that. Like damn dude, thanks for making this type of video. It is not boring as those other ones beceause we can even hear your emotions when you are telling us the story. Thanks man
for a long time fan this is an excellent and digestible way to understand the lore of mgs. for people who want to get into the series please by all means do it, it's seriously one of the greatest game series of all time, and a lot is still left out in the video that lets you enjoy the games still.
You are such a amazing creator your re lore vid helped me catch up with the lore when I first got into it and now you release a Mgs when I also started to get into metal gear and your vids are so clean and entertaining Fr hope you keep doing lore vids
MGS4 hatred can literally go screw itself back into the cardboard box it came from. I was big MGS1 fan, and I had absolutely NO PROBLEM AT ALL sitting through ALL of MGS4. It was the culmination of a series that Kojima made it seem like he wasn't returning to, and prequels and non-canon projects aside, he hasn't returned to the present day so I appreciated a game willing to soak in the moment and take its time telling the story it wanted to tell.
This was a very well done video! I played all the Metal Gear Solid games (not Metal Gear 1 and 2) several times and it was hard to follow so I appreciate your synopsis. This definitely filled in some blanks I had for the story
I really can't think of many forms of media that I've ever experienced that blend together absolute heart-wrenching moments along with campy over-the-top goofiness the way MGS does.
Ill be honest as someone who never played metal gear, i quickly lost track of all the snakes. Naked, venom, liquid, solid, solidus, thats a lot to rememer ok😂 i watched the whole video tho. Very nice❤
Naked Snake is Big Boss-the guy who parachutes into Russia to retrieve Sokolov in Operation: Snake Eater, who starts a PMC called Outer Heaven with Kazuhira Miller (the guy Liquid pretended to be!) in pursuit of his dream of a world free of wars, and who dies of old age on his mentor The Boss’s grave, sharing a cigarette with Solid Snake, his son. The guy who becomes a legendary, _borderline mythical_ soldier, known the world round as THE Big Boss. Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, and Solidus Snake all are involuntary and in-secret genetic clones of Big Boss, I.e. Naked Snake (he doesn’t go by that after Operation: Snake Eater iirc, so I’ll call him Big Boss from now on). See, Major Zero understood that Big Boss may not agree with his motives or goals forever, so Zero secretly undertook genetic cloning experiments (a la Dolly the Sheep, cutting edge stuff at the time) to create someone to inherit Big Boss’s legacy and role in their plans. These experiments were called the _Les Enfant Terribles_ project, and drastically increased Big Boss’s timetable to get out from under Major Zero’s operations and create his Outer Heaven. Solid Snake is the guy who looks just like Naked Snake (young Big Boss), who intervened at Shadow Moses Island, and who everyone calls Snake. He’s the one voiced by David Hayter, and who is referred to as “Snake” post-Snake Eater. You may recognize him from such hit games as the Super Smash Bros. Series; he’s largely the face of the Metal Gear series, because the OG Metal Gear Solid stars him, as does 4, the last game in the Solid series chronologically. Liquid Snake is the guy with long blond hair who leads the FOXHOUND unit during the Shadow Moses Island incident; he’s in charge of Psycho Mantis, Grey Fox, etc., and directly opposes Solid Snake’s efforts to rescue the two men who know halves of the Nuclear arming codes from the island/their torture at FOXHOUND’s hands, as well as vying for control of Big Boss’s remains (which are on-site at Shadow Moses) in the hopes he can use them to cure genetic ailments in his Genome Soldiers. Liquid and Solid Snake are actually twins; one of them got Big Boss’s dominant genes, and one got his recessive genes. Solidus Snake is also an _Enfant Terrible_ clone of Big Boss, but unlike Solid and Liquid he was given Big Boss’s exact genetic makeup, and came to resemble him later in life. Solidus Snake is the 43rd president of the United States-you can kind of remember who he is because “Solidus” is a physics term, it’s the name of the line on a graph of an object’s composition and temperature where above that line, that object is a solid, and below it it is a liquid. So, it’s like he’s a balanced version of Solid and Liquid Snake; where they are either dominant or recessive completely, Solidus is the “perfect” combination. Raiden (who you don’t mention but who deserves a mention when talking about this) is, in a sense, also a clone of Big Boss, but in a much more roundabout/subtle/metaphysical way. Raiden was trained from his youth to be a killing machine, and later subjected to Virtual Reality training _of the Shadow Moses Island incident,_ among other operations undertaken by Solid Snake and Big Boss. In this sense, he is a _memetic_ clone of Big Boss/Solid Snake; the very ideas and experiences of these men have been inculcated into Raiden-and, ooh, hey, any commentary on Raiden could feasibly apply _to the Player as well,_ who like Raiden does not experience the pain and difficulty of the wetwork we put Solid Snake and Big Boss through, yet feels accomplished for _virtually_ accomplishing what these men _REALLY_ did. And Venom Snake (BIG MGSV SPOILERS) is even one step further removed from this idea; Venom Snake is _just some guy_, a fellow and trusted comrade of Big Boss and a high-level operative at Outer Heaven, I.e. Big Boss’s PMC outfit. He’s the one voiced by Kiefer Sutherland (if we ignore Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, for simplicity sake, and take Big Boss’s voice in that game as a red herring). When Outer Heaven was annihilated by XOF in a (successful) attempt by Major Zero to knock down the nuclear-armed Outer Heaven and an (unsuccessful) attempt to assassinate Big Boss, Big Boss went into deep hiding, allowing (maybe ordering? maybe acquiescing?) Shalashaska-Ocelot-to _KGB brainwash someone_ (yes really, it makes more sense in context) who has been with Outer Heaven since the start and who has seen how Big Boss does things for years, with the goal of brainwashing him to literally think HE is HIMSELF Big Boss, so as to let someone else take over public-facing (I.e. more exposed) operations as the face of Mother Base (with Ocelot and Miller as a vanguard for the real Big Boss’s vision). When Skull Face discovers Big Boss is alive and recovering in a hospital in Cyprus, he sends a task force to take Big Boss out, literally to kill EVERYONE in the hospital, and Big Boss-disguised as another hospital patient, “Ishmael”-helps his duplicate escape before vanishing into the night, without a trace. Venom Snake is like… a *cognitive* clone of Big Boss, in a sense; where Raiden was inculcated with Snake’s ability and training through VR, Venom Snake was already of substantial ability and training just from being with Big Boss for so long, and was instead made to _think_ like Big Boss, and prioritize what Big Boss would prioritize for his dream. He was given plastic surgery and relentless “briefing” by Ocelot to make him think he was the real Big Boss, and was told (truthfully) he had atrophied, lost a hand, and had also received massive head trauma resulting in amnesia and hallucinations, necessitating rehab which doubled as covert training in the art of Being Big Boss. And he was the “double” that Solid Snake takes down in “Metal Gear (gameboy)”,, incidentally. The series in general has a lot of themes regarding what it means to pass something on to the next generation, and what makes someone who they are, their circumstance vs their genetic makeup, practical knowledge/experience vs academic/VR experience, etc. That’s probably a big reason they’re so hard to tell apart, aside from the obvious similarities and complexities between characters; because they’re all defined by how they uniquely differ from each other and from Big Boss/Solid Snake (read: the player character), as well as by how they uniquely came by these differences, which is deep-lore-pulp-sci-fi territory.
I remember the first time I played the games with all the snakes I thought it was one guy who was like 200 years old. Big boss was my entry to the series
0:25 bro I think you forgot snake. He was pretty important character as much as snake snake and snake (I discpise snake as popular character, he is just shadow of snake). He also was an important character for one of the charecters.
57:06 - thanks for including the 'obligatory' line, with this scene...some days, i can barely even hear the word "Fortune" without some part of my brain reflexively responding with "A Dud?!" to it...
Bro this was the best breakdown I've seen of any game ever. And for it to be about metal gear is crazy bro! I've played every single metal gear game and beaten them at least twice and I still didn't fully grasp the timeline. But the way you set them up...I'm even more blown away by hideo Kojima.......it's unreal how the NES metal gears are the middle grounds.....how the hell did they do that from the 80's until the 2000's
I love how, not only does the middle of MGS4 take place on Shadow Moses Island as a cool nostalgic last hurrah to the series legacy, but I love how some of the stuff that happens parallels MGS1. Snake about to be crushed and Raiden coming in to save him like Gray Fox did (twice in the case of MGS4), Otacon losing someone he values. It’s just cool that they did those callbacks
I get a kick out of that it's a Metal Gear lore for beginners but it's an hour and a half video. Surprised it wasn't an hour longer. Can't wait for the 10 part advanced lore guide series.
Ive never played MGS or any of the spinoffs, but my GOD this story is awesome. Fantastic work, i think ill try and get my hands on some of these games now
This is probably the best summary of the whole story iv seen it sums up everything perfectly. Seeing as mgs is one of the most confusing games to grasp the whole over arching story this makes it easy to understand. Bravo
Hmm I wouldnt say its confusing per se...but I would say thats its Complex. When MGS2 girst launched the majority of people could scarcely really wrap their hands around AI outside of Androids like in Blade Runner or Aliens, or some kind of robot like C3PO. The Digital Age/Infowars/Decentralized Nation/Nanomachines/Genetics/Paramilitary/Insular Factions that Control/Influence Government-Combo that it deals with is A LOT for most people to really handle and conceptualize. Like...people can understand 1 or 2 of these concepts, especially if thats an interest of focus...but all of them? Those are rare individuals. Mind you, these games were mostly being played by Gen X and Millenials...so really only the Gen Xers and oldest of Millenials had the Bare Minimum of life experience + knowledge to really contend with most of these ideas.
Incredible video! I've loved the culture around MGS for years (even cosplayed Big Boss / Punished Snake / etc once) but never played enough to get the full picture. Not to mention the whole Kojima aspect lmao. Immediately went to your Resident Evil and Silent Hill videos after this too!
3:35 you can also take out "the end" earlier in the game while hes sitting in a wheelchair, but you have to back track for the sniper rifle. But after he dies the chair blows up and no matter where you are a wheel lands on your face after flying through the air.
Phenomenal video. Found this just after I started playing the master collection.. all I gotta say is man what a fkn series. Privileged to have been here from the start of it.
I kinda feel bad for venom snake, he jump in front of big boss to save him to just wake up 9 years later believing he IS big boss only to find out he is just a phantom for big boss who essentially abandons him and move on to outer haven. And the extreme irony that he's killed by solid snake, as venom's job is to be clone of big boss so he can do his outer haven stuff. And what's even worse is that solid are sent by big boss, the man he saved, and after his death he is very much forgotten and never mention while everyone is going big boss this, big boss that.
I've watched a lot of people trying the explain Metal Gear's lore, this video is by far the most simple to understand sure there wasn't a lot of details but the whole storyline was there. When I was first introduced to Metal Gear, I was still a kid, I am 19 this year , growing up I was constantly finding videos about this topic and it's kinda hard back then. Now I know most of the lore even before this video, it is kinda sad that this video didn't get a lot of traction because it is really well made and the beginner friendly. Lowkey want to see you make a video about MGR and the small details that people may have missed while playing the series. Other than that I really enjoy this video and for sure want to see more.
@egontokessy1610 Not really, metal gear isn't the only series I grew up with, Monster hunter is one of them. I am one of the few "Gen Z" who likes old games because they don't make it the same anymore. Even right now, I still prefer playing Peace Walker than anything else. Additionally, I grew up with the psp, so that helps. Sure people age, but something about Metal Gear doesn't.
A nitpick: honeybee is not the first Phantom Pain mission. Every main mission that isn’t a repeat has some sort of story relevance and new information that is gleaned by doing optional objectives, spying on soldiers, and paying careful attention to briefings and post mission debriefings. But I get that would make the video like a million hours long.
Dont know whether you will see this or not, but thanks for this amazing video man. I grew up with mgs 2, 3 and peacewalker and man this brought back some happy memories. You just got yourself a new sub and fan. Much love.🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
I always get emotional with MGS4 with what snake had to go through and living with a pre built in life span. Plus the entire back ground of events leading up to it.
I’d love if you would do, the fall out series idk how exactly you could go about it however I find it an interesting series and it’s easy to follow with what you’re saying, love the explaining videos keep it up!
This is the video I've been looking for that I've been wanting to use to get people into mgs as a whole exactly what I was looking for great video thank you! I wish there was a Elaborate hollywood level movie for this it would go so hard
As long as the runtime of cut-scenes were in the MG games, they can't hold a torch to the Xenosaga series. The first one started you off with a 30 minute cut-scene and the sequel had around 8 hours of cut-scenes in total. Man is it nice to have that story-line explained in such a concise way.
Been playing the games for almost 20 years. Sons of Liberty on PS2 was a masterpiece that did something only a few games ever have that was only possible during that time. For years I have been watching TH-cam videos clipping the stories together. Most are overly intricate and diluted to the point you don’t fully understand the story from the video. @ChipmunkuChan you have created the clearest and most concise video that covers The story and timeline of Metal Gear. Best video out there on the game series so far!
I want to thank the tireless effort put into vids like this but a kind of.. persistent visual chain or branching tree of events with relevant characters would help people like me a lot. I LITERALLY got lost in the first summary. Sorry to sound like I'm complaining. Great vid, I'll just have to keep rewatching it.
For those asking about the absence of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It's canon is debated - as Kojima did not produce/direct the game. As stated in the intro; this video covers only the games he had the final say in.
Don't fret, A Revengeance video is on the horizon. But that's for a different time. Thanks for understanding and enjoy the video!
Now where the fuck is Portable Ops, the REAL man's MGSV
I firmly believe that Rising is Canon just because simply it doesn't contradict anything that has happened in the previous titles, after all its the last one in the MG timeline
he didn't have a final say in it but he certainly did enjoy promoting the game
You will need to cover a lot to make to make a long video. Hell, maybe even do a section on the impact it had on MEMES lmao.
I may love revengeance but I personally consider it to take place in an alternate universe because of how it completely undoes raidens character arc
I can’t believe Big Boss’s real name is John Metal Gear Solid. Bit more on the nose than usual for Kojima.
I can't believe that Large Manager's name is Tony Iron Spring Hard
Stone cold "hot coldmann" steve austin.
He did make Die Hardman.
Kojima? Unsubutle? Ya don't say! *zooms in on ass*
Why would you trust someone called Horus Heresy?
It’s quite humorous when you realize the entire Metal Gear story take place between MGS3 and MGS4.
huh. when you put i like that..
I really, really wanted you to be correct because the thought is hilarious. But I checked, and sadly, MGS4 takes place in 2014, and Metal Gear Rising takes place in 2018.
You can *not* count it, but the giant shitpost that is that game deserves some recognition.
@@kemp8667rising was a side story as a whole game so technically he is correct if he’s referring to main storyline and plot
@@kemp8667technically, rising is basically just kinda...there. its not apart of the main plot but serves as character development for Raiden, so its essentially just a character development-based side-game that doesnt have any standing in the main plot.
While yes, it does happen after. 4 is the ending of the story.
@@ratt__mann9220rising is so badass though.
But yeah its weird when u think of Mgs 5 being after 3, and even the games on the NES being after Operation Snake Eater as well, and before Mgs 1, the one on Shadow Moses Island.
I love how MGS can have the worlds most complicated and intricate story while also having moments like when Ocelot meows
When I first saw Ocelot meow I’m like “did he really.. cat call?” Lol
@@Christian-q9si absolutely hated that moment for like...15 years. Now days I laugh and accept it as part of the humor. Haha. So cringy though. 😂
Maybe the real _Weapon to surpass Metal Gear_ is all the friends we made along way.
Sounds like one piece😂
😂😂😂it sure does@@demifull4339
That and very easy mode in mgs3 like honestly i beat the game with almost no expierance
"We're gonna beat metal gear with the power of friendship! And this gun I found!"
So when does the gearstart rising
Correction, Kaz wasn’t simply killed on the loo. It was said that his place was raided by militants and he was able to kill 15 soldiers before dying him self. Considering he’s crippled and refuses to wear prosthetics. You gotta give it to Kaz. He’s one hard Mf
Of course he would fight with everything-he’s been a hostage before, and he’s liable to never want to go through that again.
He's running the most sucessful Burger joint in Heaven now
Home advantage means they were definitely going to lose men on that one
@@derpedfoxHE was the one man cheeseburger apocalypse
no wonder solid snake is the way he is. he got trained by kaz
SHE GOIN METAL ON MY GEAR TIL MY SNAKE IS SOLID 🗣️‼️
_EXTREMELY LOUD “!” SOUND_
Yes
MY METAL GEAR IS RISING🤯
@@atomiclasagnaREVENGANCE 🗣️
Bout to give her the La Le Lu La Lo
I clicked on this video so fast. As someone who isnt in the mgs fandom, i just wanted the info.
Playing the games really are worth it though. Would like to hear some of your impressions and favorite characters
Stop crying
One of the greatest series of all time
To be clear to condense 15 years of crazy plots into an hour and a half video, he hits pretty much all the major series points but there are tons of plots and nuances in individual games that contribute a lot. So don't feel as though there's nothing left to gain if you were interested. If not all the power to you
@@theyracemesohardchair dude nobody is crying
nothing will EVER rattle me more,
then that damn Parrot saying;
"Hal, I miss you" ;_;
genuinely crushing - the metal gear series honestly has some tear-jerking moments
I'm pretty sure sunny and snake are the only good things that ever happened to hal
Yeah, poor guy :C
Metal Gear for beginners: over an hour long.
Sounds about right
still a bit short
You really got to watch the 6 hour long version
@@venom_1072if you stick to the 100+ hour version you can actually play through the action sequences in the videos. You have to get a console though.
And even then i didn't understood half of it, and got lost since minute 20
Metal gear msx fans finding out that Miller was dead the entire time during mgs1: “THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE!”
GIVE IT BACK IT WAS OURS!!!!
"Played like a violin." -Drebin
My brain is about to melt from the amount of information
If you survive it you become a genius
This is why i don't watch it in one go😭
there's also a lot left out, and a lot that's debated whether or not it's canon
@@ChipmunkuChan Please don't use "Survive" in a Metal Gear Post.
It's like Dragon Ball with the word "Evolution".
I appreciate someone actually putting thought into pronouncing the various foreign language names in this series.
So what you’re saying is this entire series can be boiled down to,
An inter-generational feud that stems from 3 guys’ attempt to understand their mother’s or mother figure’s dying words.
With espionage.
Ayyy, you got it.
And people pooping and peeing themselves - plus grabbing dicks and breast (hahaha)
Freud would've loved it
That's one thing so often lost when talking about the Boss and Snake Eater - She actually remained Loyal to the End. She 100% lived by her own creed. Her own feelings aside, she was the ultimate soldier because she completed her mission regardless of what it entailed. Snake went wrong in thinking there was a necessary Honor to being a soldier, as if the Boss was somehow "not respected" or "loved" by her country by being a sacrifice - but that's already getting off of the Boss' guidance. Loyalty to the End, your job isn't to think about right and wrong when you're a true soldier, you simply complete the mission by the letter. Snake never understood that, and Major Zero was too busy trying to create symbols...
Big Boss understood that. He rejected it
@@anthonyf616Agreed. It's why he went rogue and made his own military group.
@@anthonyf616agree, he recognized it as tragedy and reject it.
Isn't that basically the opposite of what The Boss wanted?
I don't think you really understand either character my guy. The Boss wanted the world to live united. That was her ultimate goal in the end. She was still a soldier but he personal creed at the end was that soldiers will be used like pawns until the world unites as one. Big Boss and Zero BOTH attempted to do this in different ways. Big Boss wanted to create a place where soldiers werent just pawns and Zero tried to take over the world.
I absolutely LOVE how you used peace walker scenes during the boss's death
I'm so glad someone noticed thank you so much
@@ChipmunkuChanwhat’s the connection there. Just watched the video and I’m still lost on 50% of the info
@@hiroshi1046 it's just a flashback scene from metal gear solid peace walker
The whole Sniperwolf arc in MGS1 is just great stuff. The intro song playing during her death scene is a bow on top.
@lordbrian9187lmao bro…. Not funny 😂
@lordbrian9187💀💀
I’ve played through every game but this was a fun refresher on one of my favorite franchises! Excellent work, Boss!
Glad you enjoyed it!
o7 soldier
Even the ac!d ones,or survive
i’m absolutely baffled by the fact this vid has so gotten little interactions. this was a wonderful video. i originally started it thinking i could use it as background noise while gaming but found myself watching the vid more than playing anything. great job!!
Same here.
Yep I found myself rewinding a few times
This is seriously one of the best and easiest to understand explanations of the series, great vid
Ynow, I’ve watched these hour long videos explaining the story of Metal Gear atleast 5 times and it still never gets old.
It's a crime this video doesn't have atleast 500k views, glad it was recommended to me
That's wonderful to say.
Thanks so much
Thank you for your work dude, I did a double take when I saw the views cuz surely this deserves a solid half mill at least
I’ve listened to this entire video like six times now, all while working, and I don’t plan on stopping any time soon; thank you for this video, it was well worth it by my count, and I hope this comment brings a smile to your face
It absolutely did. Thank you so much for this.
32:53 to be totally fair to Huey, he designed it specifically such that it could not be piloted, and it was the Third Child’s psionic powers that made it possible to do so. He’s incredulous because he’s basically designed a car without a steering wheel or pedals, not realizing Skull Face knows Huey is holding out, and is planning on outfitting the car with a self-driving system to circumvent this.
And this is also why Huey is so convinced he did nothing wrong-even in the face of his personal nonsense, his killing his wife etc-because he thought he was smarter than Skull Face, or was able to conceal something from him. He never actually helped Skull Face in his mind, certainly not willingly or freely like he does Big Boss, because he only ever intended to deliver a broken/nonfunctional weapon to XOF-not realizing that helping Skull Face build Sahelanthropus AT ALL IN ANY CAPACITY is a violation, because he (plus Strangelove) was the only one who had ever actually _designed and built_ a Metal Gear unit before, so if Huey didn’t help him, Skull Face couldn’t go forward.
Hey y'know what, fair game.
You know your stuff and I trust this completely.
@@ChipmunkuChan lol thanks. I love this series, because so much of it is an exercise in determining what exactly happened and when and why, just like the real fog of war and real political intrigue of the Cold War etc.
_Fantastic_ video, man! Very easy to follow, and I think you hit all the Good Stuff with a level of complexity, but in a way that it’s still easy to understand. I do kind of wish you’d done a segment tying Metal Gear Rising in, because a lot of it is pursuant to Metal Gear Solid 2’s themes and characters, but I get why you’d limit the scope of a quote-unquote “beginner-level” video breakdown.
Didn't he design it to have a small cockpit that only an AI pod or a small child could pilot? Which is how Eli was able to pilot it during the canceled Mission 51?
If I remember correctly, Huey said that their wasn't enough room to make the cockpit bigger, but that could also go into him trying to screw over skullface as well.
@@SpaceImmemorial tbh I don’t remember the specifics of how it couldn’t be piloted as it was, but yes that sounds familiar: something along the lines of wanting it to be specifically AI-driven IIRC, which is why he and Strangelove were on the team at all-plus their metal gear building experience, of course. And Skull Face let Huey believe they were gonna use the AI interface, until Skull Face could abscond with the Sahelanthropus and use the Third Child to make it work.
Having Family that fought Nicaragua and have family in both Nicaragua and Costa Rica this series has a spot in my heart.
Proxy wars are fucked up and having lost much to it I appreciate when this get mentioned.
You could’ve just gotten a fan from the entertainment quality your videos provide, but you earned a fanatic with the frequency of Venture Bros references.
Didn't understand that preface for MGS4. If anything it's MGS fans that enjoyed that game the most. It's start to finish fan service. It's the people for whom none of the moments wrapping up the story meant anything that complained. Game is a masterpiece.
Was gon say something about that but you beat me to it lol. And to think what mgs5 could've been had not all those lames complained.
Exactly what I was thinking, from the both of you 😆
I think it was really just gaming culture at the time. Everyone wanted a action hero like Nathan drake. Mgs4 works better now in the same vain as GoW
A 70 minute cutscene is overkill 😅
I am glad that you feel that way but as a fellow fan I cannot agree. The game is missing so much of why I liked the series in the first place
I came here as I promised I would. Just like with Resident Evil I’m a series veteran here. Played all but the original two games as they released.
Venture Brothers refs are a treat of course but your handling of this was beautifully paced and put together and I shed a few tears at the end.
Thank you for this, and for all the effort you put in on your videos like this. You are not appreciated anything like as much as you should be.
Man i really like the part where paz exploded after jumping out of the helo, very good editing work. I swear it must be no more than one frame before the explosion. Phenomenal
I madly respect you for all of the Venture Bros references, that series deserves way more love than it gets.
This is perfect because I'll be starting my first playthrough of a game I know so much about but never played 😂
My strongest salute to you soldier LMAO
I'm hopin you report back - I'm excited to hear what you think of the games.
Report back, so,für.
It's crazy how this doesn't have more views, This is a great review of the entire MGS lore and in an entertaining way. I've played the entire series but it's been years since I thought about it so this brought back a lot of memories. It really is one of the greatest series of games of all time.
That David Lynch Weather Report joke got you a new subscriber
Oh let's GOOOOOOOOOO
Man, you really did this well. After watching the whole video I immediatly went to your channel to see if there's more to watch like this one and yes! Resident Evil, also very, very well done! Thanks for making these!😊
This is hands down the best explanation for the entire series I've ever seen, and you managed to keep it under 5 hours somehow!? Absolutely amazing work 👏
You're Pretty good! 👉👉
I’m CRYING 😭
That ending always gets me so so so good. MGS4. Amazing wrap up for Solid Snake’s story
This is my first time watching this video and even learning about the lore of MGS and honestly... wow. There were even a lot of times i kinda cried and I am not ashamed to say that. Like damn dude, thanks for making this type of video. It is not boring as those other ones beceause we can even hear your emotions when you are telling us the story. Thanks man
for a long time fan this is an excellent and digestible way to understand the lore of mgs. for people who want to get into the series please by all means do it, it's seriously one of the greatest game series of all time, and a lot is still left out in the video that lets you enjoy the games still.
This is the first video I've seen that's actually explained the time-line in a way I can understand. Thank you good sir.
you can really tell how much effort went into creating this video, good job man!! you deserve so much more attention for this:)
You are such a amazing creator your re lore vid helped me catch up with the lore when I first got into it and now you release a Mgs when I also started to get into metal gear and your vids are so clean and entertaining Fr hope you keep doing lore vids
This means the world to me, thank you for saying this.
Alright, you hooked me with that Venture Bro's sound clip. Take my sub, you've earned it.
I love mgs4 and i think the microwave hall scene is still one of if not the best cutscenes in gaming
Agreed. It's in the top 3, at the very least.
MGS4 hatred can literally go screw itself back into the cardboard box it came from. I was big MGS1 fan, and I had absolutely NO PROBLEM AT ALL sitting through ALL of MGS4. It was the culmination of a series that Kojima made it seem like he wasn't returning to, and prequels and non-canon projects aside, he hasn't returned to the present day so I appreciated a game willing to soak in the moment and take its time telling the story it wanted to tell.
the simple plot of metal gear
And he skipped over a lot too.
I been waiting for this video for 76 years, Thank you for coming.
This was a very well done video! I played all the Metal Gear Solid games (not Metal Gear 1 and 2) several times and it was hard to follow so I appreciate your synopsis. This definitely filled in some blanks I had for the story
I really can't think of many forms of media that I've ever experienced that blend together absolute heart-wrenching moments along with campy over-the-top goofiness the way MGS does.
God damn, what a frickin masterpiece of an Story summery. Thank you so much for taking us down this memory lane. ❤
That ending was so sweet, good job dude 😭😭
I love all the venture bros jokes. A lore explanation this long really benefits from some comedic relief
Im only 3 mins in..and as a lifelong mgs fan you've done so much to show appreciation for this great series thank you so much!
Ill be honest as someone who never played metal gear, i quickly lost track of all the snakes. Naked, venom, liquid, solid, solidus, thats a lot to rememer ok😂 i watched the whole video tho. Very nice❤
Kween you're a godsend and a trooper for giving it a shot. I'm sorry I couldn't make it click - but I'm honored you tried it for my sake.
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Naked Snake is Big Boss-the guy who parachutes into Russia to retrieve Sokolov in Operation: Snake Eater, who starts a PMC called Outer Heaven with Kazuhira Miller (the guy Liquid pretended to be!) in pursuit of his dream of a world free of wars, and who dies of old age on his mentor The Boss’s grave, sharing a cigarette with Solid Snake, his son. The guy who becomes a legendary, _borderline mythical_ soldier, known the world round as THE Big Boss.
Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, and Solidus Snake all are involuntary and in-secret genetic clones of Big Boss, I.e. Naked Snake (he doesn’t go by that after Operation: Snake Eater iirc, so I’ll call him Big Boss from now on). See, Major Zero understood that Big Boss may not agree with his motives or goals forever, so Zero secretly undertook genetic cloning experiments (a la Dolly the Sheep, cutting edge stuff at the time) to create someone to inherit Big Boss’s legacy and role in their plans. These experiments were called the _Les Enfant Terribles_ project, and drastically increased Big Boss’s timetable to get out from under Major Zero’s operations and create his Outer Heaven.
Solid Snake is the guy who looks just like Naked Snake (young Big Boss), who intervened at Shadow Moses Island, and who everyone calls Snake. He’s the one voiced by David Hayter, and who is referred to as “Snake” post-Snake Eater. You may recognize him from such hit games as the Super Smash Bros. Series; he’s largely the face of the Metal Gear series, because the OG Metal Gear Solid stars him, as does 4, the last game in the Solid series chronologically.
Liquid Snake is the guy with long blond hair who leads the FOXHOUND unit during the Shadow Moses Island incident; he’s in charge of Psycho Mantis, Grey Fox, etc., and directly opposes Solid Snake’s efforts to rescue the two men who know halves of the Nuclear arming codes from the island/their torture at FOXHOUND’s hands, as well as vying for control of Big Boss’s remains (which are on-site at Shadow Moses) in the hopes he can use them to cure genetic ailments in his Genome Soldiers.
Liquid and Solid Snake are actually twins; one of them got Big Boss’s dominant genes, and one got his recessive genes. Solidus Snake is also an _Enfant Terrible_ clone of Big Boss, but unlike Solid and Liquid he was given Big Boss’s exact genetic makeup, and came to resemble him later in life. Solidus Snake is the 43rd president of the United States-you can kind of remember who he is because “Solidus” is a physics term, it’s the name of the line on a graph of an object’s composition and temperature where above that line, that object is a solid, and below it it is a liquid. So, it’s like he’s a balanced version of Solid and Liquid Snake; where they are either dominant or recessive completely, Solidus is the “perfect” combination.
Raiden (who you don’t mention but who deserves a mention when talking about this) is, in a sense, also a clone of Big Boss, but in a much more roundabout/subtle/metaphysical way. Raiden was trained from his youth to be a killing machine, and later subjected to Virtual Reality training _of the Shadow Moses Island incident,_ among other operations undertaken by Solid Snake and Big Boss. In this sense, he is a _memetic_ clone of Big Boss/Solid Snake; the very ideas and experiences of these men have been inculcated into Raiden-and, ooh, hey, any commentary on Raiden could feasibly apply _to the Player as well,_ who like Raiden does not experience the pain and difficulty of the wetwork we put Solid Snake and Big Boss through, yet feels accomplished for _virtually_ accomplishing what these men _REALLY_ did.
And Venom Snake (BIG MGSV SPOILERS) is even one step further removed from this idea; Venom Snake is _just some guy_, a fellow and trusted comrade of Big Boss and a high-level operative at Outer Heaven, I.e. Big Boss’s PMC outfit. He’s the one voiced by Kiefer Sutherland (if we ignore Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, for simplicity sake, and take Big Boss’s voice in that game as a red herring).
When Outer Heaven was annihilated by XOF in a (successful) attempt by Major Zero to knock down the nuclear-armed Outer Heaven and an (unsuccessful) attempt to assassinate Big Boss, Big Boss went into deep hiding, allowing (maybe ordering? maybe acquiescing?) Shalashaska-Ocelot-to _KGB brainwash someone_ (yes really, it makes more sense in context) who has been with Outer Heaven since the start and who has seen how Big Boss does things for years, with the goal of brainwashing him to literally think HE is HIMSELF Big Boss, so as to let someone else take over public-facing (I.e. more exposed) operations as the face of Mother Base (with Ocelot and Miller as a vanguard for the real Big Boss’s vision). When Skull Face discovers Big Boss is alive and recovering in a hospital in Cyprus, he sends a task force to take Big Boss out, literally to kill EVERYONE in the hospital, and Big Boss-disguised as another hospital patient, “Ishmael”-helps his duplicate escape before vanishing into the night, without a trace.
Venom Snake is like… a *cognitive* clone of Big Boss, in a sense; where Raiden was inculcated with Snake’s ability and training through VR, Venom Snake was already of substantial ability and training just from being with Big Boss for so long, and was instead made to _think_ like Big Boss, and prioritize what Big Boss would prioritize for his dream. He was given plastic surgery and relentless “briefing” by Ocelot to make him think he was the real Big Boss, and was told (truthfully) he had atrophied, lost a hand, and had also received massive head trauma resulting in amnesia and hallucinations, necessitating rehab which doubled as covert training in the art of Being Big Boss. And he was the “double” that Solid Snake takes down in “Metal Gear (gameboy)”,, incidentally.
The series in general has a lot of themes regarding what it means to pass something on to the next generation, and what makes someone who they are, their circumstance vs their genetic makeup, practical knowledge/experience vs academic/VR experience, etc. That’s probably a big reason they’re so hard to tell apart, aside from the obvious similarities and complexities between characters; because they’re all defined by how they uniquely differ from each other and from Big Boss/Solid Snake (read: the player character), as well as by how they uniquely came by these differences, which is deep-lore-pulp-sci-fi territory.
I remember the first time I played the games with all the snakes I thought it was one guy who was like 200 years old. Big boss was my entry to the series
@@andyghkfilm2287 incredible write-up and summary. You’re a champ.
big boss's final salute still makes me tear up, dont even need all the context of the games, that salute is powerful
the first 25 minutes were a good primer for my MGSV playthrough. Thank you!
Glad to hear it!
This was a beautiful retelling of the series, thank you. I'm lightning the rain transformed- coldest intro.
0:25 bro I think you forgot snake. He was pretty important character as much as snake snake and snake (I discpise snake as popular character, he is just shadow of snake). He also was an important character for one of the charecters.
Enjoyed the editing. Great job!
Very well put together. Keep it bro.
Amazing upload. I feel like I’ll have to watch it a few times to really get the full story down! Bravo
57:06 - thanks for including the 'obligatory' line, with this scene...some days, i can barely even hear the word "Fortune" without some part of my brain reflexively responding with "A Dud?!" to it...
excellent video, man.. just excellent. The MGS saga is truly like no other.
It's very appropriate that a "lore for beginners" video for Metal Gear is almost an hour and a half
Must say, the way you presented this is top notch. Bravo mate.
Hey man, thanks for all the hard work. Good stuff.
My pleasure, Zach!! Thanks for watching.
Bro this was the best breakdown I've seen of any game ever. And for it to be about metal gear is crazy bro! I've played every single metal gear game and beaten them at least twice and I still didn't fully grasp the timeline. But the way you set them up...I'm even more blown away by hideo Kojima.......it's unreal how the NES metal gears are the middle grounds.....how the hell did they do that from the 80's until the 2000's
Fabulous video, great work, and I always like to see David Lynch in unexpected places.
1:37 my brain is beyond done for, all I heard was "known as the wiseman skibidi"
Thank you for reminding people about the monster hunter colab, nostalgia!
I love how, not only does the middle of MGS4 take place on Shadow Moses Island as a cool nostalgic last hurrah to the series legacy, but I love how some of the stuff that happens parallels MGS1. Snake about to be crushed and Raiden coming in to save him like Gray Fox did (twice in the case of MGS4), Otacon losing someone he values. It’s just cool that they did those callbacks
I get a kick out of that it's a Metal Gear lore for beginners but it's an hour and a half video. Surprised it wasn't an hour longer. Can't wait for the 10 part advanced lore guide series.
can't wait to spend a quarter of my life explaining why big boss believes in santa claus
Ive never played MGS or any of the spinoffs, but my GOD this story is awesome. Fantastic work, i think ill try and get my hands on some of these games now
This is probably the best summary of the whole story iv seen it sums up everything perfectly. Seeing as mgs is one of the most confusing games to grasp the whole over arching story this makes it easy to understand. Bravo
Hmm I wouldnt say its confusing per se...but I would say thats its Complex.
When MGS2 girst launched the majority of people could scarcely really wrap their hands around AI outside of Androids like in Blade Runner or Aliens, or some kind of robot like C3PO.
The Digital Age/Infowars/Decentralized Nation/Nanomachines/Genetics/Paramilitary/Insular Factions that Control/Influence Government-Combo that it deals with is A LOT for most people to really handle and conceptualize.
Like...people can understand 1 or 2 of these concepts, especially if thats an interest of focus...but all of them?
Those are rare individuals.
Mind you, these games were mostly being played by Gen X and Millenials...so really only the Gen Xers and oldest of Millenials had the Bare Minimum of life experience + knowledge to really contend with most of these ideas.
I grew up playing Metal Gear. One of my favorite game series. Nice work on the video, really took me back.
Oh boi! Another Hour+ MGS Lore Vid to add to my Retrospective Playlist! _Number 13 baby!_
Incredible video! I've loved the culture around MGS for years (even cosplayed Big Boss / Punished Snake / etc once) but never played enough to get the full picture. Not to mention the whole Kojima aspect lmao. Immediately went to your Resident Evil and Silent Hill videos after this too!
That's incredible to hear!! I'm glad to hear i could steep you in. Thanks so much for sticking around!
3:35 you can also take out "the end" earlier in the game while hes sitting in a wheelchair, but you have to back track for the sniper rifle. But after he dies the chair blows up and no matter where you are a wheel lands on your face after flying through the air.
Also you can just advance the date on your game console and he dies of old age.
Love your explained series, I hope there are more in the future!
This was brilliant. Great work
Phenomenal video. Found this just after I started playing the master collection.. all I gotta say is man what a fkn series. Privileged to have been here from the start of it.
Had to watch this video like 5 times to understand it fully and now I feel like we should have a degree in metal gear haha
The go team venture made me sub. One of my favorite shows.
1:17 goosbumps.... for thoes who knows.....
I kinda feel bad for venom snake, he jump in front of big boss to save him to just wake up 9 years later believing he IS big boss only to find out he is just a phantom for big boss who essentially abandons him and move on to outer haven. And the extreme irony that he's killed by solid snake, as venom's job is to be clone of big boss so he can do his outer haven stuff. And what's even worse is that solid are sent by big boss, the man he saved, and after his death he is very much forgotten and never mention while everyone is going big boss this, big boss that.
"So what are we? Some kind of Big Boss?" Chills
I've watched a lot of people trying the explain Metal Gear's lore, this video is by far the most simple to understand sure there wasn't a lot of details but the whole storyline was there.
When I was first introduced to Metal Gear, I was still a kid, I am 19 this year , growing up I was constantly finding videos about this topic and it's kinda hard back then. Now I know most of the lore even before this video, it is kinda sad that this video didn't get a lot of traction because it is really well made and the beginner friendly.
Lowkey want to see you make a video about MGR and the small details that people may have missed while playing the series.
Other than that I really enjoy this video and for sure want to see more.
Good stuff. on a side note your age trips me out. I'm 36, the metal gear franchise must look really old and retro to you haha.
@egontokessy1610 Not really, metal gear isn't the only series I grew up with, Monster hunter is one of them. I am one of the few "Gen Z" who likes old games because they don't make it the same anymore. Even right now, I still prefer playing Peace Walker than anything else. Additionally, I grew up with the psp, so that helps.
Sure people age, but something about Metal Gear doesn't.
Honestly the coolest thing to learn was that Big Shell was modeled out using lego first by Kojima, thats just such a fun detail
Kojima did the same thing with a lot of Shadow Moses. It was how he helped develop the camera techniques used in metal gear 1.
A nitpick: honeybee is not the first Phantom Pain mission. Every main mission that isn’t a repeat has some sort of story relevance and new information that is gleaned by doing optional objectives, spying on soldiers, and paying careful attention to briefings and post mission debriefings. But I get that would make the video like a million hours long.
for making this video, we salute you. 🙏🏼
Dont know whether you will see this or not, but thanks for this amazing video man. I grew up with mgs 2, 3 and peacewalker and man this brought back some happy memories. You just got yourself a new sub and fan. Much love.🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
I always get emotional with MGS4 with what snake had to go through and living with a pre built in life span. Plus the entire back ground of events leading up to it.
5 minutes in and I’ve been hit with 2 venture bros references.
You have earned a subscriber, my friend.
I’d love if you would do, the fall out series idk how exactly you could go about it however I find it an interesting series and it’s easy to follow with what you’re saying, love the explaining videos keep it up!
This is the video I've been looking for that I've been wanting to use to get people into mgs as a whole exactly what I was looking for great video thank you! I wish there was a Elaborate hollywood level movie for this it would go so hard
Glad I could help!
As long as the runtime of cut-scenes were in the MG games, they can't hold a torch to the Xenosaga series. The first one started you off with a 30 minute cut-scene and the sequel had around 8 hours of cut-scenes in total.
Man is it nice to have that story-line explained in such a concise way.
Been playing the games for almost 20 years. Sons of Liberty on PS2 was a masterpiece that did something only a few games ever have that was only possible during that time.
For years I have been watching TH-cam videos clipping the stories together. Most are overly intricate and diluted to the point you don’t fully understand the story from the video.
@ChipmunkuChan you have created the clearest and most concise video that covers The story and timeline of Metal Gear. Best video out there on the game series so far!
That's really kind to say! Thanks so much for this, really!
Took me a week and half to finally finish it, and I finally get MGS' lore now (I hope)
OH LETS GOOOOOOO YOURE A GENIUS NOW!!
I want to thank the tireless effort put into vids like this but a kind of.. persistent visual chain or branching tree of events with relevant characters would help people like me a lot. I LITERALLY got lost in the first summary. Sorry to sound like I'm complaining. Great vid, I'll just have to keep rewatching it.
Just clued in that SSSniperWolf even stole her name. That's hilarious.
LOL
Same
Great job man! Revolver Ocelot is also my favorite character.