Can You Beat MGS1 ENTIRELY in First Person View?

Please let me know what you guys think of the video! Metal Gear Solid is my favourite series of games of all time and this challenge was really fun!
I'm thinking about doing many more Metal Gear Solid challenge videos in the future and we're kicking the adventure off by asking the question: Can you Beat MGS1 in First Person View only?
This was a lot of fun but as you can probably tell editing and recording could use work, so constructive feedback is always appreciated. :)
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[@mysoultotake87]

I just subbed to your channel. Especially because most of your videos have thousands of views, and you only have 328 subs? 329. People, help the creator. Is not that hard.

[@nullnova]

That right there is why you're the best, Boss.

[@mysoultotake87]

@@nullnova ahaha not really. I have a channel as well. I know how it feels. I'm 3 people away from 400 for ages now. 😂😂

[@dons9213]

Same here. Cool idea for a challenge dude.

[@brutalgod7651]

691

[@Eener1000]

Its amazing how impressive MGS1 looked on the ps1 with a full 3d world with good looking floors and ceilings. Shows how important good art direction is

[@Lasagnaisprettycool]

This really makes you appreciate the beautiful art direction and world they built. It still looks phenomenal to me two and a half decades later.

[@CoralCopperHead]

Agreed, and it's also why 'HD remaster' mods that don't do anything but smooth out the edges and upscale the textures bug me so much. The artists obviously knew the hardware they were working with, and more often than not, the weird graphical problems are _intentional,_ you know?

[@aeixo2533]

Yeah, My first thoughts watching this were that I was super impressed how good this game still looks.

[@arab6745]

@@aeixo2533 The resolution is not native (which is nice), and the textures are smoothed (which is horrendous)

[@cookieface80]

Fun fact: Kojima created all of the levels first using lego bricks so he could see what they would look like before they started modelling them.

[@poika22]

@@CoralCopperHead Problem is, especially with the PS1 and SNES era games, part of the "hardware they were working with" were CRT monitors. Playing a PS1 game on a modern LCD TV does not look like it was intended even if you run the original disc on an original console with zero modifications. Emulation and upscaling does mess with the original artistic vision, but so does playing the game "as is" on an LCD. It's a choice between two less-than-perfect alternatives, unless you want to get an old CRT which is the only real way to experience the games "as intended". There are post-processing filters now trying to mimic the CRT effect, but they're far from perfect. It's just something digital technology cannot fully replicate. Or it would require an absurdly high resolution to the point where each analog "pixel" was represented by a hundred digital pixels trying to mimic the analog look, and it'd still be imperfect.

[@Handsomeanthony68]

KZbin’s algo nailed it with this one, I’ve never seen a first-person-only MGS run. I didn’t even know you could walk around in first person. Take my like and subscription.

[@nullnova]

Thank you so much!!

[@Handsomeanthony68]

@@nullnova Thank you! I’ve been a fan of MGS since it was released and I’ve never even considered playing in first person only. It’s rare that I see something new in these games. It’s refreshing!

[@nullnova]

@@Handsomeanthony68 I thought the same, I want to bring some new life to these old classics, if you can think of any games you'd like to see and some unique challenges do let me know!

[@aubreyjarvis4759]

pretty sure you actually cant move in first person outside of the shitty pc port

[@Tcatracing]

Yeah pretty sure it was a bundled feature with the pc version

[@legateexpendable9308]

Honestly I had no idea you could even move while in first person, I've only ever used it for looking around

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

Maybe it's a dualshock exclusive feature?

[@legateexpendable9308]

@TheBlazingDiamond I only played the GoG release on PC so maybe there was something I was missing

[@nullnova]

@@legateexpendable9308 It is only for the PC version (Integral), I was playing the GOG version, you just need to tap the first person view button twice. :)

[@legateexpendable9308]

@@nullnova interesting, I had no idea. I'll have to give it a go next time

[@awii.neocities]

@@TheRealBlazingDiamond Playing the game with Dualshock never had the feature either.

[@brendanmchugh6323]

This makes me want a VR version… like an actual VR version

[@jamesdoyle12]

This makes me want to play Metal Gear Solid

[@nullnova]

It's an amazing series, you won't regret it!

[@JK-zl2ux]

The first two metal gears and the first 3 metal gear solids are pretty easy to emulate (if ur okay with that). Not sure about the fourth. Peacewalker i know is easy. MGSV is usually on sale. In short you could probably play most if not all of the metal gear saga on pc.

[@countspider6488]

@@JK-zl2ux 4 is incredibly difficult to emulate without a NASA PC, it would be better to just buy it on ps3 if you own one.

[@JK-zl2ux]

@@countspider6488 that’s what I’ve heard

[@poika22]

You could just watch the no commentary longplays on youtube because the games are like 75% cutscenes.

[@ZachHouseZach]

Holy cow, I never knew you could use chaff grenades in the grey fox fight. Still learning things about the game lol

[@breaku45]

@13:33 "Also, look at this cute playstation" proceeds to get knocked down! hahaha

[@Slim-Braidy]

MGS 1 is my favourite game of all time, so to see it be played through snakes eyes is fascinating and makes boss fights like gray fox and raven even more intense. Gutted you can’t fight liquid in first person though, that would have been special! Great video man. Hope you plan to make a mgs series with this concept!

[@nullnova]

It's definitely coming! Thanks!

[@mark030a]

I wonder if there's a mod that can force First-Person.

[@johnsumisu1527]

For those wondering, the PS1 Integral version also had the option to move in first person view, but it was a Japan release only afaik (this version comes with 3 discs)

[@ryurimassamune]

Thx

[@filipeflower]

But the PC version of Integral was actually released in Europe.

[@johnsumisu1527]

@@filipeflower the PC port, yes, I believe it was the Integral version in all regions. My comment was referring to the PS1 Integral version

[@filipeflower]

@@johnsumisu1527 Oh, okay then.

[@vontaxe]

and what about the fight against Mantis? In the version I played, when you entered first person in this part, the perspective changed to the mantis' POV

[@klof4276]

22:50 I remember being handed an annotated map of that level in elementary school and building on it more and more until it was complete; other kids who were stuck thought it was incredible. You see I used to be with it... then they changed what it was, now what I'm with isn't it... and what's it seems weird and scary to me... GIMME FIVE BEES FOR A QUARTER

[@dabeln1]

The ninja fight is so funny. He's totally kicking your ass the whole time. It's like watching an action comedy.

[@lazypaladin]

*_Why hasn't anyone else done this yet?!_* so simple it's positively brilliant! _Somehow I appreciate MGS even more than I already did._ Great Run!

[@CoralCopperHead]

I like how playing in first-person really highlights how blind the guards are -- and why MGS3 is so hard if you fail to use first-person view to scout ahead; they can see you _off-screen_ in the top-down view, but these poor Genomes have to play by the "you were offscreen, you didn't see me" rules from the original days.

[@khahhn8063]

Lmao for genome supersoliders with "enhanced vision" the mfs cant see shit 😂

[@RaytheGrayt]

Two things made me laugh more than the rest; Using the Frozen movie cover for the Pal key, and hearing Snake get punched and making the same grunts as the guards lmaooo 🤣🤣 just subbed 👍🏾

[@Repteed]

Absolute joy watching this, MGS is the series I grew up with and it's great to see neat ideas on it to this day. Great production, too, well edited and condensed and your commentary is stellar.

[@nullnova]

That means a lot mate, thank you so much. ♥️

[@TheCoffeeMan19]

Tbh this is better than most videos. Your pretty good...

[@arab6745]

22:25 I have beaten MGS1 over 20 times (yeah I was counting) as a kid, and I never thought of that! I remember thinking "oh this tank is now missing" rather than realizing it's the tank I fought lol. Great video dude, fun idea and funny one liners and memes! I watched the whole thing, thank you! BTW the first person view definitely helps with the tunnel section, I remember that I couldn't finish the game on extreme without using it.

[@helenswift7889]

This was amazing! More Metal Gear please!

[@sChimmelKatZe]

I love that you revive this old classic! Back in the days, I heard they originally planned forMGS 1 add on special missions to introduce first person mode when you play with Gray Fox.

[@omar71389]

Excellent production value for your channel size! Looking forward to mgs2 and 3 runs for this challenge or different challenges in general.

[@poika22]

Nice video. Watched it all the way through and subbed. It's kinda crazy seeing all these familiar environments from an unfamiliar angle.

[@CozyButcher]

New sub because this is what I was looking for and KZbin said this was the best. Great job fren looking forward to more vidya from you.

[@icarusgaming6269]

Snake fist fighting a literal ninja: Nah, I don't think CQC would be useful here Snake fighting his 10,000th mercenary: *CQC time, baby*

[@Steamj2]

If your try to use the cqc against the ninja he would do a flip and take no damage but if you try to choke him he would Smack you

[@mattbroadbentmusic5602]

Great job, subbed. love this kind of challenge vid :)

[@PainweedingPills]

Oh boy, this actually makes me wanna replay the game after a long time! Liked and subscribed!

[@DemomanX614]

Feeling sick today, glad this video was recommended. Pretty cool video. Picked this up on gog a fee years ago and it was the first time I played the og Solid(I played the hell out of Twin Snakes)and playing this gave me such an appreciation for the series. Same for when I finally decided to play through MG1 and MG2(freaking amazing games, that kind of gameplay back then?? How did people beat those games)

[@Under10Hours]

The algorithm did good today! Great video. I can barely beat this game in the intended way.

[@nullnova]

That means a lot mate, thank you. 😎👉👉 You're pretty good.

[@Under10Hours]

@@nullnova But did first person provide any tactical advantage?

[@nullnova]

@@Under10Hours No tactical advantage whatsoever. 😔

[@bambigaming1866]

​@@nullnovathe fact it was said to ocelot and it makes ocelot way too easy to beat? Comedy.

[@ShuckleII]

Holy shit this mic, it sounds like he's reporting from a wiimote, that's amazing

[@colonelvector]

Dude this was a fantastic video. I'm a huge MGS fan, played the opriginal over 50 times and this was really fun to watch. Your presentation style and editing is great. You threw in a few jokes but didn't over-do it. The pacing of the video was good, without being obnoxious jumping around. Honestly this was a perfect video for this type of subject

[@nullnova]

Very kind of you mate, thank you :)

[@party4keeps28]

I've never seen your channel before but you've uploaded a great video that KZbin seems to favor, and it looks like your channel will grow substantially. Congrats!

[@8bitsrebeltv485]

What a chad omg wp man very nice video subbed and liked much love !

[@lxjoe96]

This was a great video, I'd love to see more from you. I see you did a short videoabout resident evil 1, I'd love to see you do a challenge playthrough (or normal playthrough) of that game as well

[@nullnova]

Thanks so much, Resident Evil challenge videos will be coming for sure. :)

[@Fibbz_Nz]

+1 Sub,I love these stealth based game like mgs,Growing up playing mgs 3 is the reason why.Keep it up

[@Drewski_94]

Awesome video man! Keep up the hard work! Love this definitely subbing can't wait for the next one!

[@badllama123]

this was great! do all the metal gears in first person! third person games in first person is a great niche. subbed

[@phamquan0726]

that was some fancy playing, you're pretty good

[@TheEpicWinner-]

totally worth a sub well done man!

[@NGPlusVideos]

Certainly an interesting idea. I never played the PC version so I've never seen Snake move in 1st person in MGS1. It's kinda jarring. Well done on the challenge :)

[@Armykarmy]

Awesome content my dude, you earned this sub!

[@lordofligma]

The algorithm is finally working! I love this vid

[@retrorun]

Great play man! Ive completed in 1st person too, and had a hard time during the Rex fight. I used a more complicated strategy. Really appreciate yours!

[@BrianM_3rd]

What a great recommendation! This game still looks incredible, even moreso in first person when you can see the environments in detail from a whole new perspective. I'm daft for any sort of "Can you beat..." challenge run, and I'll happily sub if more are on the way! :)

[@nullnova]

There absolutely is more on the way! Thanks so much!

[@geromendez5305]

some parts of the game are so hard to activate FPS mode, specially after receiving a hit. Kudos to you man

[@CoffeePotato]

This is super legit, I had no idea you could do more than just stare at things. Makes me want to see if Vagrant Story is doable like this somehow.

[@seancarter6492]

Gonna dust off the ol PS1!! I honestly missed hearing Snake getting hit, the alert status, the guard that says "there here is!"

[@nmhfan27]

You need way more subs and views, this is seriously impressive!

[@nullnova]

Thank you so much!

[@icecreamsocial123]

More challenge videos like this would be great

[@christoffer6527]

Nicely done! Subbed

[@younesakdah1803]

The slow turning speed already hurts my hands. Nicely done.

[@aldoelektrika]

I'm high as fuck, practicing my mixing and I have your video on the background. I would love it if you uploaded full playthroughs. Haven't looked through your channel but I subbed cause this is my favorite game of all time and I love seeing it from a (literal) different perspective.

[@Kimarnic]

This video deserves more views, I love "can you beat x" videos, and MGS in 1st person is pretty cool Clean microphone, good content, this is great

[@donoteatmikezila]

Pretty entertaining run. subbed

[@ruairifisher7214]

The filthy frank cameo😂😂

[@kemetsoundz3651]

Brought so many memories back watching this! Fun fact: if you can’t find the thermal goggles, you can use the CIGs to see the lasers 🤞🏽✅

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

Really enjoyed this. 👍

[@drizzijay]

Underrated channel! You’ll blow up soon!

[@thefallen2220]

There is an alternate way to beat psycho mantis by shooting his statues

[@Zappero]

KZbin is finally recommending less known channels. This one with less than a 1000 subscribers was a jackpot!

[@5persondude]

So with Ocelot’s torture, what I do (as well as for other button-mashing QTEs in other games) is place my thumb against my index finger (between the tip and closest joint) and use my wrist to press the button as opposed to moving my thumb or finger itself. Don’t know how many other people do this but for me it’s the most comfortable way to mash buttons quickly

[@Poudrin]

i do jitter clicking except its on a controller, its terrible for wrist health but you can get autoclicker level speed (thank you minecraft pvp)

[@iquemedia]

I'll be looking forward to hearing the "small channel" line in a year or two when rewatching this and seeing how much you've grown

[@nullnova]

Thank you so much! MGS2 video coming next. 👀

[@alhal8024]

Nice one ! This popped up on my recommended. Liked and subscribed dude!

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

It looks so cool! Playing MGS Integral, huh?

[@lukeconwayTV]

“He hit me with the Seymour Skinner” how can I not subscribe after that? 😂

[@nullnova]

I'm so glad someone caught that. 😂

[@ProGamingProphecy]

I almost forgot how good a game can sound when you take the time to choose the music. The iconic, "Huh... who's footprints are these?"

[@TFSned]

MGS2 Substance had some VR missions that were played entirely in first person. If there's a mod or cheat to play the whole game like that I'd love to see it. There's a recent mod that lets you use MGS3 Subsistence's 3D camera in MGS2 on PC but I'm not sure if it lets you move in first person. It's also fun to play MGS3D on Citra with a 60fps cheat and MGS4's control scheme. It might let you play in first person too.

[@konstantinsuvorov2570]

I really enjoyed it! Thanks for the video. Btw. I think you could have done a longer intro and outro, but this is just some small feedback ;)

[@mariusdmeridius6712]

One of the best games I ever played. I have completed this game many times (more than 10 for sure). Good old times if it comes to gaming.

[@Lurmmings]

First time I've seen the Mantis boss in first person (since normally it switches to Mantis' view instead of Snake's), this would have been impressive even without the radar!!!

[@Gray-Miller]

I really enjoyed this not like other videos filled with talking nobody cares for just comedy and useful tips here and it's good

[@devilsdante]

27:25 that is incorrect. The body armor should be when you used the Nikita for the fist time to disable the electrified floor. Body armor should be there :D Lots of things that I never knew like that hole you found after beating the tank boss. Always learning! BTW you can also drop lots of claymore mines before sounding the alarm on the tower. You will get lots of time before enemies start spawning before you. Edit: looks like you can also get the armor later on which I didn't know as well. Oh well :p

[@TJVHS9]

This is class mate

[@gogobmn]

Great video, I haven't seen anyone look at FP stuff much besides speedrunners before now, and they definitely don't do the whole thing. I'm looking forward to more MGS challenge stuff. MGS2 on PC does have a way to do FP in the main game (via modding), I think it ends up being similar (easier for the most part), although like in Blast Furnace there's a couple of things that can't be done. Thought I'd explain what happened with the weird PAL Key cooling/not cooling thing (probably in a bit too much detail!)... The key has the 3 states normal/cold/hot, then there's a separate "heat" value between -15 minutes (cold) to 0 (normal) to +15 mins (hot). Usually, if a cold key goes over 0 (or a hot key goes under 0) it turns normal; a normal key turns cold once it hits -15m, and hot once it hits +15m. Then you have that same amount of time to get it to the Command Room. Also, a normal key will reset to 0 at the start of every area, so you have to do all the heating in one go. Most of the time, the Blast Furnace and Warehouse heat/cool the key at a 3x rate, so it would've taken 5 mins to go hot the first time you tried it. But, when you're at the appropriate point in the story (i.e. Warehouse after normal key entry, and Blast Furnace after cold key entry), as soon as you enter one of those areas, you get swapped to a normal card and put at 12 mins for free. So it should only take 1 min to change in those cases. The weird thing happens when you enter a "12-mins-free" Warehouse with a hot key. The two values (key state, and heat) only actually change once per second (technically, it's every 30 rendered frames since the game was launched). So when you entered Warehouse and checked the key immediately, it hadn't had a chance to change yet and you saw a hot key. But about a second after that, it would've changed back to normal. That's why it mysteriously went from hot to normal by the time you reached the end of Warehouse that one time, while it was perfectly fine later in the game.

[@mr.tweaty]

39:40 REX’s design also just works around the graphical limitations incredibly well. Its design inherently blends in with blocky graphics.

[@sirrando]

Great challenge! Well played

[@goblindeter8258]

This game even almost 30 years later still looks stunning !

[@mralowen]

Man, that music takes me back

[@685eric685]

6:05 I actually like that you can shoot from a first person perspective in this game.

[@tohm9070]

Nice video mate

[@undeadmaster666]

the whole way through this i was humming the music to this game. what a awesome sound track this game has. to this day i cant sneak without humming this games theme music

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

That's one of the coolest thumbnails on KZbin

[@nullnova]

Thanks, I'm pretty proud of it. Gray Fox is the GOAT.

[@EternallyEve]

Like many, I had no idea you could lock into first person like this in the GOG version. Since you brought this to the attention of so many fans, I'll bring up that you should be able to destroy the gas masks on the Mantis busts to do the same effect as the player 2 trick. I assume that's still in the GOG version and would be a lot better than having to go from controller to keyboard for shooting.

[@WoundedSnake]

I am happy for this game is still getting some love

[@alcole-holic8779]

24:25 Comedy gold moment, if that was unscripted then you’ve just gotten super lucky

[@confusedlocal]

"nothing personnel, kid" +1sub

[@Barfbag]

this was a fun video!

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

You're truly the Ronnie Pickering of MGS

[@celestialdice]

Finally a fresh face with real interesting challanges

[@nullnova]

My aim is to make lots more interesting Metal Gear content, it's my favourite series of all time, I just need to think of unique challenges. 🤔 Thanks for watching, mate!

[@celestialdice]

@nullNOVA Hell yea, that's what I like to hear, bro! I'm currently trying to start out on KZbin too, mainly DMC and MGS

[@nullnova]

@@celestialdice Love them both, subbed, I hope to see some uploads soon!

[@KennyCleod]

I love how KZbin knows what I'm onto and lead me here

[@luisfernandoenrique]

Incredible thank you

[@theyracemesohardchair]

Great video

[@futurelawski]

That was awesome

[@MrGoodCompany]

Great video.

[@LLRTV]

I did this 3 years ago full run :) , what an experience jeje

[@yuncelluz8709]

Interesting asf 💯

[@MacInTheBox]

Fitting that the bit you had the hardest time with was the part (Liquid hand to hand fight) you couldn't be in first-person :P

[@SnakeBush]

I didn't remember you could walk while in that POV

[@find2hard]

Yes! Make me feel alive again!

[@iamgeorgesears]

Algorithm brought me here. Funny jokes and pleasant voice. Subbed