Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty by Tyler2022 in

Runner introduction starts at 0:13.
Race starts at 1:03.
Keizaron interviews RagnellGoW at 1:33:05.
Couch Commentary is provided by Miniomegaking, Pythonicus, and Plywood_.
Host is TiraLyra.
This speedrun was recorded live at Awesome Games Done Quick 2019, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on AGDQ2019, find us at: gamesdonequick.com
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Runner introduction starts at 0:13. Race starts at 1:03. Keizaron interviews RagnellGoW at 1:33:05. Couch Commentary is provided by Miniomegaking, Pythonicus, and Plywood_. Host is TiraLyra.

[@Requiemrexx]

I love the timestamps you guys started doing.

[@EthanCruise]

Tira Lyra has a wonderful commentary voice. She should be a woman announcer in WWE.

[@jcace13]

Hitting the boss on the side he can't see on because of his eyepatch is the kind of detail only MGS has.

[@jaakkopontinen]

JC yeah! :)

[@UGSETH2]

@@Rhapbus1 What the fuck lol

[@BunsenMusic]

@@Rhapbus1 I don't think you understand what he said.

[@lukechillin6226]

But snake doesn't have an eyepatch in mgs2

[@davidyoung2990]

I think FROM software also put this level of detail into their games but I get ya

[@CleverMetaphor]

This was one of the most groundbreaking games of all time

[@coryhoneycutt8284]

Yes if was. I miss those days

[@bneth1201]

It's nuts watching this now years later and still looks and plays as good as it does.

[@afxboc]

The best thing is that at the time, it was a very divisive game, or at least for most people, mostly due to the Raiden plot twist and some of the themes the game touches. IMO MGS2 (and 3) are the best entries in the series.

[@TheMisterGuy]

How was it groundbreaking?

[@antarahibnshaddad7725]

The ps2 was majestic.

[@azzwort]

Props to the Emma hand-hold crew in the background during the escort section.

[@DiscoCokkroach]

25:21 - The reason that the bomb is in an easy-to-find location on Euro Extreme is because it explodes when you get close to it, so therefore it’s easier to trip it. It’s basically placed there to make sure that you have Sensor B equipped, which is the only way to find it without seeing it.

[@MissSockStealer]

Folks in the background holding hands whenever Raiden held Emma's hand were super adorable lol

[@drumanaut]

It was so funny. I didn't even notice it at first.

[@CheefChaos]

Starts @ 53:00, & 54:00

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

Still the best underwater swimming graphics I've ever seen almost 20 years later.

[@higgs135]

don't forget the rain, mgs2 had definitely the best graphics on ps2 that should've released on the ps3

[@the21stsergeant]

Even MGS3 couldn't compete, and went with forced FPV

[@wellerissly1]

1:12:51 Amazing Snake impression! Sick run Tyler still watching in 2020

[@Vavecheese]

I remember actually finishing this game on April 30th. Once I realized this actually happened blew my mind. But that's not the reason this game is one of my favourites. It's the amazing memories, the gameplay, the fun times I had with this game. It was an brilliant journey that made me feel a lot of things. It's sad to know that we'll never ever get a game similar to this one. And I wish I could play this game for the first time again. This, and all the other MGS games. Super good run Tyler. Good stuff bro

[@HoseB932]

Oh my god, I love that you guys did this game. Thank you

[@tlozfreak888]

I like how the characters make a big deal about fortune dodging bullets but raiden doing the same exact thing with a piece of cover isn't mentioned

[@fortune2122]

@Reality ...

[@TheJackMouse]

57:00 The audience in the back holding hands when Raiden does is the most wholesome thing ever and I love it

[@pineconesnowstorm]

they had actually been doing that beforehand too.

[@KingNothing191]

Loved this run! Great commentary from all people on the couch and the runner as well. GDQ 2019 LET'S GO!

[@gokuonice1940]

What are the odds that I picked up this game and started playing it again to find this brand new speed run of it in 2019. I’m starting the year off right!

[@Azuwww]

Uhuh

[@prince-solomon]

This game was the only reason i begged my parents for a PS2... i'll never forget the countless hours of joy this game and the entire MGS franchise gave me!!! Also, amazing run!!!!

[@rashoietolan3047]

Prince Solomon even mtv acknowledged it back in the day

[@Lightstep9]

Amazing run, Thank you for all your efforts!

[@ezimmerman562]

Johnny definitely has a relative in MGSV. There's the tape of the soldier with diarrhea in the toilet. Just want to make sure everybody knows the toilet humor is definitely there.

[@Tryhardblackguy]

Never knew that, but MGS5 sucks. Also I am pretty sure Johnny father died in Portable Ops.

[@theendoftheworldasweknowit3858]

Mgs5 was flawed but great.

[@ArmoredSoul1]

@@Tryhardblackguy Portable Ops isn't considered canon.

[@The_Buff_Guy]

Charging Elincia portable ops is canon. Kojima states in an Interview it’s canon (save for the teams you make with characters like zero and Eva etc). It’s even directly referenced in peace walker multiple times, and it’s got flashback scenes in mgs4. Doesn’t get more canon than that. I wish fans would stop this dumb debate.

[@BunsenMusic]

That's so funny. I've been playing mgsv for 2 years. Literally just today, I discovered the Johnny toilet tape. Weird coincidence

[@alockwood9472]

I love that every time he rolls down stairs, it looks like snake just fell down the stairs, and is just like OW SHIT FUCK

[@BigBoss0715]

The proceeding five minute laughing fit from the girl in the back at 55:30 gives me life.

[@UGSETH2]

Every time is just as fun as the last one rofl

[@upgrxde5026]

Im so happy for you Tyler! Awesome run bro!

[@mitchellnida4666]

“The memes jack, it’s in our dna”

[@PromiseMeStars]

1:01:56 1:12:51 Saving the moments for my own enjoyment. That Snake impression is pretty good!

[@joshuaoneill3118]

This was a great run, and tons of fun to watch live.

[@higgs135]

he probably played that game billions of time

[@livinghealthywithfredrikli2759]

ENEMY SIGHTED! oh nvm he went thru that door

[@lhommemystere3938]

looooooooooool

[@Wugpot19]

Good run, very nice commentary and well executed. Thoroughly enjoyed.

[@DjClayface]

6:46 - "ENEMY ON BOAUURRRHHH" - LOL

[@fogzila847]

So nice to watch this run it brings me back a lot of memory when we were playing this game with friends.But this guy is rly skillfull and i cant even imagine how much time he had to spend to master it this way.

[@Tucanazo69]

This game is hard to run, props for the runner, amazing run!

[@undetected2088]

Dude this is spectacular dudes, like not only is this game still, ever all these years soooooooo freaking impressive to look at (I feel like we don’t really have any other game that feels like this one). But then on top of that seeing the strats that speedruners have been optimizing for so long is nothing short of breath taking. An absolute joy to watch this segment 🤍

[@DonkeyOnAUnicycle]

I love this run, not only is it pretty much perfect, all of the commentators are inputting which isn't always the case for other runs

[@poahs]

i started playing this game again recently, a good game series.

[@smithyatbroadacres]

I could never finish the game on European Extreme, stuck for years on Solidus' choke after the Ray fight. Props to Tyler for the epic mashing

[@maxdecphoenix]

picked up MGS2: Substance at the PX in late 2001 or early 2002 and played the absolute dog shit out of it. I got out of the Army shortly there after and wrecked my car. I was stuck at home for months on end with no job and I would blow through this whole game multiple times daily. Same with the VR missions. I put up some insane times on some of those missions, pushing the threshold of discovery to it's absolute limit. Of course this was long before KZbin, and I don't even think we had a decent DSL service at the house back then, but I played that disk til I wore it out. Sometime around the end of 2003 my brother picked up a copy of FFXI online and that quickly became my focus, but I eventually bought SnakeEater as well, and that was another glorious game. The replayablility on these MGS games is just unbelievable. I still have my copy of Snake Eater and Substance but my ps2 has long since died.

[@Toudreyte6501]

I don't know who on the couch sounds exactly like otacon

[@youroneandonly2108]

Plywood doing such a great job commentary

[@shandomassey8634]

WOW. Just... wow. Great run.

[@moosesnWoop]

Got my PS2 out and this game plugged in. Such a great game series.

[@senseweaver01]

8:14 - "I don't think ladders are that important." Okay that joke deserved more laughs!

[@deadskrillaskrit2078]

I'm on a boat flipping guards You at Outer Heaven straight up flipping copies

[@CinedyneFilms]

Shine on you crazy diamond

[@Skegfromcraigslist]

I remember getting the demo for MGS 2 with Zone of the Enders (I think). The demo allowed you to play through tanker ship level you see at the start, man I must've played that same level at least 50 times.

[@DeathAtYourDoorStep]

@Rondo pizza hut? lol that's dope

[@paulc2138]

I paid my friend £5 for his demo disk of Metal Gear Solid 1 and I had spent hours upon hours playing it just because it was the first “ proper “ stealth game I played plus the opening part was soooo great

[@hms_thunderchild5456]

Great run!

[@locklollol]

I literally just started up a new mgs2 game yesterday. having a blast

[@Icematt12]

Watching the Tanker chapter I thought this wasn't E Extreme as I got all dogtags on PS2 but Tyler was just that good. Boy did I struggle with the Rays onwards on Extreme. The choking part is so much easier in the HD version.

[@jasonlobo2350]

Yeah the chokes where nearly in Extreme ps2

[@Alkaris]

I was reminded of an odd glitch I encountered on Metal Gear Solid for PS1 where I was able to skip a huge cutscene section with the DARPA Chief, I've only ever been able to pull it off at least 1 or 2 times. The timing of it is very tight and specific, but basically when you're in the vent shaft and you get the codec call popping up on the screen when above the Chief, pressing Select button as you press the Action button in rapid succession it immediately skips you to the codec call after the Chief dies.

[@papopepo520]

very good commentary

[@evan8793-sc]

the amount of detail in this game is insane. on my 2nd playthrough I didn’t know you could shoot enemy radios, shoot security cameras, or click the projector

[@assassinonprozac]

Raidens cartwheel is actually an aerial you can tell because his hands aren’t touching the ground.

[@ZetaMAGES]

Holy crap, that's the fastest finger mashing I've seen Tyler. 36:13

[@dreamthief286]

that first vamp fight was mental

[@assassinonprozac]

Wait there’s body armor? I went through European extreme without the body armor that could have been so useful.

[@Mental_Health_Matters]

Getting the Platinum trophy in this game was one of the most frustrating things I have ever done but this is one of my favourite games :) good run!

[@itzssun]

MentalHealthMatters i cant beat rays on extreme

[@TheAmazingSpiderPunk]

The all dog tags was cake compared to those later VR missions~!

[@Twi66e]

Dude, how did you manage that sniping mission on the VR mode 😂

[@epictetus175]

@@Twi66e hahaha yeah dude that was impossible. thats the one that got me

[@christmaldonado89]

Virtually Impossible haha... try beating the VR last missions with a controller without pressure button pressure sensitivity

[@tabithahouse2150]

great stream . :D thanks for the arsenal tengu tip.

[@salim_mezerai]

I miss this game. Metal Gear Solid 2 Play 2 👍I liked Metal Gear Solid 1. Motion Story. The most beautiful game in the history of games. Thank Hideo Kojima. Thanks to the owner of the channel🙋🙋🙋

[@aaron-n]

That last boss fight was pure stamina.

[@dt3947]

All time favorite MGS game

[@Hapidjus_]

Very Solid play...

[@jacobedwards3238]

Holy shit. This takes me 6hrs minimum 😐

[@Shrasha]

Jacob Edwards and that’s just the cutscenes alone!

[@titanstonecrusher8917]

I remember doing doing last torture scene on European extreme, it really was torture.

[@rashkavar]

*Spectacular* RAY fight. Wow! I used to consider myself quite good at the bosses in this game, (back when I played it regularly) and I'm pleased to see how many of the strategies I use are present in a speedrun, simply more refined. I know just how intense that RAY fight is, and on my best run through this, I managed to maintain that kind of pattern for almost half of it. Keeping it going the whole way through like that...absolutely magestic. (If you're wondering what strategies were novel to me: Olga was new (toughest boss in the game for me), Guard rush strats (mainly because, as a casual player, you can afford to be much more conservative), corner shot I-frames (you're supposed to be dodging Fortune by rolling back and forth. It's nuts. Also very useful in the Harrier fight , since the alternative is a lot of careful positioning to get level geometry in the way), the Tengu skips, and Solidus (who I never even tried to optimize, since by that point I'm feeling really good about myself after the Rays and quite enjoy the weird swordfighting mechanic). Fatman, Vamp and the Rays are exactly what I tried to do, only, y'know, with proper execution.) Keep in mind, this is for the bosses. I enjoy the slow, methodical approach to games, which is what drew me to stealth games in general and Metal Gear Solid specifically in the first place, so my approach to the inter-boss segments is entirely different. I've also never done anything higher than normal without the stealth camo. The reason I used speedrun-esque strats for some of the bosses is because they tend to be pretty overwhelming if you let them get momentum. Even fatman, as they said, can screw you by hiding 5 bombs and giving you a 30 second timer. The Harrier has enough variability in its moves that it will kill you eventually, if you don't kill it first. Vamp's actual combat cycle is *insane* at Hard and above, making him all but impossible without abusing his response to the hanging mode (though you can do a full punch punch kick cycle and just go back into hanging mode instead of doing the double-punch-pause-double-punch loop if you're not worried about time). The Rays, again, are best dealt with through the use of overwhelming aggression, because if you let them get set up, they can get you to the point where you can barely even get a shot off.

[@Azuwww]

That's why Anonymityhope's style is one of the best loops there

[@00atmsk]

I appreciate not having to play wheres Waldo with the run

[@xttocx]

Well this was absolutely fucking incredible!

[@jkwalzo]

Strats AND struts?! I can’t keep up.

[@MrSlowestD16]

Awesome run. I wish there was an alternate ending where Emma doesn't get stabbed if you kill vamp in time or something of that nature - similar to the alternate endings of the 1st one. I always hated that she gets stabbed.

[@Bobban]

god I love this game

[@homelesssheltervidlogg74]

Awesome

[@Deathblitzx]

How is it he walks past some of the guards in the snake section without an alert?

[@Shades_]

The best MGS yay

[@paultaylor2115]

That PSG1 Vamp fight jeeeeez

[@Sirmellowman]

Listening to that donation about the guy that his mom had cancer and how video games helped him and his brother through it really hit me, this is so cool. The people running this and all the amazing people donating are really making a difference.

[@JMEDTHEGREAT]

Would love to see a remake of this game top 5 games for me ever

[@Waymar19]

This game was the reason I got a PS2

[@ArcRay20]

wait, you can punch guards in the groin? i thought it was only coded to shoot them there and get a reaction, i didnt think they detailed the punching that way too.

[@thejumperkin]

This is one of my favourite games of all time. So much humour, so much brilliant fun and stupid game mechanics. I went through european extreme like 15 years ago after completing it a million times when I was early teen lol this game is soo funny and just generally fun The brilliant random humour and easter eggs are amazing seriously. Overall this game is just incredible... I really wish some modern games had this style btw I actually thought this game was in the "awful games" block cause it played it for me at the end of the awful games playlist - I was like "why the hell is this in the awful block!?" I realised now of course that it's just a youtube mistake... it is as far from an awful game as you can get!!! I would seriously recommend anyone to try this game. It is SO much fun... I didn't know it was made easier in the final part on ps3... I struggled at the end on PS2, even with my cloth sliding strategy with the button mashing. I suppose it's nice that they made it easier, but it's a shame as well...

[@weebey3668]

Game is a classic

[@TheFloodFourm]

This is going to be Tylers year.

[@faeronix]

I didn't see this in time but this was done on my Birthday! Soo I'll take it as a Happy Birthday to me as well. :3 Thanks AGDQ2019!

[@dickmccarthy9496]

15 mins in timer and Tyler2022 is already defusing the first bomb..wow!

[@whitelitttle2766]

Can you ask a question? How to quickly get off the stairs? Thank you

[@ChristopherFreeman0032]

We need to pass the torch, and let our children read our messy and sad history by its light. We have all the magic of the digital age to do that with. The human race will probably come to an end some time, and new species may rule over this planet. Earth may not be forever, but we still have the responsibility to leave what traces of life we can. Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing.

[@Superblamblamman]

Why is this comment indented?

[@cooperchance7720]

Metal Gear Solid 2 : Sons of Liberty (The End)

[@mixmastermike2128]

FORGET IT. 48:50

[@MoneyTrees2012]

Playing this game on one monitor while watching this on another

[@JuriSins]

Ultimate multitasking.

[@AppeltjeEitje34]

this game was amazing in my chidhood

[@backpack5100]

Why are the people behind the couch laughing at seemly random times?

[@kaisburg2450]

Marples S They’re holding hands whenever Raiden and Emma hold theirs. They even proceeded to choke each other when Raiden choked Emma.

[@darktetsuya]

man I had a hard enough time playing through normally on the standard difficulty! never dared to try in on Euro Extreme, this was really impressive!!

[@knightbrian92]

I didn't know there was competitive MGS2 speed running.

[@Soulfide]

Victory was my parents lol...I remembered that

[@Comkill117]

Best Metal Gear Solid game. Also at 20:19, Snake would be proud.

[@MSSynsyterGates]

Dude was styling at the end.

[@Chalkmanexe]

40:40 I appreciate that “It’s not over yet”

[@JeagerGray]

That's not actually Sons of Liberty, that's MGS2 Substance (it's Substance that was ported to PS3, included as part of the HD collection)

[@King_Jakolas]

It's basically the same game

[@leilanpad9638]

i caught a glimpse of text at around 10:58 saying "Did you just say 'nerd'?" and im confused

[@IMOLDGREGG252]

The Colonel says node if my memory serves me right but Raiden misheard. Having said that I haven’t played this game in a long long time.

[@griffya8364]

@@IMOLDGREGG252 "Not nerd, NODE"

[@TheDudeMaaaan]

Pog

[@kendrickparks9129]

Guard rush is like the solid snake version of the ocelot unit fight

[@marg0tten]

48:37 yes you did not take these, cause the tanker mission is you playing a simulation and these are photos snake actually took the lore is too good

[@germ8267]

Wait fr? When is that explained?

[@Theemilioyap]

The game was way ahead of its time. Amazing game and more power to Hideo Kojima.

[@christopherboeing9520]

This guy really knows how to frig X

[@weedragonauts4729]

when they said they have the empty socom magazine for the next boss battle, i forgot you technically "fight" Fortune

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Bloody hell

[@sppsports2449]

*SNNNNAAAAKKKKEEEEEEE*

[@salmonbelmont7758]

Can’t believe that dsp is so infamous that somebody alluded to him during a gdq event

[@futureecho4509]

I missed the reference, when was it?

[@Kamikazi052]

@@futureecho4509 I think it's at 1:13:50 ish, where he said 'this was found by a notorious cheater'