Metal Gear Solid V - A Phantom Pain | Reacting To Video Game Music!

[@Goodman_Grey]

Pros for MGS5. You can fight the final boss while blasting 80's music on your in game tape player and shoot your arm as a guided missle.

[@LionofDawn]

The game doesn't have a final boss.

[@Egobert]

@@LionofDawn yes it does...Sahelantropus

[@Khazatorium]

Snake, remember the basics of CQC

[@Tezasaurus]

This song is a fuckin masterpiece, found the tape randomly while playing and wound up using it during all my infiltrations

[@RedFox45]

many times i heard it on repeat play throughs and never payed attention to the song i was sat bored streaming on tiktok hit play and i was like WHEN WAS THIS SONG A THING ITS SOOOO GOOD WHY IS THIS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING IT? 😂😂 its as if alerting the guards drowns out the song 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Unmazen]

Out of the whole OST this is definitely my favorite (original) song, it's so cool. One of those songs I never skip when it comes up on shuffle

[@MultiverseMoo]

Despite this having a name similar to the game, there is a "main theme" track (as well as one that I won't name to avoid spoiling anything). However, in my heart Sins of the Father is the theme song for MGSV because it resonates so much with me. Your reaction to that was pretty great ;)

[@BlueHokage]

yeahh, I honestly don't even remember this track. Sins of a Father has always been the Main Theme for me, I guess.

[@undeadMonk]

@@BlueHokage It doesn't play in game at any point (though you can find it on one of the ingame cassette tapes) - the curse of an unfinished game, I guess.

[@bishopcruz]

@@BlueHokage If you didn't know he reviewed sins of the father like 8 months ago

[@bishopcruz]

@@undeadMonk It plays in the background on radios and the like. Quiet is often jamming out to it in her cell.

[@Blacky_npc.char1]

@@undeadMonk It does actually not much but it does one of these is while talking with Kaz idr when and about what

[@Mindistortt]

Nice 80s synths, i listen sometimes to timecop 1983, love it. Happened the same to me. Played 1 to 4, bought phantom pain for ps3 but never started it, not even today after so much time.

[@Vohaul86]

Almost the same here, just finished it about half a year ago despite jumping to the MGS train during PS2 era (PSone games run also with PS2) and also finishing MG1 and MG2 via MGS3: Subsistence: The Konami/Kojima break-up and Sutherland replacing Hayter just about killed all my excitement, and I started to play just to see the online stuff before the servers die.

[@bishopcruz]

If you play MGSV then make sure to play Peace Walker first, and make SURE that you play Ground Zeroes, a lot of the people who have confusion from the story missed those two and story wise they are essential. Gameplay wise MGS5 is amazing, but Kojima was trying to do a lot of new stuff storytelling and gameplay wise and it is very different.

[@HappyBell92]

MGSV Is a great game and I highly recommend playing it but it does suffer from being unfinished at the end because of Konami fuckery. If you plan on playing it I suggest playing or at least watching a summary of Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes as the things that happen in those games are a big part of V.

[@ninjafox1344]

It definitely sounds like Depeche Mode or Tears for Fears. The game takes place in the 80's so there's heavy influence of that decade's music. Gameplay wise, this is top notch quality, you'll have fun for sure. Story wise, it's incomplete cause Hideo got yeeted at the end of development. I totally recommend it and think you'll have lot's of fun. It's a great game, even incomplete.

[@Vulgarth1]

Honestly a fucking tragedy, a shambles that we didn't get the whole thing. I still maintain that it never needed to link Peace Walker and Metal Gear 1 together, but I don't have any special displeasure for how it tried to get there. Except maybe Sa********. That was a little bit much. If it had gotten the full story it would genuinely have been the best game in the series.

[@donkeykongisytpooping3002]

The game is finished Kojima said that he’s satisfied with it.

[@theLikou1]

@@donkeykongisytpooping3002 Being finished and being satisfied with it are two different things.

[@donkeykongisytpooping3002]

@@theLikou1 He wasn’t satisfied with it he would say that it’s unfinished but he didn’t.

[@theLikou1]

@@donkeykongisytpooping3002 So he didn't say finished, right? There, you have it. And there were even the entire part 3 that they put unfinished cutscenes on the special disc that address some plot points.

[@xX_Thaddeus_Xx]

Another track in a similar vein to this that's exclusive to one of the soundtrack releases and doesn't technically appear in the final game (section it was for most likely got cut) is 'Defiance.' Same composer, same singer. Great stuff. Hopefully it gets requested one day.

[@strider1-trigger750]

One of the best games I've ever played, loved the story 🍻😎

[@PhantomPain7778]

Same I didn’t understand the hate it got. Yes the game is unfinished, still need that chapter 3 that got cut. But the story was Intriguing, just ended so quick

[@kind_stone]

It fits totally. It's a track inside the ingame cassette player. Along with some actual licensed songs from the 80s. By the way, difference of style is also explainable. Ludvig Forssell's got his big debut in this game as a full on composer. I hope someone requests Death Stranding OST one day, because Ludvig did grow and turned into a real master since MGSV.

[@archangelgabriel8493]

Interestingly enough with all the issues mgsv had I seemed to have played it the most in the series, the open world aspect and sandbox was just so fun to play around in. That aside I noticed you haven't reacted to many Soulsborne songs and the few you did is honestly nowhere near as good as others. Some songs I would highly recommend are: Bloodborne: Laurence the First Vicar Dark Souls 3: Yhorm the Giant Elden Ring: Godskin Apostles Thanks!

[@MrJhound4]

Oooooo. 80's Metal Gear hits different.

[@nachot6592]

MGS5 was the last MGS game by Kojima. This game is a direct sequel to MGS: peace walker, and works as a prequel to the very first metal gear game. The protagonist is still Big Boss. There is an orchestral version of this track, but I don't even think this could be considered the main theme. The game has lots of more traditional, big, orchestral, vocal tracks.

[@DmnHd81]

this is literally my jam I have the helicopter playing it on descent lol

[@SgtDirtyBush4K]

I cannot describe my excitement when I saw this bro 😭😭😭😭

[@dan_ngyn1828]

I am an MGS fan and I enjoyed the gameplay of Phantom Pain, I think it's worth a shot. Try out the prologue Ground Zeroes that isn't too long and leads up to the events of Phantom Pain.

[@youreprettygood2603]

MGSV is an unfinished masterpiece, but it's still a masterpiece of a game, be it in its soundtrack, graphics, gameplay, environmental and character designs. Without spoiler because it's not actually in the game, the story is missing the final chapter that would have linked it to MGS1 with Liquid Snake as a kid in a Lord of the Flies story arc because of the dispute between Hideo Kojima and Konami at the time that resulted in him getting fired from the company, but the story we got (no spoilers) is still complete and very satisfying in the whole MGS saga. And if you care to know, MGSV is a prequel to the very first Metal Gear released in 1987 on the first Nintendo console, this game takes place in the 1980s hence the very 80s synth music. This game is already a 9/10 and it'd have been a 10/10 if that final chapter would've been included. If you want to play the Metal Gear games in chronological order (and not the order of release), it's : Metal Gear Solid 3 -> Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops -> Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker -> Metal Gear Solid V -> Metal Gear -> Metal Gear 2 -> Metal Gear Solid -> Metal Gear Solid 2 -> Metal Gear Solid 4. There are also other games like Metal Gear Rising or Metal Gear Acid 1 and 2 but these aren't part of the same saga and don't matter to the whole story of Solid Snake and Big Boss.

[@rogueagentaa]

Regarding the 80s-style music, Metal Gear Solid V takes place in 1984 so that should add further context.

[@scavengerrecordingspack8586]

Hey Jesse I HIGHLY recommend battlefield 1 it's set in ww1 and it's some of the most beautiful/intense soundtrack I've ever herd form all the way to simple piano to massive war drums

[@xX_Thaddeus_Xx]

Since people are mentioning the PSP Games, plural, I'd advise *against* playing Portable Ops. Hideo wasn't really involved and sorta cast it off from the canon when the other PSP game, Peace Walker, came out.

[@itsCaptainEli]

If you like mgs, 5 would be fun. It's a little different with different systems, but still has a crazy mgs plot and has a familiar feeling system.

[@LowSkillPlays]

I love this song its so good.

[@Varizen87]

Personally, I love the OSTs composed by Henry Gregson-Williams, which is MGS2 and 3. That man could compose an amazing OST. So, part of why I think this is so different is it has a very 80's vibe... Which is probably because the vents of the game take place in the 80s. Here's what I will tell you: First, you need to play the short prologue game Ground Zeroes. V won't make sense, especially its plot twists, without it. You may also want to at least read the plot synopsis of the PSP games as their plots are canon leading into Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain. The game itself is fun. Open World Stealth. It's more mission based in the sense that you have missions you can choose that progress the main story, or missions you can do as a mercenary to earn money to fund your military base. The game starts out with a huge bang and immediately has your attention. However, Drama at Konami caused issues, and the game was functionally never finished. While the game has an ending, there's a lot of holes left. Some of these plot points are tied off in a disc exclusive to the collector's edition. As long as I don't tell you what these points are though, you likely won't notice and it won't hurt your experience. You can find the stuff that's missing on youtube. Really, it's why I'm very skeptical of Konami's recent attempts to come back into gaming, because I doubt they've changed their absolutely terrifying and outright appalling workplace culture. My dude, they locked Kojima in his office and forbade him from going to the US to pick up a Lifetime Achievement award at Geoff Keighley's Video Game Award ceremony. And that's what they did to their major talent. Think about the regular people.

[@moneyboy503]

Huh.. interesting. This isn't actually the name theme of the game but it was actually nice to hear. This game got me addicted to The Man Who Sold The World. Question: I've beaten the game twice, once per console and I'm going through my 3rd in the PC and I've never heard this

[@MKfanmomo]

I played all the MGS series and MGSV is really fun and tie up many loose ends after Peace Walker to MGS1. Just don't miss the tapes and listen to all the lore. Play Ground Zero first though ! PS: btw don't forget the psp games they are important, explore their lore at least if you don't want to play them.

[@marlinsmanny]

MGSV: oustanding gameplay (so much freedom and different ways to approach/play it), amazing music, and soooo much you can do outside of the normal missions. Unfortunately the story isn't quite as good because it's incomplete and the manner in which it's told, although I don't hate it. I'd rank this as the best MGS game in terms of gameplay by a long shot, but it would probably rank last in terms of story. Still, if you want to look at it as a standalone game and not compare it to other entries in the series, it's still sooo much fun and I'd recommend it to any MGS or non-MGS fan.

[@subhuman216]

game is great, it’s got some pretty well known flaws but even still I can’t recommend it enough. though worth saying that while it’s very much a Metal Gear experience through and through, it’s also plenty different in a number of ways, not least of which is that MGS5 is technically a trilogy; starting with Peace Walker - a PSP game originally referred to as MGS5 in development and a story reflecting the fact, Ground Zeroes - paid demo/prologue/intermission that picks up right where the former left off to introduce some quality of life changes and general refinements to PW’s gameplay and bridges the story into the main game, The Phantom Pain - the one people are usually referring to when talking about MGSV and one I’m mostly basing my comment around. story is something you gotta more actively seek out now by listening in on peoples’ conversations, capturing and interrogating certain soldiers, picking up on contextual clues, and going through audio logs (it’s basically just codec calls from older games, except you get to choose which to listen to and when), as cutscenes mainly focus on just the critical plot points instead. it still stumbles into a lot of the same pitfalls as MGS4 in trying to connect and over explain everything, but it also handles a lot of things extremely well, like establishing what kinda man Solid Snake most likely learned a lot of his ideals from and respected as both mentor and parental figure, showing how Naked Snake fell from hero of MGS3 to being roasted alive with some hairspray and a zippo by his clone son, and fleshing out what the Outer Heaven from the OG MSX was really all about. all characters are also just also just really well written and performed, only things to complain about are that not everyone’s gonna be into the less conventional delivery methods and confusion over a lot of the details if V is their first MGS. gameplay is arguably peak of both series and genre, as to date there genuinely hasn’t been any game that could hold a candle to TPP in this regard. though unlike ps2 era MGS where gameplay depth came more from variety of ways you had of interacting with the environment, in V it comes more from the toolset you have at your disposal as well as how agile and generally responsive Snake is this time around, with there being easily a dozen positions you can feasibly manipulate yourself into in just about any interaction. also the gameplay loop of "recruiting" better soldiers to make you stronger gear and provide more support, giving you an edge in further missions and making your Outer Heaven stronger, as such letting you get even better men down the line is incredibly satisfying and plays into the story perfectly. tl;dr: game good, definitive edition of MGSV seems to be at a permanent discount and goes for like 5$ everywhere I’ve seen, everyone with any interest in this style of game should absolutely give it a shot if you got the time.

[@fearlessayabrea]

I love mgs saga ands ost,soundtracks and sound very very goods

[@tallestlalafell2345]

It often seems like people forget there were 2 Metal Gear games before Solid, I mean 3 if you count Snakes Revenge (though I think you shouldn't...)

[@tropichawk850]

Like a lot of others are saying, MGSV is like Chapter 2 of Peace Walker, and Ground Zeroes bridges the two titles. So if you do decide to play MGSV, make sure to check those out first.

[@Boyzby]

After skimming a lot of the comments, I think I'm the only one who didn't really vibe with MGSV. I'm not really sure why, considering it's like an evolution of Peace Walker and I loved that game, and I also like a lot of moments and how it tied back to the series at the end. Maybe I'd better understand if I played both again.

[@Malficious]

The OST was great, but this was the stand out track in my opinion.

[@ghoster2054]

"Behind the drapery" reaction pls!

[@BattleCattleSA]

I like V. I wish it was finished

[@Nexdex]

My opinion of MGSV is that it has the worst story but the absolute best gameplay. It's a ton of fun to just play imo.

[@pimentx3253]

Despite it's flaws, I think it has one of the most well crafted gameplays , the sheer amout of things you can do make MGS3 like a joke in comparsion. It's insane.

[@captainpep3]

I think the story would have been great if they finished it

[@roguescorner9042]

That alone is a miracle given how much chaos was occurring during development.

[@Malficious]

@@pimentx3253 yeah, the game play loop is so good. You can get so creative with how you approach things. Or you can be super vanilla, so many viable options.

[@andr0zzsenpai]

It's not that the story is bad, just unfinished.

[@BerryDeLajt]

MGSV is good, I love it, even the story Isn't bad, I have found it entertaining and the ost is georgeous.

[@cobaltotter8023]

Type O Negative is they were an 80s Pop Metal Band 😂

[@snbwz]

My brother in faith, gotta check out The Opened Way from Shadow of The Colossus by Kō Otani. Or all of it. No ragrets.

[@SnowyJakub]

I think you would love this game if you love MGS, it's more MGS expanded and in an open world, though the missions are fairly linear like the previous ones with it being restricted to an area, but you can take almost any approach you want

[@AshflowEX]

Im telling you man Play MGS V to experience it the opening scene alone will hook you and its a sight to behold

[@FullMetalSnorlax]

My #1 recommendation is to play MGSV: Ground Zero's which is only 5 missions long but is a much more "polished" experience than Phantom pain, and if it leaves you wanting more then grab MGSV: phantom pain. My #1 warning is that phantom pain's missions don't feel as finely crafted a Ground Zero did, so you will only get the most of it if you like the base management and open world parts of the game. Phantom pain takes place directly after MGS 3, (give or take some side-games). It mixes up the MGS experience by making things open-world so it mostly depends on if you like that idea or not, (which I very much did). The game however is blatantly unfinished, which you won't notice until the later parts of the game. This does not ruin the game, it was very fun but not worth finishing as there is no ending anyway, (the game just kinda trails on in a sandbox manner with no final mission.), so you can play it to your content without worrying about ever finishing it.

[@SirStrangefolk]

Definitely play Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes before Phantom Pain.

[@HANTER2171]

You also should listen another banger from MGSV Invisible by Duran Duran.

[@Big-BossX]

its not really the main theme of the game but one of the OST. Main theme would be the man who sold the world. The game is very gameplay heavy and has done away with the long cutscenes and codec calls. You'll get quite a few cutscenes but if you want more out of the story you will need to listen to the tapes now rather than having all information forced down your throat its optional. Dont listen to people saying the story is bad, far from it. Its just that due to rocky development theres alot of cut content and some things concerning the plot feel unfinished thats all

[@Kurlija]

Strange, I beat the game, but I don't think I ever heard this song. Definitely a banger, wonder why it wasn't more prominent in the game. edit: To answer your question, I have mixed feelings regarding MGS V. It's very different from the rest of the series in both tone and gameplay. To name a couple of examples, it's open world and *very* long, think I spent about 80 hours on it. For what it's worth, I think it has the best gameplay in the series, but the weakest plot.

[@subarusama5673]

Well, if only Kojima had more time to finish his vision for the game... But it's too late now, Kojima and Konami's relationship fell apart and the latter is the one who holds the rights to the series AFAIK. It's a sad reality, but hey, at least we have virtually the whole main story done with MG, MG2, MGS, MGS2, MGS3, MGS4, MGS:PW, MGS5:GZ&TPP.

[@AstraProc]

Are you still planning to compile your favorite reactions since starting the channel?

[@JessesAuditorium]

I did not too long ago on Twitch, but it wasn't numbered or anything. Just kinda went though them all and chose my favorites from each month. www.twitch.tv/videos/1610638461

[@AstraProc]

@@JessesAuditorium I seem to see the link you sent in my notifications but it vanishes the second I go to the actual comment.

[@JessesAuditorium]

@@AstraProc If you go into my twitch videos, you'll see a vid thats 6 hours from 2 weeks ago

[@AstraProc]

@@JessesAuditorium Ok thanks. The link suddenly showed up again so I can just use that.

[@Franky-Koh]

MGSV is fantastic, i love it, the gameplay is phenomenal. The story is good, but the ending feels unfinished, there was problems with development towards the end, some of the reasons Kojima left the company apparently. If you decide to play it, watch a summary of Peace Walker, then play the demo "Ground Zeroes" (it's short).

[@Tesskr95]

The game has great gameplay, but the story feels/is unfinished. It ends on kinda a weird note, basically at the end of act 2 of a 3 act story. Especially if you're considering streaming it though, I think this could be a pretty cool game to play.

[@JeffZ1028]

You should do Heavens Divide from MGSV, maybe it was from Peace Walker🤔

[@gin9410]

It is indeed a peace walker song

[@gundle_dx]

MGSV is the best one for sure. A lot of people say that it's "incomplete" or "has no story", but these people probably didn't even finish it.

[@Revanchism]

MGSV is a solid game. Canonically it takes place in 1984. Worth a play, but probably not a good streaming experience.

[@jvdach4652]

Absolutely best in class gameplay but the story took a Hefty dump because of internal development struggles.

[@RIDDICK0911]

There's no reason to play MGSV without playing Peace Walker first, it's like skipping a whole book while reading a series. Peace Walker is a much more traditional MGS and a direct sequel to Snake Eater, so I think you're going to like that one. MGSV is too "experimental", too meta in terms of narrative, plus it retcons some old stuff and adds new stuff that doesn't really go anywhere.

[@AshflowEX]

Oh no no im Sorry Play Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zero first (its basically the intro and tutorial its short) and then play MGS5 The Phantom Pain

[@andr0zzsenpai]

MGSV is an unfinished game, but even then it's one of the most fun games I ever played. With unfinished I mean there was supposed to be 3 chapters but they just made up until chapter 2 because there was a problem with the developer. After that Kojima left the company and story was left unfinished, but thanks to a documentary about chapter 3 you can connect, it's such a shame it wasn't completed, it was going to be one of the greatest games of all time. You have to play Peace Walker and Grand Zeroes to understand the small ammount of story there is in 5TPP.

[@pimentx3253]

MGSV is in my opinion of the best games i've ever played and the most disappointing one by far. Gameplaywise the sheer amout of stuff you can do and play around with it's insane. On a story level, don't expect anything like the emotinal weight of the other games, it doesn't deliver, and you will probably will be fine.

[@johnson22112]

I thought this was another Black Eyed Peas's song seriously

[@manbearpigsereal]

This game is just okay. The main story is literally unfinished. Overall the weakest of the main series.

[@Vulgarth1]

You've clearly never played Portable Ops or 4.

[@manbearpigsereal]

@@Vulgarth1 I've played both and they're significantly better than 5.

[@apexzora4423]

The gameplay is the best one in the series tho. Story whise is the weakest i agree

[@apexzora4423]

@@Vulgarth1 4 was mostly to end the story and was more of a movie with all those cutscenes

[@zelg.5551]

@@Vulgarth1 Portable Ops gave us Peace Walker, 4 gave us closure, V gave us... Survive.