MGS5 - Ep.29: [Metallic Archaea] - No Traces / CQC + Vehicle strategy

[@RedTigerDragoon]

Cipher multi million dollar supersoldier project VS Man with second hand knowledge of CQC who just got out of a 9 year coma

[@brian7becker]

+Mordekai Quill He's also a medic.

[@lcoandrade]

+Mordekai Quill He is not a regular man, he is the BIG BOSS!

[@Duraltia]

+Mordekai Quill During the 9 years of coma he was also receiving hypno training thus gaining the memories and techniques of the original. What did Cyphers men get? Maybe a rudimentary quick start guide on how their new Archaea infested bodies work? The mind trumps over the body I guess ;D

[@ronin8855]

i loled

[@binglebop5877]

Well he's pretty much a double for the Big Boss, and Big Boss can do anything with his magical beard.

[@mrjosh92100]

“This is Snake, I need an apc”... “Boss? Thinking of making an escape? Going to shoot them with the cannon?” ...”no.... *takes off shirt*”

[@shamimaramannan375]

Time to kick ass

[@markas_kasuyademomanisresp6516]

Yakuza references

[@BM-pt6sy]

projared looking ahh 😂

[@CJ17883]

Imagine if solid fought venom in this state there wouldn't have been a metal gear series to begin with

[@kxboy_4325]

This is basically a reboot to venom's character From a clone without a real identity or a role on the story, to the strongest snake we've seen till now with an actual objective

[@kxboy_4325]

@V I kinda believe that Venom is still alive, judging by litteraly everything that has happened until now, him appearing again wouldn't be a surprise

[@KABLAMMATS]

@@kxboy_4325 Venom Snake is dead, but The Medic is still lives somewhere

[@MGSVxBreakpoint]

@@KABLAMMATS Who's to say Venom Snake didn't make a copy of himself?

[@GameJoltTobi]

@@MGSVxBreakpoint Ah yes, Venom Venom Snake

[@bastiisalive]

I don't know what Big Boss taught this MSF Paramedic, but he is kicking ass without even some secret power or secret super soldier experiment.

[@bastiisalive]

@Can a swallow swallow? Venom snake namba wan

[@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770]

Well, he did get some help. Not only did Venom Snake believe he was Big Boss, but he actually received his knowledge and experience. So, he isn’t some random guy. He is a man with the skills of a legendary soldier. The explanation given was that they used some bullshit hypnosis thing. You have to listen to the tapes.

[@korokleafgaming6863]

@@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770he basically has twice as much experience in the field, since he not only was their top field medic trained by Big Boss himself, but experienced every single mission he completed on record through Ocelot’s hypnosis

[@adamfrost8313]

​@@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770do you know that Venom where meant to be Frank Jeager in the original script, that make more sense if you think about it

[@LeoKRogue]

Damn... I read "Metallic Archaea No Traces CQC Only" and I genuinely did not believe my eyes. For a moment I thought it was an elaborate troll, playing on viewer expectations. I was wrong. This is amazing. I just took them out with Light Machine Guns and the Brennan (or Serval).

[@wiragregory9093]

Yeah, this guy's skill is surreal. I usually took them out by heading to the rooftop and firing missiles and such from the top. Makes for an epic battle, believe me, it's fun. Playing this mission on the ground is rather difficult and requires some skill and balls. It's really messy and these stupid things are intimidating as HELL.

[@woodrowwhiteley4950]

You can easily beat them without even doing ANYTHING by using quiet

[@monochrom1870]

I took them out with d walker

[@keshav3479]

Quiet with that Brennan was quite something

[@ranken5936]

I just got so angry they killed pequod and then use the anti air turret to take like 75% of a skull health in one go

[@manwiththemachinegun]

You're pretty good.

[@davidkrvavac4149]

manwiththemachinegun pretty...good

[@frostedlambs]

Kept you waiting

[@Diajinn]

I understood that reference... nice.

[@Tonka710]

Pretty good?

[@feelgood8582]

V for victory

[@kcruze117]

"No officer, this isn't a hit and run. It's called vehicular CQC,"

[@ChubbsRN]

it must have been fun fighting the skulls like that. very intense getting so up close to them

[@therealkiller4390]

it really is, i had to go for like 4 hours of just doing that mission cause i always go stealth, not easy to kill armored skulls with stealth, pretty much just cqcd my way through (also really late reply rip)

[@ZemHaz]

CQC IS ALWAYS FUN BUT WHEN THEY START SHOOTING IT'S THE WORST

[@somerandom12yearoldinhismu76]

Mayer Yedid not fun more like on verge of a heart attack

[@iMpRiSiOnEd]

This mission was disgustingly difficult for me and i spent hours struggling with every nerve i had not to break my controller (ive been taking anger management). Props.

[@cmatin01]

I’ve gone through 3 😭

[@Navir9]

Take a launcher Preferably the falkenberg or the cgm

[@seva7500]

for me I just used d walker’s Gatling gun. For the extreme version of the mission I used quiet with sinful butterfly, ran up to the top of the main building and let quiet do all the work. Easy S rank

[@TheLegless101]

You can use quiet and the best sniper rifle to kill them all pretty fast

[@ulysses847]

I won easy with D-walker, gatling gun and got an S rank

[@AfroSnackey]

The Bionic Man sounds that come out of Snake's arm are hilarious!

[@deadnardo2289]

It's like an old 80's action Bollywood movie

[@olbap2014]

AfroSnackey I'm not sure but it may be that he doesn't carry any weapons or armor

[@muziq99]

AfroSnackey lol

[@hiphopguru81]

It's from an old TV show. The million dollar man or some shit

[@mamneo2]

These are from a very old TV series

[@prenatual]

The game makes an exception for The Skulls when it comes to CQC attacks and No Traces bonus, just like for all other humanoid bosses. Standard non-lethal punches and kicks do very little damage to them, so it's preferable to use Blast Arm here. Although you can't use Blast Arm by aiming and firing it when doing a No Traces run. The only option is to perform a running punch with it. I start the mission with Stout IFV-SC vehicle deployed. Any other wheeled armored vehicle should also work, but having a higher speed is preferable. Unarmored cars are too fragile for this (they get destroyed after 3-4 hits) and tanks are too slow to escape the Skulls' archaea clouds. Using a vehicle is not necessary, of course, but it speeds things up considerably. While using only the Blast Arm my best time on this mission was 18 minutes. With a vehicle I could bring it down to 8-9 minutes. Also note that I can't just order another vehicle via supply drop after the original one gets destroyed, because that also makes you lose No Traces.

[@thegodfatherdictator]

+prenatual Weird, cause I actually tried to CQC only on extreme, took me like an hour using skull armor and yet didn't get the no traces. Will have to retry with the blast arm.

[@solpruina1155]

+TheGodfatherDictator™ I believe score restricting equipment like the parasite suit will nullify the No Traces bonus.

[@thegodfatherdictator]

+Sol Pruina Actually that was it, cause after redoing it with regular suit, got the no traces just fine.

[@kirkholland6253]

+prenatual Pretty Good!

[@b1na276]

+prenatual thanks for the video. by the way, How do you break the skull's armor? what do you press when you punch them and break their armor?

[@A0Refrigerator]

wow you make this mission look easy.

[@idontcare6736]

I remember I used an anti-air Gatling gun and took out two whole skulls before they blew it up- then I just used the other machine guns. It was actually pretty easy.

[@saltyslug2637]

A0Refrigerator The Skulls are cunts when they grab the gun because sometimes it feels like they got Aimbot integrated into their heads

[@diegoveladizchavez401]

He played the skulls and us like a damn fiddle!

[@sayxxdx]

I tried this. I get so close every time, but I never succeed

[@TUTMENA]

Try extreme mode XD

[@HarshitSingh-hh3vu]

5:18 When Skulls understood they can't able to kill u Skull 1: Move back

[@Jaceblue04]

There is a SPECIAL circle of Hell for the person who programmed this level.

[@Rebel101]

This game just wouldn't die! I came back to it years later, what a masterpiece! You're pretty good!

[@DeusJudexMeusEst]

Like this game will ever! The only time it will is when mgs6 becomes a thing

[@TubeSurfer10]

​@@DeusJudexMeusEst kojima parted ways with Konami. 😭

[@DimaCheguevara]

4:20 wow! Its so epic! Amazing skill!

[@kuzeymr6921]

Its 420 too thats very ebic

[@qsqua]

Damn!! Prenatual, you never cease to amaze. I was pretty sure that Metallic Arcahea would kick you left and right and that it would be impossible to do a No Traces challenge on this one because you would be forced to use explosives.

[@geoffcunningham6823]

I'm more pumped for skull face to be honest. I hope there's no cheap shortcut and prenatual goes through the base properly.

[@Blueissuperior]

+Geoff Cunningham you can drive a tank or d-walker right through the base. or you can stick to the left and perfect stealth it.

[@arjunr2k]

+Geoff Cunningham skull face is really easy, just sneak along the left side/mountain the entire time... towards the end you'll need to throw some magazines to crawl past the final snipers. am I missing something?

[@Skyliet]

+Geoff Cunningham I found a cheap shortcut for Perfect Stealth, No kills Run for Skull Face mission ... it just took me 3 minutes and 3 seconds to complete it .. postimg.org/image/7go40691j/ .. and I have the video, just need to upload it later

[@tomhood9618]

qsqua

[@shurima1717]

I used to be scared as fuck from the skulls in the first mission...now I play with them like Dwayne Johnson vs Kevin heart

[@giob5883]

"Snake, remember the basis of CQC!" *rams enemy forces with an armored vehicle*

[@NoobieSnake]

Dang, you're so boss! Using Naked Skin too. Lol, boss to the max!

[@Archie4Sure]

NoobieSnake he’s a _big boss_

[@Graywolf116]

Step aside Bruce Lee... good lawd this guy's got the Skulls running away from him 5:15 ish

[@LastStar007]

And then he starts standing around, soaking up bullets, waiting for the skulls to try CQC again

[@RAIDEN_117]

That’s when your wrong, Piss Bruce off if you see the dragon eyes deep within Bruce Lee... you know your fucked.

[@saint2972]

Ikr💀😂

[@hugoguh1]

i know, 4 years ago, but they always did that when they have their gun out, running at them is a good way to force their machete out, them having the machete is a good thing because counter attacking is really easy (and cool) but also because them having the gun out means they can either chip out your health and prevent you even from healing and if you're covered one of them is gonna pull a piece of rock from the ground below you that explodes, explosion which insta-kills even the armor uniform def2 (from what i remember)

[@SolarScion]

Boss, you're amazing!~ I don't know why I never thought of using the blast arm punch. Also, the fact that the archaea make the vehicle rust in real time while playing is one of the reasons I love MGS. This is how I'll do my next MA run, thanks!

[@nickhendricks4563]

put a damn shirt on

[@aco9880]

it feels nice

[@user-ir8rd6oy4w]

Late reply but having no shirt on makes you faster.

[@praisemidir]

Nah i wanna see big bosses thicc saido chesto

[@SKAL_47]

this fox unit is a nut fest

[@omkarshinde1628]

Lol why

[@henryduncan5007]

The music in this mission is perfect, they did really well with the design here

[@ricardomiles2957]

I'm still waiting for the day some famous youtube make a video about the music in mgsv, it's much more subtle compared to previous but they are amazing all the same

[@Evaquiel]

He DEFINETLY remember the basics of CQC... Anyway, This game is know for having the weaker bosses in the series, but you make this looks like one of the best! Maybe this was the way we suppose to defeat them? That's what i like about this game, there's always another way for doing things. And the animations are superb.

[@eliteneo_gta7035]

This is incredible! The very first time I did this mission I thought to use a tank... and they destroyed it within about 5 seconds, and then I was like "oh shit" 😵

[@Frank_-jg4zh]

If the main history of mgs was in a gameplay, this for Shure could be part of the canonical events

[@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770]

I am not sure what exactly you are talking about, but this is Canon. It’s a main mission.

[@tmd02]

How is your Venom running even faster than mobility 3?? He's like quiet lol!

[@OneWhoEatsSnakes]

tmd02 He's using the Naked Camo. Which makes you run faster than wearing normal camo. Edit: This turned out to be false.

[@internaut4257]

the shirt is off

[@ilnomesottopossiedeilgrand2100]

tmd02 Cuz he's naked. Or at least I think so

[@miserabletlc2055]

tmd02 hes not, hes at max mobility

[@cykrya5156]

i know right!

[@affordablehousing9116]

NGTL, this mission USE to be this easy before all the updates, now you ACTUALLY Need to prepare for it.

[@McBroncex]

that snake is an Alpha

[@16_bit_Jitu]

"Oh let's see how he can complete with the use of normal rocket and Grenade Launcher" *runs to a Tank

[@yamaotostrike]

1:35. Skull gets stabbed in the throat with his own machete. 😂. That walking animation is good stuff.

[@Kommandant4298-ui8jw]

Your CQC skills are impressive mate. I have to give you credit with this, for I just use a Serval AMR-7 (once developed), along with Quiet equipped with her Sinful Butterfly to get rid of them with ease.

[@archmagoscharon6636]

A fully kitted out D-Walker Minigun, the body armor suit, and a back shield, and you're good to go to farm armor parasites. Just mind the gas they offput, it can easily disable D-Walker. On the bright side to that, you can always dismiss and deploy him again. Just make sure to do that when you're out of their sight.

[@fuzzurio]

That music reminds me of Deus Ex a lot :D

[@KvltKommando]

+tehhfuzz so thats what it was

[@AImpatientMan]

Inagine spending years of your life being trained to be a killing machine while given multiple parasites to enhance your abilities just to get destroyed by some mute snake countering your attacks whkle not wearing a shirt

[@residente601]

I really love how you know this game so well that you can actually break it and use that as an advantage. Well done 100/10

[@AP20XX]

And the game had been out for a month when he made the video

[@venn7eance925]

You my dude have earned a sub!! That was something special. I've just recently started playing this game, and have just reached "Proxy War without End" so almost done, and then I want to S Rank & 100% this game for good measure and get that Platinum Trophy😈 I've cheated on a few of the more tedious and boring missions by watching playthroughs first, especially when it comes to the Skulls missions. I obly learned what "No traces" actually means/requires in this game and I noticed you've done a lot of no-trace mission completions so I'll be drawing from your videos when I go for all of the "no-traces" myself. Have yourself a great week Boss!

[@Kaizenprotraders]

This mission is the scariest one I've never played in any game

[@randomlad330]

This is badassery to another level, it does make me feel like I suck at the game though

[@sonicmaster047]

This is AMAZING! Metallic Archaea is one of my most hated missions if not THE most due to its difficulty. I'd never be able to do this in a million years :(.

[@saltyslug2637]

Venom Snake: So badass he lets you shoot him

[@NotCicognaMora7]

2:07 I love that skull blowing himself up with that crystal thing

[@enemybird]

I get that you did it. I just don't understand why you did it.

[@surrealllama]

Enemybird There's a completion meter in game, to get it to 100 getting S rank on all missions and doing it with perfect stealth is one of the many tasks you need to do.

[@LocalHolehead]

S Rank is a bitch.... :3

[@fandango_buttlicks]

for the lulz

[@5part4]

Becuz he can and he's a boss

[@saint2972]

Hes a legend lol

[@MsAznable]

3:46 the sound of bionic arms is a nods to infamous The Six Million Dollar Man series

[@mateussouza4689]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nickhackett5643]

can we just take a moment and think about how a 45 year old man missing an eye and an arm that just got out of a 9 year coma can reflexively parry and then retaliate with the sword of a superhuman mass of technology that popped out of a wormhole 1/100 of a second ago

[@xxCreeperPLxx]

You never cease to amaze, Boss!

[@micindir4213]

Just noticed that apc is BTR-82 or BTR-90. None of them existed in the 80ies. BTR-80 had smaller gun. Also you cannot move and fire from the same seat. Also engine start sequence takes a couple minutes. But does it matter when you fight some strange cyborg-like demons named 'skulls'?

[@ivanmendez6252]

To think this is the same mission where I spent 17 minutes running into skulls with vehicles, and parried thousands of attacks just for them to get more shields, is insane

[@plinsavi]

Okay, now that was pretty impressive! You're pretty good!

[@net343]

Ngl the real world aprications for this strain of archea are tremendous, the ability to disable all weaponry/equipment/vehicles by oxidizing even corrosion reaistant alloys while reducing visibility in a certain area is a huge game changer, the only “realistic” part about the calcifying ones are that the crystals would only make their skin bullet resistant to a degree, it would hinder their mobility but a well crafted crystaline mesh would be even better than a ceramic or kevlar composite vest, while still being lighter (while reducing mobility tho)

[@venn7eance925]

*NSA has entered the chat*

[@bjarnetollevsen2163]

Damn. That looks both bad-ass and seriously fun. Nice job, going to try this too.

[@joenevico7742]

3:45 random light punch to the chest hahaha

[@Claude-Eckel]

That's the cat's pajamas! :D Had to watch it two times. It's just too good to see you there, calmly waiting for them to appear, reacting to their pattern to then CQC the shit out of them... fearless like a lion tamer lol Subscribed.

[@LYMONSHOT]

wtf, I did this mission in 50 minutes and then there's this dude that does it in 8 minutes ?!?! anyway you earned a sub

[@Trzebiat]

So using a vehicle worked pretty well after all here. Ramming them really takes a lot of health. Only 8 minutes, huge difference to my 40 minutes with only Blast Arm for No Traces on my first try. Nice. Did you find running and punching Skulls easier than using firearms? For me I felt it was much easier than my first playthrough of that mission using grenade launcher and machine gun. More time consuming but safer.

[@prenatual]

+TrzebiatPL I have a completely opposite experience with them. When I first fought the Skulls during Traitor's Caravan I tried to take them out with non-lethal attacks only (mainly with stun arm and running punches) and it took me close to 50 minutes. Didn't seem easy to me at all. Later when I played this mission I killed them with machine gun in about 4 minutes and it was a breeze in comparison.

[@prenatual]

General Goose Yes, it looks like using vehicles and keeping your distance makes them prefer melee and stone throw attacks. They use their guns more often when you stay at close to them (at 15-30m) or hide behind cover.

[@aretardedpenguin4899]

I took a hour with a tank

[@xbrossiveaggro7866]

General Goose Old comment, I know. But, did you try that on the Extreme version of this mission. Only thing that really damaged them was the Serval.

[@505reaper8]

TrzebiatPL I used a the rasp gold to take them out 2 hits to take out armour 4-5 hits to kill them

[@MrReflection540]

офигень, с момента выхода игры прошло уже 6 лет. А кажется, что это было только год назад

[@hutche]

This is snake requesting for an ambulance, but not for me.

[@dxdanny82]

Very wonderful piece of work. It's enjoyable watching you slowly destroy the skulls. I didn't know there are 3 Cqc counters altogether

[@Caleb-cw9kc]

Boss, you took out the Skulls! That's incredible!

[@MessagerOfHell]

And to think I used to be afraid of those assholes each time I had to bump into them. All that fear sort of evaporated when I got to this mission and started to own them with CQC

[@allenperry7154]

To make this even easier, just use Quiet and she smiles them taking half of their power

[@EyesofTheKeeper]

Those CQC animations are really, really cool.

[@fredo3161]

kind of sad that this is the most exciting thing I've seen in a while. I love that counter where he stops the blade with his bionic arm and kicks the Skull's knee.

[@najendasabigbossu4423]

You make Venom Snake to look like a god, more that he already is. EPIC

[@SkateDE1]

Didn’t know you could CQC the blade attack. Awesome!

[@kj-fr9qw]

Not gonna lie that was impressive. Your pretty good.

[@danielgerard6775]

Seeing you have such an easy time with this is really discouraging lol. Awesome job. I've never even attempted the "no traces" thing. I use Quiet on this mission.

[@Jon-Mark_W]

That's awesome! Was this your first time doing this level? I see you have the worm hole Fulton device!! I want that. Right now my base has the epidemic and I can't upgrade anything and guys are dying and I need to pass this stage already.

[@aaronam0115]

The setup you chose for Snake brings back memories of Snake Eater.

[@khajiitwarrior]

I didn't know that big boss is faster, stronger and agile. Awesome 👍🏻

[@jesuscrisanto380]

Omg! This epic, this is the legendary soldier!!

[@azforu29]

If this game came to Switch, it'd be all over. I'd dissect this game, more then I've tried too what with the time available to me currently. MGS 4 is my favorite but this game has such a sick story and is just brutally violent. A semi Silent Hill 2 atmosphere as well.

[@AvianSavara]

I remember dying about 1984-something times on this mission. Well played!

[@TopAE]

Noob

[@ericcrusedesign]

ppl may be too young to realize this, but the sound of snakes bionic arm is from the late 70s show and 80s show bionic woman. That is the sound she makes when she jumps. I thought it was pretty rad. Who else is here in 2020?

[@MrGooglize]

Originally from the 6 million dollar man, which also makes more sense since Steve Austin got a bionic arm in that show

[@LeandroFTW]

The $6 million man bionic sound is amazing!

[@maxwllcool]

This man just walked up and beat the shit yout of some freaky god like super soldiers like it was a tuesday morning

[@saxtonavery]

i used to be afraid of the skulls now i am like come at me skulls

[@TheRockBoS]

That was perfect! That's why you're the best Boss!

[@merajmasuk]

"they are gonna tell stories about this one"

[@NotDecided420]

I got an S my first run of this chapter. I just equipped Quiet with the biggest sniper rifle to hand, ran down to the far hanger, and took my machine gun out and dispatched the 4 skulls while Quiet dealt with the other 4. Perfect incursion.

[@romix6427]

I havent even played the game and I see more mgs5 cut scenes on my feed than gameplay

[@sega.maniac]

Maaaaaan, this was amazing !!! 👏🤩 You did it like a Big Boss !! 🐍🤗

[@johnconstantine2529]

Best Skulls fight I have ever seen, or participated in myself. You are... more than just pretty good sir. =]

[@gaijin_nnsu]

As I remember I just kept running circles in from of the tower while Quiet killed them.

[@josephine.1226]

Great material to watch, competent playthrough Subscribed.

[@luichinplaystation610]

Seeing the description of the video and then seeing a white apc there, it is yours? No traces should be to avoid any contact with the enemy but this 4 mini bosses so arm attack and cqc and apc is allowed Never seen someone using a vehicle to damage them like the man on fire at the beginning Nice to see the rust effect of the metallic parasite

[@MrStu1966]

Cheers man! Incredible interpretation of the game. I hope you're working for the NSA or something, we need people who think differently.

[@RosnerParrales]

Nice to see skulls having a bad time with big boss XD

[@rock4471]

Hey ! It was really cool !!! Seriously I just love this idea and it's fits perfectly for the fight. I don't know you and your other vid at all. But sure I'm happy to discover that! Thanks to you ^^

[@kingtigertankvi5428]

Boss equip a weapon they will kill you Boss:

[@LeonWick526]

"From here on out, you're Big Boss."

[@averyedge9543]

Really liked the soundtrack during this fight

[@vicluistudio3320]

This strategy makes Big Boss the only Big Boss. The reason of you using armored vehicle is to ram on skulls occasionally to do some additional damage ? 6:19 a very close call, almost broke the no Trace bonus but your reaction time was so quick .

[@iamajustababa2000s]

You are correct 💯

[@peautifulbenis3673]

So this is perfect stealth?? Since the skulls are technically deaf?

[@milanekrkane]

Daaamn that scout trick 9n the start is noiceee

[@panama-canada]

Masterfully done !

[@jerome3615-d1r]

He is THE LEGENDARY SOLDIER!

[@schalchenr.3875]

Thank you Quiet for helping me.

[@bluesydiamond]

This must be how John wick plays metal gear solid