THE ENDING BROKE ME... | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Finale | First Playthrough

[@WhimsyPsyche]

And here we are... the finale of Metal Gear Solid 4 😭 WHAT AN ENDING. WHAT A GAME. An infinite thank you for all the support on the series, I loved my experience with this game so much. I will be back with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - MGS Peace Walker - MGS GZ/V in the next couple of months, but I need a bit of a break first to avoid burn out from the world of Metal Gear. I hope you enjoy the video and the cosplay as well! If you do, don't forget to leave a like on the video, it helps immensely with growing the channel 💚 Chapters 0:00 intro / cosplay presentation 3:13 FROGS encounter 18:32 Screaming Mantis boss fight 46:33 a proposal 56:38 microwaving makes me cry 1:11:10 succeeding makes me cry 1:19:17 Liquid Ocelot boss fight 1:51:09 Epilogue: Naked Sin 2:20:03 fake credits 2:21:33 MIND BLOWN, EYES WET 2:51:45 true credits / my review of the game 2:59:43 epilogue's epilogue 3:04:20 continuing my review 3:16:16 outro

[@HonestOpinions4u]

"YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD" 🫲🫲

[@ZiadJimmy]

Didn't want to spoil on the previous videos. But nice catch about "the wrong eye".

[@matthewlau42]

I hope this is not a spoil, but MGSV in terms of gameplay hours, could be significantly more than other MGS games. But I think so far we as your viewer, we absolutely dont mind you explore the game as much as possible! Even if it means progressing the game slower than normally would!

[@jeromerusselparchamento2797]

Can't wait to hear you sing 'Heavens Divide' ❤😂😂

[@jeromerusselparchamento2797]

Fun Fact💡: This Game's Epilogue holds the 'Guinness World Record' title for the longest Cutscene in a videogame (71 minutes-- longer than some actual movies😂)

[@Lonequacker]

The whole Big Boss scene especially the cqc hug and "let it go my son" is even more insane with the Japanese dub. Since Kojima learned that Snake's actor had a falling out with his father and hadn't spoken in years. So Kojima hired his father who also was an actor to play Big Boss so the two could reconcile given the fact that Kojima lost his own father when he was 13. It's beautiful.

[@OhThatRobin]

That’s beautiful 😭

[@holy3051]

That's odd. The voice actor for Big Boss do not share the surename with David Hayter EDIT: Oh, your talking about japanese version. Sorry.

[@HideoKojimalol]

@@holy3051 lmao richard doyle and david hayter related, that would be insane lol

[@afanofpeanuts7381]

Whoa!!!! No fuck'n way. I never knew this !

[@Boringunguy]

@@afanofpeanuts7381that’s because it’s made up lol. Dude is just making up stories haha

[@awsom98]

Ocelot ended up saving the world by quadruple crossing everyone. He was playing 10-dimesional chess the entire series

[@st0ox]

And we got still zero Ocelot Cos (⁠ب⁠_⁠ب⁠) maybe we get one in MGSV if Kojima is crazy enough to fumble the legendary wild cat in that story, too.

[@valdivia8383]

He took a page out of his moms book The Boss

[@Abiogenesis06]

His level of chess playing was un-fucking-real. Just saying. Lol.

[@solidsteak02]

@@Abiogenesis06 he is the final boss of 5D chess with multiverse time travel

[@Abi_B1989]

Ocelot’s favorite game was “Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth-Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker”

[@EketteraGameTime]

I saw a comment that said, "In the end the most effective CQC move was a hug."

[@WhimsyPsyche]

It's the truth

[@Landsharkhobo]

My favorite part about that hug is that BOTH liquid and solidus were there too, not in spirit but in the flesh. So solid snake gets to have a little family reunion with both his dead brothers and his soon to be dead dad. That just makes me smile so big.

[@TruthSeeker23099]

@@Landsharkhobo”you’re no brother of mine” lol

[@Shuyin128MK4]

Don't forget, Snake now has to explain 2 dead bodies at a cemetery.

[@ZiadJimmy]

Just 1. BB's grave is already there. Just dig and bury😅

[@Renoistic]

I love that BB kidnapped Zero and brought him to the cemetary just make a statement.

[@michaelwolfe9496]

​@@Renoistic I think it's rather touching he brought Zero to The Boss's grave for a little reunion, instead of just killing him straight away. As he said, all his hatred for Zero vanished when he finally saw him again.

[@illusv9498]

I was thinking about that myself

[@Britishwolf89]

And the Patriot gun too.

[@neoshenlong]

Snake giving Big Boss his cigar will never not get me. "This is good, isn't it?"

[@jinxie1080]

MGS4 was my first MGS game, I had no idea about the plot of the series and yet this still got to me and made me sob like a baby. It may just be the greatest ending line and shot to any game ever, it would arguably beat out most films. I can't even begin to imagine how this must have felt for someone who played the whole series starting from MG1 and 2

[@thetalkinganvil8366]

MGS4 is an unparalleled masterpiece but when Snake light Boss' cigar is where it truly peaks. It holds so much significance and humanity. Such a simple act but full of meaning.

[@badasstasticusbadass4908]

"You still have your youth, don't waste it" I remember when I was 16, me and my dad played throught all the MGS games, and at that part, I remember my dad sobbing when Snake and Raiden had that "Father and Son" moment, it reminded him about a conversation that he had with grandpa. Now that I am older... that part in particular hits me very hard.

[@Shuyin128MK4]

I love how Raiden when he's helping Snake resembles the Foxhound emblem with the sword in his mouth.

[@Nortic111]

Oh! It seems the most obvious thing but I never picked up that before, thankyou!

[@BurntBattleBagel]

I cant believe i didnt notice! Thanks 4 that

[@TruthSeeker23099]

Never would have noticed that lol

[@Renoistic]

Fun fact, in the Japanese version Big Boss was played by the father of Snake's VA.

[@valdivia8383]

Before he passed they both were estranged for years and haven’t spoken to each other up onto they voiced their characters they made up after the session

[@Jordan09087]

@@valdivia8383 That's so sad, I'm glad they managed to reconcile in the end

[@heppuplays9125]

@@valdivia8383 Kojima actually went on record Saying that is Actually why He hired specifically him to play the role. He wanted to try To heal the rift between them. He's also the voice Japanese voice of Dr Eggman in the sonic games. and Xheanort in Kingdom hearts. And alao also the Pirate King in One peace. Dude has a LONG resume.

[@ansur1783]

@@heppuplays9125 thats awesome

[@nomado.3855]

@@heppuplays9125 Chikao Otsuka, Eggman, Gold D. Roger, Dr. Weil, father of Akio Otsuka, Solid Snake, Yujiro Hanma, Blackbeard, Thorkell, Skull Knight and All for One.

[@awsom98]

Only Raiden can get away with making a corny line on paper sound so cool. "I am lightning. The rain transformed"

[@adrianb714]

How dare you. But for real though only badasses can say those lines

[@The810kid]

What makes the line so great is he really took Snake the most influential person to him ever words to heart.

[@alejandroc7357]

His MGR lines are pretty cool too

[@SolidSS2032]

I mean, 雷電 (Raiden) literally means Thunder and Lightning. and top half of those kanji means Rain (雨).

[@regul8r]

I'm 46 yrs old and this game still gets me to tear up. This franchise has touched so many people and it will always be my favorite franchise of all time (F.U. Mario lol) Thank you for playing these games and bringing your experience to a whole new audience. I'm sad you taking a break but I get it, we had years in between to wait for the story to unfold.

[@oni1608]

Yep, I'm there with you. I am still playing MGS V TPP because the game play in that one is the best to date imo.

[@cyanide7270]

@@oni1608 Its a pity the story was so crap. Although its also still funny when every now and then, some white knight dipshit discovers Quiet and gets their friends together to have a big bitch fit about her, because "wah, sexual objectification!"

[@andrewichigo]

I love how somehow "Ocelot used nanomachines and hypnotherapy to become Liquid" is somehow more shocking than "Liquid's spirit took over Ocelot when he grafted his arm onto his body". That's the type of world MSG exists in lol

[@PandamoniumBruu]

yeah, but at the end, Ocelot was only pretending to be "Liquid Ocelot" 2:26:50

[@ZiadJimmy]

​@@PandamoniumBruu there was no "pretending". He hypnotized himself to believe Liquid has taken over.

[@SolidSnake240]

I always hated that reveal. It was disappointing after we had Liquid literally take over Ocelot's body in the tanker in MGS2 lol

[@andrewichigo]

@@SolidSnake240 Oh I personally love it. The level of commitment to the double, triple and quadruple cross is so very Ocelot and it makes him one of the greatest heroes in the story, for turning himself the villain. For the whole: an arm overtook the entire body and made him into Liquid was far too corny even by MGS standards

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@ZiadJimmy lmao you’re not making this any less confusing.

[@TheLesserFairchild]

Ocelot giving one last "youre pretty good" will always be ingrained in my memory. this was and is my absolute favorite MG game

[@xXEl_Mata_Furros_Xx]

Poor Big Boss, he died not for honor, but for us

[@alejandroc7357]

Took me a minute to understand the song reference 😂

[@carlosmontanez7229]

Well, it's simple because, their age didn't slowed him one bit, heheheh!

[@osublimefamosotiosamryder4612]

Like the Boss... she died not for honor but for us, for a world free of all sadness the war brought

[@emmy4537]

[@mmrchive]

In our time, there'll be no one else

[@Tetsujin_MK]

The thing about Ocelot's arm was clarified in the official MGS4 Database app that was released on PS3 way back when. In one entry it specifically says that Ocelot removed Liquid's arm between MGS2 and 4 and got a cybernetic one instead. To me, this makes the most sense. The plan to fool the Patriots by pretending to be possessed by a ghost would be patently ridiculous and entirely unbelievable to anyone unless such a thing is actually possible. And people with ESP abilities like Mantis or the Sorrow are absolutely real in the world of MGS. So it makes sense that there is a precedent for MGS2 to actually have been Liquid's spirit, and this is how Ocelot got the idea to use this to his advantage to fool the Patriots and pretend it's still happening while secretly having disposed of Liquid's arm and instead using hypnosis/nanomachine shenanigans to play the part. This would also explain why we heard Liquid's voice in 2 but not in 4 (albeit not so much for the Jpn. version where they used Liquid's VA due to Ocelot's actor passing away). I also like to think that Liquid possessing Ocelot was possible due to Ocelot having some latent ESP powers inherited from The Sorrow.

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

@@Tetsujin_MK I thought it was just different art direction/the arm got old and the skin coloring wore out.

[@SMZC]

I don't like that idea at all. That would mean that Liquid actually came back for real in MGS2 and then "died" dishonorably off-screen by having Ocelot remove his arm. It's unnecessary, too, because if Ocelot's plan involves turning himself into a wild card and allowing a version of Liquid to challenge the Patriots, then whether this Liquid is a ghost or a product of hypnosis makes no difference. He could have just as easily left Liquid's ghost inside of him, and the end result would have been the same. It feels silly for the same dead character to come back in two different and unrelated ways. The issue is messy either way. I consider MGS4's Liquid a retcon of what was intended in MGS2, because MGS4 really goes out of its way to explain the seemingly supernatural with materialist explanations. But if we go by what MGS4 has established, I'd much rather think of Liquid at the end of MGS2 as the first manifestations of Ocelot's plan rather than Liquid actually coming back to life never to be seen again.

[@Nexdex]

@@SMZC Ocelot using hypnosis would mean he would have a degree of control over what "Liquid" will do whereas that wouldn't be the case if he just let the real Liquid do his thing. There is no guarantee that real Liquid would've acted according to plan whereas a hypnosis induced version of him could potentially be steered towards Ocelot's true goals. That's how I see it.

[@SMZC]

@@Nexdex On paper, perhaps so, but Liquid almost killed Snake at Shadow Moses with Outer Haven. Liquid had no way of knowing that Raiden would intervene, which was the only reason Snake managed to live to upload the virus. But then again, this could just be bad writing, as the Liquid doppelganger itself admits that he wanted Snake to succeed.

[@ZayIvory7]

@@SMZC Liquid didn't want Snake to succeed necessarily, he just wanted thing to end up the way it did I.E the system destroyed. The reason Liquid was fine with killing Snake is because he was going to destroy the system himself. Liquid would hijack the system, destroy it/ or control it, or Snake would destroy it. Either way he gets what he wanted, the only difference is who is victorious in doing so. So there is an interest in Liquid winning, because then he can do it on his own terms and whichever direction he wanted to take it. And yeah Liquid actually did possess Ocelot in MGS2, but the arm was replaced afterwards. Personally, I like to think Liquid gave Ocelot the plan to begin with. Liquid probably knew he wouldn't last attached to Ocelot forever and so suggested to use him as an avatar of war against the Patriots. He did say he "chose" Ocelot as a host in MGS2 after all.

[@guilhermejrmarin]

That’s how you finish a saga! I was very satisfied with the end of Solid Snake’s story.MGS4 is a gem in both story and gameplay. Thank you for your time and disposition, Whimsey!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I agree, I love this ending for the whole 1 to 4 series, perfect 🥰

[@L4ftyOne]

Snake the goat, F big boss

[@Holy_Wraith]

​@@WhimsyPsycheif you get the chance, consider Peace Walker, then jump to Metal Gear Solid 5 Ground Zeroes, it might make you teary eyes again, but save as many named soldiers, find all the XOF patches for awesome mission. Once you're done with Ground Zeroes, consider MGS5 The Phantom Pain, AVOID the Internet to avoid spoilers because that game will probably blow your mind. You'll probably really like Phantom Pain. Sorry to ramble. I'm just an old Metal Gear fan.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

Snake and Ocelot injecting each other so they could continue to beat each other's ass is simultaneously the dumbest and greatest thing to ever happen in an MGS game.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

100% agree with you 🤣

[@numbersvj]

I've played this game thousands of times, I'm still crying at the ending. What a fucking master piece ...

[@WhimsyPsyche]

At least we're multiple people crying together 😭

[@Renoistic]

Memes are essentially patterns and teachings of a society, that we follow unconsciously.

[@__TK___]

Yeah it’s more like information, ideas, traditions, etc and not deepfried shitposts

[@mmrchive]

​@@__TK___ the deepfried shitposts also count as memes. Like you said, memes include ideas, and shitposts are ideas, however nonsensical they can be; therefore, an internet meme is a meme.

[@virtualsnake1994]

conceptual, spoken information...rather than genetic. :)

[@idontwant2beasoldiermama241]

The DNA of history if you will

[@shorterazer6858]

@@idontwant2beasoldiermama241 or DNA of the SOUL...

[@KarlanKaiza]

Mgs4 have the most Epic final of all videogames story? YES I ve seen this final 10000 times. I cryed all of it.

[@Renoistic]

I give the game a lot of grief but I absolutely love the final battle and all the visual / auditory references. And Otacon's "Snake had a hard life" line still hits hard.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

It's SOOOO good 😭

[@luca2854]

Ocelot's goal was always to free Big Boss: his loyalty was towards him. He sacrificed all for that and if you replay Mgs2 and Mgs4 you'd see it. Look for example how sad he is when he have to kill his friend Gurlokovic to keep being an agent of the patriots. Then in Mgs4 when you meet him for the first time he was acting, switching to liquid snake when he take off the glasses. But the most sad moment is on the Volga river, when at the end of the scene he wears back his glasses and is clearly sad after the acting. He had to pretend to be liquid in Mgs2 to act differently from Patriots' plan when they needed him; in Mgs4, where Patriots have a whole army and don't need him anymore, he pretends to be liquid to force snake to go on with his plan. But as you sometimes pointed out, you can still notice he acts as ocelot too (like when he trolls you for the fun ahah something liquid, a proud warrior, would never do) or when he smokes a cigar (ocelot always tried to copy Big Boss, while liquid hated him). Also, in Mgs4 he doesn't even have liquid's arm anymore, but a bio one. And let's be honest, if it was liquid all along, he would have killed snake in Mgs2 finale or all along Mgs4 😂 So congratulations Ocelot for being the best double crosser to free your beloved big boss ❤

[@williammora88]

He was not pretending lmao. You might have to do more research on that.

[@zaer-ezart]

​@@williammora88 He was, the only thing, wrong in that comment is that it's not something he could switch on and off. He hypnotised himself to believe he was liquid so right before you literally beat the liquid out of him he was liquid

[@TruthSeeker23099]

When was he sad…about killing gurlokovic?

[@TruthSeeker23099]

⁠@@zaer-ezarti think that was…the other guys point lol

[@liquidmetalslime9]

I don't comment much but wanted to take time out to thank you for the hours of enjoyment you have provided for this series. I found your channel due to your metal gear playthroughs. You are one of the best newcomers I've seen to this series. I love how you take the time to really absorb the story/lore, theorize, and truly appreciate the series. It's been a heck of a ride and just wanted to stop lurking and actually say thanks. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. I do not think I've seen a more enjoyable playthrough of these games on KZbin, you were amazing. I understand you are taking a break, so I wanted to give you a thank you send off with the series. You've completed the main story of the series anyway with 1-4, but I do hope one day you will consider playing peace walker, and MGS 5 (ground zeroes prologue and phantom pain) MGS5 isn't the best metal gear game but its gameplay is the best in the series and its probably the most pure fun to play even it falls a little short as a metal gear game. Thank you once again and I look forward to checking out some of your other non Metal Gear videos!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Oh my goodness 😭 Thank you SO MUCH for such a thoughtful message. You didn't have to write it but the fact that you took the time to anyway means a lot to me. Thank you ❤️ I'm so glad you enjoyed the playthrough!!

[@chiwi94hallomann]

No matter how many times I play this game, I always cry. Watching your playthrough did the same for me. Thanks, it was really cool!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

We're all crying together! 😭❤️

[@doubleog6149]

Richard Doyle voices big boss, he also voiced The Fury in MGS3, your favorite boss fight lol

[@valdivia8383]

Didn’t he also voice Fat Man in MGS2 as well?

[@guilhermejrmarin]

@@valdivia8383 No

[@WhimsyPsyche]

HE DID? Goddamnit 🤣

[@SchwaWasHere]

And my boi...Mobius

[@PepeTheJonkler]

​@@valdivia8383You're thinking of Barry Dennen. Another interesting fact about him is that he lived together with Barbara Streisand in a platonic relationship for a year and helped her develop the nightclub act that began her career as a singer. He sadly passed in 2017.

[@KadzietWolf]

Psycho Mantis and The Sorrow had REAL power, but with the advent of technology it has become easier for regular people to have "super powers". There's no longer a reason to find people with special abilities anymore.

[@mimozav]

I just finished this game today. I cried the most so far and before I played I had seen that people disliked this one but it turned out to be my second favorite

[@telephoneradio]

A meme is the "idea" equivalent of a gene. Just as the fittest genes get passed on to the next generation, the fittest ideas also survive through time. The word "meme" was coined by Richard Dawkins in the seventies in a book called The Selfish Gene. MGS1 was about creating the perfect soldier through genes (Solid and Liquid being clones and all that) and MGS2 was about creating the perfect soldier through memes (Raiden being tested in a scenario similar to the Shadow Moses Incident)

[@gimpscam9976]

Meme is basically the more physical version of genes. We pass memes onto our kids as well.

[@Pirodanny1]

THIS IS GOOD, ISN'T IT? (I have this sentence painted on one wall of my rooms) 35 years old and I still cry everytime I watch final scenes. Metal Gear Solid collector here (more than 1200€ collected in a lot of things) Tnx for your playthrough, Whimsy.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Thank you so much! That's very appreciated. I'm so glad you enjoyed the playthrough 🥰 Aaah collecting is so awesome! What's your most prized item, whether it be financial or sentimental?

[@The810kid]

Your appreciation of the franchise is great. Metal Gear Solid 4 is a controversial entry among fans alot of the story choices and retcons fans didn't appreciate. I never minded it. I ate up all the fan service and Metal Gear Solid wraps up everything in the Solid Snake arc. Its the best send off for a video game character I have experienced bitter sweet.

[@OhThatRobin]

I love the detail that in each phase of the fight shifts his name just a little. From “Liquid” to “Liquid Ocelot” to finally just “Ocelot”. Like you’re finally knocking Ocelot’s sense of self right back into him xD

[@neoshenlong]

Ocelot definitely wanted that fight to bring himself back into him. I think he wanted to fall fighting Big Boss, too.

[@Shintigercurl]

"this is good..................isn't it?"

[@BrainbusterLeckie]

Just for the end criticism, they had already reconstructed Big Boss using Liquid and Solidus' bodies prior to the shit down of The Patriots System. That said, medical technology was still running thanks to Sunny's alterations to FOXALIVE and they establish the ability to synthesize muscle and body parts with the Geckos earlier in the game and show Raiden reconstructed at the end to drive it home. The supernatural exists in the series, its just enhanced by Nanomachine manipulation and within other elements in future games. Like the Cobra unit for example all have different supernatural abilities prior to the creation of Nanomachines. The series is super convoluted though so it's easy to miss these things lol

[@freddysauce]

Also Big Boss' body would likely be able to accept the body parts from Liquid, and Solidus especially, because of their 'matching' DNA.

[@ZiadJimmy]

Cobra unit has "other explanations"

[@0nlyShadowS]

What I never understood well is, when they say that they rebuilt Big Boss with parts of Solidus and Liquid. Are they talking about the body that Eva had or the real Big Boss? Being the real one, we can say that he is the closest thing to Frankenstein then.

[@ZiadJimmy]

@@0nlyShadowS the real one. And not really frankenstein, maybe a couple of arms and legs and a skin graft here and there.

[@khellchevere546]

"Vibration is back" is because the first version of PS3 came with sixaxis controller that didn't vibrate, a later version came with DualShock 3, that had vibration.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that makes sense! Thanks!

[@derekjanson2328]

The motion-capture actors for the [REDACTED] were indeed father and child in real-life. They were estranged before their scene, and by performing out their allotted part- they were able to heal their relationship once more. Truly emotional in more ways than one.

[@duketogo25]

"Wait a minute...that's the wrong eye." For some reason I felt like a proud older brother when you caught that in the Big Mama chapter. I'd been marathon-ing your MGS playthroughs, and finished this one early this morning because I couldn't sleep...and because the final chapter is just loaded with great moment after great moment, twist after twist. All your theory crafting and predictions on what was happening before it happened, and you got a lot of it right. That was impressive; I didn't understand much of the plot of the whole series without several replays. MGS is a masterpiece, Kojima's the GOAT, and it's always nice to see new players discover why we love these games. Good thing you didn't cosplay Mei Ling, or else that you'd have gotten that sweet girl killed, too. Well done. "You're pretty good."

[@najhoant]

I remember the last battle with Liquid Ocelot had so many hidden moves and features you need to play it a few times to find them all. You can block attacks with L1 and there are variations to grabbing him when you stand near the pillars. I distinctly remember one move I did by accident where I had Snake charge at him with X and attack with R1 while Ocelot was doing a roundhouse kick; Snake slipped in under it, grabbed Ocelot by the neck and shoved him to the ground

[@LIQUIDSNAKEz28]

Getting to re-experience all the MGS games through you has been an *AMAZING* experience. I can *NOT* wait to watch you play Peace Walker and MGSV. I've seen a couple other youtubers play through these games, but you've got some of *THE* best reactions, like you were truly invested in the story.

[@awsom98]

About Raiden - he's still a cyborg, he just has different organic looking parts grafted onto him. Thats why you can see the lines on his skin. Iirc, the only thing left that is his is his head and spine. Would love to see a game some day that shows what happened to him in between 2 and 4, originally Rising was going to show this but it was scrapped for a different story.

[@meyelejuega3602]

i always tought it was kinda fucked up how raiden is actually just a spine and a head without the jaw, like Sub-Zero's fatality lmao

[@thatsagoodquestion5572]

Yoo so he got a grafted meat? Or he just a Ken doll down there?

[@meyelejuega3602]

@@thatsagoodquestion5572 Haven't you played MGS2? he was always a ken doll down there.

[@thatsagoodquestion5572]

@@meyelejuega3602 lmfao! That's word 😆

[@JonDay-lf7cj]

The one thing - beyond all others - that people can't deny about Metal Gear Solid is that it has heart. Kojima poured his heart into this series, despite everything, and developed his own totally unique expression of tcomplex, deep and overall truly human themes. Pretty good, for a game where you sneak around and fight giant mecha for the fate of the world.

[@FanDethklok]

"Snake...had a hard life" breaks me every single time.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

So good 😭

[@dutty1549]

Greatest fanservice ever. I absolutely thrive on seeing people's blind playthroughs of this entry so I can relive it, glad to see yours!

[@BigBossGR]

Hi Laughing Whimsy, I didn't watch the video "live" because I wanted to give it my full attention-and wow, I cried almost the entire time! I'm really sad that there's no more Solid Snake storyline. 😢 And I can't believe your VM crashed because Ocelot punched you too hard! If you pressed select at any point, you could see the controls, including some extra combos you missed during the Ocelot fight, but hey, you still nailed it! You'll probably enjoy Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, but just keep in mind that it's a spin-off. You might find connections to the main series, but it's not a Kojima game. The title Revengeance actually comes from the fact that the original Metal Gear Solid Rising project by Kojima Productions didn’t work out, so they passed it to PlatinumGames, who decided to take it in their own direction. Kojima wanted to explore Raiden's origins, and there are some pretty dark details about that online-maybe something to look into after you're done with the series. PlatinumGames chose to continue after MGS4, creating their own narrative. At the end of your video, you mentioned that you like stories where you can guess what’s happening, but still get surprised by plot twists that make sense. There's a game that might be right up your alley-Heavy Rain on the PS3. You control multiple characters, and they can all die, potentially leaving the mystery unsolved. It has 88 possible endings, if I remember correctly. I'm looking forward to your Peace Walker and V playthroughs, but I have to admit they’re not my favorites-they focus more on grinding than storytelling. Personally, I liked Portable Ops more; it gave me those emotional moments that I love in games. I truly believe Portable Ops delivers on that front better than Peace Walker, Rising, or V. I hope I'm not being too repetitive, but before you dive into Peace Walker and V, I recommend reading the recaps of MG1 and MG2 from the menu of MGS1 NOT ONLINE. You’ll need that background for the upcoming games. Also, I still dream of the day you react to the MGS3 Secret Theatre. If I had to choose between you playing any more MGS games or reacting to the Secret Theatre, I'd pick the latter. It’s *that* good! Thank you, Whimsy, for this incredible experience. You're the first Let's Play KZbinr that I’ve truly followed, and our brains seem to work in such a similar way that it feels like I’m playing these games with a good friend-even if it is a bit one-sided. 😂 See you around on KZbin!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah thank you SO MUCH! You've been so supportive throughout these playthroughs and I deeply appreciate it. Thank you for the recommendations as well, I'll keep them in mind for sure. As for Heavy Rain... I uh... do have that playthrough on the channel actually. However, important disclaimer if you decide to watch that: I absolutely hated the heck out of that game LMAO one of my most hated games I ever played, didn't even finish it 😂 You've been warned! kzbin.info/aero/PLNXSajyEaaSZJL0gmuc84I1UgfwdzTtT0&si=jcntcozM4luk6IBb

[@BigBossGR]

@@WhimsyPsyche hahahaha that's why we don't trust opinions on the internet !!! I'll watch it for the lulz. Thank you for acknowledging my recommendations I'll shut up about them now 😂

[@BigBossGR]

@@WhimsyPsyche watched it all.. I feel bad for suggesting it now 😂😂😂😭

[@ZonnexNecton]

Both this game and MGS3 had me staring at the screen after the end back then. It was sad and beautiful. Game age like a fine wine. What a progress. Thanks for experiencing this great saga.

[@BahumutTH]

Fun fact if you had a controller that didn't have dual shock you would get a different reaction from Psycho Mantis.

[@RicardoQuirogaM]

I love you Whimsy… I loved the way you lived these series. Thank you for recovering all the power, the art, the emotional way to tell a story.

[@FLStyle]

A delight to watch from MGS1 episode 1 all the way to here, I salute you Whimsy

[@aurumthebrave3427]

Can't wait to replay the remastered version next year, I miss this game so much.

[@krognak]

Ocaton. The man with some of the best and worst luck with the ladies ever!

[@blackmagicsuiteopus9545]

Best playthrough I have ever watched. Congrats and thanks for the content. I really like MGS and it was great to see someone share the love so energically

[@hatad321]

Originally both Otacon and Snake were supposed to be executed for their activities as Philanthropy, and thats why the credit song is "here's to you". But playtesters hated that ending so it got tweaked.

[@DacAttack2142]

Not playtesters, the rest of the dev team

[@AQdff]

@@DacAttack2142basically everybody but kojima

[@enriquemontero74]

I cried with you, friend. I wish we could keep watching. I really hope Kojima decides to create more stories about Solid Snake. I would love to learn more about this character in depth. I feel like there are still so many things to explore about him, and things left unsaid that I’d love to keep discovering. I loved your gameplay and your opinions.

[@99Lezard99]

Snake and Otacon = THE best bromance in gaming history

[@armnakornthab6867]

It was nice you include the whole final fight. Some channels are freaking paranoid about Snake Eater copyright. I personally think it is not a problem as lobg as you keep speaking.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

You're welcome! It is indeed a problem, and I did get a copyright. I'm still not earning any money from this video yet. But having played MGS 3 where I also got a copyright claim from the same song, I know that claim is fraudulent. The person claiming doesn't own the rights to this song, and I won the previous dispute, so chances are I'll win this one again, and I'll start earning on the video again in 30 days. Hope this makes sense! Speaking changes nothing unfortunately. EDIT: So I don't blame any channel for muting or deciding not to dispute. It's a gamble every time, 30 days of dispute + another 30 days before what you're owed is processed, so it's often over 2 months without getting paid for that specific video. Depends on the creator if they want to go through that or not!

[@Faynwulf]

Man I didn't say much during your playthrough. But your MGS series might be the best on all of youtube. Thank you for all the enjoyment.

[@corican]

Absolutely wonderful playthrough series. I enjoyed every episode. Thank you so much for this. I'm REALLY looking forward to the next part, in a few months.

[@BrunoRadke999]

Thank you for playing this story that i love so much!

[@killerkradness4178]

Fun fact: In the Psycho Mantis cinematic there are 2 versions depending on which controller you are using at the time, if you use the PS3 Fat controller Psycho Mantis will suffer from the controller not having vibration, this as a mockery because the first controllers (Sixaxis) did not have the vibration motor, however, if you use a DualShock3 controller from later versions (PS3 Slim or Super Slim) you will be able to appreciate the cinematic that appeared to Whymsy.

[@ZiadJimmy]

Great review. I've said it a million times. The problem with this game is the too little gameplay, not the long cutscenes. To conclude this convoluted series in a satisfying way and not mess it up like other series like Game of Thrones or Star wars, the long cutscenes were needed. Even with the long cutscenes fans to this day wish there were more games and time to spend with their favorite characters.

[@The810kid]

I think the first two acts were perfect. If all 5 acts were like those I feel the criticism of not enough gameplay would be as common. Act 3 was fine but not everyone liked the tailing mission. Act 4 doesn't have enough human sentrys and sneaking around all the machines aren't as fun, and Act 5 is simply top short.

[@ドナドナ-v7r]

The same thing is said in Japan, but personally, MGO2 was the best, so I don't have much to complain about.

[@Renoistic]

A lot of the cutscenes could be half their length and still get their points across just fine. Big Boss falling down like seven times makes me legit angry haha.

[@ZiadJimmy]

@@Renoistic if he just wanted the point across, he would give you a piece of paper. There is acting, emotions, thoughts, subtle hints, expressions being conveyed, humor and a lot of things that set this series apart from other media, even fans today wish they had more time with these characters. The game is short, wanting to cut it shorter instead of adding more gameplay doesn't make sense to me. The fans pressured Kojima into making 2 full games with BB after this one. You are saying that having an hour with him that was the last we saw of him at the time is too much? I really don't get it. I agree they could be cut short, but as Liquid said: "Now why would I want to do that?".

[@chandlerburse]

@@ZiadJimmy pressured him? Kojima wanted to make MGSV from my understanding

[@Turt89]

Otacon’s line of, “Snake…..had a hard life” hits hard. You really gave all your emotion to this series, I mean the tears started during the microwave corridor!! So a break is much needed. I have such a love/hate with GOTP but Act 4 really works for me. Not sure if you caught the flashback when you tilt the camera over snake he comments “Overhead view! Just like old times!” and if you kill a lot of enemies in quick succession a voice clip of Liquid from MGS1 saying, “Because you enjoy the killing, that’s why!” and then Snake throws up!! Also! Johnny is in MGS 2, audio only, and his Father in MGS3!

[@chrishowell6469]

For real, your "I can fix him" made me giggle. 😂

[@Bosston62]

I’m happy to see so many people playing this game over the last couple years. I’m really hoping Konami does this game justice and port it to modern consoles because it deserves the HD treatment

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Honestly just porting it to the PS4/PS5 without anything changed would be AWESOME (like in Master Collection Volume 2). That would enable so many new people to play it 🥰

[@SarcasticSnake64]

Crying is the only humane response to playing this part of the game.

[@PhirePhlame]

As a fun fact, this game's ending clocks in at 71 minutes of uninterrupted cutscene, qualifying the game for the Guinness World Record for Longest Cutscene in a Video Game.

[@pennypeach7616]

CQC hug is the biggest tear jerker ever.

[@artwork8650]

I bought this game when it first came out and still play it every once in a while. I own the whole Metal Gear Solid Collection and still play Mgo2 online. When the recent titles came out and I first experienced it. I will never forget how it made me feel. It truly is an outstanding series.

What an amazing playthrough Whimsy. Congrats ♥ ♥ ♥. Wanted to clarify a couple of points for you which are not spoilers. - MGS Saga belongs to a genre called Magical Realism where it is set in a realistic setting with magic and supernatural touches. - Liquid Oceltot arm was transplanted between MGS2 and MGS 4 because with his old arm, Liquid 's soul possesd his body due to him acting as a medium (remember that Ocelot was The Sorrow' s son). This was explained in MGS 4 Database which was basically an encyclopedia of the saga launched in 2008. - EVA did know that it was not Big Boss body. But she was so affected mentally by everything that happened that she threw herself to the body believing it was Big Boss. - Big Boss was kept in a coma after hi is fight with Solid Snake in MG2 Solid Snake. So his lock was released when JD was destroyed. He regained consciousness and EVA reconstructed him with parts of liquid and solidus. - Raiden is not a human anymore, he is still a Cyborg. But they replaced his body with human-like parts.

[@Weeble68]

😢 .... the last one, I've really enjoyed your playthrough Whims, gonna miss it!! 🫡

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Thank you so much 😭

[@BadassRaiden]

"Snake.. had a hard life. He needs some time to rest." The first time i heard Otacon say that line it made me ball. Still makes me cry. He had a harder life than anyone else, and he met every moment if it willingly, stoic and present. It hits so hard then when Big Boss tells Snake "You are nobody's tool now. No one's toy. You are no longer a prisoner of fate. You - are no longer a seed of war. Your body and your soul - are your own." His whole life he was controlled and manipulated, his actions completely anticipated by the Patriots' system. Now he is, totally free, body and soul 🤍 And then Otacon's line after the credits, *"I'll remember everything you were, and stick with you till the end."* It's so heartwarming and meaningful and loving and compassionate. It reminds me of the plaque shown at the beginning of the film Shudder Island outside the insane asylum. "Remember us, for we too have lived, loved, and laughed." Just imagine having such a profound life, and having someone in your life towards the end that tells you don't worry, ill remember everything you were ❤ As far as the choosing sides, is there magic or can everything ve explained with science, this is how i see it. No matter how much we want to explain things away, we cannot explain everything away. There will always be some mysterious wonder in the world, some facet of existence that eludes us. Some - magic, in the world. Whether it ultimately can be explained with science but never is - we will simply never know ✨ This is also the first game where Snake gets emotional and isnt entirely stoic. While he watches Big Boss sitting up against The Boss's grave, he gets emotional multiple times. It just breaks my heart to see him come so close to breaking emotionally. Whenever Konami gets to remaking number 4, i cannot wait to see photorealistic old Solid Snake get emotional. Here's to an absolutely incredible journey, and here's to more to come! 🍻 Not much more, but still more lol I cannot wait dor you to be done with the series. There are some videos I'd recommend for you to watch afterwards because i think you will just love them, but you have to finish the series first! 😊

[@Andy-MGS]

Yeah, you misunderstood... Eva took these bodyparts to make the "Fake-BigBoss", which was burned on the volta. 😊 The real BigBoss never died, he was just kept in like a coma with the nanomachines. I liked the playthroughs so much! 😍 These games are so incredible in storytelling! It's a pity that the rest of them are not that canon.. i mean they are canon, but not that really relevant for the mainstory and often confusing yk. Thank you for sharing your experience and emotions with us! Made me emotional too! 😢

[@bbtank3000]

This has been an incredible journey with you, Whimsy! I'm one of those people who was a kid (10 years old) when MGS1 was released. I grew up with this gaming franchise.

[@ゆユう]

BIG BOSS is a warrior. The only way he knew how to hug his son was by using CQC. In his final moments, he died not as a warrior, but as a father, just like the master he once loved. Thank you for crying over the game I loved most in this world. I'm sorry for my poor English. With love from Japan.😢🇯🇵

[@LuigiReborn2939]

Your English is great, no need to apologise!

[@michaelsimsjr7629]

So I just finished watching your playthrough of the MGS series from MGS1 to the end of this game... and... I was 10 years old when I played MGS1 back in 1998... and watching this series kindled a lot of my nostalgia for this series... I really enjoyed it. Thanks for doing this series... I just want to say, while finishing this up, I love that the conversation between *Spoilers for people who haven't played this series up to this point* ---- Otacon and Snake in the post-credits, can serve as an analogy for the players of this series viewing Snake's story. Snake is a "man made beast" ... which is to say, that he is not naturally born, but rather, a creation of human beings chained to the medium of video games. Snake is not a real world person, but rather, a character forever attached to this video game series. Otacon acknowledges Snake's own self-reflection on his own identity as an unnatural creation by saying that he (he being Otacon) will be a witness, and not the only one, to pass on his (his being Snake's) story to others. We, as the players, are witnesses to the story of Solid Snake, and without us continuing to pass on our love for the character, story, and games, then Snake will have no legacy, but with us (the players) bearing witness to the game's impact on us, and passing on the memes [influence of information and experience] of the games to others, Snake's story doesn't have to die with him, but can live on as we (the players) see fit to share it.

[@FanDethklok]

I've played MGS4 at least 15 times fully. I cried my eyes out every single time i get to the microwaves and beyond.

[@RatedRLoquender]

And to think this was my very first MGS game I played back in 2009. Happy break and don’t keep us waiting that much. 😉😉👍🏻

[@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine]

I know you're Canadian so you might not care but, the Patriot AI nicknames GW, AL, TR, TJ, and JD... Those initials are referring to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson, the four U.S. Presidents carved into the side of Mount Rushmore. JD is "John Doe", which was MGS3 Naked Snake's unironic legal name.

[@TYLERNAVYGUY]

I came back to experience the epic final battle and cemetery scene once again, and cried like I did the first time. What production value. No awaiting Delta

[@holy3051]

53:05 "I can't take this seriously" Right after appears Snake invisible with a floating head and weapon. What's next?

[@Mastarde]

I was eager to see your reaction to the ending; it's simply a masterpiece of a game. Im crying whit you.

[@nfrancisj2122]

your comment about EVA rebuilding Big Boss with the parts of Solidus and Liquid- they were talking about the fake Big Boss. The one Ocelot burned. Big Boss, real, was always in one piece, in cryo, imprisoned by the AI.

[@chandlerburse]

Thats literally not possible he was burned alive by Solid in MG2

[@MarQui988]

Hey girl, the truth is that I saw this channel obviously because of the algorithm taking me to where Metal Gear was. I really enjoyed the whole trip. I felt exactly like when I played them, everything was pretty genuine. I hope you can play Peace Walker and Phantom Pain, you gained a new subscriber.

[@Gamelaha]

Just thought I'd say that the grave Snake visits is not that of Big Boss. It is Gray Fox's grave, Snake's first real friend and mentor. Kind of like the bond that Big Boss and The Boss share. Just thought that was really interesting.

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

Didn't realize that.

[@chandlerburse]

That cannot be true the marker says 193X to 1999 Gray Fox could not be that old.

[@Given0]

no it isnt, gray fox was born in the 50s not the 30s

[@connornealon1112]

Thank you for helping bring the legend back to life 🙂

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aww thank you that's kind 🥰

[@worldgamingentertainment5017]

Not sure You will ever see this. The person shouting Traitor. And the flashback spirit of the warrior. That is god talking. In the credits kojima Is the voice Of god. Yeah, this game was so good. Even God appears to take out psycho mantis. Yeaaah epicness

[@PepeTheJonkler]

50:48 Otacon: "Snake... Do you think love- can bloom even on a battlefield?" Solid Snake: "Yeah. I do... I think at any time, any place, people can fall in love with each other... But if you love someone, you have to be able to _protect_ them." That's what makes this scene with Johnny and Meryl so powerful. It's poetry, rhyming with MGS1.

[@JIX9ISLER1986]

This is good….Isn't it ? -Unknown

[@andresilvasophisma]

I'm taking it upon myself to send Zero... back to nothing.

[@guilhermejrmarin]

Forget about us…

[@DionSidney]

The world would be better off without snakes.......

[@jasonsutton4404]

When i played this scene I tried my damnest to prolong the fighting cause the theme song and fight sequence was so epic especially snake eater from MGS3. There will never be another franchise like MGS.

[@MalcomMcLeod]

Cosplaying as someone who already died to break the curse?🤭 MGS and the Arkham are some of my favorite Franchises. Looking forward to that series.

[@Nexdex]

But she didn't die, Whimsy only tranquilized her! :)

[@nathanr.494]

The first time I played this game. I had only played MGS1. My play through was average at best. By the time I played it a 4th time, I did a "No Kill" run. It was more challenging and fun to do, but I did it. Glad to see people are still playing these great games and having fun.

[@twilightwalker3260]

Just when mantis fake crashed the game, the ads started playing. Damn, mantis is so good at that, that she even controlled youtube. That`s the sign of a forward thinking boss fight. haha

[@xavierrubio5641]

I’m so glad your video was in my recommended. Your journey throughout this game gave the same satisfaction when I first played it years ago. This storyline is a masterpiece in its way

[@andresfelipevasquezcastril5371]

You need to hear Calling to the night, from Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops, if You do a cover of that song... You Will blow off the roof with that one

[@thiagofguedes86]

I just finished to watch your gameplay. I watched for so many years a lot of gameplays of Metal Gear series and you are the FIRST in all these years that I felt the same heart that I had when I played for the first time. It was an amazing journey. Thank you for sharing this with us. With me. And if I can give you a hint, I think you would enjoy more Metal Gear Rising if you play as a last game because the game is not direct from Kojima and go to another side, but it still an amazing game. So take the time you need to rest from Metal gear and come back with Peace Walker/ Metal Gear V / and finish with Rising. Of course, it's your choice, but I think it will be elevate your appreciation. Anyway, thank you once more. We will not let you alone anymore!

[@anojahs29]

She’s gonna be Sunny!!!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Could've been honestly

[@cyanide7270]

So you got to experience this series all in one go, one after the other with no breaks. Imagine how it was for a lot of us LONG term MGS fans who have played each game as they released since the very start, playing each title to death and accomplishing everything in each of them from collectibles to the fabled 'Big Boss' scores. Getting attached to each of the characters and in some ways growing up with them like family members, and then getting to the end of this game. Im man enough to admit that when i finished this for the first time, and a few times afterwards, i cried like a little bitch. The whole scene with Big Boss and Zero, bringing the story full circle and "back to zero", but most of all saying goodbye to Snake. I basically did grow up with Snake. MGS was my first ever video game back in 1999 when i was but 7 years old, and played every single game as they came out. For me, saying goodbye to Snake was as good as saying goodbye to a brother, knowing he wasnt going to live for much longer and just going off to live whatever life he has left in peace. I know it sounds weird to anthropomorphize and be that attached to a fictional character, but it honestly took me a while to come to terms with it being over.

[@bemindful924]

Since we know who dies in the final episode, we could make an educated guess on the cosplay. Or maybe the curse is broken.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

HAHAHA

[@Melinmingle]

Maybe one of the bnb core members?

[@tonic4360]

If Whimsy ever tries to cosplay Raiden I would die laughing.😂

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Wait why he's so cool!!

[@tonic4360]

@@WhimsyPsyche I don’t want to be insensitive but Kojima purposefully designed Raiden to be very feminine. Having a woman play him is just going to highlight that design which I’ll find funny. No offense meant to anyone, it’s just gonna make me laugh.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I wonder what's funny in being feminine? 🤔 I'm genuinely asking by the way, not offended or anything. I just don't understand 😅 And the only feminine thing I can think of about Raiden is his new design with the heels, the rest is pretty masculine imo. Vamp is more feminine in many ways lmao

[@タールマンDS2]

@@WhimsyPsyche Kojima explained that he created Raiden to appeal to the female audience in Japan, as they found Snake to be too masculine

[@tonic4360]

@@WhimsyPsyche There has been a debate for a while about whether Raiden design is feminine. You might not be aware of this but Kojima got a lot of kick back because of Raiden’s feminine MGS2 design. His team claims that Raiden’s design wasn’t feminine and that he was just a handsome young man. If you see Raiden’s character art you can clearly see that Raiden was designed to look feminine. There is even concept art out there with notes highlighting where Raiden’s “panty” line begins. I’m not kidding. Then there is the president grouping incident and Raiden child bearing hips. In MGS2 you may notice everything about Raiden’s identity was questioned. His blood, his muscles, his hair, his past, his memory, his name. His gender was just another identifier that was made questionable. There is no denying it. That’s why I’ll find it funny.

[@PythonSnake]

Gee, your playthrough of the MGS saga made me dive in again but since I couldn't play MGS4, I stopped at 3, and then started with... Batman! And now you're doing it, so thank you very much!

[@MOHAFATAH-qx1ks]

know it batter to play Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker before MGS 5 because it's continuing of MGS 3.