The Inside Story Of Recording Metal Gear Solid

On this special edition of The Game Informer Show, we take a deep dive into the history and recording process of 1998's Metal Gear Solid. Hosts Ben Hanson and Tim Turi (who is no longer with Game Informer) are joined by voice director Kris Zimmerman Salter and a stellar menagerie of voice actors involved with that first game to tell the full story.
To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the timestamps below...
2:38 - Casting and auditioning for Metal Gear Solid
11:08 - The surprising recording process
20:05 - Kris Zimmerman Salter's directing style
22:35 - The voice of Solid Snake
26:55 - Recording Otacon
32:33 - Creating the classic Game Over screams
33:30 - Recording Meryl
34:50 - Recording Liquid Snake
41:30 - Recording Vulcan Raven
47:43 - The fan reaction to Metal Gear Solid
57:55 - David Hayter's thoughts on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
1:03:50 - The legacy of the first Metal Gear Solid

[@Pan_Z]

Why do people complain about Hayter now? Many people defended him back in 2013, but now people seem to be attacking him. He loved working with this franchise for over a decade, and then he was just dumped in one day, without even a word from Kojima. Hayter hasn't been crying about it either. He's been very mature about it actually. He only brings this up when asked about it; he hasn't personally slandered anyone; and he says he harbors no ill well to his replacement. So kudos to him. Even when been horribly mistreated, he still acts well-composed and likable

[@silverback1138]

+Pan Z I think his complaints are justified considering how much he's done for the series. I love Kojima as well but his obsession with the Hollywood "A-List" made him disrespect the great talent he was already working with. I agree, Hayter's been a class act throughout this whole thing.

[@Pan_Z]

silverback1138 Hayter loved this series so much, that he gave up half of his paycheck to get the original MGS1 cast to come back for The Twin Snakes

[@Koroar]

+Pan Z I don't know what the fuck you people go on about. I haven't seen anyone hating on him, and why the fuck would he be cast in a game that doesn't have Solid Snake in it?

[@Pan_Z]

Koroar Because he voiced BIg Boss in 3 other games? And Solid Snake is a clone of Big Boss, so, logically, he should have the same voice. That is why Otsuka voiced both Solid Snake and Solidus in MGS2

[@Koroar]

Pan Z Big Boss says about 2 lines in the game, and it's set in a completely different time. Hayter complained and everyone jumped on it and parroted him, it's really funny.

[@dani4ever]

Otacon's voice is his real voice... I'm dying here :')

[@noahfloofster4271]

Is that cool? It's so cool!

[@juanthompson7395]

This is amazing! So one of a kind voice!

[@MKDumas1981]

His character sounds the most like his natural voice. It takes a minute to hear the character in the rest of their speaking voices, but Christopher Randolph is just dead on.

[@FrostedMiniFears]

Poor hayter, he took a fucking pay cut so twin snakes could be recorded with all the original voice actors. He obviously really liked the project. - cg

[@snipersnake777]

Yeah...

[@KIDIZNYCE727]

Twin Snakes is genius.

[@klumpos]

Too bad it turned out to be a shitty downgrade of the original

[@dmitrykim3096]

FrostedMiniFears what do you mean, of course he loves this role as this role alone is the best thing he did in his career, it made him famous

[@whodatninja439]

Hayter loved this character and cared about the fans, literally hurting his throat for the game (with MGS4), but Kojima couldn't care less about him.

[@JlandelMoncada1]

Without Metal Gear Solid. We wouldn't have games like Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, Bioshock or The Last of Us. This game paved the way for narrative based video games. That is why it will always be my favorite game of all time. Thank you all for your performances.

[@ikon8275]

JlandelMoncada1 yes sir

[@JayWalkZ]

David Hayter made the games a whole lot better in my opinion

[@SlayerSeraph]

Jay WalkZ agreed. Hayter = Love! He's the best. One and only. He is METAL GEAR

[@endoftime0]

In Germany the voice acting was awesome as well

[@zubiecup]

Akio Otsuka is just as good.

[@bailey3209]

David Hayter, IS,WAS,and WILL always be snake to me

[@MacMan77]

Everyone*

[@2000andhate]

But you weren't playing the actual Snake in TPP, so of course he'll always be Snake.

[@rosscare7257]

how bout ground zeros lol

[@Geneforson]

Same for me. That man was essentially my youth

[@tenacious645]

Everyone else too. No one else has ever voiced Big Boss or Solid snake in English releases of MGS games. Big boss wasn't in MGSV

[@dakhaikh]

Damn, David Hayter made me so sad, he was speaking from his heart.This is a really well done podcast, thank you very much.

[@chriscuevas5383]

+Ali Dakhaikh Not only that I didnt expect him to be so brutally honest about his feelings on mgs5. I love Keifers performance as well but man my heart went out to David listening to his version of events. And not to put Kojima down at all, as Hayter said he remains a brilliant designer, but it was very disappointing to hear how little respect he seems to have for David if not down right jealousy. Especially so considering Kojima dealing with Konamis own jealousy towards his name being at the forefront of the series.

[@dakhaikh]

+chris cuevas Tell me about it. When David said ( I'm not gone cry about it)

[@se4586]

@@chriscuevas5383 I don't really think It's about jealousy. Kojima is famous and well known in the gaming world and I don't believe he really cares about such things but then again I don't know him, however I think it had more to do with the tone of the game he was trying to make and wanted something new and a bit more subtle compered to David. Such things as replacing an actor in certain roles are not always personal, and has more to do with the final product. Kojima may not show much respect for David maybe because he doesn't feel the need to get attached to the actors, because of professional reasons.

[@pillar81]

@@se4586 I don't think it's about jealousy either. I read or heard somewhere that Kojima never liked David Hayter for Snake, which makes more sense when David said that there were previous efforts to replace him. By virtue of his popularity and how he still had the magic as the voice of Snake, and despite Kojima's efforts, David stayed on. Kojima was probably so high on his horse that he'd use his clout to hire a Hollywood actor, which he probably wanted in the first place. He asked Avi Arad, another guy who thinks highly of himself, and he suggested Keifer. The way that Hayter was handled is ultimately par for the course in the entertainment industry. Talent is left hanging until the last minute to be told that they're being fired or being replaced. And all of Kojima's bs excuses, carry no weight for me either. Nobody else was replaced, not even the Japanese VA for Snake. And having Keifer was ultimately more stunt casting than any justifications Kojima tried to peddle. And to counter your final argument, Paul Eiding spoke about the original Japanese voice actor for Roy Campbell passing away and the decision to not have Roy Campbell from then on.

[@MKDumas1981]

​@@pillar81: Personally, I never cared much about the _Metal Gear Naked_ games (PoOps and Pecker are pretty good), but, when I heard David Hayter was being replaced (Celebrity Moralist referred to him as "The Voice of a Generation"), I cared even less. The whole thing about Roy Campbell never appearing again is sad, but the problem is where he fits in the continuity. Using in-universe years, he shows up in 1999 (MG2), then again in 2005 (MGS). He's not quite himself in 2009 (MGS2), and doesn't appear again until 2014 (MGS4); additionally, he does not appear when 2018 (MGR) is shown. I don't see why Eiding couldn't play Matt Campbell in the _Metal Gear Liquid_ game that I've come up with, but we'd have to find a reason to see _Roy_ Campbell again, because, by that point, he would be between 74 and 82. I suppose we could see what happens with RAT Patrol now that the SOP system is gone, and the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo have been taken down once and for all. I propose _Meryl Gear Solid._

[@iananimator]

what an editing nightmare, this is your masterpiece, your magnum opus. Amazing work

[@gameinformer]

+iananimator Correct, well thanks!

[@mr.rogers9849]

+iananimator I second that. Bravo, would not want to be in your shoes on this one Ben.

[@MatticusFinch1820]

+uutuber431 Have you heard his tell all interview? He blasted Kojima and Konami.

[@OwlbearEnjoyer]

+iananimator Very documentary style. Super well done

[@milkmanleeroy]

I wonder this too. Jeremy I know for a fact would of been a pretty large gap filler in the interviews. Otherwise, this was pretty good!

[@zen_arcade]

So wait, is the whole reason Liquid is canocically British (raised in England) is that Cam Clarke just felt like doing a British voice? That's pretty interesting.

[@PrincessNine]

it's canon. Naomi and mei ling having accents wasn't. MeI Ling especially since she was born and raised in America

[@filipeflower]

You gotta have to wonder how they made that mistake in the first place.

[@JohnSmith-co1zv]

_soqotra Really? was he British in the japanese script?

[@PrincessNine]

the canon says he's British, not the script for the character. kojima even hand picked a British kid for mgs5. a lot of character backstory for liquid established him as British (regardless of language). it's why Twin Snake's has Naomi and Mei Ling drop their accents, cause codec convos about them established them as not possibly having one while liquid is established in story ,not Japanese vocal direction(since it's Japanese, they could've just pulled a mgs3 and pretended they were speaking with foreign accents),as being raised and trained in the UK before getting dropped in the middle east. his lore also establishes that he eventually was back where he started and continued under the British flag. I don't mean to seem rude but it baffles me that mgs fans don't pick up on this stuff told to the player immediately upon meeting these characters and often wonder what is and isn't canon despite the script/plot/dialogue saying so

[@JohnSmith-co1zv]

DeathgGod I know everything you said, but I just thought this guy's comment, I was asking if he was actually supossed to be british in the original version since he practically said Cam did it for the lulz, not far fetched since Kojima had changed some aspects of the lore to make it less confusing for western audiences (ex. Liquid not being good at genetics due to his dominant and recessive rant, which werent mentioned in Japanese, Big Boss being in a coma, and Dr. Clark's gender being unknown un MGSV due to a translation error in the english MGS1 version.

[@captainhook3962]

This is like an extra on a blu Ray. This will go down definitively as some of the most candid Metal Gear Solid behind the scenes information ever disclosed. Thank you for putting this together.

[@MrMario2011]

Wow, just listening to the bits of dialogue from Otacon is giving me goosebumps. Amazing work even decades later.

[@NitroRad]

Man, that was a crazy experience, this video. Well put together and a blast to listen to!

[@comicaze8238]

Nitro Rad well said man

[@CrossfireTheory]

Everybody is in love with David Hayter voice (and They're right!), but Liquid's voice acting is the best voice acting in history! I have never heard better voice than Liquid's one! It's absolutely amazing!

[@figliodihades]

MattJot both of them we're fucking amazing!! I absolutely loved both from the day I picked up that game.

[@xxLiquidxxSnakExx]

@@figliodihades Also they play off each other very well I think.

[@Saintluci92]

Same goes for Ocelot. Both of them send chills through my body.

[@Elintasokas]

Paul Eiding is such a great guy, and so is David Hayter. One can't help but admire the passion he had for Snake's role. He really cared about it more than just as a job.

[@MKDumas1981]

He came to care about it more than just a job. He said that writing X-Men affected him more than voicing Snake in _Solid,_ but, as the years went on, and he recorded for more and more games, it would have become a bigger part of his life.

[@GadGades]

This was way more in depth and very fun to listen to. Like the editing and putting things, almost documentary style. And it was like multiple interviews at once and still cohesive

[@gameinformer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bigjockknewheknew3882]

Game Informer MGS is the best action game for me in playstation i have them all

[@Tomz0rr]

Thank you, on behalf of all metal gear fans for putting in what must have been hours of contacting, scheduling, technical problems and editing to put together this masterpiece. So good to hear it from the voice actors themselves.

[@Captainkirk923]

11:05 "We had a fantastically SOLID cast." LMAO!

[@PuppyMonkeyBabyy]

I'm 26, MGS1 is still my favorite game of all time.

[@ActionSetPieces]

I am very thankful to Game Informer for all the effort of making this. MGS is my personal favorite game of all time!

[@Godzillarex]

This was amazing! Thank you guys for putting this together, it really provides such an in depth look at one of the key aspects that have made Metal Gear Solid such an amazing series. After so many months of being shrouded in mystery, we finally know why David Hayter was not part of MGSV. All these actors did such a tremendous job, and as a huge Metal Gear Solid fan, this piece really shed a lot of new light on things I hadn't even thought of before.

[@error17_]

still the greatest voice acted game, you get sucked right into the world each time a clip plays

[@NJBoden]

I've been waiting for something like this since 1998. Thank you so much for this! Amazing job!!

[@Qwazin]

It bums me out when Hayter speaks about getting recast :( I guess in the end Kojima was the one who kept him waiting, huh

[@TheVoltaire1]

i feel for him

[@getblunted4life]

+hakejo You may not care for the ending but it was a decent ending. It did it's purpose of tying in the last solid game to the first MSX game.

[@filipeflower]

Or it would, if we actually had a third chapter.

[@tenacious645]

getblunted4life it was horseshit.

[@TheHalo2fan]

@@getblunted4life Kojima is overrated fuck that dude.

[@seek4change]

Sincerely this is one best interview of MGS voice cast EVER In addition of how much I learned from it, also how very well done job you guys have done on bringing these lovely group of people to us and see they are no less "epic" than the franchise we love.

[@Strider-Ragnarok]

Kiefer may be a good actor, but there's only room for one Snake and that's David Hayter. Kojima maybe a genius, but he's not exempt from making mistakes.

[@filipeflower]

Strider-Ragnarok My point all along.

[@joshuabailey9578]

Strider-Ragnarok Exactly man, I'll always respect Kojima, his work is more than anyone could ask for, but he's still just a dude. A dude who's a genius game designer, but maybe not the best businessman, or the most respectful communicator.

[@SlayerSeraph]

Strider-Ragnarok agreed. David Hayter is the one and only Snake. Every Snake

[@tenacious645]

The real mistake would have been using David Hayter to voice Venom. Big Boss wasn't in MGSV really. Hayter was never replaced for the role that was his. Richard Doyle did voice Big Boss at the end of MGS4, but at that point you had Solid on screen too and a very aged Big Boss. It was a good decision there as well not to have him voice BB.

[@BigBoss1228]

Strider-Ragnarok honestly Hayter is better as a young Snake, Kiefer made a better middle aged Snake, and didn't do that bad of a job. If anything Big Boss should have had a different voice than Solid Snake in the first place.

[@elpato54]

In case no one has said it: It's revealed in the briefing to start the game that Liquid grew up in England which is where he got his accent--or something to that effect.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Thank You Chris, and all the voice actors :')

[@merces47letifer4]

Forever legendary. One of the finest series ever.

[@gabrielmontreuil]

The guy who voice "Otacon" Christopher Randolph sounds exactly like Bob Odenkirk AKA "Saul Goodman" from "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul."

[@CRAY0NEAT3R]

I loved every single piece of this. Please GI, do more like this.

[@TechInspected]

I know this video is still a day or so old but this deserves 10x more views still.

[@juntistik]

holy fuck what an amazing video. Thank you Ben and Tim

[@UltraShield]

Absolutely exquisite video. Incredible shit guys. This is serious dedication. Thank you so much.

[@arsnakehert]

+ＡＱＵＡ － チャンネル sh-shot?

[@CliffhangerDK]

Metal Gear - probably one of the best franchises in gaming ever! 🎉 Crazy to think back to playing the first PS1 title, and not knowing what was come…!

[@FredHerbert999]

thank you so much for making this video! MGS was such a huge part of my childhood and life. thank you!!

[@freepalestine2434]

Everything about this video is incredible... the pacing, the editing, the hosts, the guests.

[@FrederickGuese]

Also, thanks to Jeremy Blaustein for the excellent localzation as well. He also helped out with directing the VA.

[@Darkslayer1534]

wow I thought I was the only one who remembered him

[@Dakobra_]

I knew he was heavily involved with KCET's Silent Hill games, but didn't know he had a hand in the Metal Gear games too.

[@AgentMorgan2010]

Word. There's an excellent 12-part interview with him here on youtube.

[@FrederickGuese]

My friend ran that podcast. The fandom has changed after Guns of the Patriots. I think for the worse IMO.

[@AgentMorgan2010]

+Frederick Guese Nice. It was a great interview. Great questions, really insightful. Also helps that that Snatcher, the original MGS and Silent Hill 2 are basically the holy trinity of video game storytelling in my eyes. As for the fanbase, I agree wholeheartedly, man. I haven't played MGSV, and I don't think I'll ever bother to.

[@Chocoburger]

Such a special video about such a special game. Thanks for making it!

[@Tech_Traveler]

This was strangely emotional for me. Thanks to everyone that put this together. So many years later its a great look back on the youth of many of us.

[@RAGEE45]

"as long as the cheque clears thats all i care about" lmaooooo 17:15 love these interviews thank you!

[@magnetometalbender5725]

RAGEE45 check*

[@benbmusic88]

Haha Chris Randolf's voice and the sad mgs1 music.... can't help but wanna tear up

[@AndyXiong]

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[@Kataquan]

+axe427 Did you not play Metal Gear Solid?

[@Tetratronic]

Guys, thank you for this video. Seeing these people talk about the series and the roles they've done has left me with catharsis. I've always wanted to hear the cast and Kris talk in-depth about the games. Metal Gear Solid has had such a huge impact on my life, it has literally shaped my life into what it is today, I can't even begin to describe to you how much this video meant to me. I'd watch the entire thing even if it was 5 hours long. I'm glad the actors enjoyed their work. I prefer the original MGS1 voice acting, and in my opinion it is one of, if not the best cast and voice acting in all of video game history.

[@hawkeyesniper45]

Hearing how Hayter is dealing with MGSV is really sad. I feel bad for him.

[@LUCKO2022]

+Hawkeyesniper45 He dodged a bullet in my opinion. Phantom Pain sucked badly, I don't understand the love that game gets. It is so mediocre that it drives me crazy to see how it got so many awards and accolades. Sure the Fox Engine made the game play better than any other Metal Gear before it,but when it came down to the gameplay itself it was just a bunch of random missions that really had no cohesiveness to them (minus a few, maybe 5 in the game tops) where you either extract or kill someone, blow something up or extract this object. That is about the whole game in a nutshell. The mother base mechanic was old and tiresome. Motherbase itself was lifeless and pointless. The FOB shit and having to pay more money to get more of those is bullshit. Waiting to develop items is bullshit. Just because the game offers you lots of ways to play the game, it's meaningless if the game doesn't adapt to playing differently. What I mean you decide to go in and run and gun every mission, the game doesn't really adapt to it other than the guards now wearing body armor and shields. They don't increase security around the bases so there would be more troops and checkpoints. They still don't do rounds checking on prisoners or even bother to notice if they are gone (something Ground Zeroes actually did, they will do rounds and check on Paz if you take her and they discover she is missing the base goes on alert. Nothing like that happens in Phantom Pain). The weather means absloutely nothing in the game so it's a pointless addition, no high winds so it screws up your aim, rain doesn't make mud so then you leave muddy footprints that guards could follow (which MGS1,MGS2 had where you walk in water or snow and it leaves footprints that when spotted the guards investigate). Time didn't do much in the game either, I almost never used the phantom ciqar because it didn't change anything. The game was a mess of ideas but none of them really are fleshed out properly.

[@ChristianSeraph]

+CF-105 Games Is it a good game? sure, I've put 200 hours in it, is it a good MGS game? hell no, not a chance, the story is so bad, this wasn't the story anyone wanted to see, we were a random medic all along, wow, nice writing there... so Liquid leaves with a huge Metal Gear and we don't get to know what happened, awesome, might as well cut the entire Eli arc instead of that bullshit, where's the game with Big Boss himself building Outer Heaven, recruiting FOXHOUND members, to see a young Sniper Wolf and Frank, and him becoming a villain, etc... I was expecting the game to surpass MGS3's story and emotional impact, instead I got a giant turd. And regarding Hayter, I don't get it, so they change him for a big actor only to pretty much have a mute Snake in this game... that's is just adding insult to injury, Kojima is a fucking scumbag who didn't even have the decency to tell Hayter himself.

[@LUCKO2022]

Christian Seraph No it's not a good game. I already went into WHY it is not. It's my opinion and I stand by it. I barely put in a 100 hours just to finish the story. After that I quit playing it because it was so miserable, I had to FORCE myself to just get to the end and if I have to do that it's not worth anymore of my time.

[@hawkeyesniper45]

+CF-105 Games I agree. I think they had a good idea in mind making MGSV an open world game but it was executed horribly.

[@LUCKO2022]

Hawkeyesniper45 Yeah they had good ideas but they only briefly touched on the surface and left it at that. I don't know if it is because of the infighting with Konami management basically making them rush the game out the door or poor design choices. Either way, Phantom Pain UNDER delivers.

[@deviantrat6001]

*Easily one of the most entertaining episodes EVER! Kudos to everyone who made this happen and love the deep cuts.*

[@trim-thefat]

I can’t believe it took me 4 years to find this. Utterly awesome stuff!

[@MKDumas1981]

Seven years, for me.

[@FinalArcanen]

I've had this in my backlog to watch for a long while but once I started watching today I just couldn't stop. It was just so well put together. This game was magical for me in highschool, and it's still one of my favorite games of all time. Absolutely for sure my favorite performances from a game ever. I've always wondered how it went and what opinions everyone had in making it because they should be proud. Damn proud. Just like Randolph said this was probably the first time for video games. Where voice acting, and the performance actually meant something. This game and these actors changed gaming. They set the bar. Kojima didn't know the talent he had in David Hayter and it sucks that his A list ego got in the way and finally won.

[@Luke973T]

This interview was "pretty goood".

[@USAgent88]

I really like Kojima but he fucked over Hayter, and how Kojima handled it was shitty.

[@SlayerSeraph]

USAgent88 agreed. Lost my shreds of respect after Hayter and after Metal Gear SkullFace lousy execution

[@Turner9090]

The Japanese always handle things in this confusing way though, I feel like it’s just the culture difference between the two countries, look at the fact that Toyota pulled its cars from the newest forza, it made zero sense and makes a Toyota fan like me mad but they don’t care they do what they do despite the fans obvious requests

[@mauriciopitta]

Kojima had no obligation to please an US actor who rendered just a version of a character he created first of all for a Japanese public.

[@marcosmoreno7820]

​@@mauriciopittaYou're right, but he could have tried to contact Hayter and explain his reasoning behind recasting him, that would have been more respectful. Metal Gear is WAYY more popular outside Japan and Hayter is a big reason why the franchise had ao much success. Kojima did kind of a dick move imo

[@brzostek97]

I finished MGS1 for the first time just a couple of days ago, amazing game. Also, great video, very informative and well cut, awesome job, guys!

[@MasSehdev]

wow this was amazing! I'm getting emotional just seeing and hearing this stuff. Awesome to see another video with Tim too T.T

[@OtakuDono]

Man, listening to all this got me really nostalgic; thinking about the good old times. Beating MGS1 on my good old PSX for the 100th time...

[@Teabone3]

This is great. Very nostalgic to hear their voices :)

[@cyberpunkholiday]

Thank you GI for all the hard work and effort put into this. This was complete gaming bliss! I would have never of imagined to have seen something this honest, pure and fun. Thank you. Much respect!

[@Randolph_]

Re. David on how he felt about Kojima... I agree.

[@dj13calli]

+Randolph de Leon I feel bad for David. I know he has toughen up and moved on, but he really put his heart into the franchise and they treat him like crap In the end.

[@Randolph_]

+XTruthAboutTattsX Well, it looks like they're more than even now. Kojima is out of Konami in what can be concluded as the same way David was driven out of the MGS projects. :)

[@dj13calli]

Randolph de Leon True.

[@SlayerSeraph]

I agree. Hayter > Kojima. Kojima screwed the series over while Hayter made it what it is today and have full of love and respect for it.

[@LeoCharles]

Amazing video. Im such a fan of MGS and watching this was truly entertaining and informative. Thanks!

[@demite5267]

Really great round up Game Informer. Thanks for putting this together for us fans ❤️

[@colinconsidine5209]

David was hanging with the crows recording this desert life. That’s amazing! Love that album! Would love to hang with all those guys! Also David shouldn’t be embarrassed about not being cast in MGSV. It was their loss! You are the one and only Snake and always will be plus 4 is an amazing sendoff.

[@mrkirios]

Paul Eiding has a sticker that reads "I need scissors 61" in the background wall.

[@MKDumas1981]

It's kind of sad that his most famous (infamous?) line is not even as the actual Campbell.

[@voodooopaque6357]

This is amazing, i learned more about my favorite franchise

[@dionbeverakis1908]

This is an excellent documentary. It really should have more views than the 65,000 it has now.

[@gameinformer]

(Tell a friend!)

[@quvanny]

2021 here - and STILLLLLLLL LOVE IT and this thank you....

[@gabrielmontreuil]

It doesn't matter... To me, Hayter will always gonna be the Guyver... :)

[@KefkaProduction]

So much care. Awesome video

[@blopenshtop]

+KefkaProduction Your videos are great too :)

[@KefkaProduction]

+Ben Bowker thanks !

[@kirukatosenpaiofficial]

+KefkaProduction *˝Such lust for commenting.˝*

[@dj13calli]

This was phenomenal. Great job guys.

[@JetPoweredCloud]

"What the hell do you know about Secret Black Projects?" Fucking. DEAD.

[@MKDumas1981]

🤣

[@Eggs_is_eggs]

I used to live and work in Japan. When she said that "The voice recording sessions are much more serious in Japan." I can definitely relate.

[@bourasabdennour8369]

I have 28 years old from Algeria , MGS1 represents for me a lot of memories with my best friends. We were sharing analysis about kojima hidden messages....this game is just amazing for us and the best game ever !

[@otispaul1]

I'm embarrassed that I haven't watched this till now. You guys did a GREAT EFFIN' job cutting all these interviews together. Still proud to have been part of MSG.

[@aeugnewtype]

This was so damn good. It's great to hear David finally speak more outwardly about the situation with MGS5. Kojima has seemed like a pretty conniving and slimy guy since after MGS4 and it seems many people who know him can confirm it. Thanks for the work on this, it was really cool and well-edited.

[@Koroar]

+AEUGNewtype The "situation"? You mean not being cast in a game because Solid Snake isn't in it?

[@Liamsnieceson]

@@Koroar yawn. It’s always the same effortless response. Hayter voiced big boss in MGS3, peace walker etc. And in MGSV the Japanese actor stayed the same because he is basically a big deal over there. Kojima thinks Hayter isn’t a big deal and Kojima is all hard on for A listers it’s that simple. Kojima took an L with fans. And you seem to not be doing a good job defending him with weak remarks that can easily be refuted.

[@Koroar]

@@Liamsnieceson "Yawn" as he replies to a 7 year old comment. I don't even know what you're talking about anymore kid.

[@JamesClark1991]

Brilliant video, very well edited. Thanks for this guys!

[@GnCFilms]

This is pure magic, guys. Thank you so much for making this.

[@cikame]

I wasn't going to watch this whole video today, and then i did, great work, great questions, the amount of respect all around in this video is heartwarming.

[@G0DLIKE92]

Patrick Zimmerman is one of the hardest people to find an interview with.

[@xabbott]

This was excellent, congrats to all those involved. Thanks Ben, Tim, and GI.

[@MrHabushi]

This was excellent, thanks so much! Also thanks to everyone who took time out to contribute, really interesting. It's amazing that 18 years later, we're still learning new things about how MGS was created.

[@JediGamingX]

Metal Gear Solid for the PS1 was made at the right time in 1998, i was so shocked when the 1st scene came on with snake in the submarine. The scene that did it for me was when the DARPA chief dies and the controller vibrates in sync with the chiefs heartbeat forking the heart attack. Something no one talks about. It blew my mind.

[@TheDrumkid92]

That segment about the relationship between Hayder and Kojima was pretty uncomfortable. I think it's important to talk about, but yikes. It's interesting to see how differently Hayder views him versus the fans of the franchise, and how disenchanted he is with Kojima professionally. Pretty eye-opening. Granted, it's only one side of the story.

[@SlayerSeraph]

TheDrumkid92 I prefer David over Kojima. And trust his honesty a lot more. He speaks from the bottom of the heart and down to earth and real! Whilst Kojima speaks out super blown EGO and narcissism - he is full of lies and of himself. David Hayter deserves all the respect. Wish he gets another Metal Gear.

[@Redmist-se7ld]

I wished David Hayter was in mgs5 because he was and will always be snake

[@volvo145]

Fuck kojima

[@lpnp9477]

@@Redmist-se7ld Anyone wanna help crowd fund a mod where we just have David re-record every line in MGSV one by one over Cameo?

[@aadipie]

@@lpnp9477 you'll only need him to do 10 cameos since venom had 10 lines in the game XD

[@fonarte]

Honestly, this could’ve been handled SO much better and with so much more respect to everyone involved. Hayter should’ve been the voice for GZ at the least, and explain the change as a story related reason. (Would not have been hard with the whole Coma thing) Big Boss’s voice had to change at some point to differentiate him from Solid Snake. But it’s also stupid that Japan got to keep the right VA but we didn’t because Egojima has some hard on for Hollywood.

[@DJ_Macphisto]

Yeah, that would have made sense. I'm sure there is a mod for GZ on PC that replaces Kiefer with Hayter. TPP is fine having a different voice for Big Boss, because coma.

[@MKDumas1981]

Richard Doyle voiced Big Boss in MGS4. That makes sense, as, if you were just listening, it would have been Snake talking to himself.

[@dylanmichaeldiccicco2092]

What a great, in depth exploration of such a mythical moment of gaming. The recording of metal gear solid. Thank god these weren’t lost to the game informer closure.

[@snipersnake777]

meryl: what's metal gear rising believe it meryl, I have the same question as well.

[@MKDumas1981]

She didn't know about _Metal Gear Rising_ because she's busy making babies with horrible IBS.

[@retcon1991]

This is so wonderful. This is actual, compelling video game journalism. There's something intrinsically wrong with the world that allows a video like this to have 32,000 views while a video of Angry Joe crying over Arkham Asylum crashing rakes in millions.

[@synisterv7703]

Angry Joe isn't even funny and complains about some stupid stuff in the games too sometimes, I use to watch him before I realize I don't need this idiot to tell me whether a game is good or not and this is true videogame journalism and only the real gamers will understand the hard work and passion that went into all of this, I was just watching a bunch of other videos on Metal Gear Solid and just clicked on this one and I love it!!!! Fuck angry joe.

[@lpnp9477]

Really insightful and interesting video! Please make more of these happen! I'd love to hear specifics about the other Metal Gear Solid games. Meryl should have her own game. Meryl Gear Solid.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Great video! Thanks alot for putting this together.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

In my opinion the most artistically accomplished video game of all time, videos like this are sure to become an important part of history when it comes to this industry/medium.

[@HCTarik]

Marvellous job you guys! You have made a long time MGS fan real happy with this video!

[@bennyflats522]

This was an absolute joy! I'd love to see more of this kind of content! Thanks for all your hard work! This is what professional games journalism is all about!

[@bennyflats522]

Ps. We is miss you Tim! God speed!!!

[@davidnavarro4821]

Never has the recording of a video game been so explored ! You guys are truly amazing!

[@baddweather6362]

this was very well done, editing was great. truly some interesting charcters

[@wenchwoggYT]

This was incredible. Thanks for your hard work guys!

[@Siresly]

You really raw blinked the famous purple stuffed worm on this one. 61/10

[@1000naky]

this was fun to watch. Thank you to the cast and you guys who brought it to us.

[@Handsomeartist]

The best video i have ever seen on youtube! amazing works guys I will share it until it reach 10000000000 views!!

[@stryker1121]

Fantastic work, guys. I don't even play MGS and found this fascinating.

[@LHCM199]

I think it's great that even with Kojima not giving the due respect to David, we, the fans all over the world respect and love his job though the whole series and also knows how he was important to Metal Gear

[@IndraHatton]

Really appreciated the effort here guys... You're pretty good!

[@drnrqsldch]

SUPER COOL VIDEO!! gj guys! Nice reunion!

[@shaneharrington3655]

Guys! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! This game changed my life. And this was so awesome, blast from the past, got me a lil teary at points and 48:29 made me laugh very hard. What an amazing story about the location for the voice recording. So glad you guys put this together. Well done!

[@MKDumas1981]

I had to use a ration, because I almost died.

[@praudmur]

Cheers from OHN stream! =)

[@VLADIMIR007ISH]

Nice game, I learned good English trying to memorize the lyrics, MGS was my English teacher. Greetings from Colombia.

[@TCB-xr8br]

Metal Gear - Best Game Ever! David Hayter - Solid Snake - Always!

[@Komanekin]

Awesome interviews. Best part when referring to Raiden: "was he one of the Snakes?"

[@dakhaikh]

+Crash 2000 HAHAHHAHAHAHHAH ROFL

[@MKDumas1981]

For the first five minutes of his appearance, yes.