The Story Of.. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a game that often separates opinion. With cutscenes totaling around 9 hours people got angry - except for people like me who relished every moment of this game. It’s long, convoluted, and filled with fan service and to me it’s amazing.
I try my best to fit in as much information as possible in the shortest time while still keeping the fun parts in. Let me know how I did guys!
The Story of Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of the Patriots.
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[@MKDumas1981]

44:53 - Richard Doyle was the voice of The Fury from MGS3. Solidus was voiced by the late John Cygan.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

yep! no clue how I mixed that up lol

[@denifnaf5874]

This video is shorter than the cutscenes😂

[@chillyred4181]

this game is really hard to understand at some points, so thank you for making it a lot more understandable

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thanks for watching!

[@mrchowchow110]

Amazing! MGS4 is personally my favorite game of all time, and I’m glad you took the time to make such an amazing video about this behemoth of a story :DDD

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

MrChowChow thank you for watching 🙏🏼 it’s for sure one of my favorites as well!!

[@NJHC60926]

When she said she cried at the credits, i felt that. One of the few games where the story actually brought me to tears a couple times lol. amazing game

[@anntakamaki1960]

What about Final Fantasy 8?

[@3TopicsReviewer]

Love this series that you are doing. Metal Gear Solid 4 is still may favorite PS3 game of all time and I actually purchased the limited edition of it before I even owned a PS3. Keep up the incredible work.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

3TopicsGamer thank you for watching 🙏🏼 I still love it so much! I think we had just got the PS3 when it came out lol

[@SnakeEaterGaming]

For the first time in 15 years I feel like I finally understand the story of MGS4 😂 thank you and great video. You have a calming voice and I love your narration.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thanks so much glad it could help!

[@XxMeGaMaNxX03]

Damn this brought me back to the old days I remember I was so hyped for this game when it first launched at that time. Fantastic job on this video, now I myself want to go back and play this game too.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

NeonLotus thanks for watching! I still absolutely love this game and think it still holds up today

[@milkmanent6070]

I remember playing this as a 13-15 year old and watching every single cutscene. It was like a movie, tv show and game all in one and they had me hooked

[@akira_rtt]

I can't thank you enough for this video. I wasn't fluent in English when I played MGS 4, so it was really hard to understand the long dialogues. Now, this video sums up the story nicely, and I was finally able to rewatch some scenes

[@devinanderson2073]

this was honestly one of the best breakdowns of the game iv ever seen, absolutely beautiful what you put together. one of my favorite games of all time but when i played them i was to young to understand but with your breakdown and from what i remember it all makes sense now

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you so much!!

[@brokensouls7622]

Thank you so much for this! This game was my childhood and it's so nice to have organized people like you appreciate and compile all the art/work that went into this game. Again, thank you :3

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

appreciate you for watching! thanks!

[@Deadtime1313]

Dude you fuckin nailed this making a wonderful compact-as-pastable clef notes style for this beautiful masterpiece of game. Thank you so much

[@jcumm6867]

This was so so so well done. Thank you for making this

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!!!

[@saterus514]

Saved me 9 hours of cutscenes. You’re amazing, thank you!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

happy to help!

[@TalhaTayyab]

Amazing! I finished this game when it came out but seeing your video (and all the others in this series of yours) has helped round up my knowledge of the lore. Thank you for your videos!

[@SickMade187]

Great Job. I hope they release a remastered version of this. The story, the memories and returning to Shadow Moses was all captured so well. The nostalgic feeling you get playing this game made me want to replay it more than once. I hope we get a release date for the master collection Vol. 2. Soon.

[@Billie64]

I played 1-3 and I’m playing thru 5, your summary was so good for answering some burning questions I have.

[@infinityogateachers]

i have no idea why I cried now, in this ending when snake could live the last days in enlighten company. Namaste

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@infinityogateachers]

Games makes One more emotionally invested that movies and theatres can do. Soap opera series is another beast all together. The most i have cried was the ending sequense of The Shadow of Tombraider. Three times before it calmed down. It is touching. To follow caracter trough their stories. It is shared experience in a way. Like being Oneself Aware

[@eduardodresco]

NICE JOB!!!!!! Loved your video! Not a single video explaining the story like yours!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you so much! :)

[@snazy7777]

Thank you for the recap, You can tell you're emotionally invested in the franchise. Great Video.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Too emotionally invested 🤣

[@davido2161]

I love these types of videos and this one is very well done. Thank you!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you for watching!!

[@nicelol7086]

This is a genuinely great recap. It's quick but thorough. I appreciate it, thank you!!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thanks for watching 🥰

[@juanpagon]

Great work Amanda. I enjoy it. Thanks 🙏🏻👍🏻🙂 you make me smile in some parts😅

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thanks! 😊

[@shinkleihh]

metal gear solid holds a very warm place in my heart. one of my family members would play the games a lot, and since i was young (mgs4 came out when i was 2) i usually watched instead of playing them. i was on and off with the series - i'll play it from time to time still, but when i saw solid snake in fortnite, i just had to replay the games lol. these games are still really good despite their age, and the story of the series is my favourite out of every game franchise i know

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

same here

[@Jimbo7]

I've been playing all the metal gear games for the first time for the last couple weeks, and I spent DAYS trying to get this game to work on a ps3 emulator and finally gave up. I was really bummed that I'd have to watch it instead, but this video was a great middle ground between watching all the cutscenes without context and getting some much needed explanation. Thank you for such a great video!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

ugh im sorry you weren't able to play it for yourself. Hopefully they make it available for everyone one day. Thanks for watching!

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

there are guides and stuff for recent breakthroughs in ps3 emulation specifically in regards to emulating MGS4. If your hardware is up to the task, it CAN be done, please don't give up; it's worth it. If all else fails, just pray the port that is inevitably finally coming in the Master Collection volume 2 is not butchered beyond salvation.

[@GabrielShakkori]

I just started playing Metal Gear Rising and wanted to learn more about the franchise and started with this since this is the other metal gear game I played a little bit what a wonderful way to explain the story not overly complicated you put a lot of personal touches and you obviously love this franchise turned on the bell and subscribe so I don't miss another video

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

happy it helped & thank you so much!!

[@GabrielShakkori]

@@ItsAmandaLemon of course! Keep up the great work

[@STARSVeteran]

Thank you for this story breakdown. 4 came out at a changing point in my life, so I never got to play it as much as 1-3. And after watching some videos about the series, I realized that it had been *ages* since I played this, partly because it never escaped PS3 exclusivity. Given what a monumental undertaking, even understanding so much about the storyline of 4. Making this video must have taken a lot of effort, but you nailed it. It also seems ironic now that this game is probably the main reason Kojima felt like ‘long cutscenes’ were overkill, and opted for dozens of audio tapes in MGSV instead.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thanks for watching! They really need to get everyone access to it so people can experience it!

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

42:51 YEAAAAAAAAAAHHH Also, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for covering my favorite video game of all time. This game, and by extension this series, means the world to me for so many reasons.

[@ahmedj2458]

Cant believe this is only 1.6k views

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Haha thank you! 😅

[@Barshki]

Excellent recap, thanks

[@dillonmurch9538]

these videos are wonderful. beautiful way to represent the series w/o getting bogged down in the nitty gritty details. showed this to my friends so I wouldn’t have to send them an 8 hour lore video. thank you for your hard work!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Happy to be of help 🥰

[@conversationsforthinkingpe7617]

You told this so well. I watched the whole thing. Brava.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

I tried me best 😅 thank you!!

[@Ignawesome]

Thank you so much! Excellent summary. Way better than playing the game because I can go back whenever I didn't understand something... which happens way too often

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you for watching! 😊

[@IanKelly-mg4nx]

That was really well explained. Thanks

[@Jefferybanks]

One of the best game I have played and experienced

[@aurteekay6339]

That’s awesome that you can interact with the wolves like you could in mgs 1. The heart thing is an Easter egg ! And also of course it was Johnny. The guys outside the prison cell in every mgs game are named Johnny 😂 in metal gear 3 he says “my dads a Johnny, my brothers a Johnny, and I’m a Johnny”

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

love the wolves! and yep good ol Johnny haha

[@queenicgs9549]

Ty so much for this video! After playing mgs 1, 2 and 3 I have no way of playing 4. This video helped me finish the story.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Ugh I’m sorry you’re unable to play it for yourself, they really need to port it! But so glad to help!

[@Barakeh]

Man, I played this game ten years ago, and due to medical reasons I forgot a lot of it, ALOT, Thanks for reminding me and for the Nostalgia

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

I'm sorry you went through that, happy to remind you of such an amazing story :)

[@jacob-210-9]

This was a damn good story of video. Mgs4 holds a special place in my ❤ and you brought back tons of memories

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Happy to bring that nostalgia back 💕 thanks for watching

[@Jun-dt8sv]

I have this thing on my phone that recommends me news articles and sometimes videos i never really click on it but I'm only a couple minutes in, you have a very natural feel to you idk I've never seen any of your videos before, and idk don't know how the hell you ended up in my feed but you did, keep doing what your doing I hope your well.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Jujube Nim thank you for watching!! 🙏🏼

[@Judoka008]

Marry me, -Johnny "Akiba". MG has long been my favorite franchise. And I play Snake Eater, and G.O.T.P. every few years. What exquisite attention to detail you were able to condense into under an hour. The solidus clone/liquid arm can quickly get very confusing and leave you lost. I had to beat the game like 6x to understand the whole plot. It's funny a lot of thing happening today, Kojima predicted through his games in a round about way. 11/10 video👌

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you so much! It’s a lot of info to cram in so I’m glad it’s digestible 🤣

[@mtrj99]

Honestly I'd love to see you do one for every metal gear this video was awesome

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you! I've done 1-4 but the first two were super old maybe i should redo lol

[@mtrj99]

ItsAmandaLemon I couldn't find 2 but yes of course update them and do the rest of the series

[@SFlRanger82l49]

"You´re pretty good"!

[@ANTHR1CH]

Such a well put together video. Very funny too, lots of nods to things only veteran fans will understand. Bravo 👏

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!!

[@alialghamdi7153]

I played when I graduated high school too! After mgs1 this is my second favorite mgs game. This one certainly left the greatest impression on me after completing it and having the series end at that point was such a bitter sweet experience, but it was incredible non the less.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

My feelings exactly! Love and miss this series

[@Birbwitwater]

How jhonny feels after not being affected at all:

[@xmenotux]

Excellent video. idk why some people hate on this game. It's my second favorite MGS game behind MGS2. It's so epic.

[@bigpapapage7165]

Just wanted to leave a comment on this great video - hope more people get to see it

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!!

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

45:46 It WAS Liquid possessing him in MGS2, and there is plenty of actual evidence and canon supplementary materials supporting that. I've gone into it in several comment sections, so I am a little tired of laying it out over and over again, but if you'd hear me out, I could do it again if you asked.

[@adhiseaman1099]

This game is literally the endgame for the entire "Codename: Snake" saga.

[@samhawkins1678]

Thank you for that

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thanks for watching!

[@tyjandrews]

Incredible summary of an incredible game. Wow this brings back good memories

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

LOVE this game

[@xkrakenxx]

For an idiot like myself, this is excellent. Thank you!

[@matthewduncan9405]

Last game I played was Snake Eater and wanted to learn more about this game but don’t have the time to play it now. I also graduated in 2008 haha.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

haha nice!!

[@terrellking5119]

I'm late to the party and I'm enjoying every minute

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Happy to hear ❤️

[@jeremyw.5729]

Awesome video! I can tell you really love this game and franchise. I don't think I'll ever understand MGS because the real story seems to exist outside of the games, but they're great games none the less!

[@pappymagee6556]

Richard Doyle wasn’t Solidus,John Cygan was.

[@trizzwiz9368]

please do metal gear solid for ps1! i love your videos and your story recaps!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you for watching!! I made one YEARS ago haven't watched it since I made it so idk how good it is lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXTLfIiwl9OLp5Y

[@sydAshby]

I can't believe your school offered MGS4 as a graduation gift America is definitively out of our World In a good way

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

It was from my friend not the school haha

[@alanm01]

Thank you for helping me understand this game

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Happy to help 🥰

[@MinecraftManager]

I’m playing playing through the metal gear solid games and unfortunately I can’t play this one because it’s only on PlayStation 3 so I’m glad you’ve made this video (I’m really desperate to play mgs5 lol)

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

hopefully the master collection volume 2!

[@CVoYager]

Kojima said that game was half finished not unlike MGSV but I think what was cut was gameplay not the story, it concludes pretty much everything

[@doofykouki494]

Literally loved this

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

literally love this comment

[@Hiroprotagonist253]

Thanks for this. Really useful. I am replaying MGS4 after a few years and trying to follow the characters motivations and plot drivers can be quite confusing, especially when you are easily distracted during cutscenes.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Of course I’m happy to help!

[@neckike]

Great recap! I loved your humor. I wish I knew people like you irl

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!!

[@nasraken1971]

Alot of new and recent viewers, many things about this game becoming more and more relevant

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Scary how much kojima got right

[@alipontiac]

I think Hideo want to end the story here...then he create MGSV for the sake of new combat experience.

[@alexpereira3989]

So good. Please keep making videos!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Alex Pereira thanks so much!!

[@ravenRedwake]

37:34 it’s almost like she shouldn’t use a bespoke bullshit gun like a desert Eagle that has low capacity heavy magazines.

[@ravenRedwake]

12:57 kinda like how Aeldari from Warhammer 40k psychically suppress and split their personalities with the Warmask ritual. They paint a rune of their war god onto their foreheads aaaand if you aren’t from their craft world they can do *anything* to you and don’t care who or what you are, non combatant or not, and when not fighting they take it off and have no memories of anything they did. Unless they can’t and then they become an exharch…

[@genichiroashina1]

12:36 I laughed so hard at this 😂

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

lol

[@Chali_9]

This is perfect for a mgs fan, your vids are the best

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Thank you!!!

[@anntakamaki1960]

I played this game when I was young but I didn’t understand anything then. Noe I get what’s going on somewhat.

[@ravenRedwake]

0:59 knowing how guns work, and how astronomically many there are out there, I don’t know how such a system could be made to work. As many aks there are out in the world, it’s just economically impossible. 1:16 giant walking drones are a lot worse than a swarm of insectoid drones that could fly or climb on walls and have a small caliber weapon system like the 5.7 or that one 4.whatever one the mp7 uses and they just literally cling to walls poles and everything and just swarm around picking out headshots or just hole poking you. It’s also why the battle droids from Star Wars and terminators are functionally stupid

[@abrahammoruti5967]

Richard doyle 44:54 didn't voice solidus in mgs 2 it was John Cygan

[@gohanbest8212]

you really need to do Metal Gear Risingg

[@snakeeyesvolley8178]

I heard the cidec thought i got a text

[@niklasj.6138]

I love the overall story, but mgs4 is the favorite part i think.

[@Zentach]

Shuddup I'm not crying YOU"RE CRYING! In all honesty. This was the first game I ever pre-ordered. I was super mad that GameStop didn't do a midnight release so I had to wait until they opened the morning. I got there to beat the rush and I was the ONLY person there. I have never been more ashamed of my town.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

sounds like you're the coolest person in your town haha

[@jessearellano929]

"FallOut disagrees" 😃

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

😏

[@apfelninja]

I didn't know if I wanted to get XBOX 360 or PS3, so I figured I'd get whatever handled Kingdom Hearts 3 better. I ended up going with XBOX 360 because of Dead Space, and there hasn't been a remake of MGS4 yet, so I didn't really know what happened until now, so thanks;)

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Hopefully one day they’ll port it 🤞🏼

[@3TopicsReviewer]

Hey Amanda I'm not sure if you reply to these but I was looking at some of my older videos and came across this old Metal Gear Solid video I made when I would working on a certain series years ago. If you ever have time could you give me your thoughts on it. As a fellow MGS SUPERFAN it would be great to get some feed back from someone who loves this franchise as much as I do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2fKdoyFoK2mpJY&lc=Ugz53RTGhxbEx1gG2M94AaABAg

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

3TopicsGamer I can’t watch right now because I want to sit down and watch the full thing but I will comment back when I’m done!! You have a great voiceover voice!!

[@3TopicsReviewer]

@@ItsAmandaLemon thank you and stay awesome.

[@Vladd0r]

At some point I turned into an exclusive PC Gamer so I never got to play this MGS. I watched a full playthrough of MGS4 to at least catch up on the story, my main disapointment was how uninspired an boring the B&B Squad was compared to the charismatic villians we had to fight in 1 and 3. Otherwise epic game.

[@zackwilloughby9185]

Raiden can stop a boat but he can't grab snake and move him out of the way???

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

lol

[@frankevans7039]

The truth about every metal gear solid facts .. snake and radien In ever metal gear where puppets of the patriots every game. Big boss told snake at the end .you don't need to be a puppet no more also. But it's common sense especially with Raidens big shell scene. . You can tell the entire radien game. That he was on the wrong team

[@bo4aanggg632]

SNAAAAAAAAAAKE! 🐍

[@web3simplified793]

mga4 gets a lot of hate i feel. but was always a banger to me tho. ii acc love the long custscenes. POST EDIT just atsarted a new file haven't played in years. goood times

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Still adore this game!

[@morningstar577]

So how did Liquid possess an arm?

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Ocelot had underwent hypnotherapy/altering nanomachines so he would actually believe he was being possessed by Liquid to throw off the patriots.

[@ScaricoOleoso]

Drebin sells naked guns. 🤓

[@naturalmystic5098]

Why isnt 5 canon?

[@Sevo-]

wait your school gave you mgs4??

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Hahah I wish. It was a friend who gifted it to me as a graduation present 🥰

[@RageQuit94]

A girl

[@Zech84]

2:59 its not a tank, its an APC

[@ikagura]

MGS4 may be a really flawed game (compared to the rest of the main games) but it was great conclusion to the "Solid era" (MGS 3 and 5 being the "Big Boss era"). It's hard to appreciate the game if the player hasn't done MGS123 beforehand because of the many references to the previous games. And I can appreciate MGR:R a bit more because it's an alternative sequel to MGS4

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

Honestly I don’t see it as really flawed comparatively. Gameplay was a blast, fan service throughout, nostalgia, sign me up haha

[@FluffyBunny9002]

MGS4 was my first game I ever played in the series (well, besides the original Metal Gear for Nintendo way back. I love this game, and it'll always be in my top 20 all time favorite games. After falling in love with MGS4 I went back to play 1, 2 and 3 and it felt like I was playing a prequel. You know how a prequel to a movie comes out and you're like, oh I know where this is going? That's what it was like for me. It was really cool!

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

@@FluffyBunny9002 that would be awesome! But you must have been SO confused during mgs4 hahah

[@Hectrrod]

My only problem with MGS4 is how we are told that Snake has 6 months of life. that was very cruel from Kojima. Snake is a beloved character. That adds to his heroism but DAMMM! I guess we never knew how things end up for him in those 6 months.

[@IronMan_thno]

I thought you were gonna say except this time she's black. Not that she was afraid of the wolves haha. As well as I know these games, your synopsis of them is amazing!!!

[@Seatwurtle]

Welp… war in Ukraine is highlighting how easy this dystopian storyline can come to reality. ex: Russia’s heavy reliance on mercenary company, Wagner.

[@TheGoldenPS1]

My least favourite in the Solid Snake's saga. Kojima's Hollywood direction started to show here with Beauty and the Beast unit. Instead of using Shinkawa's art Kojima wanted to increase the costs by 3D scanning celebrity models faces in Los Angeles. If I play a game I want to escape from reality and not to be remind of reality. That is not authentic. MGS4 paved the way for MGSV and Death Stranding. All characters are now 3D scanned by celebrities. The costs goes right up. If MGS trilogy was like an art film then MGS4 was a MISTAKE. I don't blame Takashi Mizutani, So Toyota, Tomokazu Fukushima, Yutaka Negishi, Ryosaku Ueno, Juntaro Saito, Yoshiteru Kobayashi, Scott Dolph, Takahiro Omori, Tetsuya Wakao, Masahiro Yoshinaga for parting ways with Kojima.

[@ItsAmandaLemon]

H.Brandt to each their own. But actors being in games never took me out of them. I still escaped into the world of Detroit with a huge actor as main character, still loved Death Stranding with Norman Reedus and adored Heavy Rain. People have always praised better graphics in video games when better graphics = more reality. Everyone has their own preferences.

[@eygs493]

subbed

[@nutpunchgaming6673]

Mgs4 is also 50 years after snake eater.