Top 13 Metal Gears | Characters In-Depth

[@charactersin-depth3472]

The Shagohod is not in this countdown for one reason: no legs. Every Metal Gear has legs. While it filled the role of pre-final boss mech battle, the Shagohod was a precursor for the lineup of Metal Gears to come.

[@JoeyMulvaney]

Shagohod wasn't the precursor to metal gear. Remember, it was developed in parallel to metal gear as a competitor to the original metal gear idea. It was stated in metal gear solid 3 that they went with shagohod in the Soviet Union instead of metal gear. Granin's conversation with naked snake made that distinction very clear.

[@julesofearth1153]

What about the ICBMG?

[@HonestObserver]

Makes sense

[@whateverwhatever4026]

I feel like Shangohad walking up on it's turbine tracks should count to close enough to legs. But whatever. It's your list....I guess the games don't really count them as legs either, according to Granin.

[@JoeyMulvaney]

@@whateverwhatever4026 due to how the shagohod was shaped, I'd say they were more like arms than legs. Like the whole thing was army crawling

[@Wolficefang]

Wait I just realized Liquid has the aquatic metal gear while Solid has the land-based metal gear

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

Oh. My. Fucking. GOD. Konami really knew what the fuck they were doing.

[@humanperson9443]

Oh

[@charlieribbit8253]

HOLYYY SHITTT

[@WEC_Connoiseur]

Oh GOD

[@lorddumb21]

Everyone gansta till Gas appears with airborne metal gear

[@Emberson-9000]

In defense of Sahalanthropus, Huey had 10 years to develop it, and Strangelove helped him for some of those before he became a douche to surpass Adam Malcovich. Dr. Madnar was forced to make TX-55 under Venom Snake or Big Boss' orders. He didn't have the experience or time that Huey had to build bipedal tanks, so his two Metal Gears are understandable downgrades.

[@blackhawk66]

I agree with you

[@mozes88]

Sahelanthropus, looks a lot like Rex doesnt it? Liquid high jacks it. Then turns it in to Rex. I cant remember the details. But the heads are the same and such.

[@SolidSnake240]

​​@@mozes88 he didn't "turn it into rex" it's just a different mode when it uses the railgun. Liquid didn't work on Rex whatsoever.

[@miimiibeschde4818]

​@@mozes88shal got destroyed after liquid got it (in cut content and in survive)

[@Nigga-zw2es]

the tx-55 is not a downgrade whatsoever, venom even confirms it by calling it the ultimate weapon

[@lukethenuke9451]

Glad you showed my boy Excelsus from rising some love, he’s my favorite metal gear and I wish he got more love

[@RandomCriticalRocket]

FEAR THE WRATH OF THE U.S.A!!!

[@xaviertova398]

THE UNENLIGHTENED MASSES, THEY CANNOT MAKE THE JUDGEMENT CALL!🗣️🗣️💯💯🔥🔥

[@ZaachIV]

Give up free will forever, their voices won't be heard at all

[@killroy814]

I'd say that Ray is the ultimate. Sure Rex is iconic and such, but Ray is just about the Metal Gear everyone fears sans nuclear capability. A mass produced MG, and that fear can be felt in extreme in MGS2 when you gotta down 20 of them.

[@V1ncenz010]

Yeah, it’s my favourite mg

[@V1ncenz010]

Also, nothing in the metal gear series can beat all of the mg rays together, I’m talking about the prototype, the mgr one, the mass produced ones and etc

[@miimiibeschde4818]

Exelcus is more Like the ultimate Metal gear

[@sobakaeb_40]

Я бы сказал что Ray наименее прочный, его пачками ломал райден, солидус, в мгр его ломали, в мгс 4 старый Снейк смог победить метал гир рей при помощи старого метал гир Рекс, как не посмотри, его ломали чаще остальных

[@miimiibeschde4818]

@@V1ncenz010 I'm Sure that exelcus or armstrong could by absorbing the nanomachines

[@twistedpear18]

To me Arsenal Gear (who isn’t even on the list cause no legs) is the best. I just love the concept behind it, that being an allegory for the change from nuclear deterrence to cyber warfare. Arsenal’s insides are also surprisingly creepy, the music, visuals, and glitchy codec really make it the only Metal Gear I’d consider “scary” aside from maybe Sahelanthropus. Also Liquid put a Mt. Rushmore (Snakemore?) on it, which is equal parts amazing and stupid.

[@solidussnake2567]

Wait, that giant ship from mgs4 is Arsenal? Thought it was an entire different ship called Outer Haven?

[@twistedpear18]

@@solidussnake2567I mean, it probably is, but it’s not entirely clear. Outer Haven is implied, but not outright stated to be a rebuilt Arsenal Gear. I say this because GW, the AI core of Arsenal is also present in Outer Haven. I’m guessing after Arsenal crashed The Patriots had it rebuilt, and it was then promptly stolen by Liquid Ocelot who put the new name and funny snake faces on it.

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

In MGS4, it just goes to show you can't beat the old hats. Liquid and RAY were meant to be the superiors to Solid and REX respectively, but they still pulled through and kicked both their asses.

[@ComanderRilldo]

except wasn't it revealed that Liquid actually had the recessive genes not Solid? but was told the opposite so much that he believed it as some kind of experiment?

[@miimiibeschde4818]

​@@ComanderRilldoat the end of mgs1 ocelot says that liquid believed that solid was the Superior Version. And both got some recessive genes

[@TheImperialSoviet]

I always find EXCELSUS roaring funny and scary. As if a giant robot designed to beat the fuck out of actual Metal Gears wasn't enough to make the enemy shit themselves, someone straight up programmed the damn thing to roar too. Imagine seeing one of these things lumbering your way, then hearing it *roar* - No thanks, I'll die.

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

RAY and REX can roar, so it seems like we can blame otacon for adding those features in

[@Lazarus_1.0]

Armstrong pressing the emote button on his control pannel:

[@TheImperialSoviet]

@@Lazarus_1.0 Sounds right.

[@xXYannuschXx]

Regarding Sahelanthropus : I think the game mentioned, that Sahelanthropus was a dead end and wouldnt work. Huey even said that they couldnt find space for the AI system that would allow it to be bipedal. Without Mantis, it wouldnt have worked in any way.

[@jennifermenzel4500]

I like how when you talk about the bosses of mgr you are giddy and excited

[@RamenReignss]

Peace Walker was an underrated Metal Gear in my opinion. Yes, others were more powerful. But none of them came as close as PW did to actually launching the nuke.

[@Mobius_118]

Not to mention that it almost caused what it was built to deter.

[@jart1984]

yea the only reason it was stopped was because of an (AI) ghost said "nah I like peace" and drowned the PW unit into the sea

[@V1CB0SS]

Dont forget the... POISON BEAM!

[@Kadeo64]

TX-55 deserves better. It can fire TWO nukes, and it can only be destroyed by firing explosives in a certain pattern, which, if it was moving and running around, would be extremely hard to do.

[@ikagura]

13:30 "and we all know how the early 6th generation loves water!" is there a reason why? Because of showcasing realistic water effect with the new technological advances?

[@TheMightyKite]

Ray has become far more dangerous in the recent part of the mha timeline within revengeance, since its hydro cutter was replaced with a freaking plasma canon, several more missiles, best of all, a sword arm for hard hitting swings capable of sweeping over smaller Gears and Troops

[@metalface3527]

I have a theory on why Sahelanthropus looks like rex, TPP takes place in 1984, so Sahelanthropus as built before rex. Hal might've uncovered some files from his father on Sahelanthropus, but only when its in its rex mode, and altered the design so,rex looks different than Sahelanthropus hence why they look almost the same.

[@themagalanium9491]

that and the reason rex probably doesn't stand up right is due to the fact that Sahelanthropus had 10 years of development while rex had less than that. it's also most likely easier to make a bipedal machine stand like rex as opposed to how Sahelanthropus stands

[@WEC_Connoiseur]

Don't forget about ZEKE being undisturbed, sunken in the Caribbean, that would've also been highly important in making REX, look REX's legs, it's almost the same as Peace Walker's, same goes with the power unit, rail gun and radome

[@knuxuki1013]

13:30 Holy crap, you're right

[@charactersin-depth3472]

As soon as game designers are able to showcase water, they go all-out. I would've.

[@knuxuki1013]

@@charactersin-depth3472 Yeah, this was the reason for the creation of Chaos in Sonic Adventure right? Ya know, I always thought Sega/Sonic Team would give Chaos special treatment since he was a big part of SA1. Also, yh it's no surprise many would game devs would be trying to do it.

[@charactersin-depth3472]

@@crashingbasher7376 Yup yup yup.

[@JoeyMulvaney]

Remember: shagohod isn't a precursor to metal gear at all. It was developed at the same time in parallel as it's main competition, and the shagohod simply won out in Soviet Russia. So for those saying it's the precursor.. it isn't. It's the alternative

[@r3gret2079]

"Metal Gear is one of my favorite f-" LIKED. Lol I loved ZEKE, he was such the goodest boi... I miss him...

[@ItsDeebs]

Piloting REX was an awesome moment in MGS4.

[@Basureitor]

I have to pick Peace Walker, this is the first “Metal Gear” that we see using the power of its lets to run so it can delivery the “can lunch a nuke from anywhere” and also you fight it to prevent the lunch, not like the other metal gear… I would have like to fight Ray in MGS2 while it swims in and out to change positions

[@garka580]

You know you can use supply markers in Peace Walker to replenish your ammo. Right?

[@anwenlokier2292]

In my school vr game, there's 1 new Metal Gear called Metal Gear Omega (The last Metal Gear of its kind that is based off Sarcalampapist and its combat data along with the Ultra Beast Goalius, it is ridiculously powerful) it boss fight is nuts (Phase 1 it fires off missiles, Vulcan guns and its twin railguns, its melee weapons are transferred from Sarcalampapist, RAY heat blade, Excelces twin swords and its fists) after destroying its twin railguns phase 2 began (Phase 2 has the same attacks but the Excelces twin swords and Twin Railguns are replaced with psychic energy blasts)

[@Evilyn_namedKilroy]

Sarcalampapist

[@DownNBaddd]

I literally expectung Rules of nature to play when ray was on screen and so confused why Rules of nature wasnt playing

[@homiecreeper197]

It is playing in the background if you listen carefully enough

[@ninjammer726]

fucking finally a list of the mechs from metal gear solid and thanks for the upload dude you made my day

[@enchantedboss1468]

In defense of sal, Huey said threat it was a paper tiger and probably didn’t even work, the Armour was weak and only worked cause of physco mantis basically it was a giant puppet

[@V1CB0SS]

And it needed metallic archaea for it to be cappable of nuclear threat

[@ablosch2452]

One thing I really like about Metal Gear Excelsus is that its theme song really speaks to me. I mean look at how our nation has been lately, due to all the "Unenlightened Masses who cannot make the judgement call."

[@irenakaleva1171]

"Live in ingnorence and purchase your happiness When blood and sweat is the real cost thinking ceases the truth ia lost!"

[@Yoriich11]

@@irenakaleva1171 Dont you worry you'll be told exactly what to do! I give my people the lives they need The Righteous Will *Succeed*

[@TheMightyKite]

Oddly enough the whole song goes 1 to 1 with all I want for Christmas is you

[@JoeyMulvaney]

I LOVE metal gear solid 2. It was the entire reason I mowed yards all summer in order to buy a PS2 when I was 12. So of course I have a soft spot for metal gear ray. I love mgs2, which doesn't get a lot of love. The entire series is my favorite game series.. but sons of liberty/substance often gets crapped on. I get it... People were upset that solid snake wasn't the protagonist. but I understand why. raiden was a "rookie",;and snake looked even more impressive. I loved it

[@temm78]

Ray is my personal favourite and icon 🤷‍♂️ I love Rex too… It set the tone for my mech obsession as a kid in the 90’s But Ray tactically has more options and the aesthetic is really pleasing for me!

[@butnobodycame7022]

9:00 Plot Armor, no matter what franchise we speak of, there is at least one moment in which the protagonist has plot armor, simple

[@ShirakiAkarin]

My favorite has to be Zeke, just because he is MY metal gear, i even get to get him extra parts or diferent kinds of heads. They did him dirty in MGSV, we already had Rex controls since MGS4, why we couldn't had Zeke survive and be used against Sahelantropus? Afganistan and Africa also have a big map, we could have used him in free roam. "But the balance!" dude, the balance in MGSV is already broken if you have all your equipment and companions maxed out, having Zeke or the Battle Gear as playable units after beating the game with S rank in all missions and some other requirements would have made it that you could only use him for fun after everything has been done.

[@eavyroman7449]

This deserves a lot more views

[@omegavalwin]

>why does he look like Metalgear rex? because its made from it

[@RizaLazar]

Where's the metal gear from the jungle in mgs se three

[@charactersin-depth3472]

The Shagohod doesn't count in my book. It can fire a nuke, but it doesn't have legs.

[@vergilthedeadbeat5474]

@@charactersin-depth3472 but Shagohod is so cool!

[@dwaynejpeterkin]

it's just a tank

[@fakename503]

"Why didn't Psycho Mangos crush Solid Snake like a Bug...?" Second controller port my guy. Fight him without second port. You can kill him but you can tell you're doing something wrong.

[@wetnoodle9689]

Metal gear and Sonic are my two favourite gaming series. Your taste is pretty good.

[@R3TR0--93]

16:54 you got that backwards, Solid Snake has the dominant genes and Liquid has the recessive genes

[@charactersin-depth3472]

@@R3TR0--93 In the post credits stinger, Ocelot mentions the reversal.

[@bobbyhempel1513]

It's interesting that metal gear Ray was designed to be a metal gear Rex killer but it never could defeat metal gear Rex.

[@chillbillthetroll]

I like to see battle gear, d-walker and shagohod as metal gears (d-walker not that much actually)

[@nashtheneet]

Zeke was never actually destroyed when you fought it, it was just damaged enough to eject Paz. MSF repaired it after and during the UN Inspection of the base it was put underwater where it is believed to be destroyed when the base collapsed into the ocean.

[@charactersin-depth3472]

A part of me wonders what could've been if Diamond Dogs salvaged Zeke and used it against Sahelanthropus in the cut boss fight against Eli.

[@angelicoe9540]

good list, But I'm kinda sad that you didn't mention the best fact about Excelsus: It isn't a real metal gear, and was given the title to make it sell better.

[@irenakaleva1171]

Lol

[@uboa8060]

It's pretty much like Ray in that regard, at least the mass produced ones. Most other metal gears have weapons merely for self defense, but mass produced rays and Excelsus were designed for asymmetrical warfare rather than nuclear.

[@miimiibeschde4818]

Ray wouldn't be a metal gear either

[@linusenglishtips7523]

Where’s the Shagohod or Arsenal

[@Kspice9000]

And Here I thought the real metal were the gears we made along the way.

[@juandom6432]

MG Ray was the optimal design. Damn that thing was good. Loved to see the black version in MGS revengeance.

[@lukayaroslav9914]

Even though Liquid snake is the superior clone, he still has the recessive genes. I mean, solid looks more similar to Big Boss right?

[@justberp734]

Is the pupa not a metal gear?

[@charactersin-depth3472]

Nah, more like a mini Shagohod without the nuke-launching capability.

[@LURKLORD92]

you should still cover the gekkos, as they are mass produced mini gears

[@charactersin-depth3472]

The thing is that they weren't treated as boss battles (except in Act 4), but bulkier enemies. It'd be like in MGS2 if you already fought the RAYS before the climax.

[@ivancaraig1715]

5:10 Press F for Elisa (not for Ursula)

[@fedelamort5107]

I literally destroyed Peace Walker with grenades and C4s The stressful boss battle I had in any MG game. Just go full bazookas for this one and Zeke.

[@TehSnake586]

Sooo...the Shagohod is not a metal gear ?

[@miimiibeschde4818]

Not really

[@xXscreamingkoalaXx]

Great video :)

[@haydenyamarashi5522]

In my opinion tx55 is stronger than D, i mean to destroy tx55 you need c4 or plastic explosives, metal gear D can be destroyed with regular grenades

[@mr._l1ghtn1ng_b0lt]

*Gander laughing in the corner*

[@Yoriich11]

My MG Ranks Are: 1:RAY 2:EXCELSUS 3:REX 4:ZEKE 5:Sahalanthropus 6:Peace Walker 7: RAXA (or RAJA) 8: D 9:TX 55 10:KODO

[@Idealgame806]

Didn't Hal Emeric say that geckos aren't metal gear

[@battlecruiserna]

ray? more like punching bag

[@llo9491]

I might have missed something but no Shagohod?

[@charactersin-depth3472]

If it doesn't have legs, it's not a Metal Gear.

[@wuluchoa679]

Ray the metal gears killer. Rex the king of the metal gears!

[@XxMdNsRxX]

REX is KING!!!

[@marianokaz1503]

You didn't mention how horrible the battle against Metal Gear GANDER was? Everytime I died in its 2nd phase I had to start from the big hallway to the 1st phase and I had no other option than to rely on save states. That has to be one of the worst boss fights I've ever experienced in a videogame.

[@donkeykongisytpooping3002]

Just because you died a lot does not mean it’s a bad boss fight. You just need to practice. Don’t blame a boss just because it’s hard.

[@miimiibeschde4818]

Skill issue

[@deserteagle6428]

What about Arsenal Gear?

[@ls_rus4666]

It's an arse

[@Tf2pyromaniacnotreal]

Can somebody answer my question? What are metal gear are they alive or something or just robots? And I'm dying to know that answer i am being serious about this

[@christiannoriega9509]

Metal Gear Rex, An Ray are Top Tiers Machines but Metal Gear Mech aka Shagohod, it's Design looks more Dangerous An Menacing, its also Top Tier Machine.

[@valhallaLord]

what about shagahog?

[@charactersin-depth3472]

No legs, not a metal gear. Going with the Granin rule.

[@alster724]

Of course my favorite Metal Gear is MG REX

[@allangutierrez3309]

It couldnt be another way... Rex it's the king

[@richardpsatchell5291]

I just wish they had done Code Veronica instead. Im positive im not the only one, but we're likely still the minority lol. Looks great tho, vant wait to play

[@pignose21]

Does arsenal gear not count?

[@charactersin-depth3472]

Sorry, different beast.

[@mikepanda117]

To the mad lads that actually got all ai chips for zeke...touche

[@zar1536]

Rex is my favorite

[@legacymeteor152-xyron6]

Bro kudoque looks like shell from war robots

[@adammcdowell4128]

Where’s the Shagohad?!

[@miimiibeschde4818]

No metal gear

[@ivancaraig1715]

Yeah, its not really a "Metal Gear" but Peace Walker is my favorite. RIP. The Boss.

[@alexdumay6917]

what happened to shagohod?

[@charactersin-depth3472]

No legs, not a Metal Gear.

[@ittz_cencity1614]

No shagohoad is crazy

[@rayner417]

I hear what your saying. But should't sal be 3. Its in two games. Yes i know its Survive. Its in 4 different fights. Two in mgsV and the one that was cut out. But we still know it happened. Plus lord slug. I know lol

[@taxman3749]

I like this list, and I am one of 7 people in the world who liked Metal Gear Ac!d.

[@Thorax7x686]

Hail the REX king 👑

[@calibvr]

gee i wonder what number 1 is

[@ivancaraig1715]

Ghost in a machine

[@Gigabyte019]

True chads know that shagohod is the best

[@rayner417]

Sal was made to look like rex in store mode to tease fans in the trailer. In truth with the metallic archare. It could have destroyed every other metal gear on this list.

[@demoliman]

That’s true the metallic archea was OP as hell 😂 if it wasn’t for Snakes plot armor all his weapons and gear would rust and he’d be a sitting duck

[@Metalgearfox2000]

Sal can't Even move without a child mantis. It's worthless as a weapon.

[@rayner417]

@@Metalgearfox2000 thats because the AI for sal was deliberately removed. By skulll face. HAL was only in it to test it

[@Nigga-zw2es]

completely wrong lol, kojima himself stated that the game follows a linear power level in which the technology and characters get stronger with each game in chronological order.

[@koleszgdanska7149]

ExcelsUs

[@Project_2501]

I hated what they did in MGSV and this cringy caricaturist Sahelantropus design that totally contradicts the MGS time line in so many ways. It was never scary at a single point because I was busy cringing over the "comic'ish" way it walked and the noises it made and the illogical resemblance to MG Rex. MGS1 introduced us to the rail gun and the "radom" system as something "state of the art" (and the game was set to play in 2005) and also it was said that D and Rex were the first FUNCTIONAL bipedal tanks (because the first actual Metal Gear got destroyed by Snake before they got to the test phase and Otacon also stated in MGS1 that the whole Rex development is mere theory, tested in a super computer simulation and that they wouldn't know if the data would translate well to a real battle or launching a Nuke in "real life"). It was an "original design" by Otacon and his father was only mentioned to be involved in the Manhattan Project, but there was no mention at all of ANY connection to the whole Big Boss or Metal Gear thing because of course, MGSV was not written yet, but the writer's didn't care to not contradict the lore and time line. Also it is contradicting that Huey Emmrich would "come up" with an "original" design (of actually his son) that was actually developed by Granin (contradiction already in MGS3), which we had seen blue prints and models of Rex, Ray and even a Zone Of Enders' Orbital Frame in Granin's office in MGS3 which predates MGSV's time frame. Not to mention all the other cringe BS from MGSV, it is by far my least favorite of the main games and I actually do recect it entirely as an actual part of the MGS series because of its ridiculous contradictions - kinda like everything that came after T2.

[@jackzheng20]

Already started off bad. Snakes revenge really?

[@JP-Great-Masamune89]

Rex is not king Sahelanthropus is true king.

[@rayfoxcocus69urmutha30]

Rex was the best

[@LordSpleach]

Basically, Dr. Magnar is a not a good Metal Gear designer.

[@jart1984]

tbf he was basically forced to design it as quickly as possible with a gun pointed to his head

[@LordSpleach]

@@jart1984 Only the first time, the second time was voluntary.

[@Nigga-zw2es]

nope the tx-55 is literally stated by venom to be the ultimate weapon (ultimate by definition is to be the peak achievable of it's kind)

[@tunakann7629]

Admit it, you didn't rank the gekkos because they're too good and could blitz any other gear

[@charactersin-depth3472]

I do love the Gekkos (they always get me tensed up). But they're not here since they were never written as the big bad machine you tackle near the ending like other Metal Gears, they more like suped-up grunts.

[@miimiibeschde4818]

Well, exelcus can Spawn infinite gekkos

[@alessandrobaggi6129]

WTF... The first one isn't even canon... 🤦🤦🤦

[@RzeTon]

Metal Gear Snake Revenge is not canon so it shouldnt Count in the list

[@spiderzsonic6581]

He includes not canon gears

[@robertkennedy4114]

Excelsius is strongest

[@Mankind123]

Metal gear gicco

[@OfficialDomPhighting]

EXCELSUS isnt even a metal gear lol.

[@mozes88]

Sahelanthropus = Rex. Liquid takes it, and salvages it to make Rex, i believe.

[@liamainza4936]

idk if that's true, but would be cool. both have weiners that shoot so rex and sahelanthropus are my favorites

[@Metalgearfox2000]

Liquid didnt have anything to do with the original rex.

[@miimiibeschde4818]

Shal got destroyed at the end of mgs5 (Cut content) And armstech wanted hal to make REX

[@catlinkerswell3696]

Youre that ninja

[@slackerman4161]

Rex is 🐐