What Makes METAL GEAR SOLID 3 So SPECIAL?

[@duffman18]

I'm sure loads of people have pointed this out before, but the thing I love about the long climbing ladder scene is how the walls are patterned with alternating dark bits and light bits, like the stripes on a snake. So that whole scene is like you're climbing through the body of a giant snake. And then of course the snake eater theme plays except acappella, and it's gorgeous.

[@boxtopy7286]

5:24 “real guy shit” Is an accurate representation of the physics in this game

[@Glitch-Artist]

bro this needs way more views. This is a really well put together video!

[@max-power1023]

And funny

[@vega572]

My first playthrough was on the 2DS💀💀

[@faeronix]

If ya had the C-stick thing, it's honestly better if you ignore the framerate issues.

[@medvidekmisha]

Mine too! But I still had a blast

[@elnacho657]

Hey, atleast you had 3rd person aiming and crouch walking

[@mahdi4846]

Me too it was my first time playing metal gear too

[@jas3456]

i liked the peace walker style aiming

[@frost8077]

I played this game like ten times I don't even remember there being a mousetrap, feeding old food to sentries, or a goat. It's wild how much content was put into MGS2 and MGS3.

[@duffman18]

Yeah there's so much hidden stuff in the game that probably _MOST_ players never even found out about. Kojima is pretty much alone in terms of the risks he's willing to take in game development. He's alright making game mechanics and story secrets that most players will never even see, just to make it especially great when a minority of the players DO discover it. Every other game just tries to make it very very obvious what every single game mechanic in the game is, giving you tons of on screen button prompts and so on. I suppose there is one other series that does this. The soulsborne games. But yeah. It's rare.

[@vonbautista7221]

eh?

[@JuLiAn31692]

@9:37, I usually just tranq and release The End's bird, and follow it with the directional mic. The bird is usually the one giving away your location during that battle.

[@squatmaster1405]

one of my fav details is if you spin snake in the injury menu for a long time, he will throw up when you start playing again.

[@nullablemakra6079]

You can do the same with EVA.

[@duffman18]

Yeah and it's not just a funny little Easter egg, it's an actual gameplay mechanic. As throwing up is one of the ways you can get out of it the prison cell you're locked in after Volgin captures you. You throw up and Johnny the guard will open the door to the cell and you can attack him

[@Scoreos77]

​@@duffman18it also cures any poison you have. Para medic will instruct you to do this if you call her enough times

[@abuck7909]

@@Scoreos77 throwing up fixed food poisoning only. Pretty sure you still have to use an antidote or serum (whatever it was called) for poison from snakes or spiders

[@nickyjayyyofficial]

I can't tell you how impressed I am with and how much I love the song choice and editing at the end. Masterful

[@MitchShow]

I do it for people like you :)

[@toxicriot75]

Snake every time he uses the heavy machine gun “AAGGHH!!! AAGGHH!! AAGGHH!!”

[@DionMcVey]

I can’t believe this channel has less then 1K subscribers The edit as smooth as butter If you ever want soundtracks or anything I won’t charge

[@mikerak6283]

Another really cool detail is you can actually shoot the little walkie-talkie radio attached to a sentry's upper torso region; rendering him unable to use it.

[@bradl.602]

Damn, that last "You Know My Name" segment is one to remember just like Steak's "Light Up the Night" segment

[@caelanlebleu5788]

Dear god that action montage accompanied by "You Know My Name" gave me f*cking chills - subscribed

[@DREMONEYSNIPERYT]

I will say MGS3 is the best in the series, however it is not my favorite. I love the more present setting games like 1,2 and 4

[@gilbertopadilla3611]

You're entitled to your opinion, but 4 was hella gay.

[@alexknight81]

​@@gilbertopadilla3611As opposed to the regular gay of the other entries I assume?

[@ifeelsomni]

@@gilbertopadilla36114 is indeed my favorite game of all time.

[@punishedvenomsnake7307]

​@@gilbertopadilla36114 is my favourite game of all time still,love that goddamn game. Such a shame its still stuck in the ps3,i wish was able to replay it.

[@neringalukoseviciute1787]

@@gilbertopadilla3611 don't say that on twitter for obvious reasons, but any ways i did like mgs4 except for sound issues on rpcs3

[@alexanders2071]

Great editing, humor, and timimg in this video! Great job! One of my favorite games.

[@Jaxitron04]

Alright im not gonna lie that video was heat, im gonna binge every video you've made now and you cant do anything about it

[@zzodysseuszz]

Diabolical!

[@tomasbar1101]

This is a muuuuch higher quality than I expected from 1,4K channel... great work!

[@jessesantillan790]

That Chris Cornell ending was the best. Sick video my dude!

[@mydloSA]

That shit was AWESOME

[@3000lordy]

That ending montage didn´t had to go that hard. you earned a subscriber.

[@MrBolognaTony]

This video is fantastic! I love how you put it together with the narration!

[@lucidstudious750]

It feels like MGS 3 combined all the best aspects of other games into 1: great gameplay, insane details, great story, 4th wall breaks etc. MGS 3 is metal gear at its purest form

[@duffman18]

It's kinda lacking in terms of the story. The main throughline of the story, i.e. Snake and The Boss, is wonderful, and beautiful, and heartbreaking. But the rest of the story is just very mid. Like, the Cobras are complete non-characters. You only hear them speak for the first time right before the battle, where they'll only speak for 30 seconds at most. And then once you beat them they explode, so you never get to hear what they say again. Compare that to Foxhound or Dead Cell. Those characters are WAAAAAAY better than the Cobras are. Because they actually _ARE_ characters to begin with. You see them in multiple cut scenes throughout the game instead of just one, you hear them speak tons of times so you know what their characters are and their motivations for their actions and their background and their desires and regrets and everything like that. We get beautiful cut scenes like Sniper Wolf or Psycho Mantis right before they die. Or in MGS 2 we get very fascinating, interesting cut scenes like for instance the one after you beat Fatman in the boss fight. But in MGS 3, we know nothing about the cobras, and we never learn anything about them, except for perhaps one teeny tiny bit of information that only serves to make it even less clear what's going on with them. Like OK, the Fury went to space, saw earth, and spontaneously decided to burn it all with fire? But why? What are his motivations? Where do they come from? Why has he gone crazy? How is he resistant to fire (OK we do later on find out why he and the other cobras have their powers, in MGS V, when we learn they had their powers due to parasites, but still, that game came out 10 years after MGS 3 did)? Even Volgin is a complete non-character. He's evil and uses electricity powers. That's it. That's his entire character. Oh well he is bisexual too but that doesn't really mean anything or have any impact whatsoever on his character. Ocelot is more of a character at least. But that's because he already was a character from the previous games, and storyline wise we knew he wouldn't ever die during the game, so he wouldn't just explode before he can reveal anything about himself. Seriously the Cobras are so disappointing. They could have been even more interesting than Foxhound or Dead Cell. But Kojima and Konami completely dropped the ball when it comes to them. I know they had to cut out a _TON_ of story content to make MGS 3 fit onto one DVD (maybe they should have just made it two discs, like MGS 1). And so perhaps there were much more detailed and numerous cut scenes involving the cobras and so we could have learned about them. But we can't judge a game based on rumours of what it _COULD_ _HAVE_ been. We can only judge the game based on what it _IS_ and what the final product was. And yeah, while the main storyline with the Boss is fantastic and probably Kojima's best ever storyline, it only makes up like 10% of the game, really, and the other 90% of the game's story is just really disappointingly bad.

[@lucidstudious750]

@duffman18 someone didn't enjoy the game lmaooo But seriously the game is about the boss, big boss and ocelot. In that department they nailed it. Now yeah the cobras are shallow the only development they get is through codec calls, which although true for nearly every metal gear game, it's less in MGS3. The only cobra to truly get a real reason is the end. But again they are not the focus. Also for volgin they did at least give him some background and reason for doing things (through codec but still) In MGS having those bosses fleshed out characters benefited the story of breaking free from genes. Also even the characterization there is kind of weak as well but that's true of nearly every MG game. In MGS3 that wasn't necessary Also snake's story is 90% of the game so isk where you got it being the minimal part lol

[@duffman18]

@@lucidstudious750 I mean, I love the game, it's one of my favourite games of all time. It just feels unfinished really. Like, if they'd made it 2 discs, so they didn't have to cut an enormous amount of content to fit it onto 1 disc ,then it'd be so much better. Like, don't remove anything, keep the amazing main throughline story of snake and the Boss, and Ocelot, with naked snake and ocelot almost reflecting the relationship between Solid and Liquid, because they're both sons of the Boss, ocelot being literally the Boss's biological son, and Snake being the adopted son that the Boss taught everything to and raised him into being the soldier he is. All of that stuff is stellar. And like I said, it's the best storyline Kojima has ever written. And it culminates in the final scene where Snake salutes the Boss one final time at her grave which is an absolutely beautiful and haunting scene, and it explains why Big Boss turned his back on the US and started him off on his path to being evil. It's one of the most absolutely perfectly subtle bits of story he's ever written. Like most of his storytelling is the opposite of that, very blunt, tons of long winded exposition. But in that scene with the saluting, and the prior scene where snake hesitates before shaking the president's hand, without using _ANY_ dialogue whatsoever, in only about a minute total of cut scene, Kojima manages to explain everything that happened later in Big Boss's life and how he gradually became evil, became the very thing he hated, and betrayed the Boss by doing so. But when I say it's only like 10% of the game, I'm talking about runtime in terms of cutscenes. Like we just get huge gaps of the game for hours where there's a lot of cut scenes but the Boss isn't in them and isn't referenced or talked about at all in the scenes. That's probably a good thing really, limit her screen time to make her even more mysterious and interesting. But then what do you fill the rest of the game with? At least the whole story with Eva was very good. She literally warns you that she is trained to pretend to fall in love with people if it is necessary for the mission. So she tells you she's gonna double cross you, but naked snake is a young horny dumbass thinking with his dick and so he gets laid and then the fake philosopher's legacy is stolen by her to take to China. He just doesn't really care at that point, he's just like "doesn't matter, had sex". Eva wasn't a boss character you fight, but I did love her character. She's one of the best parts of the game. But yeah. Imagine if they'd kept all that story, all the good parts of MGS 3, removing none of that stuff, but then also added tons of cut scenes involving the cobras, making them as interesting as Foxhound and Dead Cell were, and then that way it'd probably be considered the best game ever made. It's already up there as one of the best games ever, but yeah. I was just always in love with the story of the MGS games. That's why MGS 2 is my favourite game ever. And because of data limitations with the size of the PS2 DVD, they had to cut like 70% of the stuff they'd written and made for MGS 3, just to fit it onto the disc. This is why Kojima and Konami originally planned for the game to come out on the PS3 instead, because it'd have Blu Raymond discs, which had much much more storage space than DVDs did. But the PS3 took so long to come out that they had to pivot and make it for the PS2 instead. I'm really hoping that the MGS 3 remake, MGS Δ, will add back in all of the content that was originally cut. Because if they already have all the voice acting done for it from 20 years ago, then why not? Keeping everything that's already in the game without removing any of it, but adding a few hours of cut scenes with the cobras, the ones they wrote and recorded the voices of 20 years ago but had to cut out due to space limitations. If they do that, then MGS Δ could end up being the best stealth game ever made.

[@Geo34]

Ocelot carries every cutscene he’s in.

[@MrAndresMira]

Very Nice video mate! congrats!!! I'm just playing again on the switch after almost 10 years since played a lot on PS2... what a nostalgic masterpiece ^^

[@karambiatos]

You don't shoot the gun by releasing the button on the PS2 you press down a bit to aim the gun and then fully down to fire it. Same with the rifles machine guns they rely on it, but without pressure sensitive controls you can only fire them not ready and aim.

[@loco_logic]

I'm pretty sure pistols still shoot when you release the button quickly, like in MGS2. You have let go of the button slowly to not fire. But like you said, the rifles work by holding lightly to aim, and hard press to fire. CQC chokeholds with the knife work similarly, hard press to execute the guards.

[@scottperkins7826]

If I’m correct you can push the button for pistols all the way down and when you release it the gun will fire….if you set yourself for another shot on accident unequip the weapon…the rifles fire no matter what on the first shot

[@machadojoel10]

@@scottperkins7826I think you can press L3 to aim and square to fire, or just press and hold square to aim and release to fire 😅

[@scottperkins7826]

@@machadojoel10 yes sir that is also correct I was referring to the whole button pressure sensitive thing don’t quote me but I think even hitting L3 to aim the rifle still fires no matter what

[@mgs3re4dmc3]

This is great but the most special part is how The End will die of old age if you save during his fight and advance the clock/ don't come back for a week or more. THAT is special.

[@chazzilla8919]

That music video at the end was SO GOOD!!!

[@Donovaneagle2098]

Fun fact, the Fury fight gets harder with a higher frame rate since that affects how much fire he can put out and how much it damages you

[@HYDRARMOR]

ohh thats why in 60 fps it was so hard!

[@aTx_Gi]

I remember my first encounter with The Sorrow, soo many spirits came back to haunt me.. lol

[@blakeandrews03]

Awesome video! I started playing through the series for the first time a couple weeks ago and it's been a blast! MGS3 has definitely been one my favourites so far, I didn't even realise how many little details this game had! So cool. Thank you for highlighting this game :-)

[@maxjonhylb]

The whole video was great. That last montage was SICKKK

[@RussellAdlerCIA]

Great editing keep it up!

[@timothy209]

You forgot to mention that you can make The End die from old age by waiting a week or changing the date on your save 😂

[@brandonstewart4032]

And it's the greatest way to make the end die❗😒😔

[@Guitarantagonist]

Eva's chest is fake, in the last parts of the game, when you have to get her to the wig, in the survival viewer, you can see they're implants

[@PeterOrmiston]

I have to say the combo of bulls on parade and the boss is epic

[@hapticshocker2986]

That outro was everything great video man.

[@brandonsalisbury7182]

MGS3 was one of the very first games that had me emotionally invested from the start then left me in awe by the end! Made me a fan of this series and is still my favorite mgs game! The story, characters, stealth gameplay, music & some of the best boss fights in gaming offers an experience that I still consider as one of the best ever made!

[@mikegreiling]

Always a joy to watch a loving tribute to one of my favorite games of all time. Bravo!

[@takethee.c.wheymang3917]

One of the funniest things I've ever done is place dynamite on the back of an enemy. This game was so fun and I pray Delta is great as well.

[@smith_5345]

The bulls on parade snake vs boss edit went ridiculously hard

[@dbxniker7484]

soundgarden was the perfect use for this game i listen to rusty cage on repeat when im speedrunning it

[@azinoodhomi4419]

The best performing video on this channel. Shows the power of perseverance 👏🏾

[@rileyarthur8134]

this video is very well made, great job, cant wait to see more

[@carryingfire286]

The remake is prone to blow an entirely new generations mind. I’m so excited to see the reactions 😆 There truly is nothing like MGS. It’s quirky, it’s deep, it’s profound, it’s way too far up its own ass, it’s cringe, it’s foreword thinking… it’s 1 of a kind!

[@genesistwilight]

the entire video is a gem laughed so hard. thanks man

[@NeonNyx0]

You can actually just click in the left stick while in first person with a weapon equip to aim down sights instead of holding shoot the entire time. Saved me a lot of frustration while trying to line up shots

[@FrankOfSerendipity]

ONLY on master collection. Original and HD collection on ps3 and 360 does not let you do this

[@MrProfessorGrandpa]

​@@FrankOfSerendipityyes it does. This was added to 360 version because it doesn't have pressure sensitivity so they needed a way to aim without firing/stop aiming. Both the old PC versions of mgs2 had this as well.

[@linkieloos]

Naked Snake: Oh no, I cant move while crouching Crouchwalk mod: Allow me to introduce myself

[@blackhawk65589]

11:18-11:26 reminded me of old MGS3 montage videos

[@pheilimobrien6634]

The amount of views this has is criminal. Amazing stuff

[@LVLHPlego]

Wow i didn't know about 11:46, every video I watch about this game i learn something new. I played it about 4 years ago!

[@jakekelley2519]

Best description I’ve ever heard for The End.

[@gaminggazebo3012]

0:27 the “huuuuh?” at holding and releasing X to shoot got me belly laughing 😂😂

[@benitoswagolini3410]

This deserves way more views

[@dylnc9]

I know I'm months late but this was a fun recap of one of, if not my favorite game. The Music choice just *Perfection*.

[@MitchShow]

It's not too late. I'm still here :)

[@johnnieyoung6209]

Great Video. Literally had to pause and hold my laughter in while I was at work. Playing MGS 5 now but now I want to go back and play this one.

[@LiterallyRyan_Gosling]

This guy deserves more subs, great video

[@babouinsauvage2450]

the fact that you can kill the end by... waiting, a long time but you can

[@adamdurkin256]

The use of Rage and Chris Cornell here are absolutely on point

[@WALLPLUGGOAT]

12:17 I always liked the ladder scene. My only problem is, that the music will be continuously interrupted by you being forced to open the pause menu, so that you can eat.

[@MitchShow]

I orginally discussed this more, but the recording I used was interupted by snakes stomach sound. So I shortened the section :)

[@RedFeng007]

The whole idea comes from James Bond.

[@classic952]

IMPECCABLE outro song choice

[@kiri.2969]

4:42 Missed opportunity to show a codec call with Sigint "Wearing a black face paint, huh?....................... " Yeah......

[@pedrohenriqueferminolanca8326]

loved your video think it would be great to see a part 2 with the things you had to cut out

[@Itsdirtnaptime]

I love the Ape Escape camo you could unlock. It was only on the original PS game. The new releases dont have it and wont. Anyways. It was the "loudest" camo yet always gave you 100% camo.

[@medvidekmisha]

Amazing video. Popped in my feed randomly. Keep it up

[@karimabdelgalil6556]

Played it and gotta tell you went from the sadest scene ive ever seen to ocelot shooting me with a blank bullet on a plane in the span of 10 minutes. Kojima is a wild writer.

[@aamake547]

That outro was top tier. Gotta go workout after that.

[@Ash-Winchester]

I think we can all agree that those outfits worn by ocelot and his unit go super hard.

[@協420]

the wheel flying and hitting snake had me dead

[@spicemerchantgaming]

Here's hoping Delta is pretty good.

[@GuysWithAMicrophone]

Great video on the greatest game ever.

[@JohnGatsbyThe3rd]

Mgs2 and 3's controls arent bad or unintuitive, they're different, you just gotta get used to them.

[@joshf365]

Still the best game of all time after 20 years, and it never gets old to play all those years

[@musachi5999]

Yh that was freaking awesome!! love it mate, great job!

[@cobracommanderwwr5009]

the amount of work put into this video, that right there is why you're the best Boss!

[@prescribeddrone]

Covering MGS in a funny way, entertaining way, great editing and using RATM? Subbed! I beat MGS2 last week (for like a 2nd time) and I'm replaying MGS3 (for like like a 4th time) atm so this is great.

[@NYJ_Hooligan]

Dude I was cracking up that whole video 😂

[@ElTigre12024]

Personally I never really got into the Metal Gear franchise as much as my brother. That said, Snake Eater is a classic in of itself. Hopefully the remake lives up to the game’s legacy.

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

Everyone says that The End is the greatest boss but if you think about it. You go through the game making sure you don’t kill people or killing the least people possible so you don’t have to deal with The Sorrow. YOURE FIGHTING THE SORROW FOR THE ENTIRE GAME!!

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

Damn didn't think of that one i normally just blow myself up with grenades when i get in there

[@mangaas]

I first played this game with the original release on PS2, back when the camera was locked top down view, and you had to switch to first person view every 5 seconds to see what was in front of you. Coming from MGS2, this game was a laughable follow-up. Bosses were cringe, Ocelot was cringe, the villain was cringe as was the overall story and melodramatic cheese with the original "boss". This is when the series really went "full-Kojima". Funny how fans of the series always praise this one the most. Also: I subbed just for that camera edit at 2:11

[@biohazird5]

Bro this vid is undiscovered gold, I’m investing at 478 subs

[@GamerGuyOG]

10:13 "picking up on the smallest sound, and frustrating the hell out of Mitch" *me, whose name is also Mitch* Indeed.

[@cyruscyberdogcyroi8178]

That thumbnail! Somehow you made BiBo look cute hugging his 45(?)

[@kornelthunderbolt9962]

Amazing and entertaining video. Well done. Greetings from a day one mgs fanboy. This game is still my most favourite game since its release back in the early 2000s

[@chiefgonzo]

you NEED more subs dude, great content

[@duffman18]

You really deserve way more subs. You're awesome man.

[@DommoKTA]

Really good video! Dunno why you don't have more subs

[@matttrent946]

completely choked coughed and ROFL'S @11.25 nice work

[@ImSomethingSpecial]

Straight to the point and no bullshit. I love it.

[@vigridwitch]

Great video!! I loved the casino royale part at the end, the editing there is fantastic stuff!

[@Itsdirtnaptime]

The humor is great. I appreciate the hidden little jokes.

[@andylindsey]

3:41 - This made me laugh. Hilarious.

[@krono5el]

metal gear games are the type of game that when they release they already feel five years old : P

[@Peanutbutterman-ny3yb]

Major where are my basketball chicken and watermelon

[@Grenade_God]

Wow this is underrated

[@Niborino9409]

The editing of this is perfection. Laughing my ass off 😂😂😂

[@malik87breaker]

mgs 3 is special to me, because it's my first time experiencing mgs 3 for the first time :P

[@gabrielleonard533]

One of my absolute favorite things is if you change the time and date on your ps2 it would skip the old man's sniping fight. As a kid that was gold because I could never do it

[@Sir.AdamsVIII]

You would think Eva would be made as the boss doppelganger, or simply clone her...

[@ruthellenparlour4564]

I was cry laughing watching this, thank you for cheering me up, so good❤

[@thequestion2859]

You know what maybe hot take but I feel Metal Gear Solid as a series kept getting better and better with each entry including 4, Peace Walker, and V being the very best of them all. I love each one of them dearly, except for the first two which I don't enjoy but do respect

[@SquallSZ]

Maybe you just love graphics

[@thequestion2859]

@@SquallSZ Nah, has nothing to do with the graphics. I'm talking purely the art direction, gameplay, story and themes, and works as a whole. Edit: By the way, when I said the first two, I meant the msx ones