Game start: Naked Snake, a dorky yet badass soldier. Game end: Snake, a broken man.

It's simple, Snake cries i cry.

I just love how snake doesn't need any dialogue you could to tell how hurt he is just be looking at him

15:23 The greatest salute in video game history

And with that, Big Boss set out to create a society where soldiers would never be abused by their governments ever again.

“She was a real hero. She was a true patriot” Gets me every time

Kojima really depicts the broken soldier VERY well. A lot of American soldiers, even in victory, comes back a shell of their former self, which is portrayed magnificently well by Snake.

I gotta say, when I first played through the game, the salute isn't what got me. What really hit me hard was Snake's nihilistic stare as the press was taking photos of him and the smiling President.

It's the part where Eve starts breaking down is what got me.

Still gets to me. After a fucking decade, still gets to me. Just his facial expressions when receiving the commendation. That's the face of a broken man. THE FEELS!! T_T

"she will go down in history as a war Criminal" So does Big Boss when his treasured Trainee Solid Snake puts him down"

Single handedly THE most powerful ending to any game. I remember when I first watched this, and learnt the truth about Boss's defection...I literally teared up and blubbered lol. NEVER saw it coming. What a game, what an ending. Still gets me every time :)

I'm not crying when Mufasa died on Lion King,i'm not crying when Littlefoot's mother died on Land Before Time.But when Snake took a salute in front of The Boss grave,i just lost it. #Salute

The greatest female character in the history of games imo

The is the saddest story of betrayal, second only to The Room. Tommy Wiseau's ghost and Snake should have a game were they hunt down Eva and Lisa.

"Les enfant terribles are born" (goes pitch black end credits)...chills

Well, the Snake got Solid in that first scene

None of the MGS games had an ending as amazing and as sad as this. A true masterpiece. I think to a lot of us it was more than a ride, more of an incredible journey and feels ride...Oh yeah, fuck you Konami.

I remember crying in this ending. I was so shocked with that twist in the end. I was played by the boss as well coz i hated her for defecting and abandoning snake. Then just to be told that she didnt, that it was the greatest sacrifice. And no one will know her story, just snake. Damn.

In a single tape, Snake came to know that his lover as a traitor and the woman who he thought was a traitor was the only one who actually was supporting him. Zero and the other end up just to be Big Boss's acquaintances, ultimately not friends. But The Boss (as well as Ocelot) was more than that.

This is my favorite game in the series.

Naked Snake Kills the Boss. Solid Snake Kills Oceolet(The Boss's Child). Fucking Snakes.

Anyone else still crying to this after so many years? Each time I see this ending I shed manly tears , the best ever... Still the greatest ending to a video game.

Snake still smashed though.

12:51... That's always where I start to cry like a fucking child.

I still can't watch this without watery eyes man

A lonely well trained soldier that had no one else but a mentor and a will to serve his country. Found out , that same mentor who he grew to admire and appreciate and was known as the best soldier in American history , had to be deemed a traitor by her own country due to a very serious unsuspected incident that needed a sacrifice to prevent a full blown nuclear war. Even though the real story under the surface was she sacrificed not only herself but also her pristine image as a patriot and set up an elaborate plan to set up her own funeral by one of her best son like comrade . On top of that , that very same soldier found love for the first time and realized in the end of all this mess, he was just being used this whole time. And survived through countless of close calls where he stared death in the face each time and yet showed not one emotion but fear and bravery .The military/ US government molded him into a literal killing machine with barely a social life and seeing his own mentor and mother figure as well as his only love, disappear in front of his innocent naive eyes hurts just even the coldest of hearts. This game got too real in a instant with this ending and snake's tear and salute was very heartbreaking and amazing to see . I truly love the dedication that this game put into this compelling story that seemed far-fetched at times but truly in the end of the day was a remarkable story. By far one of my favorite games of all time

He's a human, give him a break.

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Definitivamente, de los mejores endings que existe en la historia de los videojuegos.

First game I played after my mom passed. This ending fucked me up. Even heroes cry when they lose someone special. R_I.P. To all the moms out there.

That ending literally brought tears to my eyes. Most movies are not this good. This is amazing story telling. Certainly the best of the series and probably one of the best games ever made. Too bad Konami fucked over Metal Gear Solid. RIP The Boss, Big Boss, Solid Snake, and the rest of the franchise.

This is it. This is one of the most tragic, beautiful, emotional and depressing endings i've ever seen. It's been five years since i finished MGS3 and i still get chills everytime i see the ending or listen to the bgm.

That beginning scene though, Snake finally gave in after everything EVA had ever tried to do to get him to sleep with her, and when he finally does it she betrays and leaves him, forcing him to grieve his relationship with her, his government and his mentor. I just wanna give him a big hug!

26 yrs old and it still gets me.

Makes you think if anything like this has actually happened in history. What an amazing game though! I wish Id played it earlier!

And here’s ladies and gentlemen, the best game ending ever.

No actual MGS fan doesn't struggle with the shedding tears at the end of this end.

Best mgs game in my opinion. Show how you dont really need fancy graphics to create a great story with a lot of feeling

Her debriefing will endure only in your heart :'(

mgs series was only series of videogames to ever make me cry.

I think this is one of the best if not the best video game ending ive ever seen! I cant say the number of times ive played through snake eater over the yrs!

'She will go down in official history as a war criminal.' What a hearbreaking sacrifice.

They gave him a title for killing his most beloved mentor. They gave him a medal that would forever remind him of that horrible moment. They willfully hid the truth from him even after the fact. (even though they had to, the point remains) And no one would ever know the true origin of the title "Big Boss". No one, but him.

When we all played mgs1, none of us thought that it could possibly have been surpassed in its story. Msg3 may not have surpassed in plot, but this ending outdid anything and video game has ever done. Mgs3 is easily the greatest video game ending in the history of games, largely due to Harry Greyson Williams.

When snake salute . It hit me man This is best metal gear solid A ending that will make emotionless person cry

2:15 - Snake is that "Oh s***, I'm gonna get court-martialled for this...."

This game is definitely the best in the series for me. The start of the patriot big boss. I really don't understand how people could play call of duty when this game play and story telling is so well written. My favourite game series. Such a sad story. Of the boss defecting to save her country. And this game shows snakes emotions of having to kill his former mentor so well. I've never been impressed this much from one game before. The music the cut scenes the game play elements. Hats off to kojima and the team. Bravo!

she was a True Patriot :(

I still remember playing this and my jaw dropping when they revealed that The Boss wasn't really a traitor but the greatest hero on a top secret double agent kamikaze mission for the US. I always cried around 14:45

Still the Greatest ending to a video game.

16 years after played this and this ending still gets me. Best ending ever.

She played him like a damn fiddle

Can't wait to cry to this in the remake.

I think what hurts the most is Jack thinking to himself “what do I do now?” Now crowned the title of big boss for killing someone he loved very much definitely made him feel so lost and unable to cope with that. No wonder why he started his soldiers without boarders, it’s just so sad it never could’ve last because of the times.

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These were the saddest 15 minutes of the entire game, I still remember the tears falling down my face, especially as more fell when he saluted. So fucking well done, no other game got me this emotional. Even movies don't get my tears to fall.

After all this years i still crying, Kojima is a master mind.

I remember disliking the Boss because she was a traitor when I first played this game, but she still had a somewhat likeable pressence about her. Then when she gave her final speech and I was like; well shit, maybe she ain’t all that bad. Then we got to this point and it just devastated me. Kojima did a superb job in creating a character with such a powerful story, so much that it even influenced me growing up.

One of the best scenes in gameplay history. So much is revealed in just these 10 minutes to not only Snake but us as the players. You really didn't have a clue what was the boss's true ambition and finding out she was just a disposable pawn in the government's cover up made not only Snake but the player break. It makes you double take all the engagements you had in the game and reevaluate them knowing that now. Did she actually lose to Snake or maybe just let him win? So much Snake has to process whilst going back and having to lie to everyone (as if he reveals it, it would likely cause WW3) so has to look at everyone in that boardroom (president included) and know they were all in on it and he's just as disposable as she is, if needed. Truly amazing. I think this may be the only version of Snake that cries (the original).

Probally the greatest ending in video game history Kojima is a genius

Still gets me after all these years...MGS3 and 4 were the most perfect beginnings and endings to a saga...

If you watch this and do not atleast tear up. you have no soul or connection to this video.

I STILL cry when I watch this.

Right in the feels bro

The greatest cutscene in video game history.

this and halo reach were the first game that got me crying a lil bit at the end. Happy it’s getting remastered

Dang its been so long...actually got a few tears from this.

Kojima is just a genious, MGS3 ends at The Boss grave, and MGS4 ends at The Boss grave too!

The best metal gear solid story out of all of them. When Eva started breaking down about the boss living on in snakes heart it was like getting hit by bus like I could literally feel the regret,pain,anger,confusion and just inconsolable.

4:37 "It was all a lie." I especially love the way EVA says, "I tricked you." such a good voice actress...

The narrative of this game is timeless. A true gem that will shine on forever

They better give this scene the love it deserves in the remaster

Lloró, cómo un verdadero hombre.

The Boss: “My will is simple, just give peace a chance!” Everyone else: “I’m gonna just pretend I didn’t hear that”

16 years. It's been 16 years and it still hurts so much. It will never stop hurting.

¿Por qué esta mierda me sigue haciendo llorar después de años sin jugarla? Uno de los mejores juegos que ha existido nunca, por no decir el mejor.

15:23, A truly heart wrenching powerful moment that I will never forget, it will be etched into the annuals of gaming history

Best scene in the history of video games, period.

a hero, not the hero we deserved but the hero we ahhhh... you get the point

This is my favorite video game of all time. This was also the first game that made me cry, the ending is so sad.

Kojima is amazing! he delivered such great cinematics in the Metal Gear series!

He went from an enthusiastic, badass soldier at the start of the game to a broken soldier at the end and future games... Has to be one of the best character development in gaming history

It's amazing how much of an amazing job these people did with Snake's face at the meeting with the president. You can see how hurt he is and his contempt for every suit in that room in this 2004 PS2 game where people talks by twitching their lower jaw.

The salute at that military graveyard almost made me cry. It was really, really hard to not cry.

I never played any of the MGS because i was young and poor did not knew they existed i just saw this scene for the first time and teared up like a baby.

I cry every time I see this ending it truly is sad when u find out the true that she was still serving her country like a true hero but she is still branded as a war criminal :(

Behind very man is a strong woman - RIP Boss

Such a sad ending - one in which the protagonist is completely and utterly traumatized by the action of the story. Not damaged beyond repair, but close. They wronged him so badly that he couldn't even celebrate being successful in averting a nuclear holocaust. "Jack - or should I say Snake... you're a wonderful man. Kill me now. There's only room for one snake and one boss. " Imagine hearing that from someone who literally raised you. Imagine that being your rite of passage as a man. Its absurd to think about it outside the world of MGS, obviously, but in a well made game you end up feeling things with the protagonist, especially if the road to the finish was difficult.

10:17 Greatest moment in all of MGS.

This video game story will never be topped. Ever

Ese diálogo final de Eva contándole la verdad y luego ver las fechas de los acontecimientos futuros, en especial el último donde nacen los hijos de Big Boss y ese sonido fuerte hacen que se me ponga la piel chinita jajaja. AMO ESTA OBRA MAESTRA

Still watching almost 20 years on. Still getting emotional.

In video game we have The Boss, in movie we have Snape, and in anime we have Lelouch and Itachi... But at least Snape and Itachi's name are cleared up, not like The Boss and Lelouch :(

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You aren’t just watching a video game ending. You are watching the death of a man. You are watching the death of everything he believed in. You are watching the beginning of a monster being created to fight the monsters of the world.

The only game series where if you cry it's still manly.

mi heart is broken

Thank you so much for not ruining the iconic salute by pressing R1 like in all the other videos on YT

The moment I saw Big Boss shed a tear, I also cried out of sheer sadness