Thanks, everyone is quick to bash it but I thought it was still cool albeit no way near as good as the previous ones.

I really enjoyed this video. Couldn't believe I had watched the whole thing without noticing the time.

Miyakolover I loved your comment and the video taught me a deeper understanding of the game. I think you are unfair to those who did not like the game. It's not just kewl boss fights and codec calls and cut scenes. It is the fact that ocelot is not ocelot at all. Quiet had no justification for dressing the way she did (speaking of all the controversy) which kojima said there would be. There was not a climax in any way. Kiefer Sutherland did not have to replace David Hayter. And probably most of all Solid snake was not even in the game nor mentioned although Les Enfante Terible was...?

​@@gemis8 Solid snake IS Eli. or it was Liquid, but Eli was one of the two.

I agree 100% this game has many hidden virtues and stands alongside MGS2 and Death Stranding in terms of brilliance. Like both of those games it has also been misunderstood, under appreciated and derided for not being what the players wanted/expected. But art SHOULDNT be what you want necessarily, it should be a personal expression of its author which exposes new ideas and perspectives which help us to understand the human condition/experience in new, complex and intriguing ways. V does this exceptionally well, and though 2 is my fav in terms of writing, mgs v as a whole (including both Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes as a kind of tryptic) does this exceptionally well. Plus MGS V: TPP use of mechanics and player affect to make its points is some of the best I’ve ever experienced. God I love this game so much.

Nich Huff I agree that the reaction many people had is justified the same way that any experience you have with any art is valid, but I wanted to address some points you bring up if that’s okay :) : 1. The game has no climax This is untrue. The climax is halfway through the game when you confront and stop skull face. Everything until that point builds to it. People don’t think it’s a climax because it’s not towards the end of the game, but kojima explains himself in the ultimate guide that this is intentional. I don’t have the full quote on hand, but basically he said what the OP said, that after beating the main antagonist you’re left aimless, feeling like something is missing. It’s supposed to produce the affect of a phantom pain that the player can experience and to emphasize throughout chapter 2 the monotony and senseless brutality of the war economy you built from PW to TPP, in that you’re doing horrible things (killing, destabilizing regions/countries, kidnapping and enslaving soldiers, resource mining, selling blood diamonds, etc) not for a relatable goal of revenge but for a cold justification of getting stronger, bigger and richer (DD is a business which makes its profit through killing and war and all of the suffering that comes as a consequence of that. BB may “save” war orphans and child soldiers, but would they be child soldiers in the first place if PMCs and western governments didn’t destabilize their states? By choosing to keep playing through this chapter, even though there’s no real story or incentive for you to do so, the player becomes as culpable as BB in this continued process. After all, you can put down the controller if you want, but you choose not to, and you can’t say that it’s to take revenge/beat the boss anymore. Instead it’s to have fun playing soldier or to build MB/DD. How different is the player from BB himself at that point? None of this would work without the climax being placed where it is. It’s a brilliant decision imo. 2. There’s no reason for quiet to dress the way she does This is technically incorrect but I see where you are coming from and I agree with the sentiment. The game gives a narrative explanation for her dress, however, it’s clear that HK is just a perv, and he has a horrible track record or sexualizing his female characters (though he has written some of the best supporting female characters in gaming at the same time, so women in MGS is definitely a complicated topic that needs nuanced analysis!) 3. Ocelot isn’t ocelot Actually this is the only game where he IS ocelot! Ocelot is always a weird eccentric goof in the other games, but he’s also always playing a part and deceiving people in them. This is the only game where he doesn’t do that and it isn’t in his interest to put on a whacky character who acts crazy to fool his enemies. So instead of that ocelot just acts like his normal self, which is quite odd at first but eventually grows charming. It’s also nice to see that he still has a huge crush on big boss lol. 4. Solid snake isn’t mentioned He’s mentioned in one of the Truth tapes where ocelot tells BB that there were two successful products of LET, Eli who escaped his captors in Africa, and David (solid snake) who was sent to America. This is the only mention of him in the game, and that’s okay with me because he’s not relevant to MGS’s story yet. 5. No reason to replace hayter with Keifer Okay this is a controversial one, and I respect that position completely, but I personally think Keifer does a great job especially in the motion capture. I don’t think Hayter can give the same range of visual expression as him, though I still love hayter very much. Phew that was a lot to type out on a phone! Thanks if you read it all the way through (or at all)! I need to give my thumb a break now lol

@@Glassandcandy "I don’t have the full quote on hand, but basically he said what the OP said, that after beating the main antagonist you’re left aimless, feeling like something is missing." I would like to see that quote.

Agreed! I was referring to the player as essentially Venom is meant to be you. I should have made it clearer. Thank you for the lovely words!

@Dalen Lewin Your opinion doesn't matter, because the educational system has failed you so poorly in your writing ability.

You were too dumb to get it the first time.

+Steph Carrubba thank you for the kind words! 🤗👍🏻

But don’t say “metal gear solid five” is “V”

+Iamk21 thank you sir!

+Bran Sersh thank you for the awesome words! You're a star!

Kojima has said the games theme is “race and revenge” though I think language fits better when comparing the other themes

Big Boss (Naked) was a wuss, Big Boss (Venom) was more of a man than Naked ever was

Aye, but so far it appears high effort does not equate lots of subs :( Still I like doing it so I will continue it I guess. Nice to hear from you!

+ccole99 thank you good sir! I'm really happy you liked it! Have a good Christmas 🎄!

Thank you :)

+Stanky Feet Productions thanks friend 😁

Thank you so much for the lovely words it made my day XD

+Wave Effect thank you very much for the kind words 👌🤗

Thank you so much for the lovely words! I am glad you liked it :D

Well Venom is you but you become Big Boss - the legend - the linguistic construct - the concept - your will is irrelevant because the game has branded you and moulded you into BB, effectively you are overwritten and subjugated. That was the angle I was going at, but I do accept I could have mentioned much more about the Medic and the actual BB. I will learn, thanks for the comment :)

You got the right idea but you didn't really go beyond that connection. Connect that same concept to Big Boss's character as well as The Boss's character and what ultimately leads Naked Snake from cutting his ties with the government. Big Boss wants to create Outer Heaven so he can create a nation where soldiers are no governments pawn and not taken advantage off. The man who left Zero because he consider those clones to be sick yet after GZ Big Boss goes along with Zero's plan to strip Venom of his past identity, and make him Big Boss while he goes in hiding and achieve his goals in the shadows. Venom is the best solider Big Boss had just like how the Boss was the best solider the government had but they scarified The Boss for the sake of their own political goals while Big Boss does the same to Venom. Essentially showing how Big Boss became the very monster that he once hated. You can apply MGS3 ending to Venom. The game set out to show Big Boss's moral downfall and it cleverly does it through Venom's character.

Ahhh, apologies, I understand now, I have two videos that explains that background / story in chronological order (why BB leaves the Government and his disillusionment etc. This video assumes you know that already. That is why I referred the viewers to the story explanations I made so they are on page / do not need extra plot fluff. Still I agree, it could have been added in there, but I worry that people turn off if it becomes too lengthy. I did a video on Nihilism in pop culture and people just turned off at about half way :( Maybe they just did not like my theory. Sister said it made a good lullaby... ouch!

It's not so much about the story as it's about the characterization of Big Boss and since the game was advertised as Big Boss downfall, i thought it might have added to your overall video. But i still like your focus more on the linguistic part of V. Keep up the good work!

im going to be doing a video just about that. please check out my channel and my new 'death stranding' trailer analysis peace.

Some dude from old Motherbase got yeeted through a giant portal in the sky and is now hitting zombies with a stick

Absolutely. There's some other weird stuff in there as well - for example, even if you create a an avatar with a dark skin tone, the model in the Truth mission still has the skin color of Big Boss while in the hospital bed in first-person. I 100% agree that you're supposed to question whether the Truth mission actually represents what it says in the title.

+Ahmad Kalban don't get me wrong I firmly believe that there were behind the scenes issues and the game is incomplete to an extent but I was merely trying to show whether the end product / the game that we got in the end was worthy of critical acclaim. I felt the themes and story were pretty cool even if they weren't executed to the same level as past greats from Kojima

Modern Gamer TV I actually liked your video, I appreciate your analysis. Presented a point of view, I didn't see before. Like you said may be the game story is far head of it's time. Until this day, I enjoy playing the game, and now when I play this game I may think your analysis, but still many things are unclear. Kojima did say he will do something in the Phantom Pain never done before. So is it that the player feels the Phantom Pain?

The phantom boss would be the person you kill in MG1 - obviously back then you would have thought it was the real boss but it isn’t it was a double / a phantom.

I can understand why you feel that way! :)

Ramboedah funny how split people are with this game I think it's the best

I think I hyped for it too much, expecting it to be the best game in existence

Ramboedah out of curiosity what is it you don't like, put a bad taste in your mouth

The lack of/cut story, the repetitive gameplay, the bullet sponge bosses with no creativity, the open world just created long and pointless car journeys, the game was far too easy (I got S Rank on every mission on my first try), MGO was horrendous and the AI was a lot worse than prior titles, they just stood around doing nothing! That's just naming a few from the top of my head but I'm glad you enjoyed more than I did! I think it's still an 8/10 game in my opinion, it's just that all the other games were 9 or even 10/10 for me.

+Nick Taddia pleasure is mine Nick, good to hear from you 🤗

Thank you for the lovely words! Glad you enjoyed it friend :D

I think the best rebuttal to your argument can be found in the original identity of Ishmael, which was Huey; had he been the "narrator", the game probably would clearly have framed Diamond Dogs as the villains, as he represents that American POV which brands Big Boss a threat. But since the "narrator" of the game ends up being Big Boss instead, the perspective we have on Diamond Dogs and Snake is different; they are the heroes, they are saving the world. And they do save it, since Skullface's plans are truly awful. But saving the world doesn't wipe away all the evil that DD (and later OH and Zanzibar Land) perpetuate - the blood money, the children raised into soldiers, the nuclear weapons, and most significantly when considering TPP - the cult-like mentality. Huey is the only one who even questions this in the game, but Diamond Dogs is just a straight up cult, and one with basically a warlord as the cult leader. But when our Ishmael, our window to the events, is Big Boss, we don't see it that way. We see a group of heroes, saving the world from evil. But as Ocelot says, the truth will always catch up to you, which is shown in that last scene, staring back at you in the mirror. There is no black and white, strict good and evil here - the one thing I haven't really seen discussed all that much about TPP is just how well the Demon Snake characterises Big Boss: he is a man who wants to make the world a better place and drive out the demon inside. Of course it is BB's phantom who actually says the latter line, but I've always seen Venom's thoughts as Big Boss' thoughts, and his silent moments as moments of our own thoughts, so I basically see his speeches as representations of Big Boss' thoughts. Ultimately, the end result would be the same duality that we all have between selfish and selfless, but for a man like Big Boss, those sides become the Hero and the Demon. Both are him, and neither negate the other - the good deeds don't wash away the bad ones, and the bad and megalomaniac deeds don't undo the good and noble ones.

Sounds like: Beautiful Mirage - The Vision Fades

Very good! It is the same track but slower, melow and named slightly differently: 10. Beautiful Mirage - An Unexpected Visitor

10. Beautiful Mirage - An Unexpected Visitor :)

Modern Gamer TV Ah, thanks, I didn't even know that existed :D

Modern Gamer TV thanks so much. Second question, what was the song that had the flute in it in the latter part of your video? :)

+iWillWakeYouUp yes 😀

you must speak pashto then, right?

Shalashaska Burn Dat Mustache heya, Pashto is the native tongue but I unfortunately speak a different dialect called Dari (would have loved to have learnt both) in a way it's ironic how mother tongues can also be lost down generations. My mother tongue is Dari. 🤗

Modern Gamer TV right, thanks for the reply. Are you muslim by any chance?

In terms of the aesthetic it is reasonably reflective although obviously the country has plenty more to it as the game only has barren bits / open world parts of it. I am pretty sure it does not replicate a specific region of though but I could be wrong.

Dont skip RDR 2 though that game is great!

Modern Gamer TV I’ll probably hold off on Red Dead til I see a deal for $30. Gameplay is huge for me and I hear it handles poorly.

When I refer to Metal Gear I don’t mean MGS / Metal Gear Solid. If you want a story explanation I recommend you check out my part 1 and 2 chronological explanations

If what you are meaning to say that the willingness to carry out revenge becomes tiresome, fatiguing and almost unresolvable then yes. Who knows what Kojima was thinking or feeling, he has in the past said the next MGS is the last but looking at what happened between him and Konami I think it was more to do with creative restrictions than carrying on a franchise.

Yeah youre right about kojima n konami make all this mgs tpp story feel like there a connection of what kojima feel about his life or about his trouble with konami but i still dont get it tho do you think this venom snake is deserve be a big boss? in mgs 1995 is there any clue that this venom snake is killed by solid snake? because in your other video you didnt explain it that who the one killed by solid snake venom snake? or naked snake?

Languages actually deeply influence our personality.

Language doesn't control us But it does influence us Quite a bit in fact If you want an example, consider the linguistic differences between English and Japanese and how that has a very real impact on the social structure of the west and Japan