"I see...so you...you've come to pick me up then." "THIS IS PEQUOD ARRIVING SHORTLY AT LZ"

The idea still screws with me that the last playable Snake is also the very first final boss of the entire series.

I love that the music came out from his walkman. I overall just love that idea that he was a massive music enjoyer that was listening to music on missions, on mother base and in the helicopters.

The fact quiet came to pick venom up plays with the heart strings.

Give this Sutherland impressionist a cookie, dude is on point. Phantom Pain should have ended like this

Ahabs voice acting was on point. God damn it he really sounded like Keither there.

"boss.. I'm bleeding out.. I can't feel my legs anymore.. I'm dying..." "So have you heard of ZANZIBAR LAND?"

God, if this played at the end of MGSV. I would’ve stood up saluting crying.

Shame Kojima left, would love a scenario mission where you play as venom hopelessly battling solid snake in outer heaven

“Contains spoilers from MGSV” This is spoilers for behind the scenes of MG,MG2,MGS,MGS2

Stripped of the woman who loved him, his identity, his future, having to kill his own comrades, living a life of not his own losing evrything in the end and still fulfilling his bosses wishes to his demise, while constantly experiencing that one feeling that the players felt after the ending... ...the phantom pain.

The last mission in TPP should've been an older venom in the future, surrounded by the dead soldiers of outer heaven facing off against an impossibly scripted fight against Solid Snake.

Venom definitely proved that experience, respect, and bravery is better than genes

This is how the phantom pain should have ended

Ahab is going to the "real" Outer Haven with Quiet and will be extracted by Peqoud.

This video has more lines than the entire game.

Venom is the best out of all of the snakes in my eyes. Not because he's the strongest or deadliest. It's because he chose to give his life for a legacy that wasn't his own. He chose to treat diamond dogs and his fellow brethren like his own when big boss didn't. He chose to fill in for the title of a legend when he would never be remembered. Here's to you venom, a true but hidden legend.

Venom Snake, foolishly loyal to the end. He gave his life to the man who stole his future.

Honestly, Solid beating Venom perfectly encapsulates the themes and ideals of MGS3. The Boss knew that soldiers were merely political tools, nothing more than expendable bodies for politicians and warmongers to toss at each other. Venom Snake _embodies_ this: even when he learned he had his past _and_ future robbed and forced to be Big Boss' phantom, he still did his best to play the role and help build a nation of soldiers, even dying at the end for the sake of soldiers without borders. *_Solid Snake says "screw you" to that._* Unlike Venom or even Big Boss, Solid understood the deeper meaning of The Boss' will without even knowing the woman; to pursue a world where _PEOPLE,_ not soldiers, live without boundaries. As much of a legendary soldier she was, The Boss _always_ fought and acted for peace - yes, she was a soldier, but one who gave her life in an attempt to unite the world and _AVOID_ global catastrophe. While Big Boss' and Venom Snake's goal of creating a nation for soldiers unbound by cultural limits seems admirable, they still fought to spread violence and weaponry and stole uncountable human lives, something that The Boss wouldn't approve of. Furthermore, MGS1 and MGS2's entire themes _REVOLVE_ around the ideal of being your own person; that people don't need to be defined by their genetics or the ideas shoved on them by others. Whereas Big Boss enforces that Venom now carries his legacy and persona, Solid Snake _implores_ Raiden to be his own man and determine who he should be rather than live up to someone else's legend - which is Venom dies bloody while Raiden continues to fight another day. Solid Snake, more than any other Snake, embodies and carries on The Boss' will to a tee. While still a legendary soldier, Solid Snake nonetheless _ALWAYS_ fought to take down huge weapon advancements and secure peace for millions of civillian strangers, exactly what The Boss would've done. Venom did carry The Boss' loyalty, but he was loyal to a land of bloodshed and killing which The Boss was strongly _against,_ as opposed to Solid Snake's even greater loyalty to an ideal of peace and freedom. Really, Solid Snake's final fights with Venom Snake and Big Boss were the final contests between who was the better soldier and the better suited to carrying The Boss' will. As we saw, Solid Snake emerged as the true snake eater, bringing The Boss' will out of merely a dream.

BB: "So have you heard of memes?" VS: "what" BB: "never mind, that's not something you need to worry about"

Finally KZfaq recommended something legendary to me. A diamond in a pile of coal.

Nicola and Bart, a song about the wrongful execution of two Italian Immigrants. Such a fitting song. The wrongful death of a man who fought for the dream of another man and through that, added the story to Big Boss and not himself. But yet, the Boss will remember him. And with Big Boss remembering Venom Snake, he is saying "Here's to you, my friend. Thank you." Nothing is better than a thank you from the Boss himself. Here's to you, Venom. The man who fought and added to another man's story, not his own. The ultimate sacrafice. That agony is your triumph.

I just shed the most manliest tear ever ... “The name of big boss is something you don’t have to bare, thank you and goodbye” “it’s been a pleasure Ishmael...no big boss” 😢😢😢

Venom actually got the pride of a soldier that Big Boss was denied - he fought for something that he wholly believed in and got to die for it before it had the chance to crumble. He won his war even if he lost the battle with Solid.

Seeing Quiet's ghost coming to give him comfort as he dies fucking shredded my heart to pieces. Absolutely perfect.

Venom Snake is my favourite Snake, out of all the Snakes he's pretty much the perfect soldier, out of all the Snakes there's Big Boss the Warrior, Solidus the philosopher of the Snakes, Liquid the revolutionary with the inferiority complex (who is also an amazing pilot, leader, and Soldier as well), and Solid Snake who comes close to being the perfect soldier but even he himself breaks away from the US government and military and forms his own group with Otacon. Venom "Punished" Snake is the perfect soldier among all the Snakes, and probably embodies The Bosses ideology that Soldiers are tools. Except Venom isn't a tool of a country or ideology, instead he follows the orders of Big Boss himself, Big Boss ordered Venom to take his place and he did exactly what he was told with no complaints. It was his mission to be Big Bosses phantom and he didn't care about his lost identity and while sure he did get angry momentarily when he shattered the mirror he quickly says "ok Boss" in his head and smirks. And while he was defeated by Solid Snake in Outer Heaven I doubt he regretted his choices in his final moments before the explosion, I can fully believe that Venom Snake truly would die for Big Boss the way Big Boss himself once stated he'd die for his country, like on here he wasn’t angry or even sad he did his duty as Big Bosses Phantom and #1 Soldier. And besides all that Venom Snake was himself an amazing Snake, he was a father to his men, when Morale is low he corrects their behaviour by showing the Soldier who pulled a knife what it meant to draw a weapon on an ally, and in the end instead of tossing them off the rig, or throwing them in the Brig he tells them their CQC is sloppy and he'd give them a one on two lesson. He ignores his mission and takes in Child Soldiers and teaches them things beyond warfare and treats then as equals, and was kind enough to take in Quiet despite the fact she'd just tried to kill him. The man exuded the same aura as Big Boss, he was a man his men would die for, even after everyone learns his identity as Big Bosses phantom no one treats him with any less respect. And the fact that Venom prior to the explosion was a soldier so skilled and respected by Big Boss that he named him his personal Medic, someone who could be trusted to keep Big Boss alive if he were ever injured on the battlefield, and Big Boss himself would even say that Venom was "always the best man we had" imagine being so skilled that Big Boss himself would compliment you in that way, not to mention he was trusted with the knowledge that Paz was alive. Honestly I could go on forever because I just love Venom Snake that goddamn much, he’s my favourite Snake and was a true Leader, and an excellent Soldier.

Whoever did the impression of Kiefer Sutherland, major kudos. That was spot on. The impressionist of Richard Doyle wasn't as perfect, but granted, he wouldn't be as gravelly now as he was in MGS4.

God, this hurts. Venom is arguably more tragic than Big Boss. Manipulated into loyalty so blind he accepted having his own future and legacy stolen from him. Even to the bitter end he stays loyal to Big Boss and treats him with respect, meanwhile (in my opinion fittingly, even if its a fan interpretation) Big Boss doesn't even shed a tear or show any remorse. Even when Big Boss was killed for his actions, his legacy carried on through his Genes (Solid, Liquid and Solidus) and his memes (remembered as the greatest soldier of all time). Venom snake had all of that stolen from him. He was also arguably the lesser evil of the two, given his vastly different treatment of child soliders. In the end, the most tragic is not the man who is remembered for his misdeeds. It is the man who, despite his great actions, is not remembered at all.

That Keiffer voice was on point...and I liked how Big Boss' voice is based on Richard Doyle. Impresive job.

Masterpiece. At the end, I Really preferred Venom to Big Boss, Venom really interpretated the motto "loyalty to the end". Even if my favourite Snake will always be Solid Snake

I love the fact that venom completely accepted being big boss that he refers to events from big boss's life as they're's.

It’s poetic in a way. For Venom, she was there in the beginning of his journey and at the end, she was there to carry him off.

It's so good it hurts. It'll never stop hurting. We deserved it but damn...Real good work

Venom Snake = The Metal Gear franchise Big Boss = Us (the fans) Solid Snake = Konami The Quiet = Hideo Kojima

To be honest, I strongly suspect that the last act was going to just be a remake of MG1. Which I honestly think would be great. It really seems to me like the original plan was to retcon Outer Heaven into being Mother Base rather than a fortress in South Africa. I mean its already in approximately the same area and by the end of the game, Mother Base is a massive floating city on itself. It just makes so much more sense. It'd be pretty cool if the final mission, you play as Solid Snake, infiltrating the entirety of Mother Base. But this time, you're fighting Diamond Dogs/Outer Heaven. Suddenly, all those upgrades you researched, all those S+ guys you recruited, all those skills and equipment you mastered as Venom, all of that is now used against you. Instead of a bunch of schmucks who can be fooled easily with empty mags and shit. You face a highly professional, elite mercenary army which is intimately familiar with all of your tricks because they've been trained by Big Boss/Venom Snake himself. So they won't be fooled as easily by decoys. They're more resistant to tranquilizers. They're equipped with stronger helmets and gas masks so you can't headshot them or gas them as easily. They're much more likely to call for serious back up if they suspect anything out of the ordinary. And frankly, MG1 and 2 desperately need a remake. They are both so unbelievably critical for the story because they're the two games that deal with what happened to Big Boss. And there is a lot of stuff that needs retconning. Like I would lose my shit if there was an MG2 remake where you, as Solid Snake, infiltrate Tselinoyarsk, basically retracing Big Boss's steps during Operation Snake Eater. The final battle between Big Boss and Snake being a climatic showdown in the same field where Naked Snake killed the Boss.

What an absolute unit. Man could only be taken down with rockets and went out like The Boss, a hero he never actually met. Meanwhile, history's greatest soldier gets taken out by a poorman's flamethrower. And what is it with the two Snakes who never actually met The Boss understanding her more than the one who was raised by her?

This video is great, but... I thought Venom Snake talked only once every hour

"So my mission has finally come to an end"

Venom Snake after MGSV became by favorite snake, even he had roughly 20mins of lines in the whole game his character had a lot of heart and I really feel bad for him :(

After Venom Snake walked into the fog in the True Ending it should’ve cut to this.

Big Boss: Now that I've full understood the boss ideals of peace, I reject them because I'm only looking for endless wars to fight. Also Big Boss: I'll take a brainwashed double and my old buddies to unknowingly fight and die for me while I'm getting the fuck out.

This is really underrated amazing work . You've done a really good with the lighting and the scene building . Well done

It sad to hear what happened to him for real. Realizing that he was the leader of Outer Haven. Venom Snake is a legend in its own for carrying Big Boss legacy. Dude this is amazing…..they should put this on n the game.

Wow, how have I not discovered this till now. Legit started crying when Quiet showed up. Great work to this and to the original comic.

Saves animals, saves soldiers, uses non lethal trough out the game, loses all his friends, kills his soldiers that he's never sent out on missions because forget losing a single one, protects the world from nuclear weapons, gets entire based destroyed, gets gunned down by a clone, dies alone, on a cold floor, while what little he had left gets destroyed, as he fades away, never to be truly known by anyone other than the one who's place he was taking, a guy that used to scream like a cat and maybe a certain girl, long gone.

I added Russian subtitles, if you don't mind. Nice work, btw.

it's been 7 years and i still feel the phantom pain

the impressions of David voicing the boss and Sutherland voicing Venom really sells the idea that they're both different people despite Venom being an exact mental copy of the boss

"Here's to You" song is such a dying vibe

The saddest part is, Big boss thought Venom was good enough to take on a genetically enhanced clone, Naked had full confidence in the medic who was skilled enough to do everything he could do and more. A medic who had little to no training in espionage and solo operations managed to do so much, he lost it all and still gave everything he had for the legend of big boss. He was one hell of a soldier Also id like to add that in the boss fight with him, Venom still moves insanely fast showing he never lost his touch even at the age of 50

It happened again. Just like The Boss sacrifice gave birth to the legend of Big Boss, Venom's sacrifice gave birth to Solid Snake's legend.

you’ve made the true ending to both MGSV and Metal Gear and also whoever voiced venom snake in this must be a damn mimicry master because I can hardly tell the difference

Metal Gear Solid was the first game I ever played. I was 7 the first time my child mind for touched by metal gear. I took snake' s ideology, his way of thinking, and understanding with me throughout life. 28 yrs old now and he made growing up and seeing life for what it really was alot easier than if I done it alone. Metal Gear was a gift from a talented man and Konami took it all away from me and you. I'm Big Boss, and you are too... No... He's the two of us. Together. Where we are today? We built it. This story - this "legend" - it's ours. We can change the world - and with it, the future. I am you, and you are me. Carry that with you, wherever you go. Thank you... my friend. From here on out, you're Big Boss -Big Boss

This is totally canon in my book. Well done, sir! Well done! You brought out all the feels.

The ending we deserved

I'm not crying, YOU'RE CRYING! Seriously though, thank you for this masterpiece. It is the canon ending we never got. I hope one day Kojima sees this.

Shared this on the Solid Snake Facebook page and a few of my other channels. Hope it helps!

This is just a fantastic job. I really can't describe how I feel now. This actually makes me rest in peace knowing that maybe this what it should have happened in MGS V. And from now on THIS is my real ending for MGS V and you guys should believe it too.

Think this perfectly illustrates how selfish Ishamel was to Ahab. “You played your role perfectly” confirms it, Venom was always just a tool to further Big Boss’ interests. Venom isn’t the other half of Big Boss, he’s one of Big Boss’ victims

the man who sold the world... who sold everything... for a legacy... that wasn't even for him i salute you venom snake

Quite was his angel of death😭

Congrats to the voice acting, the impressions were on point!

I consider this canon pretty much

I want bro to pull out that white spray and get up again

To think if we got the full 5 chapters that were rumoured to originally be in it, we may have had something this good as a closure

My favorite Snake... Venom snake a superior man.

I think there's a chance they remake the first metal gear games as so many companies are having successful remakes. Hopefully, one day in the future, if we're fortunate!

The relationship between Ishmael and Ahab is so strong. I almost cried, thank you for this beautiful video.

Now do you remember who you are? What you were meant to do? I cheated death thanks to you and thanks to you I've left my mark.........

I almost cried it was a beautiful ending. He went out like a TRUE BOSS. SALUTE!!

every part of this is so good, from the original comic to the phenomenal voice acting to the delicious animation...!

This all most made me cry, Can this please be cannon?

Finally a closure. I was expecting something similar to end the SAGA. Not what we got. If we could have a mod on PC that add this as the end. would be perfect.

Since MGSV release that I wanted this moment to be highlighted one way or another, and your animation is just incredible. Definitely scratched that itch for me.

This is still one of the best fanimations ever made. The voices were perfect.l, animation, god tier. It's the perfect ending that never was. I really hope that we get a proper modern remake of the first two games. It would reinvigorate the franchise for sure!

The pain is finally gone Ahab, you can rest now...

Truly amazing work. If you could animate the Truth Tapes in the same style you did this, that would be incredible. I thank you. MGSV had some good ideas but the execution was terrible and it left more questions than answers. This exact moment should have been in the game, like many other things that we got in recording form. . . .

So the best way to experience the Metal Gear Saga is: EDIT: Release order. But for the sake of preserving this 3 year old comment, I will keep the old list here. -MGS3 -MG:PW -MGSV -MG -This animation -MG2 -MGS -MGS2 -MGS4 -MGR

I'm afraid it's been.....3 years. The algorithm finally led me to this masterpiece.

This is an awesome video! Too bad Kojima left, because, there’s still about 11 years of lore between ‘84 and Venom’s death that can be explored. The open world concept in V made the game all the more exciting for me to play.

I’d like to point out the butterfly as it was quiets emblem, I like those small details

Holy crap, this has been my headcanon for some time, and I didn't even know about this video. Except in my version Quiet's really there, and she finds Venom pinned under the rubble of the already destroyed Outer Heaven. She lifts up the rubble, gets him out, and nurses him back to health. Then the two walk off into the sunset, their ultimate fates unknown. Maybe cheesy, but I figure Venom's suffered enough.

literally shed a tear to this, fantastic job

The definitive ending of all. Circle closed.

Venom is such a tragic character of the series. He was so loyal to Big Boss he couldnt see that he was just been used and then sacrificed. He died for nothing.

Ahab's voice actor did an amazing job. And the animator did nicely too. Thank you.

Really beautiful and emotional... Here's to you is a very emotional track honestly

This is amazing man, keep up this amazing work!

Venom snake and the player are one and the same. Thats why the ending of mgsv is so wholesome, every adventure venom went on you were there, every bond with your companions you made, so in the end when big boss says “im big boss and you are too” he’s speaking to the player. Venom snake’s character is a tragic masterpiece

I'd like to think Venom Snake lived out his days with quiet somewhere in peace ...

As someone who has religiously played The franchise since age 6 this is by far the most pain metal gear video to watch that I've ever seen. So Beautiful and so gut wrenching. It hits the feels so hard it genuinely hurts. Bravo Sir, Thank you for making such a masterpiece...

I know this is lame, and they already did a callback to the line, but I kinda wished it would have ended with Quiet saying to Venom: "Kept you waiting, huh?"

Imagine if there was a cutscene that opened with "11 years later" and this is what follows after....

This is the closure I needed to end the gap between the story thank you!

Oh man, this really tied it up for me. Like, j knew the story and how MGSV tied into Solid, but damn. You're pretty good.

0:14 This is solid snake 🔥🔥🔥

Now that the franchise is back, let’s hope a mg1 and mg2 is possible

I`m not crying you are crying

This is exactly why they need to make the original Metal Gear 1 and Metal Gear 2 as a PS5/PC remake. Imagine fighting venom snake as a young green Solid Snake. The jungle environment will come alive on next-gen.

If this was how phantom pain ended I would literally call it the masterpiece of gaming