Hey y'all, just wanna throw this here because a lot of people are getting the wrong idea with this one. A lot of people are getting the impression that I didn't enjoy this game, and my writing with this video definitely could've been more clear, but that is absolutely not the case. If you stick through to my conclusion, I still really enjoyed the game. I just think that it has some problems that the MGS games before it didn't have, and I wanted to dig into those and get a discussion started on them. Like I said, I should've conveyed that more throughout the video so that people didn't get the wrong idea, but unfortunately I was only able to see the script from my own perspective, and didn't foresee that it would be perceived that way. Regardless of whether you agree with my opinions or not, thank you for taking the time to watch my stuff! I love having the discussion, but let's make sure to keep it respectful so that everyone can feel welcome to participate 🙂

The Crosbow bolt didn't bug. It took you a long time to remove it, so the arm healed and scarred with it stuck.

2 things worth mentioning: Your health bar increses when you let your injuries heal for themselves. And the Eva escort part, you have to press the action button to tell her to follow you

One thing you may have missed because a lot of the lore is hidden in random codec conversations: It is hinted heavily in the codec conversations with Eva that the child the Boss had with the Sorrow during WW2 and then taken away from her by the Philosophers is actually Ocelot himself. What's not really hinted at is whether the Boss was aware of this the whole time. Depending on what you believe, it does put an interesting light on the few interactions they had in the story. It also puts an interesting light on the relationship between Big Boss and Ocelot being the adopted and biological sons of The Boss.

Subsistence has both camera angles. I think you click the right stick to freely change between fixed and free cam x

They didn't include the theme song during the ladder to entertain the player, the theme song is the point of climbing the ladder.

A few things I enjoyed with The End boss fight. You can completely avoid the fight by killing him when they're on the docks if you get into position and shoot fast enough. You can set your Playstation settings time for a later date and he will actually die of old age. You can shoot his bird and really piss him off.

The "trick" with the Fear is his stamina. He needs to eat -- and by leaving poisonous food around you can make him very vulnerable while he throws up.

1 thing that took me a while to figure out is that the ability to sneak is mapped to the directional buttons and not the sticks.

That ladder climbing part is ICONIC

So this game has a lot of its content in optional Codec calls. Instead of the death monologues, you get a lot of the information about the bosses through contact with Major Zero, Sigint, and so on. In fact, there are so many important details in these Codec calls, such as the game hinting at Ocelot being the son of The Boss and The Sorrow, which is why in MGS4 he looks a lot like The Sorrow. Other things like how Volgin and Raikov have a gay relationship, and some of the accolades of the Boss and the Cobra Unit during WWII. As for the boss fights, the game seems to be a lot easier, as you said, and I think the "Hard" difficulty is supposed to be the "Normal" difficulty. The other fun thing about this game is that most of the bosses can be fought in CQC instead of with guns, and playing this game while using non-lethal for all the bosses makes the game so much more fun. The Volgin and Boss fights using only CQC makes the game, especially on "Extreme" into a tense, fun series of fights. Anyways, the nice thing about the additional details in the Codec calls is that you can choose to take them in to get more information on the whole universe, but they're not required to understand the main storyline of the game. And I think this did a great job balancing the amount of cutscenes in the game versus gameplay, which some of the games in the series (get ready for 4) do a terrible job in doing.

I had an arrow go directly through Snake's head one time. I didnt remove it in time and it stayed there the entire game

Let's talk about dem bosses. First and foremost I'm not gonna say you fought them wrong. Whatever way nets you a victory is a right way. That being said, there is definitely a way the game wants you to fight these bosses, non-lethaly. Not only is the challenge for non-lethal takesdowns greater, to me at least, but going non-lethal also nets you special camos that all have bonuses tied to them. Ocelot: defeating him non-lethally gets you the Animal camo which will cut down on your hand trembling if you have low stamina. For some extra fun, you can shoot off his hat, or the beehives above him for some free hits. Plus if you stand next to the cliff edge with a pistol drawn he'll challenge you to a quick draw duel. The Pain: Beating him non-lethally gets you the Hornet Stripe camo which makes all bees, leeches, spider, and scorpions ignore you. Unfortunately I don't really have any fun tips or tricks for his boss fight but you seemed like you enjoyed that one anyhow. The Fear: The name of the game is stamina, his will deplete constantly forcing him to hunt for food. You can sabotage this by throwing out rotten or poisonous food to force him to throw up, costing him more stamina. In addition taking a fake death pill will cause him to come check on you before he lowers his guard, giving you a free shot, or instant kill if you have a stun grenade and the AK. He drops the Spider camo when beaten non-lethally, giving you and automatic 80% camo index at the cost of high stamina drain. The End: Uniquely you DON"T get his camo via non-lethal win, you do get his gun however. You have to hold him up to get him to drop the Moss camo, which is the only camo that can reach 100% camo and will recover health and stamina, health regen is slower, in sunlight, or torch light. For additional fun you can tranq his parrot and release it to follow back to the end, or you can kill it to make The End more aggressive but unable to find you as easily. The Fury: Invincible to your tranq darts until you slash his suit with the combat knife. He also plays a bit like the Vulcan Raven fightif you choose to engage with him "properly". You can also shoot the pipes overhead to put out some of the fires he leaves in his wake. Non-lethal takedown gets you the Fire camo, which halves damage taken by explosions...kinda weak I know but it looks cool. The Sorrow: You can skip the entire boss fight by taking a fake death pill, followed by revival pill. You get his camo by default. Volgin: Put on the Raiden mask to distract him long enough for a free hit, only works once. Plus there are pipes in the arena that you can shoot to spray him with water to weaken his electricity. Throwing a Russian Glow cap into the arena will absorb some of his lighting attacks as well. Non-lethal takedown gives you the Cold War camo. Enemy soldiers will hesitate to shoot you while you face them, will attack from behind though. The Boss: CQC! After spending the entire game getting your ass kicked, you finally get to turn the tables. With careful timing you can counter her CQC throws and throw her to ground for some free shots with the gun of your choice. Non-lethal win nets you the Snake camo, no real special abilities but is effective in just about every environment. Final Ocelot duel: It is possible to "lose" but the bullet will still be a blank. You can also choose to not fire or miss on purpose. Thank you for coming to my TED talk, I hope these help you have some more fun with these bosses on future playthroughs.

It looks like you missed a few things. Firstly it looks as if you never used the stalking mechanic when sneaking up behind guards, this is crucial because this is the only way of using CQC without being heard. Also it looks like you didn't know you could interrogate guards while in a CQC grip. You can learn all kinds of cool info and even radio frequencies that heal you, and also alert cancellations and more.

I played this game back in the day almost simultaneously with Silent Hill 2, so the long stair going up felt to me like an interesting counterpart to the creepy long stair going down in SH2.

IMO you missed the point of the ladder and the song. They didn't decide to play the song because the ladder is so long, but the opposite: they made the ladder so long in order to break the pace and allow the player to relax while just listening to the amazing song. Kojima is a master with unconventional gameplay to throw off the player. Stuff like the psycho mantis reading your memory card and making the controller move in mgs1, Campbell breaking the 4th wall and ordering you to turn off the console in mgs2 are other examples of it.

Its in my Top3 of favourite games of all time (the Subsistence version,which you maybe should have played instead of the og version). This is just peak Metal Gear to me, the amount of times this game blew me away with its content are countless. Things like the ladder sequence and the end fight are absolute magic, also probably the most fun Codec calls in the series. Edit. Tbh, I didnt find the switching to the menu to do things like healing nearly as negative as you, even on a replay a few years ago it never bothered me.

14:51 You don't say it here (maybe you didn't notice) but that weapon expert is the DARPA chief from MGS1 (the guy you were meant to save). EASTER EGGS!

Just thought I'd point out with the Subsistence release you can swap the camera from third person to fixed camera angles at any time.

Hey Chole! I'd like to point out some things you missed that I'm sure others have already pointed out. 1. The bolt in your arm was not a bug. If you take too long to remove it Snake's wound will heal around it making removal impossible. A nice detail I've always appreciated. 2. Pressing the action button during the EVA section will have Snake tell her to follow. Keeping her well fed also increases her movement speed. Not a fix for that segment but it does make it slightly better. 3. Calling Sigint after fighting the Cobra Unit members will give their lore, but making that optional is an interesting choice. 4. Not only do you heal by patching yourself up, you also heal by letting those injuries heal over time. In fact, healing the long way grants a superior increase to your health. On a side note, I'm shocked you didn't mention the solution for The Sorrow "boss fight". How long did it take you to figure that out? Great video! You really kept us waiting, huh?

30:40 burh that ladder climb is EPIC

Did you interrogate any soldiers for info? Did you blew up their supplies so they starve and go low on ammo? I feel like you missed out on some cool features in MGS3. Also, when you play MGS4, please learn the CQC. I remember watching my friend get stuck fighting Vamp because he didn’t learn the CQC. He thought you could only slam people, lol. Also there is a CQC technique where you can take the mercenaries down and go for a MMA style rear naked choke. It’s very satisfying. You can even hold to choke long enough to kill the mercenaries.

FYI - The Sorrow and The Joy's (The Boss) son is Ocelot You can also see The Sorrow's body in a cut scene when Snake is thrown off the bridge by the boss. He is in the background when Snake is getting out of the river.

ah we finally here. I GIVE MY LIIFE NOT FOR HONOR BUT FOR YOUUU!!

The ladder climb is one of the most iconic moments in all of gaming

Fun fact about the Raikov disguise: you can be as abusive as you want to guards short of shooting them or blowing them up as Raikov as a person is a sadist and because he's Volgin's boytoy no-one can stop him. So make sure go slap a guard or 2. More practically it allows you to explore the base more leisurely, get familiar with the base ready for the escape sequence and collect items that would otherwise be a pain to get during the initial infiltration and escape section. I can't remember but I think the guard dogs in the west yard with the tanks can smell you're not Raikov though so keeping your distance from them is a good idea.

Just watching through your play throughs I notice you don't tend to use lateral thinking which was one of the highlights of the games, and sometimes that's why you don't always feel like you "got it". Like in MGS1 with mantis, changing your controller port to 2, stops him reading your mind. With MGS2 vamp, you weren't shooting the knifes but in this one, you never used the beehives above ocelot to bring him out of cover. The pain, if you want to deal with bees, in the real world you'd smoke them so smoke grenades are very effective. The fury's interesting mechanic is if you destroy his fuel tanks on his back You could of used your tranquilliser on the bosses to take their abilities, or the end talking about his endurance, and being close to death, if you change the system clock he'll die of age

It’s the opening title sequence that made me fall in love with this game. I was studying media at university at the time and had just done a case study about title sequences in which I referenced a James Bond Movie live and let die, only months later was I watching the Snake eater intro marvelling at how Kojima and his team have crafted the James Bond style opening for MGS:3, setting the tone and reminding us of exactly where Kojima gets his influences and inspiration from.

Been waiting for your video on this!! My favorite game in the whole series. Finished it 13x back on the PS2!

Thanks Chole. Love to see new people enjoying these games and keeping metal gear alive. You've got me feeling nostalgic.

I enjoyed MGS1 for its difficulty. I loved MGS2 for its gameplay. I adore MGS3 because is peak to me.

Im totally enjoying these videos, MGS as a whole is one of my favourite things of all time

Still remember playing this on launch day on my PS2, it was fucking mindblowing at the time. I still never played the subsistance version. Honestly I don't care about the remake either, I played the original so much I have enough of it but it's pretty much a flawless game for me. I totally understand the gripes you have with some of the system, but honestly I much prefer this era of games trying to increase depth even at the cost of player QOL, than the opposite direction modern games ultimately went into.

Whilst I do agree that the menus can be temperamental, it doesn't take away that this game in general was ahead of its time. I hope that in MGS Delta, they include an ingame cure/food/backpack system that can be cycled through. Great vid :)

The comments made at the 12 min mark about the Boss, "swiftly disarming us, and breaking our arm before throwing us into the river below, leaving us to die." I was under the assumption that the Boss took action before Colonel Volgin did, because she did not want to kill Snake and knew Volgin would have killed him if she didn't...

Bro I just beat this yesterday, so glad you dropped this. What a banger

Haven't finished the video yet, but something that I think you should try is activating the cutscene with Johnny while you're in the jail cell. I believe you have to keep throwing the food back at him when he gives it to you and it'll activate eventually. I believe there are also multiple ways of escaping the jail other than just the codec.

One of Hind D choppers can be prevented from spawning by destroying the Hind at the helipad before the fight with Ocelot at the ravine. This is hinted at by a radio call you can have at the helipad. The chopper is replaced by a hover platform instead.

Starting at 48:00 to 50:27, this might be the only metal gear solid 3 video that perfectly summarized the ending without making it sound complicated lol! I definitely have to give you props for that, and what a great video. I personally believe you would’ve had a better time if you played the Subsistence release (and maybe even given it a higher score), but I definitely have to give you even more props for playing the original release LOL! I personally can’t decide if my favorite in the series is 2 or 3 because they both are so good in their own unique ways!

Since you mentioned that you emulated the original PS2 version of the game, what type of controller did you use? And did the pressure sensitive buttons (especially the square and circle buttons) work by default, or did it require a workaround? I wasn't able to get that functionality working using an official PS2 controller and third-party adapter when I attempted it in the past. (I actually tried it with three different third-party adapters, and none of them facilitated the pressure sensitive buttons.) You could still get through the game, but it really detracted from the experience for me.

As always. Lovely video. I will sadly have to Skip the Guns of the Patriots Video as its the only one i havent played yet and dont own a PS3 and i cant get it to run on an Emulator. i hope it will release with the next Volume of the Masters Collection on Steam. See you in the next one! Also i absolutely love the videos being as long as they are and wouldnt mind if they were even longer!

Man I was waiting for this all night 😭

When fighting The Fear, use a fake death pill, he will investigate you, after he turns around, stand up, throw a stun/flash grenade before he notices you, then shoot him after the flash to drain his stamina for a “no lethal” takedown, don’t matter the weapon. After you then unlock a camo

You need to replay this game's subsistence release on extreme to really appreciate a lot of the details and be forced to use and learn the many many mechanics that are not out rightly explained.

Thanks for the video! I've been waiting for this one, I like the story recaps and the gameplay perspective. I think one reason people like this game so much is there are so many Easter eggs and little secrets you can do, like saving the game and quitting while waiting for The End to die of old age, for example. Or taking the fake death pill and causing a time paradox. 😂

My favorite part of Elden Ring were the messages next to the longer ladder climbs referencing that iconic moment.

Amazing video as always. This is the first time that i see a person playing snake eater instead of subsistence, i had never played that version. Maybe you dont have the same opinion as the mayority, but you have defended it very well, i respect you. I hope you play the better version in stream. With the desing of the bosses, there are a lot of ways to dealing with each one, you should experiment more next time you play.

I had played MGS3 the entire way through and never noticed the Life Medicine. Playing the game with nothing but the auto heal was a very different experience that honestly I have more fun with the game repeating this. I personally don't have much issue with the camo thing as you only really use 5 different choice through the entire game and its an afterthought once you know which are best for which environments. Additionally you get special camos when you kill all the bosses nonlethally as well and its a rather fun challenge. Once again another excellent vid. Really interested to seeing how you feel about 4, best of luck and keep up the great work!

I'm sorry but in this day and age there's really no excuse for making the original release of Snake Eater your first playthrough, especially if you're not even going to play it on original hardware. It's not hard to find out in seconds that literally everybody on the planet suggests the subsistance version because of the improved camera and they literally just rereleased the game last year.

Did anyone mention that you can destroy ammo and health storage rooms with TNT and when you go back to those areas the guards will be super hungry with their stomachs growling and desperate for food. You can throw poisonous food at them, they will eat it and instantly die. Also since you destroyed their weapons storage, they will all be short on ammo. So when they go to shoot you after one clip they will switch to their handguns.

You missed the nightmare mini game he has when you wake up from jail cell by saving and exiting the game.. then loading again

Really enjoying your reviews/your new experiences with the franchise. I'd advise playing the Substance version briefly to try out the movable camera, which helps a lot and adds to the immersion. MGS1 is still my favorite in the franchise, but I enjoy all of them. All the best to you!

I was 10 or 12 years old when I found a disc in a CD Folder (we had modded PS2s) with the name "Metal Gear Solid 3" and I didn't know what it was, but I put into the console and played the game. I can't even remeber how I finished it, given the complexity of the game and I only played stuff like Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Dexter or Spyro before. But I enjoyed it. I never felt so drawn to a game and a story. It was one defining moment for me. Later I got to know the other games and since then I am a Kojima Fanboy. Was a blast to see your review after all this time and I'm glad that you also had so much fun with the game. Thank your for this series, can't wait for you to play Peace Walker and Phantom Pain!

Man im enjoying all your mgs reviews. I completely agree with all ur points on mgs3. I really liked the game but i had the same criticism as you. Exactly the same opinions. Now on to mgs4! One of my favs. It connects all the plots from 123.

Great video! Snake eater is top 3 game experiences ever. Both others are on the ps2 as well (gran turismo 4 and socom 2 online) I would love to hear your take on the socom us navy seal series on the ps2

Man i sure am glad you are covering such a solid series.

Another great video--thanks for almost an hour of entertainment!

Sounds like you just straight up didn't understand a ton of basic mechanics because you're trying to rush through these games too fast.

isn't he called Jack at the start because there's a joke where he wears a Raiden mask if you click that you played MGS2?

looking forward to your take on 4th a 5th one. As many times as i played these games, I am always finding something new and your summary videos, are actually giving me new info as well so keep it going :) Oh and yeah the game is completely different if you try to play it completely non lethal. No fight is so boring anymore.

A LOT of your complaints about the camera and such are pretty much all addressed by Subsistence. Personally I think Subsistence looks, and plays far better as a result of the free third person camera.

The ladder climb is such peak Kojima game design. It's just so weird and different that it's an artistic masterpiece. If nobody else pointed it out, you can win the fight with The End by saving, quitting, and not playing for like 7 days. You'll load your save and he'll have died of old age.

Dunno if you noticed this at 50:03 but it says Sigint joined ARPA. I would say that one stood out in particular for me because of what that implied. Also, Ocelot's name being Adamska implies he is Adam. And since we know Eva is not the real Eva, who is? Likely Ivan Raikov. Since Ivan is pronounced "Eva"n in Russian. He might not have been able to move freely due to Volgin requesting his presence. So Adam went instead. But Ocelot seeing Snake with someone he doesn't know, and can't trust, is probably why he didn't reveal to us that he is Adam.

The basic punch combo is handy for flooring enrmies without putting them in a dizzy stun via bodyslam. Afterwards, you can hold them up and they will lie prone with hands behind their head and they will STAY there unless discovered by a comrade or you trigger an alert phase.

Out of all the the different options to choose to play MGS3 you went with the fixed camera one. Unfortunately I agree the camera wasn’t great for this type of open game, that’s why when subsistence came out it game the player the freedom to play with the best camera.

what a phenomenal game, great rewiew on mgs 3!

If you defeat the bosses by draining their stamina they will give you their camouflages giving you a reason to take the "hard way" There are two other options to beat The End, one is when you get to the port you have a small chance to kill him and completely avoid the battle against him, if you couldn't kill him at that time you can advance the calendar one week when the battle starts and he will die of old age, as for the history of the Cobra Unit, you can call Sigint to get the details about them making it completely optional to know their stories, another thing that goes unnoticed is that Sigint is the DARPA chief of MGS and Para -Medic is Doctor Clark who experimented on Gray Fox and turned him into a cyborg, Volgin's boyfriend was modeled after Raiden because he was not well received in Japan and Hideo gave players a chance to hit him as many times as they wanted. Another thing is that there are at least 2 ways to escape from prison, one is by playing dead and having the guard enter the cell and the other is by using the code, to obtain the code there is another alternative where you have to give the guard the food he gives you, if you do it repeatedly, a cinematic will appear where the Guard and Snake have a friendly talk, the Guard reveals that his name is Johnny and he originally lived in the US, he tells us that all the firstborn in his family are called Johnny and he show us shows a photo of his family where if we use the first person we can see the code in the photo, this Jhonny huy is also the grandfather of the soldier that Meryl took off his clothes in MGS and who finally married her in MGS4

Excellent video. I have now subscribed.

Even though all rereleases of MGS3 has the modern camera control you can click the analog stick to bring it back to the original camera, which can provide an advantage in areas like the building you found Sokolov at.

Metal Gear Solid 3 is a great game, and really up things up. there is so many things inside of it that can change the game up big time. There were some mechanics inside the game that i think you missed. Like you know you can interrogate guards for information? They can tell you about the area you were in, along with where certain items are, and even codec frequencies that can cancel alarms. Also you know you can kill the End early? When at the docks and the End is brought out sleeping in the wheelchair. After the cutscene if you equip the sniper and use it you can headshot the end and kill him so you can skip that boss fight. Also if you kill the End non-lethally, you can get his tranquillizer sniper rifle to use. Also funny thing, is that once the battle with the End starts, save and exit and use your clock to fastfoward like two weeks later, the end will literally die of old age. They even have a cutscene of it. Also this is very important as it puts into perspective the last call that Ocelot gives in the ending. The clues are given and Eva talks about it with Snake. But Ocelot's name is Adam, and he is the son of the Boss and the Sorrow. He was the baby the Philosophers took from her.

The frequent pause menu interactions are nothing i ever had a problem with, could be because i played the ps3 and pc releases and it needing less time to load i guess. They also fixed this issue in the 3ds version by having an icon for cure, backpack, camo etc on the touchcreen to access these menues easier.

How much codec calls did you do with the boss fights?

23:23 About the difficulty - That's why I wrote in that long text on your other video _"Consider playing both on Hard, especially MGS3. Normal is too easy."_ - Normal in MGS3 really should be called Easy. The Hard setting is basically what Normal should be. Or to put it another way: Hard is closer to being something that should be called Normal, than Hard. Extreme is appropriately named though (of course there's nothing really extreme about Extreme in any MGS game but in MGS3 like in the other games, Extreme is significantly harder just like it should be). Considering that, MGS3 is actually missing a true Hard setting.

30:15 Glad you didn't have trouble beating MGS's hardest boss, THE LADDER. No bonus points for not singing the theme tho.

The Fear has a number of gimmicks. He has a range of crossbow bolts that inflict a variety of injury types. He's mostly invisible which encourages using the thermal goggles if you found them. The arena is filled with trap which limits evasion some of which are pit traps that instantly kill you. The splits you attention between looking up for The Fear and down to avoid traps. The Fear's stealth camo drains his stamina. When low enough he uncloaks, becomes slower and will attempt to hunt for food over fighting you. This gives you a breather for your own hunting, healing or clearing away traps. You can use this to poison by throwing out a poisonous mushroom (there's some in the arena if you're unprepared) or give him food poisoning by throwing out spoilt food as he'll prioritise already spawned food item boxes over hunting. This is excellent for no kill runs as you can tranq him until he's hungry, food poison him, then get the last hits in while he's vomiting. Alternatively you can place some TNT/claymore, throw food near it to bait The Fear into it for some Wile E Coyote tomfoolery.

I want to make some similar content based on some of the games I played growing up, do you have any tips when it comes to putting together a script / video? Do you think about what you're going to say as you play, or do you finish the run first, then take a look back to draft your notes? I love the content you put out and I've played some obscure games before so it'd be nice to take a look back

FUN FACT: Tselinoyarsk is actually the future site of the nation Zanzibar Land. As someone who played through MG2, this was a cool detail that blew my mind back when MGS3 came out. I was listening to the opening briefing in MGS3 and went "HOLY SHIT! GROZNYJ GRAD IS IN ZANZIBAR LAND,' as I realized the area they described as the Tselinoyarsk roughly corresponded to the geographic location described as the location of Zanzibar Land. An even cooler bit of detail is the fact that the ingame geography/Level Layout and biomes for MGS3 ALSO roughly correspond to MG2's layout too.

Pretty sure the long ladder after the "end" playing the music was a bit of a troll. Was meant to make you think that was coming to the end of the game when really only half way through. Also, at the time this released there was a big push about non lethal. It is possible to beat the entire game without killing anyone. Makes a whole different challenge to those bosses you had an easy time just standing still and blasting. I also thought finding the frogs was a fun challenge.

I haven't seen the whole review yet (I'm half way there) but so far I think some of your issues come from the crunchy/deadline driven nature of this series of videos. Not a dig at all, and I can see why you would think like that about those things being annoying or waste of time. However, here are my two cents: -The bosses/cobra squad, have a lot of backstory, it's just one of those "blink" and you miss things, since a lot of them are given on codec calls after beating them. I feel Kojima did this for those players that want a more straightforward cinematic game, so instead of dragging with flashback cutscenes, he chose optional conversations. -The healing, cammo and item management, I feel might be hit or miss for some. I personally loved the back and forth from menus to gameplay. I see it more as a tactical option than an interruption, since you are not required to do it that often. Good gameplay would prevent you from taking injuries, and wound treatment should be done in safe spaces so you don't take more. And I would only change the item loadout/cammo at the beginning of the areas. But hey, I played the game back when I was 14, It was a technical marvel at the time, and I hadn't played neither of the previous ones. I think the game could be better with some really simple Quality of Life improvements, like faster loading times, and better frame rate. P.S: I remembered working really hard to get all the cammos, and I was really pissed that there was a snow cammo, but no snow level. Worst game ever, 10/10.

2:56 in the original E3 announcement, it was said it would be in a new setting. And it said it would take place in 1964 on the back of the box.

I think your review is very fair. The problems you cited are things that factually exist, and you have every right to cite them. I think that most of us just look back at the final cutscene, at the amazing way The Boss is re-contextualized and shown to be, arguably, the only real good guy in the whole story, and instantly forgive the game it's flaws, because the writing and character arcs and performances are JUST THAT POWERFUL -- particularly in 2004 when video games were still figuring out what stories they COULD tell, much less how to tell them this effectively. And that just gets into questions about how you review things. Does gameplay outweigh story? Should nostalgia and context be factored in?--especially if you're two decades removed from that context? I think every reviewer has to make these decisions for themselves. And, personally, I don't care how you make them, because that's your business and you're allowed to have your own opinions and I'M allowed to agree OR disagree with those opinions. At the end of the day, what really matters is that you got to take this journey at all. Thank you for bringing us with you.

Fake death Pill can give you an upper hand on each boss. I usually use it on the Fear then get him into his own traps. Or The Sorrow to totally bypass that part.

Great video, thank you! But... Either I'm dumb or your emulator settings are kinda off because while UI is clearly ok, like on original PS2, 3D rendered space is kinda shrinker a bit. I remember it being wider...

Fun fact when u are escorting eva when u have to treat her wounds you can put the full xray mode on and see some neat details😉

It's interesting that Chole seems to prefer streamlined, smooth experiences within scope than more expansive ones. His complaints on the menu struggles here hammer that home. I think it's a perfectly valid perspective that does not have to match any other player's. Things that bother one person about a game may not bother another. Some players want condensed, intensive play experiences and don't care at all if the game feels like a perpetual gauntlet. Others yearn for freedom and exploration and discovery. It's all a matter of perspective and personal taste.

life also regenerates when you crouch in MGS2. you can toggle between the old & new camera with R3 in Subsistence, it's definitely the best way to play. there's a 60 fps code for PCSX2. stamina also levels up, but it's more granular. a lot of the difficulty from bosses comes from choosing to go non-lethal. The Fear eats food to recover, so you have to be more aware when playing like that. you are rewarded with extra unlocks. I didn't mind the Eva part, I was actually pretty invested in getting her through safely, but it was interesting seeing your perspective. 2 & 3 are definitely my favourites, the ability to mess with AI in 3 is unmatched.

I absolutely need to know how you fixed the visuals on this game. My copy of mgs3 is all either blurry or pixelated, even if i play in 4:3

I was having that same issue with trying to play stealthily then purposely dying to start over but taking too long to die. I just recently found out you can just use the Fake death Pill then hit Continue or exit & load your save. It wont get taken out of your inventory unless you use the revival pill.

The audio issue you had isn't as prominent when using the 3rd person camera, its more reliable as the audio is around where the camera is aiming, not so reliable when switching between fixed camera/audio and first person

Not my favorite mg game, but definitely a memorable. The setting, the switcher op to it being a complete prequel overall and origin to everything was intriguing, the attention to detail with various things you didn’t mention like you can take the end out in various ways like not playing the game for days he’ll die, or sniping him in the beginning resting in his chair replaces his fight with extra patrols. Can make codec calls hiding in a box for fun dialogue. If you get poisoned you can spin snakes model in the pause menu to make him throw up losing his poison….ect. Can definitely tell it made with passion and love, but the little things I do agree with like resorting to a neutral camo, and getting annoyed pausing for item adjusting and healing, which again the detail to healing was a great idea in grand scheme just annoying in long run. Only reason I could find to make it make sense though is it’s set way in the past, solid snake and raiden had those tech sneaking suits and even Naomi says in mgs1 she can remotely med him and such through it so I assumed the tech was farther along in timeline wise so a setting way back in past without a tech suit of sorts yea naked gotta heal himself and such idk. It’s a great game but I do find it’s not my favorite.

hey, are you gonna play only the games considered canon in the series or do you plan on playing the spin offs too? (btw Portable Ops is canon, idc what kojima says or said, its explain big parts of BB's trajectory and stuff I won't say because of spoilers) amazing video btw, kept me entertained for the whole 50 minutes, I do agree on the bosses being not that good, but I didn't really mind the inventory, somehow it just never broke my immersion lol, but maybe you should give MGS3 Subsistence a shot someday, having full control of the camera makes such a big difference in MGS3!

Did you play on normal difficulty?

Did you know that Subsistence has both the classic and 3D camera which you can swap with R3 in game?

The best thing the re release did is change the camera with a click of a button. This game is way more suited to 3rd person. Also this story is extremely necessary to understand some of the twists in MGS4 :)

How long did you beat that "The Sorrow" river?

If I remember correctly you can call Sigint for backstory of the cobras.

You definitely missed a lot of things, if you want to learn more about them; then all you had to do is talk with your crew after each fight or during each fight. There is a lot to learn about each member, and non lethal helps you a lot after the fight; but I assume you noticed that. This is one of my favorite mgs games (although this is one of the best, especially the subsistence version), and it’s so good!!

The reason why your health go up during the game, is because when you get injured, the health goes up a little bit.

oh no, I've finally caught up. need more videos. Please hurry Boss!

I miss this style of metal gear snake eater was legendary cant wait fo the remake