I appreciate that you waited for the 4th of July for this video.

Volgin's father gave him a small loan of a 100,000,000 dollars.

I like how MGS3 and The Boss basically serve as a way to turn everything you know about the franchise around. Suddenly you're not sure of who the good guys are. And then the story of Big Boss continues and it is revealed how the Patriots came to be and why Big Boss tried to rebel against them. By the ending of MGS4 you realize that perhaps you've been playing as a pawn of the "bad" guys all along, that the real heroes were Big Boss and Ocelot. Man... I'll miss MGS, one of the greatest pieces of art, videogames or not, that man has seen. I seriously hope Kojima, now with full creative freedom, manages to create something as great if not better with Death Stranding.

If you didn't upload my sleep would've been... Eternal.

Revisiting Metal Gear's story is always a reminder of how incredible it is.

what a thrill...

Devious Intent: Big Boss and Zero (Cipher)

One thing that always stung me was how when the game makes you shoot The Boss, you might not have it in you to do it, so the game takes control away from you and does it itself as if to take mercy on you and say, "I know it's hard, I'm sorry, but this has to happen."

The Joy The Sorrow The Fury The Fear The Pain The End

One of the best character. Too pure and perfect to this world.

The greatest female character in video games.

The feels man.

I only recently realized that she has the same voice actor as Pearl from SpongeBob.

I forgot how good Metal Gear Solid 3's story was.

It's incredible how to this day, after finishing the game countless times, the ending gives me goosebumps every damn time... ;_;7

I love how this video explains Snake's descent into who he is in later games better than the entirety of Peace Walker and MGS5

17:04 *CQClaymore, bitch!*

"Today's friend is tomorrow's enemy". That quote still rings with me to this day. I still would've liked it to see why EVA respected the Boss so much.

when i 1st play mgs3 i nearly cried in the end. Snake's tear has so much impact once you heard everything Eva had to tell snake

Best female videogame character ever made. How Kojima went from this to Quiet, will remain for ever a mistery.

I hope there is an antagonist as memorable as The Boss in Death Stranding.

Man I love your Metal Gear Devious Intent videos. thank you very much for your work. Every once in a while I come back to this videos as I hold dearly this saga of video games and love the deep characters.

The Boss: The Patriot Who Saved the World Big Boss: The Man Who Sold the World

The Boss: without a doubt the greatest female character in the entirety of gaming. Todays friends are tomorrows enemies.

Konami deserves their own Devious Intent video. They're a bigger villain than any of the ones in their video games.

Seriously though despite the fact that the Boss is known as the Joy and her lover is called the Sorrow, she always has a grim look on her face and he is always smiling. Inside joke lol?

a July 4th upload for a true patriot.

The Boss was the weapon to surpass metal gear.

I love this series, and thank you for detailing The Boss' reasoning for all that she did. I knew there was more to it than I could remember, and you summed it all well. Keep up the fantastic work!

Funny that no one whined about Solidus being called "Devious". Kind of ironic.

Damn you're making me want to play snake eater again

God. This game is sooooo good. Amazing in every aspect. Even the graphics still hold up. Best MGS game ever!!!

I like how you left out information from the later games. Really staying true to the "history" this game was designed with. Great video as always. You're one of the best KZfaqrs in my Opinion and your videos have brought me much joy and the Yakuza series! So, I just want to express my Gratitude at this point. Thank you and see you on your next video! :)

Not sure if you're into Tekken, but Heihachi Mishima might make an interesting subject with the amount of history the character has had across 7 games.

The greatest soldier that never lived. The mother of all special forces. The founder of emotion on the battlefield. Beyond badass.

Making a Boss game will be too great. The emotional story it'll tell would be overwhelming

5:02 When mom puts the whole family on a time-out.

your synopses are always fantastic, your channel is always wonderful to come across in my feed, thank you for what you do.

the boss has always been my favorite MGS character and this video just emphasizes everything about her that makes here great thank you so much

Boss throwing Ocelot's signature double-hand throw right back at him is without a doubt the best diss in anything ever.

Doesn’t matter how many times I see that ending scene. I will always shed a tear when Big Boss salutes and let out his sadness to The Boss’s grave.

The ending theme is a tear jerker. Can't change my mind, either.

5:45 minor point but it's a myth that people with one eye don't have depth perception. Maybe it's slightly impaired but it's not like you lose it entirely. Case in point: there was an NHL hockey player named Bryan Berard who essentially had his eye poked out by a stick and was still able to play at a professional level.

No Step on Snek!

Great video. The Boss has always been one of my favorite characters, and fights of the series.

21:59 Right. Put simply, they broke Big Boss’ heart. That’s why we all fell in love with the story in MGS3

8:08 well, there are still the facility just before fightimg ocelot, the facility where we could have killed the End before the batle, where we found Grannin, and I dont think all those soldiers are dead by the end of the game.

I miss this channel, I appreciated your work.

i love how this amazing series is still being reviewed and charished

So beautiful I almost cried hearing her story again.

Fantastic video and the editing was brilliant. Can't wait for Devious Intent on Big Boss, you make some of the best content I've seen on KZfaq Hayden

17:38 Here's something that was thankfully removed from the game. In-game voice files of The Boss heavily imply that that scene was to include an aiming mechanic, and you could mess up the killshot as she would tell you to "do it right this time".

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE THE PAIN! "TAKE THIS!" Shut up, at least my favourite boss isn't Running Man from Metal Gear from the MSX days... but it is Kojima's, actually.

the first time I played MGS3 or MG Origins to be exact.... back in 2004/2005 right when I got to the final part where you beat The Boss and she hands you her Patriot and tells you to kill her.... I stood there for a good 5 minutes.... I didn't even press R1 at all or the fire button. I just stood there as the music played on and the meadow grass and flowers swayed. I was thinking maybe if I don't shoot her, she could be saved. But as she said "There can only be on Boss" Because of the US Government using Jack (Big Boss) and forcing him to kill his best friend in existence...... He would slowly become the villian as time progressed. I am guessing that no-one really understood the Boss's mission at all. They all tried to copy it and fullfill it.... but most of them failed. In reality the Boss wanted a world of peace, where people wouldn't have to kill eachother and where love can exist. The Boss truly was the hero of Metal Gear period.

Dude you really outdid yourself this video I've always been a fan but this video brought tears to my eyes man keep you the good work

Holy shit, this is so insightful and explains so much in such a simple manner. This really explain some things I did not catch and makes me really appreciate the character development a lot more

Amazing how older Naked Snake/Big Boss ended up so similar to the Boss. Guess the Boss was right after all: "One must die and one must live. No victory, no defeat. The survivor will carry on the fight. It is our destiny... The one who survives will inherit the title of Boss. And the one who inherits the title of Boss will face an existence of endless battle."

Haven't watched yet, but god damn am I happy to see a DI on The Boss. She needed this, your other Character Study videos were so good. Watching now lol

It's been long time since I was excited by a video released on yt. Love your content HyperBitHero !

Kuwabara kuwabara

Damnit that ending credits made me cry again...

OHHHHH YEAAAAAH!!!!!!!! I live for these kind of long video essays, mix that with MGS? This made my day.

Can't wait to see Big Boss, oh man.

Never in my have I ever subscribed to somebody who put ads on other vids. This is awesome!

I was expecting for you to cover her "participation" in Peace Walker, about how in the end she just wanted the world at peace and to just sing a song. Still, great video!

I've always wanted to play a game as the Boss/the Joy with the cobra unit during their heyday

Good timing. Just started playing the Legacy collection that I've had sitting on my shelf for over a year. Just finished this game up. Definitely the best playing game in the series so far and I enjoyed it much more than 2. The Boss was a highlight of the game. On to MG4!

Great, great, super awesome stuff. Seriously eloquent explanation of the motivations behind one of the most tragic characters in the entire narrative that is MGS. Way better than anything bunny hop or other channels have put out.

Kept us waiting huh? Seriously this is very well done! the Boss is truly a fantastic character! Looking foward to a video on Big Boss in the future!

If you had been in my place back then... maybe you wouldn't have made the same mistakes that I did. Ever since the day I killed The Boss... With my own hands... I... Was already dead. Boss... You were right. It's not about changing the world. It's about doing our best to leave the world... the way it is. It's about respecting the will of others... And believing in your own. Isn't that... What you fought for? At last... I understand the meaning behind what you did.- Big Boss's last words.

Great. The Boss, the best character ever

This video makes the final fight in MGS4 a littler sad and that much deeper in retrospective

Still one of the most confusing story in video games but still fun also. =) And The boss is so complex and a wonderful character. I do wish you put in that she also "returns" in MGS Peace Walker even if she not really meant to be the focus in that game but still it could have been worth mentioning. Anyway great work BitHero. as always. =)

I like how you just sort of barely acknowledge the retroactive stuff MGS4 did with The Boss and stuck to her character and motivations from MGS3. Although an Uncharted 3-style exploration of the narrative jank in the MGS4 villains would be an interesting round-out to this Metal Gear Solid D.I. marathon. - Lewis

>4th of July Good timing.

whenever the boss talks all I can think of is pearl from spongebob

I clicked this video to save this and watch it later and accidentally watched the whole thing. Holy shit. MGS3 was the first and so far the only game I ever had cried for, it seems dorky just acknowledging it but it's true and I think just goes to show how good it is. 'Love MGS, man.

Nothing but adoration for Metal Gear. Even the mediocre entries are a lot of fun.

i cry everyday SHE DID SO MUCH FOR US

Even though this video is a few years old, it's a good one! The Boss is the one Metal Gear character that I have the most curious about. It's a pity that Hideo Kojima had a falling out with Konami because he had an interest in making a game centered around The Boss. It would have answered a lot of questions. What is her real name? Where is she from? Who trained her to be the bad ass that she was in MGS3? How did she, or better yet, they come up with the alias "The Boss" and why?. So many unanswered questions. This video gets a huge thumbs up!!

Mgs 1-3 were life changing for me when I was a kid playing these games. God Bless Kojima.

The Boss my favorite character from Metal Gear series, despite the fact that She appears only In Metal gear solid 3 and Peace Walker (as flashback)

i wish you mentioned that the player has to press Square himself to kill The Boss. Really hit you hard

Great video. I would love one on Hot Coldman from _Peace Walker._ He's interesting since he fully believes no one has the stomach to use nukes even though two people in the MGS universe has. Volgin nuked Sokolov's research facility for kicks and the Boss nuked Grozni Grad under orders. Coldman's so ruthless but his naive belief that all humans are naturally too weak-willed to kill themselves baffles me. No wonder Zadornov manipulated him so easily.

I like how pretty much everyone connected to the field of operation for Snake Eater is a double agent. Even though The Boss had respectable and unshakable loyalty, I can't help but to think that her faith was misplaced. All her work is doing is promote war profiteering through the Philosophers. It's easy to see how anyone else would grow to reject the ludicrous orders handed to them after being treated like a disposable handkerchief for decades.

tears tears and more tears.....

Awesome video, mate! Never clicked that Ocelot was the baby The Boss had taken away from her.

This grave marks a fallen soilder. A patriot that saved the world.

Neat summary. Although I'm pretty sure The Boss tells Strangelove she wasn't sent to the Bay of Pigs; that was a cover for her being sent to Russia to spy on the Sputnik team. And _then_ she reunited with The Sorrow and had to kill him as part of that mission. (I like to headcanon that she also bumped into a tiny kitten Ocelot and that in Snake Eater, she always knew who he was. Hence the rather mom-like way she takes his guns away and gives him a smack xD)

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you, Boss 😭

Wow, the snakes during the final battle. I didn't know about it before, very clever. Metal Gear will be nothing without Kojima's crazy ways. What a master piece.

IN MEMORY OF A PATRIOT

This is awesome, can’t get enough of the story mechanics of MGS. Better than movies.

I though I played each of the games in the main series. it never felt like a stealth game series since a majority of the characters acknowledge Snake's identity and at the same time attempt to be cinematic. Then for me to consider that one guy was able to take on a Metal Gear. While another pleb named Raiden takes on at lest 10 Metal Gear Rays. It seems that the series actively attempt to completely undermine its own selling point with the franchise. I know the games can be played at higher difficulties but the nature of the series is still marred of the boss fights and the active need for the characters have long winded monologues with each other. Not a series that I think deserves a stealth title but a decent one.

Back when metal gear had actual good writing

MGS3 set up Big Boss so well and Phantom Pain just ruined it.

Dam bro, I got a tear in my eye by the end, MGS3 is a classic

we really need one for Big Boss - you did really good with Liquid, Solidus, and Senator Armstrong

I'm playing through the whole so far 3 is looking like the best

When you mentioned the fact the Big Boss would die early due the Exposure to radiation, he lived to be 79 years old he died from foxdie due to Solid Snake having a new strand. He outlived his life and the only side affect he ended up with was he was sterile due the radiation. While others in on that test site had suffered worse a lot worse. Maybe the Boss would had died early in life due to the fact she had to deal with radiation twice in her life once in Outer space and Nevada. But we will never know because Big Boss killed her. However great video.