He's Snake, he's Snake, you're Snake, I'm Snake! Are there any other Snakes I should know about?!

Raiden has a knack for facing villains with extreme yet understandable beliefs.

The way I see it, Solidus was more of an anti-villain. Some people might confuse him as an anti-hero, but an anti-hero is usually selfish, like, he might do the right thing, but only for his own personal gain or interest. Like Kratos in the first 3 God Of War games. He does the right thing, but only out of vengeance, and he sacrifices innocent lives along the way without a care. An anti-villain is more like a bad guy with good intentions. His ultimate goal is a noble one, but his methods of achieving it are questionable, like sacrificing innocent lives for the greater good and whatnot. Solidus is by no means selfish, he wants to free everybody from the patriot's control, but his methods are indeed questionable.

Ocelot: are you a real villain? Solidus: technically nah Btw were there any villains besides Volgin?

Solidus: Do you know what day it is? Raiden: Why the fuck does everyone keep asking me that?

Not even a mention of John Cygan's death? He did a wonderful job voicing Solidus, and he sure as hell won't be forgotten by fans of the series. His acting brought emotion and deep thought to many people, May he rest in peace

Finally someone shows some love for Solidus Snake

I always hear theories that Solidus was lying about killing Raiden's parents personally, to motivate him to fight harder since he already lost to the Patriots anyway.

So, Solidus doesn't want us to buy Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist?

stop making me want to replay metal gear again

Killing Raiden's parents sounds villainous. But, it's unclear if they were enemy combatants. He did spare Raiden, after all, which implies he wouldn't kill children. Then there's the killing of Olga. But in that case she was a traitor siding with the Patriots. Yes, I know. She had no choice, because they took her child. But that wasn't really Solidus's problem. I think George was a true patriot and hardened by war and his own traumatic origin. Not a nice guy, but people shaped by war rarely are. Knowing the Patriots were the actual villains, it's hard to think him as a complete villain.

Rip his voice actor he will be remember just like he wanted

Solidus is the embodiment of "In order to achieve your dreams, you sometimes need to get your hands dirty". Him and Armstrong would had been great friends xD

That moment you realize Kojima was warning us about what we would discover two decades later.

Thank you for pointing out the genius of Solidus' character. He's still my favorite villain of all time for all these reasons and more.

Solidus Snake is the perfect anti-hero.

Solidus just wanted to be remembered, instead he was just half a torso and gut used as a decoy and then burned

Solidus Snake is Metal Gear's Funny Valentine.

Here's a snake, there's a snake, everywhere's a snake, snake! Old McDonald has a farm, La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo!

I love how Metal Gear has that kind of absurde bravado that makes everything so memorable and interesting, wich gives it a place in the hearts of thousands of people.

He was a villain, easily, but he made a lot of good points and his heart was in the right place. If he wasn't so crazy with his child soldier stuff and using others as pawns him and Snake would have probably been on the same side (they basically do what Solidus aimed to do years later anyway).

The music really brings down the video why didn't u use metal gear music

None of the Snakes were ever villains, they were all just antagonists. Solid, working for the Patriots, whether knowingly or not, was simply the antagonist to Venom, Liquid, Big Boss, etc. Even Liquid, the least sympathetic of the lot, was acting in the best interests of the majority, even if it was at the cost of a minority.

Solidus Snake said, "Make America Great Again", without saying the phrase.

First in-depth analysis of Jojo's, and now Metal Gear? This channel just keeps getting better!

Wish we could get a redo of this one without the Patriot Protection Meme being in place the whole time

In a lighter take on this video's obvious criticism, you could just say La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo yourself instead of just using the same voice clip. It would make the joke at least a little less repetitive, and make more sense within the MGS universe since the phrase "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo" is spoken naturally.

If they ever do another MGS game I would love to play as Solidous Snake

He is an anti villain. A villain with noble ideals or purposes. Sure, he's a piece of shit sometimes, but he puts liberty above everything else. HE is the actual patriot. Team Solidus all the way.

11:31 It's so annoying how they removed the American flag from this game. You can kind of see how Raiden was supposed to cut down the flag and allow it to cover solidus' body as he died.

The opening image is inaccurate. That's Jim Houseman, the secretary of defense. Shinkawa's rendition of George Sears is gray and appears in MGS2.

Jesus christ, Just say Patriots. This La-li-lu-le-lo bit got old the minute it was introduced.

That lalelulelo joke got old the first 3 times

"you never did like the french" Big Boss Venom Snake to Ocelot. Omg me and Ocelot have allot in common, this makes me love him even more!

If it was up to me, I would say that Solidus Snake is more of an "anti-villain" or "well-intentioned extremist" than a true "bad guy".

Solidus just wanted to make America great again, just like funny valentine

What if in MGS 6, Solidus was reincarnated as a loli German soldier?

You missed 2 opportunities at the end to annoy me more. This was a really good video that i learned a few things from so thank you for that but god damn man just call them The Patriots. It was funny the first couple of times but towards the end of the video i almost left.

Solidus was probably the best actual hero Metal Gear had. I killed him only one time for the story, after that I never wanted to kill him again. They should have let players join him or spare him.

Reminds me of that weird kid in school who gets some attention telling a joke, then proceeds to repeating it until he looks even worse than before.

You know, I seem to take Solidus's actions as good reasons to fight against all that is corrupt

Imma be straight up: I liked Solidus more than the other clones

This character had a serious impact on my life, and he is very close to me. Thank you for putting content out there that does his character justice.

imagine a stand alone Metal Gear Solidus game

this is honestly a really good video. good job.

my dude you ran that lalilulelo effect to the GROUND, chill out it’s not that funny

Why not just say The Patriots, I get it's not as cool sounding but...

the LA LI LU LE LO joke gets a little old fast where I didn't even want to continue watching. Take it easy there.

Oh Solidus is remembered by the world... in the form of the Sears program

Killing Olga for no good reason is the moment I stopped pitying Solidus. That move was cold, cruel, and spiteful.

Your videos are so good Meti, even if i'm not into the Metal Gear Solid I really liked it.

The plot was a fourth wall breaker. basically, this is a game.

Never played a metal gear game but loved your explanation. I wasn't lost and could follow the story very easily. Thanks!

watching solidus is hilarious everytime he looks around even slighly he almost cuts out his eye with the collar armor

Solidus is as much a bad guy as the Boss was, or Big boss, hell even Solid Snake. I think Eli managed to be the closest to an actual bad guy, and we all know that Liquid had his own motivations that cast his actions in a different light.

soldius was a pretty cool character with a very good voice actor. too bad the later games pretty much never mention him or give him any other backstory (although rising does but in a sort of weird way)

I wonder who would win in an election between George Sears and Stephen Armstrong

0:00 that's... Jim Houseman, the ex-secretary of defense

Great video!

Did this man actually put the Tanya the evil theme in the background of a video talking about solidus snake

I literally beat this game yesterday and I can already quote most of solidus’s speech

Does no one realize that a lot of the "villains" in mgs aren't actually villains.

dang it! came back to watch this on April 29th! should've waited 1 more day

I'm very curious if you ever got into Zone of the Enders since you really adore Kojima's and Araki's mind.

Actually no villian in Metal Gear is really a villian

Solidus was always my hero of the MGS series.

2:43 You forgot 9/11, which canonically happened, presumably in 2001, during Solidus’s presidency.

Yes hes a villian. The man kidnaps and enslaves children and then makes them fights wars. That's pretty much the worst thing you can do. That's a step right beneath holocaust

Solidus got done the worst from the brothers yeah Liquid died and “possessed” Ocelot but Solidis died had his body reused quite saddening

Did you make this video because of John Cygan's death?

Hey great video man please do more

Man, Solidus must *_REALLY_* hate Article 13

Take a shot every time he says "LA LI LU LA LO".

The background audio is just so terrible.

I miss the old intro where you open a drink

I really enjoyed the non jojo content. I hope you do more of these videos in the future

You should do a video on how ocelot is the main character of the series not the Snakes

9:36 well damn, just dropped that info on him no warning, no regret or mercy... just a casual BTW 😂 thats really monstrous

Every time he says the la li lo le lo it sounds like he's having a stroke

Great video, can't believe I forgotten about his exoskeleton

Nope, Solid and Raiden we're the bad guys, their plans we're always backed by the patriots, ocelot knew this so he use that information against them

wow this is a lot of information I just took in I must be halfway done by now.... oh I'm only 4 minutes in....LALELILALO

BEST ANTAGONIST

Wait... I thought Sodomy Snake and Dr. Octogon were collecting South American Queen Bees and knife fishing with Robert Ossalot and Walker Gear Texas Ranger?

Asking if an antivillain is really a villain is as ridiculous as asking if an antihero is really a hero

Named my absolute favorite cat that I ever had Solidus, he's was a rather sneaky lil $#!+ too, quite the ambush artist. 🤣

This was the hardest video of yours to watch imo because of the la-le-lu-li-lo shit

HOLY SHIT YOU FINALLY DID A METAL GEAR VIDEO!!!

I agree with most of what you said, hes not a good person, but I do think he's a villain. He worked towards an understandable goal with ruthless methods and no remorse He's a villain imo

This game has everyone asking questions. It was like 2001

Solidus is the most under-rated character in the franchise. It would have been really cool to get a prequel game with him.

must be a work of an enemy stand.

#solidussnakedidnothingwrong

Ocelot was a good guy so that leaves me with this question Did Ocelot really betray Solidus or did they plan it?

Oh my god lol YOUR CHANNEL RULES

That picture in the very beginning is not solidus, it's Jim Houseman. He's the minister of the department of the defense.

Wanted to watch the video whole, but the "LaLeLuLeLo"-part was annoying. The rest was good, but I stopped after the 3min mark.

Yeah, I'm going down the rabbit hole again of the Metal Gear series. But with Meti holding my hand this time.

I'm literally watching this on April 30th 😳