What Makes Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker The Best PSP Game?

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Ай бұрын

During the development of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, the team came up with the idea for another PSP title to follow it up, and development on this sequel would begin shortly after MPO was released. And while Hideo Kojima had originally planned to leave the project in the hands of the MPO team, he wanted to make the game’s message more clear for a younger demographic, opting to join the team as the project director shortly after development began, meaning that he was working on both this new PSP title and Metal Gear Solid 4 at the same time. This project would come to be known internally as “Metal Gear Solid 5: Peace Walker”, but the team would end up dropping the numbered title as they didn’t feel it was right to put a numbered entry on a handheld system, simply titling it “Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker” instead. Kojima and the team wanted this to be the largest Metal Gear game to date, so they gave it a lot of time in the oven, with the game eventually being released in April of 2010. So would Peace Walker be able to meaningfully build upon the handheld format that Portable Ops brought to the table, or would the game be held back by the split development focus between it and the then newest numbered entry? Well, let’s talk about it.
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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a 2010 stealth game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami. It is the seventh Metal Gear game written, directed, and designed by Hideo Kojima, and the fifth installment of the Metal Gear Solid series, as well as the fourth Metal Gear game made specifically for the PlayStation Portable, following Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. A remastered version of the game titled Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition was later released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as part of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in North America and Europe and as a stand-alone retail release in Japan.
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@totalhydration5240 Ай бұрын

I still can't believe they made two Portable Ops games and then drop this banger.

@MCVAMP666 3 күн бұрын

Yeah this game did so bad they had renew it and Remaster it lol

@ScoutTank_Ru251 Ай бұрын

Fun fact: the song in the ZEKE battle was made in-universe for Peace Day, the day where peace would have been mostly achieved throughout the world. This also means that Miller (and by extension, MSF) could have been the very first idol manager if Paz didn't pull all the shit that happened on Mother Base. Also means that Paz knows how to sing in Japanese, and also that Miller is an absolute god of a producer and lyric maker because *gawd damn,* Love Deterrence goes so hard for something about nuclear deterrence theory disguised as a love song about a forbidden student and teacher romance. (Also, Paz is an adult, and her being 16 was a lie. Because Kojima is Kojima and he won't hesitate to make Big Boss become a lolicon without him knowing about wtf that means in a game as long as it's revealed that the 16 year-old schoolgirl was actually a consenting adult and that they just look like a teen.)

@lesslighter 29 күн бұрын

its also why Idol Paz is sometimes plastered in MGSV:TPP, sure the bullshit she did in PW was kinda "stupid" but god the people at MSF just forgave her and you blasting Love Deterence in some of the mission gets attention from the dispersed MSF soldiers

@CoralCopperHead 15 күн бұрын

(doesn't help that 16 is the AoC in Japan)

@ScoutTank_Ru251 15 күн бұрын

@@CoralCopperHead there are laws that prevent a 16 year-old teen having sex with an 18 year-old adult, iirc in Japan a 16yo female and a 18yo male can't hook up, both need to be 18 to fuck

@PlebNC 29 күн бұрын

Nah the real box MVP is the Ambulance Box. Aside from reviving downed teammates (and having flashing lights while doing so), it's a great way to heal without using healing items which impacts rankings and most boss areas have cheese spots you can hide in to wait out the healing. This is especially useful in vehicle missions where the vehicles can be obnoxiously powerful in the late game.

@serPomiz 5 күн бұрын

the later vehicles fight are thought for multiplayer, full stop, which is a design inherited from monster hunter, and was a pretty wide standard at the time we somewhat moved over from that, luckily, but you can see it onto even the Cheese items be countered pretty hard, which should not happen!

@CallumHurley Ай бұрын

In terms of why Peace Walker's cutscenes look so much better than Portable Ops', there are three reasons, I feel: 1. Art was done by both Ashley Wood and Yoji Shinkawa, and for fun the two of them tried imitating each other's styles here and there, making for more varied artwork. 2. They're FAR more animated than they were in Portable Ops. 3. They further imitate the comic/graphic novel look using small "frames" (or boxes) and speech bubbles rather than just standard subtitles.

@AuramiteEX Ай бұрын

An elegant game, from a more civilised age. It's a crime that more people didn't play this when it came out. In many ways it's the best MGS game. My personal favourite.

@tiltedlampshade Ай бұрын

Aye! This is my favorite MGS game, too! It is a shame that people overlook this game. This game is chalk full of content plus co-op. I'm really hoping the Master Collection Volume 2 will have this game. I know it came out on the PS3 and 360, it also a shame it's stuck on those consoles.

@PoukTheGame Ай бұрын

it should have been a ps3 game rather than PSP. I didn't enjoy the controls and I still don't.

@AuramiteEX Ай бұрын

@@PoukTheGame there was a ps3 version running in full HD, 60fps with modern controls

@PoukTheGame Ай бұрын

@@AuramiteEX i know there is but it is still worse than mgs3

@AuramiteEX Ай бұрын

@@PoukTheGame I think it's a better game

@Necrom6 Ай бұрын

Wake up babe, new Chole metal gear video just dropped.

@vixenpeon Ай бұрын

My husband didn't care, I'm afraid lol

@Necrom6 Ай бұрын

@@vixenpeon I'm so sorry to hear that, hope he improves.

@Kenshiro3rd Ай бұрын

Peace Walker is actually my favorite MGS game. THIS is the game that reveals WHAT caused Big Boss to become a bitter hate-filled man set on fanning the flames of war throughout the world. He wasn't driven by a different interpretation of The Boss' will/dream. Peace Walker reveals that Big Boss was not driven to fulfill The Boss' dream, AT ALL! In fact he was driven by the opposite. Peace Walker's revelation of The Boss' actual goals/dream of world peace, along with the implication that that literally everything she taught him to believe… the very thing she taught him to believe… the very thing she gave her life for… the very core of his being... being true to your mission.... was bullshit she herself completely opposed to festered in & BROKE Big Boss. It poisoned all his memories of her, and turned his love and admiration for her into hatred and resentment. THIS game reveals that he felt completely betrayed by, and hated The Boss... who was also paradoxically the person he also loved & admired most. Consequently he was dead set on avenging himself upon her memory. He didn't want to make her dream a reality. He wanted to turn it into a nightmare, it and shove it down her throat, using everything she taught him & taught him to believe... betraying her memory & dream/will the same way she betrayed him, as revenge for her betrayal.

@sergiomendoza251 15 күн бұрын

Sadly the bosses in this game sucks so much

@Kenshiro3rd 15 күн бұрын

@@sergiomendoza251 disagreed. The problem is they’re designed & balanced for multiple players. They are fun as hell in Coop… like some of the most fun I’ve had in an MGS game level fun.

@sergiomendoza251 15 күн бұрын

@@Kenshiro3rd like in Armored Core 5 right?

@MCVAMP666 3 күн бұрын

Disagree all of it if there wasn't portable ops in the first place there be no peace walker story at all lol

@Kenshiro3rd 3 күн бұрын

@@MCVAMP666 I loved Portable Ops as well, and you ain’t wrongz

@LumieVT Ай бұрын

I remember this game because the hype and mystery surrounding a mainline entry in a portable like the PSP was so intriguing at the time. It was the last time I bought physical media, buying a gaming magazine just to read the articles on Peace Walker. Nice video!

@olaf3140 Ай бұрын

Yeah I remember reading how it was originally titled MGS V, and was a little worried that I'd be missing out on a proper MGS experience (which I did).

@subtegral 27 күн бұрын

@@olaf3140um.. no. It was (and still is) MGS5, not V. V isn't 5, it's literally the letter V, for Kojima's hypnagogia "V has come to" project (transplanting the player into a fictional version of the Metal Gear universe) Look up Kojima's own tweet that explains it's the letter V, not the number 5. GZ and TPP are actually non-canon.

@superdrinkingpepsi 3 күн бұрын

@@subtegralKojima still called it five during interviews though, throwing your entire insane and silly theory out the window

@subtegral 3 күн бұрын

@@superdrinkingpepsi look up his old tweet about the V in MGSV. Copy and pasted: "Not MGS5, MGSV. My thought in it. V has come to" I win, you lose - superpepsidrinker.

@bird_toe3548 Ай бұрын

Since you are presumably going to MGSV soon, you should be aware that there is an an incredibly easy to miss, but interesting side story in that game. Without spoiling anything, after you have completed at least one Wandering Mother Base Soldier sideop, you can visit a room on the third floor of the medical plant to trigger the first cutscene.

@notcole Ай бұрын

noted :)

@massive0crunt 25 күн бұрын

It almost feels like the last mission/tape from that 'side story' should be the end of the game. It gives context to the way the whole of MGSV played out.

@Nitecrawlerjpd Ай бұрын

BTW, the missions where you send out soldiers on missions comes from portable ops. You can also recruit soldiers based on the WiFi signal, this also comes from potable ops. I still have some uploaded videos on my channel using the love box, but let's say I wouldn't show my parents.

@protoaltus Ай бұрын

Aside from the goofy aah shenanigans Snake and the gang get up to in this game, it's still a very charming part of his life story that we never would have gotten otherwise. They played us like a damn fiddle

@legomania2427 Ай бұрын

What the hell is Peace walker? I only know Violence Sprint.

@MemeDogger 19 күн бұрын

"Metal Gear: Violent Sprint" that actually doesn't seem bad.

@bdbgh Ай бұрын

Man I really love the cookie side missions in peace walker, going from taking pictures of ghosts, to clearing a base with a banana, to fighting tigrex, to doing AC style dives into hay bales. I also love that you can tranq and capture vehicle pilot/drivers AND their take their vehicle too. It had so much content for a psp game. Edit: I remember cocoon having a bunch of heat vents underneath it that you can destroy to defeat it pretty quickly, combine with chaff grenades when you climb up to get pass the defensive weapons and hit the pod until you can climb in

@skeith804 Ай бұрын

So, Chapter 5 is one of my favs but not for the usual missions + story structure. Instead it's just all about MSF starting to snowball into a sizeable fighting force. The tone at Mother Base is a lot more sinister sounding, the base starts getting built at a speedy pace, you start sending your own Metal Gear out on the front lines guaranteeing dominance on the battlefield. It all feels like this war machine you built has taken on a life of its own. You became a threat and Cipher tried to make a move on you because of it. It WOULD be nice if it was accomplished without passing time and catching Zadornov 10 times but.. Also I believe Paz is stripped down because the inside of Zeke is using a water system to help absorb the forces experienced on the pilot. If she wasn't in a hurry, she'd probably throw on a wet suit.

@notcole Ай бұрын

I did love it from a thematic and story perspective... but that mission structure... Edit: Also, Paz being in her undies actually makes some sense now 😂

@subtegral 27 күн бұрын

I always knew the cockpit was filled with water, but never put shock absorption into the scenario until you said it. Good job there.

@electrotab 29 күн бұрын

Excellent review. Looking forward to the next one.

@twocontradictions Ай бұрын

Peace Walker was my go to MGS game after my PS2 finally died and couldn't play MGS2 and MGS3 anymore. There are a lot of things that pissed me off like finding Zadornov and (could be just the emulator being buggy) the mechanized unit boss fights and side ops would take very long just because the commander would not pop out of the hatch or the soldiers falling down the ground to the void, essentially soft locking me on a non-lethal playthrough. Even though PW is at least in the middle for me, I really enjoyed progressing through the game and unlocking cool items like the electromagnetic net, box tank, and the sleeping gas launcher. Great video Chole, I have managed to watched the entire thing. Hope to see your video on Revengeance soon. :) Also a tip: if you throw guards on the floor while they're still conscious, you can hold them up by aiming behind them, they will stay there on the floor permanently until a enemy guard sees them. It has been a thing since MGS3(idk if MGS2 does this), and it will be useful once you get to GZ and TPP.

@Axle0Bullitt019 16 күн бұрын

The Hind A, AKA Mi-24A was only five years young at the time of Peace Walker. The Mi-24D was only a year into production so the USSR would likely still be holding onto them instead of loaning it out to rebel cells. Great video once again, it’s going to be sad when you’re done with this journey with how much I am enjoying this series.

@Sniperk1ng187 16 күн бұрын

Peace Walker is one of my favorite MGS games mechanically. I love developing gear, fultoning the guards, doing co op. FREAKING CO OP METAL GEAR!! It's so peak

@2551987ezio Ай бұрын

For someone who used used the Shooting Range like once freely and rest only though Side Ops during my first playthough and didn't have access to internet and look up guides. It took me so 'long' to find Zadornov and unlock the Zeke Battle. I thought I had to like complete all side ops, to unlock a mission to go find him, so as I'm completing rest of Side Ops, I'm like, "How do I find Zadornov?", "What am I missing?" Couple weeks later, I just kinda gave up on it and continued replaying main and side ops, until one day, I thought I'll go to the Shooting Range and improve on my aim. Just as Kaz stopped talking, did I hear Zadornov's little chuckle at the end, looked around and 'finally' found him. I feel sorry, for those who took so long to find him like I did. 😂

@abcksidu1453 Ай бұрын

The reason the animated cutscenes look better is because shinkawa also worked on them too

@notcole Ай бұрын

yeah that would certainly help 😂

@aroccoification 14 күн бұрын

My Weiner is my handheld addiction Peacewalker is a masterpiece and much better on console/emulated. I really hope they bring back co-op for the re-release. Fighting bosses with your bros was peak metal gear

@knight_ki11er Ай бұрын

A diagonal movement thing is probably an emulation issue

@notcole Ай бұрын

I figured as much too, but when I checked, the emulator was reading the input perfectly. Went to see if this was an issue back in the day and found this thread from 2010 where people were talking about it: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960566-metal-gear-solid-peace-walker/55069258

@wanderer2688 Ай бұрын

@@notcole I used to play it in the original PSP, the analog controls worked as you would expect. Half distance meant walking slowly, full push meant running, the direction wasn't a factor here.

@subtegral 27 күн бұрын

@@wanderer2688correct.

@richterdelgan123 26 күн бұрын

@@notcole you can calibrate the analog sensitivity in the options menu of the game (the menu options that is on the right of the motherbase menu or in the missions) and the rotatiom speed of the camera.

@subtegral 24 күн бұрын

@@richterdelgan123 he emulated it for this video. Wouldn't even bother to play the PSP version let alone the HD Edition.

@tylerritchie2736 28 күн бұрын

You fought a hind-a because the d variant hadn't been invented.

@dynamitegaming3856 Ай бұрын

Is no one gonna talk about how big boss's eye patch is on the wrong side in the thumbnail.

@Old_Soul_Shimi Ай бұрын

Flipped image, nothing to talk about

@subtegral 24 күн бұрын

@@Old_Soul_Shimiexcept that the video author is a dumbass

@EnriqueMurillo-gm1pq 29 күн бұрын

Great review, but I would love to hear your comments regarding the "Monster Island" missions on this game. I really enjoy that extra content, give some good replay value even if the controls are not the best.

@Poketroid23 19 күн бұрын

Great video as always, but it was missing the legendary date with Kaz and all of his poses. I love the Peace Walker story and it makes V all the sadder because of it.

@notcole 18 күн бұрын

I never got the date with Kaz, didn't even know it existed until after I published the video 😭

@yodudeyo100 28 күн бұрын

Dude!!!! You gotta check out the Monster Hunter missions, Multiplayer! And play it on the PS3! The servers should still be up! You can literally tackle bosses with friends! And and seriously some of the mini games and side missions are hilarious and awesome! Like the ghost missions! Seriously! This game is my favorite game of all time! My brother and I played the whole story co-op on the PS3, it was so much fun! Sorry for rambling. Also love your videos! You kick ass!

@e.f.kotlinski1658 18 күн бұрын

playing this game back in 2010 was one of the best experiences of my life. I still have the save file from that time... and I found Zadornov by myself. I can't put on words how much I love this game.

@PlebNC 29 күн бұрын

Fun fact: This game was intended to target a younger audience due to it being released on the PSP and this led to a number on interesting changes. Some elements such as CQC combos, some fights and equipment were made to be more silly/anime-like to have a younger appeal. In some regions it also led to censorship due to this like Strangelove's torture section was changed to electric tickle torture with Snake's screams replaced with comical high pitched giggles. It's also partly why the US version has brand promotions in it like Doritos that are replaced with MSF brand equivalents in other regions.

@williamnixon3994 27 күн бұрын

Snake giggling like a schoolgirl sounds like the kind of thing I DESPERATELY want to find here just to see how ridiculous it really is, thanks for illuminating that hilarious piece of censorship

@PlebNC 27 күн бұрын

@@williamnixon3994 Look up the Japanese version of the scene. It's a trip.

@dansmith1661 16 күн бұрын

All while his skeleton keeps flashing.

@alexdev518 29 күн бұрын

Dude nice review as always however I just wanna say that I'm a little disappointed that you din't include the Monster hunter collab in this game, yes really and the final boss of said collab has you fight Metal Gear Rex made flesh...as in a LIVING ORGANIC version of the weapon! But still, great vid.

@notcole 29 күн бұрын

I didn't get any of the Monster Hunter stuff during my run, so I didn't know about it until after the video was finished 😭

@asimpleram Ай бұрын

Chole coming back with the great metal gear takes 🎉💯

@briangarcia8384 2 күн бұрын

Peace walker was such a banger of a game. I never got tired of playing it thanks to the upgrade system and the opportunity to replay missions. I may buy a psp again just for this lol

@vixenpeon Ай бұрын

I was so unfairly hesitant to play this title when it came out due to it going straight to hand held. But after lots of prodding from pals I played and realized it was truly more deep than several of the mainline titles up to then. This is my favorite game in the series

@jim.panzee Ай бұрын

I was there 3000 years ago when the original umd release arrived at my doorstep on launchday. Along with Ghost of Sparta one of the absolute best experiences I had with the PSP. Such a great System at the time.

@axsprime Ай бұрын

I actually got Peace Walker week one and returned it due to the controls. It was only after it came out on console where I sunk an ungodly amount of time into it. One of the best co-op experiences I've ever had. Also those Monster Hunter fights were a trip.

@chadgumban3922 Ай бұрын

Loved this MGS and played this to death on my cousin's PSP. Ohhh boy, good ol memories. The fight with Zeke + Paz while love deterrence plays was something magical and hard to recreate

@ThatMetalheadMan Ай бұрын

I mean,the MI-24A is still a Hind. Its a Hind A fight rather than a Hind D fight. Maybe they could not afford the newer Hind D, lol.

@wanderer2688 Ай бұрын

The game has an "upgrade" system for side ops, where you fight in the same map against a harder enemy. So you do fight the Hind-D in most helicopter fights in that jungle map. They get increasingly difficult with a larger health pool and more accompanying infantry. The other vehicles are the LAV-25 with the machine gun turret, LAV-25 with a cannon turret, BTR-60, T-72 with and without ERA, the MBT-70 and the AH-56 Cheyenne

@roc5291 20 күн бұрын

Huge MGS fan. Played this on the 360 with the remaster collection. Absolutely LOVE the game. Felt like a classic Metal Gear game through and through. After the somewhat convoluted story and gameplay of Guns of the Patriots, this felt like Kojima and company had much more focus and restraint. Had a wonderful balance of game play and story and felt like it was still trying to push the envelope with what the medium could be capable of doing. To me, THIS is the last great MGS game to this day.

@entimomenti7055 Ай бұрын

Your commitment to the original version is admirable but holy hell i could not stomach 20fps. The Legacy Collection is by far the way to play. Too bad Portable ops never got the same treatment.

@notcole 29 күн бұрын

here's hoping MPO is in Master Collection Vol 2 🙏

@MemeLordCthulhu Ай бұрын

Peacewalker was literally the second mgs game I got into, and those controls were so much more natural than the multiple times I tried playing mgs3 on the 3ds or vita. Also most of these complaints just sound like you really wanna play mgsv. It's not mgs5 btw, you need to remember the V.

@bingus6050 Ай бұрын

i literally JUST finished mgs pw today and click onto my feed to see this :DD

@CucasNerdyCorner 13 күн бұрын

When this game came out originally on the psp, I HAAAAAATED it due to the bad controls. When the HD version came out on the PS3/Xbox 360, that's when I gave it a proper go at it. personally I love the story. But It's one those games, once you 100% it or heck even just finishing the main story once. You never want to go back for various reasons like chapter 5 and grinding for parts. To be honest, the only reason I finished this game and got the platinum trophy was because I was playing it online with random people with OP weapons to defeat Zeke. I still can't believe you done all of that by yourself. Very well done. If this game does come to master collection volume 2. I highly doubt it I'll replay it 😅

@DJHeero69 18 күн бұрын

the story and gameplay does indeed drag on, but i believe it is also for the reason that co-op exists in the game too... you can literally co-op pretty much the entire game with maybe a few exceptions.... but its mostly 2 players throughout the game with boss battles having 4 players... and imo the co-op really helps make the game... I mean the game itself is amazing in its own right and i completed it mostly solo and had a great time, i love it... but i can also safely say i had a blast playing the game in co-op and it really help deal with all the padding... especially with all the cool and silly stuff you can unlock in R&D... 2 of my favorites being the cardboard ambulance and the cardboard tank lol

@lesslighter 29 күн бұрын

also the Zeke battle is bonkers as Love Deterence is blasting in the background.... GOD DAMN KOJIMA

@omikis2082 27 күн бұрын

The best final Metal Gear fight theme

@StylishYeoman Ай бұрын

How are you going to handle Ground Zeros? The game by many accounts only has a few hours worth of game play and is basically just the prologue for MGSV just in a separate package for some reason. Super excited for you to get to MGSV! The gameplay is phenomenal, and in my opinion is takes everything you loved about peace walker and does it even better. I'm sure you've probably been warned by now, but the story is such a tragedy after the second half with the last mission of the story "Kingdom of the flies" being completely cut from the game and only available to be viewed as a WIP development cinematic on KZfaq. You can really tell when problems between the dev team and Konami reached their boiling point. So while it is an absolutely fantastic game, it could have been so so SO much more.

@notcole 29 күн бұрын

They're going to be two separate videos for a couple of reasons, but mainly just because it was released as its own product, so I want to judge it by that standard. It's also going to allow me to split up the MGSV work load a bit and hopefully not end up with a 2-3 hour video 😂

@clearmountain28 23 күн бұрын

Are you doing the digital graphic novels? I realize that they would barely count as having "gameplay," but given you did the mobile game, i kinda hoped you would do the digital graphic novels too.

@cipheruchiha 10 күн бұрын

This game has some of the biggest replay value and being in a handheld so convenient

@jerr0. Ай бұрын

I think they got rid of crawling because they removed vents, traps and other areas to crawl under. I do kind of miss those things because the levels could have used a little more variety. I agree on your points about your army, ammo and AI. Part of me wishes it was a little more "traditional" with the weapons, ammo and levels. I still think it's a great game. It's even better when you fix the controls and framerate in the emulator or play the HD version.

@notcole 29 күн бұрын

huh, I never even noticed the removal of vents and such 😅

@jerr0. 29 күн бұрын

@@notcole Sorry if I broke the illusion for you lol. My guess is vents didn't work well in co-op, so they were omitted. One dude leading the way while potentially 3 others just staring at butts as they human centipede their way through the vent

@jamelherring5359 29 күн бұрын

Will you do Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain separately, or will it be one video and story together?

@enoyna1001 29 күн бұрын

Yes

@AxleYukio 29 күн бұрын

Fun fact it means: "Soldiers without borders"

@subtegral 27 күн бұрын

More accurately, "Military without borders".

@AxleYukio 26 күн бұрын

I was close

@subtegral 26 күн бұрын

@@AxleYukio the game just says "soldiers without borders", so not your fault.

@TasTheWatcher 29 күн бұрын

_'the AI part grind for ZEKE is a crazy grind'_ **

@richterdelgan123 26 күн бұрын

I always wanted a expansion to peace walker, with more bosses and more stealth missions on bases. Like how portable ops + was a stand alone expansion. For i know, peace walker was developed in one year. (With even more in pre-production)

@P_Taters 29 күн бұрын

This has to be the most consequential game in the Big Boss canon.

@ThePsychoRenegade 29 күн бұрын

I played a ton of this game as a kid and never noticed the 20fps limit. Learning that alone makes me not want to replay it.

@subtegral 27 күн бұрын

That makes total sense (not)

@ThePsychoRenegade 27 күн бұрын

@@subtegral watching game footage in this video made me nauseous. Ain't no way I'm playing this

@subtegral 27 күн бұрын

You're so special.

@ThePsychoRenegade 27 күн бұрын

@@subtegral i know ❤️

@ThePsychoRenegade 26 күн бұрын

@subtegral I'd have to emulate it and I have games I'd rather play that I won't have to mess with to work.

@AurumMiddleton Ай бұрын

Metal Gear Solid Acid / Acid 2 are definitely the most interesting spin-offs.

@Kyddosuperstar 18 күн бұрын

post game, its addicting to do all the ops to collect on resources and operatives. But hot damn gear rex was a pain in the ass to fight

@holysmokes1047 26 күн бұрын

Did you play the monster hunter missions?

@telecarlster 27 күн бұрын

My mum got me the PSP mgspw limited edition back when it came out and i spent like 500 hours in it. nearly got it 100% but i was one piece of equipment short and never knew what piece it was. My theory is that there was a dlc walkman or something like that. Because I'm pretty sure i got everything according to the wiki. The monster hunter missions and unlocking the assassin's creed box was epic also.

@masterknuckles1888 26 күн бұрын

Definitely my favorite metal gear game, shame its so hard to find co-op games now on Xbox though

@d.watamate8231 Ай бұрын

My favorite Metal Gear Solid game! Tho, the PS version..

@b.z.6845 22 күн бұрын

Are you going to cover Metal Gear Rising Revengeance? If you S-Rank all the MGSV missions, you get an awesome MGRR Raiden outfit.

@nong333 Ай бұрын

Still one of my favorites in the series despite its flaws. My biggest complained is this is the point where the series started really moving away from the whole quirky miniboss squad trope that the franchise itself helped solidify. While the boss fights in this game were definitely fun and challenging in their own way but I really started to miss groups like Foxhound, Dead Cell, The Cobra Unit, and the BnB Corps. Also, not sure if you found this out through your own gameplay since you didn't mention it around 29:40, but did you know that if you go through all the trucks at the mountain top garage cutscene, one of them contains Hideo Kojima himself and you can recruit him into MSF? You mention late in the video that Peace Walker has more contradiction and retcons to pick apart than usual but, oh man, depending on how canon you consider the creator of the game being an actual character within the game...who Snake instantly recognizes (Snake: "...Mister Kojima?!")...I'll let you make of that what you will.

@notcole 29 күн бұрын

I found some of the other easter eggs like the Boktai one... but unfortunately not the Kojima one 😂

@johnlennon_38special 25 күн бұрын

As someone who played PW on PSP, I found this game to be the worst executed and least enjoyable to play out of every other Metal Gear game I have played so far, simply because of the controls and 3D environment. I am really suprised and also jealous that other fans enjoy this game so much. I really wanted to finish this game as I am playing through the series in their order in the timeline, but the clunkiness of the camera and movememt system just kept me asking when the game is going to be over. I wish they would have taken the top down locked camera approach to the level design like they did with mgs 1, 2, 3 because the PSP just doesn't have enough buttons to handle the new dimension. I guess I should have tried to play this on PS3 for a better control option, but I also found the later boss fights to be a hassle aswell. Even though I was always hitting the metal gears' weak points, I was constantly running out of ammo and having to request ammo shipments to finish the fight, which really took away from the experience. I do think the game had a lot of depth in terms of story telling with its cassette tapes and character connection, but the PSP control system is downright excruciating even after trying each layout. I do appreciate videos like these that break down the smaller components of the game so I don't have to touch it again 😁

@chairforce0ne 21 күн бұрын

I got this title in the HD pack for PS3 and loved it, Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes are the true MGS5 to me

@subtegral 21 күн бұрын

Peace Walker is, but GZ is the hallucination of Venom, the beginning of Kojima's V project. All of V is the player's hallucination. Kojima transplanting the player into a fictional MGS. V isn't canon.

@chairforce0ne 20 күн бұрын

@@subtegral Nah, I consider GZ canon

@subtegral 20 күн бұрын

@@chairforce0ne ok. Do you remember Kaz's confession to Big Boss at the end of Chapter Five of Peace Walker? Got it? Okay. Now... do you remember what Kaz said to Big Boss at the beginning of Ground Zeroes? His words directly contradict his own prior confession to Big Boss. All of V is Kojima's V project, the hypnagogic hallucination of the player. GZ is the beginning of Venom's hypnagogia therapy. The player is Venom.

@ilium2112 29 күн бұрын

Why werent you using the battle armor for the harder boss fights?

@kingKaiju393 16 күн бұрын

My only problem with the peace walker was that after beating the larger chunk of the game, you couldn't go any further on the psp witout co op in one specific part of the ending.

@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034 28 күн бұрын

My only gripe with PW is how easy it is. Otherwise, I love the gameplay and the setting. The first ending also makes me cry when Sing starts playing. BTW, I got the figure of Big Boss in his sneaking suit and it's absolutely amazing how well made it is.

@RaidenHeaven 29 күн бұрын

57:08 Chole! Remove my name. Do it! What do you mean it's too late!?! Damn you Chole, we are all on a list now.

@brunocar02 Ай бұрын

just FYI the thing about diagonals being weird sounds very much like an emulator issue, on native hardware that doesnt happen

@notcole Ай бұрын

I thought it was an emulator issue at first, but after checking it was reading the input correctly. I took to Google to see if this was an issue with the game (my PSP stopped working years ago unfortunately), and sure enough I found this thread from 2010 where people are talking about it: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960566-metal-gear-solid-peace-walker/55069258

@MalikMehsi Ай бұрын

fck yeah here we goooo my fav!!!

@evriesman5430 28 күн бұрын

Fun fact: back in the days in Russia, we had a famous comedian with a surname Zadornov , who also had a similar appearance as an mgs Zadornov, and was known for his hate towards americans).

@hap6782 8 күн бұрын

The msf abbreviation is very ironic, msf stands for "médecins sans frontières" in France aka "doctors without borders"

@renatop2610 27 күн бұрын

I think PW is quite a great game that adds a lot of lore and context to the overall MG story. Strangelove is possibly one of my favorite characters in the series and it's a shame that this is her "only" appearance. My feelings about the last chapter are the same as yours. I gave up after the second Zadornov search and just googled the sucker's remaining locations. Looking forward to the next review which I believe is Revengeance; the game with the most annoying final boss in the series and also the game that made popular the phrase "Make America Great Again" before anyone else .

@joshrobins130 22 күн бұрын

If you think the Grind from the later part of Peace Walker is rough, I have some unfortunate news going forward for 5...

@subtegral 21 күн бұрын

V is not 5. It's Vee. Peace Walker is 5.

@slartimus Ай бұрын

I was going to say it was just as well that PW doesn't have the crawl mechanics from MGS4, but having gone back to your video on 4 I'm reminded that no, it does have actual crawl in addition to what I thought you meant, which was this weird ground-humping thing Old Snake could do to move while lying flat. Meanwhile, I can't believe you never pointed out the ridiculousness of the full name _"Hot Coldman,"_ like come on, Kojima, really?! Or, for that matter, you sum up what the characters say well enough, but some analysis of how much of it (and, I suppose, the characters' motivations in saying it) is utter "that's not how any of this works" bullshit would've been nice. (See also, for example, everything in MGS1 involving "soldier genes", dominant vs. recessive genes, how neither Liquid nor Solid can be "copies" of Big Boss if their DNA was altered, etc.) Still, yeah, PW pretty decent in a lot of ways and way more important to the overall timeline than you'd think from being an unnumbered portable platform release, but definitely flawed with how you get to the final end game. At least you'll be somewhat used to it for MGSV.

@notcole 29 күн бұрын

dammit, I meant to write something in about "Hot Coldman" but I forgot 😭

@ImAFunGuy Ай бұрын

I played this on Xbox series s. It’s the HD version from the old collectors edition i think. It’s still there if anyone wants it.

@stardrago7908 Ай бұрын

Hmm need to get the console review for the hd collection version as a whole cause it’s apparently different their like the ps3/x360 is different and more fun

@patek2385 18 күн бұрын

Controls are so much better than in mgs 3.

@GeneralFatman27 Ай бұрын

It's unfortunate you didn't do the part where you fight a literal dragon. The monster hunter crossover was fantastic.

@lesslighter 29 күн бұрын

or the assassin hay stack

@subtegral 23 күн бұрын

@@lesslighterdrag him into the box!

@heardofrvb 28 күн бұрын

But you didn't do the Monster Hunter missions, which includes a monster made exclusively for this game.

@quinby3852 18 күн бұрын

The combat feels much better on ps3, I think it's definitely worth playing over the original

@theangryimp1345 Ай бұрын

This game deserves a remake based with mgsv gameplay but the rest is unchanged co op and all!

@StormOfSin 22 күн бұрын

but you can't crawl bro

@subtegral 21 күн бұрын

but in Peace Walker you don't need to crawl, bro.

@CoralCopperHead 15 күн бұрын

I wouldn't call it the best PSP game, but it's certainly in the running for best Monster Hunter game on the PSP.

@wanderer2688 Ай бұрын

You didn't mention the existence of the Monster Hunter crossover 😢

@notcole 29 күн бұрын

None of the missions ever popped up during my run, so I didn't know about it until after I published the video 😭

@subtegral 26 күн бұрын

must ... find .... Trenya.

@Old_Soul_Shimi Ай бұрын

Big Boss is one of my favorite heroes of all time in fiction, but I have a hard time wondering if the Paz Date side-ops is canon or not because it would put a damper in my enjoyment tbh

@notcole Ай бұрын

Apparently Paz is actually an adult (something that they don't mention here, but that would make sense given the whole triple agent bit), so that at least helps a little bit... but Big Boss didn't know that....

@bird_toe3548 Ай бұрын

If the Date with Paz is canon, then so is the Date with Kaz. But given that there are also Monster Hunter side ops, it can be safely assumed that not all side ops are canon.

@Old_Soul_Shimi Ай бұрын

@@notcole I def knew of her age, but it's Big Boss's willingness, right. It's not considered canon, but seeing it is weird and makes me feel bad for loving him so much

@subtegral 27 күн бұрын

@@Old_Soul_Shimi you'd jump in a love box with Paz, don't lie - or would you prefer Kaz?

@Old_Soul_Shimi 8 күн бұрын

@@subtegral I would probably not jump inside a close container with a woman that told me she was sixteen or something, no.

@dansmith1661 16 күн бұрын

This is better than MGSV in almost every way. Having "Kojima made this" plastered on everything and still not finishing the game after several delays, just makes me hate him. Bravo Konami.

@KenBladehart 18 күн бұрын

The stick movement thing might be your controller. It might have borked deadzone for example, which can be tweaked in the emulator Also, youre playing on emulator, the bloom is not blown up on PSP's 480p screen Beside, PPSSPP is still not perfect at graphics. Sony was obsessed with wacky graphical rendering for PSP, just like on PS2 and PS3

@TetsuoIronMan 27 күн бұрын

Probably my favorite in the series. This game also signifies moving out after high school and buying my first gaming system with job money, so it has a special place in my heart. Playing through 3 right now so I can have an excuse to play through Peace Walker for the umpteenth time as I prepare to play V.

@subtegral 27 күн бұрын

Play Portable Ops before Peace Walker.

@shuboy05 Ай бұрын

Something I wonder if Kojima was aware of but the backwards peace sign is considered "Up Yours" in certain countries. When I see Zadornov's mechanical hand pointing the peace sign at the end toward Snake, I like to think it's also telling Zadornov "Up Yours".

@zZiL341yRj736 24 күн бұрын

Militaires Hayden Panettiere.

@Themanhimself677 26 күн бұрын

You sound handsome

@subtegral 23 күн бұрын

🤢

@sandhiwistara9128 Ай бұрын

People still don't believe me that there is PSP version of this game

@CallumHurley Ай бұрын

I'd recommend they just... Use google.

@diegomedina9637 Ай бұрын

There's an option in the menu that literally mentions the PSP version, lmao.

@Brendan7001 27 күн бұрын

Are you going to be playing SURVIVE?

@notcole 26 күн бұрын

yes 🙂

@dr.loomis4221 26 күн бұрын

This is the real MGSV as far as I'm concerned. It blows my mind that they put such key part of the Metal Gear story on the PSP. Konami should consider remaking this game with more fleshed out levels and real time cutscenes.

@subtegral 24 күн бұрын

Peace Walker is the real MGS5. V is Kojima's experiment on the fan base.

@dr.loomis4221 23 күн бұрын

@@subtegral I just don't understand putting the real MGS5 on a failing handheld. I know it eventually came to consoles...but still.

@subtegral 23 күн бұрын

@@dr.loomis4221 for a short 2.5 year development time. Plus Kojima wanted to out-do Portable Ops to look like a big shot.