Sons of Liberty is easily the most influential Metal Gear game ever made. From the quantum leap in graphics, to the way it accurately predicted our current, echo chamber ridden social media age, to the groundbreaking idea of manipulating the player inside and outside of the game into unknowingly following the Patriots plan. Kojima has yet to dance this close to the fire ever again in my opinion. The games that came after it all had their own individual strengths, but none of them were as ballsy with it’s story and themes like MGS2.
i think he's gonna do it again. death stranding was kojima adjusting to running a solo studio, after already getting his shot blocked twice back to back with MGSV and PT. whatever's next coming down the pike is going to be crazy in my opinion.
You can dig into mgs2 and still find stuff that amazes me. I bought the game in 2006 my first mgs game, but before that it stuck on the demo tralier for me as telling me somthing, and i wasnt even a mgs fan then as I am today. Its left a huge impact.
I remember completing this game the week it came out with my cousin and friend. After we finished the game we all looked at each other and just started laughing. We had thought this was perhaps the dumbest story ever, the gameplay is what we raved about. Now 20 years later in my 40’s I can truly appreciate what Hideo was trying to say. So what I’ve learned is never underestimate Hideo no matter how crazy and esoteric.
That’s crazy I had the exact opposite response beat it when I was 11 and didn’t fully understand the story, but the last 3-4 hours blew me away and changed my conception of what the future be and how we would receive information
@killwill83 Yeah, if we talk about character and story overall, it is kinda, yeah, could be better. But I think what people praise is the twist and message. The twist is pretty unique and neat, something out of the world at that time. But, yeah story wise, I prefer MGS3, the plot is more neat And enjoyable with a beautiful twist
I think if you have a high interest in technology, war, and history you will understand the story a bit better. Of course as kids we don't have interest in any of this stuff, its only when we get older and mature we start to see things a lot differently. Mgs4 really blew my mind with the some of the stuff ocelot has to say to snake. A lot of what he as to say is pretty realistic and the future we are already in. I like video games like any other man on this comment section, but metal gear will always have a special place in my heart.
MGS2 has the shittiest story, but by far the most cogent and prevalent actual message of any of the other games in the series. And that's why I definitely respect it, even though I kind of hate it at the same time. Because everything surrounding it -- apart from the gameplay -- sucks.
This game was so way ahead of it's time it's staggering, the whole thing about trash data and overflow of data. I am 25 and was 12-13 when I played it the first time and it hit me on a really deep level, and I was also scared shitless by the Colonel A.I, cause I thought myself he was acting weird af.
I experienced the same freaking thing man. I remember putting the controller down for a little bit and getting up to get a snack or something because I remember feelings weird/nervous and trying not to think about it. Lol
I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock! *_I NEED SCISSORS! 61!_*
I have to say, the way you edit your opening sequences is so riveting. You’ve become a master of setting the tone of the video before you say a single word, and that’s worth applause on its own. Keep it up king
1:34:40 Raiden is probably not a narcissist per se; like James, he's suffering from derealization (and James may also be experiencing a dissociative disorder). It's not so much that Raiden thinks he's better than other people, it's that he's terribly wounded psychologically and afraid of getting into close contact with others.
It’s about time this game started to get the credit it deserves. Everyone always laughed it off cause some parts are so weird like with the colonel but… isn’t fact always stranger than fiction? There. That’s my dramatic and intelligent response for the day
This game is timeless. Really foreshadowed a lot of shit that would happen in the future. But no matter how many years pass, MGS2 will always have a special place in my heart.
I also played this game as a young kid, before ever experiencing the first game. The finale left me absolutely flabbergasted in a way I only understood when I got older. I couldn't make heads or tails of the story, yet simultaneously I somehow felt some of the most vivid dread a game has ever made me feel, as if I was in over my head. Thing is, I *absolutely was*. I think experiencing MGS2 first really helped put me in the shoes of Raiden, the entire narrative felt frustratingly, actively hostile toward me right up until Snake's speech, but I knew on some level that it wasn't a bad story, I just didn't have the faculties to unpack what I was being shown. Love the video, I really can't beleive how much substantive content you manage to produce on the whole series.
Same. I replayed mgs2 in 2019 and I couldn't believe how appropriate it was. Disinformation everywhere. Data inundation. Everyone thinks they are right. We are living in an age totally predicted by Kojima. I really think this was the peak of the series from a story telling / future vision perspective. So wild to follow up mgs1 with this as well.
It's so rare to see people producing something that isn't shallow these days, that when I find a channel like yours, I have a little faith in humanity again. This is definitely the best way to talk about a franchise with so many layers like Metal Gear. Speaking of details, that effect of the sun on Olga's scene (1:17:48) is something I've also seen in another game where the developers were also obsessed with the little details: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
You could also hear the sound of the wind swaying the vegetation around the entrance to the Temple of Time, and the sounds of animals such as wolves and birds at various times. It is also possible to see many places on the map in the distance, such as the Death Mountain, or even the Kakariko Village. As far as the setting and pillars of modern open world games are concerned, there are good examples along with MGS2 that helped form the foundation we have today.
1:18:51 I like also how MGS3 expanded on this idea by making the enemy supply line your infiltration route essentially. I always love how attention was given to make the bases feel functional and realistic in every game
MGS2 was my first Metal Gear game. Its always held a special place in my heart and for years I was saddened by how people looked down on it. Its nice to see how appreciated the game is now, especially with how relevant its become in our current world.
This video captures what made MGS2 so damn memorable to me. The atmosphere and feelings that game gave me have been unmatched to this very day. I played it probably around 10-11 years old. 32 years old now. MGS 1 I played before 2 and loved it. MGS3 was amazing and I enjoyed it. MGS 4 I did as well though I didn't give it as much time and patience as the others and still playing MGS 5 right now and greatly enjoying it. They can all have hints of it. But MGS 2 and particularly arsenal gear forward gives me chills even thinking about it. The colonel going crazy, the story progressing into something I could barely comprehend but at the same time thought I understood. The madness of it all. I don't think any game nor movie nor series nor book has ever got me close to a feeling like that again.
So clever how it was edited in such a way that it’s documentary style fits the time period it came out in. The prefacing of what it’s about, the pacing, the quality.
Your channel here is one of the most exceptional I've ever seen! I stumbled on a vid on the home page last year sometime , something I'm most thankful for. This is possibly the only channel I've subbed to that I find consistently more impressive with each video I watch, and since I'm a Neanderthal I didn't initially understand why this was lol. Then it finally dawned on me that it's because of the ambition you put into these babies that I just haven't seen done the same anywhere else. You do this shit consistently and are always finding new, interesting ways to present your content and it's just fucking awesome and most appreciated! These are worthy of Premium TV!
i know they rank MGS3 as the greatest but no one can deny that MGS2 is the most important, influental, impactful and groundbreaking of the entire series. its also my personal favourite of the series.
I played Mgs2 first time in 2007 and without memory card but had one of most if not the most powerful game experience in 25 years of gaming. I will never forget how I played trough from the Tanker chapter all the way to arsenal Gear. When AI Colonel told me to turn off the console immediately I froze got scared and really turned it off. Iwas alone unable to process what just happened. Not to mention the codec conversation with US president saying he has no real power. Jaw dropped in revelation like moments the video game made me reconsider my view at geopolitics and on media system mainstream opinions etc. Next day I started to walkthrough again from the Solid Snake Tanker Chapter. That day I beat the game. I was overwhelmed by multiple aspects the beautiful graphics goose bumping soundtrack highly addictive gameplay all nailed by amazing story and characters. Fast forward 14 years later.Yesterday I plugged in PS5 for the first time after almost six years of playing PS4. No big vibes, played cod cold war and enlisted. I was not dragged into it. Death stranding was game where I was 100 percent sure it will be as great as Metal Gear but after 2-3 hours the disappointment kicked in. Back in 2013 I bought PSP from friend and thanks to hacks I played trough snatcher and policenauts for the first time. Beat them with help of guides, I enjoyed them more than death stranding.on Ps4 and 5 cant run MGS 4 which is also disappointing. Either current gen games lost its magic or We are getting too old to enjoy them. Or both
I've watched a lot on RUclips in my time; this is easily one of the greatest video essays I've yet seen. The detail and research is incredible!! You should be very proud.
That E3 2000 MGS2 trailer was probably one of the biggest nails in my poor beloved Dreamcast 🙏 (big Sega kid in the 90s..) I remember Microsoft announcing they were entering the console market with the Xbox and most gamers HATING it then lol.. so I went from Dreamcast to PS2 and MGS, SSX tricky, DMC, GTA 3 etc amazing 💜 best times in gaming IMO
I remember seeing this game teased on e3 around the time ps2 was dropping I waited for this game only. That opening scene of Snake on the George Washington Bridge is still monumental. The whole play through on the oil tanker graphic was awesome...no words describe how I feel towards this game.
Great look overall, but I was especially impressed by your brief Can't Say Goodbye segment at the 20 minute mark. Loved the way you helped frame MGS2 around the "end of history"/Y2K era culture, which will probably end up helping it outlast the rest of the series.
I got to play Metal Gear Solid 1 the night before the EU release and played it right through the night! When Metal Gear Solid 2 came out, I didn't have a PS2 but a friend. On the day of the release there was a party at one of our friends. I begged my buddy to bring the PS2 with him. Keep reminding him ... I bought the game that day. And so it happened that instead of celebrating with all my friends, I connected the PS2 to his parents' TV, sat on an air mattress on the floor and played the 2nd part. And until the early hours of the morning. My friends didn't know the games as well as I did, but kept coming back again and again to watch them. In the end, many sat around me and were really excited to see how I tried the final fight against the many metal gears over and over again. In the end I made it and was so relieved ... One of the best parties ever XDDD
Honestly this is one of the games I’m glad I came late to, I first played MGS2 just earlier this year and thanks to experiencing it in a modern context I truly felt the gravity behind the message Kojima was trying to send about the digital age. I’ve read a lot about how audiences at the time of release didn’t really “get” the story or at least fully appreciate it, which makes sense because that was a completely different time to today, when we are well into the digital age. This game hit me so much harder because my first experience was in a modern context where the dystopia proposed by the game is very much a reality, it had me questioning my whole belief system after completing it, and still makes me check myself even now.
Zone Of the Enders was a thing to me since when I was first aware of the game before PS2 was brought over to the US. I never got my hands on Onimusha or The Bouncer. The only Onimusha Title that I've played and own is Onimusha 3. Someone was giving it away along with a PS2 Version of Max Payne 2. 1:08:52- I didn't know that. 1:16:48- I thought the lab was Modeled after the room where you fight Black Color/Ninja from Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
Another series that holds up well like this game's story is the show Serial Experiments Lain, released about the same time. It showed kids using the leading edge of new technology, and it showed them texting, using emoticons as they were called, and using the precursors of social media.
Holy shit. You have made me rediscover zone of the enders. This was one of my childhood memories I didn't know I had. That music brought it back along with the gameplay footage.
I'm playing through the mgs series for the first time, I'm 20, so I was born when mgs2 came out in 2001. Playing it now, I'm blown away by it, it still holds up to this day.
Amazing video! I'm a huge MGS nerd and the games are incredible. Kojima is a genius game director and he brings in so many influential themes and really predicts the future in uncanny ways. MGS and MGS 2 both bring these strengths of intertwining themes, psychological warfare, artificial intelligence, politics, and social engineering into the fray so well. Truly games ahead of their time but MGS 2 took it up several notches in ways no one would even realize. Are you going to do a video like this on MGS 3 and 4? Man.......I sure hope so!!!
Rewatching this because I just got the HD collection And I finally get to play the game that's always intrigued me. Your videos are a big reason why I love this series of games and have barely ever played. (I had Nintendo)
At first I was disappointed you played as Raiden in 2001 but this game grew on me and now I don't mind it at all. The story telling in this one is my favorite and loved every villian more than any MGS. I had no idea Raiden was 33 in MGS2 which is crazy because snake was 23 in mgs 1. just shows u how bad snake really aged even before we played MGS 4.
One of the greatest game series ever! Was 15 yrs old when beat MGS 1 that I rented from a blockbuster not knowing anything about the series and couldn't put it down. Was bout 18 yrs old when MGS 2 dropped and another epic tale. Raiden introduction threw me off but played through to the end and was awestruck by all of it. Memorable boss battles and food for thought.
23:30 I have not heard that music since I last played ZOE when it came out, i completely froze and it was a very odd feeling of nostalgia and longing. Honestly that game was the first video game to make me cry
I'm glad you're channel is growing jorin you deserve it dude. Your in depth analysis and inspection of the source material was as on point as ever and I look forward to what comes next. Stay curious and studious My friend
1:13:43 i’ve killed some enemies and still got this convo in the most recent release of the game in the master collection. i remember being confused because i definitely snapped a few necks before that conversation. maybe it’s because i didn’t use my gun?
2:52 what the hell does that radar image suppose to be? I've got it when I played the game but was too late to see what it was, now seeing what it is... it's more weird since the image comes when you get a call from colonel...
23:36 I think everybody treated Zone of the Enders badly. Everybody bought it back in the day just to get the MGS2 demo disc 😐I liked ZOE and its sequel, they were really fun mecha games, even better than some of the Armored Core's in my opinion.
Starting at about 3:00, did you do that music by combining samples of in-game music? If so, as a musician, I am super impressed,it combined excellently together and gave the music a new feel
Playing MGS when it came out on PS1 over and over, the anticipation from when MGS2 was teased in epic Kojima fashion to the release of the game was unbearable. A MGS game without Kojima is like a Tarantino movie without Tarantino.. This mastermind blew our minds over and over! Thank you Kojima-San! Oh and btw: I've spent more than 10.000 hours in a cardboard box!
Critics loved it. Young Western audiences didn't understand at launch. It went directly over their heads. Much similar to Death Stranding. Another deeply philosophical game chronically misunderstood by people here in the U.S.
True. But one has to view it with historical consideration; MSG2 was basically mocking the player which was at the same time audience and actor. People were expecting a great game (which it is) and not an incredibly thoughtprovoking piece of _art_ . And it archived that - that's why we are here, 20 years later, right? Personally, I was a little punk when I was watching my brother playing it through back in the day. I didn't understand much of it, but it left me, at age 9, a very uneasy feeling in the end (probably more caused by the atmosphere than the plots and stories I was too young to grasp).
Same, played it age 10, before mgs1, and it felt just like an amazing experience, when I finished I thought : i'm too young to get it but this is sick, let's get back to it when I'm older
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Sons of Liberty is easily the most influential Metal Gear game ever made. From the quantum leap in graphics, to the way it accurately predicted our current, echo chamber ridden social media age, to the groundbreaking idea of manipulating the player inside and outside of the game into unknowingly following the Patriots plan. Kojima has yet to dance this close to the fire ever again in my opinion. The games that came after it all had their own individual strengths, but none of them were as ballsy with it’s story and themes like MGS2.
Imo death stranding comes close. It's freightening how it predicted the world we are in since early 2020
A quantum leap would mean a tiny leap
i think he's gonna do it again. death stranding was kojima adjusting to running a solo studio, after already getting his shot blocked twice back to back with MGSV and PT. whatever's next coming down the pike is going to be crazy in my opinion.
@Babes & Board Games but the prediction was insane even if it was 1 year
Hideo Kojima is a God, he time travels change my mind.
Me: “I’m really into Metal Gear deep dive analysis videos right now”
McD’s Employee: “So would you like to order or…”
Can confirm, I was the employee.
@@Redbird-dh7mu can confirm. I was the broken ice cream machine
Can confirm, I was in the passenger's seat behind them with the window rolled down. Heard everything without codec or a directional microphone.
Can confirm, I was the North American Fall Webworm near the window.
Yo fr that happened to me bro but at Carls Jr lmao
Can you believe that a game that has been around since 2001 is still SO damn influential? Some things are just built to last..
You can dig into mgs2 and still find stuff that amazes me. I bought the game in 2006 my first mgs game, but before that it stuck on the demo tralier for me as telling me somthing, and i wasnt even a mgs fan then as I am today. Its left a huge impact.
You are both correct about the dopeness. However metal gear was around in the 80's fellas 😏
Lindy
I still play it from time to time
@@aliforeman1819 Nobody disputed that
The way this game is written is unlike anything else around
I disagree, it was a lot like Metal Gear Solid 1 and 3
Kohima must have smoked dmt with rogan
@@kevinbissinger stylistically MGS2 was a massively different beast
the way this essay is structured is also
That’s why I liked this one more than 3. The game feels like mgs1
I remember completing this game the week it came out with my cousin and friend. After we finished the game we all looked at each other and just started laughing. We had thought this was perhaps the dumbest story ever, the gameplay is what we raved about. Now 20 years later in my 40’s I can truly appreciate what Hideo was trying to say. So what I’ve learned is never underestimate Hideo no matter how crazy and esoteric.
That’s crazy I had the exact opposite response beat it when I was 11 and didn’t fully understand the story, but the last 3-4 hours blew me away and changed my conception of what the future be and how we would receive information
@killwill83 Yeah, if we talk about character and story overall, it is kinda, yeah, could be better. But I think what people praise is the twist and message. The twist is pretty unique and neat, something out of the world at that time. But, yeah story wise, I prefer MGS3, the plot is more neat And enjoyable with a beautiful twist
@@teza5809 same
I think if you have a high interest in technology, war, and history you will understand the story a bit better. Of course as kids we don't have interest in any of this stuff, its only when we get older and mature we start to see things a lot differently. Mgs4 really blew my mind with the some of the stuff ocelot has to say to snake. A lot of what he as to say is pretty realistic and the future we are already in. I like video games like any other man on this comment section, but metal gear will always have a special place in my heart.
MGS2 has the shittiest story, but by far the most cogent and prevalent actual message of any of the other games in the series. And that's why I definitely respect it, even though I kind of hate it at the same time. Because everything surrounding it -- apart from the gameplay -- sucks.
This game was so way ahead of it's time it's staggering, the whole thing about trash data and overflow of data. I am 25 and was 12-13 when I played it the first time and it hit me on a really deep level, and I was also scared shitless by the Colonel A.I, cause I thought myself he was acting weird af.
Yea when they started calling you and telling you’ve been playing a little too long that’s when I started wonder what the hell was going on lol
@@cinemashotcritique539 yeah that's when I was really weirded out as well hahaha "TURN THE GAME CONSOLE OFF!"
I experienced the same freaking thing man. I remember putting the controller down for a little bit and getting up to get a snack or something because I remember feelings weird/nervous and trying not to think about it. Lol
I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock!
*_I NEED SCISSORS! 61!_*
@@cinemashotcritique539 Programmers fucking with you lol
I have to say, the way you edit your opening sequences is so riveting. You’ve become a master of setting the tone of the video before you say a single word, and that’s worth applause on its own. Keep it up king
shoutout adam curtis
@@AKIRTV9 I thought the same thing! High praise
The opposite for me, it felt like wasting 2 minutes of my life.
You have to be considered the premiere Kojima biographer at this point. Hopefully you get to interview him some day.
speaking a bit of japanese might help lol
@@smith6752 that's what interpreter's are for 👌
Very good point
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1:34:40 Raiden is probably not a narcissist per se; like James, he's suffering from derealization (and James may also be experiencing a dissociative disorder). It's not so much that Raiden thinks he's better than other people, it's that he's terribly wounded psychologically and afraid of getting into close contact with others.
Who is James?
It’s about time this game started to get the credit it deserves. Everyone always laughed it off cause some parts are so weird like with the colonel but… isn’t fact always stranger than fiction? There. That’s my dramatic and intelligent response for the day
Think about how old this game is how excellent it still looks and plays today.
Looks, yes. Plays, hell no.
This game is timeless. Really foreshadowed a lot of shit that would happen in the future. But no matter how many years pass, MGS2 will always have a special place in my heart.
@@omarsheriff51 It has a charm however
That intro gave me nostalgia and ptsd wrapped into one package. oh boy
I also played this game as a young kid, before ever experiencing the first game. The finale left me absolutely flabbergasted in a way I only understood when I got older. I couldn't make heads or tails of the story, yet simultaneously I somehow felt some of the most vivid dread a game has ever made me feel, as if I was in over my head. Thing is, I *absolutely was*. I think experiencing MGS2 first really helped put me in the shoes of Raiden, the entire narrative felt frustratingly, actively hostile toward me right up until Snake's speech, but I knew on some level that it wasn't a bad story, I just didn't have the faculties to unpack what I was being shown.
Love the video, I really can't beleive how much substantive content you manage to produce on the whole series.
Same. I replayed mgs2 in 2019 and I couldn't believe how appropriate it was. Disinformation everywhere. Data inundation. Everyone thinks they are right.
We are living in an age totally predicted by Kojima. I really think this was the peak of the series from a story telling / future vision perspective.
So wild to follow up mgs1 with this as well.
Jack's story is super cringy. The Rose / Raiden codec calls are just the worst tbh
The Document of MGS2 is so cool, I wish more games had such extensive and detailed interactive making-of documentaries.
It's so rare to see people producing something that isn't shallow these days, that when I find a channel like yours, I have a little faith in humanity again. This is definitely the best way to talk about a franchise with so many layers like Metal Gear. Speaking of details, that effect of the sun on Olga's scene (1:17:48) is something I've also seen in another game where the developers were also obsessed with the little details: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
You could also hear the sound of the wind swaying the vegetation around the entrance to the Temple of Time, and the sounds of animals such as wolves and birds at various times. It is also possible to see many places on the map in the distance, such as the Death Mountain, or even the Kakariko Village. As far as the setting and pillars of modern open world games are concerned, there are good examples along with MGS2 that helped form the foundation we have today.
Jorin Lee should be hired by Kojima Productions.
1:18:51 I like also how MGS3 expanded on this idea by making the enemy supply line your infiltration route essentially. I always love how attention was given to make the bases feel functional and realistic in every game
The audio/visual presentation is unlike any other documentary-timely made video I've watched about the MGS series.
MGS2 was my first Metal Gear game. Its always held a special place in my heart and for years I was saddened by how people looked down on it. Its nice to see how appreciated the game is now, especially with how relevant its become in our current world.
Alot of it was the main charater switch that left people resenting raiden
Oh no
An 1hr 30min, well-edited video that will make me lose all productivity
Amazing how you keep dishing out content like this. Keep it up man.
This video captures what made MGS2 so damn memorable to me. The atmosphere and feelings that game gave me have been unmatched to this very day. I played it probably around 10-11 years old. 32 years old now. MGS 1 I played before 2 and loved it. MGS3 was amazing and I enjoyed it. MGS 4 I did as well though I didn't give it as much time and patience as the others and still playing MGS 5 right now and greatly enjoying it. They can all have hints of it. But MGS 2 and particularly arsenal gear forward gives me chills even thinking about it. The colonel going crazy, the story progressing into something I could barely comprehend but at the same time thought I understood. The madness of it all. I don't think any game nor movie nor series nor book has ever got me close to a feeling like that again.
Damn man, I'm not ready for your MGS2 analysis' to come to an end- they're literally the best on the internet.
Analyses? Analysi? Analysum
@@lunarluxe9832 idk bruh I typed that at 2 am on my phone lol
The rate you make these top quality videos leads me to believe you’ve got some Uber focus or substance abuse issues.
So clever how it was edited in such a way that it’s documentary style fits the time period it came out in. The prefacing of what it’s about, the pacing, the quality.
Just when I thought you covered mgs2 in every form, you just keep diving deeper. Thanks boss.
Nobody else pumps out as many quality MGS documentaries as you. Keep it up!
I was hooked after the first 10 minutes of every Metal Gear game.
Your channel here is one of the most exceptional I've ever seen! I stumbled on a vid on the home page last year sometime , something I'm most thankful for. This is possibly the only channel I've subbed to that I find consistently more impressive with each video I watch, and since I'm a Neanderthal I didn't initially understand why this was lol. Then it finally dawned on me that it's because of the ambition you put into these babies that I just haven't seen done the same anywhere else. You do this shit consistently and are always finding new, interesting ways to present your content and it's just fucking awesome and most appreciated!
These are worthy of Premium TV!
i know they rank MGS3 as the greatest but no one can deny that MGS2 is the most important, influental, impactful and groundbreaking of the entire series. its also my personal favourite of the series.
I played Mgs2 first time in 2007 and without memory card but had one of most if not the most powerful game experience in 25 years of gaming. I will never forget how I played trough from the Tanker chapter all the way to arsenal Gear. When AI Colonel told me to turn off the console immediately I froze got scared and really turned it off. Iwas alone unable to process what just happened. Not to mention the codec conversation with US president saying he has no real power. Jaw dropped in revelation like moments the video game made me reconsider my view at geopolitics and on media system mainstream opinions etc. Next day I started to walkthrough again from the Solid Snake Tanker Chapter. That day I beat the game. I was overwhelmed by multiple aspects the beautiful graphics goose bumping soundtrack highly addictive gameplay all nailed by amazing story and characters. Fast forward 14 years later.Yesterday I plugged in PS5 for the first time after almost six years of playing PS4. No big vibes, played cod cold war and enlisted. I was not dragged into it. Death stranding was game where I was 100 percent sure it will be as great as Metal Gear but after 2-3 hours the disappointment kicked in. Back in 2013 I bought PSP from friend and thanks to hacks I played trough snatcher and policenauts for the first time. Beat them with help of guides, I enjoyed them more than death stranding.on Ps4 and 5 cant run MGS 4 which is also disappointing. Either current gen games lost its magic or We are getting too old to enjoy them. Or both
Who else stayed in the tanker pantry for 20 minutes every playthrough so they could stare in amazement at all the shit breaking when you shot it?
I've watched a lot on RUclips in my time; this is easily one of the greatest video essays I've yet seen. The detail and research is incredible!! You should be very proud.
Holding off on speaking until 2:40 was a very Metal Gear thing to do.
One of the best MGS2 Essays Jorin Lee. I didn't want to lose my track and concentration and so I watched it in parts. I LOVED IT.
Getting so many year 2000 - 2002 vibes watching this video. Nostalgia 😍
12:12 Shrek confirmed playable in MGS Remake
That E3 2000 MGS2 trailer was probably one of the biggest nails in my poor beloved Dreamcast 🙏 (big Sega kid in the 90s..) I remember Microsoft announcing they were entering the console market with the Xbox and most gamers HATING it then lol.. so I went from Dreamcast to PS2 and MGS, SSX tricky, DMC, GTA 3 etc amazing 💜 best times in gaming IMO
I played this game countless times and saw new footage in this video. Amazingly well put together. There really is no game like this one.
While I don't know if I can handle a 1.5hr YT video game doc, I appreciate how much you love my favorite series.
I remember seeing this game teased on e3 around the time ps2 was dropping I waited for this game only. That opening scene of Snake on the George Washington Bridge is still monumental. The whole play through on the oil tanker graphic was awesome...no words describe how I feel towards this game.
if only my essay prompts were about the metal gear franchise or kojima
Metal Gear Solid 2 and Silent Hill 2 in the same year. Konami used to be one of the finest developers in the world.
Great look overall, but I was especially impressed by your brief Can't Say Goodbye segment at the 20 minute mark. Loved the way you helped frame MGS2 around the "end of history"/Y2K era culture, which will probably end up helping it outlast the rest of the series.
I got to play Metal Gear Solid 1 the night before the EU release and played it right through the night!
When Metal Gear Solid 2 came out, I didn't have a PS2 but a friend.
On the day of the release there was a party at one of our friends. I begged my buddy to bring the PS2 with him. Keep reminding him ...
I bought the game that day.
And so it happened that instead of celebrating with all my friends, I connected the PS2 to his parents' TV, sat on an air mattress on the floor and played the 2nd part.
And until the early hours of the morning.
My friends didn't know the games as well as I did, but kept coming back again and again to watch them.
In the end, many sat around me and were really excited to see how I tried the final fight against the many metal gears over and over again.
In the end I made it and was so relieved ...
One of the best parties ever XDDD
My favourite game in the series, so many memories of playing it as a kid
"You know what you're doing" 👍
Hands down the best MGS channel there is. Good job man.
I can't believe the script for the story was mostly written in 1999...
It truly aged like fine wine.
You know it's always good if it's a 1 hour + long MGS video
Honestly this is one of the games I’m glad I came late to, I first played MGS2 just earlier this year and thanks to experiencing it in a modern context I truly felt the gravity behind the message Kojima was trying to send about the digital age. I’ve read a lot about how audiences at the time of release didn’t really “get” the story or at least fully appreciate it, which makes sense because that was a completely different time to today, when we are well into the digital age. This game hit me so much harder because my first experience was in a modern context where the dystopia proposed by the game is very much a reality, it had me questioning my whole belief system after completing it, and still makes me check myself even now.
Zone Of the Enders was a thing to me since when I was first aware of the game before PS2 was brought over to the US.
I never got my hands on Onimusha or The Bouncer. The only Onimusha Title that I've played and own is Onimusha 3. Someone was giving it away along with a PS2 Version of Max Payne 2.
1:08:52- I didn't know that.
1:16:48- I thought the lab was Modeled after the room where you fight Black Color/Ninja from Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
This game was waaaay ahead of it's time.
Another series that holds up well like this game's story is the show Serial Experiments Lain, released about the same time. It showed kids using the leading edge of new technology, and it showed them texting, using emoticons as they were called, and using the precursors of social media.
We need this man to talk to Kojima himself
Holy shit. You have made me rediscover zone of the enders. This was one of my childhood memories I didn't know I had. That music brought it back along with the gameplay footage.
Full length video!? Nice.
They are gonna look back at your MGS Solid videos in 20 years and see the greatness you have done too
I'm playing through the mgs series for the first time, I'm 20, so I was born when mgs2 came out in 2001. Playing it now, I'm blown away by it, it still holds up to this day.
nice work, buddy. one of the best videos about mgs2 for it's 20th anniversary.
I was a little shocked to find the new video essay earlier along with "Uploaded 3 minutes ago!" This was amazing.
Amazing video! I'm a huge MGS nerd and the games are incredible. Kojima is a genius game director and he brings in so many influential themes and really predicts the future in uncanny ways. MGS and MGS 2 both bring these strengths of intertwining themes, psychological warfare, artificial intelligence, politics, and social engineering into the fray so well. Truly games ahead of their time but MGS 2 took it up several notches in ways no one would even realize.
Are you going to do a video like this on MGS 3 and 4? Man.......I sure hope so!!!
Rewatching this because I just got the HD collection And I finally get to play the game that's always intrigued me. Your videos are a big reason why I love this series of games and have barely ever played. (I had Nintendo)
Man...I'm only 20min in and wow. Love the way you put this video together.
At first I was disappointed you played as Raiden in 2001 but this game grew on me and now I don't mind it at all. The story telling in this one is my favorite and loved every villian more than any MGS. I had no idea Raiden was 33 in MGS2 which is crazy because snake was 23 in mgs 1. just shows u how bad snake really aged even before we played MGS 4.
Jorin Lee could write for any big network channel, such as history channel or discovery channel. Truly excellent virtual essays
One of your best videos yet !!! You always nail any mgs2 video
"Babe wake up new MGS2 futurasound"
HYPED, love your work Futura!
You gave shenmue props right at the right spot of topic good job man
Man as a fan of MGS I hope you decide to continue with other games in the series because this was such a great watch.
One of the greatest game series ever! Was 15 yrs old when beat MGS 1 that I rented from a blockbuster not knowing anything about the series and couldn't put it down. Was bout 18 yrs old when MGS 2 dropped and another epic tale. Raiden introduction threw me off but played through to the end and was awestruck by all of it. Memorable boss battles and food for thought.
23:30 I have not heard that music since I last played ZOE when it came out, i completely froze and it was a very odd feeling of nostalgia and longing. Honestly that game was the first video game to make me cry
This game is about to turn 20 years old...damn
40:30-40:48
Had to rewind it but I love your work you deserve more money
Another one of futurasound videos I’m gonna relisten too over and over again at work 👌🏻
This is the best documentary i have ever seen
Man I couldn’t wait to get home to watch this, your dam good at these docs man
12:11 man has not 1 but 2 Shrek boxes in his cubicle, truly a man of culture
I'm glad you're channel is growing jorin you deserve it dude. Your in depth analysis and inspection of the source material was as on point as ever and I look forward to what comes next. Stay curious and studious My friend
Thanks for reccommending all these books in your vids, dude. They are always really good.
MGSV Fob draws a lot of from the big shell. As if the concept was realised more fully.
The very beginning of this video transported me back in time and hurts in a way I’ve never felt
1:13:43 i’ve killed some enemies and still got this convo in the most recent release of the game in the master collection. i remember being confused because i definitely snapped a few necks before that conversation. maybe it’s because i didn’t use my gun?
2:52 what the hell does that radar image suppose to be? I've got it when I played the game but was too late to see what it was, now seeing what it is... it's more weird since the image comes when you get a call from colonel...
Those inital sounds at the beginning of the video sent me back to a time not long ago.
Hearing this guy's voice I can't help but imagine sitting in a dark room with George Wood going on and on about Metal Gear.
This video was great. It was easy to understand and I think you conveyed the message well both visually and audibly.
Man I love these break downs.. I still play through all 3 mgs on emulator a least once a year now..
23:36 I think everybody treated Zone of the Enders badly. Everybody bought it back in the day just to get the MGS2 demo disc 😐I liked ZOE and its sequel, they were really fun mecha games, even better than some of the Armored Core's in my opinion.
Starting at about 3:00, did you do that music by combining samples of in-game music? If so, as a musician, I am super impressed,it combined excellently together and gave the music a new feel
This was one of your best videos btw. If I disagree with you on minor points it doesn't mean I dislike the content. Keep it up.
Playing MGS when it came out on PS1 over and over, the anticipation from when MGS2 was teased in epic Kojima fashion to the release of the game was unbearable. A MGS game without Kojima is like a Tarantino movie without Tarantino.. This mastermind blew our minds over and over! Thank you Kojima-San!
Oh and btw: I've spent more than 10.000 hours in a cardboard box!
Mannnn have i been looking for you to upload a Metal Gear upload ! Love your content man
Excellent documentary. MGS series is just so perfect and awesome. Been playing through the series again this year. 2021
love the inversion of Baudrilliard in this title. Keep pumping out the amazing analysis!
Many people didn't like this game but it's the one that got me into the series in the first place.
Critics loved it. Young Western audiences didn't understand at launch. It went directly over their heads. Much similar to Death Stranding. Another deeply philosophical game chronically misunderstood by people here in the U.S.
MGS 1 and 3 were good but 2 was disappointing
True. But one has to view it with historical consideration; MSG2 was basically mocking the player which was at the same time audience and actor. People were expecting a great game (which it is) and not an incredibly thoughtprovoking piece of _art_ . And it archived that - that's why we are here, 20 years later, right?
Personally, I was a little punk when I was watching my brother playing it through back in the day. I didn't understand much of it, but it left me, at age 9, a very uneasy feeling in the end (probably more caused by the atmosphere than the plots and stories I was too young to grasp).
Gracias por hacer nuevamente un gran video, excelente canal, un saludo!
I really love these videos. Never stop
Same, played it age 10, before mgs1, and it felt just like an amazing experience, when I finished I thought : i'm too young to get it but this is sick, let's get back to it when I'm older