It’s telling that only Monsoon managed to get Raiden this mad. The fact that Monsoon lasted as long as he did really is a testament to how much of a threat he is.
He’s pretty much the perfect counter to ripper mode, even more so than Armstrong. Nanomachines (son) are great but the don’t block ALL the damage. Monsoons body was impossible to slice into pieces since it’s already in pieces
Fun fact: Monsoon in-game is absurdly tanky to compensate for Raiden having constant Ripper mode in his fight. If you mod him into another arena or during Sam or Bladewolf's campaigns you can really see just how bulky he is
@@ashikjaman1940 yeah it’s crazy I just finished beating both Sam and Monsoon at the same time using a mod and seeing how much damage Sam took while in constant ripper was insane.
@CFjimmy I want monsoon to *moan* against me so hard and become like a helpless Anime girl. It's so sexy and so* moan* delicious. Like becoming Mikasa
The only reason he survived as long as he did was because he was either getting to higher ground and throwing trucks at Raiden or splitting himself apart with magnets
@@Name_man There is no question that Monsoon bodies everyone in the plot with how he performs. You can say he was running. He was fighting lol. Not everyone stands in front of their opponent and headbuts them repeatedly to win lmfao. Seperating and throwing tanks is his powerset. If he was a teleporter would you say he's "running" during every fight he ever wins and look down on it as lesser? No lol. Would you say "the only reason he beat that guy was because he was running. If that teleporter stood in front of the much stronger guy and didn't use his ability he would have lost." Lmfao. I dont think you would say that. Because at that point it would become obvious to you how stupid that sounds lmfao. teleporter wins by blitzing around and never taking damage, usually they deal small damage but have nigh invincibility because obviously between two people with relative power. The ability to think and teleport away happens much faster than an opponent can move their body and close distance and actually physically strike you. Both parties have to think to act. But the teleporter is already done with their action by the time they think. the opponent has just started and now has to actually move. Its the same with Monsoon. He can seperate faster than jack can strike because it happens when he thinks it should happen. While jack has to think and then move. Dont give me muscle memory, Monsoon is working on muscle memory the same way. And they are both powered by electricity so theyre both lightspeed reactions anyway
Especially the underated ones only found in the DLC or by lesser Bosses such as The Hot Wind Blowing for Khamsin and I'm my own Master now for Bladewolf.
@S S It's both. If you take the vocals out of the track you can hear that there is two singers. One says Pain and the other says Rain in that specific part.
@S S The official lyrics ARE pain though. It’s a metaphor for pain washing over him like rain falls on someone. A flood of rain doesn’t symbolize anything, except that he gets wet I guess?
Not only that, he completely stole the show in a way that is feasibly impossible such that he's remained a cultural icon to this day. By all accounts, he should've been less popular than Mistral. Edit: People seem to be misunderstanding what I'm saying so I'll elaborate here: Monsoon came out of *fμcking **_nowhere;_* unlike Mistral, who was established at the start of her level, was featured in a couple mid-level Codec calls, had a good look about 2/3s of the way in and concluded at the top of the refinery, Monsoon had *_none_* of that and just appeared at the end of Denver. There was nothing to support him, no foreshadowing, no build up, no mystery and no anticipation; by all accounts, from the way the level was going you'd have thought the boss would be Sam but _nooOoOoOoOoooO_ this mfer decided to rain in on his parade and steal the spotlight like it was his show and by God did he steal it. That's what's feasibly impossible.
Love how Moonson and Mistral have just randomly appeared, died, and that's literally all. Every other character has appeared in the story before, but these two just do that. Not only that, but Moonson is probably the only character who you fight right after meeting him. Mistral had at least a brief cutscene and a small level before her, but Moonson? Nope. He fight you right after the cutscene where he first appears and drops this banger on you. What a guy.
I seriously cannot be the only one that loves the part that goes: "until they find my dreams have dis-ap-pear-ed-ed-ed" and it transitions seamlessly to the synthetizer
Monsoon taught me how to parry, Armstrong taught me how to dodge, Sundowner taught me to take my time with blade mode, and Sam taught me to respect my opponent.
Bladewolf taught me how to parry. Monsoon taught me that I am terrible at parrying. Sundowner taught me that I can move the blade mode camera with WASD (because up until that point I was fucking stupid and just slashed with mouse). Mistral was just fucking annoying.
Mistral taught me to take down small fry opponents first. Monsoon improved my parry timing. Sundowner taught me to analyze, mark and slice the blade mode spots carefully. Sam taught me the proper combat tactic. Armstrong taught me dodge timings.
>appears out of nowhere, boss fight >talks about memes >triggers raiden >kicks ass with his stupid smoke and pants attack >declares that he infused you with memes before dying >never mentioned again Monsoon was based as fuck
I had an eye surgery a year ago, and before I had gone under, I said “Doktor, turn off my pain inhibitors.” Most of the surgeons were confused about what I said, a few were laughing, then the head surgeon said “OK”. I had never been so terrified in my life.
@@dabreadman9677 if he was a masochist why is he putting so much effort into giving out damage and taking as little damage, and why did he do the most pained scream after that scene not a moan :trol:
You know I realise Moonsoon was the ONLY desperado to fight Raiden in a permanent Ripper Mode (Aka at Full Power) and his fight is arguably the hardest of them all.... HUH thinking this way Monsoon is quite a badass.
@@thekiaracooper His ability to dismember his body is what made him last as long as he did... But you can disable that temporarily with an emp grenade followed by a cutting mode slash to the head. The fight goes easier then. And to be honest, nah, he wasn't the toughest. Sam was... Least in my opinion. And he's the only other person in Metal Gear Rising to injure Armstrong. Sundowner was a pain until I realized offensive defense lets you slash at him even WITH his explosive shield up. Monsoon, just stay out of the smoke grenades (note that when you move through it, he'll come at you faster to try to keep you in it, but once you're out of it, he'll resume his typical attack pattern.)
@Beau James I would still say Ripper Mode + Murasama is a lot more dangerous and powerful than Raiden's Normal Blade + Ripper Mode though, as his normal blade didn't even do anything to as much as slow down armstrong.
as soon as he closed his face shield and that wicked guitar riffed came on I had a huge grin on my face. this game was extremely my shit from start to end
same, i wasn't sure of it cause of the change from a stealth game to a hack and slash but when i played it and heard the amazing tracks ingame i jizzed myself, MGR also got me into hack and slash games in general :D
For me, I went from being scared of Raiden to being absolutely hyped the fuck up, screaming, "AIGHT, LET'S FUCKING GO THEN!" or "BRING IT, *_BITCH!_* " and headbanging whilst prepping myself for the absolute hell that I was about to experience this all happened hours ago still can't get over when the lyrics just kick in all at once
-> Appears. -> Infuses you with his memes, it makes you real angy. -> Refuses to elaborate further. -> Dies. Moonsoon is truly the most boss of all videogames.
Dude that's so true, I learned how to parry here. I struggled a lot, but then i realized you have to both click the button and move your stick each time to parry
"Oh wait, you thought you could finish this by only mashing random buttons 'till the end? WROOOOOOOOOOONG GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!" - *Deeper meaning of the boss fight (according to some people)*
Monsoon legit was posing up like a Jojo character and launching an entire half of the USA military budget at you at Mach 3. All while shredding the absolute SHIT out of a guitar. So hard to not count this as one of my favorite themes in the game.
And it fit with the games. In mgr you're a badass cyborg ninja weeb who knows not the meaning of mercy. In doom you're literally Jesus with a shotgun trying to save humanity from Satans wrongdoings. In devil may cry you play as Jesus with a goddamn ultra greatsword trying to save humanity from Satans wrongdoings.
I like the part where he goes: Wash away the anger. Here I stand beneath the warm and soothing rain, the droplets falling gently down on the terrain. Wash away the sorrow all the stains of time, but there’s no memory it’s only dry inside. In the mud is sinking deeper. Into a peaceful life, AND IT WILL COME LIKE A FLOOD PAIN, POURING DOWN ON ME. And it will not let up until the end is near, AND IT WILL COME THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS, IN MY FINAL HOUR. And it will never rest until the clouds are clear, Until it finds my dreams have DISAPPEEEEEERRRRRRR E E E E E E E EEEEE ERD *fucking sick guitar riff* MY DREAMS DISAPPEAR *sick guitar riff Intensifies and ends*
Wash away the anger Here I stand beneath The warm and soothing rain The droplets falling Gently down on the terrain Wash away the sorrow All the stains of time But there’s no memory It’s only dry inside In the mud and sinking deeper Into a peaceful life And it will come Like a flood of pain Pouring down on me And it will not let up Until the end is here And it will come Through the darkest day In my final hour And it will never rest Until the clouds are clear Until it finds my dreams have disappeared My dreams disappear
0:00 Monsoon dashes at you 0:19 He throws the first RP grenade 0:44 He does his magnetic thingy 0:54 You hit his mask 1:02 He throws the vehicles 1:24 He does his magnetic thingy 1:46 You hit his mask, once again 2:00 He throws more vehicles, dealing 60 damage as you were checking your phone 2:15 You get hit a few times 2:36 He does the magnetic thingy for the last time 2:44 You hit his mask again 2:50 He gets mad 3:12 He throws his massive saw 3:41 He throws the pillar, Raiden runs up it 4:00 You fight him mid-air 4:12 You brutally turn him into minced meat 4:30 His dialogue plays for the last time
Been there, done that. ;) You wouldn't imagine the chaos when you uber an unexpected class. (or maybe you would) Had some insane results with an Engineer.
My favorite part about the Monsoon battle is that if you beat him badly enough, he'll actually ask for mercy right before he dies. Jack the Ripper is so terrifying that he makes a hardcore nihilist normally unconcerned with his death *beg for his life*.
I initially doubted that this was true, because I remember doing poorly in the Monsoon fight but still seeing something like that. It made an impression on me because it was so unexpected, so I was pretty sure I wasn't just remembering wrong. I went looking for answers: according to the wiki, before death, he will say this line ("No! Stop it!") if you get a high combat rank for the fight _or_ if you don't use EM grenades on him. The funny thing about it is, I distinctly remember _having the idea_ of using EM grenades, and taking out an EM grenade and trying to aim it at him, but I ultimately decided not to use them because he moved pretty quickly and I didn't think I'd be able to hit him with one. I got that dialogue by being too bad at the game to do the fight the easy way.
- appears on top of a building - jumps down in a cool way - talks about memes - makes Raiden angry - has an epic boss fight with one of the coolest fucking songs ever - talks more about memes after being defeated - refuses to elaborate further and dies
Feasting on the insides of your enemies. How easily you ignore the loss of life when it suits your convenience. So tell me: who saves the weak from the man who saves the weak? Kill or be killed Jack. Phnom Penh taught me that. Yes, you aren’t the only one to grow up on the killing fields. War is a cruel parent but an effective teacher. It’s final lesson is carved deep in my psyche: that this world, and all it’s people are diseased. Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns, controlled by something greater: memes. The DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture - they are everything we pass on. Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair... All memes, all passed along. You can’t fight nature, Jack. Wind blows, rain falls, and the strong pray upon the weak. Sam tells me you see your weapon as a tool. Something that saves lives - a means of justice. Now there’s a pretty meme. Exquisite! It’s spared you the burden of all the lives you’ve taken... ...absolved you of guilt when you enjoyed it. That is until the illusion was broken. Don’t be ashamed. It’s only nature, running its course. You have no choices to make. Nothing to answer for. You can die with a clear conscience.
I love how this boss fight served as both a punishment and forceful inauguration into the mechanics and system of the game for anyone who's chosen to neglect it up to this point. Very few developers have the balls to do this with their boss fights anymore, it's not inherently bad to force your players to adhere the play style of the game you crafted, as well as give them no way around it if they haven't. It's called a challenge. Also, I spent like 7 hours trying to beat Monsoon because I was one of these people...
Here’s the MGR No Damage difficulty tier list: Comically Easy 8. Ray 7. Sundowner 6. Blade Wolf The other shit in my fight is more likely to hit you than I am 5. Mistral 4. Excelsius I hope you know how to dodge multiple un-blockable attacks 3. Sam 2. Armstrong I hope you know how to parry 4-6 hit combos, which can overlap with other attacks. 1. Monsoon
@@rodbot Dude, I got Armstrong on Revengeance S-Ranked well before Monsoon. That being said, the checkpoint made that fight considerably easier. If it had no checkpoint, I would rank it as much harder than Monsoon.
@@griff8858 I was more thinking of doing the no-damage runs when I wrote that comment. The Armstrong DLC fight is insufferable due to him constantly attacking you with little to zero down time.
I think what works about it is that Raiden was basically a somewhat blank-ish slate in his premier game MGS2. He has a character technically with his Jack The Ripper past as a Les Enfants Terribles experiment subject, but for the most part he represents most kids playing MGS2 and who grew up with video games and are bred for war. Well, most people wanted Snake and shit all over Raiden and didn't get the character at the time. So I feel like MGS4 Kojima sort of made him into what he is by going the complete opposite way with the character from what people expected from him. I don't know if he even thought people would like Cyborg Raiden, he may just want to have rubbed it in their collective faces and make him as cynical and edgy as the players were and thus creating a sort of ugly image of the players for them to see. Now what makes MGRR really pay off is that instead of like the end of MGS2 where Raiden is learning how to let go of your violent past we're instead seeing he completely falls back into his Jack The Ripper alter-ego that is either an actual alternate personality or some semi conscious coping mechanism and mask for him to use. In either case, the way the character has gone through all these changes and as wacky as it is still comes off as believable makes it feel like a really big payoff compared to some Sonic OC or like Shadow the Hedgehog or something who never really went through a transition to become this sort of tragic edgy murdering machine.
I just found out that Monsoon and I have these similarities: Connected to Rain✔️ Can dismember limbs✔️ Serve the man that will make America great again✔️ Fought a MC with a killer mode✔️ Wear a mask✔️ Long hair✔️
@@illusion9289I disagree with you: 1. Funny Valentine isn't 6.7 Absolute unit 2. Funny Valentine has a long blond hair Meanwhile Senator Armstrong has short black hair
@@Pinakiprime910 he's the only reason I'm listening to this banger of a track. His 'An incorrect summary of' series is sorta a 'Point of first contact' for alot of people
My favorite thing about this fight is how quickly Raiden and Monsoon get to violence. Just, *_You're evil Jack_* *_No I'm not_* *_Yes you are_* *Okay, I am* *_boom Ripper Mode_* *IT'S ON*
Wash away the anger! Here I stand beneath the warm and soothing rain The droplets falling gently down on the terrain Wash away the sorrow , all the stains of time But there's no memory , it's only dry inside In the mud , it's sinking deeper Into a peaceful life And it will come ! Like a flood of pain ! Pouring down on me ! And it will not let up until the end is here ! And it will glow ! Through the darkest day ! In my final hour ! And it will never rest until the clouds are clear Until it finds my dreams have disappeared My dreams disappear !
since it is valentines day today once again this song has suddenly become extremely relatable edit: please stop liking this comment, I cringe every time I'm reminded of when I wrote it
@@tyrannosaurusrex4600 I am the Storm that is approooaching!!! PROVOOOOOOKIING BLACK CLOUDS IN ISOLATION!!!!! I AM RECLAIMER OF MY NAAAAAME!!!!! BORN IN FLAMES!! I HAVE BEEN BLESSED! MY FAMILY'S CREST IS A DEMON OF DEAAATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude just appeared, fights you and die. Like, nothing else. Bare minimum screentime yet so memorable that he became one of the greatest fictional character of all time.
@RAYHAN REHEMA PUTRA Metal Gear as a whole (except for MGS5, though it's bogged down by an uninteresting open world structure) is incredibly overrated gameplay-wise. Other stealth game series have been far more compelling for my account, such as Thief, Dishonored, Sly, Splinter Cell and Hitman. Metal Gear Rising is therefore easily the best Metal Gear-game in my world, because it isn't tied down by boring gameplay, instead it has some of the most awesome swordfighting ever made for a videogame!
Let me just tell you, this boss fight was the most fun I've had in YEARS in a video game. The introduction, the return of Jack, the music, the attacks, EVERYTHING was just indescribable fucking awesomeness! You have NO idea how much joy and memories I got from this boss alone. It's gonna be a LONG time before we get another boss and game like this.
Yeah. I just got done getting my ass handed by him. The boss fight was so fun it makes me wish there was a sequel. But we know how bad those tend to be
I discovered Metal Gear Rising because the Devil May Cry community is really fond of it... Have you ever tried DMC? It has its own sick-ass boss fights.
You know a game is good when they introduce characters like Monsoon that are insanely memorable but also only show up for maybe 15 - 20 minutes before being cut into pieces by Raiden.
God I wish there was a modern rerelease of this game. No changes to story, gameplay or soundtrack, I just want this shit with the graphics of DMC5 or Nier
Monsoon isn't the most complicated character in the game, but his introduction and the sequence that precedes it is the pivotal emotional and thematic moment of the game.
Raiden tried to prove Armstrong wrong, by being a living, breathing example of Armstrongology in effect and how great it is, so much so that Armstrong called him his successor. Fucking 500 IQ move there, Raiden, mission failed successfully
The bad part about Armstrong was mostly that he was, y'know, extracting the brains of homeless children, subjecting them to brainwashing, turning them into child soldiers, trying to spark major world conflicts that will cost thousands of lives, in order to achieve his goals. That doesn't automatically make Armstrongology bad tho, the problem was that he had an "ends justify the means" mindset, which Raiden doesn't really share with him.
I love that, even though the song screams anger, this is the one boss that anger will get you nowhere. Despite being hyped in the cutscene prior to the battle, with the pain inhibitors and the removal thereof, Raiden's Ripper Mode is utterly useless here. You can't slice Monsoon to pieces like the other soldiers. You have to calm down and mind your surroundings, and definitely not "let 'er rip", as Raiden so deliciously edgily put it. I didn't care so much about parrying but I'm glad this boss exists so I could learn it properly. Much like monsoons themselves, which can cause massive floods and intense droughts, this battle is all about conflicting and contradictory feelings. You know those soldiers have histories as fucked up as yours, but you slice them anyway. You gain access to a rage mode you aren't encouraged to use. This song is ultra bangin' but the lyrics are super depressive.
Lol. Also shows why your encouraged to not use ripper mode(it’s not much of a help in this boss.) unless you have to as well you get the infinite fuel wig’s effect for this fight and using ripper mode later is a damage up and fuel drain.
The lyrics really say to set aside anger and sorrow, empty your mind, and THAT will come like a flood of pain. Really fits Monsoon, and your idea of conflicting and contradicting feels and urges.
I honestly rage quit this fight about 20 times. I have a disability that has some effects on my hands, and I just couldn't get the parry right. My wrists were sore, I was furious, and Monsoon's incessant mocking didn't help (the sign of a well written character). Finally putting a blade through that grinning idiots neck was a major feeling of accomplishment. No joke.
tom boy not cheap at all, just git gud. You don't need to use any health restore during the first part of the game. Try to beat Sam without any health repair. Great fight tho.
I have a theory: This OST is not Moonsoon's theme, neither Raiden's... It is the theme of Jack the Ripper. If you focus on the lyrics, they are describing Raiden's bloodlust and guilt, not Moonsoon's philosophy. "In the mud, it's sinking deeper, into peaceful life, and it will come, like a flood of pain, pouring down on me", pretty much refers to how Jack can only find happiness buried in the filthy context of war and just how inevitable it is for his Ripper-Persona to raise again and take control of his passions. I kindly invite anyone to hear again this song, thinking about it, not as Moonsoon's OST, but as Raiden in his Ripper-persona, personally, I feel it suits him and it makes more sense.
Thing is the whole point of Moonsoon was that he was all about how he and Raiden weren't that different. His entire speech was based on the fact that Moonsoon went through the same horrors of being a child soldier, breaking down the idea that Raiden was somehow better than them and that his philosophy was actually what he thought. Moonsoon likely believed like Raiden once, in things like protecting the weak. He likely believed that he could leave the life of a soldier behind and that he could have a peaceful life. But he eventually had to accept: he's too broken for anything else. Honestly you can say that each boss theme represents Raiden rather than his enemy. Rules of Nature is him pumping himself up against giant war machines that he doesn't have to feel guilty about destroying. I'm My Own Master Now is about how he's free from the Patroits and Soldius Snake's machinations. A Stranger I Remain is about how he only feels comfortable in war. Red Sun is the the sadistic joy he takes in cutting down people like Sundowner. The Only Thing I Know For Real is that all Raiden knows now is war. Hell, people still debate to this day whether It Has To Be This Way is sung about Armstrong or Raiden. The villains were made to deconstruct Raiden's character, so they and by extension their themes have to apply to him.
all of the songs are about raiden and the other character cause all the fights are part of raiden's character arc over the course of the game. raiden is what monsoon likes to think he is, which makes it funny when his reaction to someone walking the walk is to call him insane
I love how if you do really well during the fight, Monsoon actually begs Raiden to stop. Even Jack the Ripper can make a nihilist beg for his life. “The simplest argument to refute a moral nihilist is to kill them.”
And they said Monsoon's dialogue was raw. Making someone take back their "nothing matters in the end" edgelord mentality by beating the fuck out of them is more raw than anything the villains could ever say. XD
Raiden: i am lightning, the rain transformed! Sundowner: I AM FUCKING INVENCIBLE!!! Armstrong: Nanomacines, son. Monsoon: THE MEMES ,JACK!!! Me: i am fucking lightning, the memes nanomachines transformed, son MEMES COMBINED!!!
YOUR MEMES... END HERE. lol. really wish i could've played this game when i still had my Xbox 360. but, sadly... i wasn't interested in this game at ALL when it first released. and, alas, i am regretting not picking it up the first time around. lol. sorry. just reminiscing. my b, friends.
I will never forget the stupid little dance Monsoon does when levitating towards you while invincible. As someone who played it on hard for the first playthrough Monsoon was hell and that damn dance was just insulting. Lol
@@datmemeguy6500 He does it while invincible. I would run away from him to avoid getting hit and he would slowly levitate to me while doing some silly wavy jig.
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When monsoon said “are you even aiming?” i thought he said “are you even gaming” and was like hol up
To be fair, that’s 100% something monsoon would say
@@eddykidplayzyt Memes, the DNA of the soul.
Now that's a pretty meme. Exquisite!
honestly with how fucking raw his dialogue is i wouldnt even be suprised if thats what he said lmao
@@DoctorBones1 "Are you even gaming?
"Lorentz frog, go!"
"Beer the unseen, jack?"
honestly the way that monsoon dodges attacks is just sick
whoever thought of his concept is epic
Probably someone that watched the first season of One Piece the previous day.
A man whose preferred method of dodging is *self bisection*
When I had to describe it, I said he “Danny Phantom’s” his way out of attacks
can't raiden just slash at his chest sideways
@@lahar2412 Due to the magnetic fields he controls Monsoon can just pull his body out of blade reach while still attacking Raiden.
It’s telling that only Monsoon managed to get Raiden this mad. The fact that Monsoon lasted as long as he did really is a testament to how much of a threat he is.
He’s pretty much the perfect counter to ripper mode, even more so than Armstrong. Nanomachines (son) are great but the don’t block ALL the damage. Monsoons body was impossible to slice into pieces since it’s already in pieces
@@Big_Bonfire hes like buggy the clown from One Piece.
except with crazy powers stacked on top of the whole split power.
Fun fact: Monsoon in-game is absurdly tanky to compensate for Raiden having constant Ripper mode in his fight. If you mod him into another arena or during Sam or Bladewolf's campaigns you can really see just how bulky he is
@@ashikjaman1940 yeah it’s crazy I just finished beating both Sam and Monsoon at the same time using a mod and seeing how much damage Sam took while in constant ripper was insane.
..was
> comes with 0 previous screen time
> talks about memes for minutes straight
> actually elaborates
> dies
unfathomably based
That's why he's the goat
Dude literally has a single cutscene of screentime and it's still one of the most iconic boss in video game history.
@CFjimmy I want monsoon to *moan* against me so hard and become like a helpless Anime girl. It's so sexy and so* moan* delicious. Like becoming Mikasa
@@casulskrrub6423agreed
Can we talk about how Monsoon put up a good fight against a Raiden who was in permanent ripper mode? I can see why Sundowner was impressed
The only reason he survived as long as he did was because he was either getting to higher ground and throwing trucks at Raiden or splitting himself apart with magnets
@@Name_man You say that like throwing trucks and splitting your own body apart with magnets isnt impressive
@@iwanthisokatofuckmesilly5222
Monsoon’s abilities are impressive. The way he uses them are not. He was constantly using them to run away from Raiden.
@@Name_man Bro, for real. I just got done with the boss and that shit cucked me because of how slow Raiden aims a grenade.
@@Name_man There is no question that Monsoon bodies everyone in the plot with how he performs. You can say he was running. He was fighting lol. Not everyone stands in front of their opponent and headbuts them repeatedly to win lmfao. Seperating and throwing tanks is his powerset. If he was a teleporter would you say he's "running" during every fight he ever wins and look down on it as lesser? No lol. Would you say "the only reason he beat that guy was because he was running. If that teleporter stood in front of the much stronger guy and didn't use his ability he would have lost." Lmfao. I dont think you would say that. Because at that point it would become obvious to you how stupid that sounds lmfao. teleporter wins by blitzing around and never taking damage, usually they deal small damage but have nigh invincibility because obviously between two people with relative power. The ability to think and teleport away happens much faster than an opponent can move their body and close distance and actually physically strike you. Both parties have to think to act. But the teleporter is already done with their action by the time they think. the opponent has just started and now has to actually move. Its the same with Monsoon. He can seperate faster than jack can strike because it happens when he thinks it should happen. While jack has to think and then move. Dont give me muscle memory, Monsoon is working on muscle memory the same way. And they are both powered by electricity so theyre both lightspeed reactions anyway
"Parrying is too simple, it makes the game too easy."
Monsoon: I'll show you how bad you are at it.
i didnt know how to parry so all I did was jump over him and it worked
@Armstrong Canon I went easy mode because I never played the game
@Armstrong Canon oh and I just jumped because of that lower half attack
Real Monsoon: "damn, you made me your bitch in under 60 seconds"
lmfao i learned how to parry cuz of monsoon and it was farely easy to parry against him once i learned
The best comeback to children singing ''rain rain go away''
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I thought it was Bury the Light
@@PaperCircle both of it
Why is every boss theme in this game so good?
Like, every single one.
Right? Like those themes had NO right being as kickass as they were.
Especially the underated ones only found in the DLC or by lesser Bosses such as The Hot Wind Blowing for Khamsin and I'm my own Master now for Bladewolf.
except the collective consciousness that one isnt as good as this
@@Luminousxd633 It's still pretty good, just not God-Tier like the others.
@@Luminousxd633 Collective conciousness is just as good as the others. You just need to join the unenlightened masses
Fun fact: by saying "Memes, the DNA of the soul" you are only further proving monsoon's point.
Memes, the DNA of the soul
Memes, the DNA of the soul
Now theres a pretty meme! Exquisite!
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Memes, the DNA of the soul
The immense power in that *"AND IT WILL COME, LIKE A FLOOD OF PAIN!"* makes me want to level stars
i always hear it as a flood of rage and i don't know why
@@fellamcgee I hear flood of rain lol
@S S It's both.
If you take the vocals out of the track you can hear that there is two singers.
One says Pain and the other says Rain in that specific part.
@S S The official lyrics ARE pain though. It’s a metaphor for pain washing over him like rain falls on someone. A flood of rain doesn’t symbolize anything, except that he gets wet I guess?
@S S Nope. The backup is the one saying rain and is considerably weaker sounding compared to the main singer saying pain.
Imagine appearing in the game for literally 30 minutes, dropping the best song in the entire game, then dying.
What a badass.
Not only that, he completely stole the show in a way that is feasibly impossible such that he's remained a cultural icon to this day. By all accounts, he should've been less popular than Mistral.
Edit: People seem to be misunderstanding what I'm saying so I'll elaborate here: Monsoon came out of *fμcking **_nowhere;_* unlike Mistral, who was established at the start of her level, was featured in a couple mid-level Codec calls, had a good look about 2/3s of the way in and concluded at the top of the refinery, Monsoon had *_none_* of that and just appeared at the end of Denver. There was nothing to support him, no foreshadowing, no build up, no mystery and no anticipation; by all accounts, from the way the level was going you'd have thought the boss would be Sam but _nooOoOoOoOoooO_ this mfer decided to rain in on his parade and steal the spotlight like it was his show and by God did he steal it. That's what's feasibly impossible.
Memes. Dna of the soul
That's almost every boss on the game tho
arm(is)strong
@@dutch_asocialite It's because of the MEMES
"And it will come, like a flood of pain!
P O R N O G R A P H Y"
Truely the best fight theme in the game.
factsss
never gets old too
I can't unhear it now 💀
the P O R N O G R A P H Y has already reached our defenses
You see what it's done to our colleagues?!
It's all fun and games until Monsoon reaches 40% and the lyrics kick in.
WASH AWAY THE ANGER
HERE I STAND BENEATH THE WARM AND SOOTHING RAIN
THE DROPLETS FALLING GENTLY DOWN ON THE TERRAIN
WASH AWAY THE SORROW ALL THE STAINS OF TIME
BUT THERE'S NO MEMORY ITS ONLY DRY INSIDE
Love how Moonson and Mistral have just randomly appeared, died, and that's literally all. Every other character has appeared in the story before, but these two just do that.
Not only that, but Moonson is probably the only character who you fight right after meeting him. Mistral had at least a brief cutscene and a small level before her, but Moonson? Nope. He fight you right after the cutscene where he first appears and drops this banger on you. What a guy.
Kamshin: hello
Monsoon taught you to parry, and the memes. Mistral showed you how to find your place in the world
@@thunderlord3747 We do see kamshin in a cutscene before that
He left his DNA in all of us though
@@guythat779 Hot.
Who knew Raiden had a devil trigger?
Well his son is Vergil.
@@Davidofthelost raiden is the role model of vergil
@@mrkrakengod3235 no other way around no one can touch Vergil and the entire dmc cast
@@toren2099 calm down man
well raiden has dantes design and his son has vergils design
> Be Monsoon
> See angry cyborg guy coming
> Bully him
> Talk about memes
> Refuse to elaborate further
> Die
And is literally never mentioned again
@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK Monsoon's soundtrack was one the best tho tbh
@@potatomine6678 Ong
@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK someone didn't listen to the codec calls
@@mercury2157 correct
*Medic suits are a myth. Nanopastes are a joke, we are all pawns needing some type of skill; Parrying! The DNA of the swordsman!*
*sweats nervously knowing that he used white body with 10 nanopastes*
Shields are a myth. Estus Flasks are a joke, we are all pawns needing some type of skill: Parrying! The DNA of Giantdad!
@@cheefqueef6494 Based
My dumbass played through the whole game not knowing about nanopaste healing packs until Armstrong...
@@johnshepherd7882 you will learn from your many failures until you come out the victor
Everybody gangsta until Doktor turns off Raidens pain inhibitors
69th like
You don’t understand how much I snorted at this. Read doktor with so much emphasis
You mean meme inhibitors, right?)
ruclips.net/video/siGqgr0idj0/видео.html
Doktor turns off my *CRINGE* inhibitors
“Crush my spine with a sword, I must. Maximum pain, I must endure”
“Offline, the pain inhibitors are. Ok, here we go!”
@@izzys6472 i can t
*”MASOCHISM, THIS IS WHY I FIGHT.”*
Nah, he just turned off his boowomp inhibitors.
booWomp
I seriously cannot be the only one that loves the part that goes: "until they find my dreams have dis-ap-pear-ed-ed-ed" and it transitions seamlessly to the synthetizer
you are not alone
That’s like the best part bro
I love that part too.
@@kaleb0970 dude your bossfight is genuinly a nightmare as the purple cowboy class
@@mattgroening8872 what
Monsoon taught me how to parry, Armstrong taught me how to dodge, Sundowner taught me to take my time with blade mode, and Sam taught me to respect my opponent.
Mistral taught me how to fucking hate boss fights with mini foes
Sam's stage 2 (bladeless) forced me to learn proper use of offensive defense/dodge slash.
Bladewolf taught me how to parry.
Monsoon taught me that I am terrible at parrying.
Sundowner taught me that I can move the blade mode camera with WASD (because up until that point I was fucking stupid and just slashed with mouse).
Mistral was just fucking annoying.
Mistral taught me to take down small fry opponents first. Monsoon improved my parry timing. Sundowner taught me to analyze, mark and slice the blade mode spots carefully. Sam taught me the proper combat tactic. Armstrong taught me dodge timings.
@@themonkeyman2910 I find it funny that you came back 3 months after your original comment just to say that lmao
>appears out of nowhere, boss fight
>talks about memes
>triggers raiden
>kicks ass with his stupid smoke and pants attack
>declares that he infused you with memes before dying
>never mentioned again
Monsoon was based as fuck
>comes back
@@raiden1086 >kicks ass
untrue. you fight his body double in literally the next stage
@@majormalfunction1313 okay
>mentioned a single other time as an ai controlled body that's completely mute
*declared that he infused raiden with memes AFTER he dies
I had an eye surgery a year ago, and before I had gone under, I said “Doktor, turn off my pain inhibitors.”
Most of the surgeons were confused about what I said, a few were laughing, then the head surgeon said “OK”.
I had never been so terrified in my life.
Did you go ripper mode?
Based doktors
Maximum pain I must endure.
gonna do this if i ever get one of my teeth removed
The head surgeon be like : *"Your memes, end here."*
This song really paints the PTSD of a soldier. You do all you can to live a peaceful life but then it'll creep back when you least expect it
Hey, it's me. Creeping back to ruin your peace ✌
@@magicfish8213 boo
"Does it hurt?"
*"Jokes on you, i'm into that shit."*
"Does it hurt?"
"No you idiot. I have my pain inhibitors turned off."
@@makowiecmakowiecki4565 Inhibit means prevent so having his pain inhibitors off means he can feel it.
@@makowiecmakowiecki4565 *on
@@assassinonprozac Oh. So I misunderstood for a longer time. Good to know.
-Does it hurt?
+Harder daddy
-What?
+What?
it would be funny if riden started screaming at the doctor to "TURN THEM BACK ON!!!" when he turned of the pain inhibitors
man was a cyborg for years at that point he probably forgot what pain even felt like. hes LUCKY he didnt end up screaming like a liddle baby bih
Hi Kanye
@@surelylune i mean he did but quickly got over it due to pure chad energy
@@blehh_mae Nah he's just a masochist. Change my mind
@@dabreadman9677 if he was a masochist why is he putting so much effort into giving out damage and taking as little damage, and why did he do the most pained scream after that scene not a moan :trol:
Konami 2013: Nanomachines, son!
Konami Now: Pachinko machines, son!
They make people soften in response to emotional trauma
@@motivationalpizzaman9718 broo. Don't start. 😭😭😭
"konami" someone did not read the credits
goodbye pt
@@nome9752 wdym
You go for a walk in London
🗡
South London theme
oi maet sorry bruv ur pain inhibitors loicense ober mæt sorry bout that bruv
You go for a walk in any liberal european country*
A very ENTHUSIASTIC walk
You know I realise Moonsoon was the ONLY desperado to fight Raiden in a permanent Ripper Mode (Aka at Full Power) and his fight is arguably the hardest of them all.... HUH thinking this way Monsoon is quite a badass.
I think its the fact that he can dismember his body on command.
@@thekiaracooper His ability to dismember his body is what made him last as long as he did... But you can disable that temporarily with an emp grenade followed by a cutting mode slash to the head. The fight goes easier then.
And to be honest, nah, he wasn't the toughest. Sam was... Least in my opinion. And he's the only other person in Metal Gear Rising to injure Armstrong. Sundowner was a pain until I realized offensive defense lets you slash at him even WITH his explosive shield up. Monsoon, just stay out of the smoke grenades (note that when you move through it, he'll come at you faster to try to keep you in it, but once you're out of it, he'll resume his typical attack pattern.)
@Beau James I would still say Ripper Mode + Murasama is a lot more dangerous and powerful than Raiden's Normal Blade + Ripper Mode though, as his normal blade didn't even do anything to as much as slow down armstrong.
Beau James-I guess you could say “I can break a [sword] in two. With my bare hands!”
Nesouk Kefka don’t forget that Jetstream Sam barely has any cyborg enhancement and he still gave Raiden a lot of trouble
as soon as he closed his face shield and that wicked guitar riffed came on I had a huge grin on my face. this game was extremely my shit from start to end
same, i wasn't sure of it cause of the change from a stealth game to a hack and slash but when i played it and heard the amazing tracks ingame i jizzed myself, MGR also got me into hack and slash games in general :D
I Found myself screaming at him " Come on bitch boy" when the Music started
I started headbanging lol cause this song was my shit 😂
@@MissKitty21 Same lmao. This might be my favorite soundtrack in the game.
For me, I went from being scared of Raiden to being absolutely hyped the fuck up, screaming, "AIGHT, LET'S FUCKING GO THEN!" or "BRING IT, *_BITCH!_* " and headbanging whilst prepping myself for the absolute hell that I was about to experience
this all happened hours ago
still can't get over when the lyrics just kick in all at once
The fight that made you remember what parrying did in case you happened to forget...
ikr xdxd
which one was it i forgot
+Fırat Erdin Fight against Monsoon
Parrying Simulator.
i cant parry for my life in that game
-> Appears.
-> Infuses you with his memes, it makes you real angy.
-> Refuses to elaborate further.
-> Dies.
Moonsoon is truly the most boss of all videogames.
"Magnetic force, Jack! Nature's force!"
"Left hand rule!"
"Does it _hurt?"_
"I have won this!"
"Lorentz force! GO!"
GIVE IT UP
Are you even aiming?
THIS ONE’S ON ME!
THAT YOUR BEST?
STOP! STOP IT!
Monsoon: “Does it hurt?”
Me: yea, the fact this absolute banger comes and goes too soon
There's still people like me (just discovered it) that the reason this banger will never go ( this shit slaps hard)
I’d say monSOON
comesoon
Soonsoon
Memesoon
"You know how to parry?"
"No."
"Good, this boss fight will teach you."
Dude that's so true,
I learned how to parry here.
I struggled a lot, but then i realized you have to both click the button and move your stick each time to parry
Blade Wolf served that purpose for me
@@Phoxulu
When you don't know how to parry, even pastes don't do the job.
@@xXSlyFoxHoimiexX same
@@kwarlus It worked for me
Doctor: “does it hurt?”
The doctor in question:
Now thats a pretty meme
@@neongalaxon Eeexquisite.
I never knew the importance of parrying until I met this boss...
"Oh wait, you thought you could finish this by only mashing random buttons 'till the end? WROOOOOOOOOOONG GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!"
- *Deeper meaning of the boss fight (according to some people)*
The deeper meaning is memes. Seriously.
No Raiden, Full of Shit is not a meme.
I beat the entire game without knowing how parrying worked. i found out it works by spamming move controls and light attack on Sam
Now I see. You deny your weapon its purpose.
Monsoon legit was posing up like a Jojo character and launching an entire half of the USA military budget at you at Mach 3. All while shredding the absolute SHIT out of a guitar. So hard to not count this as one of my favorite themes in the game.
Monsus is the best character ever
@@chadstreamsam7261 monheim
@@chadstreamsam7261 I am MonSUS, of winds of SUS
@@hollowsid9623 red sus
red sus over paradise
@@chadstreamsam7261 MonSus Battle Bus
Metal Gear Rising, Devil May Cry and DOOM. If you aren't into metal, then these games will solve that problem for you.
Jokes on you.....
*I'm into this sh@t*
And it fit with the games. In mgr you're a badass cyborg ninja weeb who knows not the meaning of mercy. In doom you're literally Jesus with a shotgun trying to save humanity from Satans wrongdoings. In devil may cry you play as Jesus with a goddamn ultra greatsword trying to save humanity from Satans wrongdoings.
@i like water yes.
@i like water yes.
@i like water yes.
I like the part where he goes:
Wash away the anger.
Here I stand beneath the warm and soothing rain, the droplets falling gently down on the terrain.
Wash away the sorrow all the stains of time, but there’s no memory it’s only dry inside.
In the mud is sinking deeper.
Into a peaceful life, AND IT WILL COME LIKE A FLOOD PAIN, POURING DOWN ON ME. And it will not let up until the end is near, AND IT WILL COME THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS, IN MY FINAL HOUR. And it will never rest until the clouds are clear,
Until it finds my dreams have DISAPPEEEEEERRRRRRR E E E E E E E EEEEE ERD *fucking sick guitar riff* MY DREAMS DISAPPEAR *sick guitar riff Intensifies and ends*
Ez boss fight
I agree and the guitar after he says dissapear is epic
Should subtitle the video like that lol
Why is the meme boss fight here?
he doesnt say pouring down on me he says p**nograpy
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑫𝑵𝑨 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑶𝑼𝑳
*How about full of shit? Is that a meme?*
memesoon
You can't fight *MEME* , Jack
there’s a nice meme *exquisite!*
MEMES JACK
Wash away the anger
Here I stand beneath
The warm and soothing rain
The droplets falling
Gently down on the terrain
Wash away the sorrow
All the stains of time
But there’s no memory
It’s only dry inside
In the mud and sinking deeper
Into a peaceful life
And it will come
Like a flood of pain
Pouring down on me
And it will not let up
Until the end is here
And it will come
Through the darkest day
In my final hour
And it will never rest
Until the clouds are clear
Until it finds my dreams have disappeared
My dreams disappear
thanks!
It's in the description
"Does it hurt?"
Yes, my brother in Christ, it does, you stabbed me 8 times in the chest.
london moment
🇬🇧
Whenever he said "Does it hurt?" I'd moan out "Yeah..." like Wade did in that one Markiplier Uno video
@@Reflectionnal average jog in britain
@@Reflectionnal the two Birminghamites fighting over a stray tea bag outside of a Tesco’s
@@wigligigly3375 I'm *literally* dead bro 💀
0:00 Monsoon dashes at you
0:19 He throws the first RP grenade
0:44 He does his magnetic thingy
0:54 You hit his mask
1:02 He throws the vehicles
1:24 He does his magnetic thingy
1:46 You hit his mask, once again
2:00 He throws more vehicles, dealing 60 damage as you were checking your phone
2:15 You get hit a few times
2:36 He does the magnetic thingy for the last time
2:44 You hit his mask again
2:50 He gets mad
3:12 He throws his massive saw
3:41 He throws the pillar, Raiden runs up it
4:00 You fight him mid-air
4:12 You brutally turn him into minced meat
4:30 His dialogue plays for the last time
0:00 closes down his mask
Okay but can we talk about "Who saves the weak from the man who saves the weak" is such a raw fucking line, and it's actually SCARILY right
It's derived from the old saying: "who watches the watchmen?"
@@talsubach5979 uatu
@@chingmuankim4927 You good?
@@talsubach5979 is it? Like is that said somewhere?
@@bradleyhandsonjoehallschro5419 It's an old saying coined by some Roman writer.
"Did you beat Monsoon first try?"
*Yes*
"What did it cost?"
*8 Repair units*
Valid tbh
Only used 3. Thanks PC exclusive white armor for the 10 free repair nanospites.
took me like 20 times and on the last attempt i beat it with using 3 repair units
On easy mode
imagine using heals, learn the fight like a big boy
*vibing to the sound of Raiden's mental health and stability absolutely cascading down*
That's what happens when ur a hypocrite with no real ideals
@@lakiog1938 He speaks from experience.
this song really is the embodiment of that sanic quote “we must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey”
@@KumaNicol it's raiden, actually.
DOKTOR TURN OFF MY ANGST INHIBITORS
0:01 me about to ubercharge that f2p scout:
Been there, done that. ;)
You wouldn't imagine the chaos when you uber an unexpected class. (or maybe you would)
Had some insane results with an Engineer.
I once ubered a spy who proceeded to hand out backshots with a big earner like they were candy.
@@richardomilos8686 the enemy team did not pray that day
R/suddenlytf2
"Doktor! Turn on my pain inhibitors!"
"Ja!"
(Ubercharge.sfx)
"Apple bottom jeans, Raiden!"
"What?"
"Boots with the fur!"
"We're making the mother of all apple bottom jeans here, Jack! Can't fret over a few broken boots with the fur!"
@@lesigh3410 "I'm sorry senator but the whole club was looking at me!"
@@officialxverzusz "We're gonna make this club great again, Jack!"
"Doktor, turn off my scream inhibitors"
Raiden have you heard the hit game among us
Raiden in his mind: God I wish I'm fucking dead
My favorite part about the Monsoon battle is that if you beat him badly enough, he'll actually ask for mercy right before he dies.
Jack the Ripper is so terrifying that he makes a hardcore nihilist normally unconcerned with his death *beg for his life*.
The strong prey on the weak
I remember him saying "Do what you will" before chopping him up
@@TheBeastInBlack if you do good enough in the fight he will beg
@@letuce3675 STOP! STOP IT! smth like that
I initially doubted that this was true, because I remember doing poorly in the Monsoon fight but still seeing something like that. It made an impression on me because it was so unexpected, so I was pretty sure I wasn't just remembering wrong.
I went looking for answers: according to the wiki, before death, he will say this line ("No! Stop it!") if you get a high combat rank for the fight _or_ if you don't use EM grenades on him.
The funny thing about it is, I distinctly remember _having the idea_ of using EM grenades, and taking out an EM grenade and trying to aim it at him, but I ultimately decided not to use them because he moved pretty quickly and I didn't think I'd be able to hit him with one. I got that dialogue by being too bad at the game to do the fight the easy way.
- appears on top of a building
- jumps down in a cool way
- talks about memes
- makes Raiden angry
- has an epic boss fight with one of the coolest fucking songs ever
- talks more about memes after being defeated
- refuses to elaborate further and dies
Feasting on the insides of your enemies. How easily you ignore the loss of life when it suits your convenience. So tell me: who saves the weak from the man who saves the weak? Kill or be killed Jack. Phnom Penh taught me that. Yes, you aren’t the only one to grow up on the killing fields. War is a cruel parent but an effective teacher. It’s final lesson is carved deep in my psyche: that this world, and all it’s people are diseased. Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns, controlled by something greater: memes. The DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture - they are everything we pass on. Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair... All memes, all passed along. You can’t fight nature, Jack. Wind blows, rain falls, and the strong pray upon the weak. Sam tells me you see your weapon as a tool. Something that saves lives - a means of justice. Now there’s a pretty meme. Exquisite! It’s spared you the burden of all the lives you’ve taken... ...absolved you of guilt when you enjoyed it. That is until the illusion was broken. Don’t be ashamed. It’s only nature, running its course. You have no choices to make. Nothing to answer for. You can die with a clear conscience.
What a chad
@@metal_fusion
Chad monsoon
Chad Jetstream Sam
GIGACHA ARMSTRONG
- comes back to life
- doesnt utter a word
- dies again
the boss that will take your no damage run away
I think this might just be my favorite boss fight in the game
"Let er rip!"
It was fucking hard, especially with hardest mode
fun fact: This is sung by two people. "Like a flood of pain" actually has "rain" in it as well
So that's why I keep hearing "a flood of Brain"
I thought it was “like you’re full of rage”
Proof? No like srsly there's gotta be a version of the song with only one of those
The ending credits say that only one person did the vocals
@@schwarzwaldbrot they couldve done one recording where he says pain and then in the other recording he says rain
I love how this boss fight served as both a punishment and forceful inauguration into the mechanics and system of the game for anyone who's chosen to neglect it up to this point. Very few developers have the balls to do this with their boss fights anymore, it's not inherently bad to force your players to adhere the play style of the game you crafted, as well as give them no way around it if they haven't. It's called a challenge.
Also, I spent like 7 hours trying to beat Monsoon because I was one of these people...
I learned when Blade Wolf dashed at me.
How'd you beat blade wolf WITHOUT parrying?
@@Cluke6 I beat Blade Wolf the first time by sprint slashing before I got gud.
Can parry and combo shit like a boss, game is fun even now
@@skythewolf35 exactly I did the same thing
@@skythewolf35 ninja run can bring you quite far into the game honestly
Until the gorrilas, that is
Sometimes it can even make a boss the most memorable thing ever. Like The Edge in Furi.
All memes aside, every soundtrack in this game makes you harden in response to musical trauma.
_"You can’t hurt me, Bieber!"_
It's him.
You again
This guy is everywhere my god
Dayum you're everywhere, how many things you know that i also know....
"My name is Monsoon of the sussy impostors."
"Wtf"
"Emergency meeting!"
Please stop
Here’s the MGR No Damage difficulty tier list:
Comically Easy
8. Ray
7. Sundowner
6. Blade Wolf
The other shit in my fight is more likely to hit you than I am
5. Mistral
4. Excelsius
I hope you know how to dodge multiple un-blockable attacks
3. Sam
2. Armstrong
I hope you know how to parry 4-6 hit combos, which can overlap with other attacks.
1. Monsoon
These are all baby-tier when compared to Armstrong in the Sam DLC. Fuck that boss.
Armstrong's flying tackle gives me pass to this day.
@@rodbot Dude, I got Armstrong on Revengeance S-Ranked well before Monsoon. That being said, the checkpoint made that fight considerably easier. If it had no checkpoint, I would rank it as much harder than Monsoon.
@@griff8858 I was more thinking of doing the no-damage runs when I wrote that comment. The Armstrong DLC fight is insufferable due to him constantly attacking you with little to zero down time.
Goon mistral was wayyy easier than knife dog
Dude why I didn't play this game sooner? Bought this at the last steam sale and I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE
It's amazing
so FUN
It's blocked in my region, damn it!
Welcome to the party, man - It's never too late to enjoy this masterpiece of a game :)))
One of us. One of us.
Embrace the memes. They are now a part of the DNA of your soul.
He's two steps away of being a edgy Sonic OC and He knows it
But you know what? *record scratchs*
_i fucking dig it_
I think what works about it is that Raiden was basically a somewhat blank-ish slate in his premier game MGS2. He has a character technically with his Jack The Ripper past as a Les Enfants Terribles experiment subject, but for the most part he represents most kids playing MGS2 and who grew up with video games and are bred for war. Well, most people wanted Snake and shit all over Raiden and didn't get the character at the time.
So I feel like MGS4 Kojima sort of made him into what he is by going the complete opposite way with the character from what people expected from him. I don't know if he even thought people would like Cyborg Raiden, he may just want to have rubbed it in their collective faces and make him as cynical and edgy as the players were and thus creating a sort of ugly image of the players for them to see.
Now what makes MGRR really pay off is that instead of like the end of MGS2 where Raiden is learning how to let go of your violent past we're instead seeing he completely falls back into his Jack The Ripper alter-ego that is either an actual alternate personality or some semi conscious coping mechanism and mask for him to use. In either case, the way the character has gone through all these changes and as wacky as it is still comes off as believable makes it feel like a really big payoff compared to some Sonic OC or like Shadow the Hedgehog or something who never really went through a transition to become this sort of tragic edgy murdering machine.
Hey Jack ever been to the Washington Monument?
@@mercenarygundam1487 FEDERAL HALL?
the MEMES
@@mercenarygundam1487 thank you, Thank you, i spend 4 days editing that, now excuse me while i take this call
_The Memes_
-appears
-talks about memes
-best boss fight in the game
-dies
what a great song from 2013, i hope it will not absolutely DESTROY the internet with memes 9 years later.
THE DNA OF THE SOUL
2013 was 9 years ago holy shit I'm getting old
@@Flesh_Wizard Nah man.
It's just the *stains of time.*
@@TUNDIRE409 "And it will come, like a flood of age! Pouring down on me!"
Now theres a pretty meme! Exquisite!
I like how even after being given a permanent ripper mode, Monsoon still bodies 1st timers as easy as taking a piss in the morning
I just found out that Monsoon and I have these similarities:
Connected to Rain✔️
Can dismember limbs✔️
Serve the man that will make America great again✔️
Fought a MC with a killer mode✔️
Wear a mask✔️
Long hair✔️
@@Lifegotmid You want two extremely similar characters? There is no such thing as a more perfect match than Funny Valentine and Armstrong
@@illusion9289I disagree with you:
1. Funny Valentine isn't 6.7 Absolute unit
2. Funny Valentine has a long blond hair Meanwhile Senator Armstrong has short black hair
@@Lifegotmid I meant by their philosophy. HELL NO they don't appear similar
@@illusion9289 LOL yes
"DOCTOR, TURN OFF MY CRINGE INHIBITOR"
"But Raiden, you'll lose subscriber"
"D O I T"
"OK"
"FUCK, I WAS JOKING"
So I see you also saw Max0rs video.
@@elsalvadorindiana5322 he kinda did bring a lotta viewers to it again in my opinion
@@Pinakiprime910 he's the only reason I'm listening to this banger of a track. His 'An incorrect summary of' series is sorta a 'Point of first contact' for alot of people
"i guess i have no choice, i challenge you to a debate"
"What the fuck, no"
"Dies of cringe"
Gollldddd😆😆😆
Look at ye, postin' cringe
My favorite thing about this fight is how quickly Raiden and Monsoon get to violence. Just,
*_You're evil Jack_*
*_No I'm not_*
*_Yes you are_*
*Okay, I am*
*_boom Ripper Mode_*
*IT'S ON*
i didnt really use ripper mode i would only use it for like fun and hard enimies or smh
@@Straighter_than_a_line ripper mode is automatically turned on for the monsoon fight which is why you have infinite blade mode
ik@@donpollo3154
"You ENJOY killing and murder."
"yeah lol"
"And you- Wait what no wtf go back STOP SHIT NO"
Theres also memes
This song is so sad it’s basically “the pain won’t go away until I’m dead”
Which was basically Monsoon's whole thing I guess
Im suffering 7 years from chronic pain and your words hit me hard man
@@tyrannosaurusrex4600 sorry you have to go through that
@@kotorandcorvid4968 Thx mate
@@tyrannosaurusrex4600 i wish you well
this song goes hard especially when you're taking a shower and sing along to it
when the chorus drops, turn the water to maximum coldness
I hope you turned off your pain inhibitors beforehand.
200% frigid
Increases spermcount for future wife
If u really wanna turn off ur pain inhibitors u turn off the cold and crank up the heat
@@bigdaddyclyde112 now thats just masochism
This song’s final lesson is carved deep into my psyche: that this world’s people should all take a cold shower
Now there's a pretty meme
@@xuruiyu Exquisite!
@@terra0803 It spared you from burden of all of the lives you've taken!
but it says "warm and soothing rain" which means warm shower (sorry for breaking the chain)
@@xthax9718 Yeah, you are right, we messed that one up
Wash away the anger!
Here I stand beneath the warm and soothing rain
The droplets falling gently down on the terrain
Wash away the sorrow , all the stains of time
But there's no memory , it's only dry inside
In the mud , it's sinking deeper Into a peaceful life
And it will come !
Like a flood of pain !
Pouring down on me !
And it will not let up until the end is here !
And it will glow !
Through the darkest day !
In my final hour !
And it will never rest until the clouds are clear
Until it finds my dreams have disappeared
My dreams disappear !
since it is valentines day today once again this song has suddenly become extremely relatable
edit: please stop liking this comment, I cringe every time I'm reminded of when I wrote it
Wash away the sorrow^^
Yup, still hurts now.
underrated comment
watch some mf calls this comment "edgy" or somethin
A N D I T W I L L COME
Who would win?
A Spicy Meme Lord?
or
A Cyborg Weeabo?
With high heels
George salonikh
MEMES
Sadly... it appears it's the Cyborg Weeb i mean.. if he was a Spicy Animeme lord he might have won
Correction. Cyborg OTAKU (big nerd)
Recently found my dad's old training sais.
We both know where this is going.
how many people have you forced to parry?
@@nonsensicalhumanoid 32
@@lemone630 *ROOKIE NUMBERS, JACK!*
Do you practice self-vivisection now?
@@ciellight Perhaps.
I wonder what it's like making one of the best games ever made.
If I was the developer of a game like this I would be so proud of myself.
Considering how many people were involved, it'd probably be something like "I'm the guy who animated Armstrong's neck muscles in Metal Gear Rising"
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder: I am the ultimate Parry boss!
Monsoon: Hold my pain inhibitors.
*Hold my memes
@@noriakikakyoin4430 Meme inhibitors*
What rings u got bich?
Raiden: *Pulls out chaos zweihander*
@@cam5588 POWER UP THE BASS CANNON... FIRE!
*TURN OFF MY PAIN INHIBITORS*
*few minutes later*
¿does it hurt?
*BUT RAIDEN, Z I S I S M A D N E S S*
Flare S. #RoyBoyz Doc: but Raiden if we turn of...
Jack: ¡JUST DO IT!!!!!
Everyone's wish in their first walkthrough
Since you know, almost everyone parried like shit
*DOKTOR, TURN OFF MY MEME INHIBITORS*
"Memes, the DNA of the soul"
Monsoon was definitely on to something here...
on drugs
On motivation!
@@mcfloatburbker I believe you saying that
@@tyrannosaurusrex4600 I am the Storm that is approooaching!!!
PROVOOOOOOKIING BLACK CLOUDS IN ISOLATION!!!!! I AM RECLAIMER OF MY NAAAAAME!!!!! BORN IN FLAMES!! I HAVE BEEN BLESSED! MY FAMILY'S CREST IS A DEMON OF DEAAATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@Whacky_WooHoo_Pizza_Enthusiast Forsakened, I am awakened
A phoenix's ash in dark divine
Descending misery
DESTINY CHASING TIME!
Dude just appeared, fights you and die. Like, nothing else. Bare minimum screentime yet so memorable that he became one of the greatest fictional character of all time.
Jesus Christ, I can't find a single bad song on this OST.
+Matthew McGrath Badass OST for a Badass main hero ;)
The songs outside of boss fights can get annoying
If you are stuck there forever, then yes :)
+Terence Norp got stuck at the last second of finalboss fight ;-;
just saw you on an alpharad video
Just got into Metal Gear, this scratches my brain so nicely
Same, just got into it recently, and man am I mad I didn't play Revengeance sooner. What a game.
Play every single game in the series except metal gear survive
@@xxcronomaxx7986 or acid, or online
@@bigboss9337 Or the original on NES.
@RAYHAN REHEMA PUTRA Metal Gear as a whole (except for MGS5, though it's bogged down by an uninteresting open world structure) is incredibly overrated gameplay-wise. Other stealth game series have been far more compelling for my account, such as Thief, Dishonored, Sly, Splinter Cell and Hitman. Metal Gear Rising is therefore easily the best Metal Gear-game in my world, because it isn't tied down by boring gameplay, instead it has some of the most awesome swordfighting ever made for a videogame!
Let me just tell you, this boss fight was the most fun I've had in YEARS in a video game. The introduction, the return of Jack, the music, the attacks, EVERYTHING was just indescribable fucking awesomeness! You have NO idea how much joy and memories I got from this boss alone. It's gonna be a LONG time before we get another boss and game like this.
Yeah. I just got done getting my ass handed by him. The boss fight was so fun it makes me wish there was a sequel. But we know how bad those tend to be
I discovered Metal Gear Rising because the Devil May Cry community is really fond of it...
Have you ever tried DMC? It has its own sick-ass boss fights.
@@Spritzkrieg I've always wanted to get into it.
You know a game is good when they introduce characters like Monsoon that are insanely memorable but also only show up for maybe 15 - 20 minutes before being cut into pieces by Raiden.
The guitarist was having the time of his life.
The guitarist decided to let er' rip.
He was motivated
The guitarist and the vocalist are absolutely talented
@@richiesparda511 who invited vergil into metal gear rising lmao
@@balcuv I hate to say it... But he solos the Metal Gear Solid universe.
"Magnetic force, Jack! Nature's force!"
*Rule of Nature*
LEFT HAND RULE
*PARRYPARRYPARRYPARRYPARRYPARRYPARRYPARRY*
"Magnetic power!"
...Rail...Gun?
God I wish there was a modern rerelease of this game. No changes to story, gameplay or soundtrack, I just want this shit with the graphics of DMC5 or Nier
It’s fine as it is m8. They need to remaster the older metal gear games
The graphics and animations are gr8 already
I have that same pain as an InFAMOUS fan
@Unknown550 skill issue tbh
Graphics are amazing you have graphic issues.
Monsoon isn't the most complicated character in the game, but his introduction and the sequence that precedes it is the pivotal emotional and thematic moment of the game.
Whimpy little sword swings that take a solid second to recover from as your bombarded by crying dudes is a moment.
Just got done beating Monsoon as I post this comment.
Good lord, when those lyrics kick in in phase 2, you feel like Jack's awake in your own body.
yea it even worse when you don't know you can use healing items during fight
The lyrics are so good it felt like Raiden was inside me
Oohh, that's wicked to think about. 🖤
@@ssmetallic 😫
@@goosmaw8561 using healing at all is a bit to easy imo lol. At the start he did absolutely bone me tho, healing or not lmao
Played this during a rain storm. Now it's a monsoon.
AND IT WILL COME
LIKE A FLOOD OF RAIN
@@ebengis wha-
@@TUNDIRE409 POURING DOWN ON ME
@@TUNDIRE409 Pain*
@@DoomSlayer-yy7kk The official lyrics are pain, but in the actual song the lyrics are overlapped and the "rain" is more pronounced than "pain"
HERE I STAND BENEATH THE WARM AND SOOTHING RAIN
THE CHOCOLATE FALLING GENTLY DOWN ON THE TERRAIN
Harambe approves.
i caNT BReATHE
LMAO
Some stay dry and others feel the pain
Infradead fuck you, now I can't stop hearing that xD
Everyone came from a messed up background, but to survive the cambodian genocide you had to be something else
Raiden tried to prove Armstrong wrong, by being a living, breathing example of Armstrongology in effect and how great it is, so much so that Armstrong called him his successor. Fucking 500 IQ move there, Raiden, mission failed successfully
Based
My brother in Christ it's called Social Darwinism.
@@nouveau_nouveau nah Armstrongology
The bad part about Armstrong was mostly that he was, y'know, extracting the brains of homeless children, subjecting them to brainwashing, turning them into child soldiers, trying to spark major world conflicts that will cost thousands of lives, in order to achieve his goals. That doesn't automatically make Armstrongology bad tho, the problem was that he had an "ends justify the means" mindset, which Raiden doesn't really share with him.
Hence the point in the lyrics for Armstrong’s song, they’re both the same in what they’re doing. They just have different mindsets going into it.
I love that, even though the song screams anger, this is the one boss that anger will get you nowhere. Despite being hyped in the cutscene prior to the battle, with the pain inhibitors and the removal thereof, Raiden's Ripper Mode is utterly useless here. You can't slice Monsoon to pieces like the other soldiers. You have to calm down and mind your surroundings, and definitely not "let 'er rip", as Raiden so deliciously edgily put it. I didn't care so much about parrying but I'm glad this boss exists so I could learn it properly.
Much like monsoons themselves, which can cause massive floods and intense droughts, this battle is all about conflicting and contradictory feelings. You know those soldiers have histories as fucked up as yours, but you slice them anyway. You gain access to a rage mode you aren't encouraged to use. This song is ultra bangin' but the lyrics are super depressive.
I'm fairly certain this is intentional symbolism in the game
Lol. Also shows why your encouraged to not use ripper mode(it’s not much of a help in this boss.) unless you have to as well you get the infinite fuel wig’s effect for this fight and using ripper mode later is a damage up and fuel drain.
The lyrics really say to set aside anger and sorrow, empty your mind, and THAT will come like a flood of pain. Really fits Monsoon, and your idea of conflicting and contradicting feels and urges.
How did you get past bladewolf if you didn't learn how to parry properly
@@domonkosrevay9423 ninja run and nanopaste, son
I honestly rage quit this fight about 20 times. I have a disability that has some effects on my hands, and I just couldn't get the parry right. My wrists were sore, I was furious, and Monsoon's incessant mocking didn't help (the sign of a well written character). Finally putting a blade through that grinning idiots neck was a major feeling of accomplishment. No joke.
congrats bro,i can imagine how hard it was for you,must've felt great though!
Same but with Armstrong, it was Holy week Friday n I just felt like a beast taking him down.
I had no health restores so i had to redo the entire stage and find some health restores. A real cheap boss fight.
tom boy not cheap at all, just git gud. You don't need to use any health restore during the first part of the game. Try to beat Sam without any health repair. Great fight tho.
YOU NEED TO GO FURTHER THAN YOUR BODY ALLOWS! FEEL THE ANGER! FEEL THE POWER!!! FEEL THE MEMES!!!!!!!
the gitar rift from 3:42 till the end is absolutely legendary. I always turn the volume on my headphones up a notch when it starts.
same dude that part litterialy makes everyone ascend
I have a theory: This OST is not Moonsoon's theme, neither Raiden's... It is the theme of Jack the Ripper.
If you focus on the lyrics, they are describing Raiden's bloodlust and guilt, not Moonsoon's philosophy. "In the mud, it's sinking deeper, into peaceful life, and it will come, like a flood of pain, pouring down on me", pretty much refers to how Jack can only find happiness buried in the filthy context of war and just how inevitable it is for his Ripper-Persona to raise again and take control of his passions.
I kindly invite anyone to hear again this song, thinking about it, not as Moonsoon's OST, but as Raiden in his Ripper-persona, personally, I feel it suits him and it makes more sense.
Thing is the whole point of Moonsoon was that he was all about how he and Raiden weren't that different. His entire speech was based on the fact that Moonsoon went through the same horrors of being a child soldier, breaking down the idea that Raiden was somehow better than them and that his philosophy was actually what he thought.
Moonsoon likely believed like Raiden once, in things like protecting the weak. He likely believed that he could leave the life of a soldier behind and that he could have a peaceful life. But he eventually had to accept: he's too broken for anything else.
Honestly you can say that each boss theme represents Raiden rather than his enemy. Rules of Nature is him pumping himself up against giant war machines that he doesn't have to feel guilty about destroying. I'm My Own Master Now is about how he's free from the Patroits and Soldius Snake's machinations. A Stranger I Remain is about how he only feels comfortable in war. Red Sun is the the sadistic joy he takes in cutting down people like Sundowner. The Only Thing I Know For Real is that all Raiden knows now is war. Hell, people still debate to this day whether It Has To Be This Way is sung about Armstrong or Raiden.
The villains were made to deconstruct Raiden's character, so they and by extension their themes have to apply to him.
Then m e m e s
"into a peacefull life, and it will come, like a flood of pain, douring down on me"
"pain, this is why I fight for"
now you have a point
So... actually the one hearing the boss music is not Raiden, but Monsoon??
all of the songs are about raiden and the other character cause all the fights are part of raiden's character arc over the course of the game. raiden is what monsoon likes to think he is, which makes it funny when his reaction to someone walking the walk is to call him insane
I love how if you do really well during the fight, Monsoon actually begs Raiden to stop. Even Jack the Ripper can make a nihilist beg for his life.
“The simplest argument to refute a moral nihilist is to kill them.”
And they said Monsoon's dialogue was raw.
Making someone take back their "nothing matters in the end" edgelord mentality by beating the fuck out of them is more raw than anything the villains could ever say. XD
@@insanemindset2667 Correction
Beat the living fuck out of them
@@namelessking111 my brother in christ its a video game
@@namelessking111 edgelord spotted😂
@@namelessking111 don’t listen to them dawg, you are literally morally correct
BEST SONG TO TAKE A COLD SHOWER WITH.
NOW I'M A LITTLE MOTIVATED!!!!
Ok Vergil.
@@JohnnyofTheSevenSeas who's vergil?
Same
@@thefelon8027 Oof @Vergil
@@Circ00mspice I just learnt who is vergil
If you start playing this song at 11:59:09, the 0:51 beatdrop will start at midnight
Thanks i will try this tonight
Did it, was worth the satisfaction
Elaborate pls
someone do this just before december 1st
Ferb, I know what we're gonna do this year!
Now there's a pretty meme. Exquisite!
+SpeedOtakuX
Raiden: Why won't you die!?!
Armstrong: Nanomachines, son.
Monsoon: Now there's a pretty meme. Exquisite!
Raiden: i am lightning, the rain transformed!
Sundowner: I AM FUCKING INVENCIBLE!!!
Armstrong: Nanomacines, son.
Monsoon: THE MEMES ,JACK!!!
Me: i am fucking lightning, the memes nanomachines transformed, son
MEMES COMBINED!!!
+TheRedEnder197 gameplays, reviews, Etc xD
YOUR MEMES... END HERE. lol. really wish i could've played this game when i still had my Xbox 360. but, sadly... i wasn't interested in this game at ALL when it first released. and, alas, i am regretting not picking it up the first time around. lol. sorry. just reminiscing. my b, friends.
i don't have a computer powerful enough to run the game. :,D
I will never forget the stupid little dance Monsoon does when levitating towards you while invincible. As someone who played it on hard for the first playthrough Monsoon was hell and that damn dance was just insulting. Lol
A taunt that provides I-Frames(Invulnerability Frames) how insulting and practical.
@@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo Fighting game with metal gear rising characters, monsoon move number 5
ive always just rushed him instantly and havent seen it.
*i want to see it now*
anyway im off on an adventure goodbye
@@datmemeguy6500 He does it while invincible. I would run away from him to avoid getting hit and he would slowly levitate to me while doing some silly wavy jig.
ok ive seen it and its fucken menacing
ive never feared monsoon as i do now
"You're dead!"
"Dead on!"
epicsauceness100 You're
UPD: yay, you changed it!
STOP,STOP IT!
+SpeedOtakuX Lol
+SpeedOtakuX He says "Do as you please" if you suck at the fight, basically. Do well, and then he cries like a bitch.
+KamektheMagikoopa1 Not really, I died alot of times fighting him and he still says that. He also said do as you please if you demolish him.
headphones ain't enough i need to eat this song
No, you've gotta inject it directly into your bloodstream
@@elgatogladiador7631inhale the memes, exhale the memes, inject the memes into my bloodstream
Eating ain't enough I NEED THIS SHIT INJECTED.