Pretty good? MGS4 has as many easter eggs as like 10 or 15 normal games lol It has like 3/5x as many easter eggs as most big open world games. I knew there were alot but seeing this video, god damn.
Tanegashima's "divine wind" is a reference to Japanese history. Short version : the Mongols tried invading twice, and twice got rekt by typhoons. The Japanese basically saw this as God's intervention, and called it "divine wind", or in Japanese, "kamikaze".
Fun fact: In act 4, Shadow Moses was bigger and originally you were supposed to explore ALL areas of the island. This didn't happened because of the limitations of memory. There's 2 unused areas from 2007 version of the game, that was revealed on integral podcast talking some secrets about act 4. The first one is the frozen lake, it's located nearby of the beginning and the route was really different compared to the final product, so instead of you heading west to get in the heliport, originally you had to head north, pass through the lake and then you end up getting in the canyon. The lake has an Gecko patrolling there, you can shoot on the lake to break the ice and make him sink in the lake. This lake has been removed because it should remove the fans expectation from seeing the heliport again and another reason is for nostalgic feeling. The second one is a secret base bellow the nuclear warhead storage building, you had to use the elevator to get in this area, there's not much details about this secret base, in my theory this area should exactly the same map from Metal Gear Ac!d 2 link battle (online) map. This area has been removed just for nostalgic feeling. Back the 2007 version of the game, you could have access to B1 commander's room and you could get 1000 of DP upon get in there (THIS IS STILL IN THE FINAL PRODUCT) and there's a flashback of Psycho Mantis (ALSO STILL IN THE FINAL PRODUCT) he says "I saw you there... you have a large place in her heart. And getting bigger... but I do not know if your futures lie together." This flashback appears when you enter on the corridor, nearby where Snake fought with Psycho Mantis (it's only accessible by hacking and the B1 commander's room has been removed and doesn't have any textures of the area only the elevator collision is still there all that remains is these flashbacks for DP and there's a video on YT showing this). There's 2 unused codec calls conversations of Snake and Otacon talking about the ladies room and the bookcase placed at the same place where the entrance to the cave was (there's a video on YT showing their conversation). 36:13 You can pass through it by hacking but this doesn't lead to anywhere, I believe that tunnel should leads to the snowfield (there's a video of a guy on YT exploring out of bounds in Shadow Moses).
@@eduardoisme1590 Eh I don't think I was. I felt like the cutscenes provided enough context for me to at least understand the basics of everyone's past.
@eduardoisme1590 You have no idea lol. It was pretty much the definition of the meme "I do not know who I am. I don't not know why I am here. All I know is that I must kill."
@@Polavianusmeh, not that good easter eggs as the previous 4 titles. I do not count is as an og MGS because the story is disappointing as hell, as wel as the mission type style.
44:27 So, there's actually another interruption screen that Screaming Mantis can pull off aside from Blackout/HIDEO 2. It's a rare occurrence, but basically during the fight, a voice clip saying "Reset!" will play out causing the game to "fake reset", showing modified logos of Konami (renamed to Kojima) and Kojima Productions (flipped ala XOF with the text "Kojima Protection" written below). The battle shortly resumes after.
@@GeorgeSalonikh get controlled again durning fight, you'll get reset voice and fake title logo. keep you eye on computer on stage before screen changed. blackout and fake title logo will show on computer on stage.
MGS4 boss: *tries to give Snake a lapdance and dies* Drebin: "That was Angry Armadillo, she was forced to eat cement as a child" (shamelessly stolen from twitter)
19:30 Not only does Snake imitate Altair's stance, he also bends the ring finger on his left hand, imitating the missing finger to allow for a hidden dagger. Man they no longer make games with such attention to detail
during the vamp fight, vamp does a special attack if you lie on the ground after he knocks snake down. it gets his knife stuck if you manage to roll out of the way in time, and are free to grab him to administer the syringe.
I remember back in 2018 I use to literally watch all your MGS gameplays plus your complications of certain categories. Keep doing what you are doing George. You are one of the 🐐to the MGS community.
It's wonderful how Hideo pays special attention to every detail, no matter how small, in his works, so that the player interacts looking for the references and Easter eggs scattered in them. Sometimes bordering on sick. I can't imagine what I would have done by finishing the fifth installment, with the next Metal Gear Solid or with Silent Hills. Hugs
The hidden detail of the 1911 pistol, when you look at the grip of the gun you can see where big boss/naked snake filed it down in the cutscene when he got it from EVA.
I remember watching my dad play through MGS4 for the first time back in 2008. I thought the game is amazing which it is. It was fun watching him go through this game while it lasted. The laughs we had and our minds being blown from this game. Wish I could go back and see those memories again.
Thank you so much for making this video! I was afraid the series of interesting things and secrets would end at MGS 3; looking forward to when you do MGS5!
6:05 When i played this game when I was a young teen, i remember seeing those strings attached to snake at random times throughout the game. Not specifically during a death animation. This creeped me out back then when i noticed, because i thought it was something that only happened during the Mantis boss fight
Over the years, I've systematically gone through the MGS games looking for secrets and posting everything I could find on GameFAQs. I knew most of the stuff here, except for restoring psyche by checking out Meryl in Act 1, the photos of Sunny and Naomi in the kitchen, the names for some of the ghosts, and the Boktai/Lunar Knights references aside from the Solar Gun. Thank your for putting so much effort into this!
I cant think of any other video game that has this many easter eggs and secrets. It truely shows how much love the devs had for this series. When I was growing up I had the official MGS2 and 3 guide books. At the back of each book were DOZENS of pages listing each easter egg. I think it's these little "touches" to the MGS series that elevates it above most other games. ALSO: Excellent editing in this vid.
In Otocon’s codec about snake taking down a tank by himself, he says he talked to a soldier who swore no single man could take down a tank. Reminded me of a WW2 story where a single cook managed to disable and capture an entire German tank unit using an axe and a tarp. Goes to show the right man in the right place can make all the difference
I just Googled the story and holy fuck it's absolutely nuts! He went on to be a platoon commander and received the Order of Lenin, and yes he did get the Hero of Socialism title. He died really young though at 31
11:22 It's possible that one of the "under construction" games was actually Metal Gear Rising The first version of Metal Gear Rising was shown off in I believe 2009 under the title "Metal Gear Solid: Rising" and initially was written (though not directed) by Kojima before he left the game and it used heavy MGS4 assets. It'd have probably begun development towards the ends of MGS4s development most likely. I don't even think Kojima imagined MGS5 would be a thing back in 2008.
I'm sure you already know this but before you enter the rebel cave in Chapter 1, if you are spotted by the lone guard, he'll cautiously approach you with his weapon pointed at you, do not move and you can offer him food and he'll let you pass. Also if you offer the other rebels food youll gain their trust and make it through the cave without the use of a disguise or stealth.
At around 6:42 during the flashback sequence that happens as snake dies, there's a shot of Jonny with his poopy butt having a diarrhoea episode. What a thing to go through someone's mind as they are dying
The amount of secrets and fun Easter eggs they stuffed into this game is mind boggling. So many of these I didn't even know existed. Great stuff George 👌
Btw, idk if you know about this but there’s a secret move Snake can do that the game doesn’t tell you about it (or at least I think the game doesn’t tell you about it), two moves actually. Act 1 for example, right before the B&B Corp cutscene. There’s a small gap, right on top of a militia spawn point. You can roll and spam triangle to not fall and get pass the gap. And talking about spamming triangle, when a PMC or Frog hits you and Snake falls down, right when Snake is falling, spam the triangle and Snake will immediately get up in less than a sec. Kind of a bad english but I tried my best to explain myself. Hope you can read it, maybe try it or comment if you already knew about this.
When I was younger I love open combat sequences with multiple allies and enemies like a huge war zone with allies and enemies fighting to the death and it's just an endless wave of allies and enemies
Whoa!! I appreciate this George… I watch a lot of MGS content but I don’t think I’ve see this for this game tbh… and it’s actually the MGS game I’m least familiar with gameplay-wise… awesome
I would like to find the sound effects of most of this game, such as the sounds of Drebin's menu, the sound of grenades, weapons and so on. But it's very difficult to find such things.
These videos are such a great way to rediscover the MGS series. So much nostalgia. I'd played the absolute hell out of these games growing up but there's always something I never knew about. Thanks for putting these together!
09:20 otacon also says something like "put it on if you feel a little... naked" which is an obvious anecdote to big boss´s code name "naked snake" because he wore battle dresses like that
11:20 I don't think it was MGSV as I recall the cancelled MGS: Rising game where we was going to play as Raiden rescuing Sunny from The Patriots. It was also using the same MGS4 engine but I remember Hideo saying the Devs had some sort of technicality with Raiden's movements and swordplay, hence why it was cancelled
Игры
It's crazy that more time has passed from MGS4 to now than from MGS1 to MGS4
:(
😢
Idky but that hurt deep to know.
😮💨 life…
insert gif of snake aging
@@Levi.YisraElyou don’t have to be sexy about it
Always love when games have lots of optional secrets and easter eggs. Metal Gear has been pretty good with that.
Pretty... good....
@@TheEmperorHyperion😂👍
@@TheEmperorHyperionhmm.. you're pretty goo- *causes mgs4*
Pretty good? MGS4 has as many easter eggs as like 10 or 15 normal games lol
It has like 3/5x as many easter eggs as most big open world games. I knew there were alot but seeing this video, god damn.
@@fakename503Pretty good. You know, pretty... good...
11:25 "Press X to fight depression"
Words to live by.
This video is helping me fight depression.
Tanegashima's "divine wind" is a reference to Japanese history. Short version : the Mongols tried invading twice, and twice got rekt by typhoons. The Japanese basically saw this as God's intervention, and called it "divine wind", or in Japanese, "kamikaze".
only to america drop 2 on them :D
lol@@gergoszabo7168
God damn mongolians
Damn i miss this style of metal gear, just pure level design and simulation
It also has ~7 hours of cutscenes.
@@hansonkerman7286 the actual gameplay and cutscenes lenghts are exactly half, kinda crazy and possibly intentional
@@MGrey-qb5xz (snake voice) jesus fucking christ...
Fun fact: In act 4, Shadow Moses was bigger and originally you were supposed to explore ALL areas of the island. This didn't happened because of the limitations of memory.
There's 2 unused areas from 2007 version of the game, that was revealed on integral podcast talking some secrets about act 4.
The first one is the frozen lake, it's located nearby of the beginning and the route was really different compared to the final product, so instead of you heading west to get in the heliport, originally you had to head north, pass through the lake and then you end up getting in the canyon.
The lake has an Gecko patrolling there, you can shoot on the lake to break the ice and make him sink in the lake.
This lake has been removed because it should remove the fans expectation from seeing the heliport again and another reason is for nostalgic feeling.
The second one is a secret base bellow the nuclear warhead storage building, you had to use the elevator to get in this area, there's not much details about this secret base, in my theory this area should exactly the same map from Metal Gear Ac!d 2 link battle (online) map.
This area has been removed just for nostalgic feeling.
Back the 2007 version of the game, you could have access to B1 commander's room and you could get 1000 of DP upon get in there (THIS IS STILL IN THE FINAL PRODUCT) and there's a flashback of Psycho Mantis (ALSO STILL IN THE FINAL PRODUCT) he says "I saw you there... you have a large place in her heart. And getting bigger... but I do not know if your futures lie together." This flashback appears when you enter on the corridor, nearby where Snake fought with Psycho Mantis (it's only accessible by hacking and the B1 commander's room has been removed and doesn't have any textures of the area only the elevator collision is still there all that remains is these flashbacks for DP and there's a video on YT showing this).
There's 2 unused codec calls conversations of Snake and Otacon talking about the ladies room and the bookcase placed at the same place where the entrance to the cave was (there's a video on YT showing their conversation).
36:13 You can pass through it by hacking but this doesn't lead to anywhere, I believe that tunnel should leads to the snowfield (there's a video of a guy on YT exploring out of bounds in Shadow Moses).
Damn, they had a whole MGS1 remake on there LOL
@@3Guys1Video the MGS1 sequence appears to *literally* be the original MGS1 running in emulation mode on the PS3
@@RagnellAvalon lol
Can you link the things you have said?
@@EraseTime find it on YT
41:31
This random cut after the flashbang never ceases to make me laugh lmao
THINK FAST, CHUCKLENUTS
*(Flashbang)*
MGS4 was my first Metal Gear and I still love it. One of my favorite games ever.
Same
must've been really confusing as your first game lol
@@eduardoisme1590 Eh I don't think I was. I felt like the cutscenes provided enough context for me to at least understand the basics of everyone's past.
Same!
@eduardoisme1590 You have no idea lol. It was pretty much the definition of the meme "I do not know who I am. I don't not know why I am here. All I know is that I must kill."
This will take probably more than at least 3 hours, I think
Well, it's only 1 hour. But, still a long hour nonetheless.
@@sammayo473 Imagine how long MGSV would be
@@Polavianusmeh, not that good easter eggs as the previous 4 titles. I do not count is as an og MGS because the story is disappointing as hell, as wel as the mission type style.
@@low1tjehcap
@@low1tjehalways someone being negative as mgsv. It's the greatest mgs, story wise too. Well with mgs2, that is
44:27 So, there's actually another interruption screen that Screaming Mantis can pull off aside from Blackout/HIDEO 2. It's a rare occurrence, but basically during the fight, a voice clip saying "Reset!" will play out causing the game to "fake reset", showing modified logos of Konami (renamed to Kojima) and Kojima Productions (flipped ala XOF with the text "Kojima Protection" written below). The battle shortly resumes after.
Indeed! This is a very low-key secret i only just saw for myself by searching for it, only 2 videos about it exist with less than 10,000 views.
I remember this! I got that in my first playthrough.
@@GeorgeSalonikh get controlled again durning fight, you'll get reset voice and fake title logo.
keep you eye on computer on stage before screen changed.
blackout and fake title logo will show on computer on stage.
I got it that one today during my fight with the Mantis
MGS4 boss: *tries to give Snake a lapdance and dies*
Drebin: "That was Angry Armadillo, she was forced to eat cement as a child"
(shamelessly stolen from twitter)
Nah this is hilarious and a lot of us don’t brave that cesspit. You’re a true patriot.
19:30 Not only does Snake imitate Altair's stance, he also bends the ring finger on his left hand, imitating the missing finger to allow for a hidden dagger. Man they no longer make games with such attention to detail
32:35 Originally in the design of MGS1, Snake could capture and raise a rat as a pet. That's the origin of him calling them his "friends"
during the vamp fight, vamp does a special attack if you lie on the ground after he knocks snake down. it gets his knife stuck if you manage to roll out of the way in time, and are free to grab him to administer the syringe.
Indeed i tried to get that animation to trigger but he kept tap dancing on my back forever...
I remember back in 2018 I use to literally watch all your MGS gameplays plus your complications of certain categories. Keep doing what you are doing George. You are one of the 🐐to the MGS community.
It's wonderful how Hideo pays special attention to every detail, no matter how small, in his works, so that the player interacts looking for the references and Easter eggs scattered in them. Sometimes bordering on sick. I can't imagine what I would have done by finishing the fifth installment, with the next Metal Gear Solid or with Silent Hills. Hugs
The hidden detail of the 1911 pistol, when you look at the grip of the gun you can see where big boss/naked snake filed it down in the cutscene when he got it from EVA.
The lack of fan art for the FROG Troopers is disappointing.
guess ima have to make some fanart then.
41:31 That flashbang is peak comedy
38:49 I love this scene a ton. The fact they still acknowledged such a thing will never not be funny to me.
I love how Snake doesn't recall Campbell saying "Age hasn't slowed you down one bit" during his MGS 1 flashbacks
I remember watching my dad play through MGS4 for the first time back in 2008. I thought the game is amazing which it is. It was fun watching him go through this game while it lasted. The laughs we had and our minds being blown from this game. Wish I could go back and see those memories again.
15:36 fun fact: the middle column on the eye test says “Metal Gear Solid 4” in Japanese
5:19
“Snake, what happened to your face?”
Snake: “💀”
WHooo?!
1:27 This is the Super Smash Bros. Brawl remix of Love Theme (the song that plays during the opening "war has changed" cutscene)
Thank you George for all the work you've done
Thank you so much for making this video! I was afraid the series of interesting things and secrets would end at MGS 3; looking forward to when you do MGS5!
6:05 When i played this game when I was a young teen, i remember seeing those strings attached to snake at random times throughout the game. Not specifically during a death animation. This creeped me out back then when i noticed, because i thought it was something that only happened during the Mantis boss fight
Over the years, I've systematically gone through the MGS games looking for secrets and posting everything I could find on GameFAQs. I knew most of the stuff here, except for restoring psyche by checking out Meryl in Act 1, the photos of Sunny and Naomi in the kitchen, the names for some of the ghosts, and the Boktai/Lunar Knights references aside from the Solar Gun. Thank your for putting so much effort into this!
I cant think of any other video game that has this many easter eggs and secrets. It truely shows how much love the devs had for this series.
When I was growing up I had the official MGS2 and 3 guide books. At the back of each book were DOZENS of pages listing each easter egg. I think it's these little "touches" to the MGS series that elevates it above most other games.
ALSO: Excellent editing in this vid.
37:16 - Flashbacks to Mega Man X4
All these secrets in MGS4 looked almost endless. I really love games like that. Thank you for showing them, George! ^w^
forget it just do whatever you want
snake: GREAT!
*dies*
In Otocon’s codec about snake taking down a tank by himself, he says he talked to a soldier who swore no single man could take down a tank. Reminded me of a WW2 story where a single cook managed to disable and capture an entire German tank unit using an axe and a tarp. Goes to show the right man in the right place can make all the difference
I just Googled the story and holy fuck it's absolutely nuts! He went on to be a platoon commander and received the Order of Lenin, and yes he did get the Hero of Socialism title. He died really young though at 31
12:55 his "snake" is so solid that he got a heart attack
41:30 Good Flashbang Cut.
11:22 It's possible that one of the "under construction" games was actually Metal Gear Rising
The first version of Metal Gear Rising was shown off in I believe 2009 under the title "Metal Gear Solid: Rising" and initially was written (though not directed) by Kojima before he left the game and it used heavy MGS4 assets. It'd have probably begun development towards the ends of MGS4s development most likely.
I don't even think Kojima imagined MGS5 would be a thing back in 2008.
I'm sure you already know this but before you enter the rebel cave in Chapter 1, if you are spotted by the lone guard, he'll cautiously approach you with his weapon pointed at you, do not move and you can offer him food and he'll let you pass. Also if you offer the other rebels food youll gain their trust and make it through the cave without the use of a disguise or stealth.
At around 6:42 during the flashback sequence that happens as snake dies, there's a shot of Jonny with his poopy butt having a diarrhoea episode. What a thing to go through someone's mind as they are dying
13:39 First thing going to happen if MGS4 comes to PC!
The amount of secrets and fun Easter eggs they stuffed into this game is mind boggling.
So many of these I didn't even know existed. Great stuff George 👌
The "Emotion Mag" changes from Beast to Beauty after beating the game once (via Cleared Game data).
15:55 - dunno if it is shown later but you can lay down on the field and you will get extra camouflage.
Dude my heart sank seeing the thumbnail for this video. I knew it would come eventually I just didn't know when! Thanks man
The number of cool and fun and just plain weird easter eggs Kojima & Co stuff into his games is astounding.
Finally MGS4 too, amazing, thanks man
Btw, idk if you know about this but there’s a secret move Snake can do that the game doesn’t tell you about it (or at least I think the game doesn’t tell you about it), two moves actually.
Act 1 for example, right before the B&B Corp cutscene. There’s a small gap, right on top of a militia spawn point. You can roll and spam triangle to not fall and get pass the gap.
And talking about spamming triangle, when a PMC or Frog hits you and Snake falls down, right when Snake is falling, spam the triangle and Snake will immediately get up in less than a sec.
Kind of a bad english but I tried my best to explain myself. Hope you can read it, maybe try it or comment if you already knew about this.
The video that everyone wanted
This is what I love about the MGS series. Unfortunately, MGS5 was rushed so we didn't get as much of this.
You have my deepest thanks for this video. Always loved the sheer amount of easter eggs and secrets that could be found throughout the game.
I love the 1987 MG music. Wish they would remake the classic missions.
3:25 On my first playthrough i helped the militia in every scenario because i actually thought you had to help them to continue
When I was younger I love open combat sequences with multiple allies and enemies like a huge war zone with allies and enemies fighting to the death and it's just an endless wave of allies and enemies
lol Great work George, Kojima loved putting in secrets.
I've been waiting for this
Oooh, been waiting for this! Thank you for all the awesome MGS content!
Absolutely amazing, George, “age hasn't slowed you down one bit”. Hoping to see more of this type of hideos soon, you kept us waiting for this one lol
Thanks for making the video George, they're always a pleasure to watch
26:25 Otacon losing his temper here like if he's dealing with a mischievous child xD
You're pure gold George. Thanks as always.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
14:16 greatly reminds me of the mysterious magnum from New Vegas. Probably a coincidence.
Whoa!! I appreciate this George… I watch a lot of MGS content but I don’t think I’ve see this for this game tbh… and it’s actually the MGS game I’m least familiar with gameplay-wise… awesome
Thank you for not abandoning this section, I'm waiting for mgs 5)
there's a reason this game's over 50 gigs of storage. goddamn you kojimbo!!!
You don't know how long I've been waiting for this video! Just got done rewatching your secrets and interesting stuff in MGS2 and 3 videos!
56:11
I wish Otacon would release his inner dork more often like this.
15:35 also this test spells "Metal Gear Solid 4" in japanese
メタルギアソリッド • フォー
Man, you're so fucking funny, your edits are amazing 😂😂😂
Holy heck I have been waiting for this video for SO long. thanks man
Holy hell hes doing it
HES DOING IT HOLY SHIT
Something I see nobody nobody knowing is that if you press triangle right after being hit by melee snake will do a roll and stand up instantly
I would like to find the sound effects of most of this game, such as the sounds of Drebin's menu, the sound of grenades, weapons and so on. But it's very difficult to find such things.
I can't thank you enough for your dedication to the series. Thanks. This is a brilliant video, again, as always.
8:03 I cant believe the Penguin Adventure is Kojima's first game, you made my day Bro 😁
Thank you for making an all secrets & interesting stuff for MGS4!
you're a gift to the metal gear community. your videos are the best! cheers from brazil
1:27 MGS4 THEME OF LOVE SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL REMIX!!!
waited for so long for this video. always a amazing content. thanks!
I remember complaining that MGS4 didn't have a lot of secrets compared to MGS3, and boy was I wrong...
Thank you for continuing this content
Hideo Kojima, the man that puts tiny details for the careful eyes. He is the only one and his team to have such many details
These videos are such a great way to rediscover the MGS series. So much nostalgia.
I'd played the absolute hell out of these games growing up but there's always something I never knew about.
Thanks for putting these together!
100% this game is still awesome
oh man, ty so much for putting this up! great to see mgs4 get some attention
This whole series.....is the most brilliant meta-commentary you'll ever play. And it rewards you for thinking as such.
09:20 otacon also says something like "put it on if you feel a little... naked" which is an obvious anecdote to big boss´s code name "naked snake" because he wore battle dresses like that
Yaaaaasss!
Was wondering when this would eventually get released
I love your work
Thanks man, love these kinds of videos
yoooo its finally here, i loved your mgs2 and mgs3 secrets videos
This was my first metal gear game, I've played it at least 10 times and I already knew many of these, but I had NO IDEA you could make Rex roar :0
There's something incredibly sweet about Otacon completely nerding out about Snake's accolades on Shadow Moses.
Cant wait to watch i'm so excited!
41:31 perfectly timed
Thank you Jorge
Possibly the best Easter egg video I've seen in a while. Great stuff dude
I laughed too much at 10:18 The goofy ass line and snake just ragdolling from the bulldozer is too funny lol
Imagine getting shot with the sad bullet
I've been waiting for this!!!
11:20 I don't think it was MGSV as I recall the cancelled MGS: Rising game where we was going to play as Raiden rescuing Sunny from The Patriots. It was also using the same MGS4 engine but I remember Hideo saying the Devs had some sort of technicality with Raiden's movements and swordplay, hence why it was cancelled
the editing on this is amazing
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR YEARS