The reason this game isn't cringy is that the game doesn't take itself too serious It knows exactly when to be goofy and when to be serious, deep or edgy The balance is important and very hard to do imo
No its cuz those lines have the correct ammount of emotion in it Its cringy when the character for example only got cheated by their girlfriend and they go full stoic killer mode, every line they say would be cringy because they are emo-tional from a stupid reason, thats what edgy actually means In this example you know the lines have meaning and not just there to make the character look good, thats why they are not cringy
They already had the formula perfected in the MGS series in that it was mostly serious but it also had random completely ODD bits thrown in to give it some quirk. MGR kinda flips that formula on it's head, it's mostly quirky and 'batshit insane' but when it gets serious it does it bang on
That's something that used to be common place in media as a whole. Some of the best pieces of art have always been balanced, whether it's for kids, adults or all ages. Nothing has to be ALL serious or ALL goofy.
he's not wrong about the whole "cringey on paper but cool while in game" thing, because not only does the context for it's usage matter, but its execution as well you can have the coolest fight scene in your head or greatest storyline thought out, but if you're unable to properly write it or visualize it for others, it just falls flat
People like charlie are who armstrong was taking about. Uninformed entertainers who carry on the “memes” that end up manufacturing support and consent for the things people like senator armstrong do, mainly warmongering.
Exactly, because sometimes the truth hurts. Some of these successful streamers like to live in their own little world where everybody loves and praises them in the chat. In their own personal echochamber of fanboys, tards, and sycophants. A rich man behind the keyboard making his living on the internet, posting videos everybody exposing people for their bad actions while he uses his vast vocabulary, deadpan humor, and fake laugh to get millions of views for money and to act all righteous. Meanwhile, people that work as doctors, nurses, construction workers, teachers and infrastructure workers, work their 9 to 5 job barely making ends meet. People that actually make a massive contribution to our society, get nothing but scraps. Where are their millions of dollars and fanbase? This is the society we live in, that we as humans created and guess what? We still allow it to continue on to this day, there are no compromises or negotiations in the works, the richer get more rich and the poor get poorer. It's a disgusting cycle, a carnage-fueled machine of bullshit.
The VAs did such a phenomenal job throughout the entire game. Individually the lines should be cringe, but the context, characters, and VA performances really bring it all together. The game is not only memeable, but legitimately memorable because of how wacky but well-executed the characters are.
I mean, hard disagree. The only really good performance in the game is Armstrong. Everyone else ranges from bad to okay. Raiden especially has some really terrible line reads.
3:52 Just a reminder that the phrase "make america great again" was popularized by Ronald Reagan first, back in the 1980s, long before Trump used it. That is likely where they got that from.
@@Moloxer Look it up. One google search of "Reagan Make America great again". First search result is from the Smithsonian Institution. Maybe you should put in some effort before calling something BS.
Because Armstrong didn't want to subjugate the weak, he wanted them to become strong. Raiden is the perfect person who encapsulates that vision, someone who was a vulnerable orphan, one that struggled and thrived.
@@QuintBlitz The main problem between Raiden and Armstrong was that they had different views on what they thought weak was. Raiden viewed the weak as the vulnerable and downtrodden in society. Armstrong viewed the weak as people who were weak of character and constitution. The people that couldn't control their baser urges and so let their lives be dictated by them. I think Riaden's view was more well intentioned but naiive. Armstrong's view was more logically sound but was too extreme. I think if they somehow could have met in the middle things would have turned out so different but that wouldn't have been as exciting to see.
The fact when the MGV trailer launched, it recieved so much hate for diverging from what was the standard & expected from the MG series. Years later, iconic as hell
I love how every streamer giggle like a little girl, when they hear word meme or memes unknowing what that term actually means besides of the internet culture.
Kind of on brand when you think about it, especially in the context of mgs. Ideas and concepts being boiled down and regriuated while the original meaning gets lost in translation
@@PokeBattlerJaze Ironic, but you're right. We are so overwhelmed by internet spewing funny images with infinite permutations, that the concept o passing ideas and philosophies to other people, sounds like entirely different thing, while it's the same, just undiluted. However I guess it's easier to influence others with simple, easy to relate image, rather than with a complex thought. Even this game has so many "memes" that in its simplicity forces you to think about a bigger picture while still being funny and captivating.
To be fair, memetics is mostly unheard of and quite irrelevant to the modern zeitgeist. The area of study was able to identify and define memes, but had little to no practical application, and as such is just one avenue of research largely forgotten by time. The meaning of meme in memetics doesn't really matter in a modern context, especially in comparison to the huge influence of internet memes.
*Me stifling laughter when terminally online Charlie doesnt know the "Make America Great Again" slogan wasnt invented by Trump or Armstrong but Reagan*
@@TP-pq9xx Simply an issue with US presidents being stupidly old. But good luck getting the constitution amended to allow for 30 year old Presidents... or to forbid convicted criminals from running for office.
Every time i see this game all i hear is kratos in my head "ARES!!! GIVE ME MGR:R AS A PORT ON PS4/5 AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!" Cause i swear it dosent even need a rerelease or update just let me buy it on psn and play it for the end of time cause no game ever give you a good old power trip like dicing anyone to smitherines in style and healing from it constantly to just wreak shop more. XD
Raiden is Armstrong's dream come true. Steven was willing to turn the world into amoral borg'd up psychoes just so they wouldn't be compliant, conforming and fearful indistinguishable masses. But along to the big picture came a man who endured, and grew, through more than all of the rest of his allies - and he didn't lose his morals. Their misunderstanding was what they considered the Weak. On retrospect, it comes as no surprise that the man who grew up in the comparably safe, developed and civilized modern western world thinks weakness is an indicator of a lack of strength as a trait of character found in the like of limp-dick lawyers and chicken-shit bureaucrats, and that the Liberian unwilling child soldier considers weakness to be the indicator of innocence, as strength to his eyes being what you ensuring personal safety with - a lack of it resulting in being preyed on by anyone who wants what you have enough to take it by force.
I deadass forgot he did that and thought this was gonna be a bunch of standard charlie reactions edited together to make it seem like he’s reacting to it for a good few minutes.
Armstrong was such a hype surprise when I first played this game. XD I thought he would be like most of the politicians in Metal Gear, a figure head that can't really back up their talk. But not only could Armstrong talk the talk (As nonsense as it was) but he could also, mostly certainly, walk the walk. Lol
@@YoBoyNeptune He's the governor of California and everything he's been doing lately if you look him up is awful SpaceX and Twitter moved to Texas because of him.
i dont know why you make this 2 years after the time that the game was in its popularity peak but damn watching this really took me back to 2022, i wish the game got randomly revived again (it wont)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure Armstrong is voiced by Alastair Duncan, who also voices Celebrimbor (from the middle earth games) and Mimir (From God of War)
It still baffles me that the va for armstrong also voices mimir in god of war😅. This guy can cook. Games and characters like this are so few these days😢
Funny how memes wen't from AI program to living human beings. Then reshaping it's value to fit their need, thus, following the meme's definition i as said in "The Selfish Gene"
Well this game is about memes.. Creating memes and make them classic... As the whole game it is... About the lines are cringe... Yeah they are but in context, they are kinda predictions...
Bro armstrong is neutral, he's a commentary on the system itself, not either side, most ppl hear him say make America great again and make the same mistake, he has a yellow tie for a reason
@@spud7234 MAGA has nothing to do with it. It's about money and power, this senator is the one endorsing and funding the useless chair-farting Democratic presidents, just so he can have as many wars as he likes. Military industrial complex man.
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call me armstrong cause i harden in response to physical trauma
Wouldn't that make you a Nanomachine?
@@williamfalls nah he just an M
Kinky
CBT it is then.
@@williamfallsnonmachine
Raiden: Senator! How do your clothes stay so clean?
Armstrong: Washing Machines son! The soap reacts to physical stains!
They rinse in response to chemical trauma
Raiden: Senator! How did you get all of those plushies?
Armstrong: Claw Machines son!
Raiden: Senator! How did you get all that soda?
Armstrong: Soda Machines, son!
Raiden: Senator! How did you make your clothes?
Armstrong: Sowing Machines son!
@@Stunion_D_Onion They harden in response to dance dance revolution.
The reason this game isn't cringy is that the game doesn't take itself too serious
It knows exactly when to be goofy and when to be serious, deep or edgy
The balance is important and very hard to do imo
Metal Gear knows that it’s Metal Gear. That’s the best part of it.
No its cuz those lines have the correct ammount of emotion in it
Its cringy when the character for example only got cheated by their girlfriend and they go full stoic killer mode, every line they say would be cringy because they are emo-tional from a stupid reason, thats what edgy actually means
In this example you know the lines have meaning and not just there to make the character look good, thats why they are not cringy
They already had the formula perfected in the MGS series in that it was mostly serious but it also had random completely ODD bits thrown in to give it some quirk. MGR kinda flips that formula on it's head, it's mostly quirky and 'batshit insane' but when it gets serious it does it bang on
That's something that used to be common place in media as a whole. Some of the best pieces of art have always been balanced, whether it's for kids, adults or all ages. Nothing has to be ALL serious or ALL goofy.
"The memes...."
When you have good story, character and setting, even the cringy sounding lines work well.
Cowabunga!
George's starwars movies are a perfect example. Even the original trilogy on paper the dialoge isn't the best
Raimi spiderman movies
Japan son .. they can make anything cool .
Unless it's china which already cool
The entire Ace Combat franchise is a pretty good example imo
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he's not wrong about the whole "cringey on paper but cool while in game" thing, because not only does the context for it's usage matter, but its execution as well
you can have the coolest fight scene in your head or greatest storyline thought out, but if you're unable to properly write it or visualize it for others, it just falls flat
It's the right amount of cringe
Nobody likes a showoff, unless what they're showing off is dope as fuck.
@@Scorpius1122 "fuck that's true"
3:35 charlie feels called out
Nah he was talking about when something funny like the Will Smith slap happens, his point is that all of that bs is funny at least
He sounded like he was thinking “Oh shit”
People like charlie are who armstrong was taking about. Uninformed entertainers who carry on the “memes” that end up manufacturing support and consent for the things people like senator armstrong do, mainly warmongering.
@@thefatherinthecave943realizing being part of the problem must be crazy
Exactly, because sometimes the truth hurts. Some of these successful streamers like to live in their own little world where everybody loves and praises them in the chat. In their own personal echochamber of fanboys, tards, and sycophants. A rich man behind the keyboard making his living on the internet, posting videos everybody exposing people for their bad actions while he uses his vast vocabulary, deadpan humor, and fake laugh to get millions of views for money and to act all righteous. Meanwhile, people that work as doctors, nurses, construction workers, teachers and infrastructure workers, work their 9 to 5 job barely making ends meet.
People that actually make a massive contribution to our society, get nothing but scraps. Where are their millions of dollars and fanbase? This is the society we live in, that we as humans created and guess what? We still allow it to continue on to this day, there are no compromises or negotiations in the works, the richer get more rich and the poor get poorer. It's a disgusting cycle, a carnage-fueled machine of bullshit.
The VAs did such a phenomenal job throughout the entire game. Individually the lines should be cringe, but the context, characters, and VA performances really bring it all together. The game is not only memeable, but legitimately memorable because of how wacky but well-executed the characters are.
I mean, hard disagree. The only really good performance in the game is Armstrong. Everyone else ranges from bad to okay. Raiden especially has some really terrible line reads.
@@KaNoMikoProductions Raiden is amazing, also sam, sundowner and monsoon
Fun fact, the voice actor for armstrong also voices Mimir from god of war.
@@KaNoMikoProductions Sam goes hard but we all have our own opinions
@@Cheminzo
Raiden has incredibly inconsistent voice-acting to be honest.
3:52 Just a reminder that the phrase "make america great again" was popularized by Ronald Reagan first, back in the 1980s, long before Trump used it. That is likely where they got that from.
Misinformation, Reagan used only "make America great"
@@Moloxer Look it up. One google search of "Reagan Make America great again". First search result is from the Smithsonian Institution.
Maybe you should put in some effort before calling something BS.
@@PizzaBagels589 Sorry, my bad, tbh I assumed it's recent misinformation since I'm only now hearing about it. But yeah, you right.
@@Moloxer No worries. For what it's worth, sorry if I came off as a bit hostile or defensive.
Seeing civilized people on the Internet is so rare. Respect to these two above me.
MGR has to be one of the top 10 best games of all times. It's such a great mix of amazing and utterly goofy.
It's so cringe, it does a complete 180 and loops back to being based
@@ST0AT it is self aware
still how Armstrong was rdy to forgive jack the sac he thinks jack is coming to his side. picks him up and dust him off and rdy to shake hands
Because Armstrong didn't want to subjugate the weak, he wanted them to become strong. Raiden is the perfect person who encapsulates that vision, someone who was a vulnerable orphan, one that struggled and thrived.
@@QuintBlitz yeap, dude a hero that we didnt want
@@QuintBlitz The main problem between Raiden and Armstrong was that they had different views on what they thought weak was.
Raiden viewed the weak as the vulnerable and downtrodden in society.
Armstrong viewed the weak as people who were weak of character and constitution. The people that couldn't control their baser urges and so let their lives be dictated by them.
I think Riaden's view was more well intentioned but naiive. Armstrong's view was more logically sound but was too extreme. I think if they somehow could have met in the middle things would have turned out so different but that wouldn't have been as exciting to see.
@@xXJM01Xx
You can't. If someone have enough power to change the world, it's either naive or bat shit insane.
I respect the shit outta Armstrong. Dude fought and died for his views with no hesitation
Armstrong:
- Controls a big spider
- Comes out to fight
- Strips his nanomachines
- O M E L E T E S
- dies
Armstrong is such a great final boss. Definitely my favorite of all time.
I thought the thumbnail was a real politician with a small girl LMAO
You’re not too far off
Real? No. Politician? Yes. Girl? No. Small? Yes.
Damn lol
The fact when the MGV trailer launched, it recieved so much hate for diverging from what was the standard & expected from the MG series. Years later, iconic as hell
This is MGR not MGV
"Make America great again" comes from a Ronald Reagan Campaign.😊
I believe regan had the make america great slogan. The again part is what’s new.
@@TheEmperorGulcasa ruclips.net/video/SBfzwycHOcY/видео.htmlsi=Ya4zwegYVmnJQuik 😁
@@TheEmperorGulcasaI mean it’s not a very creative slogan, so it’s not really that crazy that someone came up with it before Trump.
No. It was armstrongs
@@theggman111 Louis or Neill?😁
0:42 That memes
game memes still very strong
Now all Charlie needs to do is play Devil May Cry 3 or 5
And*
I would argue he needs 4 too for better context on Nero.
He should play all of them, except maybe DMC2, but the others are necessary to understand the story, especially by the events of DMC5.
everybody gangsta till they hear "THE FLINCH IN YOUR EYE CALLS YOUR BLUFF"
3, then 1, 4, and finally 5.
Is it me does senator Armstrong sound like Peter Griffin in some parts?
White dress shirt, big build, short hair, wears glasses “Holy crap”
Am I finally gettin thru
Let the damn big guy through
It's just you
It’s just you.
I love how every streamer giggle like a little girl, when they hear word meme or memes unknowing what that term actually means besides of the internet culture.
Kind of on brand when you think about it, especially in the context of mgs. Ideas and concepts being boiled down and regriuated while the original meaning gets lost in translation
@@PokeBattlerJaze Ironic, but you're right. We are so overwhelmed by internet spewing funny images with infinite permutations, that the concept o passing ideas and philosophies to other people, sounds like entirely different thing, while it's the same, just undiluted. However I guess it's easier to influence others with simple, easy to relate image, rather than with a complex thought. Even this game has so many "memes" that in its simplicity forces you to think about a bigger picture while still being funny and captivating.
To be fair, memetics is mostly unheard of and quite irrelevant to the modern zeitgeist. The area of study was able to identify and define memes, but had little to no practical application, and as such is just one avenue of research largely forgotten by time. The meaning of meme in memetics doesn't really matter in a modern context, especially in comparison to the huge influence of internet memes.
We're all Sons of the Patriots™ now!
I love this villain much because of how extreme he is, ngl.
Armstrong straight up has a DBZ transformation
0:16 Charlie's brain when it suddenly imagine all the porns that he have watch before his on stage roleplay as Polonius be like
I’m kind of hoping we get something like this in the new Captain America with the Red Hulk as President.
Armstrong spinning raiden in the air and finishing it with a field goal is one of the funniest things ever to me
*Me stifling laughter when terminally online Charlie doesnt know the "Make America Great Again" slogan wasnt invented by Trump or Armstrong but Reagan*
I doubt if Reagan came up with his own campaign slogan
@@TP-pq9xx Well, yknow, his campagin PR team did
No it was hitler right?
@@DarkestVampire92 Reagan was also the first senile President. Real trendsetter
@@TP-pq9xx Simply an issue with US presidents being stupidly old. But good luck getting the constitution amended to allow for 30 year old Presidents... or to forbid convicted criminals from running for office.
STR vs DEX be like:
Except writing can swing building sized swords around like they wear you nothing
Every time i see this game all i hear is kratos in my head "ARES!!! GIVE ME MGR:R AS A PORT ON PS4/5 AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!" Cause i swear it dosent even need a rerelease or update just let me buy it on psn and play it for the end of time cause no game ever give you a good old power trip like dicing anyone to smitherines in style and healing from it constantly to just wreak shop more. XD
Play it on PC like a real gamer.
@@DieKao WTF? Console players are not real gamers?
Raiden is Armstrong's dream come true.
Steven was willing to turn the world into amoral borg'd up psychoes just so they wouldn't be compliant, conforming and fearful indistinguishable masses. But along to the big picture came a man who endured, and grew, through more than all of the rest of his allies - and he didn't lose his morals.
Their misunderstanding was what they considered the Weak. On retrospect, it comes as no surprise that the man who grew up in the comparably safe, developed and civilized modern western world thinks weakness is an indicator of a lack of strength as a trait of character found in the like of limp-dick lawyers and chicken-shit bureaucrats, and that the Liberian unwilling child soldier considers weakness to be the indicator of innocence, as strength to his eyes being what you ensuring personal safety with - a lack of it resulting in being preyed on by anyone who wants what you have enough to take it by force.
I deadass forgot he did that and thought this was gonna be a bunch of standard charlie reactions edited together to make it seem like he’s reacting to it for a good few minutes.
(muffled idol master) raiden:what
Armstrong: nothing
Well if it isnt sussy jack*mental breakdown*
“And there’s nothing more American tha- *gianni.exe has stopped responding*
@@SorghumEnjoyer there's nothing more American that shooting a man in this Walmart of a world
Incidentally, that make America great again slogan was first coined by Ronald reagan.
Armstrong doing haki before it was mainstream
best politician ever
“NANOMACHINES, SON!”
Armstrong is blessed with invulnerability to all threats, physical or magical.
Armstrong was such a hype surprise when I first played this game. XD I thought he would be like most of the politicians in Metal Gear, a figure head that can't really back up their talk. But not only could Armstrong talk the talk (As nonsense as it was) but he could also, mostly certainly, walk the walk. Lol
Armament haki
1:29
"Check it out riden I just got vaccinated" -MAX0R
Kojima only predicts the future.
His power is turning black and hard.
An I senator armstrong?
Armstrong : "its harden on physical trauma"
Me : "He inject his muscle with Oobleck?"
Armstrong : "Nanomachines!!"
5:38 "Brian griffin"
Man this game was truly head of its curve 😂
I can't take this game serious
Especially the "memes" part😂
This whole thing feels like a shit post youd find on reddit and i absolutely love it
This is when gaming peaked
2:24 Gavin newsom right now
It's he a governor?
@@YoBoyNeptune He's the governor of California and everything he's been doing lately if you look him up is awful SpaceX and Twitter moved to Texas because of him.
Raiden? What do we do? His balls have eclipsed the sun!
Mion Sonozaki
Raiden: Why do they die?
Armstrong: Cotton drifting festival, son! They go insane in response to the Hinamizawa Syndrome. You can't save them, Jack.
i wish this game was a sandbox after you beat the story mode, like gta 5
i wish this game was a sandbox like gta 5 after you beat the storymode
"the memes" *snort* Yeah, pretty much
How do people not know the Reagan quote ? I'm not even american and i remembered it ?!
I don't care
Why is everyone streaming this game all of a sudden?
Game is based
@@egosdragonis6149 we knew this 10 years ago
It blows up every few years ago especially during election seasons
@@axt2 had something to do with American Elections coming soon and memes
@axt2 there's a pretty good Jacob Geller video explaining its sudden popularity over 10 years after its release
“You Jack”
3:34 Damn Armstrong shouts out Charlie's channel in the actual game. Didnt know that.
i dont know why you make this 2 years after the time that the game was in its popularity peak but damn watching this really took me back to 2022, i wish the game got randomly revived again (it wont)
It was in it's popularity peak when it came out. It got a slight resurgence, but it was nowhere near it's launch.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure Armstrong is voiced by Alastair Duncan, who also voices Celebrimbor (from the middle earth games) and Mimir (From God of War)
What if Raiden took Armstrong's proposal?
only sad thing about this game is that the OG snake has died or is dying since he didn't have enough much time left in metal gear solid 4
i like the fact that metal gear rising is like, boss, this doesnt make sens how we could add this to the game, nah lets do it is fun
Feels so weird not to hear the Max0r version
I will never not think of Max0r when watching this 💀
It still baffles me that the va for armstrong also voices mimir in god of war😅. This guy can cook.
Games and characters like this are so few these days😢
I'd vote Senator Armstrong over Trump and Kamala
You do understand Armstrong essentially wants to plunge the world into a social darwism, which would effectively lead to mass death and hysteria
Sounds pretty much like US now
My discord mod powers are meant for justice! but now... I'm not so sure.
besides
This isn't my account.
0:02
*Bro are you high?*
It is so stupid Armstrong didn't have any emergency life support system.
He didn't, did he?
The most impressive thing kojima does is make cringe "cool" somehow
2:41 Foreshadowing
It's wild that they make a whole game based on the Maxor video
Max0r really ruined the dialogue for me because I keep expecting his video to show up lol
Of course he wouldn't know the slogan "Make America Great Again" came from Reagan. It's disappointing but it's predictable.
Cringe comment
When did he play this
It was like 2 years ago
This game is better than perfect.
Sussy Jack
why is this played now? first asmon now charlie, is there something i don't know?
They want to make america great again. 😂😂
@@kaly8329 lol good one
Gotta love kojima
This game is not by Kojima
@@ST0ATbut it was supervised by him
@@andruspolanco6935consultant wich is the least involved part of the writing.
The most he did for this game was give ideas as far as I can tell, he didn't write it, direct it or make design choices. @@andruspolanco6935
This game is pretty political
Moist Critikal vs AVGN
An american senator died today in a buched open heart surgery
Bro cut some good parts out smfh
Was some of this cut out for copyrighted reasons
Wheres the meme?
To this point i dont jnow what is meme and what is the real game
Yes…. I like this!
Moist reacting to a scene from a game he played a while ago ? Am I missing something?
Funny how memes wen't from AI program to living human beings. Then reshaping it's value to fit their need, thus, following the meme's definition i as said in "The Selfish Gene"
trump stole senator armstrong's make america great again line. makes him more of a joke XD
I mean it was originally from Reagan to begin with.
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Well this game is about memes.. Creating memes and make them classic... As the whole game it is... About the lines are cringe... Yeah they are but in context, they are kinda predictions...
3:50 bro, this is a little ignorant of you, "make america great again" was Reagan's message...
Here's your cringe comment confetti for caring at all about something pointless. 🎉
Anime the game
This this is Good I^o^I👍
Raiden vs the democrat puppet master!
????
Bro armstrong is neutral, he's a commentary on the system itself, not either side, most ppl hear him say make America great again and make the same mistake, he has a yellow tie for a reason
@@spud7234 MAGA has nothing to do with it. It's about money and power, this senator is the one endorsing and funding the useless chair-farting Democratic presidents, just so he can have as many wars as he likes. Military industrial complex man.
@@spud7234 True but currently relatable, the Democratic party is just a mess rn, elite warmongers in charge
Donald Trump 2024 😎👍🏻 Make America Great Again and Again. Also, Charlie is annoying AF.
Make America fall into dictatorship again.
Based and memepilled
@@parham1023👎🏻
Trump could only wish he was anything like Armstrong.
@@SquallVIIIfan truth is truth. He is a dictator and a threat.
Please tell me they actually have the word memes in game dialogue.
Yeah multiple times