There is a good reason why Roy campbell is the one talking at the "time paradox" scene. In Japan the actor who plays Roy campbell is also the same guy who provided the voice for doc in back to the Future... So it's a funny Easter egg for Japanese people, while in the rest of the world its just Roy, and the Easter egg dosent really translate :D
Tsyumamatsu TheHavenofGuardia “Great Scott! Boss, we have to go back!” “Slow down, Colonel. Go back where?” “To the Future!” “What are you talking about?” “It’s about your kids, Boss!“ “I have kids?” ... (Metal Gear 1 begins)
There is another thing which is very interesting. In a codec call with the Boss she mentions using the sense of smell to detect enemies. And Naked Snake answers he can't smell.The conversation literally ends with the Boss saying he has to rely on his instincts as a gamer instead.
Initially, we are led to believe this is just a simple easter egg and call-back to Metal Gear Solid 1, where Master Miller (your survival expert for that mission) suggests you do the same when you consult him for advice early in that game. However, if you factor in the following bit from MGS4, it all might begin making a bit more sense.... ruclips.net/video/dcRFsH3IsHY/видео.html
This was really fun. I'd never even considered that Snake eater was actually a virtual mission. But given the context of MGSV, it completely makes sense that it's a vr mission for Venom. Except for the fact that VR did not exist in the 80s either. Probably retro lore.
i know, 2 year old reply, but one thing to remember about the MGS universe. it's in an alternate "what if" timeline where the Cold War didn't end as it did with us. with that kind of tech advancing at that pace, VR could be possible in the 80s, and accessible to the military/government
Also it’s worth mentioning that most of the Cassette tape songs in mgsv are songs that were released after the year 1984 including the Midge Ure cover of “Man Who Sold the World” which is a real cassette tape you get in the game as a form of an item so using the same logic mgsv would be a simulation too
Yes... it would help if someone at GT played the games instead of looking too much up. That appears after every death. The voice line is the unique part.
yes it does. but everyone always says it only happens after ocelot's. by the way that was just kojima being meta and joking around. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY.
@Adrià Grau While Snake Eater wasn't real, Phantom Pain was (sadly. great gameplay, so-so story. Twist was good, but the rest-meh and unfinished. It wasn't the missing link we were promised). He actually did all those things we as the player did. By the time of N313 Venom definitelly is a battle hardened veteran. There's one thing about warfare though. A bullet is a bullet, doesn't matter if you are a Green Beret or Vietcong, Delta or Somali, Navy Seal or Taliban. Doesn't matter how good you are, it rips through the body the same way. You're lucky or you're not. You're in the right place and time or not. We don't know which one was better. We just know that at the end one of them was standing, and the other was not.
5:00 that's just a nod to the fact that the series has included virtual missions in previous games. It wasn't a hiccup in the script so much as another wink wink from Kojima. 6:10 someone does know the future, it's YOU, the player. More Kojima 4th wall-breaking stuff. The ability to kill Ocelot is in there because of all the attention to detail stuff you mentioned earlier. Same as the "you ate meeee!" soldier. It should also be noted that any form of game over including Snake dying results in "game over" turning into "time paradox", just no lecture from the colonel. The JFK Special Warfare Center is a good catch, as that appears to be an actual historical inaccuracy rather than a gag or a nod. Are you sure it was built in 1982 though? Everything I've found seems to suggest it was just renamed in that year. Calorie Mate is an anachronism too sure, but that's obviously also a gag since soviet troops likely weren't issued anything like that even in the 80's. They also ran ad campaigns in conjunction with the game much like MGS4 did with Regain 24. The James Bond conversation, I think he may have just been using a pen gun as an example, since he also suggests creating a gun shaped like a giant man-eating snake. After all, Dr. No and From Russia With Love, the only two movies that were out at the time, weren't very gadget-heavy, and then there's his line about not being surprised if they made 20 or so more of the movies (again, a 4th wall breaking nod to the player) which he would know they were well on their way to doing if he was from the 80's. Venom had Big Boss' skills because he had the same training as him, being a member of BB's Militaires Sans Frontiers army. They stated somewhere in game that he was one of the best soldiers in the army and that's part of why he was chosen. He didn't learn the skills while in a coma, he already had them before the crash. The memories were "implanted" in him via the same method Ocelot used to allegedly make himself think he was possessed by Liquid Snake in MGS4, drugs and hypnotherapy. Apart from that, the video does make a few interesting observations such as many of the anachronisms coming from around 1983. It'd be pretty difficult to establish a solid (ha) theory based on things in game though, since Kojima enjoys addressing the player directly and breaking the 4th wall so often. This was probably the most enjoyable theory in awhile though.
Yeah, the JFK Special Warfare Center has NOT been built in 1982... its been known as United States Army Psychological Warfare Center and School in 1952. In 1956, its been U.S. Army Center for Special Warfare/U.S. Army Special Warfare School and in 1969 its been the United States Army Institute for Military Assistance. That's when they started to include training for HALO jumps, by the way...
Yes Lea Comprado is right its hidden in mgs2 as he said its a roleplaying game and raiden never seeing colonel in person And Also vr training gives us also a clue
I have no idea if this means anything, but the guy in the beginning that pulls you out of the hospital is voiced by Kiefer Sutherland (voice of MSG5 snake) and I swear when he fixes your broken arm the scream sounds almost exactly like David Hayter. Could be nothing but I think it's interesting.
You know sometimes Easter Eggs are non canon, and when the game breaks the 4th wall it’s insuring the player (you) is a safe distance away or understands the controls
have you even played the game... at that point its the AI trying to trick you into turning off your console. not... insuring you're a safe distance away...lmfao.......
Grammar Nazi warning: -- The correct (root) word is "ensure" (which means to make certain of), not "insure" (which is to arrange for compensation in the event of loss or damage). The more you know.
The time paradox line is only because Campbell's Japanese VA was the dub voice for Doc Emmett Brown in Back to the Future. Like a LOT of things in MGS, it's nothing more than a quick movie reference.
The CalorieMate, similarly, was part of a Japanese advertising campaign tie in with MGS3, featuring Naked Snake and CalorieMates. Knowing this series, it's really not that hard to see it's just a deliberate anachronism
Fun fact, the Boss' gun, The Patriot, fires bullets that tumble through the air. This is incorrect, and arose as a result of Kojima misunderstanding how that kind of gun would work. That is to say, the other anachronisms are far more likely to be mistakes. (The series chronology has *many* retcons all over)
In fact, re: the pen gun... if a book gun and a phone gun existed, is it really so far fetched for Major Zero to mention a pen gun off the top of his head?
The main reason the "virtual mission" line seemed out of place for me was that the game took place in the 1960s and there was no such thing as a virtual mission or virtual anything back then
TheTrackDownTeam In the mtg time line there actually was vr simulation as early as the 50s because that is how naked snake was trained though they weren't on par with Raiden's vr training, the fox hound unit had high tech equipment that surpassed the time period
also the virtual mission line could actually be a hint to the twist that the boss isn't a bad guy because the definition of virtual is almost as described but not completely as
There's just one problem: Roy Capbell. Roy Campbell, except his first encounter with Big Boss in Portable Ops, will work with him only in 1990 (6 years after the events of MGSV) , and in the time gab between MGSPO and MSGV he was in an hospital and then joining the delta force. So there's no way he would be (with his "elderly" voice) surveiling venom snake. That makes, unfortunatelly, no sense.
Orion - Web Dubbing Here's another problem, why would a simulation that's supposed to be in 1964 have things from the 80's programmed into it? Wouldn't the programmers of the simulation know that's wrong? Why keep something invalid in there?
But is that not his point? That just like the VR missions in MGS2, MGS3 is one big VR mission? I mean it explains why in MGSV venom snake just knows how to use CQC and believes he is Big Boss. But hey its a theory
@@jamsjams1111 yes, but how does one go through hypno therapy when they are unconscious for 9 years without the help of technology? Ergo, MGS3 was a training simulator for Venom Snake in MGSV
Hawk Strider 6:10 - 6:40. If you play MGSV they talk about how they hypnotize the medic to have Snakes memories and skills. Also, that's why Ocelot says La-li-lu-le-lo because he is also hypnotize for saying something else.
Some neat info in here MatPat but they way Venom Snake received all of Big Boss's memories IS explained in MGSV. It's on the cassette tape "Doublethink" from The Truth Records. that you get when you finish mission 46. The tape is under "The Truth" section. It has Ocelot talking to the real Big Boss, who reveals that Ocelot, not Campbell, is the one who gave Venom all of Boss's memories through hypnotherapy/ psychosis, not a virtual simulation. It is the same technique Ocelot uses later in the series to mentally change himself into Liquid. Ocelot reveals this the end of MGS4. This was a bit of a big detail that was unfortunately missed for this theory. The sound clip of Campbell is from a comedy short called "Snake Eraser". Which features Raiden going back in time to get rid of Big Boss so that he could be the main character. Every time Raiden messes up, Campbell would say "You've created a time paradox!" Snake Eraser was found in the secret theatre of MGS3.
MD Right. He also never explained to connection to Cambell, who never met BB (cannonically any way, because mgs portable ops isn't counted as cannon, since Kojima didn't directly work on it. Speaking of that, Ocelot doesn't show up in all of the main games, since he isn't in Peace Walker.)
Variocom Yep. I believe Kojima has gone on record to say that aspects of Portable Ops are canon. If there is anything in Portable Ops conflicts with the Kojima canon, the Kojima cannon is correct and to ignore Portable Ops.
Sure that would help with implanting his personality and important memories. But it wouldn't help a medic be as combat capable as Big Boss. I think this theory still has a spot next to the hynotherapy/psychosis
klovasoszenovka All of big boss's soldiers would be trained in CQC. It's not unreasonable to imagine one of them, even a medic, could be as good as him, especially one with Snake's memories implanted.
Big Boss taught all of the MB members during Peace Walker CQC. Veterans of MSF are all good at CQC (provided they're skilled at combat) and can even surpass Big Boss himself, having S++ ranks available.
Ill buy that snake eater was a VR mission, but i think its more likely that Raiden was the one doing the mission, would explain why its Roy Cambels voice talking about a paradox, and the odd "raiden" mask you get. Also in a conversation over the codex with para medic, big boss/snake mentions that he has a fear of vampires, and that if someone mentions them, he gets nightmares. Might be a possible connection to Raidens big enemy Vamp
That's what I thought it would be, I know Roy Campbell is about due to him being in Portable Ops, which is set in 1974, but I don't know how much interaction Campbell had with BB until Foxhound. It would make more sense to be either Solid Snake or Raiden
Yeah I know that's why, it could just be a nod to the player and having Campbell say the line makes sense as in MGS1 and 2 Campbell is the one I always think of when you die.
Cheap Thought now THIS is how you make correct commentary that's not just some sweaty fatass that knows everything about mgs. This is a very well made comment. You did well not being a fatass loser sir
That sounds just about like the line from Portal 2's Space core :D Space. Space! SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yea, this video shows a relatively shitty theory. if you look at big boss' skills in peace walker, they are all S ranked. Venom Snake's in phantom pain only show A++.
He's not as good as Big Boss at all. If his stats don't give it away, then look at your recoil. Ground Zeroes: Virtually no recoil with almost no bullet deviation. MGSV: Both of these things. Snake has a massive amount of skill compared to the medic. Hell, if you take Solid Snake from MGS4, even as an old man, he still has more control of his gun than Venom. Venom was the best BB had, but he's not better than the legendary soldiers themselves.
This is easily my favorite episode you have done, in my opinion of course. Thank you for a satisfying full circle explanation with two of my favorite games.
Just wanted to add that the medic was in MSF, and in Peace Walker all those guys know CQC. Big Boss mentions Venom was THE best soldier in the group and there are plenty of soldier with higher stats then Snake. So I don't think it would take a whole VR mission to convince him he's Big Boss. A deep coma and hypnosis would be enough, at least in the Metal Gear verse.
The "Time Paradox" occurs because, as you said, Ocelot is featured in every other major MGS title, so if you kill him in the past, he can't then be a part of all of the future games. It is a 4th wall breaker, but its simply an example of the butterfly effect in action.
Speaking of MGSV, I would love to see Matpat do a theory on how much development Mother Base go through while still being a covert business and only getting resources from Snake's operation areas and/or combat deployment.
Well it's not "just" Venom that builds up the Mother Base and FOB's. They are still mercenaries, a private army that has contracts from top governments around the world. They surely can afford it, maybe the construction time is "unrealistic" but I think buliding a base like that would be possible.
You certainly have a point Brango Biggins. The assistance from contracts and such helped in the development of mother base, though I believe you may be missing what TheLivingGlitch is saying. I think what he/she means is that even though their business and power in the area was growing, how come other governments weren't taking much notice to them. For example, like investigations or calling for reports from the base. Even though this holds true for the game, their is still the initial investigation that leads into the game and the eventual destruction of mother base in the beginning, which should be taken into account.
because he is training liquid. remember ending of mgs5? miller and ocelot wants to choose which BB son they want to side with and Miller chose Solid and train him,so did Ocelot train Liquid
3:34 "Whose combat attire is so ridiculous not even I can come up with a theory as to how it's tactically advantageous." She pulls down the zipper of her costume in the end of the game to show Snake the C-section scar she has, when she is talking about how she gave birth on the battlefield and her child was taken from her. The entire rest of the game up until that point she has it closed. You even show gameplay footage where she clearly has her costume closed. And is it even really "_so_ ridiculous"? It's one flaw on an otherwise standard costume.
Wasn't the "Virtual mision" a nod to the first MGS game? In any case the Calorie Mate was there because it was a sponsor, there were even comercials about it. It is not an error in continuity, it was intended. The Ocelot Game Over screen was definetly an easter egg. The JFK and the Bond things... You got me there Mat, I would need some research.
or maybe this is how Kojima worked a sponsorship in while still making sense. if he just wanted to throw something in willy-nilly then he would have just said "here are some experimental rations blah blah blah". it's not hard to work stuff like that in without ruining continuity. but he chose to specifically do these things. also what if the game over screen isn't an easter egg. did the developers ever come out and say "oh yah that's just an easter egg with no deeper meaning." or are you just assuming that it is and screaming "I HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT THIS INFO MEANS SO YOUR WRONG!" I cant say for certine MatPat is right but you cant say for certin that he is wrong ether. thats what makes it... wait for it... A GAME THEORY!
You're not giving Kojima enough credit, the man's a genius, this whole theory may not be far from the truth. Just look at the universe he created with this game, in fact, I wouldn't even be surprised if it was a virtual mission : )
So, this was an interesting episode, but there are also a lot of problems with it. You're explaining Campbell being in the time paradox as a simulation, yet Campbell wasn't around at that time either. Sure he was in MGS Portable Ops, but his voice is that of an old man. AI system wasn't in place either, so that's hard to do. As for the CQC elements, every soldier Snake trains in the Big Boss saga knows it. It's hard to do, but being instructed by the dude who invented it has to help, hence the medic would know it as well. As for the historical innacuracies... Why would Zero, as meticulous ad he is, add a comment about the boss training in a fascility being made literally last year? He wouldn't be like "oh yes, that makes sense! I really want to let him know about that random place". The inaccuracies don't stop there either. Look at the Les Enfants Terribles project. Liquid, with his blond hair and Solid with his Brown hair are being passed off as dominant and recessive gene clones. Which... Is also pretty inaccurate. Calorie mate was a brand deal. Virtuous mission vs. Virtual mission is probably just a little script choice as we had the same corny effect in Metal Gear Solid 2 with the "did you just say nerd?"-line Raiden spouts. And mind you. Raiden, for all his VR training and all that... Was keenly aware it was VR. For him to undergo the transformation into becoming like Snake, he had to relive the same things pretty much, only in real time. If they couldn't hypnotically transform him into Solid Snake in 2005-ish, a dude who used to eat gunpowder to dull his senses... How'd Zero do it in 1983/84? Just because he was in a coma? They could've put Raiden in a coma too. All in all... Fantastic episode. I know these aren't to be the one true theory or whatever, but more a way to make you think outside the box, and that made it really interesting. For me personally, I wouldn't say it's very plausible, but the episode is really good none the less. Thanks!
Focie Liquid does have all the recessive genes and Solid has the dominant. The thing is, the Soldier gene is a recessive trait. (Ocelot implies this at the end of MGS1).
MeteorFalcon Liquid did have the “dominant” genes, he just assumed he didn’t because he doesn’t look like Big Boss. Kojima doesn’t know how genes work.
Dang, made a very similar reply myself, seems like I was late quite a bit. Still, missed out on the nightmare Naked has in the prison and the fact that MGS3 wasmeant to be the finale of the series. Wouldn't make sense to tie up the finale with a 'fake' game.
The drum mag at 4:24 was introduced in 1987, after both the games you mentioned, so the people programming the simulation would have no idea something like that can and will exist. Just something weird I noticed.
It's been a while since I played mgs3 but if I remember correctly there's a codec conversation that explains that the drum mag is essentially a one of a kind prototype
Actually, Venom Snake undergoes hypnotherapy from Ocelot during his coma to "remember" things about his past. Planting fake memories as if he was the true Big Boss as he would know certain stuff others couldn't. After completing the storyline of MGSV, you can listen to various cassette tapes surrounding the incident and the coma. Big Boss actually ends up choosing the medic as he was the one who went with him on missions, not Zero. Zero only ends up saving Big Boss's life in hiding his location in a secret hospital until Skullface figures out their location (i.e. the hospital attack). Remember, MSF trains every soldier with CQC straight from Big Boss.The theory could fit well as if WE the audience were the soldier being trained by reliving Snake Eater.
Chaosdirge That could make sense yeah. But my question is why they would bother having Raiden take a simulation of Solid Snake (the inferior clone mind you) and not just Big Boss sims all the way.
Great video! And really cool connection to MGSV. I didn't really enjoy the whole "twist ending" of MGSV, but the way you presented it makes it kind of make sense.
The twist ending for MGSV (keep in mind that it is the last game in the franchise) actually is meant to clean up the earliest two games in the franchise, Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (before Metal Gear Solid). In MG, you have a fistfight with Big Boss and "kill him," but he returns in Metal Gear 2. The twist ending in MGSV was meant to show that you killed Venom Snake (the medic with Big Boss's memories) first in MG, then the real Big Boss in MG2, which takes place in the fictional country Big Boss leaves to build after the hospital invasion called Zanzibarland AKA Outer Heaven.
I am gonna have to disagree with this theory because it is heavily implied in MGSV that Venom, the medic, was the best soldiers in MSF (Militaires Sans Frontières). Back in the days of MSF Venom was trained by the real Big Boss himself, on the techniques of CQC. The reason Venom thinks he is Big Boss is, because he willingly received hypnotherapy from Oclelot to have the memories and experiences of Big Boss. He did this to act as a body double to protect the real Big Boss from getting assassinated in the hospital in the beginning of MGSV. MatPat said it himself that Raiden was trained using VR Missions in the video. So if anyone would going through a VR recreation of the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater it would be Raiden not Venom...
(6:00) Considering how many secret cutscenes there are ... if you kill Ocelot, that should trigger some cutscenes too; give alternative scenes from future games or something.
you wanna know what disproves the venom got his memorys from big boss simulations part? they state in phantom pain he got hypnotherapy to get the memorys after he was placed in a medically induced coma
If you think MGS2 is a "drop in quality" Matthew, then you reeeeally didn't pay enough attention to that game. MGS3 may be an INCREDIBLE game and that's just plain true, but *MGS2* is Hideo Kojima's masterpiece. Do some research on it, it's insanely deep, and no it's not random or "up its own butt". It gets weird, yes, i'll give you that of course! But it's all within reason, there is a logic between all the complicated conversations and the nonsensical sounding gibberish
Volpe2077 I get that MGS2 is insanely deep. Kojima basically predicted and outed how the internet and society work today and all of that. Cool stuff, I do love all of that, but as a game it wasn't all that. A book or even a Movie format probably would have served those concepts and ideas better. No, I don't believe it's a bad game. And this is just my opinion.
Raiden literally threw away the power the player had over him, Raiden was not the player but a jack (Jack) for the player to insert themselves into the world. Raiden was his own person and so are we. Also while the medic is supposed to be a vector for the player he has his part in the timeline as his own character, a man who had his loyalty to Big Boss exploited. The point wasn’t that you are Venom but that Big Boss had turned into a hypocrite, and it seems that you are the one who missed the point.
Considering that Metal Gear Solid: Sons Of Liberty is hinted that it might actually be a Virtual Reality Simulation all along that Raiden thinks is real and is actually just reliving events from his past in VR (if his past isn’t also an illusion for all we know) it would make perfect sense that Hideo Kojima would go into the next game immediately after with a similar idea. It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.
XD Gotta love people here: someone said this is a TRUE return to 'old Game Theory' form, that it's exactly what's been missing, and someone else said this is the worst theory since 'Sans is Ness'. Just goes to show, enjoying content is subjective
Okay MatPat if this is set really in 1982-83 where did campbell get the idea for Venom Snake’s iDroid? Guess this is really set on the present day... The Medic being trained to be Big Boss & we the players are getting trained to be Big Boss via the medic... a Virtual Mission within another virtual mission... VRception! And yes Kojima is playing us like a damn fidel for decades.
All technology in the military is legally set to be 50 years ahead of the public, so it isn't surprising if an iDroid of some kind was in use at the time.
the whole virtual mission statement is also mentioned back in mgs2 "did you say nerd?" "not nerd, node" the time paradox is basically self-explanatory if you ever played any of the older games. Ocelot appears in all of them, so it would be ridiculous to have it as an option to kill him, especially considering how in-dept the story is. according to ollgabopi: "In Japan the actor who plays Roy campbell is also the same guy who provided the voice for doc in back to the Future... So it's a funny Easter egg for Japanese people, while in the rest of the world its just Roy, and the Easter egg dosent really translate :D" so that debunks the entire Colonel theory ok the calorie-mate you got me, but it could just be a marketing strategy or an easter egg the rest is pretty concrete evidence aha.
Ok, but all that is the real-world explanation for the anachronisms. What MatPat is explaining is the in-world explanation. The theory may be ridiculous, and the anachronistic nature of the game may be done as Easter eggs and hilarious in-jokes, but if you don't have an explanation to justify all that, what's the point?
I don't think the Virtuous mission was a memory designed for Venom, but it is pretty much a certified fact that Ground Zeroes was a memory fabricated to venom so that venom Trusts Kaz after the peacewalker incident
Alexander Rockefeller I mean, doesn’t the theory fall apart the moment you say that creating a paradox is bad but having things that don’t exist in that time is totally fine? Especially when Roy Campbell is the one who chimes in about the paradox. A man who is 100% not involved in any attempted simulation that may have been happening. It’s a theory that ends up defeating itself if you try to use those supporting facts. The only thing left for Calorie Mate would be that it’s just a promotion in a game. NOT a simulation of a game for a comatose soldier.
In MGS4's end credit seen Big Boss tells old snake that memory could be implanted (referring to Liquid Ocelot), but the brain could be tricked to believe it was someone else. I think placing it in as venom snakes experience is smart, I originally thought it could have been part of Raiden's training. The major error with this is, the patriots would have likely covered up any mention of Zero's existence and the virtuous mission, as they didn't serve the patriots end goal
Just gonna throw out a couple holes now. >Venom Snake was subject to Hypnotherapy in between Ground Zeros and Phantom Pain ruling out the VR training for zero, this leads to another problem... >VR training was first introduced somewhere between the Shadow Moses Incident and the Big Shell Incident and was used to train FOXHOUND agents (such as Raiden) and the only missions seem to be basic training and Shadow Moses, showing agents the founding of The Patriots would never happen, not to mention the negative light it shone on Zero and the Patriots as well as the people who manipulated Snake. The same people Raiden works for. >Calorie Mate was most likely a promotional tie-in seeing as it has excellent stamina recovery and Snake always talks about it with high praise. Great theory though, the point you made about Roy Campbell was good although when talking about the works of Kojima, I usually just come to accept all the strange aspects, great theory though. Good Job MatPat!
Who not to say that Snake Eater was how Solid Snake was trained to go into Shadow Moses. Remember he was going up against one of the clones of Big Boss. They might wanted to use Snake Eater to teach him how to think like the boss. They know Liquid was leading the Shadow Moses forces. With him being a clone of Big Boss. They might have been afraid of Solid dying before ever reaching Liquid to infect him with the fox die virus. Remember they never expected him to defeat Liquid. They though Liquid was way out of his league. That why the virus was there. That why they made FoxDie in gave it to Solid. Making it so all he had to do was stay near Liquid long enough to infect him. Then let FoxDie do the work.
Wait a secon waaaait a second.... venom snake know CQC because he was in BB army where traning of CQC was essential part of traning. He know CQC thanks to muscle memory
Sure he was trained in CQC, but the dude was a medic first and foremost. There's no way his abilities in the field could have matched the real Big Boss' in any way and so it's reasonable to assume that his combat abilities were significantly enhanced through other means.
Correct me if im wrong, but muscle memory doesnt mean that THE muscles are the ones that remember the actions, its the brain that acts on auto-pilot in those situations.
Alright so, a few things: 1.) Venom Snake has been WITH Big Boss before the events of The Phantom Pain which is in 1975. It would not benefited any simulation for Venom to associate the JFK SPEC OPs Center, Calorie Mate, and Never Say Never Again if He, Venom Snake has never even heard of these things from 1982 or 1983 when he went comatose in 1975 (I know that said he never heard of/watched certain James Bond film or wasn't familiar with them, but Big Boss/Venom would of rejected a fallacy that their mentor, who saw combat in 1941 at age 19 trained at a facility named after JFK (24 at 1941 when he went into the military) who wasn't even president until 1953) 2.) If conditioning a soldier with the skills of Big Boss was a resounding success back in between 1975 -1984 (comatose Venom turning into Big Boss), then why was the VR missions still being hammered out from 2007 - 2009 (MGS2)? Venom Snake's CQC skills can be explained in that he was trained when he was The Medic in 1972 when he was with Militaires Sans Frontières (MSF) which was founded by Big Boss. Sure it might be a little tight for a soldier to master CQC from '72 to '75 but as Ocelot and Big Boss said, Venom was the best MSF had. 3. Roy Campbell was never with The Patriots back in 1980s, he was too busy getting it on with his Sister-In-Law (which resulted in Meryl Silverburgh). 4.) The Croc Hat from MGS3 was a reference to another Bond film, Octopussy which was made in 1983 (You probably know that but neglected to mentioning this as you had the clip at 19:12 in your video) but this reference was lost on Zero has he ridiculed Snake for wearing it during a codec conversation in MGS3. If Zero knew of a Pen gun from a Bond film released in October of 1983 then he'd know of a croc design from a Bond film released in June of that same year (4 months before Never Say Never Again). Look I know that people want to put Hideo Kojima on this very high platform and that he's without fault but mind you this was the same guy who originally came up with the idea that Ocelot was being possessed by Liquid Snake's spirit as Ocelot was apparently served as an excellent spirit medium from being the son of The Sorrow (a Spirit Medium himself) from MGS3. Or - and I know I'm going get hate for this: Quiet Kojima has not wanted to work on a MGS title since MGS2 but has bent head over heels in tying a story that he came up with 1987 at a rookie age of 24 to 2015. His task has been ironing out the details for 28 years. He has succeeded in doing so but this came at a cost. I still believe that MGS3 is indeed a Patriot simulation but not for Venom Snake and not taking place in 1980s, but after 2009. After MGS2. Roy Campbell in MGS3 was the same archetype construct from MGS2 (One of the voices of the Patriots) It could of been for some scrapped character from MGS4 that Kojima changed to Venom Snake. But I would go as far to say Venom was NOT the original concept for such training. Which leads me to... 5.) Raidenovitch from MGS3 looking exactly like Raiden from MGS2. Sure we all thought that this was Kojima making fun of his highly scrutinized character from MGS2 but if you're adhering that MGS3 was for Venom in 1984 then why is there a character that wasn't born until 1983 in the simulation? And before people decry Raidenovitch is Raiden's father: He was killed in 1964 (as there was no Time Paradox if you chose to kill Raidenovitch) My guess is: much like codec Rose and Campbell was a construct of the Patriots in MGS2 so was Raidenovitch in MGS3.
guess I'm still in a select small camp that liked Quiet as a full and interesting character, who was nuanced and well written (despite having almost zero dialogue)
Well, Liquid taking over Ocelots body could actually make sense, if you consider Liquids nanomachines and dna being in his arm that attached to Ocelot. Maybe his nanomachomes took over and ocelot believed he was liquid, so after the machines went obselete in Mgs4 Ocelot deciced to fight snake because they had one last fight. That or liquid comoletrly took over his vessel and was fighting him anyways. But I believe this would be a more satisfying answer instead of his spirit possessing him
For me it is also a simulation that happened after MGS2, buy I believe it was actually Solid Snake playing that simulation. I think that Otacon and Snake somehow got access to all the information about the real operation Snake Eater (maybe even with help from Sunny) and with that they developed a simulation for Snake to live those events and learn more about Big Boss and the origin of the patriots. This would explain why Solid Snake doesn't use CQC in MGS2 but suddenly knows how to use it in MGS4 (after the simulation he learnt the technique because of playing as Big Boss), and also would explain why he is paying respects to The Boss' grave at the beginning of the game when he wasn't even supposed to know who she was. And finally it also would explain the presence of Campbell and all the anachronisms. For me that makes more sense that being a training for Venom.
This is straight up matpat responding to criticism he's been getting and I think hes probably altered how he wrote this episode to fit with that it's really quite fascinating really I imagine that all the recent hate has taken a toll on his mental health. I genuinely enjoyed this video and the one last week and the one before that
Come on MatPat, everyone who played any other of the previous MGS games knows that failing the mission would be a time paradox. It's basically Kojima telling the player to stop making Snake look bad.
andreadesmocedici oh I see I'm relatively new too the series and I'm currently watching a playthrough of it on youtube thanks for the response to the confusion
Not necessarily a bad guy. Look at videos of the end of Metal Gear Solid 3 where after a duel, Ocelot "gives Big Boss a plane." There's different versions of the battle. Plus, at this point Snake knows that Ocelot's mom is Joy/Boss. So it's reasonable to think that big boss is like ocelot step dad/godfather and therefore would trust him. Plus, Ocelot's like a triple agent.
It's shown at the end of the game Ocelot was Adam, one of the two possible contacts Big Boss what supposed to meet up with and after getting cleared to know the truth about The Boss even if she leaked it to him sooner would have found out Ocelot was more playing a role to keep his cover from being blown instead of actually being an obsticle.
I'd like to point out that the virtuous mission/virtual mission thing as a hint of anything at all is about as meaningful as raiden mishearing "node" with "nerd" somehow near the start of MGS2, other than that it's likely just a reference to the existence of VR missions in the other games. also, if my memory serves me well, technically venom snake was mentioned to have consented to becoming a clone of big boss knowingly, the whole process just involved his memories getting effectively replaced so after the fact he wouldn't have remembered even that part of his past self. that all aside, while calorie mates on their own could just be explained away as product placement outside of any real continuum, all the chronological inconsistencies put together with MGSV's place on the timeline, this actually sounds like a plausible theory for once.
ok? Does you comment cure cancer? Does it solve world hunger? Does take away your virginity? Does it relieve your mom of the shame of conceiving you? I don't think so...
Awesome as usual. Small suggestion : add a "spoiler alert" in the intro of the video bcse you spoiled a major plot twist of MGS V (Snake not being Snake) when I just started the game. Anyway, thanks for the entertainment ! Byyyye !
Hate to do it to you Matt, but this is incorrect. While it's not entirely incorrect, it's still wrong. It is just a game, and it was to train the medic, but you forgot to mention that the medic is actually you, me, the player playing the game. Kojima completely decimated the 4th wall because he was training us as players this whole time, training us to be Big Boss. Spoiler for mgsv ahead. Stop reading now to avoid. At the beginning of mgsv you create a character based on how you want to look, essentially the idea is to create yourself in the game to change big boss' appearance. You find out later on that you actually did look like this and they changed you(the player) to look like big boss. The whole time you thought you were big boss, you were actually yourself. Big Boss even leaves a message for you, saying that you are big boss now. He and you both carry the title. The dogtags you have at the end confirm this by showing the name the player enters in the beginning of the game. This was kojima's final salute to the fan base asking to play as big boss. Instead of allowing players to play as big boss He essentially made the player themselves become big boss. Feel free to debate me on this, i am passionate about this series and I'd love to hear other people's take on it.
Seriously? what are people’s problems with mgs2? Just because you don’t understand a games story and the message behind it makes it the “ruiner of the series?” You should know that mgs2 was supposed to be the end of the series and the only reason Kojima made mgs3 was in response to people that shat on mgs2.
It's sort of a black sheep for being abstract, not everyone likes raiden and rose as a switch for snake and otacon. People have their own reasons for not liking it they're allowed to. Personally MGS 2 might be my favourite in the series because of how weird and abstract it gets.
Heather Mason I love raiden, actually. Probably because MGS 2 was my first MGS, I knew he was the main character before going in, unlike most, and finally I just enjoyed the cheese. But it is still my least favourite of the series from a pure gameplay perspective. I just like the others more. Rambling over.
I mean I can definitely see why, like I said the game itself is more abstract in how the story is revealed. Cheese is in all the games they're all pretty corny. The other games though definitely do have a more complete story as well. Like I was trying to say I get why people aren't a fan. It might be my favourite though, between MGS2 and MGS4
Why would it be the end of the game when Raiden Raiden and Snake had ONLY JUST located the patriots and were going to hunt them down which leads to the events of MGS4?
The tanker chapter in MGS 2 is obviously a virtual mission played by Raiden. Solid Snake and Olga reaccounts the events differently from what actually happend when we, the player (Raiden..), played it. We even see footage of Snake running from water flooding the inside of the room and Olga says Snake helped her and her soldiers get away, while we the player see Snake "drown".... which is what the "official" reports says happend.
Alexander Inget I recall that, but at the same time, in the Tanker Mission, Snake is a sympathetic character, and in no way a terrorist, unlike the official reports.
The footage of Snake running from the water flooding and him having an assault rifle is showed when Raiden says he went through the simulation. It's not Snake saying that happened.
it's clear that he didn't play MGS 2 when it came out or at all for that matter by that statement. Cuz there are few arguments for stating that MGS 3 is the better one -e.g. personal taste. And how are you supposed to make a non -biased video on series, when it is clear you didn't fully do your homework to form a good opinion on which is really the best one of the two
Uhh... no, unlikely.. You have to understand that MGS has TONS of crazy mildly plausible theories out there. Raiden went through actual VR training and it was nowhere near as sophisticated as what is proposed by this theory. The Calorie Mate was a branding deal made with Konami. Product placement, there's nothing else to it. Colonel Campbell being in the game also only comes on a screen only after a time paradox happens, in which case any time related argument goes right out of the window. If we heard Campbells voice during actual game play, that would be different.
It's all a simulation? Well I guess...I'M STILL IN A DREAM.
SNAKE EATER.
tu du tu tuuuuttttttttttttt .......
(*whispher) Snake Eater
If this theory is to be believed, the words "Still in a dream" become a lot more meaninful...
*Starts humming this now for the next few days*
Mind = Blown
Now I've gotta listen to it
There is a good reason why Roy campbell is the one talking at the "time paradox" scene.
In Japan the actor who plays Roy campbell is also the same guy who provided the voice for doc in back to the Future... So it's a funny Easter egg for Japanese people, while in the rest of the world its just Roy, and the Easter egg dosent really translate :D
The voice for Roy Campbell is voice by Paul Eiding . Doc in back to the future was played by Christopher Lloyed.
That is why he said the JAPANESE voice actor.
God, now I'm imagining Roy Campbell voiced Christopher llyod
mr Rein Japanese dub actor. Not live actor.
Tsyumamatsu TheHavenofGuardia
“Great Scott! Boss, we have to go back!”
“Slow down, Colonel. Go back where?”
“To the Future!”
“What are you talking about?”
“It’s about your kids, Boss!“
“I have kids?”
...
(Metal Gear 1 begins)
There is another thing which is very interesting. In a codec call with the Boss she mentions using the sense of smell to detect enemies. And Naked Snake answers he can't smell.The conversation literally ends with the Boss saying he has to rely on his instincts as a gamer instead.
Initially, we are led to believe this is just a simple easter egg and call-back to Metal Gear Solid 1, where Master Miller (your survival expert for that mission) suggests you do the same when you consult him for advice early in that game. However, if you factor in the following bit from MGS4, it all might begin making a bit more sense....
ruclips.net/video/dcRFsH3IsHY/видео.html
Virtual Mission?
Virtuous mission
[S-David Hayter voice]
Solid Snake?
Perfect voice for cool questions btw
Virtual Mission.
Virtual Console
No the virtius mission
This was really fun. I'd never even considered that Snake eater was actually a virtual mission. But given the context of MGSV, it completely makes sense that it's a vr mission for Venom. Except for the fact that VR did not exist in the 80s either. Probably retro lore.
My guy neither did massive nuke throwing robots or electrokinetic enemies but they made it in
We still don't have nanites in 2020 (that we know of), so I can accept that VR existed on the q.t. in the 1984 of the MGS universe.
They could do it through drugs and hypnosis. Like MK-Ultra
i know, 2 year old reply, but one thing to remember about the MGS universe. it's in an alternate "what if" timeline where the Cold War didn't end as it did with us. with that kind of tech advancing at that pace, VR could be possible in the 80s, and accessible to the military/government
Also it’s worth mentioning that most of the Cassette tape songs in mgsv are songs that were released after the year 1984 including the Midge Ure cover of “Man Who Sold the World” which is a real cassette tape you get in the game as a form of an item so using the same logic mgsv would be a simulation too
THEY PLAYED US LIKE DAMN FIDDLE!
...Literally.
GIVE IT BACK! THIS ISENT RIGHT THAT WAS OURS!
If u wait long enough time paradox appears after every death I think
Yes it does
Yes... it would help if someone at GT played the games instead of looking too much up. That appears after every death. The voice line is the unique part.
Because Snake isnt suposed to died?
@@aldilast2528 exactly
yes it does. but everyone always says it only happens after ocelot's. by the way that was just kojima being meta and joking around. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY.
Snake mentions in MGS2 that VR training recreating past missions tend to be inaccurate.
Adrià Grau VR Missions’ accuracy wouldn’t changed the experience and Solid probably one because Venom was around 70 years old
@Adrià Grau While Snake Eater wasn't real, Phantom Pain was (sadly. great gameplay, so-so story. Twist was good, but the rest-meh and unfinished. It wasn't the missing link we were promised). He actually did all those things we as the player did. By the time of N313 Venom definitelly is a battle hardened veteran. There's one thing about warfare though. A bullet is a bullet, doesn't matter if you are a Green Beret or Vietcong, Delta or Somali, Navy Seal or Taliban. Doesn't matter how good you are, it rips through the body the same way. You're lucky or you're not. You're in the right place and time or not. We don't know which one was better. We just know that at the end one of them was standing, and the other was not.
@@tomaszskowronski1406 Not gonna lie, I just read that in Snake's voice.
russian and usa and it's a now japanse
That’s also around 15 years of advancements no?
"we managed to avoid drowning." "good job soldier!"
5:00 that's just a nod to the fact that the series has included virtual missions in previous games. It wasn't a hiccup in the script so much as another wink wink from Kojima.
6:10 someone does know the future, it's YOU, the player. More Kojima 4th wall-breaking stuff. The ability to kill Ocelot is in there because of all the attention to detail stuff you mentioned earlier. Same as the "you ate meeee!" soldier. It should also be noted that any form of game over including Snake dying results in "game over" turning into "time paradox", just no lecture from the colonel.
The JFK Special Warfare Center is a good catch, as that appears to be an actual historical inaccuracy rather than a gag or a nod. Are you sure it was built in 1982 though? Everything I've found seems to suggest it was just renamed in that year.
Calorie Mate is an anachronism too sure, but that's obviously also a gag since soviet troops likely weren't issued anything like that even in the 80's. They also ran ad campaigns in conjunction with the game much like MGS4 did with Regain 24.
The James Bond conversation, I think he may have just been using a pen gun as an example, since he also suggests creating a gun shaped like a giant man-eating snake.
After all, Dr. No and From Russia With Love, the only two movies that were out at the time, weren't very gadget-heavy, and then there's his line about not being surprised if they made 20 or so more of the movies (again, a 4th wall breaking nod to the player) which he would know they were well on their way to doing if he was from the 80's.
Venom had Big Boss' skills because he had the same training as him, being a member of BB's Militaires Sans Frontiers army. They stated somewhere in game that he was one of the best soldiers in the army and that's part of why he was chosen. He didn't learn the skills while in a coma, he already had them before the crash. The memories were "implanted" in him via the same method Ocelot used to allegedly make himself think he was possessed by Liquid Snake in MGS4, drugs and hypnotherapy.
Apart from that, the video does make a few interesting observations such as many of the anachronisms coming from around 1983. It'd be pretty difficult to establish a solid (ha) theory based on things in game though, since Kojima enjoys addressing the player directly and breaking the 4th wall so often. This was probably the most enjoyable theory in awhile though.
Right on the nose.
Thoroughly debunked!
👏Well Played 👏
Solo lllooooong
but then again... its just a theory.... a game theory!
Yeah, the JFK Special Warfare Center has NOT been built in 1982... its been known as United States Army Psychological Warfare Center and School in 1952. In 1956, its been U.S. Army Center for Special Warfare/U.S. Army Special Warfare School and in 1969 its been the United States Army Institute for Military Assistance. That's when they started to include training for HALO jumps, by the way...
I have a thing that can support your theory:
Metal Gear Solid 3 doesn't have Virtual Missions
But it's 1964
@@Lanoman123 So?
@@Lanoman123 So?
Yes Lea Comprado is right its hidden in mgs2 as he said its a roleplaying game and raiden never seeing colonel in person And Also vr training gives us also a clue
I have no idea if this means anything, but the guy in the beginning that pulls you out of the hospital is voiced by Kiefer Sutherland (voice of MSG5 snake) and I swear when he fixes your broken arm the scream sounds almost exactly like David Hayter. Could be nothing but I think it's interesting.
You know sometimes Easter Eggs are non canon, and when the game breaks the 4th wall it’s insuring the player (you) is a safe distance away or understands the controls
Yep. And that's (partly) why this theory is ridiculous.
have you even played the game... at that point its the AI trying to trick you into turning off your console. not... insuring you're a safe distance away...lmfao.......
Grammar Nazi warning: -- The correct (root) word is "ensure" (which means to make certain of), not "insure" (which is to arrange for compensation in the event of loss or damage).
The more you know.
@@awesomedata8973 no wat da heck ensure is a weight loss supplement lier
@@awesomedata8973 You phrased that really weird, but I know *exactly* what you mean.
11:04 "BUT HOW??!"
NANOMACHINES SON!
and some kind of ipnosis from Ocelot
The time paradox line is only because Campbell's Japanese VA was the dub voice for Doc Emmett Brown in Back to the Future. Like a LOT of things in MGS, it's nothing more than a quick movie reference.
The CalorieMate, similarly, was part of a Japanese advertising campaign tie in with MGS3, featuring Naked Snake and CalorieMates. Knowing this series, it's really not that hard to see it's just a deliberate anachronism
Fun fact, the Boss' gun, The Patriot, fires bullets that tumble through the air. This is incorrect, and arose as a result of Kojima misunderstanding how that kind of gun would work. That is to say, the other anachronisms are far more likely to be mistakes. (The series chronology has *many* retcons all over)
In fact, re: the pen gun... if a book gun and a phone gun existed, is it really so far fetched for Major Zero to mention a pen gun off the top of his head?
@@mads_in_zero
A barrel that short would make 55 grain 5.56 tumble
He's trying really hard to fit the pieces together, but lacks true evidence
The main reason the "virtual mission" line seemed out of place for me was that the game took place in the 1960s and there was no such thing as a virtual mission or virtual anything back then
TheTrackDownTeam In the mtg time line there actually was vr simulation as early as the 50s because that is how naked snake was trained though they weren't on par with Raiden's vr training, the fox hound unit had high tech equipment that surpassed the time period
Well... we also still don't have bipedal, nuclear warheads equiped, 13 meter big mechs running around... luckily xD
you know, this is very wrong for the mgs series
BTW that's what I was refering to, MGSs timeline and tech is very different from the real world
also the virtual mission line could actually be a hint to the twist that the boss isn't a bad guy because the definition of virtual is almost as described but not completely as
Legend says snake is still climbing the ladder.......
There's just one problem: Roy Capbell.
Roy Campbell, except his first encounter with Big Boss in Portable Ops, will work with him only in 1990 (6 years after the events of MGSV) , and in the time gab between MGSPO and MSGV he was in an hospital and then joining the delta force.
So there's no way he would be (with his "elderly" voice) surveiling venom snake. That makes, unfortunatelly, no sense.
Lay off the crack, mate. Hormone therapy and a boob job make them look more feminine than any other woman
Penngrove Cartwright gg
Mesut Bektaş Kojima himself said portable ops isnt canon, the only canon game are MG, MG2 solid snake, MGS1,2,3,4 MGSPW and MGSV
Orion - Web Dubbing Here's another problem, why would a simulation that's supposed to be in 1964 have things from the 80's programmed into it? Wouldn't the programmers of the simulation know that's wrong? Why keep something invalid in there?
Orion - Web Dubbing mgspo is after snake eater and before peace walker not after V
la-li-lu-le-lo is uttered by revolver ocelot in mgsv if you shoot him with a tranq dart in the fulton training mission
but you can't, he just says he was trained to be used to the drug and can't go to sleep like that.
@@Exzcgal keep shooting him
@@voxpattamkinpsalmvalkidts2543 "Well, He might have been trained not to sleep, But you can't train how not to overdose!" - Nakd Snek
Game game theory
Metal Gear? More like "META GEAR!" I'll see myself out now.
We need a new spin off like wooden gear, plaster gear, and plastic gear, snakes uglyer dissapointing children
“Virtual mission” is a reference to the VR MISSIONS in MGS2
People like to jump the gun a lot
But then again it is a theory. So no disrespect to this channel. The Metal gear series is just too much to handle haha
But is that not his point? That just like the VR missions in MGS2, MGS3 is one big VR mission? I mean it explains why in MGSV venom snake just knows how to use CQC and believes he is Big Boss. But hey its a theory
@@blackobars2240 He went through heavy hypno therapy in the beginning of mgsv
@@jamsjams1111 yes, but how does one go through hypno therapy when they are unconscious for 9 years without the help of technology? Ergo, MGS3 was a training simulator for Venom Snake in MGSV
@@CryWolf0651 Black magic I dunno
A simulation, in a simulation, INSIDE ANOTHER SIMULATION
Kurineko Inside a taco, inside a taco, inside a Taco Bell, inside a KFC, inside a mall, INSIDE YOUR MIND!!!!!
Grass tastes bad
SIMCEPTION!!!!!
Under a pineapple that's under a pineapple that's
Straight outta saints row 4
So eager to talk smack about Metal Gear Solid 2, and yet it's got a significantly better and more interesting VR Theory.
Right?!
This video is a sham.
If you listened to the tapes you get at the end of MGSV it was ocelot who turned the medic into venom snake, not campbell.
Hawk Strider 6:10 - 6:40. If you play MGSV they talk about how they hypnotize the medic to have Snakes memories and skills. Also, that's why Ocelot says La-li-lu-le-lo because he is also hypnotize for saying something else.
Jerry sans **Cough Cough** The Patriot's **Cough Cough**
Well if in metal gear solid V and the year is 1984
Then why the radio box plays TAKE ON ME it came from 1986
Am I missing something?
Oh yeahh........
Wait a minute?.....
WHAAAAAAATTTTT????!!!😲😲😲😲
*_T I M E P A R A D O X_*
isn't the beginning of the game in the hospital two years before the actual game starts?
Mason Lay well no
Well it could just to be a training mind test but for solid snake
Some neat info in here MatPat but they way Venom Snake received all of Big Boss's memories IS explained in MGSV. It's on the cassette tape "Doublethink" from The Truth Records. that you get when you finish mission 46. The tape is under "The Truth" section. It has Ocelot talking to the real Big Boss, who reveals that Ocelot, not Campbell, is the one who gave Venom all of Boss's memories through hypnotherapy/ psychosis, not a virtual simulation. It is the same technique Ocelot uses later in the series to mentally change himself into Liquid. Ocelot reveals this the end of MGS4. This was a bit of a big detail that was unfortunately missed for this theory. The sound clip of Campbell is from a comedy short called "Snake Eraser". Which features Raiden going back in time to get rid of Big Boss so that he could be the main character. Every time Raiden messes up, Campbell would say "You've created a time paradox!" Snake Eraser was found in the secret theatre of MGS3.
MD Right. He also never explained to connection to Cambell, who never met BB (cannonically any way, because mgs portable ops isn't counted as cannon, since Kojima didn't directly work on it. Speaking of that, Ocelot doesn't show up in all of the main games, since he isn't in Peace Walker.)
Variocom Yep. I believe Kojima has gone on record to say that aspects of Portable Ops are canon. If there is anything in Portable Ops conflicts with the Kojima canon, the Kojima cannon is correct and to ignore Portable Ops.
Sure that would help with implanting his personality and important memories. But it wouldn't help a medic be as combat capable as Big Boss. I think this theory still has a spot next to the hynotherapy/psychosis
klovasoszenovka All of big boss's soldiers would be trained in CQC. It's not unreasonable to imagine one of them, even a medic, could be as good as him, especially one with Snake's memories implanted.
in short because campbells voice was heard it was not venom snake but Raiden that recieved the training of big boss' operation.
Also if you die it will say time paradox
StuckDucks how would it shorten his theory? It wouldn't have debunked it in any way.
6:44
Katheryn porcelain he said that
It happens if you kill EVA too.
Yeah it won't say it immediately you have to wait awhile and letters turn into time paradox... But still fits with his theory....
Only 15 years late...
ProtoMario kept you waiting, huh?
Makenshi Nuvem Branca HAHAHHAA
Metal Gear Solid 5 just became free on PS4, so I assume that's why he's doing a Metal Gear Solid theory
ProtoMario what is your profile pic?
ProtoMario seems like someone is butthurt
Or it is just Kojima being Kojima referenceing pop culture
They played us like a damn fiddle!
Scruff Zilla LmAo
Give it back, this isn't right! That was ours...
Big Boss taught all of the MB members during Peace Walker CQC.
Veterans of MSF are all good at CQC (provided they're skilled at combat) and can even surpass Big Boss himself, having S++ ranks available.
Ill buy that snake eater was a VR mission, but i think its more likely that Raiden was the one doing the mission, would explain why its Roy Cambels voice talking about a paradox, and the odd "raiden" mask you get. Also in a conversation over the codex with para medic, big boss/snake mentions that he has a fear of vampires, and that if someone mentions them, he gets nightmares.
Might be a possible connection to Raidens big enemy Vamp
Great theory though ^_^
yeah that works alot better then his theory
That's what I thought it would be, I know Roy Campbell is about due to him being in Portable Ops, which is set in 1974, but I don't know how much interaction Campbell had with BB until Foxhound. It would make more sense to be either Solid Snake or Raiden
Yeah I know that's why, it could just be a nod to the player and having Campbell say the line makes sense as in MGS1 and 2 Campbell is the one I always think of when you die.
Cheap Thought now THIS is how you make correct commentary that's not just some sweaty fatass that knows everything about mgs. This is a very well made comment. You did well not being a fatass loser sir
guy: “something something game”
snake: “LIFE’S NOT REEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLLL”
A weapon to surpass metal gear...
Tai Lopez: KNAWLEDGE
Scorpionoxide dead meeeeme
Yup knowledge created hydrogen bombs sooooo.....
not sundk you have to keep me out of reach from children
Yep
Portacus Maughan metal gear shoot hydrogen bomb sooooo.....
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That sounds just about like the line from Portal 2's Space core :D
Space. Space!
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still not longer than the latter
Medic didn't go under CQC training, he already had that as he was the best soldier in MSF (just as good as Big Boss, if not better)
Yep and with the memory implants of Big boss into him he learned most of naked snakes skills and memories
yea, this video shows a relatively shitty theory.
if you look at big boss' skills in peace walker, they are all S ranked.
Venom Snake's in phantom pain only show A++.
He's not as good as Big Boss at all.
If his stats don't give it away, then look at your recoil.
Ground Zeroes: Virtually no recoil with almost no bullet deviation.
MGSV: Both of these things.
Snake has a massive amount of skill compared to the medic.
Hell, if you take Solid Snake from MGS4, even as an old man, he still has more control of his gun than Venom.
Venom was the best BB had, but he's not better than the legendary soldiers themselves.
This is easily my favorite episode you have done, in my opinion of course. Thank you for a satisfying full circle explanation with two of my favorite games.
It's official Kojima is more American than all of us. Kojima 2020.
Just wanted to add that the medic was in MSF, and in Peace Walker all those guys know CQC. Big Boss mentions Venom was THE best soldier in the group and there are plenty of soldier with higher stats then Snake. So I don't think it would take a whole VR mission to convince him he's Big Boss. A deep coma and hypnosis would be enough, at least in the Metal Gear verse.
Yea and i don't think in that year had VR training , just field training like CQC.
soldier*
coma*
I think Matt only played some of the main line games lol
The "Time Paradox" occurs because, as you said, Ocelot is featured in every other major MGS title, so if you kill him in the past, he can't then be a part of all of the future games. It is a 4th wall breaker, but its simply an example of the butterfly effect in action.
We have managed to avoid drowning...sir 😁😂🤣🤣
😐😑good job
Speaking of MGSV, I would love to see Matpat do a theory on how much development Mother Base go through while still being a covert business and only getting resources from Snake's operation areas and/or combat deployment.
Woa, that would be super interesting
...yeah that would actually be a really good one
Well it's not "just" Venom that builds up the Mother Base and FOB's. They are still mercenaries, a private army that has contracts from top governments around the world. They surely can afford it, maybe the construction time is "unrealistic" but I think buliding a base like that would be possible.
Hell yeah. Do that next matpat!
You certainly have a point Brango Biggins. The assistance from contracts and such helped in the development of mother base, though I believe you may be missing what TheLivingGlitch is saying. I think what he/she means is that even though their business and power in the area was growing, how come other governments weren't taking much notice to them. For example, like investigations or calling for reports from the base. Even though this holds true for the game, their is still the initial investigation that leads into the game and the eventual destruction of mother base in the beginning, which should be taken into account.
Snake:"virtual mission?"
Zero: "no, virtuous mission"
Snake:"virtual mission?"
Revolver Ocelot wasn't in the Original MSX Games
TheMack1987 I believe he met the solid series games
because he is training liquid. remember ending of mgs5? miller and ocelot wants to choose which BB son they want to side with and Miller chose Solid and train him,so did Ocelot train Liquid
3:34 "Whose combat attire is so ridiculous not even I can come up with a theory as to how it's tactically advantageous."
She pulls down the zipper of her costume in the end of the game to show Snake the C-section scar she has, when she is talking about how she gave birth on the battlefield and her child was taken from her. The entire rest of the game up until that point she has it closed. You even show gameplay footage where she clearly has her costume closed.
And is it even really "_so_ ridiculous"? It's one flaw on an otherwise standard costume.
no thanks
STOP ADVERTISING, EKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A C-SECTION scar that high? Those are some fucked up doctors
Maybe he was referring to it being a bright white color!
and she usaly wears a cloak over it
Wasn't the "Virtual mision" a nod to the first MGS game?
In any case the Calorie Mate was there because it was a sponsor, there were even comercials about it. It is not an error in continuity, it was intended.
The Ocelot Game Over screen was definetly an easter egg.
The JFK and the Bond things... You got me there Mat, I would need some research.
Mauro De Simone also happens if big boss dies or solcalov which i probably spelled wrong
or maybe this is how Kojima worked a sponsorship in while still making sense. if he just wanted to throw something in willy-nilly then he would have just said "here are some experimental rations blah blah blah". it's not hard to work stuff like that in without ruining continuity. but he chose to specifically do these things.
also what if the game over screen isn't an easter egg. did the developers ever come out and say "oh yah that's just an easter egg with no deeper meaning." or are you just assuming that it is and screaming "I HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT THIS INFO MEANS SO YOUR WRONG!"
I cant say for certine MatPat is right but you cant say for certin that he is wrong ether. thats what makes it... wait for it... A GAME THEORY!
You're not giving Kojima enough credit, the man's a genius, this whole theory may not be far from the truth. Just look at the universe he created with this game, in fact, I wouldn't even be surprised if it was a virtual mission : )
Mauro De Simone .
So, this was an interesting episode, but there are also a lot of problems with it. You're explaining Campbell being in the time paradox as a simulation, yet Campbell wasn't around at that time either. Sure he was in MGS Portable Ops, but his voice is that of an old man. AI system wasn't in place either, so that's hard to do. As for the CQC elements, every soldier Snake trains in the Big Boss saga knows it. It's hard to do, but being instructed by the dude who invented it has to help, hence the medic would know it as well.
As for the historical innacuracies... Why would Zero, as meticulous ad he is, add a comment about the boss training in a fascility being made literally last year? He wouldn't be like "oh yes, that makes sense! I really want to let him know about that random place".
The inaccuracies don't stop there either. Look at the Les Enfants Terribles project. Liquid, with his blond hair and Solid with his Brown hair are being passed off as dominant and recessive gene clones. Which... Is also pretty inaccurate. Calorie mate was a brand deal. Virtuous mission vs. Virtual mission is probably just a little script choice as we had the same corny effect in Metal Gear Solid 2 with the "did you just say nerd?"-line Raiden spouts.
And mind you. Raiden, for all his VR training and all that... Was keenly aware it was VR. For him to undergo the transformation into becoming like Snake, he had to relive the same things pretty much, only in real time. If they couldn't hypnotically transform him into Solid Snake in 2005-ish, a dude who used to eat gunpowder to dull his senses... How'd Zero do it in 1983/84? Just because he was in a coma? They could've put Raiden in a coma too.
All in all... Fantastic episode. I know these aren't to be the one true theory or whatever, but more a way to make you think outside the box, and that made it really interesting. For me personally, I wouldn't say it's very plausible, but the episode is really good none the less. Thanks!
Focie Liquid does have all the recessive genes and Solid has the dominant. The thing is, the Soldier gene is a recessive trait. (Ocelot implies this at the end of MGS1).
I doubt that Zero would have been that involved because of what Skull Face did to him
no Liquid has the dominant genes Solid has all the recessive that is implied in MGS 4.
MeteorFalcon Liquid did have the “dominant” genes, he just assumed he didn’t because he doesn’t look like Big Boss. Kojima doesn’t know how genes work.
Dang, made a very similar reply myself, seems like I was late quite a bit.
Still, missed out on the nightmare Naked has in the prison and the fact that MGS3 wasmeant to be the finale of the series. Wouldn't make sense to tie up the finale with a 'fake' game.
The drum mag at 4:24 was introduced in 1987, after both the games you mentioned, so the people programming the simulation would have no idea something like that can and will exist. Just something weird I noticed.
It's been a while since I played mgs3 but if I remember correctly there's a codec conversation that explains that the drum mag is essentially a one of a kind prototype
This is a universe with bionic arms kicking around in the mid 80s. I think a drum mag just after the Cuba-Turkey nuclear crisis is reasonable.
Actually, Venom Snake undergoes hypnotherapy from Ocelot during his coma to "remember" things about his past. Planting fake memories as if he was the true Big Boss as he would know certain stuff others couldn't. After completing the storyline of MGSV, you can listen to various cassette tapes surrounding the incident and the coma. Big Boss actually ends up choosing the medic as he was the one who went with him on missions, not Zero. Zero only ends up saving Big Boss's life in hiding his location in a secret hospital until Skullface figures out their location (i.e. the hospital attack). Remember, MSF trains every soldier with CQC straight from Big Boss.The theory could fit well as if WE the audience were the soldier being trained by reliving Snake Eater.
It could be possible that Snake eater was a VR training mission for Raiden though.
The medic is supposed to represent the audience, so yeah
Chaosdirge That could make sense yeah. But my question is why they would bother having Raiden take a simulation of Solid Snake (the inferior clone mind you) and not just Big Boss sims all the way.
Operation snake eater wasn't declassified until 2012 - 2013. Hence why Raiden can't use CQC in MGS2 (story-wise)
TonyAvalosGTA a
Great video! And really cool connection to MGSV. I didn't really enjoy the whole "twist ending" of MGSV, but the way you presented it makes it kind of make sense.
but snake was trying to hide from Zero due to a idological difference
also is METAL GEAR SOLID *V* means VENOME SNAKE
The twist ending for MGSV (keep in mind that it is the last game in the franchise) actually is meant to clean up the earliest two games in the franchise, Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (before Metal Gear Solid). In MG, you have a fistfight with Big Boss and "kill him," but he returns in Metal Gear 2. The twist ending in MGSV was meant to show that you killed Venom Snake (the medic with Big Boss's memories) first in MG, then the real Big Boss in MG2, which takes place in the fictional country Big Boss leaves to build after the hospital invasion called Zanzibarland AKA Outer Heaven.
Godzillarex I loved the ending it connected to the rest of the games and it blew my mind.
Ok
I am gonna have to disagree with this theory because it is heavily implied in MGSV that Venom, the medic, was the best soldiers in MSF (Militaires Sans Frontières). Back in the days of MSF Venom was trained by the real Big Boss himself, on the techniques of CQC. The reason Venom thinks he is Big Boss is, because he willingly received hypnotherapy from Oclelot to have the memories and experiences of Big Boss. He did this to act as a body double to protect the real Big Boss from getting assassinated in the hospital in the beginning of MGSV. MatPat said it himself that Raiden was trained using VR Missions in the video. So if anyone would going through a VR recreation of the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater it would be Raiden not Venom...
And dont forget that in 1983 there were no technologies to perform so-called "virtual mission".
Gott mit Uns I call bs, no one can understand the lore of MG :)
Unwillingly.*
Pepe Ithier II - MGS lore really isn’t that hard to understand as people make it out to be.
They already existed in the 80s
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(6:00) Considering how many secret cutscenes there are ... if you kill Ocelot, that should trigger some cutscenes too; give alternative scenes from future games or something.
"I GIVE MY LIFFEE NOT FOR HONOR BUT FOR YOUUUUU
I'm still...in a dream... SNAKE EATER!
someday you go through the rain
Probably a Nod to Medic who became human shield to save Big Boss
Any one else stay till the end of the video and see the box move?
Yep
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Logan z we act like we don't to make him feel better.
Logan z - I will now!
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*Metal Gear isn't real!*
I could have never guessed that! Was it the giant robots, ninja ciborgs or electric superhumans?
The weapons were from after 1984.
You're that ninja...
you wanna know what disproves the venom got his memorys from big boss simulations part? they state in phantom pain he got hypnotherapy to get the memorys after he was placed in a medically induced coma
well virtual simulation can be used as hypnotherapie i think if it is real enough.
So he was "Still in a dream"?
If you think MGS2 is a "drop in quality" Matthew, then you reeeeally didn't pay enough attention to that game. MGS3 may be an INCREDIBLE game and that's just plain true, but *MGS2* is Hideo Kojima's masterpiece. Do some research on it, it's insanely deep, and no it's not random or "up its own butt". It gets weird, yes, i'll give you that of course! But it's all within reason, there is a logic between all the complicated conversations and the nonsensical sounding gibberish
Or maybe he has different opinions?
Just because someone doesn't like the same things you do doesn't mean they "didn't pay enough attention".
MGS3 is much better imo. MGS2 is probably my 2nd favorite followed by MGS, MGS4, MGS5, then PW.
He did say opinion
Volpe2077 I get that MGS2 is insanely deep. Kojima basically predicted and outed how the internet and society work today and all of that. Cool stuff, I do love all of that, but as a game it wasn't all that. A book or even a Movie format probably would have served those concepts and ideas better.
No, I don't believe it's a bad game. And this is just my opinion.
Till this day MGS2 is still my favorite in the franchise
The medic simbolizes the player, the same way Raiden in mgs2 did
ppl sadly have missed the point of the series
kaleodos yep
The medic IS the player.
Raiden no.
Raiden literally threw away the power the player had over him, Raiden was not the player but a jack (Jack) for the player to insert themselves into the world. Raiden was his own person and so are we.
Also while the medic is supposed to be a vector for the player he has his part in the timeline as his own character, a man who had his loyalty to Big Boss exploited. The point wasn’t that you are Venom but that Big Boss had turned into a hypocrite, and it seems that you are the one who missed the point.
Btw MTGSV The Phantom Pain is free on. Playstation plus
In fact I just got an immense spoiler from this video...
+Mad Hatter You can still play the game, the gameplay is amazing too.
NANI?!
ExScyther Kansei Dorifto?
TessellatedGuy Yeah, I'm enjoying it a lot, but I liked even the story...
Considering that Metal Gear Solid: Sons Of Liberty is hinted that it might actually be a Virtual Reality Simulation all along that Raiden thinks is real and is actually just reliving events from his past in VR (if his past isn’t also an illusion for all we know) it would make perfect sense that Hideo Kojima would go into the next game immediately after with a similar idea. It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.
This theory is just an excuse to get people's attention. Don't pay too much attention to it.
It's not hinted that's literally the plot of mgs2
XD Gotta love people here: someone said this is a TRUE return to 'old Game Theory' form, that it's exactly what's been missing, and someone else said this is the worst theory since 'Sans is Ness'. Just goes to show, enjoying content is subjective
I think this was a true return to 'old Game Theory' form and one of the best videos in awhile.
Mitchell Mueller personaly I lost interest in this theory but seriously
TRUTH!
people are gonna bitch about something no matter what lol
Mitchell Mueller did you mean the editing is MILLER, I'll walk myself out
All the theory on this channel are great. I'm sick and tired of people bitching for no reason.
Okay MatPat if this is set really in 1982-83 where did campbell get the idea for Venom Snake’s iDroid? Guess this is really set on the present day... The Medic being trained to be Big Boss & we the players are getting trained to be Big Boss via the medic... a Virtual Mission within another virtual mission... VRception! And yes Kojima is playing us like a damn fidel for decades.
*fiddle.
"They played us like a damned fiddle!"
I want to see who gets this reference.
seriously?
All technology in the military is legally set to be 50 years ahead of the public, so it isn't surprising if an iDroid of some kind was in use at the time.
the whole virtual mission statement is also mentioned back in mgs2
"did you say nerd?"
"not nerd, node"
the time paradox is basically self-explanatory if you ever played any of the older games. Ocelot appears in all of them, so it would be ridiculous to have it as an option to kill him, especially considering how in-dept the story is.
according to ollgabopi:
"In Japan the actor who plays Roy campbell is also the same guy who provided the voice for doc in back to the Future... So it's a funny Easter egg for Japanese people, while in the rest of the world its just Roy, and the Easter egg dosent really translate :D" so that debunks the entire Colonel theory
ok the calorie-mate you got me, but it could just be a marketing strategy or an easter egg
the rest is pretty concrete evidence aha.
Yes your not a nerd just over explaining
This is just the most accurate comment
Ok, but all that is the real-world explanation for the anachronisms. What MatPat is explaining is the in-world explanation. The theory may be ridiculous, and the anachronistic nature of the game may be done as Easter eggs and hilarious in-jokes, but if you don't have an explanation to justify all that, what's the point?
I don't think the Virtuous mission was a memory designed for Venom, but it is pretty much a certified fact that Ground Zeroes was a memory fabricated to venom so that venom Trusts Kaz after the peacewalker incident
All the games are simulations the events themselves do happen but the games are simulations
"We managed to be convinced."
"Good job."
Umm... Kinda sorry to say this but... The reason Calorie Mate is in MGS3 was just for promotion. So... yeah.
OH THAT'S WHY HE LOVED IT SO MUCH
You clearly don't understand how this works. Go back to CoD with the other idiots.
Alexander Rockefeller I mean, doesn’t the theory fall apart the moment you say that creating a paradox is bad but having things that don’t exist in that time is totally fine? Especially when Roy Campbell is the one who chimes in about the paradox. A man who is 100% not involved in any attempted simulation that may have been happening.
It’s a theory that ends up defeating itself if you try to use those supporting facts. The only thing left for Calorie Mate would be that it’s just a promotion in a game. NOT a simulation of a game for a comatose soldier.
You’re no fun.
GO BACK TO COD YOU COD FAN
YOU DONT BELONG IN OUR FAMILY TRAITOR!!
In MGS4's end credit seen Big Boss tells old snake that memory could be implanted (referring to Liquid Ocelot), but the brain could be tricked to believe it was someone else. I think placing it in as venom snakes experience is smart, I originally thought it could have been part of Raiden's training. The major error with this is, the patriots would have likely covered up any mention of Zero's existence and the virtuous mission, as they didn't serve the patriots end goal
The only reason calorie mate was in the game was not to break the future, but because Hideo Kajima was sponsored by it.
He still got MatPat's attention for that, so really, who's the winner here? 😂
Just gonna throw out a couple holes now.
>Venom Snake was subject to Hypnotherapy in between Ground Zeros and Phantom Pain ruling out the VR training for zero, this leads to another problem...
>VR training was first introduced somewhere between the Shadow Moses Incident and the Big Shell Incident and was used to train FOXHOUND agents (such as Raiden) and the only missions seem to be basic training and Shadow Moses, showing agents the founding of The Patriots would never happen, not to mention the negative light it shone on Zero and the Patriots as well as the people who manipulated Snake. The same people Raiden works for.
>Calorie Mate was most likely a promotional tie-in seeing as it has excellent stamina recovery and Snake always talks about it with high praise.
Great theory though, the point you made about Roy Campbell was good although when talking about the works of Kojima, I usually just come to accept all the strange aspects, great theory though. Good Job MatPat!
Rohan wears Gucci This needs to be the most up-voted comment.
Who not to say that Snake Eater was how Solid Snake was trained to go into Shadow Moses. Remember he was going up against one of the clones of Big Boss. They might wanted to use Snake Eater to teach him how to think like the boss. They know Liquid was leading the Shadow Moses forces. With him being a clone of Big Boss. They might have been afraid of Solid dying before ever reaching Liquid to infect him with the fox die virus. Remember they never expected him to defeat Liquid. They though Liquid was way out of his league. That why the virus was there. That why they made FoxDie in gave it to Solid. Making it so all he had to do was stay near Liquid long enough to infect him. Then let FoxDie do the work.
Rohan wears Gucci. Also the calorie mate was in the game because in japan they use snake for advertise this thinks
Wait a secon waaaait a second.... venom snake know CQC because he was in BB army where traning of CQC was essential part of traning. He know CQC thanks to muscle memory
also, if i remember correctly Venom knows Naked's memory thanks to Ocelot's hypnosis
is there a way to have mat comment on this? cause it just invalidates this whole video.
Sure he was trained in CQC, but the dude was a medic first and foremost. There's no way his abilities in the field could have matched the real Big Boss' in any way and so it's reasonable to assume that his combat abilities were significantly enhanced through other means.
he was comatose for 9 years, any muscle memory he had would be gone anyway, leaving only his knowledge of the techniques.
Correct me if im wrong, but muscle memory doesnt mean that THE muscles are the ones that remember the actions, its the brain that acts on auto-pilot in those situations.
Alright so, a few things:
1.) Venom Snake has been WITH Big Boss before the events of The Phantom Pain which is in 1975. It would not benefited any simulation for Venom to associate the JFK SPEC OPs Center, Calorie Mate, and Never Say Never Again if He, Venom Snake has never even heard of these things from 1982 or 1983 when he went comatose in 1975 (I know that said he never heard of/watched certain James Bond film or wasn't familiar with them, but Big Boss/Venom would of rejected a fallacy that their mentor, who saw combat in 1941 at age 19 trained at a facility named after JFK (24 at 1941 when he went into the military) who wasn't even president until 1953)
2.) If conditioning a soldier with the skills of Big Boss was a resounding success back in between 1975 -1984 (comatose Venom turning into Big Boss), then why was the VR missions still being hammered out from 2007 - 2009 (MGS2)?
Venom Snake's CQC skills can be explained in that he was trained when he was The Medic in 1972 when he was with Militaires Sans Frontières (MSF) which was founded by Big Boss. Sure it might be a little tight for a soldier to master CQC from '72 to '75 but as Ocelot and Big Boss said, Venom was the best MSF had.
3. Roy Campbell was never with The Patriots back in 1980s, he was too busy getting it on with his Sister-In-Law (which resulted in Meryl Silverburgh).
4.) The Croc Hat from MGS3 was a reference to another Bond film, Octopussy which was made in 1983 (You probably know that but neglected to mentioning this as you had the clip at 19:12 in your video) but this reference was lost on Zero has he ridiculed Snake for wearing it during a codec conversation in MGS3. If Zero knew of a Pen gun from a Bond film released in October of 1983 then he'd know of a croc design from a Bond film released in June of that same year (4 months before Never Say Never Again).
Look I know that people want to put Hideo Kojima on this very high platform and that he's without fault but mind you this was the same guy who originally came up with the idea that Ocelot was being possessed by Liquid Snake's spirit as Ocelot was apparently served as an excellent spirit medium from being the son of The Sorrow (a Spirit Medium himself) from MGS3.
Or - and I know I'm going get hate for this: Quiet
Kojima has not wanted to work on a MGS title since MGS2 but has bent head over heels in tying a story that he came up with 1987 at a rookie age of 24 to 2015. His task has been ironing out the details for 28 years. He has succeeded in doing so but this came at a cost.
I still believe that MGS3 is indeed a Patriot simulation but not for Venom Snake and not taking place in 1980s, but after 2009. After MGS2. Roy Campbell in MGS3 was the same archetype construct from MGS2 (One of the voices of the Patriots) It could of been for some scrapped character from MGS4 that Kojima changed to Venom Snake. But I would go as far to say Venom was NOT the original concept for such training. Which leads me to...
5.) Raidenovitch from MGS3 looking exactly like Raiden from MGS2. Sure we all thought that this was Kojima making fun of his highly scrutinized character from MGS2 but if you're adhering that MGS3 was for Venom in 1984 then why is there a character that wasn't born until 1983 in the simulation? And before people decry Raidenovitch is Raiden's father: He was killed in 1964 (as there was no Time Paradox if you chose to kill Raidenovitch)
My guess is: much like codec Rose and Campbell was a construct of the Patriots in MGS2 so was Raidenovitch in MGS3.
That Guy you're insane
And I love it
guess I'm still in a select small camp that liked Quiet as a full and interesting character, who was nuanced and well written (despite having almost zero dialogue)
Well, Liquid taking over Ocelots body could actually make sense, if you consider Liquids nanomachines and dna being in his arm that attached to Ocelot. Maybe his nanomachomes took over and ocelot believed he was liquid, so after the machines went obselete in Mgs4 Ocelot deciced to fight snake because they had one last fight. That or liquid comoletrly took over his vessel and was fighting him anyways. But I believe this would be a more satisfying answer instead of his spirit possessing him
For me it is also a simulation that happened after MGS2, buy I believe it was actually Solid Snake playing that simulation.
I think that Otacon and Snake somehow got access to all the information about the real operation Snake Eater (maybe even with help from Sunny) and with that they developed a simulation for Snake to live those events and learn more about Big Boss and the origin of the patriots.
This would explain why Solid Snake doesn't use CQC in MGS2 but suddenly knows how to use it in MGS4 (after the simulation he learnt the technique because of playing as Big Boss), and also would explain why he is paying respects to The Boss' grave at the beginning of the game when he wasn't even supposed to know who she was. And finally it also would explain the presence of Campbell and all the anachronisms.
For me that makes more sense that being a training for Venom.
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The only memorable line of skull face
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Crusader Nikolai such a dumb meme but I love it.
I thought Major I'm burning up was p memorable
Crusader Nikolai No, there was also the "wouldn't you agrEEEEEEEE" line XD
A weapon to surpass all other easily disproved theories...
actually it's called a virtuous mission
This is straight up matpat responding to criticism he's been getting and I think hes probably altered how he wrote this episode to fit with that it's really quite fascinating really I imagine that all the recent hate has taken a toll on his mental health. I genuinely enjoyed this video and the one last week and the one before that
Or big boss is a beast and just took the explosion
nope.
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What a thrill...
With darkness and silence through the night.
What a thrill...
I'm searching and I'll *melt into you* (mind blown)
What a fear in my heart
But you're so supreme!
Come on MatPat, everyone who played any other of the previous MGS games knows that failing the mission would be a time paradox. It's basically Kojima telling the player to stop making Snake look bad.
who is sanke?
Vasavan Balasubramaniam time paradox!
But Ocelot not being in the way would've been efficient, unless it was set objective to keep him alive.
Brasilisk That time paradox happens because the events of MGS 3 already happened.
Theory:The cardboard box is the real Big boss
WOW
Says that Death Stranding is leaving him in the dark
2 years later Death Stranding is just as confusing as before
Kojima should have never made that pile of trash. Tarnished his legacy. Meanwhile everbody continues to take a massive dump on Konami
Wait doesn't that mean the venom snake would think ocelot is a bad guy from the simulation of snakes legendary mission?
In the end they of MGS 3, Ocelot and Snake become friend.
andreadesmocedici oh I see I'm relatively new too the series and I'm currently watching a playthrough of it on youtube thanks for the response to the confusion
Not necessarily a bad guy. Look at videos of the end of Metal Gear Solid 3 where after a duel, Ocelot "gives Big Boss a plane." There's different versions of the battle. Plus, at this point Snake knows that Ocelot's mom is Joy/Boss. So it's reasonable to think that big boss is like ocelot step dad/godfather and therefore would trust him. Plus, Ocelot's like a triple agent.
It's shown at the end of the game Ocelot was Adam, one of the two possible contacts Big Boss what supposed to meet up with and after getting cleared to know the truth about The Boss even if she leaked it to him sooner would have found out Ocelot was more playing a role to keep his cover from being blown instead of actually being an obsticle.
No because ocelot was the double agent Adam and they reach an understanding at the end of the game
*SEE'S THE VIDEO*
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makes a lot less sense if u take into consideration their are Time Paradox game overs in MGSV.
*yup*
It's a simulation inside a simulation inside another simulation!
Nathan Carpenter
Just *burp* ask the smartest guys in the universe, Jerry! Oh wait, you can't. They blew up!
It's simulception
I'd like to point out that the virtuous mission/virtual mission thing as a hint of anything at all is about as meaningful as raiden mishearing "node" with "nerd" somehow near the start of MGS2, other than that it's likely just a reference to the existence of VR missions in the other games. also, if my memory serves me well, technically venom snake was mentioned to have consented to becoming a clone of big boss knowingly, the whole process just involved his memories getting effectively replaced so after the fact he wouldn't have remembered even that part of his past self.
that all aside, while calorie mates on their own could just be explained away as product placement outside of any real continuum, all the chronological inconsistencies put together with MGSV's place on the timeline, this actually sounds like a plausible theory for once.
Lets be real here
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Exotic Margarine that is exactly what happened.
Exotic Margarine actually i did got a notification
exactly what happened lol
Exotic Margarine nah I left my to stay in the Watch Later for a whole half an hour.
ok? Does you comment cure cancer? Does it solve world hunger? Does take away your virginity? Does it relieve your mom of the shame of conceiving you? I don't think so...
*_Game Theory: Cuphead Is CONTROLLED BY THE DEVIL_*
CuPhEaD iS iN tHe SaMe UnIvErSe As DaRk SoUlS
Mug man is ness
Snakes on a plane
That's why I commented that, cause I find it so repetitive, that now I'm repeating it
Snake's on a plane
Snakes on a mech?
Awesome as usual.
Small suggestion : add a "spoiler alert" in the intro of the video bcse you spoiled a major plot twist of MGS V (Snake not being Snake) when I just started the game.
Anyway, thanks for the entertainment ! Byyyye !
I mean... That's kind of on you. Don't watch things about games you haven't played yet if you want to avoid spoilers. lol
@@bronsoncarder2491 Especially when the first five minutes clearly shouts FUTURE EVENTS FROM FUTURE GAMES
“Why would killing an enemy in a game ever give you a game over?”
Every bloodless/pacifist/capture mission in Heat Signature.
THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAME FIDDLE!!!
She played me like a piano
WOUHOAAAAAAAAAA
oh man... *dame* fiddles are too much for me to handle... i think i need to sit down...
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Hate to do it to you Matt, but this is incorrect. While it's not entirely incorrect, it's still wrong. It is just a game, and it was to train the medic, but you forgot to mention that the medic is actually you, me, the player playing the game. Kojima completely decimated the 4th wall because he was training us as players this whole time, training us to be Big Boss. Spoiler for mgsv ahead. Stop reading now to avoid. At the beginning of mgsv you create a character based on how you want to look, essentially the idea is to create yourself in the game to change big boss' appearance. You find out later on that you actually did look like this and they changed you(the player) to look like big boss. The whole time you thought you were big boss, you were actually yourself. Big Boss even leaves a message for you, saying that you are big boss now. He and you both carry the title. The dogtags you have at the end confirm this by showing the name the player enters in the beginning of the game. This was kojima's final salute to the fan base asking to play as big boss. Instead of allowing players to play as big boss He essentially made the player themselves become big boss. Feel free to debate me on this, i am passionate about this series and I'd love to hear other people's take on it.
I’m fking high, and this just made me question everything 😂
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IncendiumUrsa content That's not researched?
It's one of the shittiest vids tbh.
As soon as I saw the thumbnail I was like “of course it isn’t real its a game”
Seriously? what are people’s problems with mgs2? Just because you don’t understand a games story and the message behind it makes it the “ruiner of the series?” You should know that mgs2 was supposed to be the end of the series and the only reason Kojima made mgs3 was in response to people that shat on mgs2.
It's sort of a black sheep for being abstract, not everyone likes raiden and rose as a switch for snake and otacon. People have their own reasons for not liking it they're allowed to. Personally MGS 2 might be my favourite in the series because of how weird and abstract it gets.
Heather Mason I love raiden, actually. Probably because MGS 2 was my first MGS, I knew he was the main character before going in, unlike most, and finally I just enjoyed the cheese. But it is still my least favourite of the series from a pure gameplay perspective. I just like the others more. Rambling over.
I mean I can definitely see why, like I said the game itself is more abstract in how the story is revealed. Cheese is in all the games they're all pretty corny. The other games though definitely do have a more complete story as well. Like I was trying to say I get why people aren't a fan. It might be my favourite though, between MGS2 and MGS4
Gannon Andrews Is the game that shows who is a fan of the series and who only enjoys mgs3.
Why would it be the end of the game when Raiden Raiden and Snake had ONLY JUST located the patriots and were going to hunt them down which leads to the events of MGS4?
As a matter of fact ocelot is included in previous games so it would be normal that a paradox would be unlocked after killing him
The tanker chapter in MGS 2 is obviously a virtual mission played by Raiden. Solid Snake and Olga reaccounts the events differently from what actually happend when we, the player (Raiden..), played it. We even see footage of Snake running from water flooding the inside of the room and Olga says Snake helped her and her soldiers get away, while we the player see Snake "drown".... which is what the "official" reports says happend.
Alexander Inget I recall that, but at the same time, in the Tanker Mission, Snake is a sympathetic character, and in no way a terrorist, unlike the official reports.
They were trying to smear him...
The footage of Snake running from the water flooding and him having an assault rifle is showed when Raiden says he went through the simulation. It's not Snake saying that happened.
So you make a whole theory about MGS3 is all a situaton, but at the same time you piss on MGS2
It's funny, because Metal Gear Solid 2 hinted to this directly, specially in the final act of the game.
different age group i guess, cuz mgs 3 basicly has the same engine and stuff in it- 5 years or so prior
It’s just mats favorite game if you made a video on one of your favorite games I’m sure you would do that too.
TCC Time ... Talking about one's favorite game makes you take swipes at other games? Ummm, no.
it's clear that he didn't play MGS 2 when it came out or at all for that matter by that statement. Cuz there are few arguments for stating that MGS 3 is the better one -e.g. personal taste. And how are you supposed to make a non -biased video on series, when it is clear you didn't fully do your homework to form a good opinion on which is really the best one of the two
Yeah it would be totally weird if a Metal Gear game put in Doritotes, Axe Sprays, and Mountain Dew.
Peace Walker is clearly a simulation.
Oh, don't forget the UNIQLO T-shirts! lol
cvc and monster hunter
Matpat doesn’t understand metal gear solid
So, this is venom snakes training!
Uhh... no, unlikely.. You have to understand that MGS has TONS of crazy mildly plausible theories out there. Raiden went through actual VR training and it was nowhere near as sophisticated as what is proposed by this theory.
The Calorie Mate was a branding deal made with Konami. Product placement, there's nothing else to it. Colonel Campbell being in the game also only comes on a screen only after a time paradox happens, in which case any time related argument goes right out of the window. If we heard Campbells voice during actual game play, that would be different.
Caldera You gotta admit that Kojima, would totally do this. Metal Gear always brings out my inner completionest.
Caldera you're must be another fun spot at parties, don't you?
You do realize that this is literally a comment section about an MGS theory, right? What you expect? Fart jokes?
It's pronounced "naked snake"