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I Heart Metal Gear Solid (ft. YongYea, Super Bunnyhop, and More!)

While Hideo Kojima had been creating games for some time, including Metal Gear on the NES, its as Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid on the PSX that introduced him as a true auteur. Ever since MGS1, Kojima has become synonymous with quality, and Metal Gear Solid has become one of gaming’s most iconic franchises of all time.

Join YongYea, Super BunnyHop, SkillUp, Jake Baldino of gameranx, RogersBase, Ink Ribbon, The Salt Factory, and Tamoor Hussain and Lucy James of Giant Bomb as they discuss the absolutely massive impact of Metal Gear Solid 1, and how much it meant to them.

From connecting with Otacon as a gamer and otaku and crying over the death of Sniper Wolf, to how absolutely iconic Solid Snake is, the crew chat about how much the characters resonated with them. Meanwhile, they discuss how wild it was going up against Psycho Mantis, and what how revolutionary the 4th wall breaks of the Psycho Mantis fight were.

Ralph talks about his favorite moment of being in an elevator, only to realize there were invisible enemies surrounding him the entire time, while Super Bunnyhop talks about the deeper themes of Metal Gear Solid, and how it introduced gamers to concepts like the military-industrial complex.

Metal Gear Solid 1 rocked the world when it came out, and Hideo Kojima became one of gaming’s most prominent figures along side MGS1, and here is the love letter to how much of an impact Metal Gear Solid had to the individuals who played it.

Let us know what future episodes you’d like to see, and what guests you hope to see on! And consider checking out our previous episodes on Dark Souls, Skyrim, and Final Fantasy VII!

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Sniper wolf dies? Darn, i was finally about to try this game, but i guess there's no point now... Thanks?

I could never get into it, no matter how many friends loved it. The game play just wasn't fun to me. I loved splinter cell, however. Too bad we couldn't get kojima production on a splinter cell game, lol. These days, u can just go stream the cutscenes, but in my day that wasn't an option. U just had to watch a friend play it if u didn't like the game play, or just read about it in a gaming magazine.

Edit: i forgot, i did play through the GameCube remake. It was good, but i tried every MGS after that & didn't finish a single 1 except MGS2 w cheat codes, & i skipped to the very end, lol, that took hours of watching scenes & reading before u could olay anything. These games should have gotten the visual novel treatment, lol. Just make a choice & watch what happens. I love JRPGs, so long games aren't an issue, but MGS was just lacking in the gameplay department, IMO. I played MGS3 on 3ds & ps2, played MGS 4 & 5 on ps5, peace walker on 360 & psp. Didn't finish a single one, cuz none could hold my attention, the gameplay was just so bad to me. I'm so glad others liked it, but wasn't for me, & i never truly understood when i could be seen, even in the newer games.

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metal gear series is a great video game series with hideo kojima involved.

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