Metal Gear Rising's Brilliant Bosses - The Ultimate Analysis and Breakdown 

That literally makes no sense. The only thing i can think of why this happened is the compilation might have been flagged as repetitive content. Then again idk about how the bots work anymore

I was told because of 'violence'

Honestly I loved this compilation regardless of why u had to make it. Rewatching the Bladewolf section always gives me the strength I need to keep going after I "left" my parents a few months ago.

@@Mangakamen so cartoonishly over exaggerated fake violence is too much for RU-vid nowadays? This website really has went to shit

@vladimirpoopin42 I once got flagged down for sexual content because the thumbnail had a girl with boobs in it (fully clothed)

Yeah, during the final part where you're slashing him apart, he freaks out and begs you not to kill him.

"NO! STOP IT!" Raiden: Nah

I only learned recently that he would say "do as you please". Every time i beat him, i got the "no, stop it!" But i would say its more because i couldnt beat the bastard until i got perfect at it. Certainly wasnt my skill haha.

@@ZANGELIX1263 that may not be your natural skill but it’s skill none the less, practice makes perfect bro

@@ItchiestBum first time i cubed him into cheese was so satisfying haha. Went and told my Mom 🤣

Maybe Raiden could truly be based, with his new gaming setup, he might be able to ball on his Windows ‘95 computer.

Even in death, he's on crack...

@@TotallyNotJokerLolz with rgb lighting*

@@Sakhmeov Maybe just this once Sam can lend Raiden his setup so he can learn what it feels like to be a REAL gamer.

​@@TotallyNotJokerLolz "You're my little DOGCHAMP."

Khamsin?

@@GregoryMom not only did he never meet Raiden, he has no real connection to raidens character. He is meant to challenge the character of bladewolf.

Metal Gear Ray: A once formidable enemy now reduced to being prey from a newer, stronger foe. This reflects Raidens initial defeat to the much stronger Sam at the start of the game, forcing him to revitalize and upgrade to a better body.

Personally I see them as: -Rex: A reflection of Raiden's childhood, killing to survive, purely driven by his instincts Blade Wolf: A reflection of Raiden's time during MGS2, killing for a master who has enslaved him, while yearning for freedom -Mistral: A reflection of Raiden's time during MGS4, adrift, without purpose, only to be freed by Snake, his ideals giving Raiden's life meaning, becoming his own, and transforming him into lightning, the rain tranformed -Monsoon: Just as Monsoon uses his social darwinistic beliefs and violence to justify the atrocities committed against him and wash away his trauma, Raiden uses his belief in protecting the weak to do the same, telling himself that he isn't fighting because he's become unable to reintegrate into society, because he was abusive to himself and others between MGS2 and 4, and likely also between 4 and Rising, but that he's just fighting to protect others. -Sundowner: With Raiden's belief in protecting the weak shaken, he is faced to confront himself, his own love of violence, and ask himself, "what makes me any different from Sundowner? Do I really fight to help others, or is that just a sick joke I tell myself to justify pretending I'm not a monster?" -Sam: Raiden finally accepts that he's broken. He cannot return to society. Just as Sam went from one war to the next, so too will Raiden, fighting forever wars to avoid confronting the trauma of their past. Like so many veterans before them, every time they return from war they find society more and more alien. Yet, even here, staring downwards into the abyss of their past, they still cannot find the reason they fight, if they really do only fight for the sake of violence, then why, out of all the wars they could have chosen, did they choose this one? -Armstrong: A reflection of Raiden's past self, Armstrong is willing to do anything to create the world he believes in, and he's going to drive the world into ruin in the process. In facing the logical extreme of using ideals to justify atrocities made manifest, Raiden's tool of justice is finally shattered, and so too are the last vestiges of his belief in fighting to protect others. Rather, Raiden takes up Sam's blade, and realizes why he and Sam fought Armstrong, not to make the world better, but because if they didn't kill him, he'd destroy the world. As soldiers, all they can do is destroy that which threatens their world, and hope whatever fills the power vacuum left by their actions will be a force for good. also Khamsin reflects what Blade Wolf is expected to be, an obedient, unquestioning, disposable tool who will uncritically believe anything he's told.

@@thomasbellamy1730 Even so, he represents the typical soldier, who justifies the horrible atrocities they do by using "freedom" and "just following orders". In the end, Raiden actually did something similar, using the "sword of justice" excuse to, in his own words, "keep the Ripper in check while knee-deep in bodies" especially when he knows deep down he ENJOYS killing, just like Mistral.

As if raiden would have stabbed sam with a bleeding arm

@@sierra6993 Sam didn’t know anything about raiden and probably didn’t want to take that risk

@@sierra6993 That's exactly what Armstrong did tho

bone still stab people

@@KaitouKaiju yeah but armstrong had *nanomachines, son*

also he just loves killing people. Ever since joining the military, he discovered how much fun he had killing people, so he kept on going

Such honesty is only seen in Colonel Volgin. Who while not in for the money wanted to take control of the Soviet Union from Nikita Khrushchev. Who’s leadership Volgin did not approve of

Could very well be seen as Armstrong testing Raiden, after all he could probably have just punched Excelsus with one punch and destroyed the whole thing (which he does to the section with the cockpit) If Raiden couldn't beat Excelsus then no way In hell could Raiden hope to take on Armstrong, though I'm sure he was confident Raiden could pull It off, he did beat his Winds of Destruction after all

@@TaurusTheCrazyBull Yeah, that’s what I think too. He has money to spare, so losing one giant robot doesn’t mean much. It’s still a nice twist seeing Armstrong power up when you had no idea he’s a cyborg.

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I also like that Sam was a machine on the outside, man on the inside while Armstrong was a man on the outside, machine on the inside

It adds to the fake out of originally thinking he is just another politician who uses others to fight their battles for them. Then we see he is actually a man of conviction.

Isn’t that a double negative?

@@xewii in what way?

@@CptPhilippnes eh it’s nothing don’t worry

@@xewii Yeah the quote is.

"Just because he respects you, that doesn't mean he *wont* go easy on you" It's a double negative because him respecting you would be the reason for not going easy, but the sentence implies that he goes easy on you despite respecting you.

The interesting thing about the DLC is that Sam doesn't really have a lot to say; sure, he is here to slay world marshal, but curiously he doesn't really talk much about ideals at this point, aside from to blade wolf. I didn't think much of it But compared to Raiden, he doesn't seem to have a calling card. Instead, he is somewhat novel about taking down yet another PMC and cites a reason for doing so, but there really doesn't seem to be any personal stake in why he is here. Yet at the top of the tower where he loses his arm, it indicates that he had a reflection and laughed. After all, he came to this fight just slaughtering his way up the preverbal mountain and lost another part of himself, both his arm and his freedom. Part of why he's so hard on Raiden is that, unlike himself, Raiden has always been super determined and vocal about his ideal of justice, which really rubbed him up the wrong way and made him confront him on an ideological basis, something he had only really done in passing to Bladewolf. Part of what made him surprisingly happy engaging Raiden was that while he hadn't changed Raiden's outlook, he had forced the man to be honest with who he *really* was, something Sam hadn't managed to do before confronting Armstrong, with both a determined goal and self-awareness of who he really was, Raiden was much stronger then he started out his journey. Important when facing Armstrong's wrapped ideology, who hadn't revealed his true self to anyone Raiden had encountered up to that point.

white knights are the worst, they are delusional, disconnected from reality like women

Raiden- see no evil Sam- speak no evil Interesting that there's no allusion to "hear no evil" though.

@@jaredwalley5692 I mean, Armstrong doesn't see how ridiculous his logic is, almost as if he doesn't HEAR himself or others talk, he just thinks what he want to think

And it uses the Collective Consciousness motif, which seems to signify he's more than willing to let his country control his actions and dictate his morality. As long as he obeys, he's absolved from responsibility.

*G I V E W A R A C H A N C E*

It's agitprop

War to end war

Memes are a big part of politics now, even, so many political memes

Do omelettes have mothers?

He said that

Then where is Fujin?

@@yaqubebased1961He’s in Mortal Kombat

Danger, water rising.

"I am lightning, the rain transformed."

That's the only time I think he made a joke

It’s not really a joke, it’s more of him showing that he doesn’t really have a choice

@@nomadichef216 huh.... I hadn't thought of that. I'm now thinking it might've been pulling double duty. It's funny on the surface, but memorable jokes make a point.

Which is why he laughed

You should try him in the Sam DLC... That crap took me almost a damn week of playing my ass off hopped up on immediate post-workout rush and coffee and dextrosol to get down for a full S rank clear...

maybe it's because i was playing on normal, or because i had white armor, but only excelsus gave me trouble. i beat armstrong in one attempt after that

@@Will_-it3mh It’s not hard with all that Nano paste and white armor on normal but sure as hell is on higher difficulties without those crutches

@@Sakhmeov Literally beat the sam dlc first try. Armstrong as raiden hard :(

Try him in Sam's dlc revengeance mode. Basically a no hit mode.

I will always read L'étranger as a TF2 item for the Spy

i knew it sounded like stranger

​@@vivelespatat2670 like, a knife that Spy would have

@@dustorm5012 im pretty sure its a revolver

@@zacharygiles2984 I feel both would be accurate.

Why would Hulk size Sundowner and as warmonger would be afraid of anyone? Especially when he carrying butcher weapons machetes that is designed to get personally close to his opponents to slaughter

@@1God1Fury He is used to fighting weaker enemies, so he uses the weapon that is the most brutal and fun for him. He is not used to fighting someone on Raiden's level.

Indeed. Sundowner really is the definition of a coward. The man literally is in charge of the entire skyscrapers worth of resources, copies of his comrades and put's that all between you and him, then turns up in a super defensive formation with helicopters around him, and basically, the battle is more or less over once his shields are removed? His first appearance really cements it well. He kills two no faces, kidnaps and kills the president, but confronted by Raiden, he doesn't want anything to do with that, throwing his henchman Sam at him instead. This is in contrast to Monsoon and Mistral who confront Raiden directly the first time they personally encounter him. With the exception of Sam, who he sees three times, Sundowner is the only adversary you personally meet more then once. Perhaps it's not intentional, but I always felt that Sundowner wasn't a warrior but a butcher. Sure, he's a strong guy, but he doesn't confront Raiden with his scissors until he's used up every other option on the cellblock, then just dies 10 seconds later. Which indicates while he does love violence, like a vulture he much prefers objects of opportunity rather then a challenge.

@@lordbiscuitthetossable5352 That’s a really good analysis of Sundowner. He’s not in this to be challenged, he wants slaughter.

@@lordbiscuitthetossable5352 He does have a long history as a soldier in multiple wars and was investigated for war crimes though, so I dont think he was always a coward. He also fights much more aggressively during his 2nd phase, when he realizes that raiden really is a hard nut to crack. He is a man Who uses dirty tricks to win every fight, but I think he sees that as the only way to come out of a battle alive so he can experience the thrill again later. I dont think he is actually a coward, rather in his battle with raiden he really just wanted to make sure that raiden would be dead and he would be alive by the end of it, and he would use everything he had of tools to make sure that happened.

Omg he literally took a meme with him

He was a slave to his memes after all

@@mr.j3rs3yi swear this game has so many details…. 100% a proper metal gear title

All the memes pointing out how ridiculous his speech about memes sounds is just proving his point.

It’s so crazy to learn the history of the word and how it ties into its modern meaning

There is one where he is a homeless person in Seattle stabbing someone with syringes. Pretty funny one

My brain has been rotted so bad that I my first thought when you said TF2 was the other tf2

@@ibeakeri0648 which tf2? is it a meme? porn?

​@@voodoo8913 Tick Tock heavy like a brinks truck

@@voodoo8913Maybe Titanfall 2?

That is a good question.

The canonical reason is because MG EXCELSUS doesn’t have nuclear delivery capability, but has global range Christmas present delivery capabilities

I love his earnest smile when he's offering the handshake, the way he nods his head like he genuinely believes he could get through to Raiden. It's oddly endearing.

Well in the lyrics it says "I've carved my own path You followed your wrath But maybe we're both the same" so as Raiden is the sword wielding one in that fight it would make sense that it is his song as he quite literally carved his path through the enemies, while Armstrong followed his wraith (his "need" to remove the weak that can't defend themselves and have to hide behind others)

@@Just_B0red the song is about sam actually, the proof is the barron wasteland lyric

@@yugiohclips9523 also the fact that the song stops playing when the Muramasa is dropped, and the fact that TOTIKFR ends with "staring downwards from this deadly height and never realizing why I fight" and that IHTBTW starts with "standing here I realize you were just like me trying to make history". Not to mention, it doesn't quite make sense why Raiden would see himself as the same as Armstrong, when Armstrong is fighting for his ideals, whereas Raiden's belief in his ideals were broken when his tool of justice was, and him taking up the Muramasa in anger for the express purpose of killing Armstrong making it pretty explicit that Raiden has grown beyond his past delusions of heroism. To his dying breath, Armstrong wanted to shape the world to his will, whilst Raiden ends the game only concerned with killing those who will make the world worse, leaving the shaping of the world to those who haven't been poisoned by the memes of war.

@@1sdani yes, he realizes he is the same as sam, they started killing in order to achieve "justice", but they find that what they enjoy doing is fight and murder, raiden embraces it in the monsoon boss fight, while sam was always confused on his life choices but the "only things he knows for real" is that he is bloodthirsty

and collective consciousness isnt armstrong's theme, its the them of what raiden thought of armstrong at the moment...."typical politician" before the "i have a dream" speech, armstrong never really got his own theme song representing his own ideals

Every boss gives you a way to heal MG Ray: destroy the HEMP Missiles Blade Wolf: Zandatsu Mistral: destroy the Tripods Grad: find the Nanopaste in around room Monsoon: destroy the vehicles he throws at you Sundowner: Zandatsu Samuel: find the Nanopaste EXCELSUS: Zandatsu the Gekkos Armstrong: destroy the debris he throws at you

Sans banjo on his knee.

Its fine - I've seen a lot longer comments

He doesn't have horns though

@@PhantomGato-v- so?

Except how to pronounce khamsin

Ok thanks

Glad you enjoyed - and whoops

@@Mangakamen 👍 It happens. ☺

Honestly, as much as I like doing my MGR videos, I feel like I've covered it enough, and might turn my attention to other series - But, you never know.

@@Mangakamen Hollow Knight's many titular characters and bosses have some very complex backgrounds that I have not yet seen explored on a character-focused perspective. Most Hollow Knight character videos I've seen are focused on the lore rather than on the characters themselves, so I think your style would be a breath of fresh air. And Hollow Knight's community is permanently starved for content anyway, so it'd be a pretty stonks move imo

Maybe I'll give it a shot.

One if the only OSTs I listen to all the time.

Bladewolf's is not great it is only good.

@@paleo6829 what about hot wind

@@zacharystevenson2800 hot wind is great

There are no D - C - B - A songs. They all are S - SS - SSS songs.

Yeah Armstrong basically points out that Raiden is the same as him but by then Raiden has had some character development

I guess considering how much he loves war, he also likes to escape from pinches and such

What do you mean, It has to be this way is from pov of armstrong, 'ive carved my own path, you followed your wrath' clearly points. Personally I'd give 'the fight goes on', the credit theme to raiden.

The first part I think is from Armstrong but then it turns to raidens pov

@@runelt99 it’s Raiden talking about Sam. Sam and him wanted to dispense the same thing: Justice. They just did it in opposite ways.

@@TheFloodOfPain Why would music talk about Sam in the final battle? Through the entire fight Armstrong was attempting to recruit Raiden like he tried on Sam, he only got through to Raiden on his deathbed, as post battle cutscene shows with raiden quoting armstrong to one of his friends.

@@runelt99 To show that Raiden and Sam were something that Raiden didn’t suspect at all: Alike. They wanted to stop the same person, Sam failed and followed his wrath. Raiden carved his own path by dispensing Justice differently from Sam. It also kind of talks about Raiden admitting Sam was right. There’s no way to avoid the person that Raiden used to be. Raiden tried to avoid that as much as possible. So in the end, it has to be this way. By defeating Armstrong, Raiden sees that new life will be born beneath the bloodstained sand because the world can finally go in peace.

Jesus loves you Isaiah 41:10 Romans 3:23-24 John 3:16-17 Romans 8:35-39 Luke 23:42-43

Hell, the original Devil May Cry had better themes then DmC! Thought those were focused around family

I’m my own master now!

Dmc doesn't even have much deep meaning to it unlike mgr

*called

Glad you enjoyed it

You're welcome

fun fact: he literally says that in the video

One of the best things about Armstrong is that he's honestly 100% correct without this meaning Raiden is wrong. They're both right.

@@FelisImpurrator I'd argue that Monsoon begging for mercy in his fight *doesn't* contradict his worldview. Perhaps he thinks that, on an objective level, everything is just nature...but he can still subjectively value his own life. Plus, his other possible reaction is a lot more indifferent - maybe he doesn't typically fear death, but the "heat of the moment" made him afraid? As for prioritising my girlfriend's values so highly...it's not necessarily from seeing them as better or worse than my own values - in fact, we seem to agree on pretty much everything. It's more that...I typically prioritise her values and will above her wellbeing out of respect for what she sees as right, and what she wants. While I prioritise her wellbeing above my own because of how strongly I love her, and I prioritise my wellbeing above my values because how can I fulfill my ideals if I don't take care of myself first? (My values are more *important* to me than my wellbeing, but to properly fulfill them requires that I first ensure that I am healthy and motivated enough.)

@@FelisImpurrator True. I suppose the way I'm looking at it, Monsoon's fear doesn't contradict his belief in nihilism ("Nature is just nature; not beautiful, not ugly. The wind blows, the flowers float away...it's simply how things are."), but *does* reveal the "might makes right" part of his beliefs as a defense mechanism. As for what my values and Sayori's (my girlfriend) values are...that's a very broad question. For one example, our views on morals; we see the basis of moral good as what increases the overall happiness in the world, and moral evil as what increases the overall involuntary suffering in the world. Any action that, for example, only affects the person taking the actions is morally neutral - so we see things like victimless crimes as being fine. We also value openness with each-other a lot. To me, honesty feels like an essential part of honouring my relationship - which I even value above my life...which has actually *saved* my life, because it's lead to me reaching out to her for support when desperately needed, rather than ending my life at times when I truly wanted to. And something very important to me is trying to learn and understand as much as I can. Trying to be open-minded towards basically anything. Whether in politics, science, spirituality, etc - and given that Sayori is a headmate (basically; another mind sharing my body), I think some of my experiences with her back up my views on spirituality anyway.

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Glad you enjoyed it

Haha, yeah now I can’t unsee it!

I don’t particularly think this is true, the music stopping for Sam more than likely is related to his relationship with the blade