This version is the version that maybe most of you can't find it. I did an editing by using the piano ver and the vocals ver in order to recreate the ending scene from the game itself.
It was. Kojima still gave a crap about the series and told us a story he wanted to tell. Still the greatest 3 games ever made - they are art as video games.
@@JohnSmith-lr8xg honestly, I think five is one of the best stealth games ever made. I also think it’s MGS 2.5 in what it tries to do and it’s an incredibly intelligent game. It’s also another middle finger from Kojima to the fans and critics, just like like MGS2.
@@JohnSmith-lr8xg MGSV: The Phantom Pain (and I use the full name of the game for a reason) is probably one the greatest send offs to a series while being a commentary on a send off to a game series. It’s meta to a point where you are not sure what is the the truth of its own existence, just like the world today. Was it released and made as intended or was there interference? Who knows? Fans will debate. I think it’s brilliant. I still think the original trilogy is where the series should’ve stopped, but five is very special. It just might become another MGS2. And it will take years more for fans to really unpack it.
20 years ago today, what might just be the most prophetic and thematically important video game of all time was released. Happy 20th anniversary to Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. I got into the Metal Gear games for the very first time this year, and with both the series and our world being the way they are currently, I don't think there's ever been a better time to experience them, especially this game in particular. I'm glad that more people nowadays can recognise it for the thought-provoking masterpiece that it is. Thank you, Hideo Kojima, for this absolute work of art. "Life isn’t just about passing on your genes. We can leave behind much more than just DNA. Through speech, music, literature and movies... what we’ve seen, heard, felt... anger, joy and sorrow... these are the things I will pass on. That’s what I live for. We need to pass the torch, and let our children read our messy and sad history by its light. We have all the magic of the digital age to do that with. The human race will probably come to an end some time, and new species may rule over this planet. Earth may not be forever, but we still have the responsibility to leave what traces of life we can. Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing." - Solid Snake / David Sears, 2009 (2001)
Idk why but I just imagine MGR Cyborg Raiden and Rose just slow dancing in the living room to this It's super heartwarming, yet it still fits with that trademark Kojima craziness
I don't know why but it was this comment that made me realize that Raiden is Robocop with a sword. Aside from the obvious cyborg connection both have similar arcs about them finding their own identities (or remembering hs own humanity in Robocop's case).
2 is easily the best in the series from a story perspective it was so interesting and meta asf. The story could only work playing as raiden and that final sword fight was cool as hell
@@jacuzzi3271 Oh, it was everything I could have hoped for! I visited Federal Hall on April 30th as well. Truth be told, it was my main motivation to go to America (yes, I love MGS2 that much). Unfortunately, there was scaffolding around the statue of George Washington, so I couldn't get up close to it. In a way, I felt a lot like Solidus at the end ot the game: so close to the statue, yet it was just out of reach. Luckily, I did get to go inside Federal Hall itself, which more than made up for it. Now that I've actually been to America, I have an extra layer of appreciation for Sons of Liberty. I've stood in the exact spot that Raiden and Snake stand in at the end of the game, so now, whenever I reach the ending, I can say "I was there!"
Metal Gear Solid 2 is the best game of the franchise. Maybe it lacked mechanics like CQC or camouflage but the story was incredible, this game never gets old. Metal Gear Solid 3 is great too. I've played these two so many times and I will do it again.
Yeah, you only got punch punch kick and throws. Throws kinda useful in the Engine Room part especially let the guard call Caution phase just to skip the guard using radio repair part.
@@Bryan0411 I love to punch punch kick a guard and make him take down another like domino pieces. It's really funny when you make a pirouette and send a guard flying, too.
Snakes speech to raiden is so relatable to me metal gear solid has gotten me through very bad times in my life currently going through a break up it’s hard for me I really loved her but she treated me badly metal gear solid will forever be in my heart
Metal Gear Solid 2 is the greatest video game ever made. I say that without exaggeration or hesitation. MGS2 is the only game, to this day, that moves your soul and leaves you speechless. The gameplay was perfect, the music immersed you into the shoes of Raiden, and the narrative was poignantly meta, where it made you question why you played the game. Other games may want to keep you hooked and want you to buy another entry to expand some fictional lore, but not this one. Through this format, Kojima was giving a brilliant commentary on the nature of video games and how to better create a legacy outside of it. As in, "We spend so much time living the fictional lives of others. What about us?" And at the end of it all, the game itself, through Solid Snake, directly tells you to find something to live for and pass your dreams to the next generation. That's not a video game. That's the human spirit made manifest. No other game could hope to hold a candle to this 22 year old Magnum Opus.
I stare at the stars and the sky up above And think 'what am I made of?' Am I full of sorrow? Am I hurt and pained? Or am I filled... with love? I walk by myself on the streets below And ask every child I know "Do you think tomorrow will bring sun or rain? Which one of these will show?" [Chorus] I can't say goodbye to yesterday, my friend I keep holding on 'till the end Out of the darkness there is no other way Than the light leading to yesterday It's there that I'll find Inner peace not war And dreams that I let slip away I'll find the joyfulness I'm looking for Way back in yesterday
Life isn’t just about passing on your genes. We can leave behind much more than DNA. Through speech, music, literature, and movies… What we’ve seen. Heard. Felt… Anger, joy and sorrow. These are the things I will pass on. That’s what I live for. We need to pass the torch And let our children read our messy and sad story by its light. We have all the magic of the digital age to do that with. The human race will probably come to an end sometime And new species may rule over this planet. Earth may not be forever, but we still have the responsibility to leave what traces of life we can. Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing… - David (Sears)/Solid Snake. The man who makes the impossible possible.
The MGS series is unquestionably one of the most important artistic acomplishments of this century and perhaps in history. Not to mention how significant it is to video games in general. Time after time I return to this series because it has ways given me hope even in the darkest periods of my life and it moves me to try making this world a better place for those who will come after us.
This is without a doubt the best song to fit the epic ending of such an awesome life changing game. All in this game was outstanding and unrepeatable. Love how a game could mark you for life like this one .
Fifth. Such an amazing franchise isn't it? I've barely gotten into it and each song alone sends me on a 5 hour session of pure....well I don't know what to call the feeling exactly but it is certainly beautiful.
It felt like a lot of reminiscence and reflecting for me...looking back at my past experiences and seeing how much I've progressed as a man and a human in life in such a short amount of time.
May get hate for this but mgs4 is what got me hooked on the franchise I felt it was a perfect misunderstood masterpiece of a goodbye note to snake and the franchise for what it originally was. The game made zero sense only until you played 2 & 3 then everything all really clicks. Hands down though sons of liberty is the apex metal gear solid game solely for how it predicted the way our world turned out more or less.
I'm in the same boat, but i'll admit i haven't played it since 2019 so i'm not sure how well it holds up. It's not my favorite but i never played it in 2011 i'd never of become a metal gear fan.
my biggest issue with MGS4 was the over-reliance on "Nanomachines son!" to the point where it made no technological sense and retconned the super natural stuff too.
I personally think that Metal Gear Solid 2 was peak in music, map and art style. In specific Yoji was amazing drawing and bringing them to life this characters.
Yeah. Totally agree. The only thing I would change in the game is the music that plays during boss encounters - its too repetitive. Original Harry Gregson-Williams track "kill me now" was more aggressive and thus in my opinion suits better.
Beat this game for the first time a few days ago and the second this theme started playing it floored me. Did not think end credits could be that perfect.
Unlike a lot of people in the comments, I’m not a fan of this game since its debut.. that’s because I wasn’t even born yet. I’m 15 years old now, I experienced the magic of almost the whole metal gear franchise.. and 2 left something that I can’t describe inside of me. This song reminds me of when I beated the game, I was so happy and excited because everything was great.. but the fact the game ended.. that’s why I can’t say goodbye to yesterday, that’s why I can’t say goodbye to Metal Gear. I love this franchise from the bottom of my heart ❤
I started with metal gear solid 2, when I was maybe 13 or 14... by the time I was 16, I had gotten in deep in metal gear solid 3. I was addicted. To the game, the pain, the music, and even the realism in my mind. When I was 19, I tried to play Metal Gear solid 4 and I couldn't hack it in any way... Then, I turned 24 and played metal gear solid 4 again. I learned something that day... I was too young, too immature, and just not good enough at gaming to even make it anywhere in Metal Gear solid 4. I finally beat the game, through and through.. but it finally did it. A game to stand above all else in my eyes. A game to entice the mind, the heart, and even speak to the soul. I never thought it possible in any way, but I learned that sometimes you love what you hate, not because you hate it... but because you don't understand. Now that I think I do, I look for an understanding in everything, that I may not already know. Never give up. And remember; The fight may be harder, but watching others try and fail is harder.
I dont remember what happened the 20th of June, but im convinced that, i was happier Yesterday, and i will hold it with all my warm, because i cant say goodbye to yesterday, my friend.
I remember reading people that said this was awesome on the ending but the MGS2 that was gifted to me from a cousing was already faulty so when i got to the ending i watch the whole thing but muted because the CD was already faulty still my favorite MGS to the day
We must leave behind the best of ourselves as we can, for we have a responsibility to out futures in our children, we must give them the best world we can and so that they will pass on the torch and live a glorious and good life according to their own will, not the previous generation. Father and motherhood is a gift not a curse, every minute no matter how chaotic or dark will be a moment for parents to give their children the inspiration and hope to live on. We must be good.
@@Made_In_Heaven88 metal gear is an anime mechas, super intellegent people, unnatural things (like lady luck/fortune) you can predict things like an anime too
just finished this game for first time, My brother had it on ps2, I have to say that bosses were easier for me than avoiding being detected by guards 😅😅😅, but finally I played them all (except Portable ops, metal gear, metal gear 2 solid snake and of course that piece of shit called metal gear survive)
“The memories you have and the role you were assigned are burdens you have to carry. It doesn't matter if they were real or not. That's never the point. There's no such thing in the world as absolute reality. Most of what they call real is actually fiction. What you think you see is only as real as your brain tells you it is.” “What am I supposed to believe in? What am I going to leave behind when I'm through?” “We can tell other people about -- having faith. What we had faith in. What we found important enough to fight for. It's not whether you were right or wrong, but how much faith you were willing to have, that decides the future. The Patriots are a kind of ongoing fiction too, come to think of it... Listen, don't obsess over words so much. Find the meaning behind the words, then decide. You can find your own name. And your own future... Life isn't just about passing on your genes. We can leave behind much more than just DNA. Through speech, music, literature and movies... what we've seen, heard, felt ...anger, joy and sorrow... these are the things I will pass on. That's what I live for. We need to pass the torch, and let our children read our messy and sad history by its light. We have all the magic of the digital age to do that with. The human race will probably come to an end some time, and new species may rule over this planet. Earth may not be forever, but we still have the responsibility to leave what traces of life we can. Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing. We've inherited freedom from all those who've fought for it. We all have the freedom to spread the word. Even me.”
Me as a 12yr old kid beating mgs2 for the 1st time not knowing wtf I just experienced, then went back 4 years later, PS3 is out by this point, but not the HD collection, beat it again and it was THE most epic journey...would then aquire mgs33 and 4, then later aquire mgs1...only to loose them except for 1 (4 was stolen from me, by thr patriots,) and buy the hd collection
MGS2 is canonical ending in my eyes, since MGS2 was a project Kojima actually put passion into making. MGS4 is a fan service disaster game, especially the patriots members being the MGS3 crew thing. MGS2 is a perfect ending, we can make our own conclusion of what happened after the big shell incident and Arsenal.
I lost an opportunity. Finished the game for the first time at May 1st (literally 4 days ago, best game I've ever played, onto 3 now w/ high expectations)
It's pain, I feel dark in the night. The days I remember, the times I sent. Fogs on the evenings floor. ✨ If you're still, out there. In the this sea of land. Why can't, we meet, some time. If there's, a day, when we meet to sender. Happy ever, isn't for me, it's a doom I'm running, after.
