Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Is A Timeless Masterpiece 

Nice to see Paz again pre-bomb impregnation.

The Monster Hunter crossover missions are to this day my favorite random video game crossover

I can't believe you mentioned bipedal gecko robots without also mentioning that they moo like cows and periodically poop green mush

"Started with a fairly grounded story." I don't know why people remember it this way. It was certainly not grounded. You had a magic psychic flying man making you change the control, butt based fact finding and cyborg ninjas taking out specially trained super soldiers. The series was never grounded, it was always ridiculous.

6:36 No, that's Ashley Wood's work, not Yoji Shinkawa's. Ashley Wood provided the art for Peace Walker's cutscenes. He also did the art for the comic adaptation of MGS1 & 2... which were the reason he was hired for Peace Walker. PS Peace Walker's control scheme was adapted from MGS4's, as it came out afterwards.

Peace Walker was originally supposed to be MGS5, but Konami said no.

Man the PSP had some incredible games

I was appalled when Paz turned out to be a villain at the end, and I laughed my ass off when she was wearing underwear. Kojima is one magnificent pervert

I'll never forget getting this for Christmas and ignoring everyone and everything all day playing it non stop

Man. As a person who loved MGS3 back then and couldn't afford a PS2 and had just a PSP, this game was the closest thing to 3 for me. One of my favourite moments of Peacewalker was the last Peacewalker battle. From the battle, to the cutscenes, full of emotions and suspense. Sad that this was the last of David Hayter's Snake before MGSV.

"Who the fuck just texted me?!" I love when he keeps mistakes in the videos lmfao

This game has a special place in my heart and one the reasons MGS it's my favorite franchise. I'm from Nicaragua and have been to Costa Rica multiple times, and seeing my country, the Nicaragua's/Sandinista revolution of 1979, the contra war that followed, having the FINAL BOSS battle in Lake Cocibolca (which it's a landmark in the country and the only game to date to do so), plus having couple of Nicaragua's NPCs (Chico and her sister), missions located in Nicaragua and all of this mixed with the context of the Cold War and how the country was in the eyes of the USA and Soviet Union through Kojima eyes was nothing short of amazing. Thanks for reviewing this masterpiece.

my hand hurt so much after that torture scene

I remember this game being on the news of my country when it came out, mostly they talk about how crazy it was for this game to say Costa Rica had a secret army with robots when we abolish our army back in 1948 hahaha, anyways this game is a master piece and i always loved how they show my country on it ❤

this game presented a kinda dark setting for the protagonists as a fun family on mother base and heck it worked and i totally felt millers pain and felt bad about all that happened to the members in gz and mgsv

I've been replaying the MGS games in chronological order and I'm currently on Peace Walker, so clearly Gman is watching me.

I remember playing Peace Walker when I was in Iraq. Got me thru deployment lol. Such a great game!

literally all metal gear solid games for psp are surprisingly good (acid 1 and 2, portable ops and peace walker)

I like how there are 3 massive games that serve as a prequel to the original MSX games that barely anyone plays or has the will to.

Peacewalker should DEFINITELY be included in a Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake if Komani actually goes through with it, it wouldn't even be very difficult to them to accomplish this. Minimal new assets, mostly just the bosses, no new dialogue and voice recordings necessary, and this will give A LOT of casual MGS players more insight of the events between MGS 3 and MGS 5. I have a dream..... that Konami counts Peacewalker as MGS 3.5 and adds it (as a DLC even, wouldn't that be actually smart of them for once?) to MGS3 Remake!!

You know you gotta make that Twin Snakes video eventually, right?

If my mom told me ''We have MGSV at home'' and it was Peace Walker, i would't complain.

Heaven Troops to this day have one of the finest "realistic" fantasy military armors. Though I'd say that Prototype 1 Blackwatch troops are still the example of perfectly nailing both sides of the style.

As shoddy as the first collection was, I hope Peace Walker is added to the next collection with the multiplayer intact.

The boss fights and grinding to beat the boss fights damn near killed this game for me. It drove me nuts.

Man, the PS1 intro to MGS was just...damn. The future had arrived!

The torture scene in Peacewalker really tested the durability of my Y button.

Both Yoji Shinkawa and Ashley Woods did the 2d cutscenes. Ashley did all the 2d cinematics in Portable Ops, so they brought him back for Peace Walker.

This gameplay style was so fun and unique back on the psp. there really was nothing like it that fit the hanheld so well. The face button aiming was a little odd true and its grindy, but its really hard to appreciate a lot of the gameplay outside of the use case and time period if the psp. having a relitively deep 3d action game of this caliber woth a LOT to do on handheld was really something else. And it was absolutely packed with content that allowed you to go back to it a bunch since it was in your pocket. Unfortunately that can turn into more of a con now if playing it on consols. I still think the whole fulton system is a great innovation. collecting enemies that hep you to develop more stuff. A lot of the character interactions were pretty charming too. like Snake and santa. I was kind of disappointed that outside of millers hamburgers there wasbt much light hearted bonding stuff in mgsv’s cassetes. Music was great too, heavens divide is an absolute banger. it was super ambitious as a project.

Welcome back Gman. Love your videos. A new one is always a good day

This point, at 7:58 , is exactly right. I feel that games back in the day knew they needed to nail art style since they weren’t able to make the game look good graphically

I remember playing this on the PS3 remaster. Really enjoyed it. Then when Phantom Pain came out, for me at least, it was an easy transition for gameplay on that game. It’s like Peace Walker was a training game for Phantom Pain.

This game was mindblowing on my PSP Go back in the day. It was my first introduction into MGS!

Love you for this, my favourite game by one of my favourite video essay man!

Yay! New Gman video on MGS. YOSH!

its absoluteley crazy how you upload a video about whatever games I am thinking about playing through again

Reminder that Ocelot did the "possessed by an arm" bit in MGS2. Game has always been kinda wild. Psychics that read your memory cards, special pathogens made to target specific genomes, replacing snake with a twunk himbo in the sequel. And a man who has lightning blood.

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My favourite MGS personally, hopefully it is included in the second Master Collection :)

This game is one of my favorite ever. It has a special place in my heart. Thanks for covering it.

I loved the co-op feature that peacewalker had, sneaking through heavily militarized locations in the later stages of the game with a stranger. What a thrill...

Yes, co-op levels out the longer missions, especially the vehicle ones. I guess that's why I didn't mind them. Co-op is so much fun!

Peace Walker is my favorite PSP game ever made. The level of quality and the huge leap from something like Portable Ops blew me away at the time -- honestly it still does. Peace Walker, the Ready at Dawn God of War games, and Persona 3 Portable were games I played to death back then, good times. Regarding the games easy difficulty, much of that comes down to the fact that you’re playing the title’s remaster and gain access to a second analog stick. The game was more challenging on the native PSP since you had to aim with the face buttons and some of the controls couldn’t be done as easily on the fly requiring you to stop and take it slow or do a weird sort of claw grip at times for specific stance changes while moving iirc so it sort of reminds me of Kings Field 4 in that part of the experience is really built around those control limitations and those changed how easily you can interact with the game. The remaster with a second stick is indeed very very easy. Less so the original (not that I’d claim it’s an especially crushing game either).

9:38 this is character development through gameplay. on first playthrough you're badly equipped for heavy non lethal combat and just wanna save the world. but as you progress you unlock heavy non lethal weapons and the harder tank missions will teach you some japanese tactics. wich are usefull throughout the game to get all S-ranks. and once you've s-ranked everything and read all the motherbase soldier's dialogs you become truly immersed in the role of big boss.

Peace Walker is the silly fun game where Big Boss somehow has the physical strength to stop a walking tank from stepping on him, fuck Sam, he's the original "no cybernetic augments" guy

``Stay with me´´ enjoyer... Man of a great taste.

Great video, gman as always

playing this with my buddy ad hoc on psp back in the day was a truly awesome time.

Yes to this whole video

My all time favorite Metal Gear game. Thanks for covering it, gman

This game was like dopamine heaven, back when i played it on highschool. I loved playing the online coop on ps3 when getting back from school. Good ol' days.

OH HELL YEAH FUCK YES I HAVE BEEN PLAYING MGSV AND BEEN FEELING SO NOSTALGIC FOR PEACE WALKER

Whoa mate how many awesome vids can you deliver in such a short time?? Damn!!

MGSPW is a game I literally grown up with. I remember back when I was 8ish my mom bought me a PSP. Without context on what the franchise was, in the hands of a kid who would play anything such as Need for Speed Most Wanted, Medal of Honor, Soul Calibre, Lego Starwars, or Tekken 6- I fell in love with MGSPW. It took me months to learn how to play the game. At some point I couldnt get pass the PTSD the torture chamber scene gave me. Everything about it feels so nostalgic even with my bad experience somehow I found myself playing it on an emulator on my phone(my psp got stolen in a church). The game was simply as beautiful as the day i lost it. Unfinished and hopefully ill get my closure. There's just so much about this game to digest even if it was spoiled to me the content within itself is unparalleled. A true timeless masterpiece.

In regards of the long boss fights, I remember that Peace walker for the PSP was developed as a multiplayer Coop game kind of in the vain of the Monster Hunter games and that up to 4 snakes would take on the voss fights together

Peace Walker is my favourite MGS. Portable Ops is also pretty good but the PSP controls hurt my hands!

24:34 oh god. I still get Vietnam flashbacks from the extra ops Peace Walker fight solo. That nearly broke me. Never before have I had a boss fight last nearly an hour and make me use every last bullet and make each shot count... AT FULL STOCK!!

"Who the FUCK just texted me!?" 🤣🤣🤣

This was my first metal gear and it was enjoyable and so cool aesthetically it helped me jump into the series

Lmao those cuts in the beginning are too good

I rarely get platinum trophies, but I had to get it in Peace Walker because it was so addicting.

The triangle button mashing bits in this game are pure frustration, absolutely the most difficult in the series... still one of my favourite MGS games though (MGS 1,3, PW).

this is a video i needed.

thank you for this video I have been meaning to replay it, what's the best way for me to do it now? also ocelot willingly acted like liquid and got hypnotised to improve his acting

Nice. I just found this channel, saw the MGS 3 Video and thought "huh, maybe he has a peace walker video too"

Hey Gman do you plan on doing a re-review of the phantom pain? Im interested a more in depth analysis of that game from you. Its not my favorite metal gear but looking back on it theres some stuff i can appreciate.

OMG i was not expecting a peace walker review

The grinding becomes insane as some point when you don’t have a single partner to play with

The Heavens Divide song from that game brought me to tears 🐍

Genuinely it's amazing such an underated metal gear

Ive literally just started this game for the first time two weeks ago 😂 honestly out of all the ones I've played it's my favorite.

Big Boss was ripped af in Peace Walker. I always forget that whenever I revisit it lol

I love this game, easily my favourite mgs. I may have to fire up my 360 to see if I can collect the last few circuit boards

fun fact, in the japanese release strangelove doesnt electrocute snake she instead tickles him with tickle rods and snake is just laughing like a fucking maniac. probably one of the funniest things ive seen in an MGS game

I didn’t really have the PSP when this game first came out so this game and Portable Ops were the only two mainline MGS games that I missed out on (well, Portable Ops has since been semi-retconned). Anyway, I finally played the HD version on the 360 in the months leading up to MGSV’s release. And despite not initially having high expectations for it since it was an MGS game designed for a handheld, I ended up FREAKIN’ LOVING IT.

23:00 this felt like one of those endless staircase moments in a horror game. at some point I even ran around looking for anything hidden. so to me it really sold the desperation of the story.

I loved the boss battles. There's definitely a learning curve but it grew on me after a while.

That game is a must play, remember coop weapons increase camarederie a lot.

Getting S ranks on all extra ops was hell. From tranqing a T-Rex to kidnapping 36 soldiers and the driver of an insta-kill tank. Getting the slingshot pieces as a solo player from the monster hunter missions too. I completed the game 100% on both psp and ps3 ;(

Nice. I'd really love to see you cover the Onimusha series one day.

6:40 this part is actually drawn by Ashley Wood. Shinkawa's drawings are usually in later cutscenes

The psp version was so good, for strange reason the controls of PW were adapted for the 3ds version of snake eater(the photo camo is the easy mode even for european extreme) but never for the hd version.

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I played this first and then 3. It got me hooked into the series. I was very late to the series. I played it co op using PPSSPP.

Sank *HOURS* into this game. To this day I can still remember the elation of getting my skills up and finally doing a non-lethal takedown on a helicopter. The only grind-heavy game I ever got into. Still never unlocked most of the really cool weapons and the true ending. I’d sink another 200 hours easy. Really wish it would get a phone/3DS rerelease. Don’t even need a graphics update, it’s style still holds up imo

Back when I was junior highschooler this game's hard hard. I don't understand how things work in this game like the side ops, the build (?) & boss fights are such pain in the butt and the story + cutscenes feels like fever dream. Played it on psp go though along with MH, Midnight Club, GTA Stories, God Eater Burst, & some lewd puzzle game lol

"Heavens divide" slaps no cap

Peace walker is a game I’ll replay from start to finish once a year I just bought a vita and downloaded it one of my fav of the series

I'm shocked you didn't show off how you can FUCKING CATCH Peace Walker's ground slam attack as Snake

I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!

The best part about the co-op of this game is that you can share your inventory with your friends to the point where they can borrow your granades to trow them right at you.

If you have the Fat PSP, it has the same Wolfson Brand Audio DAC as several Classic iPods. The Fat PSP is still pretty great

The bullet sponge bosses that are balanced for multiplayer are most likely because it's aiming for the co-op hunting game market like the Monster Hunter, since it was a boom during the PSP era. I mean, it does have the Monster Hunter collab missions as well.

hell yeah

When i played this i only grinded for weapon development as doing missions is the only way to develop weapon. I completed a complete blind playthrough of this game with all things dome in 5 months.

Finishing this game on the psp with the damn single analog and right buttons as camera controls was some sort of an unique feel. Also the psp stock screen and its resolution made it hard af for some ops... This game is the only reason why I picked a used psp GO to dock it and play with a ds3. I also borrow my other psp to my bro and get my cousing with ppsspp and we play together

i love peace walker just started playing first time on psp

I put a stupid amount of time into this game on the PSP/PS3, definitely in my top 3 for the series. MGSV tried to be an expanded Peace Walker in some ways but it didn’t hit all the right notes that I feel Peace Walker did, *especially* when it comes to the story.

Would love to see a gman video on mgs5. I can't believe it's already been 8 years since it came out

Is this available on steam or another place? I can't seem to find it