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[lazybones18]

Based MGR

 

[Xerotwo]

I assume that UKnightmare's a MG purist also, since he seems to deny Rising's existence. Kinda urks me a little.

 

[omnislayer]

I lost some respect for him, since MGR was one of my games of the year. I guess I can see why some hardcore mgs fans would hate it but I cant agree, its too damn good.

 

[Epcott]

Y'all know that Kojima needs to do a WWII Cobra Unit game before he's done with MGS.

I think it was mentioned somewhere that he considered it. I could see it becoming an un-numbered Vita game once TPP wraps up.

Tactical Espionage Warfare: The Cobra Unit.

 

[On Demand]

I'm more hyped for this game than I was before thanks to the stream.

 

[lazybones18]

Stream finally over

;__________;7

 

[Ferrio]

Damn I love that trailer .

 

[Duxxy3]

After the phantom pain they should do a reboot of the series. I only hope that

Spoiler

Ninja Theory

isn't too busy.

 

[Sub_Level]

That marathon...had a hard life.

;_; 7

 

[Gambit61]

Watching the MGS4 ending and those trailers has me way too hyped for MGS5 which is a long ways off ;_;

 

[PensOwl]

I have never wanted a game more than I want MGSV

 

[Lonestar]

I could go for a MGS1 made in 60 fps, but with that blizzard effect from Chapter 4.

 

[Sub_Level]

Spring 15' isn't so bad.

MGS4's first teaser was E3 2005.

The game came in Summer 2008.

That. Was fucking bad.

 

[Have a Nice Day]

The marathon has ended with 127+ hours of MGS goodness, bloody good show.

 

[Konosuke]

That Phantom Pain hospital level looks pretty good

 

[DorianD]

Super good show it was. I subscribed because it was so good!

 

[CSX]

oh man, their youtube channel has a compiled vid of otacon's proverbs in MGS2 lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHJa0YHaX3w

 

[DieH@rd]

What was better MGS4 playthrough #1 or #2? I only have time to watch one of them.

 

[Sub_Level]

What was better MGS4 playthrough #1 or #2? I only have time to watch one of them.

He makes less mistakes in his first one, but I dunno other than that.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

Great stream! I followed the dogg and knight pretty entertaining. I'm actually pretty hype for ground zeroes and MGSV:TPP it renewed the hype in me,can't wait to see solid snake again not to mention frank jaeger aka gray fox.. Maybe drebin or Raiden might make appearances at the children war camps

 

[Sub_Level]

I dunno if a child soldier cameo would be appropriate. There's sure to be tons of silliness and fan service in Phantom Pain but they seem to want to take the whole child soldier thing at least a little seriously this time >_>

 

[KittenMaster]

I can't wait for Raiden's parents to be revealed

Spoiler

and the mother is Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov's sister.

 

[CaptainSlow]

I love gaming marathons, but I hate when they end. This was probably my favorite out of any I've watched. I hope they do one again soon. ;_; 7

Also, before Kojima retires or walks away from Metal Gear, he needs to make a Boss/WWII/Cobras game, a 3D remake that combines MG and MG2:SS into one full game and possibly a Liquid or Gray Fox game. Only then Kojima!

 

[NoctisVsStar]

I can't wait for Raiden's parents to be revealed

Spoiler

and the mother is Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov's sister.

In all seriousness not a bad theory

 

[Mexen]

Omg! What I would give to do this. Some day! And I thought I was an MGS fan.

 

[Betty]

I love gaming marathons, but I hate when they end. This was probably my favorite out of any I've watched. I hope they do one again soon. ;_; 7

Also, before Kojima retires or walks away from Metal Gear, he needs to make a Boss/WWII/Cobras game, a 3D remake that combines MG and MG2:SS into one full game and possibly a Liquid or Gray Fox game. Only then Kojima!

That's the one I want to happen the most.

 

[giancarlo123x]

That's the one I want to happen the most.

I feel like if they ever make an exclusive vita title that would be perfect for it.

 

[Mexen]

Ikr

 

[The Silver]

That's the one I want to happen the most.

In my mind the franchise can finally end once we get the Big Boss vs Solid Snake confrontation, as MGS4 would say it goes all back to 0.........and back to 10 to 100 to 0 to 1242123434.

 

[KittenMaster]

In my mind the franchise can finally end once we get the Big Boss vs Solid Snake confrontation, as MGS4 would say it goes all back to 0.........and back to 10 to 100 to 0 to 1242123434.

And finally.... about 3.

 

[fi1ip]

I love gaming marathons, but I hate when they end. This was probably my favorite out of any I've watched. I hope they do one again soon. ;_; 7

Also,before Kojima retires or walks away from Metal Gear, he needs to make a Boss/WWII/Cobras game, a 3D remake that combines MG and MG2:SS into one full game and possibly a Liquid or Gray Fox game. Only then Kojima!

That will never happen.

 

[DieH@rd]

I think we will most surely get another Big Boss game that cover MG1 and MG2 events, but from his point of view.

As for WW2 game with the Boss... Could be good. But that game will have zero Metal Gears.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Damnit missed the end of the marathon. ;_;

Many thanks to those three masters at work.

My first gaming marathon and I think I put about 50+ hours watching this. Very insightful watch and a reinforcing reason why this is video games greatest series.

 

[adelante]

My first gaming marathon and I think I put about 50+ hours watching this. Very insightful watch and a reinforcing reason why this is video games greatest series.

Same here, and like a few others in this thread, it's actually gotten me waaay more hyped for GZ than I thought I'd ever be. Kudo to the guys running the stream and their informative commentary. Can't think of any other single player series that's packed with this much gameplay easter eggs and deep lore

 

[Itchy//Tasty]

This finished very early in the morning in the UK and I couldn't see the end, what was the final timer count? Glad I got to watch most of it.

 

[Betty]

This finished very early in the morning in the UK and I couldn't see the end, what was the final timer count? Glad I got to watch most of it.

127 hours I think.

 

[SJRB]

That was an awesome marathon. I really enjoyed it as always, unfortunately I missed the ending. But yeah, I guess that's it. thanks guys for hanging out in this thread!

 

[DieH@rd]

What are the chances that we will see Ocelot and Gurlukovich acting together in TPP?

 

[Ferrio]

3dogg is running MGS2 under 3 hours right now.

Same channel as in op.

+ Topic: Extreme/Euro Extreme Difficulty, finish the game in under 3 hours, no kills, no continues, no alerts ( apart from the 3 forced alerts), no rations, 699 shots fired max, 8 saves used max (by threedogg 21m 3s ago)


He'll show you have to break this game.

 

[Ferrio]

They're too good at this.


edit: I just jinxed him.

 

[lazybones18]

Closed due to ToS violations...what the hell?

edit: Stream back up

 

[strobogo]

I never played MGS4 because I don't have a PS3. I'm about 2 hours into the stream of it. It looks both fascinating and extremely frustrating to play.

 

[Sub_Level]

I never played MGS4 because I don't have a PS3. I'm about 2 hours into the stream of it. It looks both fascinating and extremely frustrating to play.

The mechanics are quite awesome and arguably the best in the series.

However, the boss encounters aren't often as memorable as in previous installments and once Act 3 comes around the gameplay steers far, far away from traditional infiltration.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Was it ever explained how Raiden went from a jpop boy band member in MGS2 to a metal monster in MGS4? Who was able to mess him up that badly?

 

[Ferrio]

Was it ever explained how Raiden went from a jpop boy band member in MGS2 to a metal monster in MGS4? Who was able to mess him up that badly?

Believe he got fucked up when he went to rescue sunny.

edit: looks like I'm wrong.. happened after that

He then began work on retrieving Big Boss' remains from the Patriots for the Paradise Lost Army, leading to his capture. As a prisoner, the Patriots used Raiden as a test subject for experiments in exoskeletal enhancement surgery, during which he had his head and spine excised from his body from his lower jaw down and subsequently grafted into an enhanced synthetic body.

 

[Sub_Level]

Was it ever explained how Raiden went from a jpop boy band member in MGS2 to a metal monster in MGS4? Who was able to mess him up that badly?

When he rescued Sunny at Area 51, he was able to get her safely to Otacon and Snake but himself was captured. The Patriots tortured him, performing exoskeleton experiments similar to Frank Jaeger. Raiden was able to become a cyborg ninja with the help of a Dr. Madnar, whom Naomi and Sunny go seek out in Act 3 of MGS4. When all was said and done, the only natural parts of him remaining were his head and spine.

His MGS4 look is pretty effeminate too. Long nails, high heels, and more anime-ish hair.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Interesting, thanks. Is this just background info provided by Kojima then? Did Snake rescue Raiden, or did the Patriots just let him go after their research was done?

Raiden went from being the ultimate virtual soldier to the ultimate synthetic soldier, but ultimately always retaining free will, the part that makes him human.

His MGS4 look is pretty effeminate too. Long nails, high heels, and more anime-ish hair.

True, as effeminate as a cyborg can look I guess. The metal jaw gave him a Frankenstein kind of appearance. But his hair was shorter, and I always figured the "high heels" were some mechanism to boost jumping height.

 

[Sub_Level]

http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Raiden

Above is a good page that will answer your questions.

 

[eyeball_kid]

http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Raiden

Above is a good page that will answer your questions.

Hmm....Rose was already pregnant enough for her to be aware (and showing?) at the end of MGS2. Raiden and Rose began living together, but split up before she had a baby. So apparently in less than seven months Raiden began studying Japanese sword fighting and was able to become a master swordsman? That bit of backstory seems a bit forced.

The whole Rose bit during MGS2 always seemed weird to me anyway. The wiki suggests there were real and fake versions of Rose during the game, but that's never really established within the game narrative. Campbell had moments of acting weird from the start of the mission, constantly trying to divert Raiden from asking questions, and some bits of speech that seemed robotic. My feeling always was that both of these characters were artificial constructs from the beginning, created based on info GW had on the real people (including Rose's revelations to Raiden).

The Rose spying issue was obviously true regardless of that, and I don't like that Kojima glossed over that in their relationship going forward, as there would have been major trust issues for Raiden, especially after the Solidus-Raiden revelations.

 

[Sub_Level]

The general consensus is that Rose was real up until she gets cut off in Arsenal Gear. After that, her codec character is replaced with the JFK AI (later known as JD in MGS4).

The Rose you see at the end of MGS2 standing in the street is of course also real.