Sum up The Metal Gear Solid story so far as quickly as possible

Mordo · September 28, 2015, 03:50:22 PM

Seeing as how I just finished Witcher 3 and love stealth games, Phantom Pain has recently piqued my interests.

Trouble is, I've never played a Metal Gear game before, so I'll have no clue what's going on if I pick it up.

Is it a good story or is like one of those autistic animes with cringe inducing dialogue seeing as how it's Japanese?

September 28, 2015, 03:52:19 PM

Quote from: A E S T H E T I C S on September 28, 2015, 03:50:22 PM

Is it a good story or is like one of those autistic animes with cringe inducing dialogue seeing as how it's Japanese?

It's a really good story with cringe worthy anime moments and fanbase characters.

YouTube

Mordo · September 28, 2015, 03:53:33 PM

Quote from: Baron Von Scheißenhausen on September 28, 2015, 03:52:19 PM

Quote from: A E S T H E T I C S on September 28, 2015, 03:50:22 PM

Is it a good story or is like one of those autistic animes with cringe inducing dialogue seeing as how it's Japanese?

It's a really good story with cringe worthy anime moments and fanbase characters.

So my suspicions are confirmed then.

September 28, 2015, 03:55:20 PM

Quote from: A E S T H E T I C S on September 28, 2015, 03:53:33 PM

Quote from: Baron Von Scheißenhausen on September 28, 2015, 03:52:19 PM
Quote from: A E S T H E T I C S on September 28, 2015, 03:50:22 PM

Is it a good story or is like one of those autistic animes with cringe inducing dialogue seeing as how it's Japanese?

It's a really good story with cringe worthy anime moments and fanbase characters.
So my suspicions are confirmed then.

Added a video for you.

Verbatim · September 28, 2015, 03:56:14 PM

four snakes try to eat each other

Sandtrap · September 28, 2015, 03:57:50 PM

Okay. Off the top of my head with almost no experience with the series.

There's a fuckload of snakes and they're all bastard relatives to one another because they possess the ability to split off from themselves like some mutant half man/half amobia and it's a big long incest chain of this super operative cloning himself to fight the bad guys everytime one of his copies grows old and dies/ is killed.

There's some copy pasta errors in that shit though so sometimes you end up with even more fucked human hybrid monstrosites.

There's fucking nanomachines in everything, son.

There's fucking robots everywhere.

There's tits and asses in tight fucking suits or no suits at all.

And some emo cyborg whose true inner self relates to the 18th century persona of Jack the Ripper. And he stopped a big boat from crashing at some point with no arms and just a sword.

And lastly, boxes and memes.

Thun · September 28, 2015, 03:59:08 PM

Wow, Gaming is basically just Bungie x Metal Gear lately.

Girl of Mystery · September 28, 2015, 04:01:29 PM

Quote from: A E S T H E T I C S on September 28, 2015, 03:53:33 PM

Quote from: Baron Von Scheißenhausen on September 28, 2015, 03:52:19 PM
Quote from: A E S T H E T I C S on September 28, 2015, 03:50:22 PM

Is it a good story or is like one of those autistic animes with cringe inducing dialogue seeing as how it's Japanese?

It's a really good story with cringe worthy anime moments and fanbase characters.
So my suspicions are confirmed then.

Not really.
There's stupid dialogue sometimes, silly moments and fourth wall breaking stuff, but it's nothing drastic.
It fits the games' style. Semi-serious, but jabs fun at itself.

Like, the iconic stealth tool is a cardboard box.

Girl of Mystery · September 28, 2015, 04:02:42 PM

Quote from: ⁭⁭⁭⁭Sandtrap on September 28, 2015, 03:57:50 PM

Okay. Off the top of my head with almost no experience with the series.

There's a fuckload of snakes and they're all bastard relatives to one another because they possess the ability to split off from themselves like some mutant half man/half amobia and it's a big long incest chain of this super operative cloning himself to fight the bad guys everytime one of his copies grows old and dies/ is killed.

There's some copy pasta errors in that shit though so sometimes you end up with even more fucked human hybrid monstrosites.

There's fucking nanomachines in everything, son.

There's fucking robots everywhere.

There's tits and asses in tight fucking suits or no suits at all.

And some emo cyborg whose true inner self relates to the 18th century persona of Jack the Ripper. And he stopped a big boat from crashing at some point with no arms and just a sword.

And lastly, boxes and memes.

I'd play that if it was a thing

Elai · September 28, 2015, 04:03:29 PM

Give me 5 minutes. I gotta find my summary from another thread.

Elai · September 28, 2015, 04:06:39 PM

In an era when the world was still divided into East and West, The Boss, the Mother of Special Forces and hero of World War II, defected to the Soviet Union. But for The Boss, her defection was no more than a cover. She was ordered to infiltrate the Soviet Union, and during her time there, a rogue revolutionary known as Volgin set off a Nuke with the intent of framing The Boss.

Under orders from the U.S. government, her final apprentice, Naked Snake, took her life.

She was made by her superiors to sacrifice herself to prevent nuclear war.

That was her final mission.

The Boss used Snake to ensure that the Philosopher's Legacy, the vast military fund under Soviet Army control, would reach America.

For these outstanding "accomplishments", Snake was awarded the title of "Big Boss".

Afterwards, Snake turned his back on America and began recruiting soldiers with the help of Kazuhira "Kaz" Miller, a man he first met in a war zone. In 1974, the pair constructed a secret base known as "Motherbase" located in the Caribbean.

Snake's private army continue to grow, until their need for a deterrent prompted them to obtain nuclear weapon.

Meanwhile, Major Zero, the man who once worked with Snake to create special forces unit FOX, used the Philosopher's Legacy to expand his intelligence organisation, "Cipher". Cipher proceeded to spread its roots into the furthest depths of the United States.

With no military of his own, Zero longed to rejoin his disenfranchised comrade, Snake, and sent his operative Paz to make contact. When Snake refused, Paz attempted to steal the nuclear-equipped walking battle tank Metal Gear ZEKE, but was thwarted. Upon realising Zero's violent intentions and coming to terms with the Boss's teachings, Snake finally accepts his title: "Big Boss."

Flung from ZEKE's cockpit, Paz vanished beneath the waves of the Caribbean. . .

This is just from the top of my head, sorry if it's a little hard to follow. I based it off of GZ's opening.

¹This doesn't include Ground Zeroes, which, if you have an Xbox, you can get free this month. I recommend playing that.
²This doesn't include anything following The Phantom Pain in the canon. It only recounts the events of Snake Eater and Peace Walker.

Girl of Mystery · September 28, 2015, 04:18:23 PM

In case you've heard these names before

Big Boss is not Solid Snake, Liquid Snake or Solidus Snake.

Solid Snake, Liquid Snake and Solidus Snake are clones of Big Boss.

Elai · September 28, 2015, 04:19:39 PM

Quote from: A E S T H E T I C S on September 28, 2015, 03:50:22 PM

Is it a good story or is like one of those autistic animes with cringe inducing dialogue seeing as how it's Japanese?

Every other game that isn't MGSV in the series has a good story but has it's anime moments.

MGSV is a complete departure in that regard, with what sometimes feels like no Eastern influence at all. It doesn't tell a great story, but it doesn't have cringey anime moments, either. The story takes a backseat to its gameplay.

I suggest getting both Ground Zeroes and TPP.

Girl of Mystery · September 28, 2015, 04:23:06 PM

Quote from: Eliab on September 28, 2015, 04:19:39 PM

Every other game that isn't MGSV in the series has a good story

even 4?

Elai · September 28, 2015, 04:25:09 PM

Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 04:23:06 PM

Quote from: Eliab on September 28, 2015, 04:19:39 PM
Every other game that isn't MGSV in the series has a good story
even 4?

No, but it definitely has its anime moments.

Doctor Doom · September 28, 2015, 04:25:57 PM

ALRIGHT

LET'S DO THIS

So there's this Illuminati group called the Philosophers made up of America, China, and Russia back in the late 19th century and early 20th century who broke apart due to personal differences. They had a whole fuckton of billions of dollars called the Philosopher's Legacy. This chick called The Boss, who is the greatest soldier of the 20th century, got sent in by America to infiltrate Russia as a pretend double-agent to get their portion of the Legacy, but after a misunderstanding a nuke was fired, she got framed for it, and Russia was ready to go to war.

So her greatest student, Snake, got sent in and after kicking the shit out of a bunch of old dudes, wound up killing her and becoming Big Boss, the new greatest soldier of the 20th century. Meanwhile The Boss' son, Ocelot, got his ass kicked by Snake/Big Boss and saw him as his new mentor/gay lover. He'll become important later. Then Big Boss found out The Boss wasn't a traitor at all and loved her country, which made him bitter and sow the seed of unrest in his soul.

After some bullshit happened he broke away from America and made a military group with a French name I can't remember, his own private army. Meanwhile his old friends formed a new Illuminati called the Patriots and invited him to join since he was the most skilled and famous soldier in the world. Then his army got blown up so he made another along with a full nation of soldiers called Outer Heaven, which happens in MGS5. Also he got put into a coma for nine years during which the Patriots cloned him three times, forming Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, and Solidus Snake. He got pissed at being a clonedaddy so he left the Patriots, took his nation and went rogue, threatening the world with nuclear armageddon using Metal Gear, a giant robot that can fire nukes anywhere on the planet and bypasses most arms treaties.

Solid Snake got sent in to kill Big Boss but failed. Then he got sent in to kill him again and succeeded. So now Solid Snake is the new greatest soldier in the world.

Liquid got jealous that Solid got all the glory so he got himself a Metal Gear, a crew of badasses, and an army of soldiers with Big Boss' DNA implanted. Then Solid blew it all up and killed him, but Ocelot, who got his arm cut off earlier, stitched Liquid's arm onto the stump and got possessed by Liquid's ghost. Then it turns out Ocelot was working for Solidus all along, who is the president of the United States.

Solid gets framed for a terrorist attack and goes into hiding with his nerd friend Otacon, who built the Metal Gear Liquid had.

Two years later, some white-haired bitch named Raiden gets sent into an oil plant to fight terrorists. Except it's all just a simulation to see if he could become like Solid Snake if he goes through the same stuff Snake did in MGS1, but the real Solid Snake helps him see through the bullshit. Raiden kills Solidus while Solid Snake goes after Ocelot, who stole another Metal Gear.

Then Ocelot, who is still possessed by Liquid except it wasn't Liquid's ghost but hypnotherapy making him think he's Liquid, takes over the world using nanomachines. Also Raiden is a kickass cyborg now. Snake (who is old as fuck because of accelerated clone aging) blows everything up, then duels him atop Outer Haven, Ocelot's Outer Heaven-ripoff shit. Snake kills him and then everyone goes home happy, except for Snake because he's dying of a disease he got in MGS1.

I skipped over a hell of a lot but that's the gist of it.

Elai · September 28, 2015, 04:27:26 PM

You missed Revengeance tho

Doctor Doom · September 28, 2015, 04:29:09 PM

Fuck Revengeance.

Also I just realized I didn't even mention the AI. Oh well. Fuck the AI.

Girl of Mystery · September 28, 2015, 04:32:52 PM

Solid isn't dying from FOXDIE either

Doctor Doom · September 28, 2015, 04:41:23 PM

You're not dying from FOXDIE either.

Girl of Mystery · September 28, 2015, 04:44:24 PM

What's FOXDIE?

Doctor Doom · September 28, 2015, 04:45:08 PM

Is he/she a new member?

🍁 Aria 🔮 · September 28, 2015, 05:01:43 PM

Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 04:44:24 PM

What's FOXDIE?

FOX

DIE?

True Turquoise · September 28, 2015, 05:02:48 PM

such a lust for revenge

Girl of Mystery · September 28, 2015, 05:05:55 PM

Quote from: Prime Uta on September 28, 2015, 05:01:43 PM

Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 04:44:24 PM
What's FOXDIE?
FOX

DIE?

A HIND-D?

🍁 Aria 🔮 · September 28, 2015, 05:06:29 PM

Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 05:05:55 PM

Quote from: Prime Uta on September 28, 2015, 05:01:43 PM
Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 04:44:24 PM
What's FOXDIE?
FOX

DIE?
A HIND-D?

DECOY OCTOPUS?

Girl of Mystery · September 28, 2015, 05:07:00 PM

Quote from: Prime Uta on September 28, 2015, 05:06:29 PM

Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 05:05:55 PM
Quote from: Prime Uta on September 28, 2015, 05:01:43 PM
Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 04:44:24 PM
What's FOXDIE?
FOX

DIE?
A HIND-D?
DECOY OCTOPUS?

WOMAN IN THE CELL?

🍁 Aria 🔮 · September 28, 2015, 05:10:05 PM

Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 05:07:00 PM

Quote from: Prime Uta on September 28, 2015, 05:06:29 PM
Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 05:05:55 PM
Quote from: Prime Uta on September 28, 2015, 05:01:43 PM
Quote from: Citrus Snake on September 28, 2015, 04:44:24 PM
What's FOXDIE?
FOX

DIE?
A HIND-D?
DECOY OCTOPUS?
WOMAN IN THE CELL?

BAKER?

🍁 Aria 🔮 · September 28, 2015, 05:10:35 PM

That string of replies pretty much covers the first hour of MGS1.

Luciana · September 28, 2015, 05:19:22 PM

You shouldn't go into the very last game first off. You should probably play the other ones. Though this story is the weakest of them all I think, so it's not gonna be much of a problem for you to follow.

If you REALLY wanna avoid playing anything, then I'd recommend watching the MGS3/Peace Walker "movies" on YouTube. Otherwise you're not gonna know much of anything.