Metal Gear Rising All Vocal Boss Themes Reaction
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Ken, Bettany, you should react to Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links all summon animations, you might learn new things. Also, I suggest Duel Links and Dragon Ball Legends, my two favorite mobile games. They're both fun and addictive, and DBL has a story mode that has me hooked in
Please react to game called "Don't Starve" or "Don't Starve Together".
Y’all should do a reaction to the vocal track from the game Sonic Frontiers, it’s really good and inspiring
Hello, I like your channel I'm from Brazil, I like Metal Gear Rising R .
So when it says “It Has To Be This Way” it means that Senator Armstrong is too far gone to be saved. He chose his path of violence and war in pursuit of power and control. And if left unchecked, he would have brought Anarchy where only the strong thrived and the weak perished. Armstrong was too far gone at this point if he believed this is what America (a nation of FREEDOM FOR ALL) needed to be where they subjugated the weak and feeble. Senator Armstrong had a nice dream of true freedom, but they way he went about it was unforgivable. So for America to survive and avoid this terrible fate, Raiden needed to stop him. So in the end, “It Has To Be This Way”, meaning that there was no peaceful outcome to this situation.
The "only love is with us now" is about Sundowner's love of violence and bloodshed, his idea of paradise is a bloody battlefield
😯
His ideology bases on the thought that violence and conflict is part of nature, and we shouldn't try to stop it, but rather embrace it.
Actual lines from him include "Violence is just a part of who we are, why fight it?", "Kids are cruel. All people are by nature, they just lose touch with it as they get older. War crime this, code of conduct that, start thinking they know right from wrong. Kids, you can mold into doing all kinds of atrocities, and there's nothing like an atrocity to keep a war going.", and refers to a coming spike in military contractor work as like "the good ol' days after 9/11."
The guy really loves war.
@@emPtysp4ce "the good ol' days after 9/11." Lol that's such a funny line with or without realizing he's saying it seriously
@@emPtysp4ce for someone who love war and violence Sundowner using pretty cowardly methods of dealing with his opponents, hiding behind his bodyguards and running away. And he is Hulk size Cyborg for crying out loud
21:20 Armstrong's theme blew up the internet with memes. This song was going everywhere almost 3 years ago. Especially with his iconic line: "NANOMACHINES, SON!"
"DON'T FUCK WITH THIS SENATOR!"
That's a nice argument Senator, why don't you back it up with a source?
My source is that I made the fuck up!!
@@myoumyou90they made twitter into a plot point
You're making the mother of all omelets here, Jack. Can't fret over every egg!
I find it really telling how Armstrong’s point is that might makes right, so by Raiden and by extension, the audience, wanting to kill him and prove their ideals correct through violence it’s pretty much proving Armstrong’s entirely right about humanity
Good point 😯😅
"Justice will prevail? Of course it will! Whover wins... WILL DEFINE JUSTICE!"
-An Evil Flamingo
@@Eques_Umbra Nice reference, also thx for Marineford Arc flashbacks...
"Forget it. We've both heard enough speeches about higher causes by now. History will decide who's right."
This is fucking stupid since you're essentially expressing that fighting against the Nazis proved them right and that fighting against Russia proves Russia right.
Welcome to Brain Rot City, population you. How on earth do you function in society?
I love the fact that the lyrics kind of give you a feeling of what the character is all about, even if you have no idea what the game is about or who these characters are within the game’s plot.
That is a well crafted song and very cool they put so much thought into soundtrack 😀
Award winning ost if I'm not mistaken
@@BurntBattleBagel what beat it?
@@majimasimp wdym? It won the award
@@BurntBattleBagel oh right mb I misread your comment
I wish you had a little more context on some of these bosses as you would be able to appreciate the lyrics more because they all talk about the bosses in some way that gives them more depth
Makes sense. Though it also shows how well song conveys the personalities depending on what we pick up from each song 🤗 even if we aren’t the best lyricist analysts 😇
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames by example the song about the country controlling you is a critic from the Last boss to how the world works, and his last song is about how the last boss true reasons make Him more like the protagonist that it apears, His true reason for fighting is because he donest wants people to fight for greed and money in wars that they dont understand but for their ideals
@@jesusrodolforeinagagenesta1871still probably one of the best speeches in gaming
Metal gear ray and jetstream sam are my favortie songs, their boss fighta climaxing with the songs are great if you never seen a metal gear ray you never forget, jetstream is the cool powerful samurai driven by honor and profit. Moonsoon is the worst and best boss he is the most difficult i think but super fun, Sundowner is the most fun battle and antagonist with the best laugh also ruthless as he grew up as a tragedy boy victim of war and violence that made him like that
@@Junakiba966 Not sure on Sam's ideals at the start (killing the cartels and shit back in Brazil) but in the main game he is just forced to fight for Armstrong, without any real motivation to do so. That might be why he fools around in his fight (fights without the sword for a long bit for example). But probably not money, since he does say "Im not talking about money, Jack. Im talking ideals." before his fight. All just what i get tho.
Here are some of the common interpretations of the songs in context with their paired bosses:
1) Metal Gear RAY- Former bosses of previous games, but as Raiden's first tutorial bossfight, the former "predator" is now the prey to a new kind of warfare - smaller, human-ish cyborgs now triumphs over giant robots that used to fuel the previous games.
2) Bladewolf: A robo-dog that has a sentient AI installed, but ironically shackled to follow orders or suffer punishment by its current master. The song evokes its will to be free and "be its own master now".
3) Mistral: Ex-French Foreign Legion who grew up in the Algerian Civil War and knows nothing but war throughout her violent life. A stranger during peacetime, until she found a purpose in serving a new master by going back into war (of sorts).
4) Khamsin: A Iraq War veteran who doesn't see the irony of forcing "freedom" onto people, nor does he want to take responsibility for it as a soldier blindly following orders.
5) Monsoon: Someone who grew up in the killing fields of Cambodia under Pol Pot and is nihilistic to a fatal degree. It's the "MEMES, THE DNA OF THE SOUL" guy.
6) Sundowner: A sadistic and entirely unapologetic war criminal who embraces war and thrives off the economy it creates. Yearns for the GOOD OLD DAYS AFTER 9/11! (actual dialogue, not joking)
7) Jetstream Sam: Brazilian samurai who used to fight for his justice until he eventually lost his way and forgotten why he even started fighting in the first place.
8) Metal Gear EXCELSUS: A giant spider robot with blades and lasers. First part of the Armstrong fight is pretty on the nose with using politics, war and money to control the masses using memes and mass media.
9) Senator Armstrong: The second part is the realization that both the main character and the final boss are pretty much on the same wavelength, but like the human condition, it is inevitable that they must fight to see which one triumphs - for better or worse.
The fact that *RULES OF NATURE* kicks exactly when a certain QTE starts is the cherry on top of the Metal Gear Ray boss battle
Thank you dude I was hoping someone mentioned the last song was more of a song for the main character and The senator and how similar they are yet chosen different paths I was hoping someone would mention it and you did ❤😊
@@ShiftinggersStop that blade! 😎
POL POT!? Sheesh, no wonder Monsoon is messed up.
Thanks for sharing these! Super helpful 😀
Gonna say it now: You two will LOVE the boss themes. MGRR is the definition of “why do I hear boss music, and it’s not *my* boss music?”
😎🤘
Ironic since each of this songs also refers to riden. Except collective consciousness I guess
Actual dialogue from the game:
Raiden: How the hell did you get elected?
Armstrong: Well... I don't write my own speeches.
Which is insane since his speech about creating a new and "Truely Free" America is one of the greatest speeches in fiction, despite being completely wrong in my opinion
The power of being charismatic my guy @@Lazerlight1212
@@Lazerlight1212I believe he does bring up some good points at least. Even if the overarching rationale behind it is very much wrong. (Though I'd have to listen to his speech again though to be sure)
@jacthing1 Yeah, I won't deny that he does have some valid points for sure. Still doesn't make his plan justifiable or anything though. Not saying you think that or anything, just stating the obvious
Kinda funny that some people genuinely think Armstrong had a good plan, his speech and charisma is so good that it works on real life people lol.
"Red sun over paradise" in Sundowners theme refers to the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan because this man just LOVES war
"what can I say. Kids are cruel Jack, and I love minors *nervous laughter*"
-Sundowner probably
Sounds like he and the Major would get along like a house on fire. (I'm tempted to put something else instead of a house but I'll refrain)
i don't think that's what it refers to. I read the sun may appear more red than usual when things like dust or smoke are in the air, so i assume he is saying the sun is red due to the destruction he caused/ it has been caused, or something like that
No, I think its just a reference to the Japanese flag because his design is based off of a Samurai. Hell, you had to fight through a Japanese garden to get to him.
@@wesleyward5901 That and his sadistic actions are kinda like Japan back then
I love that Red Sun gives the imagery of violence in nature and how the narrator adores it as his paradise, giving clues that Sundowner is only here for war
The Cool thing about the lyrics of ‘It Has to be This Way’ is you can interpret the it as either Riden (the main character of Metal Gear Rising) or Armstrong talking.
Yeah the song fits both but I am of the opinion that the song is mostly Raiden's since like with the Sam fight once Raiden loses the sword and has get it back the vocals immediately stop until the sword is picked back up. Also Armstrong mentions Raiden carved his own path in life which the lyrics also say "I carved my own path, you followed your wrath"
I love it when Boss Themes have alternative meanings.
Undertale for example. Megalovania is the theme that plays when you fight Sans during Genocide. However, the soundtrack already has a casual Sans theme with a different motif.
Motifs are important in Undertale because they represent themes and characters. Every track in the game follows some form of motif (usually derived from the title track), the only exception is Megalovania.
And since the soundtrack has “Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans” which actually does fit the Sans motif, it makes more sense to say that Megalovania is in fact the players boss theme. Since at that point, the player is the villain committing genocide.
sundowner is a terrifying person. you reacted sharply to the shift to talking about "love and peace".
to sundowner, that wasn't a shift at all. he genuinely loves the carnage and has found peace with himself.
he's also collected like a billion kid's brains, but that's another story.
"Kids are cruel, Jack! And I am VERY in touch with my Inner Child!"
Its for his gacha games so its okay
@@DaemonKeido “Kids are cruel, Jack! And I love minors!”
8:32 Close, mercenary. And she has references to "The Stranger", in which main character are settler
😎👍😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames also, fellow Hot Wind Blowing enjoyer, not that many of us exists, even in community, because that's a DLC song
Sundowner also has a funny sense of humor. He found it extremely hilarious that blade wolf, an AI, cared about people more than people did.
A really interesting thing to note is that the composer, Jamie Christopherson was not at all familiar with metal at the time, and when he got the job, he basically locked himself in a room and binged metal bands for something like a week.
Another fun fact is that he also did the music for Toon Town MMO.
@@SyxxPunk Wow, that's some whiplash for sure. 😅
And this is the moment where we all take a moment to appreciate the work of the composer, Jamie Christopherson. I think he did a great job with this game's soundtrack.
Out of all of these themes, my favourite is "The Only thing I know for real" sung by Tyson Yen.
The thing I love about this game's soundtrack is, some of the chorus' vocals kick in near the end of the fight during a cinematic moment, makes the player feel powerful.
Thanks for sharing your favorite 😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames You're welcome! I enjoyed your reactions to these themes.
All of the themes have some sort of deeper meaning to them.
As Max0r put it, isn't it the same guy that composed for Toontown Online?
@@lordtoomasyes, and never made metal before
@@lordtoomas Yep it's true.
For context the meaning of some of the songs.
"The Hot Wind Blowing". Khamsin blindly follows the orders of his bosses and self righteously believes he is bringing freedom people, unable to see that he's doing the opposite.
For "The Only Thing I Know For Real". Sam was once a heroic person who fought for justice, until he did it so long that all those reasons slipped away and all he had left is the fight for it's own sake.
"Red Sun Over Paradise" Sundowner is just plain an evil monster who sees nothing wrong with everything that is brutal and terrible about humanity and he desires to revel in that stuff, while looking down on the more positive qualities of humanity.
"Collective Consciousness" and "It Has To Be This Way". Armstrong's initial personality presented personality and goals is really all an act and his real goals and beliefs are somewhat noble but also insane. He talks about using things like the "War on Terror" to justify authoritarianism and war for profit, but in reality he doesn't want an authoritarian state and he hates the idea of war for profit. What he really wants is to turn America into what he sees as true freedom, which essentially boils down to chaos and anarchy where the strong survives, his whole authoritarian act is just something he puts on to get into a position of power, to bring about what he really wants. "Collective Consciousness" represents the act he puts on while "It Has To Be This Way" represents his real feelings and how he and Raiden have more in common than they would care to admit.
Although the game gives you hints, I always believed that "It has to be like this" from Raiden's point of view. A kind of response to Armstrong
@@prototipolq-84i46 I think it's meant to represent both their points of view.
@@prototipolq-84i46 it's 100% Raiden's theme
@@roguenines230 I think the same
Is possible @@TeamTowers1
So the line "Violence breeds Violence, but in the end it has to be this way" is Armstrong/The game saying although Fighting breeds more fighting, right now you two need to fight or it's going to get alot worse for innocents and the line "The world has turned, so many have burned, but no one is to blame" is them saying look so many people have died inthe last 24 hours and no government is taking responsibility for their deaths.
These songs are heavily story based. They all basically are singing about their ideologies, and it lets you know why they're on the villain's side. I love this kind of story telling through music.
Making the mother of all
omelettes here Jack. Can't fret
over every egg😠👉
Senator Armstrong-2013
That’s a cold blooded line playing off a well known saying. Dig it 😎🤘😯🤩
"Nice argument, Senator. Why don't you back it up with a source?"
@@MrDarkSidius my source is that i made it the f@#k up
"Not when your purging the weak."
I'm sorry Senator, but this is MY Metal Gear Rising Revengeance...
*Proceed to deal 1HP hit*
MEMES, THE DNA OF SOUL
Fun fact; All the main bosses barring Sen. Armstrong and Bladewolf are named after violent weather events and the mercenary group they belong to is called The Winds of Destruction.
Mistal - a cold and violent wind that blows in from southern France. (Mistral is French)
Khamsin - a violent dust storm that blows in from the Sahara desert and parts of the middle east(Khamsin was a US marine fighting in the middle east)
Monsoon - a violent rainstorm that occurs in southeast Asia. (Monsoon is Cambodian)
Jetstream - a violent wind that blows west to east (Sam is Brazilian and styles himself after a Samurai.)
Sundowner - a series of violent winds that often appear at sundown in the US. Also the name of a psychological effect akin to schizophrenia and another name for someone with alcohol issues. (Sundowner is American and incredibly violent)
sam is a japanese brazilian, theres a sizable population of japanese immigrants in brazil from after ww1
sundowner is southern california wind that comes down from the mountains and sets fires, as the song depicts, it has nothing to do with alcohol or schizophrenia, he is the pinnacle of hobbes book, leviathan, or kant, either of them are fine, because they both argue that humans are naturally amoral, not immoral, and through the state, hobbes, or religion, kant, they become moral beings
Jetstream Sam was a nickname he earned his Wind of Destruction name is Minuano (Minuano is a cold southwesterly wind that blows in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul) so he gets two cool wind based names.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS BUT IM SO HAPPY!!!
😜 Glad to hear it 😀
Me too bro!
A lot of the songs in the metal gear series are usually written in a way that plays into the narrative of the game and what is currently happening. When a song is cleverly written to reflect the story and just SLAPS in general you know you’ve got something special!
"Don't fuck with this senator!"
I DIDN'T KNOW I WANTED THIS REACTION BUT I AM SO EXCITED
😁 yay! 🥳😎🤘
Someone I watch made an interesting point where "Collective Unconsciousness" is actually supposed to be what the player and protag assume is the true motive of Armstrong, but it's shown in his second theme "It Has To Be This Way" (and in his dialogue) that he actually hates that collective consciousness mentality, and is basically saying that he's following his own path and choice to change it, like how Raiden is following his.
Correct, Armstrong's whole ideology is extreme self-reliance.
I'M F$CKING INVINCIBLE!
-Sundowner.
At some point, you should definitely react to Metal Gear cutscenes, they're games where the story is a major aspect so doing that would be a great way to get the story, even as more casual gamers.
I love mgr the goofy and writing was damn good Kojima do be doing well on game
@@ameerrusdi2540 Over the top goofy stuff
The guy who looks the most out of place is the most dangerous of all and literally the final boss, that's why I love this game😭
Hell yeah. This is my favourite game OST after DMC 5. My favourites are always the cool rocking stuff.
Great taste 😎🤘
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I mean. Devil Trigger and Bury the Light are a godsend.
These two, plus Sonic Frontiers, are the trinity of "Soundtracks, especially boss themes, that go so hard for no reason" and we love them for it!
@lucas.n.carvalho.artist Sonic has actually had hard hitting boss songs alot, Black Knight being a big one with songs Fight The Knight, With Me, etc. then Secret Rings with Blue On The Run, It has come to this, etc..
Violeeeeeeence breeds violeeeeeeeeeence
Gets character analysis wrong entire video...
18:25 "So he's a prick!" nailed it! LMAO
Everyone gets lucky sometimes 😜🤗
Sundowners "Love and peace" line just comes from the fact that he loves destruction and he is a Terrorist
Actual line in the game
"Things havent been the same since the Good ol days after 9/11!"😮
I wish you saw the scenes in game where the songs kick into vocals. Nothing really can compete with raiden blocking a building sized sword with RULES OF NATURE being shouted in the background
22:45 Well... he doesn't write his own speeches.
Armstrong: 'Well, I don't write my own theme music'.
Whats cool is most of the characterization is from the music.
The most blataint is Sam as it basically talks about how he lost his purpose and is now only a weapon, and his fight with jack has given him clarity.
Me, hearing Ken and Bethany are casual gamers: What's up, my casual gamers! 😄
"A Riot is the language of the Unheard" - MLK Jr kinda feeds in the whole "Violence Breeds Violence, in the end it has to be this way" kinda fits because when you look at Raiden he was trying to stop wars and Armstrong was trying to start them neither were budging from their ideals so kinda just pushed to the point where that had to happen
"yeah.. i don't think im gonna Vote for You.."
God that's so funny lmaooo
Theres actually a channel called fattbrett that did a pretty good deconstruction of Armstrong as a villain.
Its also believed that It Has to be This Way is actually more of a song for Raiden rather than Armstrong. Theres a lot going into the reasons that would take a bit to discuss but basically Armstrong's motives go into doong some pretty bad shit and putting on a front to change the system but his ideals and methods are very extreme and would involve mass anarchy.
Raiden by this point embraces that hes willing to fight for change as well but has to be willing to get his hands dirty and on this light acknowledges the similarities in their goals while still opposing armstrong for following his wrath of an anarchal approach to changing the system whereas hes chosen to fight smallscale to cut out the corruption even if it labels him a terrorist and a rogue cyborg.
13:29 "Go go gadget concealed carry."
*B O N G*
you havent heard the senator speak, he's very passionate
aww man, playing these fights and having the music lock into sequence matching the action. it adds so much to not only the game but the songs too.
You guys really should react to Senator Armstrong's cutscenes, his speeches are a thing to behold!
May end up doing a Metal Gear journey at some point 🙂
Of course, they are! Why? Because I have a dream.
“If you are willing to kill for your beliefs, surely you are prepared to DIE for them.” -Mistral
“War is a cruel parent, but an effective teacher.” -Monsoon
“Kids are cruel, Jack. And I am very in touch with my inner child!”- Sundowner
“We’ve both heard enough speeches about Higher Purposes for our lives. History will decide who is right.”- Jetstream Sam
“The weak will be purged, and the strong will thrive. Free to live as they see fit. They’ll make America great again!!!!” -Senator Armstrong
"LIKE I SAID, KIDS ARE CRUEL AND I LOVE MINORS!"
I honestly have no idea how the composer of this music managed to make these one considering what his past one were like.
Lots of drugs, kids! Lots of them :)
@@WaristheonlyanswerCorrection: Nanomachines, son.
The way the fights build energy in this game is incredible. For most of the fights the vocals do not even kick in until you are hitting the second half or last third of the fight. So the tension builds and when the player is finally in the zone the vocals kick in as they close out the fight. There are a few exceptions, such as Sam's fight in which the Vocal track is played from the get go and only switches to the instrumental version when you disarm him. But once he grabs his sword again it switches back to the vocal track. They did an incredible job with the soundtrack and implementation of the soundtrack in the game.
Ohh man, You guys gonna love to dive into Metal Gear universe, even without playing the game, just watching the cutscene alone would be fun to react to. It's really an amazing work from Kojima and his team of writers.
Theirs like 9 bosses in this game ? And because it’s so short we don’t get much information to who they are and what they want. So the songs are like exposition.
Actually you have to pause the game via menu screen. Then press audio logs (codexes) to get further information on the bosses. Fun fact there’s 6 hours of additional dialogue in mgrr
We're making the mother of all omletes with this one
The music, gameplay and even down to the characters are just so good. I play this game way to much that I can even see the boss battle while listening to the music.
Theres a video on youtube where the dude manages to sync each song with the boss battles in the game, its really cool to see
When I tell you my eyes widened when I saw you posted this. You finally did it! It was worth the wait 🙏. Now it’s time for you guys watch the actual boss battles. 😂
It’s been a while since I played so I don’t remember the story completely but I think Collective Unconscious was Armstrong mocking that kind of ideology and his actual ideology is more strong survive weak die. That’s why the song doesn’t even try to pretty up what the ideology is and just plainly states it. It’s also why in his actual song he says Raiden is similar to him as he see Raiden as one of the strong.
He’s still a douche though you got that observation completely right
Just remember, Violence isn't the answer. Violence is the question. The answer is yes.
You guys should definitely react to more Metal Gear Rising or even playing it as this game has so many great moments and giving more context to the songs. You also get to see the actual personalities of the villains which adds even more context to the songs. It is easily one of my favorite games of all time and I highly recommend you play or watch more of this game.
Listening to that music along with the brutal combat scenes in the game is much more epic. They know how to place the voices of the song at the exact moment of the fight.
The fights begin only with the instrumental of the music and at the best moment the voices begin to sound
Fun fact: The composer for Metal Gear Rising, Jamie Christopherson, had no experience with composing rock/metal soundtracks when he worked on MGR. It was his very first time working with that genre of music.
The very first video game he did music work for was a Disney MMO from 2003 called Toontown Online.
"No rule of 3? That's against the rules of nature!" You two are so funny together lol. Love this channel ❤
You should do a journey about the game reacting to all cutscenes, i would love to see ur reaction to it but i love your videos keep it up guys u will always get my support! ❤❤
27:35 Here's the full list of all Metal Gear games chronologically:
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (apparently it's not canon, correct me if I'm wrong)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Ground Zeroes is some kind of a prologue to this game)
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (these two games are for MSX console, they're all pixels and no voiced dialogues, so I think that you should just get a simple summary of these)
Metal Gear Solid (there's also the latest version called "The Twin Snakes", which is on a different engine, but I think most of us will agree that it's worse than original)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
I gotta warn you: Metar Gear franchise is VERY complicated, if you're new to these, so brace yourselves!
Reminder that this game came out in 2013, and the main villain is a man running for president, who at one point says "Make America great again!"
14:20 on the topic of Red Sun’s lyrics, I have a bit of insight.
Sundowner believes that humans are naturally violent, and modern society is oppressing human instinct through its condemnation of violent acts. The “out of place” lines actually have relevance to that theme. “Only love is with us now, something warm and pure” speaks of how humanity’s natural emotions and desires are being destroyed through more oppressive societies. The line “find the peace within ourselves, no need for a cure” speaks of how we must come to terms with our natural instincts, and how we do not need to “cure” humanity of our natural instincts. Thats just my interpretation of the lyrics when looked at through the lens of Sundowner’s character.
Very intriguing. Thanks for providing that insight 🙂
Every single song gives me goosebumps, not only for the volcals, I recall exactly the moment each line starts in the battles from the game, so many badass moments, I wish there was a second game, or completely forgot this, just so I couls experience for the first timw again, Raiden has been my second favorite character from Metal Gear, only after Big Boss.
I'm my Own Master Now is badass, but gives me the feels too, in the Bladewolf DLC, you see the puppy AI questioning his programming, bring freedom to a country, but he could never b free, he tries to scape but they were just playing with him, so he was a prisioner, being forced to serve the terrorists purposes, untill Raiden destroyed his shell, but saved his memory, buolding a new body and allowing him to make his own choices, making him his own master now.
If you’re not planning to play the game yourself, there’s probably a good compilation out there that has all the bosses you can watch if you’re interested. Not as stylish as Devil May Cry, but just as badass
"I'm Fucking invincible"🗣🗣🗣
The only thing that pops in my head when Rules of Nature builds up is "Trolley-Chan lives? TROLLEY-CHAN LIVES?"
PLEASE PLEASE react to the entire franchise in RELEASE ORDER.....Metal gear is honestly one of the GOATS in gaming history
MGS2 is of of thee most profound games in history (2001)
MGS4 is slowly becoming one of the most profound games...(2008) give it about 5-7 more years of world events
Release order. Copy that 😎👍
In my opinion, "It Has to be This Way" is more Raiden's theme than Armstrong's. He realizes that, like the Senator, Raiden is among "the strong" and doesn't let the loss of lives or the law get in the way of carving his own path in the world and the "justice" he brings. They both use their power to do what they think is right, but their ideologies are so diametrically opposed (Raiden believing that those who prey on the weak are monsters that deserve no mercy, and Armstrong believing in radical Social Darwinism where the strong live as they see fit), that of course there's no choice left but to fight each other until the other is dead. Even though Armstrong is an irredeemable monster, I think there may even be some conflicted sense of sadness in Raiden for killing off the only other person in the world who could possibly understand who he is inside, and I think that's what the song is about.
Love reacting to some Metal Gear.
Max0r's Metal Gear Solid 3 video: 50,000 people used to live here. Now it's a ghost town.
Metal Gear Rising might as well be the Netflix adaptation of the Metal Gear franchise.
Jetstream Sam is the best boss fight of the game, hands down. You get yhe boss weapon after beating them, and yii eventually get Sam's sword, Muramasa. And it's canonically only used to fight Armstrong, because Raiden's sword couldnt hurt him. Raiden even has a speech when he gets it.
"I said my sword was a tool of justice, not used in anger. Not used for vengeance. But now... Now, I'm not so sure. And besides... *This isn't my sword!"* Easily one of, if not, the best lines in the whole game.
It might be worth checking out the boss speeches to get an idea of who they are. They're genuinely entertaining, and some of them have grains of sense sprinkled in with the insanity. Armstrong actually has some good ideas, what he wants is partly understandable, up to a certain point. It's one of those "if you'd have stopped that speech a few sentences sooner, I'd actually have been on your side" situations. Sadly, while he's not greedy, he's *bat💩 insane!*
Thanks for recommendation on boss speeches 🙂
“It had to be this way” is actually from Raiden’s perspective, even if it plays during the Armstrong boss fight.
Metal gear Ray is the tutorial boss, intended to show you how strong Raiden is, the guy you play as. It's a giant robot with sword arms and a laser, and it's memed a ton for the scene where Raiden basically picks it up and chucks it 60 feet into the air and then chops it like Gordon Ramsey.
Bladewolf is a robot dog with a chainsaw tail. After its boss fight, it joins Raiden as an ally. It also has its own story mode in a paid DLC.
Mistral is a mercenary with cybernetic enhancements whose weapon of choice is a bunch of magnetically attached metal arms turned into a spear.
I don't know anything about Khamsin other than he's a boss you fight in Bladewolf's DLC.
Monsoon is a really annoying boss who uses his cybernetic enhancements to dodge your attacks by shifting his body parts around with electromagnetism. He uses smoke to teleport and the same weapons that Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles uses. He's also the guy from the game who canonically says "Memes, the DNA of the soul"
Sundowner is a giant d*ckhead who uses 2 swords that turn into a comically large pair of scissors. He uses the brains of children to power some of the most annoying enemies in the game, and he has a generally f_cked up worldview, stating things like "Like after the good ol' days after 911!" He compensates for his d_ckheadery for being the most frail boss in the game that you can entirely ignore the main mechanic of: shields that blow up in your face if you cut them wrong.
Jetstream Sam is the absolute GOAT, and you fight him on 2 seperate occasions. On the first time, he cuts off Raiden's arm, and the second time Raiden wins and kills him. His only cybernetic enhancement is in one of his arms, meaning he was outperforming Raiden as pretty much a normal guy. In his boss, it's the most fair fight in the entire game, having no mechanics at all, just a sword duel at sunset. You disarm him at one point in the fight, and yes, it makes the fight harder. In the end, Sam and Raiden have a massive amount of respect for each other, and Sam tells Bladewolf (They're together for a large portion of the game offscreen) to give Raiden his sword, which he gets in the final boss. Sam also has his own paid DLC too.
Metal gear Excelsus is another giant robot, but this one is being piloted by Senator Armstrong. It's basically a giant spider with sword legs. You finish the fight by cutting one of the legs off and using it to SWORD FIGHT THE ROBOT WITH ITS LEG
Senator Armstrong is the meme poster child of Metal Gear with quotes such as "Nanomachines, son!" and "I'm making the mother of all omelettes here, Jack! Can't fret over every egg!" (Jack is Raiden's real name). His most popular meme is of Raiden rapidly punching him, but the punches aren't doing anything. Armstrong, as suggested by one of his quotes, uses nanomachines across his body, powering up his attacks and making him near invulnerable. His main goal is to end wars, but he was going around some of the wrong methods. He says when you beat him by ripping his heart out that "War will probably go on for a few more years at the least..." leading you to question if at the end you're the bad guy.
Def one of my top 10 games the soundtrack the gameplay just everything is awesome
For Mistearls’ soundtrack I cried every time I had her boss fight I cried hearing this I played this game 25 times I cried every time 2 1 was Monsoon’s Intro & 2 was Mistreals’ Boss Fight & I am a tough guy I balled like crazy twice the whole 25 times I played & completeled this game
Max0r’s summery on this game not only super fun, but I also think the one of the videos that really risen his popularity.
Hearing this OST during gameplay is something else. It's the closest you'll get to experiencing synesthesia of your body (controler), eyes and ears.
Also "It Has To Be This Way" is Raiden's theme as he has realized his purpose that Sam was asking him of since the start of the game. It's more like a second part to "The Only Thing I know".
Collective Consciousness is Senator's theme.
Just listen to Sam's song and the last one after the other and you'll hear it.
Fun Fact: Khamsin's theme is used in the Death Battle for Hulk vs Doomsday.
This reminded me to play the game again, it's an underrated masterpiece.
I would recommend that check out the Metal Gear Solid Revengence Cutscenes. That will really set the tone for why some of the bosses songs sound the way that they do or at the very least check out the end game cutscenes with Senator Armstrong. It's such an underrated game
So most of theb bosses here are part of a group known as The Winds Of Destruction. You can tell which ones by the names
Honesty, it's pretty interesting how "Collective Consciousness" is a theme song dedicated to Raiden's initial perception of Senator Armstrong, while "It has to be this way" is a theme song about who Senator Armstrong ACTUALLY is.
Hands down, my favorite song is "The Hot Wind Blowing", glad to hear you love it too!
11:55 actually, the first sentence is the name of the song (referring to "the hot wind blowing")
The reason love is mentioned in Sundowner's theme is because he genuinely gets a sense of inner peace and fulfillment out of his love and embracing of violence. What he considers "warm and pure" and akin to love is...bloodshed.
14:28 one of the things this boss said: "Like in good old days of 9 11"
@18:12 New World Order Theme Song......basically
You should react to the ending credits theme....its basically a response...song title ''The war still rages within"
The whole MGS franchise is about BREAKING FREE from government elites and systems
11:24 - this character doesn't even have eyes. It's the mask with a device that allows him to see
Great reaction, guys! Please make one more for boss fights in this masterpiece game
you should def look at some of the boss fights and even cutscenes ...their the definition of hype and over the top badass
26:16 what you're talking about here Bethany actually applies to a lot of genres like for example rap if you don't listen to it often enough then your ears aren't tuned to hearing what is said
There’s one missing, raidens “final boss music” the war still rages within
Metal Gear Rising not only is my favorite game, but it's one of my favorite soundtracks (besides sonic the hedgehog, street fighter and tekken) Never realized you were gonna react to it though.
The disturbing thing is you may say screw that to the senators philosophy, but its already too late. We are already controlled by the media, celebrity culture, gaming, religion. Just like what he said in his speech in the game. There are different ways to be controlled, the only choice we have is which way we will be controlled
Def wish you picked a playlist with the boss fight footage. Game is insane.
Metal gear ray: Well we need a metal gear in metal gear.
Bladewolf: Ai is programed to fight so lets fight.
Mistral: Has found meaning and Armstronga crusade and maybe loves him.
Khamsin: Not 100% sure because its dlc but somthing about war vets or somthing similar not 100% sure.
Monsoon: Basically just nihilism and memes lets just fight because nothing actually matters.
Sundowner: The glorification of war fuck it war aint actually that bad ya liberal pansies.
Jetstream sam: Somthing about bettering yourself trough battle and violence basically your stock shonen rival ala Sasuke etc.
Exelsus: Ironically thr exact opposite of Armstrongs ideology as it is basically what he belives is wrong with society ie nobody trying to fight for themselvs and just relying on the government/society plus some war economy and buisness sprinkeld in.
Armstrong: Both Raiden and Armstrong acnowledge that in the end they both use battle and violence as a means to an end to get what they want so it doesent even really matter anymore who is morally right or wrong as in the moment only the fight matters.