Ranking the Metal Gear Solid 3 Bosses from Worst to Best
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With Metal Gear Solid celebrating it's 20th anniversary last year and the highly ancitipated release of Death Stranding from Hideo Kojima's new studio, I'd like to celebrate by doing a ranking the best and worst in the Metal Gear Solid series. I'll be ranking the Metal Gear Solid bosses, Metal Gear Solid 2 bosses, Metal Gear Solid 3 bosses, Metal Gear Solid 4 bosses, Metal Gear Solid 5 bosses, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker bosses, and the bosses of Metal Gear Rising Revengence, all leading up to a boss ranking of Death Stranding.
It's my first time playing Metal Gear Solid 3, and it blew my expectations out of the water. What an amazing game. Today we'll rank the bosses from worst to best including The End, The Fury, The Pain, The Sorrow, The Fear, and The Boss. I hope you are excited for the upcoming rankings, and if you are I encourage you to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of the upcoming releases. Thank you for watching, much love to you, and I'll see you in the next video!
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Hey Demod, thanks for giving us something other than the souls series so when elden ring comes out it will feel more special. P.S. when will you continue best games of all time
I play a variety of games so I'm always excited to cover new series! The Top 100 will return after Death Stranding. It will be the main series I focus on into early 2020 alongside a few other vids I have planned.
@@theDeModcracy Thanks!
@@theDeModcracy any new info about those series?
Hah we are still waiting
you forgot one of the most memorable boss: The Ladder
What a thrill
The darkness, and silence for the night.
What a thrill
@@Sophie_the_Sapphic I'm searching and I melt in to you
What a fear in my heart...
But you're so supreme!
I love how Solid Snake questions why everyone he meet keeps dying in MGS1 and Big Boss doesn’t even question why everyone he fights explodes.
Actually he does. When you fight and kill The End or The Fury if you call Major Zero Big Boss asks "Why do they keep exploding?" and Zero will explain it's part of their legend that the cobra unit used to carry micro-bombs with them in case they were ever captured and needed to commit suicide. It's a pretty cool explanation.
Its so funny if you call Zero after the fight with The Fury BB goes
*MAJOR !! WHY TO THEY KEEP EXPLODING ?!*
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective and the boss is the only one that doesnt explode because she is the only one there who was meant to die
@@cheatsykoopa98 Which is genuinely quite sad now I think of it.
Snake when he gets to the bottom of the popcorn bucket be like:
"hrnnnn.... kernel"
Phhaa 😄
well played
7:30 Seeing yet another victim to EVA’s driving made my day 😂
She boomed me
She ran me over like 10 times when i fought the shagohod XD
I got hit by her more times than I'd like to admit...
She literally hit me 4 times and that times was when my cross hair is on volgins head i almost got a head shot but of course frickin Eva
The Fear Easy Mode:
Drop poisonous/rotten food on the ground. Fear will eat it all up.
The fact that almost every boss in the game has a way you can exploit them to make the fight easy is one of my favorite things about this game.
And the fact that The Boss *doesn't* is a testament to what an unstoppable badass she is. XD
Aaron Schwartz Fear Baby Mode:
As soon as the fight starts, take a fake death pill to trick him. When he’s convinced you’re dead and starts walking away, pop in the revival pill. He won’t see you stand up which gives you a little advantage to throw a stun grenade at him. Make sure you don’t stun yourself though. As soon as he’s stunned, pull out the AK47 and go off on him. Instead of his health, his stamina will start draining super fast and before you know it the fight is done finishing him off non lethally.
Whole thing takes about 15-20 seconds
Alternatively... Torch strats.
@@hotnessgaming1396 to this day i'm still finding new ways to beat him wth
Who Dat Ninja glad I could be of help :D it’s a great way to shave off extra seconds for when you’re going on a stealth camo run on very hard
god dammit ocelot, Oceiros dropped you too hard
Metal Geat Solid 3 had so many good moments, especially when you fight The Boss.
You can demolish Volgin with the CQC slam then lie down to dodge his shots.
It's true but the thing with CQC and Volgin is you can't just approach him Willy nilly you have to wait for him to deplete his charge which can be shown when the fight arena is orange instead of electric blue before he runs to the corner and recharges. Granted the game doesn't tell you about that but I love that detail and I love the volgin fight because there's so many small things you can do to make it easier. Course I'm a dick I decided to take out the RPG and kill Ocelot instead because TIME PARADOX!
As much as I love the bosses here, some do feel quite familiar:
Ocelot - Olga (similar concept and arena, except you have to attack ocelot when he reloads like in mgs1. And instead of shooting the lights with Olga you can drop the beehive on ocelot)
Sorrow - Psycho Mantis (looks into your past actions, easily the most mystical fight in the game and the trick to defeating him requires you to think outside the box)
Fear = Gray Fox (with the stealth camo, jumping around the arena and can be exploited using thermal goggles)
Fury = Vulcan Raven (Essentially Raven with a flamethrower, the arena layout is the same too. You can't attack him from the front. He has monster vision. He even starts sprinting like raven partway through the fight)
Volgin = Liquid (hand to hand fight in a badass arena with the blonde haired antogonist with a timer leading to an explosion. Except this time you are below the metal gear instead of above it. Oh and you get punished for pulling out a gun like with Gray Fox)
Shagohod = Rex and Ray (ok so the similarity is kinda normal since it's another metal gear but having to destroy it with the rocket launcher and aiming at it's lower body to stun it. Also the attack with the laser and the missles was in rex and ray too)
Boss = not too much similarity gameplay wise as for once you get to use all your equipment for the final boss though they did re-use the 'timer for our final fight, if you can't defeat me in time it explodes' thing from Liquid and Volgin
The End = All the mgs games other than 2 have a dedicated sniper fight. This one is just by far the longest lol
The Pain = I got nothing. It's just a guy with bees...
This is really weird seeing someone actually killing the bosses since i'm so used to taking them down non lethally, mainly through liberal use of flashbangs 😂😅
What I absolutely love about this game is that damn near every area, boss fight and stealth section is so packed full of detail, easter eggs and little tricks that really make replaying this game feel amazing. Getting stamina kills against the bosses to unlock their boss camo's, blowing up the supply sheds and armories to lower the soldiers morale, trying to interrogate guards and slitting their throats because of the sensitivity of the circle button as well as the many codec calls, weapons and food. I love this game, always have always will. MGS2 will always be my favourite game for just how daring it was with its story telling but god damn this one has my heart and then some.
I cannot wait for demod to do revengence simply to talk about Armstrong
@@evanczthehunter57 Every boss was phenomenal (besides Hammerhead lol) but Armstrong was beyond amazing.
@@wr5488 this is so sad now, since he hated the game
The boss actually made me cry no judgement. It was very emotional.
My quality ranking
9: Volgin
8: The Pain
7: The Fear
6: Shagohod
5: Ocelot
4: The Sorrow
3: The Fury
2: The Boss
1: The End
Great video keep up the awesome content
The saddest moment in this game is killing the final boss with the good old Zombie + Snow Camo Combo.
I was in shambles once all my end-game cutscenes were with the zombie face
Have you considered doing a God Hand boss ranking? That game is absolute bonkers from start to finish and it has a bunch of awesome bosses.
"Her gender idenity is: badass"
Truer words have never been spoken.
Demod giving us an MGS video?
What a thrill..
I was a bit on the fence expecting you to rank MGS 3 bosses about their difficulty, so I'm super glad you decided to go for quality instead!
Honestly, The Boss, deserves her own game. She's such a badass.
Quick strategy for Volgin:
Once you unlock the Patriot, use it to UNLOAD into him. Do not stop when he tries to shock you. The rate of fire on the Patriot and the damage it deals forces him to block 24/7, and eventually, his shield will break, allowing you to deal devastating damage.
I love how at the end of “the Boss” fight the game makes you the one to pull the final trigger. Usually in a game the hero would just kill the villain in the following cutscene. But here the game has you be the one to pull the trigger instead of it just being a simple cutscene making it that much more impactful.
This video triggers some sad emotions... I only fought with the boss once, in the original ps2 version... Is the only boss fight i have that tear me up (in a sentimental way) I cried back there and I cry know. What a good game.
This was my first mgs game I played in the series. I have many fond memories of playing this.
You monster, you actually used guns in The Boss fight
Yeah because The Boss would totally never use a weapon, at least not one with infinite ammo because as the game outright states... the magazine is shaped like an infinity symbol.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective I know people can play however they want, but The Boss fight should be won with CQC. It's feels right to beat her with the technique Snake and her developed, not to mention the bonus of the stamina kill.
Cqc mosin negot and hushpuppy
CQC has always been my go to for the Boss fight
applying CQC on the boss fight is pretty hard for me because she's fast and you only have 10 minutes time limit fighting her
Something I love about the sorrow bossfight is that it not only includes just the regular footsoldiers, but also the previous bosses you've ended as well. It really got to me when I heard that parrot calling out for his Grandpa.
Yeah, and the funny thing is you can actually catch and release the ends parrot and it'll fly towards him and give away his location. I love tiny details like that.
Ah, early to the D-Mod party. Makes my day that much better!
Eyy neat video, I am happy you loved the Boss and see her in the same light I do!
For the Fear there is actually a cheese way you can kill him that speed runners do, you basically use the fake death pill, let him believe you are dead, revive, use a stun grenade without him noticing you, and then unload. It makes the ak do stun damage for some reason which is really fun, and helpful because when you defeat a boss nonlethally on mgs3 you get camos from them. The Fear has one of the best camos in the game in fact because it gives you super high camo index, but your stamina is eaten away at like crazy. It's an amazing burst stealth item that can help big time, on my European Extreme run the camo became a godsend, especially because I was going for no alerts and all. The End also drops a sniper if you defeat him nonlethally, if you hold him up you get his camo which gives you stamina. Volgin also has a few neat aspects to him too, a glowing mushroom cap can get his electricity, the death pill is great distraction too, and I think the water camo helps somehow? He has a lot of fun chances to fuck around with him. Most of the bosses can actually be fucked with by the death pill, besides The Boss. The End's Sniper with the Tranq pistol helps big time with The Fury. Did you watch the video I mentioned on your mgs2 video btw?
Anyways thank you for the fantastic list, I am happy you enjoyed this game! There is a lot to talk about the game, especially with the stellar level design and each small mechanic in the game. I love throwing snakes on people tbh, or feeding them rotten food, or a poison spider. There is just...
MGS3 is my favorite game of all time, it does so much things right, and it is so crazy how it is, and its themes, ideas, its emotional beats, the mechanics, everything... Utterly beautiful.
The ending also gets me to cry every time. Every.
Time.
Also again from what I know, there was a boss rush in some version of mgs3 that included the ocelot unit as a boss fight.
lol idk why that mgs2 and 3's boss rush does that, but it's a funny detail. Again i wouldn't blame you for over looking it.
I replayed this game over 50 time when I was younger. I enjoyed getting all of the special camos in that game. It was one of the games that made it truly rewarding.
I recently beat MGS 3, and I actually felt the emotions coinciding with the Cobra Unit.
I felt annoyed at The Pain. His face and the hornets he controlled made me tense up. Like they were crawling and stinging me.
The Fear kept me on my toes, and my heart was pounding with fear. I almost lost because of how pressured I felt.
I felt tranquil and zen when I hunted The End. I was calm, and aware of everything. Looking for the glint of his sniper rifle. Sniping him with only my M1911A.
I was so pissed at The Fury. Because his mechanics made me rage. I hate flamethrower enemies in most games. Because the damage they do, and the fire aftereffects. So he made me scream a lot.
This sense of foreboding and sadness washed over me when I confronted The Sorrow. Because I knew what I had to do to complete my mission.
And with The Joy, or The Boss. I felt nothing but exhilaration and excitement. My blood was pumping with laughter. I was so focused on winning, and when I won, I cheered.
Like most Joy Highs, I crashed down to reality. As I finished The Boss, and I cried.
Yes! You've kept me waiting on this one!
If it wasnt for Dark Souls, this would have been my favorite game of all time!
This is better by far imo. Dark Souls is a fantastic series to be sure.
There’s a neat trick to beating fear in about 15 seconds (non lethally). I think it’s a glitch and great for speed runs.
As soon as the fight starts, take a fake death pill to trick him. When he’s convinced you’re dead and starts walking away, pop in the revival pill. He won’t see you stand up which gives you a little advantage to throw a stun grenade at him. Make sure you don’t stun yourself though. As soon as he’s stunned, pull out the AK47 and go off on him. Instead of his health, his stamina will start draining super fast and before you know it the fight is done
In the Boss boss fight there are 3 white snakes you can find in the map I believe they're call solid liquid and naked and they carry over with you to NG+, nice little Easter egg that I've always loved doing during that boss fight
All the bosses can be taken down by fully depleting their stamina instead of their hp for pacifist runs, which changes up the strategies.
For example, The Fear's stealth camo is highly taxing on his stamina, so at some point in the fight he'll likely stop hunting you and look for food. When he does so, you can throw out any bad food you've collected, causing him to vomit and take further stamina damage.
I'd probably say my favourite boss fight in this game is naturally against the Boss. The fight has everything, it has narrative impact, emotional impact, it has a beautiful setting, it has perfect balance with what the boss can do and how you can respond and it also has a few easter eggs like the reference to Liquid, Solid and Solidus found in the fields.
MGS3 had the most fun Bossbattles in all of gaming, every single one was a highlight.
If you compare them with the rest of the series, in my opinion, only a very few can reach them.
I would name Ocelot in MGS4, Rex vs Ray, Crying Wolf and maybe Fox & Sniper Wolf.
Fatman is underrated.
Sees demod video notification:
Clicks as fast as humanly possible
I legit cried a little at the end
I still think the part where Naked Snake jumps off the dam (a la Harrison Ford in The Fugitive) is one of the coolest moments in the series.
The moment snake eater started I started singing it and had to rewind because I missed what you said. The Ladder has carved that song into my brain
I like this list. One thing I don't fully agree with is a couple of the things you mentioned in the Ocelot fight. His gimmick is that he's supposed to be a fast learner, if you shoot the hive off the branch, he'll do the same to you. He gets more aggressive and gets better at ricocheting his shots the longer the fight goes on.
the pain is so much easier if you have smoke grenades. Beekeepers use smokers in order to calm down and pacify bees, and the smoke grenades do the exact same. Just toss one and empty your AK into him and he’s done in 5 minutes at the most
Great list something to note about the fear is that he can be trivialised by using the fake death pill, revival pill, flash grenade and ak-47
I will now forever state that I sexually identify as “Badass”
I'm so glad someone else loves The Fury's battle too, it's one of my favorites
I'm really glad you enjoyed it, man! Definitely one of my favorites of all time.
I know nothing of MGS, I'm just here to "like" and listen to your sonorous voice.
Play this gaaaaaaaaaame. It's so good
Volgins fear of frogs is amazingly helpful. Just keep a live one for this fight specifically
MGS 3 is my 4th favorite game of all time.
Thank you so much for making this top.
what are your top 3?
@@gamblorrr Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill, I'm a Silent Hill fanboy.
@@MakeaChangeKillYourself aha nice. Nothing wrong with that.
@@gamblorrr Thank you.
Demod boi giving me some entertainment after my Appendix removal. Thanks man
Ouch, rest up and I hope you feel better soon!
theDeModcracy I will with your glorious voice
Yes yes YES! Couldn't have clicked faster! Been waiting for this so long!
When I first played MGS3 (around the time it came out) I swear The Fear appeared to me like one of the hardest bosses ever, then The Fury was also hard and so on, and I also remember it took me like an hour and something to defeat The End, like, back in the day without any youtube gameplays n stuff it was really difficult to beat these dudes and now is impressive how most of them had so many hidden weak spots and you can beat most of them really easily just thinking outside the box (pun intended, is a Metal Gear game) so kudos to Kojima for making all these incredibly engaging boss fights
It's actually Olga GorlukOvich. Love your videos man, keep up the good work!
13:27 Volgin's theme while talking about the Boss.
Hey if you ever go back to this series I'd really recommend learning cqc it adds such an awesome layer to combat and increases the number of strategies available to you by a lot
I actually missed thermal googles first time playing the game, so my fight with Fear was a nightmare.
Mgs3 is quite literally my favourite game of all time
I also recommend you play the game again knowing how to use cqc the game doesn’t explain it at all and it kinda sucks
yea, you can defend a group of enemies with it and its awesome
That CQC into shotgun blast with the Boss was funnier than it should be
I love this game, man.
Shit now I need to watch the ending and cry over it like I do every month.
Something I realized about the plot of this game that is hilarious and infuriating (MGS4 spoilers!):
After MGS2, the question the whole fanbase was asking is "who are the Patriots?!" And then instead of answering that, Kojima makes a prequel that seems to have nothing to do with MGS2; I knew some people who were super frustrated they had to wait a whole other game to get any answers.
And then in MGS4, that magnificent bastard Kojima just casually drops the fact that he *did* answer everyone's question, because the characters from MGS3 *are* the Patriots! Fricking genius storytelling...
yeah but everyone I know thought it was dumb how these loveable goobers became evil tyrants-in-secret
MGS3 has the only final boss that doesn't rely on gimmicks. It's basically The End's boss fight but without the major drawback of having multiple loading screens combined with CQC action.
I know the Boss is pretty much the standard pick for best boss here and the end is the one with the best athmosphere but from a mere boss fight perspective i always liked volgin the most. Also best boss theme by far.
You almost played the game without CQC? woah
Ocelot doesn't feel intense like a boss fight at all, which is why it's my second favorite. It's just fun gameplay with a great character and music.
Off topic question but are you going to finish the kingdom hearts boss rankings and also the top 100 games of all time? You said that the top 100 would be spread out over the summer and my summer was RUINED because it abruptly stopped! Kidding of course but really I do hope you continue both of those I was loving them!
Edit: Just saw a comment of you saying you plan to continue top 100 so that greats but still curious about KH as it's my favorite series of all time!
Thx. This video was pretty good. You can also put the "raiden" mask in the volgin fight and he will distract and you"ll have a chance to punch him but only works once. There are so many details you should make a video of them XD. In MGS4 i think liquid ocelot in the sencond phase combat is the hardest one
Number one should be the Kerotan frogs during the motorbike sections on PS Vita.
Volgin is meant to be defeated with CQC.
Dodge his hits, get his back and throw him to the ground. If you use the luminiscent mushrooms you can neutralize the AoE attack and finish the battle completely unscathed. And getting his camo.
CQC is one of the most fun elements of the game, I remember once i perfected it I rarely used any weapons at all, just stealth and CQC
Especially fun once u shot all frogs and got the stealthsuit xD
But you left out the ultimate boss fight!!!
Trying to shoot all those GODDAMN FROGS when riding EVAs bike. Who’s freaking idea was it to make you use a sniper rifle to shoot a tiny, hand sized toy, half a mile away whilst riding a high speed motorcycle WHILST said bike is swerving to dodge bullets??? Also the forest🤬🤬
:( Doing that... really annoyed the hell out of me.
Demod, would you be willing to do a boss ranking from worst to best on the bosses of Code Vein. I'm curious to know which fights you had the most fun with. And including the depths fights in your rankings would be as well.
Yeah, I personally feel quality rankings are better than difficulty rankings, because they are just easier to understand. Difficulty is a lot harder to explain without playing and quality is just a lot more interesting imo. Plus while both are subjective difficulty tends to be moreso. I hope you do more quality rankings in the future.
ahh that glorious intro music in the background
10:37 wtf? I've finished this game more than 15 times and he never did that, I played the original PS2 version.
wtf, that the first time for me too, usually he just flying around here and there
Death Cures All Pain he did that alot and thats why hes reallyhard... for me
I love how theres like 5+ major ways to fight each boss. Like Ocelot I used bees and kept pissing him off by shooting his hat. Pain I never left the water. Fear I fed poison frogs. End I had a 3+ hour shoot out with. Fury I cut the suit. etc.
The GOAT. I love everything about this game. I need to go back and replay this soon. Its been far too long.
The End is amazing just do to how many ways you can go about it even killing him before the boss fight or just sleep for a second and let him catch you.
The crimson field scene still gets me to this day.
I still think that the Gehrman fight is a direct reference to The Boss. Both fights are beautiful and emotional and deserve the top spot on whatever lists they appear on.
Unless, its like a top 10 worst bosses list. Then maybe not.
Next mgs3 boss ranking should be tranq gun and mosin non lethal takedown boss countdown
You can cheese Volgin with an LMG, you literally can walk up to his face and unload it, he becomes overwhelmed and cannot deflect your bullets, and you do massive damage to him
You should do this again, but with tranquilizing all the bosses instead of killing them. It should change everything about how you view them
Can you do a mad would boss ranked from worst to best?
Because I seen other people on UA-cam who made a video on mad would bosses.
Thanks for the video demod
Thank you for watching!
@@theDeModcracy no prob
He forgot to add the best boss in the game though:
*The Giant Ladder!*
What a thrillllllll
I know this is 9 months late but I actually recently played through and beat MSG3 and actually didn't realize that was in the game, thought it was something people edited tbh and I'm so glad it's an actual thing
I wish you could revisit he game knowing about a huge core part of it, the cqc. But there's so much more than that too. Holding dudes up, interrogating them and so forth.
so is this series still going? you still have Portable Ops, MGS4, Peave Walker, 5 AND revengence.
Need to go back and do a tranquilizer run. All bosses drop camos for you to use.
You should do a tranquilizer run it really ups the difficulty and there are alot of special mechanics in it
I agree that the boss is the best fight in mgs 3. I love the end, but the last fight is so beautiful and so personal to big boss, that it's simultaneously tragic and exciting. Such a great fight from such a fantastic game. I love this game
Great vid demod, u excited for death stranding?
Honestly beat the sorrow on accident. When I died I hit L2 in confusion and saw the item select. That's when I remembered I had revive pills.
Thank you for doing a video with my favorite game of all time
you're not meant to punch volgin, you're meant to cqc throw him. but it's not your fault for not knowing, the game doesn't explain all the cqc functions that well. though once you know everything about cqc it gets really fun! I actually think volgin is the most souls like fight in mgs3. when he throws his bullets up; go prone. when he sends the shockwaves of electricity on the floor; roll over it, when he finishes a hand to hand combo, the electricity fades and you can throw him down then shoot him. it's actually my fav boss in the game and actually makes the Boss (character) fight seem basic.
Beating the bhoss in cqc is a great feeling
Fun facts about a lot of these bosses. They all have different exploits or methods. ESPECIALLY The End. Along with sniping him in hte beginning, and forwarding your clock, you can also find his bird and if you kill it in front of him it makes his stamina drop a lot faster.
The Fear has two others. You can throw out rotten food for him to eat, but you can also use a Fake Death pill and when he turns away, hop up and use a stun grenade followed by any lethal automatic weapon to get a free stamina kill in before he even realizes you played dead.
Also... am I the only person that REFUSES to use guns against The Boss? I only CQC her becuase I cant bring myself to shoot her. Feels like a dishonor to her.
Usually I fight mgs 3 boss fights non lethally, it ads difficulty by you haveing to only use the tranq gun and cqc. I also love cqc in this game especially when you are fighting The Boss trust me if you have never fought The Boss cqc only, try it it’s extremely badass fight!
Love the video, keep up the good work
PS: When‘s the Bootymod Mousepad releasing?
For some reason on my old tv, thermal googles doesn't work. This make The Fear and The end's fight are more challenging, homever this also make The Fury's fight into a nightmare. The Boss' fight is easily the best, especially when i prefer non-lethal takedown it comes to whenever i can counter her close range or not which make it more engaging
13:10 You're breathtaking
There's a lot of great games that sadly I've never experienced and metal gear solid series is one that I not only feel a bit of regret never getting into, more so I feel some regret in not having grown up with it. Would have made fine memories i'm sure