Metal Gear Scanlon: 2 - Part 05

Yay!

It's time.

Here we go again. :)

"metal gear is totally anime bullshit" - dan ryckert 2014

I have officially made my sleep schedule revolve around this feature.

I am totally ready for Seething Scanlon.

Yay! Been looking forward to this!

God. Why can't Drew remember anything ;)

Midnight Metal Gear!

Finally !!!!!!

I feel bad for Drew; when I play MGS games I spend a whole lot of time at the beginning messing around with the AI and exploring the nuances of each weapon and item

He has a show to do and doesn't have the luxury of wasting a whole episode futsing around

PS. Use stun grenades VS the shield dudez

PPS don't get frustrated getting caught a whole lot. Your suffering makes for a good show; we've all been there

Van Halen.

Drew the problem is that you're thinking. Don't be afraid to experiment on the fly. Don't hesitate with anything unless you're trying to use stealth, i.e. looking at an enemy's patrol pattern.

Taking care of guards is one thing, but also focus on the task at hand. You keep running in wrong directions from where your objectives are.

Don't worry about trying to keep things interesting Drew. The whole idea of this series is fun and entertaining.

Whenever I watch these I just think of how much I want them to release this game with MGS 3 subsistence camera. When I played this game for the first time about a year ago I used a guide because of how frustrating the camera was for me.

Thank youuuuuu!

What a treat!

Although you can see now that Drew isn't as interested in this MGS, not concentrating at points... Still love the series though. I understand what he says about just entertaining everyone, but Drew just playing stealth and slowly going through the game is the entertaining part.

A Hind-Drew?

The adventures of Danime and Solid Scanlon continue!

@danryckert Spraying coolant in the unconscious guards' faces wakes them up faster, but it's not instant.

Most people just shoot everyone their first time through, and then try to get more creative when they replay. Actually for MGS 2 I held everyone up because you just have to run up behind them and hold square and then you can tranq them in the head without them moving around or calling for help

sing it to the heavens.

May have to stop watching this series for a while if its just gonna be waiting in alert mode all the time. I'll come back when it's all finished and just skip all the alert phases. Maybe Drew should have played on easy so he didn't need to find the nodes.

More like Strut Fuuuuuuuuuuu. Am I right?

If Drew is getting frustrated now,there's gonna be a lot of short episodes in the future.

Is this meant to not be premium-only?

You guys forgot to set it to premium! I'm unintentionally stealing this content!

That Strut F room is the hardest in the game, IMO.

TRANQUILIZE. EVERYTHING.

Some tips for Drew or Dan if you are reading:

1) Feel free to shoot guards with the tranq gun even if there are other guards around. If a guard finds a sleeping guard, they will NOT sound an alarm, they'll just wake him up. There is never a risk involved in using the tranq gun. Yes, it's overpowered but if you go watch someone play any MGS game on Twitch, 99% of the time they're just tranquilizing every guard left and right. It's how everyone plays these games.

2) Don't bother having your rations equipped unless you're fighting a boss. If you get caught, just let yourself get killed as fast as possible and you'll respawn where you entered the room you got killed in. MGS2 is a modern game in that there is pretty much no real penalty for death. It also makes more sense to let yourself get killed because you'd just be wasting your rations if you use them all and then respawn without them.

3) One way to quickly cancel out an alarm is to immediately exit the room AS SOON as you get caught, if you can. If you leave before the guard finishes his request for help, the game pretty much forgets about it and you can re-enter the room with everything reset.

4) The popping out behind the wall mechanic is pretty useless, to be honest. 99% of the time, it's just as safe to simply use the first person mode without leaning against a corner.

5) Seriously, you're giving this game way too much credit if you think it's too complicated. It's really really easy once you realize that you can just snipe every single enemy with the tranq gun from a safe distance once you enter any room or turn a corner.

@drewbert I don't think you should worry about keeping the stream interesting, in the process stress yourself out and then run around a bunch when you get caught. Try and be a little more guns blazing. Run up on dudes, and tranq them in the head.

The time it takes you to get out of "danger mode" and back into infiltration mode after being spotted and running around is longer then if you just play more aggressively. Just friendly tip. Either way, seeing Solid Scanlon do his thing is hilarious.

DREW WE LOVE YOU

Best part about Drew's new rivalry with Strut F?? Those level 2 and 3 doors mean he's gonna have to keep comin' back! :D

Finished the episode! I think Drew shouldn't wait 5 days to get back on MGS each episode. I think a one day break is good enough for him then comeback and play again so that he dont forget the controls and story stuff !

If you want to play stealth and slow, don't worry Drew we like that. You don't have to try to be entertaining by running through everything.^^

Btw, don't be afraid of just tranq or kill the guards with your weapons when you get spotted, instead of just running away while getting shot. :)

Drew needs to learn to hide when the guards are alerted. In strut F there's crawlspaces behind the stacks of boxes on the lower level.

Drew, if your having trouble with the combat, you could check out some of the VR training missions that are in this version of the game. The first VR missions (for MGS1) really helped me out with the subtle nuances of the combat system.

To be fair, trying to sneak in MGS 2 without a radar is total bullshit and including the nodes was a stupid design decision.

I think if Drew makes it to 3 he'll take to its brand of stealth much better

Yeah, I'm entertained simply by this being Metal Gear Solid hosted by Drew and Dan. Play the way you want to play, Drewman, it's all cool. I'm in for the ride no matter if it's bumpy or not! :)

do these every other day of the work week please.

Not fun to watch people be frustrated? Breaking Brad would beg to differ.

@drewbert@danryckert After watching the various encounters in this episode, one thing that would definitely ease your pain is leaning in First Person. Pressing L2 or R2 while in first person will let you lean in a direction (As long as you're not pressed against a wall). It's super useful for quickly scooting around a corner to shoot a guy before he can get that radio call in. This is especially useful in a certain boss fight later on.

I'm loving the people in the comments trying to coach Drew into ways to turn this bad game into a good one. Don't worry Drew, we're here for you! We'll walk you through the ways to make this game not total bullshit...

Hide the bodies Drew! Also, making progress is the most entertaining thing for me overall. Trying to be "creative" and stuff like that just causes more setbacks and alerts which slows the pace of the show. Overall though I think this has been my favorite feature on Giant Bomb. I hope you guys do 3 and 4 since I haven't played those games and I think I'd rather watch Drew play through them with Dan than play them myself!

This is one of the funniest Solid Scanlons.

I feel sorry for Drew - all his clear thought goes completely out of his head once a guard sees him.

The mail room for instance - the guard says '"who's there?" and instead of just running back through the door so he wont see him, he stands there in clear view. Then after he takes the guard out, he just sits in a corner hoping he wont be found instead of crawling under something or using a Box.

I have to say though - up until strut F, it was some pretty textbook stealth - he started looking at guard paths, setting up in first person and waiting for them to cross his field of vision before taking them out. It's just as soon as he makes a mistake he can't think straight.

Honestly most of the time when things go wrong, unless it's just 1 guard, he's probably best just unequipping the rations and dying there and then - I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's incredibly hard to fight off 5 or 6 guards for long enough to find a hiding place.

@kevin_cogneto: It's actually not a bad game though. It's quite good.

It's a pretty good game. Also I'm sure Drew appreciates tips and tricks here and there.

Kept us waiting, huh?