Metal Gear Scanlon: Part 07

I'm getting a little annoyed by how Dan seems eager to spoil or make Drew think twice about how the story is progressing rather than just letting Drew experience it himself. He's kinda like that guy you know that spoils an exciting part in a movie or story by tensing up and going "OH WATCH THIS".

Awesome ending the day with Dan & Drew, Best thing on GB.

Metal Gear!

late upload?

Something prevented it from being on the site, but the vid was viewable for a while by some URL tinkering.

Thin Lizzy is an underrated band. So many great songs.

I like how they left the same incompetent guy on jail cell guard duty.

It's pronounced Tin Lizzy

It kills me that Drew keeps getting frustrated by the guards.

DREW! Either kill them with your silenced pistol, or knock them out with Stun Gernades!

That being said, this is absolutely one of my favorite Giant Bomb features, and I hope that they continue through the whole MGS saga!

@tuffty said:

Thin Lizzy is an underrated band. So many great songs.

They do a great version of Whiskey in the Jar, which I'm pretty sure is the one that Metallica covered. Also there's few people more cool than Phil Lynott.

Can't wait for the next section, I definitely wonder how Drew'll handle the "stairs" and bossfight.

I always forget how difficult this game was. There's nothing intuitive or standard about how it controls, so it's kinda like classic survival horror in that you're defenseless if you don't know how to cheese everything. I hope Drew doesn't let it get him down too much; you're kinda supposed to die a ton in this game.

I got excited when @drewbert accidentally did the elevator trick when he hit the button twice in a row.

Can't you hold X or one of the shoulder buttons to regain a small amount of health between each level of torture?

Ha, perfect that Drew managed to get out of the cell that way. Kind of encapsulates everything that has happened thus far. Keep up the good work...and good luck with those stairs. Hoo boy...that's going to be a LONG episode.

Millit-air sans frawn-tee-air? YEAH!

Awsome! Can't wait for the next one.

Haven't watched it yet, but that screen grab is incredible.

dear god, as a kid who played this game to death, this is insanely painful to watch. Drew, i love you man, but you're a horrible super spy hahaha!

more MOOOORE

Brilliant screengrab, brilliant episode as always. I really REALLY hope this continues on throughout the series and doesn't stop with the end of MGS 1.

The reason why Drew isn't doing that great at the game is because he always has auto-fire on. Drew just can't turn it off. It's in his genes.

Dan's right, Drew really should be using wall knocking a lot more. When you can force guards to go to a particular spot (and they hang out there quite a while), it's a lot easier to get around than just constantly using the cardboard box and trying to force your way through their patrol routes.

That is a great fucking thumbnail.

Whoa! I had no idea you eventually get busted out by Gray Fox!

The more codec conversations I watch, the more Campbell looks like Trautman. I might be dumb for not noticing it first, but I don't think it's a coincidence.

yeah i find it amazing he is able to be so quiet about about all the things going on and can control himself.

also the little thing about the guard, the he has a cold because of Meryl and why he constantly has an upset stomach, that is revealed in 4 i think its pointless but so freaking awesome

also there are 3 ways of getting out of the cell. as far as i know

1. hide under the bed

2. use the ketchup

3. survive the torture sequence 5 or 6 times and gray fox will come and slice up the guard and let you out

Man, it's killing me that, after 9 hours, Drew still isn't snapping anyone's neck (which gives you rations) or using stun grenades to escape the alert phase. Still fun to watch, though.

I remember struggling with the torture sequences as a kid. I did eventually get the Meryl ending, though. Drew, on the other hand, knocked it out of the park.

I just started my own MGS playthrough last night, i'm not up to where Drew is yet but i feel like i need to play it myself to understand his hardship.

I will say that the neck snapping is harder than it looks, you gotta be right up in the enemy's ass to pull it off. I screwed it up a few times cause the camera angle had part of the level blocking my view.

@drewbert man double tap the elevators to get it to come faster!

@dezinus said:

Everyone only remembers the missile thing from Twin Snakes, but god damn I love the little things.

Absolutely! The finer details and little nuances really make the difference between the original and Twin Snakes. I'm a big fan of both games for their own reasons and get kind of down when people trash on Twin Snakes. It's a revision with 2 console generations of separation, so of course it is going to be different in some ways. People who hate it just to hate it, probably haven't given it a fair shake, or even played it at all.

Drew really would benefit from rushing a bit more when traveling trough areas. He has seen how easy it is to sneak past people as long as you are out of their view-cone and by waiting so much at every new enemy he is making it harder:p Fun as hell to watch though:P

Also, snap them or shoot them;)

It's crazy how much this video series has ranged from actually fun to straight up unenjoyable and frustrating to watch. This episode was very much the latter.

i squealed last night when i saw this in the coming up ticker

@sessh: Not only that but I'm pretty sure Meryl's death triggers the Colonel to reveal that Meryl's actually his daughter in the end game.

I saw "3:00 AM" and waited all morning until work.

It was uploaded as I walked in the door.

I shall enjoy it now.

It's pretty great that that guard turns out to be Johnny in MGS 4

NEVER BEFORE HAVE I HAD TO YELL THE WORD "CODEC" AT MY COMPUTER

If only you would have used the ketchup correctly...also not a sentence I thought I would write today.

I have never seen someone so crippled by B2.

@tanookisuit said:

@dezinus said:

Everyone only remembers the missile thing from Twin Snakes, but god damn I love the little things.

Absolutely! The finer details and little nuances really make the difference between the original and Twin Snakes. I'm a big fan of both games for their own reasons and get kind of down when people trash on Twin Snakes. It's a revision with 2 console generations of separation, so of course it is going to be different in some ways. People who hate it just to hate it, probably haven't given it a fair shake, or even played it at all.

Been thinking about going back and playing the Metal Gear series before Phantom Pain gets here; maybe I'll give Twin Snakes a shot...

Damn am I the only one that noticed Jason hinting to Drew to reset the game and load during the torture scene?

Something about this reminds me of the Deadly Premonition ER.

Drew is just not picking up on the basics is he? DOING ANYTHING WITHIN AN ENEMY VISION CONE IS BAD!!!!!

This series got me into Metal Gear Solid. Last year I bought the HD Collection on the Vita, tried playing both 2 and 3, and couldn't get too far in either before getting frustrated, even though I really liked how goofy the narrative was.

Since this series started, I beat 3 and then 2, and now I'm making my way through 4 while using these videos as my "playthrough" of MGS1. Not the most orthodox order and method of play, but it's worked out thus far!

This. I don't think I've ever seen anybody have such a hard time against the grunts. Most of it comes down to a lack of confidence from Drew to actually engage the targets. Stun grenades are ridiculously overpowered; they take out all enemies in the area for a short duration.

Damn I'm surprised how good the story is.

The voice acting and writing is fantastic.

Haha, I love Jasons muffled "GOD DAMMIT!" from the control room when Drew finished the last torture sequence.

There's a restaurant where I live called the Tin Lizzy. I never knew the reference until now O_O

Oh man, Drew really should have gone back to get the Body Armour. It would make the next couple of bossfights so much easier.

Wow, well done @drewbert! The first time I played this I remember having a hell of a time beating the torture scene without giving up. Took me several attempts.

After so many hours of gameplay how is Drew still struggling with this?

Use the silenced pistol or snap their necks. If you get seen use a stun grenade and run out the room. Forget everything else!!!