“It's okay to make mistakes, right? You're only human, after all.”
-Mitsuo Aida
-Jobin Higashikata

A way too long video about a way too long game that gets way too personal by the end. A video that says everything I've ever wanted to say about Metal Gear Solid 4 for the past ten years so I never have to talk about this game again.

Metal Gear Solid 4 is deeply impressive, beautifully personal, and there is nothing like it in this medium.

seriously though fuck this game

Twitter - https://twitter.com/SteakBentley
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/steakbentley

INSANEINTHERAINMUSIC:
https://www.youtube.com/insaneintherainmusic

Garlicscape:
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-rutledge-931596044

Tokyomegaplex:
https://soundcloud.com/tokyomegaplex

Extra footage from all Metal Gear Games ganked from:
http://www.longplays.org/

SOURCES:
HIDEO KOJIMA'S GENE: The Making of MGS4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWykspO8Gyc&t=30s
Kojima, Fukushima, Murata and whatever happened to MGS after Snake Eater (DevilFox thread):
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/kojima-fukushima-murata-and-whatever-happened-to-mgs-after-snake-eater.1168506/
Agness Kaku Interview:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120125211117/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net:80/metalgear/agnesskaku.htm
David Hayter Begged Konami To Change MGS4 Stuff:
https://kotaku.com/5022391/david-hayter-begged-konami-to-change-mgs4-stuff
Hideo Kojima Konami.jp Interview:
http://www.konami.jp/mgs4/uk/interview/03.html
Video Interview with Hideo Kojima about Metal Gear Solid 4:
https://youtu.be/l2mKxNoWbO4
The Final Hours of Metal Gear Solid 2:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011124130915/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/btg_mgs2/p02_01.html
10 Years On: Why MGS4's final scene is more powerful than we ever realized:
https://www.gamesradar.com/why-mgs4s-final-scene-more-powerful-we-ever-realised/
Destructoid Metal Gear Solid 4 Interview:
https://www.destructoid.com/new-metal-gear-solid-4-interview-28140.phtml
Gamespot MGS4 Prelaunch Interview with Kojima:
https://www.gamespot.com/videos/metal-gear-hideo-kojima-mgs4-prelaunch-interview/2300-6192361/
IGN MGS4 Kojima Interview:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/04/02/mgs4-hideo-kojima-interview

FULL TRACK LIST
One Night in Neo-Kobe City – Snatcher OST
GHOST TRICK THEME – Ghost Trick OST
もし, 空が晴れるなら – Bizen
Baby Universe – Katamari Damacy OST
Reverie – Persona 4 OST
Act on Instinct – Catherine OST
Snake Eater – Metal Gear Solid 3 OST
The Afterblaze – Mighty Switch Force 2 OST
Jazz Uncle – Tokyomegaplex
Shehlehcturguy – Tokyomegaplex
MIMI – Garlicscape
Ball – Garlicscape
spicy – イワクラコマキ
Big Blast Sonic – Guilty Gear Xrd OST
Neo Avatar – VA-11 HALL-A OST
Night Bard - 清水 嶺
Jazz Uncle – Tokyomegaplex
Period – Persona 4 OST
James Comey – Garlicscape
Every Day is Night – VA-11 HALL-A OST
ハルトマンの妖怪少女 – Bizen
Theme from Brazil - Geoff Muldar
Night Walker (リンネ) – UNIEL OST
Layer Cake – Persona 5 OST
The Stains of Time – Metal Gear Rising OST
Hotsy Totsy – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia OST
A Hat, A Cane – Spongebob Squarepants OST
Signs of Love – Persona 4 OST
Those Who Dwell in the Shadows – VA-11 HALL-A OST
HEAVY DAY – Guilty Gear Xrd OST
クランツクーヘン- イワクラコマキ
I'm My Own Master Now – Metal Gear Rising OST
theo（亡き王女の為のセプテット）- ginnrei
Nighttime Maneuvers – VA-11 HALL-A OST
Translucent Lake – Bizen
Beneath the Mask – Persona 5 OST
The Fragrance of Dark Coffee – Turnabout Jazz Soul
This Mysterious Feeling – Persona 3 OST
Snake Eater Jazz Cover – insaneintherainmusic
Way to Fall – Star Sailor
Good for Health, Bad for Education VA-11 HALL-A OST
After Burner – Bayonetta OST
Lost – Catherine OST
Spicey Gurls – Tokyomegaplex
friend's friend - wonder
Back in Time – Huey Lewis and the News
Like a Dream Come True – Persona 4 OST
Sliding Break – CON
So Fragile - トマト組 ＆ Bos
MOON LIGHT FANTASTIC – Unity Gain
Worshipped, Even – Garlicscape
U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか – Bizen
風のたより – Okawa Tomoya
Iwatodai Station – Persona 3 OST
Storyteller – Guilty Gear Xrd OST
Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
Suspicion – Persona 5 OST
hashtag fuckin around – Garlicscape
Trampoline Roads – Garlicscape
Lord of the Netherworld – Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne OST
Mercury - Bizen
Access Connect(ネットワークメニュー) – 来兎
Spirit of Zoro – One Piece
The Very, Very, Very Strongest – One Piece
もし, 空が晴れるなら – Bizen
Blues in Velvet Room – Persona 3 OST
Rules of Nature – Metal Gear Rising OST
Umemoto – VA-11 HALL-A OST
Captain's Table – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia OST
Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday – Metal Gear Solid 2 OST
A Stranger I Remain – Metal Gear Rising OST
exit – Metal Gear 2 Red
Metal Gear Solid 3 Theme – Metal Gear Solid 3 OST
Sea Breeze – Metal Gear Solid 3 OST
Father and Son – Metal Gear Solid 4 OST
Pillow Talk – Metal Gear Solid 3 OST
Metal Gear Solid Main Theme – Metal Gear Solid 2 OST
sturg – autoglassmasterclass
Ghost Trick Theme Jazz Cover