The COMPLETE Metal Gear Solid Timeline Explained

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Even once you’ve achieved the fairly simple task of understanding the chronological order of the games’ releases, that doesn’t make the story any easier to understand. Welcome to MojoPlays, and this is the Metal Gear Solid Timeline Explained. Did we leave our any important details or bits of information about the MGS timeline? Let us know down in the comments!
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  • @mojoplays
    @mojoplays8 ай бұрын

    Did we leave our any important details or bits of information about the MGS timeline? Let us know down in the comments! Watch more MGS videos here -> kzread.info/head/PLCXa2CCtHXq3oOIddKZZ-zD6TkYwmi4YJ

  • @shawnainesworth1608

    @shawnainesworth1608

    7 ай бұрын

    You should stop making MGS videos. Unless you'd like to give us the whole story.

  • @pushthroughthewall3396

    @pushthroughthewall3396

    4 ай бұрын

    Well for starters, Big Boss wasn't the one put in stasis. That was solidus, Big Boss's exact clone. 2nd, Ocelot was never truly controlled by Liquid's arm, it was all self imposed brainwashing. Decent attempt though, but don't do story recaps if you don't actually know the story. Better luck next time.

  • @Krotas_DeityofConflicts

    @Krotas_DeityofConflicts

    2 ай бұрын

    THANK YOOUU soo much!!! After many many research and still not understanding. I finally understand which Snake is which, etc..

  • @houseisforthesoul

    @houseisforthesoul

    23 күн бұрын

    this comment section smells like what i imagine comic con to smell like

  • @BlazerK1914
    @BlazerK19148 ай бұрын

    Raiden: “So my super cyborg adventure is not canon? Oh well.”

  • @SolCresta3405

    @SolCresta3405

    7 ай бұрын

    Forget what Kojima said. It’s canon when we say it is.

  • @g3nj1

    @g3nj1

    7 ай бұрын

    @@SolCresta3405 {insert relevant metal gear rising: revengeance clip here}

  • @SolCresta3405

    @SolCresta3405

    7 ай бұрын

    @@g3nj1 Yeah.

  • @MKDumas1981

    @MKDumas1981

    4 ай бұрын

    It doesn't mess with canon, but isn't considered canon. Portable Ops is, though.🤯

  • @loftiestsea7202

    @loftiestsea7202

    4 ай бұрын

    Isn't it? Doesn't he appear in MGS4 in the same suit from revengence but he doesn't have any arms?

  • @Aaron-vn5fd
    @Aaron-vn5fd7 ай бұрын

    i think anyone trying legitimately learn the history of the Metal Gear series will not find this video very helpful but it was extremely entertaining for us who are long time fans

  • @Krotas_DeityofConflicts

    @Krotas_DeityofConflicts

    7 ай бұрын

    Yea.. i understood almost nothing. He speaks too fast and generally bad at explaining

  • @TawJev

    @TawJev

    7 ай бұрын

    No problem. I've already knew the whole story through a KZread channel that explains it in details(lots of long videos). I watched Mojo Plays' video just for fun.

  • @alpha.wintermute

    @alpha.wintermute

    4 ай бұрын

    It made sense to me though

  • @koolzbruh242

    @koolzbruh242

    2 күн бұрын

    Lmao if I hadn't played these games minus peace walker and the very first 2 metal gears, I wouldn't have been able to follow. Yes it was entertaining and kind of informative the description of the history could've been done better but it was rushed.

  • @SolCresta3405
    @SolCresta34058 ай бұрын

    Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Metal Gear Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake Metal Gear Solid Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

  • @jhosenlofters7236

    @jhosenlofters7236

    8 ай бұрын

    and we can all agree that nobody gives a shit about survive right?

  • @SolCresta3405

    @SolCresta3405

    8 ай бұрын

    @@jhosenlofters7236 Snake’s Revenge, Ghost Babel, the Ac!d duology, and Survive are completely non-canon.

  • @jhosenlofters7236

    @jhosenlofters7236

    8 ай бұрын

    then my point still stands@@SolCresta3405

  • @Nico-iv3wr

    @Nico-iv3wr

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah he forgot portable ops and rising

  • @SolCresta3405

    @SolCresta3405

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Nico-iv3wr Who, me? It’s in my comment…

  • @papapapa16
    @papapapa168 ай бұрын

    Started playing them chronologically a couple years ago, finished Phantom Pain a few months back. Next I'm playing Metal Gear 1. So I'm going from PS4 to MSX.

  • @TawJev

    @TawJev

    7 ай бұрын

    You'l have a hard time.

  • @TheViolentPacifist999

    @TheViolentPacifist999

    4 ай бұрын

    Nah the metal gear solid games have gameplay that haven't aged and still hold up pretty well. The og metal gear games are a bit too simple tho.

  • @johnmccarthy7552
    @johnmccarthy75528 ай бұрын

    I salute you for taking the suicide mission of explaining Metal Gear franshise

  • @Snaaake_Beater
    @Snaaake_Beater8 ай бұрын

    you will understand the timeline if you play the games. just dont start with 2 and 4. if you want to describe it its hard

  • @bauloprete3905
    @bauloprete39058 ай бұрын

    I will add something here and very much important. On MSG4 Eva told us how Zero started it all of this and how evil he was, Big Boss ask the question "Did Zero hated me or he feared me?". The asnwers on MGS5: Phantom Pain show it was neither. Zero saw Big Boss as a friend and cared for him, he was the one who saved him and stated the idea of a copy double. There wasnt any rivalry, only a disagreement with no comunication between the parties. It did not help that Paz, on Peace Walker, went further ahead, against, her original orders, further cementing on Big Boss de assumption that Zero became his enemy. The sad reality is that Zero was decomitioned long, long before the construction of the Patriots IA, so that wasnt his fault either. Zero would have never wanted the state the world was in the 2000's. Big Boss died withouth knowing the tragic truth of his friend.

  • @abel8831
    @abel88317 ай бұрын

    Skull Face being in the backseat of glory was hardly the main reason why he took a villain role. Skull Face resents Zero because his idelogy is the one that, according to Skull Face, is responsible for him losing his face/family/everything. Skull Face is the villain because he STILL deals with the phantom pain of his past, like almost everyone in MGSV. Misinterpreting the Boss' will, Skull Face enacts his plan to create his twisted version of the Boss' will.

  • @beanieboy2635
    @beanieboy26356 ай бұрын

    You did great on this video! I don’t just comment that, it’s genuinely good and drip feeding the information was very good, as I can actually remember them

  • @mojoplays

    @mojoplays

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @calreedo9398
    @calreedo93984 ай бұрын

    Great video! Really enjoyed a streamlined journey through the MG saga

  • @OriginOfEnigma
    @OriginOfEnigma7 ай бұрын

    Well, this was fun. I have a headache now. Great video!

  • @TheRemmell
    @TheRemmell5 ай бұрын

    You taught me some things , thanks!

  • @Krotas_DeityofConflicts
    @Krotas_DeityofConflicts2 ай бұрын

    THANK YOOUU soo much!!! After many many research and still not understanding. I finally understand which Snake is which, etc..

  • @iamskyfall
    @iamskyfall4 ай бұрын

    Completely omitted several major plot points: Portable Ops, The Boss’s AI sacrifice at the end of Peace Walker which vindicates her, Venom Snake being forced to murder his own soldiers when they become infected with the anti-English virus, Ocelot being The Boss’s son, and EVA who, in addition to being Solid’s and Liquid’s mother, was the exact reason that Big Boss becomes disillusioned with Fox and the CIA and Zero, since she told EVA the truth to tell Big Boss.

  • @richardmendez5577
    @richardmendez55774 ай бұрын

    Great explanation

  • @lewylewy2483
    @lewylewy248313 күн бұрын

    MgsV was a work of art, the movement and what you could do in it even with cardboard, you could say that MGS V is a leap into the future

  • @michaelebele5676
    @michaelebele56768 ай бұрын

    this was sooooo entertaining. damn

  • @Historicutuber
    @Historicutuber8 ай бұрын

    Guns of the Patriots was one of my favorite games!

  • @anthonymiller2038
    @anthonymiller20384 ай бұрын

    As an old fart, my first foray into Metal Gear was the first on the original Nintendo System. I've been a fan ever since. Hideo Kojima should forever be remembered for his gaming and cultural influence on the world. Salute!

  • @enclaveleader6245
    @enclaveleader62456 ай бұрын

    @MojoPlays, not exactly just 3. 4 counting Mosquito in Mission 23. And Aswell as other survivors in Ground Zeroes plus others whom were on mission during the attack on Mother Base. Around 50 to 100 I would guess said in a Cassette Tape by Ocelot

  • @wbond6692
    @wbond66928 ай бұрын

    One question: What was that middle part, again?

  • @thermanrobinson4888
    @thermanrobinson488815 күн бұрын

    So basically everyone dies, the original comes back alive the end. Long live Big Boss!

  • @jonathansalazar4630
    @jonathansalazar46308 ай бұрын

    While metal gear's narrative is confusing at times it still tells a undstandable story of people affected by war, in my opinion i think kingdom heart's story is far more harder to understand(I love that series btw).

  • @dimsulst

    @dimsulst

    8 ай бұрын

    kingdom hearts's story is f'ed up, tetsuya nomura is a brilliant game maker, but not at making story. it's complicated, but not interesting at all, unlike mgs

  • @veitsknight
    @veitsknight8 ай бұрын

    Would have been fun if you said, lets start with Metal Gear Solid 3, the 5th game of the franchise and the first game chronologically.

  • @insomniacaudio9063
    @insomniacaudio906311 күн бұрын

    Metal Beer?! I'm dead 💀 🤣

  • @HersheyHemi1
    @HersheyHemi18 ай бұрын

    What game series story is more complicated? MGS or Kingdom Hearts? I vote for KH!

  • @jonathansalazar4630

    @jonathansalazar4630

    8 ай бұрын

    Metal gear's story is actually a lot more linear in nature while kingdom hearts has a lot of side games that are just as important as the mainline titles that just keeps adding more elements to the lore, its a series that it makes more sense when you play it and it comes together in your head then a person explaining it to you.

  • @glydoughnut9432

    @glydoughnut9432

    7 ай бұрын

    Honestly MGS. As a fan of both at least with KH i can always remember who I’m for and who I’m against

  • @Nico-iv3wr

    @Nico-iv3wr

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@glydoughnut9432Exactly. To this day I still wonder who's a hero and who's a villain in the MG world, I came up with my own ideas. Solid Snake is just a pawn in USA's hands. Same for Raiden. Solidus Snake is actually a hero who tried to stop the patriots when he saw that even the US president (himself) couldn't do anything. Big Boss is a ruthless anti-hero. Venom Snake is just a pawn and decoy in the hands of Big Boss and Ocelot. Ocelot is a contorted psycho guy who's really only loyal to Big Boss and literally brainwashed himself multiple times just to follow Big Boss'will. Liquid Snake is a victim of his own biological origins and really is just a depressed psycho rebel who wants to give a meaning to his life and creation. Now I want MGS6, under Kojima's direction, with Solidus as a protagonist

  • @thecomediankodybean
    @thecomediankodybean5 ай бұрын

    Very good video only correction was Jack not John but other then that 100%

  • @SummerByStyx
    @SummerByStyxКүн бұрын

    Fox, and philosophers, and Kenny g. I would play that game. With the music to be fair. So just metal gear actually

  • @jamiewalsh3349
    @jamiewalsh33498 ай бұрын

    I don't know what's more confusing. This or the Kingdom Hearts timeline?

  • @overkill1122ar
    @overkill1122ar4 ай бұрын

    but what about MGS portable ops 1 for the PSP cause that game introduces Roy Campbell, so where is that game in the timeline at?

  • @handsomejack8717
    @handsomejack87178 ай бұрын

    dude can u just pls tell the story

  • @shawncartwright

    @shawncartwright

    7 ай бұрын

    Literally is

  • @glydoughnut9432

    @glydoughnut9432

    7 ай бұрын

    @@shawncartwrightHe’s skipping way too much details and adding cringy banter

  • @Chadyaniki
    @Chadyaniki4 ай бұрын

    MGS Invisibility Suit!

  • @brandocalrissian3294
    @brandocalrissian32945 ай бұрын

    I would love the story to get fleshed out in a series of novels.

  • @Thisisjs96
    @Thisisjs964 ай бұрын

    This is how you know the story is so complex and hard to follow he kept mentioning how the philosophers and the patriots sound the same then at 7:52 he says “ the goal of the philosophers “ which in fact it was the goal of the patriots to carry out The boss’s legacy haha love metal gear! Also no mention of la li Lu Le lo during the mgs3 speech?

  • @crushyyog3762
    @crushyyog37627 ай бұрын

    You're pretty good

  • @DionMcVey
    @DionMcVey7 ай бұрын

    Just had an Amazon ad lol😂

  • @davidg79
    @davidg792 ай бұрын

    El 100 años de Soledad de los videojuegos.

  • @Punisher6791
    @Punisher67918 ай бұрын

    Shagohod means "treaded behemoth"

  • @SnakeEaterGaming
    @SnakeEaterGaming7 ай бұрын

    21:00 dont wanna be that guy but... isnt meryl the niece? not daughter

  • @Onion_Knights
    @Onion_KnightsАй бұрын

    jus finished MGS4 again.. and decided to replay MGS to find out what the hell is going on. started MGS3 and finished it few days after. with the names.. it is confusing, only now i can finally understand them

  • @christopherchrist-yk4xo
    @christopherchrist-yk4xo4 ай бұрын

    So who was actually ‘good’ in terms of not wanting to blow up or control the entire world? Was ocelot actually fighting for the ‘good’ of mankind or no?

  • @weisburgh
    @weisburgh8 ай бұрын

    Great video!!

  • @jam8489
    @jam8489Ай бұрын

    Damn thats hard the ending is powerful

  • @Inyourfacejerks
    @Inyourfacejerks8 ай бұрын

    Guns of the patriots is underrated. Change my mind...

  • @kingramon437
    @kingramon4377 ай бұрын

    don't know why the algorithm missed this video I think the poor reception of the new remaster has semi censored MGS content due to people missing such s large new entry (or perhaps it's the other way around, chicken or the egg I Suppose but with the futrasound videos being well received this seems somewhat recent)

  • @clickheretochangeusername9105
    @clickheretochangeusername91052 ай бұрын

    great work, love this video, concluding a massively long timeline into less than 30 minutes is incredible, especially true when I watched other's failed attempt to do so

  • @Killakwabo
    @Killakwabo8 ай бұрын

    Honestly MGS dont get confusing till 4

  • @bendybeats9904
    @bendybeats99047 ай бұрын

    7:41 I can agree but let's add the types of metal gears to this list cuz why tf not seriously. Metal Gear, Metal Gear REX, Metal Gear RAY, Metal Gear (Eldera), Metal Gear G, Metal Gear D, Metal Gear EXCELSUS, Metal Gear GANDER, Metal Gear KODOQUE, Metal Gear Mk. II, Metal Gear RAXA, Metal Gear ZEKE, Walker Gear, TX-55 Metal Gear, Sahelanthropus, Shagohod, Peace Walker, Pupa, Outer Haven (is that even a metal gear?) Arsenal Gear, Gekko, Coccon, Chrysalis and INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC FUCKING METAL GEAR

  • @fishy0929
    @fishy09297 ай бұрын

    I haven't forgotten what you've told me boss, we have no tomorrow but there's still hope for the future. In our struggle to survive the present we push the future further away. Will I see it in my lifetime? Probably not, which means there's no time to waste. Someday the world will no longer need us, no need for the gun, or the hand to pull the trigger. I have to drive out this demon inside me, build a better future. That's what l, hmm, what "we" will leave as our legacy. Another mission, right boss?

  • @nicolaslalonde2807
    @nicolaslalonde28074 ай бұрын

    I love how people assume Metal Gear Revengeance has anything to do with Metal Gear.

  • @Snaaake_Beater
    @Snaaake_Beater8 ай бұрын

    in mgs 2 snakes ears always looked like dumbo

  • @thomasgilbert7039
    @thomasgilbert70394 ай бұрын

    I’m not crying. Your crying 😭😭

  • @Sam-zw2kp
    @Sam-zw2kp8 ай бұрын

    "chronological order" * shows release order * ......

  • @nepramas5238
    @nepramas52387 ай бұрын

    Stick with the story and stop with the corny side comments

  • @j-solidus2909
    @j-solidus29098 ай бұрын

    so we dont talk about portable ops?

  • @bauloprete3905

    @bauloprete3905

    8 ай бұрын

    Kojima said it was not cannon

  • @nittygritty7503
    @nittygritty75034 ай бұрын

    Why does he wanna rescue paz?

  • @RaidenTheRipper950
    @RaidenTheRipper9508 ай бұрын

    Where is Portable Ops!? Where is Rising!?

  • @glydoughnut9432

    @glydoughnut9432

    7 ай бұрын

    Portable Ops and Rising are not canon according to Kojima

  • @RaidenTheRipper950

    @RaidenTheRipper950

    7 ай бұрын

    @@glydoughnut9432 Kojima never said anything like that

  • @michaelkavanagh9396
    @michaelkavanagh93965 ай бұрын

    Isn't naked snake's name jack?

  • @whoszin1669

    @whoszin1669

    12 күн бұрын

    technically yeah

  • @Snaaake_Beater
    @Snaaake_Beater8 ай бұрын

    What the hell Big Boss name is Jack not John

  • @johnboling7426

    @johnboling7426

    8 ай бұрын

    Technically its both jack is a nickname for John i know its complicated but the metal gear wiki has it as both

  • @Aeneiden

    @Aeneiden

    8 ай бұрын

    No its not

  • @glydoughnut9432

    @glydoughnut9432

    7 ай бұрын

    @@AeneidenThe Boss calls him Jack yet his name is John according to Ocelot. Never really explained but he goes by both

  • @SnakeEaterGaming
    @SnakeEaterGaming8 ай бұрын

    Am I crazy or did the title change?

  • @g3nj1

    @g3nj1

    7 ай бұрын

    Both

  • @DevinPosey20
    @DevinPosey208 ай бұрын

    SNAKE!

  • @demo3456
    @demo34565 ай бұрын

    I still have no idea what happened

  • @HARBRINGERZERO
    @HARBRINGERZERO8 ай бұрын

    Metal Gear isn’t complicated… A succinct summary with no confusing bull crap is what you want? We don’t sell that here.

  • @DRAMADY
    @DRAMADY7 ай бұрын

    Was excited to learn about metal gear but found out it’s watchmojo making the video. Expect misinfo and blanket stuff being left out

  • @Rosarosa50507
    @Rosarosa505078 ай бұрын

    ❗Your pretty good❗

  • @koolzbruh242
    @koolzbruh2422 күн бұрын

    Lmao if I hadn't played these games minus peace walker and the very first 2 metal gears, I wouldn't have been able to follow. Yes it was entertaining and kind of informative the description of the history could've been done better but it was rushed.

  • @BGSGames3
    @BGSGames38 ай бұрын

    Me doliio la cabezzaaaaaaa

  • @wojciechochojski110
    @wojciechochojski1107 ай бұрын

    21:03 wasn't Meryl Campbell's niece?

  • @viracocha

    @viracocha

    7 ай бұрын

    Daughter

  • @wojciechochojski110

    @wojciechochojski110

    7 ай бұрын

    @@viracocha you're right lmao this also really brings out the term "totally not complicated"

  • @glydoughnut9432

    @glydoughnut9432

    7 ай бұрын

    No. Meryl is Roy’s daughter. This is revealed either during MGS1 if you gave up during the Ocelot torture or in MGS4 when Meryl brings it up

  • @thecomediankodybean
    @thecomediankodybean5 ай бұрын

    Jack not John John was a fake name

  • @zsmann123
    @zsmann1237 ай бұрын

    I’m still kinda confused 😂

  • @mjdf122
    @mjdf1228 ай бұрын

    It’s not complicated for the Patriots

  • @denzelserrano142
    @denzelserrano1426 ай бұрын

    Im still confused

  • @EdinMike
    @EdinMike8 ай бұрын

    Nope… still don’t get it…

  • @emadgheitanifard2325
    @emadgheitanifard23258 ай бұрын

    only kojima can figure it out😂😂😂

  • @evolancer211
    @evolancer2118 ай бұрын

    Jeez, your outbursts are somewhat annoying. Well maybe annoying isn't the right word, but overplayed, exaggerated, over the top. Just explain it without having to comment on every little thing. I dunno, don't think it's as funny as you think it is

  • @Marco-wp9kw

    @Marco-wp9kw

    8 ай бұрын

    It's not that deep, really.

  • @bigjay8895
    @bigjay88958 ай бұрын

    …….. ……..what?!?😂

  • @glydoughnut9432
    @glydoughnut94327 ай бұрын

    Comicstorian has better videos explaining this. Go watch that instead so you’ll understand it better

  • @solidsnake9898
    @solidsnake98988 ай бұрын

    Shuttup WM. You just don't understand it

  • @yerielhiciano7635
    @yerielhiciano76354 ай бұрын

    Are you sure you’ve been a fan since you were young you sound as if doing this vid was such a chore. Then don’t do it if you don’t like the games.

  • @1742Q
    @1742Q4 ай бұрын

    How do you have a no hitting rule when you’re talking about metal gear salt you know what I should click off the video just for that dumb comment 2:47

  • @allisoncason7932
    @allisoncason79328 ай бұрын

    was looking forward to this one…. what happened? narration was not good. like he took the whole video as a joke and the profanity was so out of place

  • @Snaaake_Beater
    @Snaaake_Beater8 ай бұрын

    😂 Metal gear is not complicated. the story is super linear. just how the games were released is complicated. If you play the games how they were released it is not complicated and if you play them in the chronological order it is also not complicated.

  • @Myke_Alpha9
    @Myke_Alpha97 ай бұрын

    Its funny how they treat sarcastically the timeline as "totally not complicated" but by doing such a sh*tty summary, they or he made it sound complicated AF. Either make a shorter video with more enfasis on key details but focused or a longer video explaining everything in detail but well documented and better narrates, not some middle ground that its just garbage, like explaining just the beginning and the ending of MGS3.

  • @shawnainesworth1608
    @shawnainesworth16087 ай бұрын

    So I don't want to explain the full series but I don't know what I'm getting into give me likes

  • @ghost_of_nyc6497
    @ghost_of_nyc64978 ай бұрын

    If you started at 13 like I did, not 4 like you, the story isn’t complicated, Kojima dialogue in the game is what makes it fucking complicated. Anddd you could have just said Mercenaries Without Boarders

  • @zardoz8023
    @zardoz80237 ай бұрын

    Are we just going to pretend that the Metal Gear Solid series' storytelling is good, when it boils down to terrible exposition dumps and with some very cringey, anime-like and overall questionable charracters, nonsensical convoluted plots and so on? Yes, what is good about the series (the gameplay), is really good and inovative, but Kojima's fanboys tend to oversell these games to the moon, like they're some divine gaming revelation. Well, sorry but they're nothing close to that, just a series of good games, and that's it. Only anime emo fanboys think they're masterpieces in storytelling, but these people don't understand good storytelling to begin with, if they think countless exposition dumps is the way to tell a good story.

  • @codyduignan4266
    @codyduignan4266Ай бұрын

    I highly doubt you can put all the metal gear lore in such a short video 😅

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