{"id":95482,"date":"2021-08-30T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/95482\/"},"modified":"2021-08-30T14:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:00:32","slug":"history-of-metal-gear-1987-2021-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/95482\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Metal Gear (1987 &#8211; 2021) | Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vhk8DFLW5nE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nA full history of the Metal Gear franchise. From Hideo Kojima joining Konami&#8217;s MSX division, to the most recent rumors regarding Bluepoint and the mysterious &#8220;BlueBox Studio.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Celebrate nearly 35 years of one of the most iconic stealth action video games of all time by learning how the series has evolved! Metal Gear is a stealth action video game series created by Hideo Kojima and produced by a Japanese holding company called Konami. The series began as an MSX pixel stealth action game, and has grown to be one of the greatest &#8211; most recognizable video games in the history of the medium. This documentary will cover it all, including: Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the NES releases like Snake&#8217;s Revenge, the highly influential Metal Gear Solid on the PlayStation, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, all of the PSP and Gameboy releases, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and everything in-between! <\/p>\n<p>Join me as I detail each and every game, breaking down their development history, storyline, gameplay features, visuals, and their critical reception, all backed with each game&#8217;s original soundtrack.<br \/>\n________________________ <\/p>\n<p>GOGcom Sponsorship Information:<\/p>\n<p>This video is brought to you in part by GOG.com. You can purchase 3 classic Metal Gear games on GOG.com right now for the PC. Any purchases made using the following link will help support this channel. <\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.gog.com\/partner\/konami?pp=ad87fe7bff5a47d5c1407f5f263c80a8796166dc<br \/>\n________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Follow me on Twitter! I like to post updates on my projects there:<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @nick930gaming <\/p>\n<p>Please help me continue doing what I love! You can sign up to be a patron using the link below &#8211; and earn special perks as a result! <\/p>\n<p>Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Nick930 <\/p>\n<p>Even the smallest donations help me make these videos! (I record all of my own footage and need to purchase several old games for the footage) <\/p>\n<p>This video in particular took me longer than any project I&#8217;ve ever worked on, even more so than my History of GTA. I put a ton of passion and effort into this documentary &#8211; but even so, there are bound to be errors. Please feel free to let me know in the comments if you spot one! Now sit back, grab a drink and enjoy the ENTIRE History of Metal Gear! <\/p>\n<p>Kept you waiting huh? <\/p>\n<p>Table of Contents<br \/>\n________________________ <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n02:52 Metal Gear Development<br \/>\n10:16 Metal Gear (1987)<br \/>\n15:26 MG NES and MG2 Development<br \/>\n20:28 Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990)<br \/>\n25:36 Metal Gear Solid Development<br \/>\n30:53 Metal Gear Solid (1998)<br \/>\n39:48 Ghost Babel Development<br \/>\n41:20 Ghost Babel (2000)<br \/>\n43:46 MGS2 Development<br \/>\n51:39 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)<br \/>\n01:01:14 Twin Snakes Development<br \/>\n01:03:17 MGS Twin Snakes (2004)<br \/>\n01:06:09 MGS3 Development<br \/>\n01:11:14 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)<br \/>\n01:20:11 Metal Gear AC!D 1 &#038; 2 (2004 &#8211; 2005)<br \/>\n01:24:36 Portable Ops Development<br \/>\n01:27:34 Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (2006)<br \/>\n01:33:56 MGS4 Development<br \/>\n01:39:31 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)<br \/>\n01:48:50 MGOnline, MGSMobile, and MGSTouch (2008 &#8211; 2009)<br \/>\n01:51:02 Peace Walker Development<br \/>\n01:52:54 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010)<br \/>\n02:01:02 Metal Gear Solid: Rising Development<br \/>\n02:05:12 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013)<br \/>\n02:10:56 Ground Zeroes\/Phantom Pain Development<br \/>\n02:15:51 Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes (2014)<br \/>\n02:22:48 MGSV Development<br \/>\n02:24:45 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015)<br \/>\n02:36:57 Metal Gear Survive Development<br \/>\n02:38:21 Metal Gear Survive (2018)<br \/>\n02:42:24 Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to: <\/p>\n<p>EpicTrailerMusicUK &#8211; Listen to his full orchestral hybrid MGS cover here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/CBsaS8gWwQI <\/p>\n<p>Fred Wood &#8211; MGSMobile Gameplay footage https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xYIDO4wrr_M <\/p>\n<p>Digital Foundry&#8217;s John Linneman &#8211; DF Retro MGS2 https:\/\/youtu.be\/mH2ZVlOLPNI <\/p>\n<p>Metal Gear Online 2 PC community for permission to use their trailer. <\/p>\n<p>#MetalGear #Documentary #Trailer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A full history of the Metal Gear franchise. 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