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Which game is your favorite?

Metal Gear
4
10%
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
0
No votes
Metal Gear Solid
13
33%
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
6
15%
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
11
28%
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
0
No votes
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
3
8%
Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker
0
No votes
Metal Gear Slop V: The Phantom Game
3
8%
 
Total votes: 40

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methoxetamine wrote: February 17th, 2026, 14:16
Vergil wrote: February 17th, 2026, 07:59
DDC wrote: February 17th, 2026, 07:47
Based Solidus, ready to die for his ideals fighting globohomo.
It's incredible how easy midwits fall for this
I accept your concession btw
You can take the 4chan user out of 4chan but you can't take the 4chan out of the 4chan user.
Like talking to an actual LLM.
I'm just stating the facts.
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?

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I told you where MGS1 is objectively better and all you did is laugh react, that is the dictionary definition of conceding, thus I accept your concession
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methoxetamine wrote: February 17th, 2026, 17:31
I told you where MGS1 is objectively better and all you did is laugh react, that is the dictionary definition of conceding, thus I accept your concession
I'm laughing at you because you're stupid and not worth responding to seriously.
Now stop ******** up my thread the website you belong on has been back up for a while now.
I'm just stating the facts.
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Please refer to your own poll results to confirm my superior opinion, thank you for your time.
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So do you have anything to say besides boring baitposts that would be generic and stale on /v/ 10+ years ago or
I'm just stating the facts.
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Nope.
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MGS1 is the best, it was before they started letting ****** loving Hideo do whatever the **** he wanted, vomitting out all his terrible ideas until they fired him for sheer incompetence.

MGS1 also had the luck of having a localizer that de-weebified the script and made it much better. Rare case of a localizer actually improving the game. Kojima got butthurt and fired him and that's why the writing and dialogue is so much more unnatural and clumsy in all the sequels.
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I gotta say it's an honor and a privilege to be the only one ignored by Vergil at this current juncture in time, even if it won't last due to his effeminate nature (hi btw since I know you are reading still)
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Bertram_Tung wrote: February 17th, 2026, 18:02
MGS1 is the best, it was before they started letting ****** loving Hideo do whatever the **** he wanted, vomitting out all his terrible ideas until they fired him for sheer incompetence.

MGS1 also had the luck of having a localizer that de-weebified the script and made it much better. Rare case of a localizer actually improving the game. Kojima got butthurt and fired him and that's why the writing and dialogue is so much more unnatural and clumsy in all the sequels.
Hilarious if you genuinely believe this and it's not just contrarian boomerbabble.
I'm just stating the facts.
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methoxetamine wrote: February 17th, 2026, 19:27
I gotta say it's an honor and a privilege to be the only one ignored by Vergil at this current juncture in time, even if it won't last due to his effeminate nature (hi btw since I know you are reading still)
He's the Milo Yiannopoulis of HQ
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People sure do have a hard time not talking about me constantly giving me a weird omnirelevence I'll give you that.
Do you guys wanna actually talk about MGS now or am I still your favorite topic? :oops:
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Vergil wrote: February 17th, 2026, 07:59
DDC wrote: February 17th, 2026, 07:47
Based Solidus, ready to die for his ideals fighting globohomo.
It's incredible how easy midwits fall for this
Ok, you explain what his ideals were then:

"The Patriots are trying to protect their power, their own interests, by controlling the digital flow of information. I want my memory, my existence to remain. Unlike an intron of history, I will be remembered as an exon.”

"What I want to take back from the Patriots are things like... freedom, civil rights, opportunities. The founding principles of this country. Everything that's about to be wiped out by their digital censorship."

I'mma just be real for a minute here. You hate MGS2 because the player must kill a gay vampire to progress, and Rusty hates it because it came the closest to naming the Jew out of all the Metal Gear games, and people regularly post clips of it that contribute to the Noticing of our modern-day AI Jewtopia overlords. The closest real-world analogue to what Solidus was fighting against is the Jew-controlled uniparty -- the Nikki Haleys of the world who would ban anonymous speech and crack down on "hate speech" as a tool of societal control. Is there any doubt Solidus would support our right to anonymously say "******" on the internet without repercussions? Nope. The man is a hero and a saint.
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MGS2 is definitely better than anything that followed it, no contest. But it is still a downgrade from MGS1.
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DDC wrote: February 18th, 2026, 03:22
Vergil wrote: February 17th, 2026, 07:59
DDC wrote: February 17th, 2026, 07:47
Based Solidus, ready to die for his ideals fighting globohomo.
It's incredible how easy midwits fall for this
Ok, you explain what his ideals were then:

"The Patriots are trying to protect their power, their own interests, by controlling the digital flow of information. I want my memory, my existence to remain. Unlike an intron of history, I will be remembered as an exon.”

"What I want to take back from the Patriots are things like... freedom, civil rights, opportunities. The founding principles of this country. Everything that's about to be wiped out by their digital censorship."

I'mma just be real for a minute here. You hate MGS2 because the player must kill a gay vampire to progress, and Rusty hates it because it came the closest to naming the Jew out of all the Metal Gear games, and people regularly post clips of it that contribute to the Noticing of our modern-day AI Jewtopia overlords. The closest real-world analogue to what Solidus was fighting against is the Jew-controlled uniparty -- the Nikki Haleys of the world who would ban anonymous speech and crack down on "hate speech" as a tool of societal control. Is there any doubt Solidus would support our right to anonymously say "******" on the internet without repercussions? Nope. The man is a hero and a saint.
Yea I hate MGS2 that's why I just got into an argument with someone about how it's better than MGS1 and the pinnacle of the original Metal Gear format :|

Also I don't like vamp he's physically not my type and he fucks *******.
I'm just stating the facts.
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Also Solidus is literally a test tube baby who got psyopped and manipulated every second of his life into fulfilling the plans of other people.
Part of the tragedy of his character is he is so desperate to be his own person with a legacy that matters and in the end he's a clone of a far better man and spent his entire life being a pawn in someone else's game all the way to his death.
I'm just stating the facts.
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Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 04:26
Also Solidus is literally a test tube baby who got psyopped and manipulated every second of his life into fulfilling the plans of other people.
Part of the tragedy of his character is he is so desperate to be his own person with a legacy that matters and in the end he's a clone of a far better man and spent his entire life being a pawn in someone else's game all the way to his death.
theyre all test tube babies you ******
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Bertram_Tung wrote: February 18th, 2026, 04:46
Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 04:26
Also Solidus is literally a test tube baby who got psyopped and manipulated every second of his life into fulfilling the plans of other people.
Part of the tragedy of his character is he is so desperate to be his own person with a legacy that matters and in the end he's a clone of a far better man and spent his entire life being a pawn in someone else's game all the way to his death.
theyre all test tube babies you ******
How does that in any way contradict what I said or have even really any relevance to the point I was making?
You're too old for me and way too old for this sort of playground crush behavior.
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All of the Snake children are in part defined by their clone status and/or their rejection of it. That's literally a major part of Solidus' character. He wants to be like Big Boss who was a legendary figure with his own ideals and major impact on the world when it came to implementing those ideals.
But the tragedy is he never lives up to it. All of the Snake children failed to live up to Big Boss.
MGS1 was about how it takes more than genes to define who you are.
MGS2 is about ideals you pass on. Solidus doesn't have any real ideals (he can talk about loving America and freedom or whatever but he was literally using child soldiers and did 9/11-2 on New York lmao) to go along with the fact he's not even his own person. It builds on MGS1's message because unlike Solid or Liquid he's a literal 1:1 perfect clone at the genetic level to the point of looking identical. He even gives an eyepatch (on the wrong eye!!!) to mirror Big Boss.
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Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 04:58
Bertram_Tung wrote: February 18th, 2026, 04:46
Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 04:26
Also Solidus is literally a test tube baby who got psyopped and manipulated every second of his life into fulfilling the plans of other people.
Part of the tragedy of his character is he is so desperate to be his own person with a legacy that matters and in the end he's a clone of a far better man and spent his entire life being a pawn in someone else's game all the way to his death.
theyre all test tube babies you ******
How does that in any way contradict what I said or have even really any relevance to the point I was making?
because you were stating he was a test tube baby as if that were unique negative assigned to him, yet the hero of the entire saga was a test tube baby

Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:03
All of the Snake children are in part defined by their clone status and/or their rejection of it. That's literally a major part of Solidus' character. He wants to be like Big Boss who was a legendary figure with his own ideals and major impact on the world when it came to implementing those ideals.
But the tragedy is he never lives up to it. All of the Snake children failed to live up to Big Boss.
MGS1 was about how it takes more than genes to define who you are.
MGS2 is about ideals you pass on. Solidus doesn't have any real ideals (he can talk about loving America and freedom or whatever but he was literally using child soldiers and did 9/11-2 on New York lmao) to go along with the fact he's not even his own person. It builds on MGS1's message because unlike Solid or Liquid he's a literal 1:1 perfect clone at the genetic level to the point of looking identical. He even gives an eyepatch (on the wrong eye!!!) to mirror Big Boss.
thanks for the snake soup forum post circa 2011
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Bertram_Tung wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:19
because you were stating he was a test tube baby as if that were unique negative assigned to him
It's a unique part of his backstory that heavily informs his actions and over all character. Sorry that was too complicated for you to grasp.
Bertram_Tung wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:19
thanks for the snake soup forum post circa 2011
And speaking of grasping you are now grasping at straws by trying to turn someone discussing a video game in depth on a video game forum in a thread about the video game by.... comparing it to someone discussing a video game in depth on a different video game forum.
The issue here is that I know you're not actually this ******** but you are pathologically oriented against me so you're just kinda throwing things at the wall to see what sticks now.
Thank you for making your complete lack of desire and ability to discuss the topic meaningfully clear so I know I won't potentially miss out on anything going forward.
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Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:28
It's a unique part of his backstory that heavily informs his actions and over all character. Sorry that was too complicated for you to grasp.
No it's not a unique part of his backstory. That was my point you cum guzzling regard.
And speaking of grasping you are now grasping at straws by trying to turn someone discussing a video game in depth on a video game forum in a thread about the video game by.... comparing it to someone discussing a video game in depth on a different video game forum.
You were just stating facts like a wikipedia entry that everyone already knows, it added nothing to the discussion.

Wow. mgs1 was about genes and mgs2 was about memes? how insightful! nobody has ever pointed that out!
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DDC wrote: February 18th, 2026, 03:22
Vergil wrote: February 17th, 2026, 07:59
DDC wrote: February 17th, 2026, 07:47
Based Solidus, ready to die for his ideals fighting globohomo.
It's incredible how easy midwits fall for this
Ok, you explain what his ideals were then:

"The Patriots are trying to protect their power, their own interests, by controlling the digital flow of information. I want my memory, my existence to remain. Unlike an intron of history, I will be remembered as an exon.”

"What I want to take back from the Patriots are things like... freedom, civil rights, opportunities. The founding principles of this country. Everything that's about to be wiped out by their digital censorship."

I'mma just be real for a minute here. You hate MGS2 because the player must kill a gay vampire to progress, and Rusty hates it because it came the closest to naming the Jew out of all the Metal Gear games, and people regularly post clips of it that contribute to the Noticing of our modern-day AI Jewtopia overlords. The closest real-world analogue to what Solidus was fighting against is the Jew-controlled uniparty -- the Nikki Haleys of the world who would ban anonymous speech and crack down on "hate speech" as a tool of societal control. Is there any doubt Solidus would support our right to anonymously say "******" on the internet without repercussions? Nope. The man is a hero and a saint.
> released in November, 2001
> worried about digital censorship
> refers to "Patriots" as enemies of freedom

This is definitely about Nikki Haley, guys!
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It was made by a homosexual communist
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Stack of Turtles wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:42
released in November, 2001
God I know a lot was edited due to 9/11 but I always forget just how close it was.
I'm just stating the facts.
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Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:44
Stack of Turtles wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:42
released in November, 2001
God I know a lot was edited due to 9/11 but I always forget just how close it was.
This is another "hey guys I know about metal gear" post

Yes, we know that there was an entire segment of NYC getting destroyed that was removed. Do you have anything interesting to add?
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Bertram_Tung wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:54
Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:44
Stack of Turtles wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:42
released in November, 2001
God I know a lot was edited due to 9/11 but I always forget just how close it was.
This is another "hey guys I know about metal gear" post

Yes, we know that there was an entire segment of NYC getting destroyed that was removed. Do you have anything interesting to add?
Did you?
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Stack of Turtles wrote: February 18th, 2026, 06:00
Bertram_Tung wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:54
Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:44

God I know a lot was edited due to 9/11 but I always forget just how close it was.
This is another "hey guys I know about metal gear" post

Yes, we know that there was an entire segment of NYC getting destroyed that was removed. Do you have anything interesting to add?
Did you?
Re-read all my posts
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Ghost Babel is actually an incredibly cool bonus to the MGS Vol 2 collection.

If not just because it's a great game in it's own right, but also because the current GBC cartridge goes for like $200 on ebay and this will surely drive the price down.
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Vergil wrote: February 18th, 2026, 05:28
The issue here is that I know you're not actually this ********
btw this was a very sweet thing to say