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Walkthrough for: Metal Gear Solid
Game: Metal Gear Solid	Format: PlayStation	Ratings Average
Posted by: Ant
This Metal Gear Solid boss walkthrough was written by me, Ant (Anthony Haynes). The following is a detailed walkthrough on how to defeat the numerous bosses that you will encounter during the classic game that is Metal Gear Solid. I will basically try and give you tips and tricks on where to go, what to do and how to do it, and hopefully I can help you progress through this marvellous game. I have played this game through many times now, so hopefully I know what I'm doing. {:) REVOLVER OCELOT Okay, so you�ve just saved the DARPA Chief (bit pointless though, considering his untimely death), and now you need to go get the ArmsTech President, Kenneth Baker. Blow your way through the different-coloured walls with some C4, and soon you�ll find yourself in a small, squarish room. An FMV scene will hit where Snake sees Kenneth Baker, who is tied to some sort of a pillar in the middle of the room. Snake goes to free him, but Baker warns him of the C4 attached to the rope. This is a reminder for you also, when fighting Ocelot make sure you don�t touch the rope, otherwise it�s the Game Over screen for you. Then Ocelot appears, and yes, he�s pretty handy with his gun. He�ll boast for a bit, and then shouts �DRAW!� and the fight is on. Whip out your SOCOM and start running. There are five �pillars� in all, one where Baker is and 4 surrounding him in the middle of the room. This basically leaves you room to run around in circles, which you�ll have to do (might get a little painful on the fingers though.) You have a limited number of SOCOM bullets so don�t waste them � there�s no point shooting him while he�s running, you�ll never get close enough. You�ll have two main chances to get him; occasionally he�ll stop, turn, and shoot at you. Step to one side, but continue running. This means you gain on him, and as you round the corner you should have enough time to take a shot at him. Your best chance is when he reloads, however. He�ll stop completely and one point, and you�ll gain quite a lot of ground. This will give you the chance to shoot him once, and maybe even twice. In both situations, make sure you quickly duck behind a pillar, as he�ll shoot back in retaliation. On the harder difficulty levels Ocelot can take a while to beat, but just keep going. Make sure to pick up the SOCOM ammo that is lying around, although some of it is dangerously close to the ropes that trigger the C4. During the fight, Baker will continue to lose life too, but at a very slow rate. Unless you�re playing on Extreme Mode, and even then, you should be able to beat Ocelot comfortably without Baker dying on you. Once you�ve nailed him with that winning shot, the fight will end and you�ll be left to enjoy a great FMV scene that follows. But, this won�t be the last time you meet Ocelot. VULCAN RAVEN What�s more noticeable about him, is that he�s inside a tank. This is Vulcan Raven, and as you�ll find out now and later on, he�s one tough son-of-a-female dog to beat. However, the more times you fight him, the easier it becomes. To beat him you won�t just need your guns, and in fact, these won�t be very useful at all. You need to have tactics, especially when you fight him again near the end of the game, but that�s another part of this walkthrough. Once he�s hyped himself up a bit, the battle will start. To the left of the area you�re in a large rock, take cover behind this for a moment. Grab some Chaff Grenades, run out, and throw. Start running towards the tank (check the radar if you lose your way, but basically just run forwards) before it blows up, so that when it does you�ll be ready to take advantage. The Chaff will stop the tank�s main weapon from functioning, and all it has for the moment is a crappy machine gun. Get a normal grenade, and time your throw to the tank�s movement, so that it lands where the guard (who has apparently replaced Raven at the helm) is controlling the tank. This will blow him to pieces, and up pops another guard. Repeat this process, making sure the tank doesn�t manage to destroy you with its main weapon, or letting it run you over. There are grenades and rations in the corners of the area, so keep picking them up. Depending on what difficulty level you�re playing, once you�ve taken out a certain amount of guards the tank will fuzz out and die, along with a smallish explosion (this is to make sure Raven doesn�t die yet, obviously.) You�ll pick up a key card from one of the fallen guards, and then make your way towards the Nuclear Warhead Storage Building, leaving Raven to discuss how the Raven tattooed on his head thirsts for your blood. Humm. NINJA To continue your mission, you have to get hold of Dr Hal Emmerich. In other words, Otacon. Unfortunately to get to him, you�ll have to get through Ninja (you�ll find out who he is later). You�ll know when the battle has begun, and for the moment you won�t need weapons. His first attacks are limited and easy to dodge, although will take away a reasonable amount of life if he hits you. The trick is to hit the O button a few times just as he�s finished an attempted attack. Once you�ve delivered a few kicks and punches, he�ll change his tactics. He�ll get rid of his blade, and start disappearing on you using his stealth camouflage. You won�t have long to find him, but it shouldn�t be too hard, because he shimmers. Yes, that�s right, shimmers. He�ll probably be between lockers and boxes, or in one of the thin corridors between the computer stations in the middle of the room. Once you�ve seen him, get as close as you can and quickly attack. When he realises that this tactic is failing, Ninja will start flying around madly trying to hit you, and his attacks are reasonable effective. Look out for him when he jumps and seems to hang in midair, because if you�re underneath he�ll come down with extreme force, causing a lot of damage. Just keep dodging his attacks, and hitting him straight after. Towards the end of the battle he has another idea, this being his best. He'll start calmly walking around as though he�s off for a leisurely stroll through the countryside, but whenever you come up to smack him one he�ll suddenly disappear, appear right behind you, and absolutely smash you with a massive punch, which takes off a lot of health. There�s a reasonably easy way of getting through this though; when you run up to him, and then through him, just keep running a little way. This means he�ll miss his punch, and that�s your chance to turn, and start throwing those left and right-hands. Once you get him to the end of his life bar, he�ll sort of explode into a ball of�electricity, I guess. DON�T GO TOO CLOSE TO HIM! The electricity or whatever it is will damage you quite badly, so this is where you need your guns. SOCOM or FAMAS will do the trick, just shoot him three or four times (he may move around the room a bit after each shot), and finally you�ll defeat him, leaving you to enjoy an even better FMV scene afterwards! PSYCHO MANTIS After sprinting your way into the women�s toilet so you can see Meryl in her underwear, and watching a cool FMV scene between the two characters, you head off to the Commander�s Room, where a certain Psycho Mantis is waiting. Wanna know what that strange, haunting music is all about? That�s him, and he�s using it to control Meryl�s mind, as you�ll soon see. When you enter the room, Meryl will suddenly whip out her Desert Eagle and point it at you, before letting out series of weird outbursts. Try going into 1st Person View Mode at this point, and you�ll realise that you�re actually looking through Psycho Mantis� eyes. If you haven�t the Thermal Goggles, then you�ll have to use this technique to defeat him. When Meryl starts shooting at you, don�t shoot back. Knock her out; I advise throwing her, although you can be a little more brutal if you wish and use the kick-punch combo. Once she�s dazed, Psycho will finally appear and hype himself up a bit. The fight will then begin, and once again he�ll try and use Meryl (and he will do a couple more times after that). At one point he�ll try to get Meryl to �blow her brains out� as he subtly put it, and once again you just need to throw her around for a bit. He�ll give up with her soon enough, and start using his own powers. First he�ll create what looks strangely like a flaming tyre, and throw it at you. Move out of the way, quickly. Then he�ll summon a few items from around the room, so you need to get on the ground and duck these as they fly over you. Then leap to your feet, put the Thermal Goggles on if you have them (or use 1st Person View Mode to work out where he is), run up to him and use the kick-punch combo. He�ll then get a few a chairs and make them fly round and round in circles, so once again I advise you to get on your hands and knees. Once they�re gone, get up once again and repeat the process. He�ll then make pictures and portraits fly around the room � just do the same as you did last time. Whenever he�s finished with his attack, make sure you get up and deliver that kick-punch combo. It�ll take a while, but it�s really the only way to defeat him. Once he�s down there�ll be an interesting FMV scene, and then he�ll pass away. And don�t worry, he�s not coming back, which is good because this can be one of the longest boss fights on the game. SNIPER WOLF After some emotional FMVs and Codec conversations, you have to head back to the Tank Hangar again to pick up a Sniper Rifle. And then you go all the way back to the Underground Passage, where Sniper Wolf is waiting. The worst thing about this part of the game is the damn Wolves that attack you in the Caves. They�re not particularly hard to kill when they�re on their own, but they�re unbelievably annoying in groups of two and three. It�s also a waste of bullets to kill them all, so if you know the way well enough just run. Meryl has disappeared, but her blood still stains the ground. Get to one side; I always use the left�for no particular reason. The hardest part of this stage is actually getting on your stomach and into a position where you can snipe Wolf without her hitting you ever three seconds. Stay as close as you can to the wall, but make sure you�ve got a decent view of her whereabouts. She�ll usually hide behind pillars, mostly the sides of the platform she�s standing on. A good idea if you can�t find her is to look for her breathing out � it�s cold so�smoke or whatever it is can be seen. :D Sorry, I�m crap at science. Maybe it�s just cold air, I don�t know, but you can definitely see her breathing. There�s not many tips I can give you here apart from make sure you take the Diazepam (which can be found in that room opposite the Commander�s Room where you fight Psycho Mantis). When you see her, shoot. Even if you don�t get a perfect aim it will hit, but make sure it�s before she hits you�obviously. If she hits you then you�ll probably have to get up and move back into position, but to be honest, she�s pretty easy to beat. Later on however, she�s much tougher, so don�t underestimate the power of�Sniper Wolf. Once your business is completed, have a quick look around for items before heading through the door, where you�ll be caught, knocked out and taken away. Bah. SAVE IT BEFORE YOU ARE CAUGHT!!!! This is extremely important, because if you get killed thanks to the next boss, there�s no continues. This is especially bad if you didn�t save before Meryl gets shot, because it means you have to go through those goddamn wolves again. Bah. REVOLVER OCELOT 2 � TORTURE To be honest, there�s not much advice I can give you here. Tap quickly, I suppose. :D Just remember that if Ocelot kills you then there�s no continues. Game over, and this time it really means it. Ocelot will crow for a little while along with a few others including Liquid Snake and Sniper Wolf, before they leave and Ocelot begins the torture. You�ll have to go through three segments of it, each longer than the last. The first is reasonably easy, and the same goes for the second. Just don�t stop tapping, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT�S STOPPED! This gives you a couple of seconds to regain your health without the electricity taking it away from you. The third segment is quite tough however, and you�ll need to tap like crazy to beat it. If you think you�re going to die and you haven�t saved after killing Wolf, then submit by pressing Select. It doesn�t matter too much to be honest, because there�s two endings. In fact, the first time I played I submitted by accident before the first segment. I was trying to call the Colonel. :D LIQUID SNAKE � HELICOPTER Now you know why you saw that Hind-D earlier. Liquid�s piloting it, and he plans on taking you out like he did those Jet Fighters. After a long sequence of basic gameplay that included running up dozens of flights of stairs along with around fifty enemies and a bit of parascending (I guess it�s not that basic then), you�ll come up against what is quite possibly the toughest boss fight in the game. You�re on the Roof of one of the Communications Towers (can�t remember at the moment, although you�ll know when you�re there), and finally ready to battle the main boss, who is apparently your brother. Get your Stinger (my favourite weapon), and then find a place to hide. If you�re facing north (I think), then in top right-hand corner of your screen should be a couple of small control stations you can hide behind. If you stand close or against them, they should protect you from any incoming machine gun fire. Although, they probably won�t do much good when he raids you with missiles. When he does that, just run around for a bit. :D This is where your radar, and your targeting system really come into play. Stand reasonably close to one of the towers and equip the Stinger. On your radar, there should be a red dot that continues to move around, depending on where Liquid goes. Work out whereabouts he is with the Stinger using the radar, and soon your targeting system will come into play. The Stinger will locate him even if you can�t see him (which you usually can�t), and although it�s quite hard to describe, a square/rectangle/box/whatever will surround him, and if you fix your aim onto that the Stinger will lock on. Then, you follow. If he goes underneath you which he often likes to, then you�ll probably have to do this again. However, keep going and in the end you will prevail, because at some point he�ll rise to take a pop at you. Hopefully your Stinger will be locked on, and you can fire. You�ll be able to tell if the Missile hit thanks to an explosion and usually a cry of anguish from Liquid. Then get rid of the weapon as quickly as you equipped it, and stand against the control tower again while bullets rain down on you. You won�t be able to get out of the way all the time though, and the missiles will almost certainly hit. KEEP YOUR RATIONS EQUIPPED! This is vital to your survival. If you run out of ammo or rations, then run southwards and then to the east from the control stations, where there should be some on a small ramp of some kind. He won�t really change his tactics so if you keep nailing him occasionally with the missiles, then soon enough the Hind will begin to explode in front of your very eyes. Soon it will fall from the sky, taking Liquid with it. Is that the last you�ll hear from him, though? SNIPER WOLF 2 � SNOWFIELD We move on to another of the toughest boss fights, as we meet Sniper Wolf for a second time with revenge in mind. At first you won�t know she�s even there, and you�ll just run out into the open snowfield (this place is a bit like where you fought Raven, but it�s much smaller, surrounded by warehouses and there�s the odd tree too�so in fact, the only similarity is the snow. Humm.) You�ll hear the single shot from her Sniper Rifle, and you�ll fall to the ground. Snake uses his CODEC and works out that Wolf is around, somewhere to his north. This guess is proved when Wolf calls him on the CODEC too, and even Otacon joins in for the sake of love. Don�t listen to him though; you have to wipe her out. Once the fight begins, run back to where you came from and stand against a lone tree that stands in the bottom left-hand corner. Take some Diazepam, and if you don�t have any of this or any ammo for your Sniper Rifle then head to your right and you should be able to obtain some. Head back to the tree and do the same thing as you did in the Underground Passage � get down on your hands and knees so that you have a reasonably good view of all that�s in front of you, but also trying to get as much cover from the tree as possible. This snowfield is certainly not smooth, and although sometimes she will hide behind trees, most of the time she�ll take cover behind large mounds of snow. Remember to look for her breathing, but it�s harder to see this time around. Keep looking through that Scope and panning around the area, you will see her. And once you do, try as hard as you possibly can to not let her go. Shoot whenever you think you have a chance, it shouldn�t matter too much where you hit her. Inevitably, she will hit you from time to time, and unfortunately this will most probably knock you out of position. There�s nothing you can really do to stop this, just make sure you have your rations equipped, and not your Diazepam, which I always seem to have for some unfathomable reason. This battle is very hard, and a very, very extreme option is to use your Nikita Missiles. This will leave you very vulnerable to attack however as you�ll have to use the 1st Person View Mode, and it�s unlikely you�ll find her before the missile explodes. Just keep your wits about you and shoot whenever possible, and if you�ve got enough rations and if you use your Diazepam wisely then you should defeat her in the end. It can take a couple of attempts though, so make sure you�ve saved when you reach the Snowfield. Once you hear her final cry of pain, put away your trusty Sniper Rifle and head over to her direction, and get ready to watch what is in my opinion the most emotional and greatest FMV scene ever. Good stuff. VULCAN RAVEN 2 � BIG GUN The reason I�ve named this boss battle �Big Gun� is very simple. When you come up against Vulcan Raven for the second time, he boasts a very, very large gun. Very large, and very dangerous. You�ll notice that you�re in some sort of large, cold warehouse. Much of the place is covered with ice, and there are a lot of large, frozen crates. Use these to your advantage, because in this fight you will rarely want to actually see Raven, if at all. Trust me, if you go up to him with all guns blazing he�ll knock you down and tear you to pieces before you�ve even got pulled the trigger. Keep away from him, and make sure you use your radar to do this. There are a couple of ways to defeat him, and although they�re time-consuming, it�s worth it. Spend a couple of minutes just watching him on your radar as he slowly moves around searching for you, making sure you�re not seen. Keep a close eye on the paths he takes, and try to find an area that he regularly walks though (there are quite a few of these). Now, you can use two methods. My favourite is to plant a C4 or a Claymore Mine in one of the areas you�ve found, and then get as far away as possible without losing sight of the area on the radar. If you�re right, then he should soon walk into an exploding C4 (depending on your timing) or an exploding Claymore (depending on your placing.) This is the method I advise, although there are others. One is to use your Nikita Missiles, but once again, doing this will leave you vulnerable. Also, you�ll have to guide the missile towards his back, because if he sees it then he�ll shoot it down. Because of this, using the Nikita will take ages, and I wouldn�t bother personally. The final way is extremely dangerous, but effective if done well. Follow his paths again, and then get your Stingers ready. When he turns his back (you�ll be able to tell with your radar), leap out of your hiding place and nail him with a missile, before hiding again. Using the Stingers means he probably won�t shoot it down, especially if you do it when his back is turned. You can also try this with other weapons like the FAMAS or SOCOM, but these are no where near as effective and will take ages to beat him. This is a risky method though, and I would advise using C4s and Claymores before giving this a go. Once you beat him there�ll be more FMV, and then you�ll be left alone to continue your mission. The second battle with Raven is tough, but easily possible. METAL GEAR Considering this is the battle that the game has been leading up to, it really requires no skill whatsoever. Okay, so a bit of aiming in the first bit, but apart from that you just need to keep your rations equipped, and your finger pressing that weapon button! Liquid�s back, and after some amazing plot revelations you�re ready to finally do battle with your lifelong enemy � Metal Gear. Along with its obvious Nuclear capabilities, Metal Gear also boasts a rail gun and what is basically a Stinger Missile Launcher x 10. Ouch. Impossible for a normal man maybe, but you�re no normal man. You�re Solid Snake, a man with a deep, gravely voice and cool clothes. Oh, and you�ve got those Stinger Missiles, of course. Anyway, this fight will also be wrought with FMV scenes, either explaining what you have to do to beat Metal Gear and some more plot-weaving. One of these is another classic, so don�t even think about skipping any of them. Okay, you won�t need anything else here apart from your rations, and your Stinger. Have both equipped, and once you�ve finished with the CODEC and the FMVs, get ready to do battle. Now I can�t remember exactly where it is, but Otacon will show you I believe, but first you have to destroy some sort of small shield (I think it�s around one of Metal Gear�s shoulders). Anyway, all you have to do is continually fire at this, nothing else. It doesn�t take too long, and with the help of a certain someone the shield will soon be destroyed. This opens Metal Gear�s mouth, and will allow you to fire into its main control system or whatever, and you won�t have to pierce its unsurprisingly unpierceable armour. This is where it gets a bit harder, because Liquid will really to start to use the full potential of Metal Gear. Missiles and machine gun bullets will rain down on you among other things, and they�ll use up your rations pretty damn fast. Some people advise running around at this point like in Metal Gear 2, but I never did this. The area you�re in is massive and there�s hardly any cover, and Metal Gear will continue to nail you without you repaying the favour. Just make sure you have your rations equipped, and shoot into its gob as many times as possible. I reckon there are rations and ammo around, so if you don�t think you�ve got enough to survive then I suppose you�ll have to go and get them. To be honest, this is a bit of a scrappy fight, but it�s still full of tension. Hopefully though it won�t be long before Metal Gear falls with Liquid inside. Surely he�s dead now, you might think. But remember, this is Solid Snakes brother we�re talking about, and you two have yet to go at it in hand-to-hand combat. LIQUID SNAKE � HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT Well, I expect you�d already guessed this was going to happen thanks to me, but I like the title anyway. The �Les Enfants Terribles� are on top of the fallen wreckage that is Metal Gear, shirts off and fists at the ready. Have your thumb/finger at the ready on that O button, and once you�ve had another �little� chat then the fight is on. Just one more thing though�there�s a time limit. And if the time limit runs out, then a certain Meryl dies. She�s next to the timer, so you know that he means it. Anyway, you�re both standing on what looks like Metal Gear�s head, and to be quite perfectly honest it�s a reasonable way up. You fall off, and you die, but a lot of the time Snake will grab onto the side and pull himself up. If you�ve ever played one of the SmackDown games then this battle will seem a bit familiar, it�s just all you can do is kick and punch your opponent. Try not to stand still too much, keep moving around and when he�s finished all his little moves, step in and take advantage, delivering a few shots and a painful kick to the face. Considering this is the final boss fight, he�s surprisingly easy to beat, just make sure you do it within the time limit. I�m not entirely sure, but I believe Liquid can be thrown as well, but personally I�d just use the O attack. Although it�s quite easy, this is still one cool fight and a great way to basically finish an awesome game. Soon enough you�ll have beaten him, and surely, surely now he is dead!? NO! After this, you go on a fantastic car chase with Meryl/Otacon depending on how you performed in the torture segment, and all you have to do here is shoot constantly at guards, and then Liquid who chases you in his own little vehicle! This is fun, fast and frantic, and is the last piece of gameplay in Metal Gear Solid, before a longish FMV scene reveals all about parts of the plot that are still a mystery to you, and in Kojima-style delivers a strong message about life. This ends my walkthrough, and one of the finest games ever made. I only decided to do a boss walkthrough because the gameplay in between is quite simple (although very effective), and also because the boss� in MGS are some of the best ever created, as are the FMV scenes afterwards. If you�re anything like me then you will have loved this game, and although it�s a little late maybe my walkthrough can help some of you. Metal Gear Solid is available for PSX/PS2 and PC, for those of you who have not experienced it yet. Thanks for reading, Ant.
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