FINAL THOUGHTS | In my opinion, MGSV is, above all, an experiment. A social and intellectual experiment. A brainwashing experiment that divides players into two categories: those who accept everything the game tells them (those who took the blue pill in The Matrix), and those who question the facts (those who chose the red pill).

If you were wondering what Kojima meant when he stated in an interview that with MGSV he was going to do something never seen before in the video game industry, I think the answer is as simple as it is brilliant: he stripped the video game down to its most basic form to make MGSV a modern version of “1984” in which every player becomes the test subject, the Winston Smith, the Raiden of the experiment. The game isn’t set in 1984 but rather in the moment you’re playing it.

After all, what is a video game if not the virtual simulation of an alternate reality? What is a console (and in that case, the FOX Engine) if not the matrix that hosts this simulation? What is a (TV) screen if not the interface that allows us to experience the simulation? MGSV is therefore the culmination of MGS2.

As explained throughout the video, Venom Snake really is just one player among many. He is our virtual avatar in this pseudo-Metal Gear universe. Kojima wasn’t lying when he said that MGSV was his best game—the one he poured his heart and soul into. Ultimately, if Venom reappears in “demon” mode before shattering the mirror (our TV screen), it’s because he is the victim of the whole plot and is about to sacrifice himself by handing over the title of Big Boss he fought for and earned to the player before returning to where he came from: the game (the simulation).

I doubt Kojima will ever reveal his intention because, in my opinion, that would ruin the essence of MGSV: a true author game, a timeless work of art that continues to challenge the player years after its release.

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Venom:Who The Hell Are You
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Alright, I'll replay MGSV for the billionth time..

You played us like a damn fiddle!

Here we are, more than a decade later, still stumbling upon fascinating, compelling, mind-blowing essays and theories about this game and devouring every second of it.

This is truly incredible.

Kojima trained us as Snake so that in the next stealth game he’ll have us, the players, to keep the MGS saga going.

Another interesting “clue”, you could say, it’s that if you try to leave a mission area in TPP, static like one in a television will start overlaying the screen.

This is the most compelling theory I have heard for MGSV

I feel this is it. An hour and a half of the most compelling evidence I’ve seen in over a decade. As far as I’m concerned it’s cracked wide open. I’m sure we, as a community, will continue to find even more evidence further solidifying your theories here.
Very solid work and congratulations.
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Imagine a videogame so great that even despise being incomplete becomes th object of analysis for over 10 years because of its story.

The argument for Mgs v not being canon and just being a VR therapy for the player is one of the best theories I've ever heard substantiated by so much evidence it's beautiful

Mindblowing, and really changes how you experience the game as a whole. Thank you for making this!

Metal Gear Solid has a rich storyline, and it helped fill in the blanks of how it connected everything from Snake Eater all the way to Guns of the Patriots. Playing MGSV had some much of the 1984 novel and I am personally reading to fully understand how it affects the past, present, & future.

Dude believe me, this is one of the best theories about this I have ever seen.
Back in the days, a few online buddies and me, on the „ruse cruise“ had the theory that GZ was VR.
But I never heard the fact, that GZ was to be a flashback.
That makes your theory so much better and me thinking about MGS V too.

Great work man, keep up the good stuff! 🎉

Hey, nice work on this.  I don't know if I 100% buy into your thesis, but damn, you made some good points for your argument.

its like the cameraman himself is also a character, never noticed that.

this games has so much hidden lore and its so interesting

Those Big Boss is Watching You posters on mother base are genius.

This video just showed on my homepage. It's been 10 years, but.... it's not over yet

14:21 I had always thought the lines of light that occur when witnessing pain and violence was Venom the Medic's consciousness bucking against the Big Boss programing. I figured that being a medic originally, Venom instinctively feels more sympathy and empathy for those around him than Big Boss does. This of course would lead to serious mental and emotional conflict with Venom on an unconscious level as he's forced to endure the responsibility and agony of Big Boss's legacy. This is why the loss of Paz and LMF and his Diamond Dogs seems to be constant torture for Venom while Big Boss is able to bugger off and create Outer Heaven with a clean conscience.

Great theory I'll give you that, but the cool editing won't give you any factual advantage whatsoever, but that was some fancy editing tho, you're pretty good