Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Here we are... 9 years after Metal Gear Solid Pachislot's infamous announcement leading to demand for a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, we are hours away from it being released.

So to celebrate, I bring it all full-circle and take MGSV back to the series' roots that it tried to offer as a difficulty option; Subsistence Mode.

RULES:
1 - Mimic the Subsistence Mode gameplay;
------ Reflex Mode: Off
------ Play as Snake wearing Olive Drab (Standard), no Bandana
------ Deploy With Only The Basic Bionic Arm (may require honour rules)
------ Drop Time: ASAP (or 6:00 for daytime challenge)
------ No Buddies, Vehicles, Supply Drops, Fire Support, Support Chopper
2 - Achieve S Rank in all Missions
3 - Bonus: Minimal usage of Fulton Balloons (only bring 12)
4 - Bonus: Pequod outfitted with minimal equipment

Raw Recordings Playlist: PENDING

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Games:
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Versions:
Xbox One (played on Xbox Series X)
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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
1:41 Rules

3:26 Episode 1 - Phantom Limbs
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=0lYXUWvmDJo

5:02 Ground Zeroes
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=lru5WPXvmNo

6:28 Episode 3 - A Hero's Way
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=3FMUH-AJDUM

7:12 Episode 33 - [SUBSISTENCE] C2W
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=uCDbQTMQ_SE

8:07 Episode 5 - Over The Fence
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=Loi_BUZed7o

9:21 Episode 6 - Where Do The Bees Sleep?
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=7EovnpNDe9o

11:06 Episode 7 - Red Brass
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=NcO6uPVPQb8

11:45 Episode 49 - [SUBSISTENCE] Occupation Forces
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=fTr0zMlIXWg

12:53 Episode 9 - Backup, Back Down
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=MMYHEmprOM0

14:16 Episode 10 - Angel With Broken Wings
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=GiAA8ZeBjlI

15:19 Episode 11 - Cloaked In Silence
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=Aiq1R8B8SXc

16:14 Episode 12 - Hellbound
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=dVogTsus-40

17:44 Episode 13 - Pitch Dark
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=R5MyTCnIAqc

18:40 Episode 14 - Lingua Franca
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=XBtXocyPI_M

18:45 Episode 15 - Footprints of Phantoms
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=hW_wRzXFQzs

19:21 Episode 16 - Traitors' Caravan
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=fpXx4E9Cdiw

20:58 Episode 17 - Rescue the Intel Agents
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=A_YTvPPCDDo

21:43 Episode 18 - Blood Runs Deep
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=Yph-l8wAFH8

23:25 Episode 19 - On The Trail
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=pzCe_IA2R2k

24:14 Episode 20 - Voices
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=EYHQSLFbno8

25:05 Episode 21 - The War Economy
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=2hNbdUA7eg4

25:37 Episode 23 - The White Mamba
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=DPTZ-Dl9n0Q

26:14 Episode 24 - Close Contact
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=ZqnDykhEOno

27:16 Episode 25 - Aim True, Ye Vengeful
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=5ulcHGfpx34

27:48 Episode 26 - Hunting Down
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=x-eKFQxf28Y

28:17 Episode 27 - Root Cause
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=PCoNpIXUiaQ

28:40 Episode 28 - Code Talker
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=o5xMPhYJIqE

29:46 Episode 29 - Metallic Archaea
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=uqTOKYGkvHY

30:17 Episode 30 - Skull Face
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=Q_vrjlf3TRE

30:45 Episode 31 - Sahelanthropus
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=6S3WYcpOxsc

31:58 Episode 32 - To Know Too Much
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=YjUsJiqbaFs

32:21 Episode 35 - Cursed Legacy
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=yBchHsKSkM4

32:52 Episode 38 - Extraordinary
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=rrgbbCeOkF8

33:22 Episode 41 - Proxy War Without End
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=eZ48VSyDfV8

35:16 Episode 45 - A Quiet Exit
Full Run: youtube.com/watch?v=af_wk5RLtKg

35:51 Ending

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