Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Folks may not be aware that the title sequence in the HD edition of MGS3 isn’t entirely faithful to the original — the audio plays out of sync. So, here’s a version with the audio resynchronized; this is how the title sequence is meant to be experienced, as it played on the original PS2 version. This video also serves as a test of my first HD video upload. It’s probably this difference between the original and HD versions that most bugged me; the audio was originally very carefully synchronized to various events shown in the video, but that’s been thrown away in the HD edition, and I can’t help noticing it every time I see the HD edition title sequence. Most of my other qualms are pretty minor compared to the advantages the HD edition has, most of all the Subsistence camera and MG1 & 2 (although these are also in the rare Subsistence version). Things like the change of the camera angle during the Ladder Climb, the lack of Duel Mode, and of course, the switch-around of the X and circle buttons took a while to get used to. The often-cited “accidental throat slitting” though, I’ve never had a problem with.
Folks may not be aware that the title sequence in the HD edition of MGS3 isn’t entirely faithful to the original — the audio plays out of sync. So, here’s a version with the audio resynchronized; this is how the title sequence is meant to be experienced, as it played on the original PS2 version. This video also serves as a test of my first HD video upload. It’s probably this difference between the original and HD versions that most bugged me; the audio was originally very carefully synchronized to various events shown in the video, but that’s been thrown away in the HD edition, and I can’t help noticing it every time I see the HD edition title sequence. Most of my other qualms are pretty minor compared to the advantages the HD edition has, most of all the Subsistence camera and MG1 & 2 (although these are also in the rare Subsistence version). Things like the change of the camera angle during the Ladder Climb, the lack of Duel Mode, and of course, the switch-around of the X and circle buttons took a while to get used to. The often-cited “accidental throat slitting” though, I’ve never had a problem with.
