With the discharge of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1 we requested you to assist us determine which boss from the MGS sequence is the most effective. Would the audacity of Psycho Mantis conquer all? Would Liquid Ocelot’s emotional encounter with MGS4 prevail? Or would Fatman and his rollerblading antics come out on prime?
Now, after hundreds of 1v1 battles between the likes of The End, Sniper Wolf, and Quiet. We have our winner.
So, which boss claimed the highest spot as probably the most memorable within the sequence? The winner is…
It was possibly all the time becoming {that a} character named The Boss would come out on prime as our general winner. With an 85.3% win charge after profitable 4,303 of its 5,043 battles, the enduring finale combat from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater takes the crown.
We right here at IGN all the time assume extremely of The Boss, however denied her a prime spot, as a substitute inserting her at quantity three on our checklist. Here’s what we needed to say:
“No encounter manages to hit on as many ranges as Naked Snake’s encounter with The Boss on the finish of Metal Gear Solid 3. Not solely was The Boss pivotal within the occasions of Metal Gear’s fake historical past, however as Snake’s mentor and pal, she helped form the person that he would finally change into. Aside from this, the combat itself was a tense, beautiful battle that acted because the end result of the camo and CQC mechanics that Snake Eater taught the participant all through the course of the sport.
Among her ultimate phrases to Naked Snake is that this emotional assertion that foreshadows the occasions of the remainder of the sequence. ‘One should die and one should stay. No victory, no defeat. The survivor will keep on the combat. It is our future… The one who survives will inherit the title of Boss. And the one who inherits the title of Boss will face an existence of countless battle.’”
Rounding out the highest three was one other MGS3 boss within the form of everybody’s favourite pensioner with a parrot The End, who got here in third with a 76.9% win charge. Coming in second was the enduring Psycho Mantis from the unique Metal Gear Solid whose fourth-wall-breaking mechanics earned them the runner-up place after profitable 83.6% of their face-offs.
Completing the highest 10 in descending order from fourth had been Cyborg Ninja, Liquid Ocelot, Sniper Wolf, Liquid Snake, Metal Gear REX, Revolver Ocelot, and RAY vs REX.
At the underside of the checklist, we discover poor Eli from Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain who was victorious in simply 18.1% of their clashes.
Making up the remainder of the underside ten are Parasite Unit (The Skulls), Raging Raven, Fortune, Man on Fire, Olga, Hind-D, Crying Wolf, Metal Gear Sahelanthropus, and Screaming Mantis.
All in all, It doesn’t make nice studying for MGS5 basically, with the sport’s highest boss solely reaching quantity 16 due to Quiet. Want to see the place your favourite MGS boss turned up? Make certain to take a look at the total checklist.
And for our alternative of the ten finest, take a look at the video beneath:
Simon Cardy will all the time assume The End is the most effective. Follow him on Twitter at @CardySimon.
