MGS2: Sons of Liberty, Substance, HD Edition | Extreme & European Extreme | Full Game Speedrun Guide

Follow me on Twitch today for more live content:   / dlimes13   Here is an up-to-date guide for Extreme & European Extreme difficulties for Metal Gear Solid 2. If you are looking for other difficulties: Very Easy:    • MGS2: Sons of Liberty, Substance, HD Editi...   Normal:    • MGS2: Sons of Liberty, Substance, HD Editi...   This involves fast and traditional strategies, but not every possible and fastest strategy. For more tips and strategies, visit the Wiki in the links below. This guide was made with the understanding one has basic knowledge on game mechanics, general route, etc., as these will not be covered in this video. This will cover the Not Game Over If Discovered, or NGOID route. For Game Over If Discovered, or GOID, refer to one of these speedruns here for good examples, as only a handful of rooms change: WR for GOID with Big Boss Rank:    • MGS2: Substance | PC | European Extreme | ...   SGDQ 2022 run with Big Boss Rank:    • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty by dli...   This video will cover one wanting to obtain Big Boss Rank (non-lethal) or any rank (lethal/speed). Certain strategies will differ and will be covered in this video. This is one video edited and stitched together for efficiency, but does a good job of explaining how to do just about everything with button inputs. Demonstrated on the PC version, but most of it applies to HD Edition as well. Most of it applies to PS2 Sons of Liberty also, but there are some instances where it differs (elevator clip vs. swim glitch for example). Clips in this guide will be on European Extreme difficulty being played on the PC version. However, everything can be applied to Extreme difficulty as well, as the main difference is you can take more damage and boss fights are a little more forgiving. If anybody has questions or feedback, leave a comment or feel free to reach out to me, join the Discord, etc. Special thanks to bmn for the MGS2 Trainer used in this video for quick resetting or taking an instant death in a room. You can find more of his tools at: https://mgs.w00ty.com/ Timestamps are below to jump to certain sections: 0:00 Intro & Initial Settings 5:12 Start to Olga 8:50 Olga 12:15 Post-Olga to Engine Room 17:27 Engine Room 21:30 Deck-2 23:15 Guard Rush 33:21 Hold No.1 (With and Without Ladder Glitch) 36:14 Hold No.2 38:12 Hold No.3 (With 2 & 3 Spot Photos) 41:25 Plant Start to Stillman 48:04 Bomb Disposal to Strut C (Before Final Bomb) 1:14:59 Strut C Bomb to Start of Fortune 1:17:54 Fortune 1:22:45 Post Fortune to Fatman 1:27:21 Fatman 1:33:31 Post Fatman to Shell 1 Core, 1F 1:37:34 Shell 1 Core, 1F to Ames 1:39:53 Ames 1:42:01 Shell 1 Exit to Shell 1-2 Connecting Bridge 1:47:20 Shell 1-2 Connecting Bridge Sensors 1:50:01 Harrier 2:01:54 Post Harrier/Perimeter/To Shell 2 Core 2:05:23 Shell 2 Core, 1F to President 2:09:02 Swim to Vamp 1 & Swim Glitch 2:14:27 Vamp 1 (Lethal & Non-Lethal) 2:20:39 Post Vamp 1 & Emma Swimming 2:24:13 Shell 2 Exit to Sniping Section 2:27:42 Sniping Section & Vamp 2 (Lethal & Non-Lethal) 2:40:07 Post Vamp 2 to Arsenal Gear 2:43:06 Arsenal Gear - Jejunum 2:45:10 Arsenal Gear - Ascending Colon 2:46:35 Tengu 1 2:54:54 Tengu 2 2:59:40 MG-RAYs 3:17:20 Torture 3:18:41 Solidus 3:27:52 Closing & Final Thoughts Want to learn how to speedrun any Metal Gear game? Check out the Wiki: https://metalgearspeedrunners.com/wiki Learning to speedrun or want to hang out with the community? Join the Lime City Discord:   / discord   Interested in joining the #LimeCityUnit Twitch Team? Join the Discord above.   / limecityunit   My list of Personal Bests and World Records: https://speedrun.com/user/dlimes13