one year ago i had an idea for a challenge video on metal gear solid for the playstation NUMBER_TOKEN. i wanted to find out if we could beat the whole game without ever taking a single step on foot when i originally started this challenge it was decided by the metal gear speedrun community and myself that this was simply not possible but a lot can change in a year it's time for a much more up-to-date attempt at this challenge as we once again ask ourselves can you beat metal gear solid NUMBER_TOKEN without taking any steps let's find out let's go over the rules but first off i just need to say that this might have been one of the most difficult challenges i've ever attempted and this video took a very long time to make so if you could subscribe follow us on twitch join our discord server or why not all of the above you know you want to back to the rules rule number one we cannot take a single step on foot so no running or walking at all if snake takes a step during cutscenes or when climbing ladders then that's fine since we can't control that rule number two we must defeat all NUMBER_TOKEN boss fights in this run we will not be skipping any of them rule number three we will be playing on normal difficulty i decided i didn't want to risk making things too easy so i chose the difficulty i would normally do my casual playthroughs on rule number four if at any point we accidentally take a step we must allow ourselves to be killed in order to reset the current area and finally rule number five as soon as we kill liquid snake the final boss of the game we win if you haven't worked out by now our main method of movement is going to be crawling so we're essentially bringing snake closer to his namesake right at the start you can crawl under this water to collect a hidden ration rations are the game's healing items however we can't crawl back up as the top step is too high to crawl over there is another way though our second method of movement is the single punch with each single punch snake will inch forward slightly and this can be used to get over this step crawling and single punches will be our two options when it comes to covering any distance in this run this will make avoiding detection much more difficult and if we ever do get discovered it is essentially game over the starting area has two guards we must avoid whilst we're waiting for the elevator to descend once it does come down a third guard joins the other two now we just need to pick the right moment and crawl onto the elevator there are two events to choose from in order to get inside the main base and we'll be taking the bottom one there's a truck near the vent that contains a pistol but to get it snake has to hop inside the truck this might not count as a step but it seemed like a grey area so i decided to ignore the truck altogether we crawl past the sleeping guard and go through the vent until we make out the other end this room is the hangar and we're supposed to avoid the guards and get to the elevator however there's a room upstairs we need to go to first as we crawl to the top of the stairs we see a surveillance camera and we can't afford to let it spot us but for some reason we can't crawl over the top step so to get up here we have to position ourselves at the very top
START_INTERACTION_TOKEN but first off i just need to say that this might have been one of the most difficult challenges i've ever attempted and this video took a very long time to make so if you could subscribe follow us on twitch join our discord server or why not all of the above you know you want to back to the rules END_INTERACTION_TOKEN