Metal Gear: The Complete Timeline (What You Need to Know!)

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Have you ever wanted to follow the entire Metal Gear Saga from start to finish in chronological order? We've got you covered. Strap in for an entire afternoon and follow the tale of Snakes, Bosses, Patriots, and nanomachines.

Huge thanks to Gregg from @DropRate for all his help!

Video Chapters (Dates listed here and on-screen indicate the rough year the events take place in the storyline), Games in the main saga not written/directed by Hideo Kojima are noted (canonicity is debated)
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:33 Pre-Snake Eater (1914 - 1961)
0:08:28 Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater: Virtuous Mission (1964)
0:12:11 Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater: Operation Snake Eater (1964)
0:32:37 Post-Snake Eater (1964 - 1970)
0:34:08 Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops: San Hieronymo Incident (1970) [NON-KOJIMA]
0:58:29 Post-Portable Ops (1971 - 1974)
1:01:14 Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker: Peace Walker Incident (1974)
1:25:03 Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes: Ground Zeroes Incident (1975)
1:30:56 Big Boss’s Nine-Year Coma (1975 - 1984)
1:37:35 Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain Chapter 1: Revenge (1984)
2:03:34 Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain Chapter 2: Race (1984)
2:14:56 Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain: Kingdom of the Flies (1984)
2:17:12 Post-Phantom Pain (1984 - 1995)
2:19:37 Metal Gear: Gray Fox’s Sneaking Mission (1995)
2:20:04 Metal Gear: Operation Intrude N313 (1995)
2:24:58 Post-Metal Gear (1995-1999)
2:27:38 Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake: Zanzibar Land Disturbance (1999)
2:38:07 Post-Metal Gear 2 (1999-2005)
2:41:31 Metal Gear Solid: Shadow Moses Incident (2005)
3:13:48 Post-Metal Gear Solid (2005-2007)
3:16:44 Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty: Tanker Incident (2007)
3:21:32 Post-Tanker Incident (2007-2008)
3:23:25 Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty: Big Shell Incident (2009)
3:52:30 Post-Sons of Liberty (2009 - 2014)
3:56:50 Metal Gear Solid 4: Liquid Son (2014)
4:01:38 Metal Gear Solid 4: Solid Sun (2014)
4:08:05 Metal Gear Solid 4: Third Sun (2014)
4:15:26 Metal Gear Solid 4: Twin Suns (2014)
4:22:56 Metal Gear Solid 4: Old Sun (2014)
4:29:57 Metal Gear Solid 4: Naked Sin (2014)
4:32:05 Metal Gear Solid 4: Naked Son (2014)
4:34:48 Post-Guns Of The Patriots (2014 - 2016)
4:36:05 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Jetstream (2016) [NON-KOJIMA]
4:39:23 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Blade Wolf (2016) [NON-KOJIMA]
4:39:40 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2018) [NON-KOJIMA]
4:42:31 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Blade Wolf (2018) [NON-KOJIMA]
4:43:56 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2018) [NON-KOJIMA]
4:58:29 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Blade Wolf (2018) [NON-KOJIMA]
4:58:42 Main Series Outro
4:59:20 Snake’s Revenge (1998)
5:02:40 Metal Gear Ghost Babel (2002)
5:13:00 Metal Gear Solid Mobile (2006)
5:16:10 Metal Gear AC!D (2016)
5:36:55 Metal Gear AC!D 2 (20XX)
5:53:07 Metal Gear Survive
6:05:07 Outro

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EDIT: As stated in the intro, Portable Ops and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance have questionable canonicty to the Metal Gear Saga. When asked in an interview in 2014, Kojima's quote on the matter was: "In terms of the overall storyline, it's part of the saga but in terms of the small details, it's a little, it would appear to be a little off from the main story." By this, it seems Kojima considers the games he produced but didn't write/design in their own category, but he has never outright said they aren't canon. This is why I state to take them with a grain of salt in the intro. My including them in the main saga portion of the video is not me making any kind of claim to their canonicty, and you can continue believing whatever you want.

With that out of the way, what would you like to see me cover next?

[foresworn]

God I love how Ocelot is literally just that one guy who says / does some dumb shit then pretends like it was all intentional. Absolute agent of chaos that I love

[agentcoxack]

I like how it started sort of realistic, then hinted at some spiritual elements and advanced technology, and suddenly;
“Then the Pain with his army of bees arrived.”

[daveTHEdirty]

I've never seen a storyline that tows the line between realistic and bat shit insane so beautifully.

[imEnkae]

I don’t think people understand the amount of time and research it took to make this video. This is truly special. Thank you for making this video

[Exe_gaming]

The story of Metal Gear can kind of just be summed up as “everyone betrays each other”

[Paragon._.]

I never knew how fast Metal Gear went from a James Bond game to a cyborg throwing nuclear bipedal tank

[largeandscary]

You have created the rosetta stone of MGS lore, in a such a clean, succinct, and subtly creative way. This is truly a gift

[serosen]

i like that Ocelot isnt above taking an enemies advice. Snake tells him a revolver would better suit him, so he starts using revolvers. only issue is that he didnt train with them long enough to get used to the lower round capacity, which he then makes up for by carying multiple revolvers

[FindTheFun]

When I was a kid I read the entire MGS4 database not knowing anything about the real life history. A few years later in high school I aced my US History class because I literally learned everything from MGS.

[GarageHaruo]

These guys did what even Hideo Kojima couldn't do. What a couple of heroes

[NeroAM]

Dude did the world a favor with this he should get a medal for his dedication and patience. He deserves all the subs he can get.

[gabrielcurtis]

6 HOURS OF METAL GEAR?!?!?!?!?! GIVE THIS DUDE A

[kingzor]

"OTACON reveals that he loves her, so she asks for her gun" BRILLIANT

[zeekgeek]

It's so interesting how Hideo Kojima used real history, combining it with book lore, movie lore, other games lore, and his own masterful storyline, and wove it all together into this masterpiece. I swear the MGS series has more Easter eggs, and wierd connections than anything I've ever seen, hundreds of them in each game‼️

[sigh]

I love how the story can shift from a psychic ghost to the assassination of John F. Kennedy without missing a beat

[void]

"Oh this character is kinda cool, I like them"
10 minutes later...
"After saying their heartful, tearful and heart wrenching goodbye, they die a painful and gruesome death"

[contemplateboxing]

2:00:50 “leaving Skullface to wonder lust for revenge could be so powerful” LOL. This part really made me laugh. Had to rewind a few times.

[AudiTheKid]

I simply subscribed because you had the audacity and sanity to post a 6 hour long MGS lore video when no one else would ♥️

[CoolGamer-qzzp]

This video being shorter than the entire watch length of the MGS4 cutscenes is really impressive. Props for being able to condense so much information while not skimping on the details.