{"id":1639,"date":"2021-09-02T16:22:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T07:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2021-09-02T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T07:22:42","slug":"20210902-1639","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210902-1639\/","title":{"rendered":"A peculiar Metal Gear Solid trick has been found. There are enemy guards that can be controlled by the player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Publication date of the original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-08-30 12:41 (JST)
Translated by. Nick Mosier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Yet another technique useful for speedrunning Metal Gear Solid<\/strong><\/em> has been discovered by coincidence. Just the other day, news that a streamer doing a regular playthrough of the game had stumbled upon a skip (now referred to as the Boba Skip) that can potentially shave nearly 3 minutes off of a speedrun made the rounds on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time the accidental discovery was made on the user controlled Twitch channel TwitchPlaysSpeedruns. During the escape sequence at the end of the game, the guards can be controlled with the D-pad of the 2nd player controller which can help shave seconds off a run.
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Breaking: New discovery in MGS1!

A group effort by MGSR users on @TwitchSpeedruns<\/a> has resulted in a brand new time save. The guards during the escape sequence can be manipulated with the DPAD on the port 2 controller.

Video by @PlatonicUser<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WiAuaBxKM9<\/a><\/p>— Metal Gear Speedrunners (@MGSrunners) August 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>