Big Boss rank

[この運命で地獄へ]

Wow, MGS2's Big Boss rank is hard as balls, i completed Foxhound in MGS3 and it was pretty nice, but here it's really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tough! How many hours have you spent trying to beat the game on platinum?

[Deathraven13]

Maybe 8-10 hours.

20 minute for the tanker (never went for these ranks so I went in safe)

Fortune 1 was easy,

Fatman was a pain.

Harrier was kinda ok.

Vamp 1 was easy.

Vamp 2 was hell.

Tengu 1 was really bad

Tengu 2 was ok when only using the blade, you can cycle them hard.

Ray: Mostly longer than hard.

Solidus: He was so easy that I couldn't believe it.

Last save was after Tengu 2.

IIRC saves went:
After Tanker,
Before fatman,
After fatman,
Before harrier,
Before vamp 1
Before Vamp 2
After Vamp 2
After Tengu 2

I could have placed my saves better but I've played on hard then tried this on EXTREME and so didn't know about all the timings and some extra ennemy placements. I did beat the game on EE back in the days on my PS2.

The hardest BB/FOXHOUND rank to get so far for me.

If I had to do it again I would switch the first save for something else and If I was better against Fatman I would have gained another save, 8 saves is not a lot but It's doable and I didn't lose that much time between my saves, I could have done a lot better If I trained but the worst part for me is Vamp 2, I doubt I'll ever get very good at it.

MG Ray I had some resets but it's because the battle is long thus I start to lose focus, but since i did beat it on EE back in the days I kinda remembered, since Vamp 1 was horrible I got good at it and remembered how to do it, same with Harrier.

Speedrunners would have been so mad at me If they saw me completing it.

[この運命で地獄へ]

Originally posted by Deathraven13:

Maybe 8-10 hours.

20 minute for the tanker (never went for these ranks so I went in safe)

Fortune 1 was easy,

Fatman was a pain.

Harrier was kinda ok.

Vamp 1 was easy.

Vamp 2 was hell.

Tengu 1 was really bad

Tengu 2 was ok when only using the blade, you can cycle them hard.

Ray: Mostly longer than hard.

Solidus: He was so easy that I couldn't believe it.

Last save was after Tengu 2.

IIRC saves went:
After Tanker,
Before fatman,
After fatman,
Before harrier,
Before vamp 1
Before Vamp 2
After Vamp 2
After Tengu 2

I could have placed my saves better but I've played on hard then tried this on EXTREME and so didn't know about all the timings and some extra ennemy placements. I did beat the game on EE back in the days on my PS2.

The hardest BB/FOXHOUND rank to get so far for me.

If I had to do it again I would switch the first save for something else and If I was better against Fatman I would have gained another save, 8 saves is not a lot but It's doable and I didn't lose that much time between my saves, I could have done a lot better If I trained but the worst part for me is Vamp 2, I doubt I'll ever get very good at it.

MG Ray I had some resets but it's because the battle is long thus I start to lose focus, but since i did beat it on EE back in the days I kinda remembered, since Vamp 1 was horrible I got good at it and remembered how to do it, same with Harrier.

Speedrunners would have been so mad at me If they saw me completing it.

good to know!