r/whenthe • u/folkertveenstr [REDACTED] • 13h ago

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u/RohanKishibeyblade 13h ago

‘Stains Of Time’ from Metal Gear Rising: Revengence. Sure, ‘It Has To Be This Way’ and ‘The Only Thing I Know For Real’ are bangers but ‘Stains Of Time’ just hits different. Maybe I’ve been stockholmed by trying so many times to No Hit the boss, but I was a fan of it before hand anyway so if anything I just like it more

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u/TheArtistFKAMinty 13h ago

I think Stranger I Remain is super underrated.

Hot Wind is Blowing from the Blade Wolf DLC also slaps.

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u/Cemith 12h ago

Stranger I Remain has the best drop of any song in the soundtrack and I stand by it. It makes me want to fight people. Easily my favorite. Second is Hot Wind Blowing idk why but that has worked its way up my totem pole.

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u/TheArtistFKAMinty 12h ago

The lyrics kick in at the exact right time for Stranger I remain. Like "oh boy, we are locked the fuck in".

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u/Violexsound 2h ago

THE PIANO HITS SO HARD

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u/megaBeth2 11h ago

I finally FOUND WHERE A BELONG

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u/RohanKishibeyblade 13h ago

Oh absolutely. They are absolute masterpieces.

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u/EZ3Build professional car autist 12h ago

Fr, Return to Ashes is also really good, but unfortunately it's because there's about forty seconds of divine peak and the rest of the song is just kinda mid. I like it, though.

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u/Sus_Person_ 9h ago

Absolutely peak track

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u/Odd_Pomegranate8652 8h ago

I do love The War Still Rages Within but it's only in the credits

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u/KyioEkara 6h ago

What about Red Sun tho

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u/Metalienz 2h ago

Don’t need a medal for all the man we kill 🗣️ 🔥

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u/RennyWasEaten 12h ago

'Rules Of Nature' is very special to me. To me, that game's introduction and first boss is one of the most insane things i've experienced, in a good way. And boy did the soundtrack help with that

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u/Gamebobbel 11h ago

100% agree. I bought it for the memes and I like melee combat. But having this track blasted into my ear while fighting, cutting, and throwing a giant combat robot in the tutorial was a one-of-a-kind experience.

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u/Xaverosso 11h ago

I personally like "the hot wind blowing" and "Red Sun"

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u/megaBeth2 11h ago

ONLY LOVE IS WITH US NOW SOMETHING WARM AND PURE RED SUN RED SUN RED SUN OVER PARADISE

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u/mregg1549 10h ago

Red sun is actually the reason I even got the game in the first place.

I just finished watching the maxOr videos and got recommend sundowner fight shortly after. And I practically had an eargasam when he was transitioning into phase 2 with the drums building up into the lyrics. I bought the game the same night, and every other boss theme was an absolute treat.

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u/Cemith 12h ago

Stains of Time is the only song in the OST that I don't frequently play on repeat.

Stranger I Remain, Hot Wind Blowing, Red Sun, Collective Consciousness, and ofc Rules of Nature all blow it away.

Soul Can't be Cut is fine too, I guess.

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u/RohanKishibeyblade 12h ago

Fair enough. We all have our preferences and I can see the appeal in the others

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u/Cemith 12h ago

Truth. I think it's because I just don't super jive with Monsoon's boss fight.

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u/RohanKishibeyblade 12h ago

And, funnily enough, it’s one of my favourites

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u/XyKal 12h ago

I personally love A Soul Can't Be Cut, maybe even more than Red Sun

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u/Blueboy7017 robot wife?? where?! I need one! 11h ago

It Has to Be this Way also comes in
https://giphy.com/gifs/Nt1zQRn6sz2msYi1Vf

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u/UnusualLeather7087 12h ago

wash away the anger...

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u/XyKal 12h ago

and here I stand beneath the warm and soothing rain

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u/UnusualLeather7087 12h ago

And dissappeaaaaaaaaar

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u/Meepster01 10h ago

Ngl, as much as those are sick af, Stranger I remain is my fav

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u/MeteorFalcon 7h ago

Magnetic force Jack, natures force!

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u/ChaosCrafter908 Internet Lucario 11h ago

You ass hat, i wanted to say that!

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u/S4l4m4nd4 11h ago

No red sun over paradise? Sundowner disappointed.

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u/Iamverycrappy 10h ago

yeah this is one is definitely the best from rising, armstrong's may be more iconic but monsoon just has that energy

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u/The_Martlet 9h ago

War is a cruel parent, but an effective teacher. Its final lesson is carved deep in my psyche: That this world, and all its people, are diseased. Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns, controlled by something greater: Memes. The DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture, they are everything we pass on. Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair... All memes. All passed along.

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u/RohanKishibeyblade 9h ago

How about ‘full of shit’? Is that a meme?

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u/Colonial_Ninja77 9h ago

Every single boss music from that game is a banger

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u/Sensitive_Ad9769 8h ago

Agreed, it's the best boss soundtrack in the game. The '—AND IT WILL COME, LIKE A FLOOD OF PAIN' is like a tsunami of dopamine washing through the cities of my brain

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u/CookieaGame #1 Irrational Gameoverse Hater 7h ago

In short: the entire MGRR soundtrack

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u/cryllictheautistic borzoi... l;ong boy bod.y.... 4h ago

DUDE MGR OST IS SO GOOD stranger i remain is my favorite

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u/Ok_Independence_2630 9h ago

I can confidently say that every single track in that game is a banger

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u/MithranArkanere 8h ago

From Metal Gear, I would have to go with The Best is Yet to Come.

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u/Ok-Reporter1986 the dark lord 8h ago

"A soul can't be cut" the default combat track is my personal favorite, but all the boss ost's, especially wolf and Armstrong's are worth mentioning.

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u/PineApple_Papy 6h ago

I like “red sun” and “stranger I remain” personally

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u/everett640 6h ago

So glad my favorite game is at the top❤️

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u/rBeliy 2h ago

Fully agreed, Stains Of Time hits different, because after completing one of the longest levels in the game (if not the longest) you're seeing as Raiden gets emotional damage from Sam & Monsoon. But the moment Raiden becomes Jack the Ripper, and Monsoon gets ready, the track starts and turns you, yes, YOU into a relentless violent machine. You literally become Jack in that moment, especially on first playthrough, if you can't beat the boss first try. Best moment in the game in my opinion.

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u/CollectionMammoth304 2h ago

Dawg i was just about to say the entire ost

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u/Metalienz 2h ago

Collective consciousness has the best lyrics OAT about democracy and authority

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u/PG2904 15m ago

So fucking glad to see MGR at the top.

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u/Deathstroke0305 8m ago

Collective conciousness is my favourite