- Boss: Liquid Ocelot

Metal Gear Solid 4 Guide - Act 5: Old Sun
Boss: Liquid Ocelot

You've done it, reached the final boss fight with Liquid himself. This section, played like a beat 'em up, has a completely different set of controls, but shouldn't be too hard if you've got through the rest of the game on this difficulty. The basic controls are L1 to Block and R1 to Punch/Kick. Just start by absorbing some of Liquid's attacks and get to learn his combos. Often it appears he has stopped pummeling for one combo but he frequently has an extra move for when you drop your guard. You can shimmy by darting on the right stick to dodge, and use X to duck. Push R1 multiple times to get your own combos going.

Liquid may block a punch and kick, but often the second high kick gets through. Doing this may well knock him down, allowing you to start the next combo before he stands up so that the final lethal kick lands on him again just as he rises, knocking him down and allowing the process to repeat.

(Cut Scene 13, Length 00:13)

Liquid steps up the fight now, so concentrate on your blocking and countering. The important thing is to get him on the ground and then start the combo before he gets up to avoid his now more powerful attacks. You can now also throw him on the ground by pressing Triangle when prompted, then holding R1 to choke Liquid, followed by Triangle again (when prompted on screen) to remove a large amount of his health.

Get Liquid on the ground and choke him for some good damage

If you mistime any of these button presses Liquid will counter and deal the damage on you. You can also now press Triangle when on your feet to recover a slither of health if it's low enough to begin with (it doesn't work while you're blocking).

(Cut Scene 14, Length 00:10)

Liquid now tries to grab you as often as possible, but continue with the tactic (dodging works really well at this stage). Use the onscreen prompts to initiate more powerful attacks, but use the punch, kick, kick combo to continue to power his health down.

(Cut Scene 15, Length 00:17)

The HUD is gone (this is like an interactive cutscene) so there is no visible health and you now just need to press R1 each time the dramatic camera angles and short cutscenes end to land heavy blows on Liquid. When the camera pans out to show Liquid and Snake in the centre you can attack. Just keep them coming until he is too weak to continue. No other buttons work here, but the battle is all but over.

(Cut Scene 16, Length 05:05)

The game is now complete. Enjoy the next few lengthy cutscenes that tie up the story in between and after the rolling credits.