RealKittyRawr's Impressive Feat of Gaming Mastery: Beating Metal Gear Solid 2 on a Dance Pad.

 

It's not often that you come across a gamer who can beat a game using a controller that's not typically associated with traditional gaming. But that's exactly what RealKittyRawr, a well-known Twitch streamer, recently accomplished. RealKittyRawr announced on Twitter that they had beaten the stealth game Metal Gear Solid 2 using nothing but a dance pad. This feat of rather impressive gamesmanship required about nine hours of time in total, well under the average playtime according to the statistics gathered on the platform How Long to Beat.

"Yo, I completed Metal Gear Solid 2 on a dance pad, something that I thought would be impossible,” RealKittyRawr posted on the social media platform Twitter. “Metal Gear Solid 3 next?" The streamer went on to say “sub-nine hours, I’ll take it!”

yoo I completed Metal Gear Solid 2 on a Dance Pad!!! something that I thought would be impossible...3 next?👀 pic.twitter.com/gLs3yMV1RA

— Lilly (@RealKittyRawr) January 11, 2023

RealKittyRawr is no stranger to beating video games on a dance pad, having already completed several entries in the Resident Evil series on this particular type of device. Metal Gear Solid 3 seems to be "definitely next,” but the streamer currently has Bayonetta 3, Persona 3, and Silent Hill 3 speed runs on their schedule.

It's not just RealKittyRawr who is pushing the boundaries of gaming with unconventional controllers. Several other streamers have recently risen to notoriety for beating bosses while using a dance pad, most notably the notoriously difficult Malenia in the roleplaying game Elden Ring. MissMikkaa managed exactly this only a couple of weeks ago, noting on Twitter that “Malenia has been defeated! After three days and 199 tries, Malenia is dead in the Ultimate Challenge Run where I play Elden Ring twice simultaneously with a dance pad and a controller. In the beginning, I was not even sure if this run was possible.”

This comes in the wake of news that soldiers have been fooling an artificial intelligence targeting system using a tactic straight out of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, hiding under a cardboard box. "You could hear them giggling the whole time like Bugs Bunny in a Looney Tunes cartoon, sneaking up on Elmer Fudd in a cardboard box," researcher Paul Scharre pointed out in the recently released book Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

It's exciting to see gamers like RealKittyRawr and MissMikkaa pushing the boundaries of what's possible with unconventional controllers and challenging themselves in new ways. It's also a reminder that gaming is not just about the controller or device you use, but about the skill and creativity of the player. Who knows what other feats of gaming mastery we'll see in the future?

In conclusion, RealKittyRawr's accomplishment of beating Metal Gear Solid 2 on a dance pad is a testament to the dedication, skill and creativity of gamers, and it's exciting to see what other unconventional ways they will find to beat their favourite games.