Metal Gear Solid 3's infamous ladder scene got broken by speedrunners

Remember the hilariously long ladder scene in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater? Sure you do! Anyone that’s made it through Hideo Kojima’s magnum opus could never forget that long, arduous climb while a James Bond-like musical sting serenades your eyes. It’s glorious. 

However, if you’re not a fan of that infamous segment, there’s a recently discovered glitch that zips past it. Quite literally.

On Tuesday, a Metal Gear Solid speedrunner named Apel shared a clip of them t-posing up the ladder mentioned above in mere seconds. Like most other speedrunning glitches, pulling it off involves equipping items in a particular order. Check out the clip below to see it in action.

Typically, this sequence takes over two minutes to complete. Here’s a clip for context’s sake. So this skip will drastically cut down on times for any speedrunning looking to shatter any records.

For the uninitiated, speedrunning usually relies on ridiculous bugs like this one so that runners get things done fast. Elden Ring is getting blitzed through in less than 9 minutes through similar means. Depending on the world record category, it’s not considered cheating, partially because these tricks are very difficult to pull off in most instances.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.