Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is Finally Here
At long last, the next (and possibly final) entry in one of the most beloved video game franchises of all time is here. Needless to say, we're pumped. You should be too.
["Boss, we're detecting MINOR SPOILERS closing in on your position. Proceed with caution. Out."]
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain finally came out yesterday.
Konami tried to wipe Hideo Kojima from the project.
Even though if it weren't for him, the Metal Gear series would have never happened. He's the brains behind the entire operation, and because Konami is shifting its business model to focus more on producing mobile games (yuck), they decided to part ways with Kojima and his studio, Kojima Productions.
This means that The Phantom Pain could very well be the last Metal Gear game ever made. But let's not focus on that right now...
If The Phantom Pain is your first Metal Gear game, then let's have a little history lesson.
This is your protagonist. He goes by many names: Punished Snake, Venom Snake, Naked Snake, John, Jack, or simply Snake. But you can call him by his most popular name: Big Boss. He's been in nearly every Metal Gear game so far, as both a protagonist and an antagonist, and is the father of Metal Gear Solid 4 protagonist Solid Snake.
Big Boss is a badass. So much so, he doesn't even have to use his good eye to aim.
And before you call "error" or "mistake," this is actually a real phenomenon called occluded eye aiming, where skilled marksmen can adjust their depth perception to merge what they see with both eyes into a single perspective. Basically, Big Boss doesn't even need a second eye.
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He's a responsible man, always being the designated driver.
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Also he lights cigars like a badass.
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At the start of The Phantom Pain, Big Boss has been in a coma for 9 years since 1975.
He wakes up on March 11, 1984, being confronted by this bandaged man... and that's all we're telling you!