He sees that soldiers are slaves of Nation States in service of Geopolitical goals so he creates a mercenary army free from any country, to fight for whoever regardless of ideology

This just makes soldiers slaves of the market and it's Geopolitical goals :think-mark: and when MSF got rich enough that they didn't have to take every mission, the soldiers just became pawns of Big Boss, Kaz, and Ocelot. Virtually no different than serving the US or the USSR, which they end up doing anyways.

A world where soldiers are free and will always have place? The only person remotely free in this new scenario is Big Boss!!!!! :think-mark:

  • toledosequel [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    That's the thing, it makes no sense unless you view it as him using The Boss's will to further his dystopian agenda, but the series frames it as him earnestly trying to accomplish the Boss's Will but misunderstanding it. Even in his convos with Kaz and Ocelot, his peers/partners in crime, he never drops the rhetoric.

    I used to think that at some point during his feud with Zero he went crazy and began to justify his ambitions with The Boss's Will, but MGS4 shits on that theory. He just says "oh I was wrong sorry lol" and drops dead its so funny.

      • toledosequel [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I think it's 50/50 but yeah the Big Boss angle fucked with me. Especially when the post credits secret ending. Should've just ended at Snake blowing his brains out.

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          "Oh boy, can't wait to experience next-gen MGS" :dean-smile:

          My face throughout the experience :dean-frown:

          Literally every character got done dirty :ooooooooooooooh:

          I will say that the game mechanics themselves were absolutely excellent, but you couldn't really play with them since more than half the levels were wasted on forced combat sections or dumb gimmicks.