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submitted 7 months ago by Frank@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

The actual execution was a mess, but Skullface's inspiration for his parasite weapon being the experience of linguistic imperialism as a child was a really novel premise. The idea that he would get his revenge by creating a weapon that killed anyone who spoke English is some cool super-villain shit I don't think I've ever encountered before. "Race-selective" weapons, genetic-targetting weapons, religious indoctrination viruses, I've seen all those, but I think MGSV is the only time I've encountered a weapon that targets a language community.

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[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 21 points 7 months ago

Honestly really wish Kojima had read Lenin in high school or something. Across the series, MGS so consistently almost hits the mark but just doesn't quite get there. You get these flashes but it's too often mired down by an underdeveloped understanding of politics

[-] goog@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

he has an obsessive personality if you believe the stuff he says about staring at a pic of mads mikkelsen for hours

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