| Compared to the early releases, new video
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| | as he subconsciously desires to kill his
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| games have improved in terms of plot and
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| | brother to prove that he is better than
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| character development. The psychology and
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| | both his brother and his father. This
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| personalities of the characters - hero,
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| | desire to outdo both his brother and
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| villain, and recurring figure alike are
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| | father is a consistent factor in his
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| now just as important as how the game
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| | appearances in the series. He also
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| plays.
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| | exhibits a slight Messiah complex in his
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| However, like in the early days of comic
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| | desire to fulfill his father's dream, as
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| books before Stan Lee's "Spider-Man,"
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| | he expanded the plan to not only create a
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| video game characters tend to be flat
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| | haven for soldiers, but also to destroy
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| caricatures of real people, with flaws
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| | the governments that would use and
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| like social anxiety, fragile mental
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| | discard them.
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| health, and depression being traits
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| | The problem of status anxiety also
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| reserved for antagonists. Yet, even in
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| | manifests slightly in the goals of Big
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| such a climate, there are still maverick
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| | Boss, Liquid and Solid Snake's "father."
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| character designers who have made heroes
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| | A man deemed to be the "perfect soldier,"
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| that are difficult to fit into the
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| | his genetic material was used to create
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| traditional definition of the "hero"
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| | his "sons," even as he had one of them
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| role. Among the best examples of such
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| | modified to be inferior to the other. As
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| games is Hideo Kojima's "Metal Gear
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| | a solider, he quickly realized that the
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| Solid" series.
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| | time would come when men like him would
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| Being a game that both embraces the
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| | no longer be needed and would be
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| psychology of war and carries a strong
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| | discarded by the governments they served
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| pacifist undercurrent, there is a
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| | like obsolete trash. His own status
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| complexity in the cast of characters that
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| | anxiety, combined with his
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| is necessary. To an extent, all of the
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| | disillusionment at how the US government
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| characters have some form of mental
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| | betrayed his mentor to save their
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| health disorder, which is appropriate for
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| | reputation, forged the idea of a
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| a game that relies heavily on the
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| | soldier's utopia in his mind. It was
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| personalities of its characters. While
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| | during his second attempt to establish
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| some might initially see them as extreme
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| | such a utopia - which he termed "Outer
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| responses to their situations, Kojima has
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| | Heaven" - that he was slain in battle by
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| gone to great lengths to present his
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| | Solid Snake, his genetic son. His adamant
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| characters as possibilities present when
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| | refusal to be referred to by his codename
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| war meets psychology. The characters of
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| | of "Big Boss" also reflects his status
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| the MGS series can be taken to represent
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| | anxiety towards the events that earned
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| the various effects of war on a person's
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| | him the name. He resents the fact that he
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| mental health, whether they are soldiers,
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| | was awarded that codename because he
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| commanders, or bystanders. He shows this
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| | killed his mentor, "The Boss," for a
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| through their personalities and the
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| | government that discarded and abandoned
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| conversations that they have with the
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| | her - despite her loyal service - simply
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| protagonist, making them more than just
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| | because it was politically convenient to
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| an obstacle to overcome to complete the
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| | do so. The bitter irony of the name has
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| game.
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| | not escaped him.
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| Among the most long-standing favorites of
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| | However, perhaps the most psychologically
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| Kojima's multitude of antagonists is the
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| | compelling case among the MGS series cast
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| woman known only as Sniper Wolf. She may
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| | would be the chief protagonist himself,
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| appear perfectly sane at first glance,
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| | Solid Snake. According to records spread
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| but some have analyzed her personality as
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| | throughout the games, Snake exhibited
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| a potential consequence of growing up in
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| | signs of social anxiety at an early age.
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| a war zone. The experience of living in
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| | Trained to be the perfect killer and the
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| war-torn Iraq has left scars that damaged
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| | ultimate stealth soldier, he was raised
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| her mental health and emotional
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| | to dislike emotional attachments and view
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| development . For children who were born
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| | closeness with other people as a
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| and raised in a war zone, the typical
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| | potential weakness. This social anxiety
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| response is to find a way out of the
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| | was reinforced by his second major
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| chaos and destruction. For Sniper Wolf,
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| | mission, where he had to kill both his
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| even after her rescue, her mental health
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| | best friend and his father to fulfill his
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| was so marked by her experiences that the
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| | mission objectives. The fight with Gray
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| only real way she could overcome her
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| | Fox, his best friend, was also an
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| prolonged trauma was to become part of
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| | instance where he showed performance
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| it. Yet, perhaps due to some sort of
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| | anxiety, being extremely unwilling to
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| anxiety disorder, she also longed to
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| | fight a man he considered his friend and
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| distance herself from it. As a soldier,
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| | combat superior. His traces of status
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| she became part of the very thing that
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| | anxiety also plays a role in his
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| terrorized her as a child. As a sniper,
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| | character, though not in the way most
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| she perhaps relieved her fear and anxiety
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| | would expect. He views himself not as the
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| as a child by distancing herself from the
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| | hero the people around him believe he is,
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| front lines, taking lives from behind the
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| | but simply as "an old killer, hired to do
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| scope of her rifle. This theme of a
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| | some wet work." He constantly seems to
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| person becoming part of what scarred them
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| | wish to prove that he is more than just
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| in their youth is repeated in the "Beauty
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| | the soldier he believes himself to be,
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| and the Beast" military unit in the
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| | but inevitably cannot distance himself
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| upcoming finale of the MGS series, albeit
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| | from the battlefield. His conflicted
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| with a more literal interpretation.
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| | status anxiety sometimes plays out
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| Liquid Snake, one of the series' primary
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| | subtly, as he no longer wishes to engage
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| antagonists, also exhibits a number of
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| | in fighting and just live out his life in
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| psychological disorders. His initial goal
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| | isolation. However, he understands that
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| appeared to have been little more than
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| | he is a soldier and he will always be a
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| the "world conquest" standard, but as the
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| | soldier, with his only home being the
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| plot progresses, it is revealed to be
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| | chaos of a battlefield.
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| much deeper. As the genetically-altered
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| | A common trait among the front line
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| "twin brother" to the protagonist, Solid
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| | soldier characters of the MGS series is
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| Snake, Liquid exhibits signs of
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| | their inability to feel grief over loss.
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| sibling-caused status anxiety. Altered to
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| | The explanation was that, as they were
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| be the inferior of the two brothers,
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| | exposed more and more to the horrors of
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| Liquid pushed himself to perform in every
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| | war, they began to lose the ability to
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| aspect of his military life to prove that
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| | grieve over lost comrades and family.
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| his inferior genetics were not going to
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| | This has been portrayed as a side effect
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| define him. His status anxiety also
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| | of the horrors of war upon a soldier's
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| pushed him to lead an insurrection of
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| | mental health, particularly in the cases
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| soldiers in an attempt to outdo his
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| | of Big Boss and Solid Snake, who both had
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| father and form a utopia for soldiers.
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| | to endure the trauma of killing someone
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| His murderous competition with his
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| | that they were emotionally attached to.
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| brother is also driven by status anxiety,
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