![]() Metal Gear Solid V is a better Blackwater simulator than the actual Blackwater video game. ![]() Its violence is grotesque, but what mature-rated AAA video game isn't stacked with a nauseating surplus of bullets to the head? The game allows for stealth and non-lethal combat, but like so many shooters, it includes enough pistols, machine guns, and rocket launchers to launch a small army, which is fitting, because that's the protagonist's goal: a grizzled soldier named Snake spends the thrust of his time assembling his forces on a rapidly expanding offshore facility. As social commentary, it's shallow at best, and repugnant at worst. An espionage adventure, set in Afghanistan and a vague location in central Africa in the 1980s, it treats historical real world conflicts with the subtlety and complexity of a sledge hammer, casually aligning its perverted and non-sensical conspiracy theory plot alongside events that led to the deaths of thousands across the globe. Were it anything but a video game - a movie, a book, a television show, a Vine, anything really - I would despise it. My favorite video game this year is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
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