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I agree that there is not much gameplay in this final act, but what we have is very good! It's certainly a good last big area, it's pretty hard getting through without being alerted and I'm not sure you can get out of alert status here. I didn't wait around that long, but it didn't go down at all.

Good job making it here, Meryl, so that the Screaming Mantis fight can mirror the original. I really like this one actually, mostly that you can pick up her dolls and use them against her. Using the syringe on yourself to break free is cool too. I think I prefer Laughing Octopus in the end, but this one probably takes second.

Then of course the rela Phycho Mantis shows up and gives the best flashbacks in the game only to be stopped by The Sorrow and Hideo Kojima, what a damn moment.

Johnny and Meryl's scene isn't that great imo, because we have to accept that the Frog soliders here became prime stormtroopers just waiting for them to have their moments in plain sight at shooting distance.

Raiden trying to pull his best Roronoa Zoro. Try learning Santoryu when you have your arms back later, pal. Good thing the Frog soldiers let's me leave here.

Very cinematic stretch as I crawl through the microwaves. Otacon saves the world while I was mostly here to open doors for his Mk. III and Naomi ends up turning face again after death.

The final fight is easily the best moment this whole game has to offer in every single fashion. Revolver Ocelot being the true mastermind behind the whole series, slowly showing himself to you again as you go through all the game's style of fighting. Of course, Ocelot is most difficult in the MGS3 part of the fight. Finally, he dies to foxdie surely having accomplished exactly what he wanted, what a guy.

Then it's time for the postcredits, where some of my lesser favorite characters are reedemed some. Loyalty badge for Campbell that's for sure, though I do hope he tells Meryl eventually. What a place to be married. Drebin likes attention too much, but it's pretty funny when his monkey steals the bouquet from Mei Ling. This whole scene is a quite bittersweet and definitely gets to me.

The scene with Raiden, Rose and John got through to me completely this time. I'm partially surprised at how much this part broke me down. Specifically, John standing there nervous about to me his father with his little sword indicating how much he looks up to his father and wants to impress him. Even writing this now gets to me, though not in the same extend. Maybe I'm just more target audience of this part now, being much older and looking more forward to having a family myself (though hopefully a lot less chaotic one). I wasn't remotely close to holding back tears in this part only.

Snake's "suicide" is a strong scene in itself, but it's much stronger when seeing Otacon and Sunny talking about Snake in the next scene before the "credits" rolling.

What an incredible way of teasing the debriefing. Making it seem like the game is over as credits are watched when one voice actor is presented a bit after the others. The voice of the legendary Big Boss who... was never there!? Love that part.

Then he arrives in all his glory knowing fully well he will not survive this, explains the last things to Snake, finally kills Zero and decides die at The Boss' grave but not before giving her his famous salute one last time. What a hero.

And any better way for this to end than Snake spending his final days in peace with his true better half, Otacon (and Sunny I suppose!). I really like this ending to his story. You're basically wondering the whole game in what way Snake is gonna go out and in the end he actually doesn't after all. I mean, of course he dies peacefully not long after the story ends, but still.

That's the game! Though I probably want to talk a bit more about some parts...

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