𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐌𝐆𝐒 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞... 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 (𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨) 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐊 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲? 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, £𝟒.𝟗𝟗) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 (𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐥). 𝐈𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝.

𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 ‘𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞’ 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐓𝐀 𝟏 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.

𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐆𝐒 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 ‘𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭,’ ‘𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠’ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ‘𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭’ 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞:

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“𝚂𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘… 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎” – 𝙻𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚍 𝚂𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎/𝙺𝚊𝚣𝚞𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚊 '𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛' 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭... 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐆𝐒, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒.𝟓-𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧). 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞) 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝟒: 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞.

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐊𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐳𝐮 𝐅𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐘ō𝐣𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦. 𝐈𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 (𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟗𝟎𝐬 (𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐋), 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐃, 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐆𝐒 𝟏 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞) 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 “𝐨𝐧𝐞” 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 “𝐨𝐧𝐞” 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝.

  
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I am left asking myself, "How do I honestly write this review while remaining unbiased? In all honesty, it was always going to be a challenge, but I'll give it my best shot! I've been fortunate enough to play games on all different platforms. Metal Gear Solid 1 on the PlayStation 1 back in 1998 right through to the Phantom Pain, and I can truthfully say it is a nice addition to the franchise.

The Phantom Pain brings in some new additions with Code Talker, Skull Face, and ‘Quiet’ (although maybe not Quiet if you believe the ‘Transsexual Chico theory) but also includes some classic characters known and loved throughout the franchise such as Kazuhira Miller, Revolver Ocelot, and one from the Metal Gear Solid release on the PlayStation 1 (I won’t tell you as I definitely don’t want to spoil that surprise, but this person was my favourite character from the 98 release).
I am going to touch on this point quite early in the review, so it is out of the way, but the game's ending doesn’t feel right. Metal Gear Solid 5’s mission 51 was "cut" from the main game, and Konami received HUGE backlash from fans. A petition was started to try and force Konami to make the 51st mission, but it was ultimately unsuccessful.
I’ll include a link here so you can watch what Mission 51 was ‘meant’ to look like:

https://youtu.be/-B4JIHh5Jqk

I can completely understand everyone’s anger at the game feeling unfinished, but what bothered me more wasthat we never got to see the final battle between Solid Snake and Venom Snake. That final battle could have been added as a substitute for the original mission 51 if time and money were an issue. It would have stayed true to Metal Gear lore and would have been welcomed by every single Metal Gear fan. Especially when you consider what we've got. Citizen5 did a truly remarkable job recreating that scene, and I will always be grateful. I will add that scene below:

Venom Finally Says Goodbye to Big Boss

Konami's response to these complaints is to point out that "The Metal Gear Solid 5 saga already has an ending. Mission 51 doesn't finish the game's story because Mission 51 doesn't exist. The initial story goes right up to Mission 46 but has four more missions after the story has officially ended.

I am going to touch on the voice acting and say, "It still works without Hayter." I think Kiefer Sutherland’s voice acting for Venom Snake is spot-on. Sure, I’ll openly admit I would have preferred Hayter, and I think Kiefer could have been given more lines. I’m not sure about the budget, but he hardly speaks in comparison to the rest of the characters. I think every voice actor played their respective parts flawlessly.

The music score is good. Not as "iconic" as the previous Metal Gear Solid games, not flawless, but good. Harry Gregson-Williams, who has previously worked on:

● 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝙶𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝟸: 𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚢
● 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝙶𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝟹: 𝚂𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝙴𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛
● 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝙶𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝟺: 𝙶𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚜
● 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝙶𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝚅: 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚉𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚎𝚜

But for some strange reason, Hideo decided not to use Harry Gregson-Williams as exclusively as he did for the previous Metal Gear games.

The graphics are beautiful, in my humble opinion, and they have aged well. If you decided to play it today (2020), you wouldn’t know it was nearly a five-year-old game. Also, you totally get all the long Hideo Kojima cut scenes you have come to expect from the previous Metal Gear Solid franchise.

The gameplay is also fantastic. You can interact and assimilate with the environment flawlessly. Afghanistan, Central Africa, and Mother Base are fleshed out well, but the map can feel a little barren at times. It still has that ‘stealth’ element to it like all the other MGS games, but you can go in “all guns blazing" if you prefer the direct approach. In addition to obviously using KB/M, you can also use a controller and switch over to the mouse for precision with your shots without the need to change it via the menu options. The ‘iconic’ cardboard box is still a feature that has been prevalent in all the Metal Gear games. You can slide down hills and hit enemies in your cardboard box, which is hilarious to do! The ‘rocket punch’ is also a fun part of the game, and I’m sure many of you will be running around Mother Base ‘rocket punching’ members of your army!

I’ve heard and read many reviews that state that the story isn’t as compelling as previous Metal Gear games, and I’ll admit, the game doesn’t have the strongest story, but if you are a fan of the franchise, you’ll still enjoy it. I will say the missions seem to be a little... repetitive (players that also own the game will understand exactly what I’m getting at). I am impressed with the topics touched on by Hideo Kojima (I won’t go into it too much because there are a couple of truly shocking scenes, and I don’t want to spoil it for first-time players). I would also recommend purchasing or replaying Ground Zero just to get a feel for the backdrop. It will help explain part of the Phantom Pain’s story.

The game also has some fun PvP elements to it, but I haven’t played it much, so I can’t really comment on how good it is. I do enjoy attacking other people’s Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) and helping to defend my friends from other attacks! I'll admit there are "microtransactions" in this game and a currency called "Mother Base Coins," a currency that players purchase using real-world money and spend to expand their base in one of the game's multiplayer modes. Doing so not only benefits players in the game's one-versus-one multiplayer mode, called Forward Operating Base, but it also boosts the rate at which players earn resources and other currencies in the single-player campaign. I'm not sure how you personally feel about microtransactions, but you'll have to question your own ethics on the subject and come up with your own conclusion. What I will say is that it doesn't affect the main game if you decide to play alone.

With all the controversy surrounding Hideo Kojima’s move from Konami to Sony and the 2015 Game Awards, you might not want to buy the game, but I implore you to at least try it.I know I’ve touched on some ‘bad points’ of the game, and for me, that is hard to do as I’m a huge fan of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, but honestly, it is incredible, and I think it is worth a shot!

  
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