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A big, juicy eulogy to Kojima's magnus opus, written, directed and also partially interpreted by Kojima himself. Our heroes live in a terrible, unlikely, weird post-cold-war-meets-sci-fi world where colours are a luxury but steel and lead dominate hearts and thoughts. Most missions are set in desolate monochromatic parts of Afghanistan and central Africa, where even wild animals must be "rescued" from being home and be sent on a steel monstrosity in the ocean. The sense of doom and circularity of evil is tempered by a lovely wolf-dog and from a mute sniper woman kept in captivity and fueling the fantasy of this men-only facility called Motherbase. All this is shot in a deeply cinematic way, with a clearly recognisable Kojima take. The camera even shakes in a very Kojima way. Nobody ever looks for redemption, peace or even just to ease the pain. On the contrary, pain for phantom that it may be is seen as the anchor to fuel those deeps desires of vengeance.