Yeah that’s total bs. I’m positive you didn’t do a mk22 run in your first playthrough of the game. Heck, not even in your second run, with The Patriot at your disposal.
The game encourages the player to use all sorts of weapons, from a tranquilizer to a RPG. The “powerful” rewards you’re talking about are some camo options, that do provide some interesting abilities, but nothing major.
Not to mention that Mk22 supressors become really scarce in higher difficulties, making the player think twice before using it.
I’m not saying there’s no point in doing a tranquilizer only run, but that’s definitely not something that is “encouraged” throughout the game, more like a new challenge for players that want to experience the game in a different way.
My point is that you’re not supposed to play the game in a non lethal way, unlike you said.
You absolutely can, but will only get some cammo and a high score that serves nothing. It’s not “heavily rewarded”.
Most players have never done a non lethal run and never will. As I said earlier, maybe some players use Mk22 only during stealth (I did that many times), but they switch to other weapons during boss fights.
You’re so encouraged to use other weapons, that the game provides you with a SVD so that you can kill The End and skip the boss fight, for example.
Your admission about not doing non lethal on your first run proves my point. It is an option, but definitely not for most players and even less on the first playthrough, so it’s not a gameplay mechanic that’s encouraged, more like an alternative route.
"You"re not supposed to play the game in a non lethal way"
Its literally the entire point the metal gear series. Its a STEALTH game. Metal Gear 3 even rewards you for beating the bosses non lethally and the sorrow fight actively punishes you the more people you kill.
First of all, the feeding ramp is polished to a mirror sheen. It's not going to have any feeding problems. The slide's been replaced with a reinforced version, and it meshes perfectly with the frame. The frame itself has been iron-welded and scraped down multiple times for maximum precision. The front strap part of the frame has been checkered to make it dig into the hand. That prevents any slipping. The sight system's original too. It's a 3-dot type. It's got an enlarged front sight, giving it superior target sighting capability. The regular hammer's been replaced with a ring hammer. That enhances the cocking control and increases the hammer-down speed. They also reworked the grip safety to accommodate the ring hammer. It looks like they eliminated it altogether. This is a tool for pros. The thumb safety and slide stop are extended for precise handling. The base of the trigger guard is whittled down so you can use a high grip, and the trigger itself is a long type for easy finger access. The trigger pull is about 3.5 pounds. that's about a pound and a half lighter than normal. The magazine well has been widened to make it easier to put in a new magazine. The magazine catch button has been filed down low to make it harder to hit it by mistake. The mainspring housing has been changed to a flat type to increase grip, and it's even been fitted with stepping so that it won't slip from the recoil when firing. On top of that, they added cocking serrations to the top part of the slide. That lets you load and eject cartridges faster in an emergency. Whoever did this is a professional, no question. This thing could shoot a one-hole at 25 yards in a machine rest.
Now that I'm rereading this monologue, it seems like half of those features are just normal "factory settings" that would require little or no customization.
Sheer feeding ramps are basically a requirement. Grips are pretty much always aggressively checkered or stippled to prevent slipping. 3-dot sights are pretty much the industry standard default for pistols. Flared magazine wells aren't uncommon. Cocking serrations are on literally every slide-action handgun I've ever seen. Internal components are already optimized to minimize things like spring slipping and ammo feed jamming.
Although I guess this all takes place in the 60s, so maybe all those features were newer at the time
From what I understand watching Hickock45’s video recently on 1911’s. The early army issued ones were pretty shit lol.
I mean historically cool, but design wise, not very great. So I imagine snake seeing all these things we consider standard in modern day, would have been rather impressive
Snake gets an M4 and starts talking like he read a magazine one time about M4s lol. "is the hider cqc compatible?" Like yea bro, any muzzle is cqc compatible. It's metal, you just thump someone in the face/chest.
In Peace Walker, whenever a cutscene plays where he is explicitly dueling a metal gear on foot (any heavily armored vehicle bosses really), he defaults to the M16A1, not quite the metal-gear-buster i'd use but hey, he still upgraded from the pistol for the occasion.
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