Metal Gear Solid 3 had some of the series’ all-time great bosses
One fair criticism we can throw at Metal Gear Solid 3 is that most of its bosses went from being characters to just obstacles, but one thing we just can’t say is that those obstacles weren’t fun to destroy.
MGS3 features some of the most inventive and fun boss battles in the history of gaming, and it’s high time that we pay our respects to these deadly and dramatic foes.
The first boss battle is by far the least interesting in the game. Ocelot and his unit don’t do anything special and don’t put up all that much of a fight, so just shoot them and don’t get hit, we guess. Jeez, that guy really was nothing before he started using a revolver.
One thing making Metal Gear Solid 3 boss battles stand apart from boss battles from other games is how Kojima usually leaves a secret easter egg that will totally devastate the boss. Sorry to disappoint you once again, but there’s not much of that here, either. It’s possible to shoot bee hives so that they sting Ocelot a little.
Maybe Kojima intentionally designed this boss so he could sabotage future lists attempting to celebrate the genius of MGS3’s boss battles. Nice try.
We all know The Pain for his ability to control bees, but he’s also able to conjure up machine guns in his hands out of nowhere, something many would probably argue makes for a better ability. Still, he’s hellbent on defeating Snake by sending swarms of bees at him.
Luckily for Snake, these aren’t special bees, and our man is totally equipped with bug repellent, so this one won’t prove too hard. Shoot the bees that The Pain callously uses as body armor, then shoot him. Easy.
The Fear is a master hunter whose special ability is, well, having slightly longer arms than a regular human. We kid. He can climb trees and
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