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5) Metal Gear - the machines

Dating back to the originals on NES, each game pits you solely against a zillion foot-tall, nuclear-equipped, roving death mech - hence the series’ name. Horrifying truths about these menaces are foreshadowed through sepia-toned cutscenes, before plopping you in a large-scale battle with little knowledge of how to defeat said monstrosities. In a series that values human life (or at least gives you the option to), Metal Gears represent the absolute destruction of such.

MGS4’s trailers haven’t alluded to one singular Metal Gear/nuclear threat, as they all seem to be about the control of war between corporations and nations. But it appears the new breed of Gear is the “GEKKO”: a jumpy half-mech, half-organic creature that bounds over enemies, bleeds and makes loud “mooing” noises, possibly to lure you into a false sense of security. Is the GEKKO - a sign of the mass-production of war - a bigger threat than information control or nuclear warheads? Is there another unseen menace in store for us?