Monday, March 17, 2008

Babes of Gaming: Sniper Wolf

Most of the members of the FOXHOUND unit are male, so it’s nice to see a female, and a sexy one to boot. She is an expert Kurdish sharpshooter and carries around a PSG-1 sniper rifle. Wolf is so good at sniping she doesn’t even need a spotter, so she works alone. She encounters Solid Snake on Shadow Moses island during the events of Metal Gear Solid. While being held captive in Shadow Moses, Dr. Hal “Otacon” Emmerich, designer of Metal Gear REX, becomes infatuated with Sniper Wolf. It is unknown if she felt the same way towards the geeky weapons designer, but I like to think so.

During her second encounter with Solid Snake, Sniper Wolf is defeated. Fatally wounded on the snow field, she begs Snake to “set her free”. Otacon is devastated, but can’t do anything about it. Wolf is given her rifle and then shot to the face by Snake. As she passes away a pack of wolves surround her and howl into the night. It is a very tragic and memorable scene that must be witnessed to be fully appreciated.

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Anonymous said...

I'm really not sure if she felt the same way about Otacon or not, but she did seem to know, and tolerate, him, at least. She didn't seem to feel that strongly about him, but didn't seem to mind him either.

You should have included a screenshot from The Twin Snakes, too. Green lips! :D

It's also....weird that she's a Kurd, but...she's blonde. I guess she's....not a true blonde, or has mixed heritage? :I

Also, why did she leave her zipper open that much, especially considering it was COLD there? :P

Yeah, her death scene is a powerful one. You do have to sort of feel sorry for her, because of her terrible childhood. But that's all I feel sorry for. I don't feel sorry for people who make the choice to become killers.

Shin Lord said...

Maybe she wasn't in love with Otacon, but there may have been a little spark there. It's cool that the game never makes it obvious, so it lets you reach your own conclusions.

If you were the only hot babe in Shadow Moses, you'd also expose your cleavage. How else would she make the wolves fall in love with her?