Enemies

Standard private military contractors, present in every warzone Snake passes through. Their reactions and aim are boosted by SOP, so getting spotted rarely stays a one-on-one problem for long — take them down quietly whenever possible.

Liquid's all-female special forces unit, trained to move fast, climb walls, and flank in packs. Far more dangerous than a standard PMC soldier one-on-one.

Bipedal battle robots that run on a captured animal brain instead of a conventional AI. Fast, strong, and dangerous up close — always go for a leg first.

Smaller, mass-produced Gekko units guarding Shadow Moses' interior labs and warehouses. Individually weak, but they swarm in numbers.

First of the Beauty and the Beast Corps. She camouflages against walls, mimics dead soldiers and lab mannequins, and lashes out with tentacle mines — corner her with a heavier weapon once she's taken serious damage, then finish the fight non-lethally with the tranquilizer gun.

Commands a flock of remote-controlled raven drones and can vanish and reappear in bursts of crows. Explosive splash damage catches her far more often than a clean rifle shot.

Fights from inside a wolf-shaped exoskeleton across a wide, open snowfield, closing distance fast when provoked. Track her by footprints and the direction of the wind, then put a sniper round into her exposed body the moment she surfaces.

Possesses Meryl and uses her as a living shield. Break free of the mind control, then shoot the psychic dolls orbiting her to expose her real body — tranquilize her rather than risk hitting Meryl.

A near-unkillable assassin whose accelerated healing makes bullets pointless. Dodge his attacks, grapple him with CQC once he's staggered, and finish him with the syringe instead of burning ammunition on a fight you can't win with gunfire alone.

Liquid pilots the original Metal Gear REX against Snake, who fights back with Otacon's rebuilt Metal Gear MK. III. Whittle down REX's armor with homing missiles, then land the scripted finishing blow whenever the fight cues you to.