Throughout Metal Gear Solid 3 it becomes apparent that there is a strong connection between the Boss and Snake. To sum up the story fast. A Russian scientist wants to defect to the USA however when snake is sent in to rescue the scientist he is stopped by his former mentor the Boss and is thrown off a bridge. The Boss defects to the Soviet Union and hands over 2 nukes one being fired over the lab. Snake is sent back into the jungle to rescue the scientist, stop a mech tank and take out the boss.
During the final minutes of the game Snake and The Boss finally have one last confrontation where Snake manages to take down The Boss resulting in one of the best cinematic cut scenes in a video game. The Boss explains that she never betrayed the USA and that only he would know that because the USA would want to cover up that she really was a double agent. She tell him she needs to kill her. The camera cuts to a over the head wide shot of Snake pointing the gun at her as she's surrounded in Zephyranthes, the shot only last for a few seconds however it feels like a life time as you understand the connection between the two. The gun fires, snake lowers his gun and the shot fades to black reopening on a wide shot on his level as the petal from the Zephyranthes start to float away, cutting back to high angle shot with the flowers reacting to her death by turning crimson red.
This is really effective because instead of just having a quick gun shot with possibly a reaction shot it drags the scene out to show Snake's inner conflict and regret for the action he's about to commit. Along with the nature around them changing as a result to her death really shows how impactful her death is.
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