10 Most Complex NPCs In Video Games

Initially set up as the main antagonist to Naked Snake, The Boss turns out to be so much more complex than the defector she is first painted out to be.

Snake's former mentor and mother figure turned her back on the U.S Special Forces to instead serve the Soviet Union alongside her band of merry misfits, the Cobra Unit, and human lightning rod, Colonel Volgin.

Following the final battle, where she is defeated by Snake, it is revealed that her mission was actually to infiltrate the Soviet Union in order to obtain the Philosophers’ Legacy from Colonel Volgin. It was a surprise that most didn’t see coming at the time and painted The Boss as a character willing to sacrifice herself to avoid conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

With a number of complex characters in the Metal Gear series, it’s tough to stand out from the crowd, however The Boss is a complex character without requiring any over-the-top gimmicks to make her interesting (looking at you Vamp!).

She was a strong female leader that was willing to be labelled a defector to her country in order to save it from war. If that’s not true patriotism then I don’t know what is.