Kojima has talked about the inspirations for Metal Gear Solid, listed movies such as James Bond, Die Hard, and Escape from New York, which is pretty obvious if you have watched them.
However, despite missing from the list and discussed rarely in the forum, I have noticed Blade Runner influences all over the series, especially the first game.
Both stories feature the expert but grumpy protagonist pulled out from his retirement to do one last mission to hunt down the band of soldiers went rogue. Liquid's design is similar to Roy Batty's look with the blonde hair and the trench coat. The sympathetic portrayal of the individual villains full of unique quirk is unmistakably Blade Runner. The protagonist hunts down one by one and progressively loses his humanity. Every death scene of the villains, telling about their lives, is alike to Roy Batty's speech upon his death. In the journey, Snake bonds with the girl and learns about his real identity, an artificially created clone just like the villain, Liquid, which might allude to Deckard realizing he might be the Replicant in the Director's and the Final Cut of Blade Runner. In the end, Snake finds the meaning of life and rides off to nature, looking at the bight sunrise with the girl, which is basically the theatrical ending to Blade Runner.
We know Kojima is a huge Blade Runner fan with Snatcher being the gigantic homage and writing Blade Runner 2049 review by himself. Do you think Kojima did it intentionally or subconsciously in the case of MGS1?
Any other possible inspiration in the creation of Metal Gear?
EDIT: Jimmysquits pointed out another parallel in his comment.
There's a clear parallel between J.F Sebastian / Pris and Otacon / Sniper Wolf too. Sebastian / Otacon are both gifted scientists whose work is being co-opted by the antagonists, and both fall in love with one of the female antagonists. They're also both "weak" characters in the eyes of the story (Sebastian has his genetic disorder, Otacon has to overcome cowardice)
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