Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-93.186.150.138-20140325020658/@comment-1672596-20150228200612

Well, for the topic at hand, Paz definitely didn't deserve the kind of death she got (though in a sense, she did redeem herself by throwing herself out of the chopper in order to save the MSF survivors). Heck, she doesn't even deserve the kind of torture she got overall. And while it is disgusting what she did to MSF, I can't say I blame her considering Cipher pretty much forced her to do so.

However, that doesn't mean I think she was a good character. Far from it. In a ranking of Peace Walker females that I made, I consider Paz to be the absolute worst of the four PW females, with Amanda ranking third, Strangelove ranking second, and Cecile ranking the best character (though that doesn't mean I actually like Cecile, it just means that compared to the other girls, she was tolerable). My reasons for ranking Paz worst are simple: She basically was a huge hypocrite during her time in the game, to say little about her treachery to MSF and basically being a Soviet plant (she is technically KGB, even if she's just using them for Cipher's goals). Not even the fact that she was basically trying to maintain cover is an excuse, especially considering the fact that she basically bashed the CIA and America for producing drugs, even though the drug plant was formerly run by the KGB before Peace Sentinel entered the picture (Amanda made that very clear when rescued by Big Boss) and she doesn't even make a peep about the KGB being involved. Honestly, I hate Amanda as well for her socialist beliefs (The FSLN like it or not is a socialist front), not to mention her not even being honest enough to renounce Christianity and deny God's existence, but on the other hand, at least she's honest enough about her socialist views. Paz wasn't, and she doesn't even do that good of a job hiding her sympathies to the KGB in her cover act.

Frankly, Peace Walker was definitely not a very good game at all. Portable Ops actually came across as being better (and actually, I must admit, Portable Ops actually seems to do a far better job at actually showing right from wrong in it, which is a breath of relief compared to how Metal Gear as a whole since MGS2 generally promoted nihilism), and Kojima had minimal involvement in that game.

@80.201.20.215: The tapes don't indicate she ever had sex with Big Boss, and in fact was completely disinterested in him in terms of sex or romance. And it's extremely unlikely she would risk using herself as a honey trap considering her act. However, I'm not so sure if Paz was a virgin before the events of Ground Zeroes, as Peace Walker does imply that Hot Coldman may have raped her or at least heavily tortured her at Puerto del Alba. So technically, this was the second time Paz was raped (though I'm not sure whether she intentionally let Coldman force himself on her or not, and if so whether that truly qualifies as rape).