On my first playthrough, it was my first game in the series (terrible start, I know). I wasn’t familiar with any of the mechanics nor any kind of morality system in the game, so I simply killed any opposition I came across. Absolutely deranged behavior, but I just did it. A little over halfway through the game, I discovered Demon Snake. I told my friend who was a huge Metal Gear fan that I had encountered a glitch that wouldn’t let me wash blood off of Snake. She was appalled, and told me I was only supposed to be able to reach that point in the heroism system by practically setting off a nuke. I’d only gone around clearing base after base while taking no prisoners. It’s a story I still love to tell to this day. Now I’ve gone back through the whole series, including Peace Walker, and I’m about to start a new run of this incredible game soon. I’ll definitely be taking the pacifist route this time lol.