User blog comment:WanderingSkull/Big Boss vs. Alex Mason/@comment-143604-20130901182004

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 * Melee- Big Boss. The knives are fairly similar, and while Mason's may have an ever so slight length advantage, Naked Snake's mastery of CQC and his expert skill in close combat makes that wholly irrelevant, and if the fight gets up close, he'll easily dominate Mason with a skill and finesse the soldier has never seen on the battlefields of Call of Duty before. Snake can easily disarm, debilitate and take down people up close without effort, Mason's lack of melee ability means that he won't be able to compete up-close at all.


 * Short Range- Big Boss. Big Boss has customized his Colt to work effectively with his CQC techniques, which allows him to use the handgun in a much more flexible variety of situations and with multiple tactics from both handgun effective ranges and in melee, as he effortlessly wields it in tandem with his CQC blade. Throw in the bonus points that the Colt is also packing the bigger, deadlier round and an equivalent magazine, and it's almost a wash for Big Boss in this category. Mason does gain a slight edge with the ASP, as it is a lighter and faster firing gun, but ultimately Snake's firerarm takes so many advantages over it that the short range is won by the eye-patched soldier of legend.


 * Mid-Range 1- Big Boss. This seems to be a fairly clean cut edge here- they're packing nearly the exact same firearm here- Both Ithica Shotguns have the same type of round, the same range, the same number of shots and the same weight, but while Mason's Ithica has a sight and lacks a buttstock, Snake's M37 has both a sight and a buttstock on it, meaning that, at least according to five minutes in google, Snake's shotgun will be slightly more accurate as he can aim it better, propping the firearm up against his body and reducing the recoil by transmitting it into his own torso after the blast. So, it's the same gun, but one has a minor addition to it that gives it a minor edge here.


 * Mid-Range 2- Alex Mason. Mason and Big Boss are wielding the same firearms here, so it'd be even. Mason does however, have a slight advantage as Snake prefers to tackle situations with stealth and finesse with less emphasis on the traditional run-and-gun standard military soldier equipment- he's far more at home using pistols and non-lethal takedowns, while Mason's in his element when he's using assault rifles and thoughtlessly gunning down everything between him, and objective placed on the linear path in front of him. As a soldier himself, Big Boss is certainly no stranger to assault rifles and he can use them with as much skill as any other weapon in his aresenal, but it's not his preference, while it's Mason's raison d'etre.


 * Long Range 1- Big Boss. When it comes to these two sniper rifles, the M21 simply outclasses the Walther WA 2000 in nearly every regard. They fire the same bullet, sure, but the M21 has twice as many bullets in a single magazine as Mason's rifle, and it fires them at an effective range roughly 120 meters greater than the WA2000. Throw in that the M21 is siginificantly lighter than the WA 2000, allowing Big Boss to take it with him faster and set up quicker, allowing him to react and plan at a quicker rate and gain a tactical advantage at long range, and this is an easy win in this category.


 * Long Range 2- Even. Mason's M60 Machine Gun fires a heavier, stronger bullet with each shot and has an effective range of about 200 feet greater than the maximum effective range of the Stoner 63, but Snake's Stoner is a much lighter gun, allowing him to mobilize and redeploy with it at a quicker rate and fires at a much greater rate, allowing him to deal more damage (though likewise meaning he'll run dry faster too). Both MGs have some decisive edges that makes me call this a draw.


 * Special- Alex Mason. Patriot is an awesome, awesome, awesome gun, no doubts about it, but pitting it up against a grenade launcher is a losing battle for Snake. Mason's China Lake will deal more damage and gains a greater tactical advantage over the more traditional Patriot.


 * Deadliest Warrior- Big Boss. Big Boss is the OG badass video game soldier- he chews up small time guys like Alex Mason and spits them back out without even blinking his one remaining eye. He's more disciplined, more experienced, smarter, a master of espionage and stealth, equipped with a bigger, badder and harder-hitting arsenal and is in every sense of the words, the superior soldier.