History GameplayAndStorySegregation / MetalGear

* After defeating Laughing Octopus in ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|GunsOfThePatriots}}'', Snake snatches her Face Camo for later use. Snake mentions it isn't his size nor shape, making you think the item will be unusable until Otacon can tailor it for him at the end of the act, but you can wear it as soon as the cutscene ends without issue, with nothing more than a vague HandWave of Drebin claiming something - presumably retailoring the mask to fit Snake ''through the Codec'' - isn't his "usual line of work".

* After defeating Laughing Octopus, Snake snatches her Face Camo for later use. Snake mentions it isn't his size nor shape, making you think the item will be unusable until Otacon can tailor it for him at the end of the act, but you can wear it as soon as the cutscene ends without issue, with nothing more than a vague HandWave of Drebin claiming something - presumably retailoring the mask to fit Snake ''through the Codec'' - isn't his "usual line of work".

* Just about every enemy in the games can be defeated non-lethally, either with your fists or a tranquilizer gun, and yet the bosses will all die in the following cutscene regardless. Similarly, if they're supposed to escape and appear again later, the player can pump dozens of bullets into the boss' head, and they will still not be dead in the next cutscene. When they introduced a character who is actually immortal, they had to give him [[RasputianDeath some pretty explicitly overkill]] deaths for him to [[UnexplainedRecovery walk off ten minutes later]] to properly demonstrate that this was in any way different from other bosses casually shrugging off mortal wounds.

* Ocelot in ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 3|SnakeEater}}'' is a normal boss in his boss fight, able to take multiple bullets to the head (though he can't quite be killed). But during the earlier Virtuous Mission, Snake knocks him out in a cutscene. Afterward, it is perfectly possible to kill him while he's lying there, at which point you get a NonStandardGameOver with Col. Campbell berating the player for causing a Time Paradox.

* After defeating Laughing Octopus, Snake snatches her Face Camo for later use. Snake mentions it isn’t his size nor shape, making you think the item will be unusable until Otacon can tailor it for him at the end of the act, but you can wear it as soon as the cutscene ends without issue.

Examples of GameplayAndStorySegregation found in the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' franchise:

* Just about every enemy in the games can be defeated non-lethally, either with your fists or a tranquilizer gun, and yet the bosses will all die in the following cutscene regardless. Similarly, if they're supposed to escape and appear again later, the player can pump dozens of bullets into the boss' head, and they will still not be dead in the next cutscene.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Campbell insists that Snake can't shoot Sniper Wolf. Who is in the Communications Tower, well within the range of his FAMAS rifle. The one the storyline gives him. Granted, it's not a ''good'' idea to take on a sniper with an assault rifle using iron sights from that range, but it's still possible. Although this could be a bit of fourth wall breaking as well as Snake literally CAN'T shoot Wolf with the FAMAS since there is no way for Snake to manually aim up with the rifle.
* Towards the end of the game, Liquid Snake accuses Solid Snake of enjoying all the killing he has been doing throughout his mission, which Solid Snake greatly denies. The original game got away with it since at the time, there was no way to dispatch bosses non-lethally. The ''Twin Snakes'' remake gives you a pistol and a sniper rifle that can fire tranquilizer rounds, allowing you to complete the whole game without killing a single person. Because the script wasn't changed, Liquid will still call out Snake for his murder spree, even if you haven't killed anyone. Likewise, Psycho Mantis will claim that Solid Snake is a worse person than Liquid Snake, even if you haven't done anything to make that statement true.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Campbell insists that Snake can't shoot Sniper Wolf. Who is in the Communications Tower, well within the range of his FAMAS rifle. The one the storyline gives him. Granted, it's not a ''good'' idea to take on a sniper with an assault rifle using iron sights from that range, but it's still possible. Although this could be a bit of fourth wall breaking as well as Snake literally CAN'T shoot Wolf with the FAMAS as there is no way for Snake to manually aim up with the rifle.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Campbell insists that Snake can't shoot Sniper Wolf. Who is in the Communications Tower, well within the range of his FAMAS rifle. The one the storyline gives him. Granted, it's not a ''good'' idea to take on a sniper with an assault rifle using iron sights from that range, but it's still possible.

* In the cutscenes of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Snake is in pretty bad shape. He's in pain, suffers seizures, collapses and fumbles about, and can hardly ''stand'' let alone walk. But for those rare occasions you actually get to play, he runs, jumps, climbs, shoots, and does judo with absolutely no problems. Though the cutscenes usually have him taking his medication when his symptoms manifest.

* In a cutscene immediately after defeating Laughing Octopus, Snake snatch her FaceCamo for later use. Snake mentions it isn’t his size nor shape, making you think the item is unusable until Otakon fix it for him at the end of the act. However, you can wear it as soon as said cutscene ends.

* In the cutscenes of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots}}'', Snake is in pretty bad shape. He's in pain, suffers seizures, collapses and fumbles about, and can hardly ''stand'' let alone walk. But for those rare occasions you actually get to play, he runs, jumps, climbs, shoots, and does judo with absolutely no problems. Though the cutscenes usually have him taking his medication when his symptoms manifest.

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