How practical are these real-life Metal Gear Solid sneaking boots?

Form versus function

I feel like I have vague memory of when Pumas were a trendy shoe around the era of Sidekicks, maybe? Followed soccer’s 90s-era rise in US prominence (because of Puma’s cleats)?

Anyways, theseMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painthemed “sneaking boots” thatKojima tweetedlook legit — they even come with gaiters! — but I don’t think Puma makes boots. I wonder if they hold up, or are just for fashion.

If it’s the latter, that’s some problem what with the rubber looking kind of dopey. They look like theyshouldbe no-nonsense practical boots like the ones I wore as a sidewalk cleaner (albeit with a nerdy background).

I am very new to the boot world myself (aforementioned giant work boots aside). I saw a lovely pair two days ago at Nordstrom. When I saw that they were $340 I laughed, put them down, and quietly left the store. I have to keep reminding myself that I am always much too warm to wear boots, anyways. Don’t need them when you’ve spent your entire life in San Francisco and feel hot when it gets above 60 degrees.

A battle scene in Battlefield 6 Open Beta