Three of five had been guessed so only these two remain. Time for hint 2;
#17: This game ends with the raising of the Victory Banner on top of the enemy's government building, in reality one of the most iconic images ever.
Hint 2: The game series itself would become pretty iconic as well, within the sphere of video games anyway, a couple of successors later. Guessed by Mnementh - Call of Duty
#16: Even though the blue bartender in the cutscene isn't very helpful at first, when the protagonist shows his civilised weapon he's suddenly a bit more open about things.
Hint 2: This elegant weapon however is the wrong color for some reason. In this game it's blue, and it's supposed to be "yours", but in the previous game the weapon was green. At least using it is not clumsy.
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