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Yeah, I would love a point of reference for all the scenes from the trailers that are miss-able in the game like the Mother Base soldiers fighting with Snake in the rain and Snake making one of them stab him.

This is still in the game. You have to let your GMP fall into the red for it to happen.
 
The cassette you can see in the Documentation page says N313 so either Kojima forgot about Grey Fox's operation or Big Boss only warned about Snake.
 
I've gotten over the main twist and have learnt to accept it, but I am bothered by the thing with the Medic's passport and Ocelot suggesting "you should change your face too." I hope that is just a throwaway line/meta thing only and not some stupid explanation for Solid Snake not realizing he was related to Big Boss in FOXHOUND. After Kojima's need to explain the two "deaths" in the MSX games i'm not so sure. But then how does Solid Snake being tricked into thinking he killed Big Boss in MG1 make sense if he never looked like his commander as Snake knew him in the first place? It simply doesn't work unless he changes his appearance back.
He only suggested it to him. Doesn't mean he actually did, there's no evidence to support that he changed his face as well.
 
Just watched MGO trailer again....it's shame those gadgets from the MGO trailers are not in the single player.... like the flush puppy and fulton trap.
 
I just beat it last night.

I loved it.

However, I need answers for the following things [Please don't mention anything from the deleted "Mission 51" from the Limited Edition's Blu-Ray making-of disc. If any of these are answered there, just let me know that and don't answer the question here. I am going to watch the Blu-Ray tonight].

1). I didn't understand the "Operation Intrude N313" tape side B screeching sound - what was that?

2). I missed the following scenes that were shown in the trailers: Snake walking through the burned African village then screaming in the smoke, Kaz taking off his glasses revealing his white eyes and the soldiers fighting where Snake intervenes and makes the soldier stab himself.

That is all for right now I think. ;)
2: village scene was cut, kaz scene should had been something you've seen if you've finished the game because it's when he's addressing the troops about spies, and if you go back to mother base while in the red you get that cutscene
 
I thought that since it showed the MSX - but the game released on a cartridge, not a tape. That is what confiseed me about that.
Weird, I was convinced there was a cassette tape peripheral for MSX and/or some models that used it...
Venom totally had digs for Quiet though. Also, it's not like it was the real BB anyway.

Wait a minute

Dude in love with guy who's been in an 9 year coma, but turns out is not the actual guy but looks like him and loves someone else?

This...this is a K-Drama isn't it?
Based on the "Quiet and Snake frolicking in the rain", I'd say definitely.
 
I dunno, Miller gives Ocelot a serious run for his money in this game. There's like four or five heavy slash moments between Miller and Venom.

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That could explain how Venom remains impassive to this

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I don't recall that many LBGT characters in the MGS series :
- Volgin
- Ocelot maybe
- Vamp
- Fortune's dad (the Marine) which was because Vamp changed from a woman to a man during development.
Isn't um

That guy from 3 that looks like Raiden also probably at least bi? I mean it's implied he and Volgin had relations of some kind.
That could explain how Venom remains impassive to this

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Even Venom is tired of the excessive sexualisation of women
 
Waitaminute.

Did Venom Snake ever get a vaccination shot against the parasite ? Because if Big Boss is known to be sterile, that's not the case with Venom....oooh shiiiit

MGS 6 starring Venom Snake's offspring. Believe

I mean, there's no reason Venom not believing he's fertile, but then again, in the eighties/nineties; condom use was less proeminent than nowadays.

Isn't um

That guy from 3 that looks like Raiden also probably at least gay? I mean it's implied he and Volgin had relations of some kind.
Yeah, Raikov ? He's so unimportant I didn't even put him in the list lol.
 
Waitaminute.

Did Venom Snake ever get a vaccination shot against the parasite ? Because if Big Boss is known to be sterile, that's not the case with Venom....oooh shiiiit

MGS 6 starring Venom Snake's offspring. Believe

That must've been one helluva quickie for Snake and Quiet during those loading screens.
 
Waitaminute.

Did Venom Snake ever get a vaccination shot against the parasite ? Because if Big Boss is known to be sterile, that's not the case with Venom....oooh shiiiit

I thought he did? It sounded weird that this would make him sterile because I somehow remembered that Big Boss was already sterile because of radiation or something.
 
2: village scene was cut, kaz scene should had been something you've seen if you've finished the game because it's when he's addressing the troops about spies, and if you go back to mother base while in the red you get that cutscene

Is it shown/explained on that making-of disc?

Also, when in the game is it that Kaz is talking about spies and removes his glasses?
 
If we are playing as the medic from GZ why does he have the battle instinks and is able to do the things that only the boss could. How the fuck is anyone ok with this ending?
 
If we are playing as the medic from GZ why does he have the battle instinks and is able to do the things that only the boss could. How the fuck is anyone ok with this ending?

...Listen to the tapes, zero and ocelot have altered his memories and experiences over those 9 years in coma.
 
If we are playing as the medic from GZ why does he have the battle instinks and is able to do the things that only the boss could. How the fuck is anyone ok with this ending?

What do you mean ? He's pretty good. Also, in the game itself there are better Soldiers than Big Boss. Look at the S++ Soldiers.
 
If we are playing as the medic from GZ why does he have the battle instinks and is able to do the things that only the boss could. How the fuck is anyone ok with this ending?

...Listen to the tapes, zero and ocelot have altered his memories and experiences over those 9 years in coma.

This. And also Solid Snake had the "inferior genes" and was still a super soldier. I think part of it is that it was never all about the genes.
 
Also, a lot of people in MGS are bi anyway so I wouldn't be surprised if Ocelot was outright bi/gay.

I mean, we never have solid evidence either that he's heterosexual.

Slamming a long silver bullet into a well greased chamber?

Isn't it also implied that he sexually abuses Meryl?
 
Big Boss was a badass soldier, but he was a legend because he was a charismatic leader who spoke to soldiers' existential crisis when no one else would. Solid Snake is the dude who actually does unbelievable god-tier shit like crawling through a microwave tunnel and then beating the villain in a bareknuckle boxing match.
 
Venom totally had digs for Quiet though. Also, it's not like it was the real BB anyway.

Wait a minute

Dude in love with guy who's been in an 9 year coma, but turns out is not the actual guy but looks like him and loves someone else?


This...this is a K-Drama isn't it?

That could explain how Venom remains impassive to this

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It really explains why Miller was so hell and fury about getting Quiet off Mother Base. Nobody likes romantic competition. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Also at the conclusion, it actually makes more logical sense for Miller to just swear Big Boss off entirely, as he essentially left MSF (which was more Miller's baby than Big Boss's anyway) in its ashes for Venom to build back up.

 
If we are playing as the medic from GZ why does he have the battle instinks and is able to do the things that only the boss could. How the fuck is anyone ok with this ending?

It's easy to have battle instinks. Just don't shower much between missions.
 
It really explains why Miller was so hell and fury about getting Quiet off Mother Base. Nobody likes romantic competition. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Also at the conclusion, it actually makes more logical sense for Miller to just swear Big Boss off entirely, as he essentially left MSF (which was more Miller's baby than Big Boss's anyway) in its ashes for Venom to build back up.
I chuckled after the interrogation scene

"She's in love with the legend... I was in love too."

Clearly Ocelot is understanding what Ocelot is going through and needed to remind him that Quiet feels similiar and that he should go back to a fair contest for BB's heart.
 
That must've been one helluva quickie for Snake and Quiet during those loading screens.
A snake spits its venom quickly.

what exactly did Big Boss do in GZ that was so impossible that a highly trained soldier can't?
Yeah but can Venom PUNCH A PEACE WALKER ?

Slamming a long silver bullet into a well greased chamber?

Isn't it also implied that he sexually abuses Meryl?
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Big Boss was a badass soldier, but he was a legend because he was a charismatic leader who spoke to soldiers' existential crisis when no one else would. Solid Snake is the dude who actually does unbelievable god-tier shit like crawling through a microwave tunnel and then beating the villain in a bareknuckle boxing match.
Also, Big Boss's achievements were deformed and blown out of proportion to make him a living legend. Plus, it is very possible the Medic was younger than Big Boss, explaining how he seemed more agile than BB in the previous entry.
 
I chuckled after the interrogation scene

"She's in love with the legend... I was in love too."

Clearly Ocelot is understanding what Ocelot is going through and needed to remind him that Quiet feels similiar and that he should go back to a fair contest for BB's heart.

Well at that time Ocelot was the only one who know who really knew what Ahab was, which I guess supports your point/observation even more.
 
1°) Older video game consoles and home computers used tapes as cartridges, it would read it for some time before loading the program. It would make that kind of sound when they were put in an audio device.
It's a throwback to Metal Gear 1, as you see a MSX (MGS's original console) and Operation Intrude N..(you don't see the number IIRC) could refer to N312 (Gray Fox's failed attempt to infiltrate Zanzibar) or N313 (Solid Snake's successful attempt).

2°) The only one I recall from the game is Kaz showing his eyes at the beginning, that's all.
The tape is Operation N313, either stop the video right before he puts the tape in the Bitcorder or got to documents on the IDroid, go to key items and scroll to the bottom, it says Operation Intrude N313.

Notice how Venom puts the tape in and the blu light comes on, when he walks back to the mirror, he covers the whole shot kinda like a transition, when the transition has ended there is no blue light from the MSX, he is in his demon "mode", it tells us he's just heard something he didn't like. Clearly Big Boss telling him he's going to die in the matter of minutes.
 
The tape is Operation N313, either stop the video right before he puts the tape in the Bitcorder or got to documents on the IDroid, go to key items and scroll to the bottom, it says Operation Intrude N313.

Notice how Venom puts the tape in and the blu light comes on, when he walks back to the mirror, he covers the whole shot kinda like a transition, when the transition has ended there is no blue light from the MSX, he is in his demon "mode", it tells us he's just heard something he didn't like. Clearly Big Boss telling him he's going to die in the matter of minutes.

I smiled as I read that.

Good analysis! That makes the ending even better for me, thanks!!!
 
Well at that time Ocelot was the only one who know who really knew what Ahab was, which I guess supports your point/observation even more.
Ocelot doesn't know who Venom is though. He says this in the doublethink truth tape.

BB "Can you keep it up"? "It's a hell of a lie".
Ocelot "I won't be able to distinguish you from the phantom, self hypnosis, where's the lie in that"?
BB "Self hypnosis?"
Ocelot "It's nothing new in my line of work, the trouble is I need to remember who the real Big Boss is when the time comes. This is called Doublethink."

The above isn't gonna be 100%, I'm not playing right now but that's more or less what gets said.
Anyway my point is, NOBODY apart from Big Boss and the vegetable Zero knew who Venom really was until Big Boss has his resurgence and Ocelot undone his self hypnosis.
 
I kind of like the Venom twist. Big Boss is a great soldier no doubt, but this further cements that "Big Boss" is about the idea rather than the man. Its about passing along the meme and not just cloning his genes. A man can become an equally great soldier with the motivation and support, as shown in the S3 plan. Big Boss himself only became Big Boss thanks to the support he received in Snake Eater through Fox and the Boss. We get to see the inspiration for the S3 plan here I feel.

Other games we had the Patriots pulling the strings behind the scenes, but here we have Big Boss pulling most of them. Zero gives him safety and Venom, but Big Boss runs wild with it. He used Venom, Miller and the Diamond Dogs as puppets to cover for his ultimate plan, Outer Heaven. He is no legend, he is only a man after all.

Its certainly not done as well as Id like, there are unanswered questions still. One touch Kojima has lost, and I believe it started with MGS4, is the attention to detail. Plots and characters are not fleshed out as well as in MGS1-3. Its too bad.
 
Well at that time Ocelot was the only one who know who really knew what Ahab was, which I guess supports your point/observation even more.

I thought Ocelot said he hypnotized himself into believing Venom was the real Big Boss? He tells Big Boss he'd have no knowledge of John existing while he was working with Venom
Edit: Beaten
 
Ocelot doesn't know who Venom is though. He says this in the doublethink truth tape.

BB "Can you keep it up"? "It's a hell of a lie".
Ocelot "I won't be able to distinguish you from the phantom, self hypnosis, where's the lie in that"?
BB "Self hypnosis?"
Ocelot "It's nothing new in my line of work, the trouble is I need to remember who the real Big Boss is when the time comes. This is called Doublethink."

The above isn't gonna be 100%, I'm not playing right now but that's more or less what gets said.
Anyway my point is, NOBODY apart from Big Boss and the vegetable Zero knew who Venom really was until Big Boss has his resurgence and Ocelot undone his self hypnosis.

He basically did the same thing in MGS4.
 
Ocelot doesn't know who Venom is though. He says this in the doublethink truth tape.

I was wondering what was the state of his hypnosis throughout the game. I kinda took Ocelot saying to Eli that "your father isn't here" as him knowing that VS isn't BB. But you're probably right, at this point Ocelot didn't even know that Eli was BB's clone(?) and it was more like a wink to the audience.

Also, what even is Ocelot at this point. The guy hypnotizes himself like nobody's business :P
 
My question is how ocelot knew to undo the self-hypnosis. Like did he leave a message for himself, did the tape the real Big Boss send have a hidden phrase in it, how did he undo it on himself since he'd need to have no knowledge of that as well?
 
My question is how ocelot knew to undo the self-hypnosis. Like did he leave a message for himself, did the tape the real Big Boss send have a hidden phrase in it, how did he undo it on himself since he'd need to have no knowledge of that as well?

Maybe he had a trigger that he knew would happen and he used that.
 
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