You are not playing Snake.
You're playing some random dude that got a magical surgery to look like Snake, altering voice height and race, that somehow matched Big boss in skills, both mind and stealth wise.
So that the real Big Boss could have his own Metal Gear story. That we will never see. He has a 10 seconds cameo. Enjoy.
And Eli is Liquid in case you hadn't figured it out.
Alright, cool. I feel really guilty for reading this but ehhhhh, I really don't want to continue playing the game. I figured that you were not really playing as Snake, and I also assumed Eli was Liquid since they first revealed him years back.
Thanks for laying it all out though!
The fact that it's a random dude is also REALLY stupid. I'm actually more partial to the Grey Fox theory that was going around but whatever.
Ocelot is Quiet.
But the real Ocelot is D-Dog right?