Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5085906-20130627191357/@comment-4913740-20150907194038

So I just finished the game. Can finally rejoin the Wiki world without fear of spoilers. Although I am bummed that I have to admit that PythonSelkan predicted one thing right in the end, regardless I think the ending was a goddamn good twist and actually fits everything into place in the end.

It was strange that Big Boss returned in MG2 after Solid Snake kills him. It also seemed odd that he could be operating a military nation while simultaneously giving orders to S. Snake. Makes sense that there was a second Big Boss who died in his stead. What I'm wondering is which Snake Big Boss wanted to die that day - Solid or Venom. Either way, having Venom be a body double was way better than having Venom be another clone. Somehow, I think the story needed a fourth Snake and Kojima filled that role well.

As for fighting Zero. I don't think that Ocelot or EVA really were fighting him in the end. They never imply that they're after Zero, just the Patriots. And the ultimate goal was to shut down the AIs, which they do. Big Boss in the final scenes before he kills Zero, he expresses his regret and states that he doesn't even hate him. What he does in the end is put him out of his misery, to finally end it all. Really, it's symbolic in the end. All the other Patriots are dead by the end except the two originals - Boss and Zero.