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GrimmShadows wrote: yeah I understand what you're saying although I heard reviewers copies were missing the second ending or something like that plus I think the story makes more sense when you take into consideration what happens later in the timeline and not all reviewers know that or know what happens later in the timeline. But who knows maybe the story will disapoint doesn't mean I won't enjoy playing it but I do hope at the very least we do play as big boss otherwise what is kojima saying that we didnt fight big boss in Metal Gear 1 and 2. The leaks claim that Venom Snake was the version of Big Boss who Solid killed in MG1, and the real Big Boss is the one Solid killed in MG2. There's a theory Kojima may have been planning on a remake of MG1 before he parted ways with Konami, and that the fate of Big Boss's body double would be explored in that game. It's mostly just an unsubstantiated theory.

I hate to sound like a denialist, but for the sake of continuity I hope there is a secret ending being withheld from us. I have no doubts the gameplay and other story elements are good, but this kind of twist could overshadow all of that.