Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-151.246.240.247-20130913120522/@comment-1672596-20140129181710

70.197.80.247 wrote: I never got 100% of the tapes in Peace Walker, and I put in a lot of hours into Peace Walker, I think I only missed about 3 S ranks, and you seem pretty certain about that, but if he was working as a mole and kept on deceiving Snake about Zadornov's escapes, can we really take his word?

You're right about Gene, I suppose. I feel like Kojima wasn't pleased with the Portable Ops as a part of the series, anyways. After all, he didn't direct that one, and we know Kojima's tendency to want to hand off Metal Gear to new creators, only to have to return to it's rescue (Metal Gear Solid: Rising being scrapped, and Metal Gear Solid 3 being commandeered by Kojima.)

I suppose I'll just have to pitch in and say that it's likely Zadornov and or Hot Coldman, but it could be anybody. I'm just going to stop guessing.

Regarding your point about Miller, considering that he explicitly told even Zero that he was "neither enemy nor ally" regarding his allegiance to Cipher, but a business partner, its pretty obvious that Miller won't be a Cipher agent (especially when Cipher nearly ruined MSF beforehand by having Paz try to launch a nuke at the East Coast and frame MSF with the act).

The tape is unlocked by completing all missions (meaning, in addition to the main ops, you also have to complete all the Extra Ops and possibly even the Outer Ops).

I wouldn't say Kojima wasn't pleased with Portable Ops, though: He did include it in MGS4, and besides which, despite not directing it, he did have enough control over the game to actually restrain the team he was directly in charge of from finalizing MGS4 until MPO's story was finalized.