Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-166.137.88.23-20130610185107/@comment-1971498-20130614033019

67.234.27.195 wrote: We don't REALLY know that he has to be in the Middle East. This game already will take place in Cuba, Cyprus, Afghanistan, Africa. I mean, why would a really, really old Native American be in the Middle East?

That being said, I think Liquid deserves to be in another game. After realizing that he wasn't in any game besides MGS1, I felt let down. For his obnoxious accent, he was a bad ass guy. I was always a little sad that all he did was fist-fight, car chase Snake around, but he was cool and definitely deserves more attention. For all the discontent that people felt about Liquid Ocelot being mainly Ocelot after all, I actually felt that it cemented Ocelot's role as a full-fledged chaotic-neutral antagonist. That said, I think that distinction actually made Liquid Snake's role that much more perfect. Sort of gaining that special sense of his story being untouched by all the convulution of the MGS story. It certainly makes him stand out as unlike Liquid Ocelot, Liquid Snake's vendetta was treated as some sort of "destiny call" based on his "cursed" genes and his inner hatred for Big Boss and Snake. With Liquid Ocelot, it feels more like an extrapolation of Liquid's views with Ocelot adopting the personality to conduct his own goal, and I find that if anyone lumps that together with Liquid Snake it sort of ruins that unique quality to his character.

Liquid Ocelot's views were far more chaotic, deceitful and world-encompassing, befitting of his role as a former Patriot. In contrast, the personalized and more isolated tone of Liquid Snake's character is something that actually makes him distinct from Liquid Ocelot.

Regarding this topic though, I wouldn't mind Eli being Liquid Snake. It'd be great to see more of him given what you just said. Admittedly at the same time, I'm not against the idea that he's a new character either as I'm fairly open with these kinds of things.