Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-79.10.218.64-20141103172213/@comment-79.10.218.64-20141104201407

Well, Kojima still didn't confirmed then Ocelot would be a buddy... Maybe he won't, he would just stay at mother base and not join you on the field at all, problem solved! Anyway, if he would be a Buddy, I guess there would be ways to balance him with the other buddies, for if he dies it would be a Time Paradox, and so Game Over/Continue screen instead then a Perma-death. Also, not having super-powers (except an eccellent aim) and not being as sneaky as Big Boss, he probably could be detected kinda easily and trigger the allarms, so employ him as a buddy would then be risky, specialy if you plan to get a S rank.

Anyway, as said, iconic character which are already involved in the other chapters of the series probably won't be buddies, as they can't die to don't creates time paradoxes. Or maybe, if they are imployed, if they 'dies' they would be saved (maybe they would also have to be rescued in a special mission unlocked exactly if they get shot down), but would takes a serious injury which would deny them to join another mission for the entire game, making them 'gameplay death' despite being still alive in the storyline. Everything could be!

Strill, I guess the buddies role would be reserved to new characters. Or in the best case to characters who aren't related with any further game in the series, so people like Python (despite not being created by Kojima himself I doubt we would even seem him again), Chico or Amanda.