Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5085906-20130627191357/@comment-1672596-20150915112132

175.159.163.39 wrote: 186.62.14.174 wrote: Honestly Big Boss got the short end of the stick, he never fought or beat a proper HIGH tier enemy in his career, the Cobra Unit are scrubs compared to future enemies in the timeline

-Solid Snake beated Cyborg Ninja Gray Fox in H2H and Psycho Mantis in a single night.

-Raiden beated Vamp, Sam and Senator Armstrong.

-Now Venom has Quiet and the Skulls under his belt.

MGSV pretty much killed Big Boss credibility and his status as legend Well Naked Snake has, other than the Cobras -- if you think The Pain and The Fury, etc, do not deserve any credits -- Volgin.

Raiden defeated Vamp, Sam and Armstrong in his powered up body, so it's not fair to compare.

And hell, I still don't know why Venom don't get to fight Mantis directly and that Mantis does not speak at all, when even Strangelove did. Don't forget Gene (a man who is pretty much an evil version of Neo from the Matrix trilogy in terms of abilities) and Python. Plus, The Boss isn't exactly that much of a slouch either.

Besides, this whole thing was extremely out of character for Big Boss especially when it actually conflicted with his stated actions in MG2:SS (you know, risking his life to save the Outer Heaven resistance from the NATO bombing, both from the bombing itself and the fact that he's saving the lives of his enemies). And honestly, if Liquid Snake and Solid Snake could survive a whole lot of crap thrown at them that would get an ordinary person killed, being clones of him, Big Boss most certainly can as well. In fact, he actually did survive quite a lot of stuff, like being electrocuted upwards to ten million volts from an electrokinetic Soviet commander and being caught in the ignition blast of the ICBMG's launch. Heck, he basically endured over 12 minutes of FOXDIE before ultimately expiring, so there was absolutely no reason to have Venom Snake be killed by Solid Snake during Outer Heaven.