Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-86.45.17.40-20150909104026/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150918030938

I have to agree with Weedle on the advertising. Kojima intentionally deceived buyers, like he did when he removed footage of Raiden in MGS2. Remember the trailer set to "Sins of the Father", with the lyrics "The sins never die, can't wash this blood off our hands." Or the trailer set to "Nuclear", with the lyrics "I'm nuclear, I'm wild, I'm breaking up inside." When did Big Boss commit sins or go wild in Phantom Pain?

The e3 2014 trailer sold the idea of Big Boss descending into madness. It opened with a quote from Mark Twain, "Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." Then cut to Venom covered in blood walking through a burned down village. A scene we have yet to actually see in the game. Followed by scenes of Venom joining Skull Face and killing his own men. We know the context of those scenes now, but the way the trailer was edited made it appear Venom was going crazy.

Many assumed the codename "Venom" stood for Big Boss becoming venomous. Neither Venom nor Big Boss act venomous in the final product, unless you play the game that way and increase Venom's demon points. The body double wasn't Big Boss's idea, nor is it stated he intended Solid to kill him. The Medic was informed of the procedure and Operation Intrude. We still don't know what pushed Big Boss over the edge in MG2, causing him to instigate wars and creating child soldiers.