Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1918136-20130829202312/@comment-1672596-20141211171752

Reimeille wrote: 186.62.60.61 wrote: There is something weird about the kevin codec call, the writing team left the door open. To be honest, I don't think that they did this to leave it open for possible sequels or anything. I think it's just because in general, Solid Snake's death seems pretty sensitive to people so they felt it better that they don't really talk about it. He had a year "at best", Otacon's words, which he recieved from doctors. MGR takes place four years later.

Even if Snake was lucky and managed to live longer, I think four years is enough time for him to pass on. If it got that bad in the 4-5 years between MGS2 and MGS4, can you imagine even 2 more? His aging wouldn't stop at where it was at the end of MGS4, it would get to the point where he would start looking like Zero did.

Even if he was alive, he's done. Let the poor old fart rest. Yeah, and besides, Metal Gear has used inconsistent tense pronouns in the past. Take Peace Walker, for example. When Big Boss was giving his report to Miller about his discovery in the opening level's ending, especially his suspicions that they were bringing nukes into Costa Rica, he described the radioman in the past tense, making it seem as though he killed him despite dispatching him with the stun rod, which aside from the name was explicitly stated to carry 1.5 million volts in the tutorial (not to mention the weapon description) and explicitly stated that said charge only has the potency to knock a soldier out cold, NOT kill them. Heck, there's even a mission to recruit that guy as one of the Extra Ops.