Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1672596-20140810115058

0nighthawk0 wrote: -Sighs.-

Ishmael cannot possibly be one of the clones, thus also not Solidus, Ishmael is a fully grown man where as the clones would be 12 years or younger, not to mention Ishmael claims to be watching Big Boss for 9 years, which would make a clone 3 years or younger since starting to watch Big Boss, it's impossible. Maybe, but then again, Solidus also appeared middle aged in the Make It Right trailers (which were briefly alluded to in-game with one of the Codec conversations), even when the time period should suggest that he was in fact a late teen, early adult, so we can't just dismiss it entirely. Let's wait until the game's released for us to get the answer. Gamescom's probably going to give the release date (the official MGSV site has already been doing pre-orders since May, possibly June, so a release date beyond "1984" will need to be published sooner or later), so I doubt we have much longer to wait.