Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-25366375-20140923122450/@comment-68.207.141.23-20141003193423

Paranoid Donkey wrote: 68.207.141.23 wrote:

I'd like to see a continuation of the Jamais Vu and Deja Vu missions. The continuation of Deja Vu referencing the other canon games and the continuation of Jamais Vu being a neat sub-plot furthering Raiden's battle with Snatchers. I'm only thinking about that due to Miller saying "I hope they didn't have anything bigger planned..." at the end of Jamais Vu. Off topic, but neat to think about. I'm not getting my hopes up, though. I can definitely agree in regards to Jamais Vu, and to refer to my original posts, imagine if you could have a Snatcher as a support buddy! I suppose Snatchers are technically a kind of UMA, and it'd be an excellent way for Kojima's comedy and intertextuality with his games to shine through once again.

I have to say I disagree regarding Deja Vu, because I really, really disliked Deja Vu, and I'm not entirely sure why. It just seemed really gimmicky and unnecessary to me, almost like "I get it, Metal Gear Solid was a game from a while back! So what? If I want to play MGS I'll play it". That, and Camp Omega looks nothing like Shadow Moses Island, the whole time I was kind of just sighing. Also I think it's time to retire the "Classic Snake" skin/facecamo, that may just be me.

Jamais Vu was a little bit different, it still felt kinda gimmicky, but at the same time there was some degree of plot there. What bothered me most about that mission was that Raiden didn't speak, and when he did it was re-used voice clips from Kiefer Sutherland. I dunno man, many parts of GZ felt kinda lazy to me, but whatever. I digress.

Perhaps we'll see some sort of side mission in The Phantom Pain that continues Raiden's fight with the Snatchers, and like I said at the start, once completing that, we get a Snatcher as a support buddy. Just one of many possibilities, and just think of the potential for using a Snatcher in a mission, though I doubt very much that we'll see anything like that. Please, Kojima, prove me wrong. Go crazy!

Getting a little off topic myself, am I the only one that kinda hopes Hideo has an active role in The Phantom Pain? The inclusion in Ground Zeroes was an awesome way for Kojima to mark MGSV as his final game (if indeed it is) in the franchise, and leave a lasting legacy, so I hope to see a lot more of him. Potential support buddy there, too, I suppose. Oh hell yes, that would be awesome. The support buddy snatcher could be a reference to the single Snatcher who was a bounty hunter.

I enjoyed Deja Vu myself. Mainly because of the references and humor. Plus I just love the Classic Snake skin and the "Solid Cyborg" [as its a mixture of Solid Snake and Gray Fox] skin. I'm a fan of PS1 graphics for some reason. But I can see why you dislike it.

It was probably due to Flynn working on something else at the time.

Maybe we'll get the main character from Snatcher as a support buddy, or Metal Gear MK II. Those two have always been favorite characters of mine.

Hideo already confirmed he won't be a support buddy. http://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=16147 A disappointment, I agree, but I suppose not unexpected. Besides, if he died in the field -- as support buddies stay dead when they die -- we would all hate ourselves for it.