Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-79.52.61.188-20130415085048/@comment-1672596-20130709155708

Misterbunnsy wrote: Oh I didn't mean to imply the Legacy was used to start the San Hieronymo incident. I was merely citing it as an example of his influence.

Hm. That final statement. How many legendary mercernaries do we hear of around this time? Solid Snake is the only other legendary mercenary in the MGS canon, and he becomes legendary a lot later. It seems to me like everybody would realise it was Big Boss behind the Outer Heaven Uprising from the beginning just from that statement.

Yeah, tell me about it. The only other character who would have had a moniker of legendary mercenary were Vince and Old Boy, and the former's non-canon and we don't even know what Old Boy's activities were at the time of Outer Heaven. Honestly, the MSX Metal Gear needs a really big remake. Even MGS4's explanation won't cut it, thanks to Peace Walker's second ending and especially GZ and MGSV. Honestly, Kojima really should have just left Peace Walker with one ending, as it at least didn't make things even more confusing. Now, Big Boss is likely to not even know who Cipher is (and that's DESPITE Paz flat out telling him who they were by reciting how they separated), and not even being sure of Zero's connection to it, and his actions and notoriety, not to mention Cipher being implied to have still screwed over MSF even with Paz's defeat makes it nearly, if not downright impossible for Big Boss to ever regain control of FOXHOUND. If Kojima really needed to add in a second ending, could he at LEAST try to avoid retconning MGS4 or a significant portion of the MSX2 storyline (ie, Big Boss running Outer Heaven in secret as well as running FOXHOUND publicly)?