Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-6747658-20150826194634/@comment-6747658-20150831082114

I fully agree, people are judging the story far too quickly purely based on the ending. Which is like picking up the book, reading only the last chapter and then claiming it's garbage because of that.

While I too, am disappointed that we are not played Big Boss but rather someone else, I am not going to make any judgements until I have experienced the story for myself.

Also, I notice that people keep comparing this to MGS2, but really it's by far not comparable. This isn't just a switcheroo with Medic replacing Big Boss like Raiden did with Snake. Raiden was never led to believe that he was Snake, he was Raiden, he had a history to him, an ongoing story with people involved with him. We learned about him as the game progressed.

With Medic, right from the getgo we're made believe that we are Big Boss and none other then Big Boss, we have his memories, his techniques, involvement with the people who know him. We are, by all means, Big Boss.

'''TL;DR: Don't judge the story purely by it's ending, experience the story, gather from it all that you can, every bit and piece of it. And then, and only then, judge the ending.'''