Thread:Bluerock/@comment-1672596-20191220205419/@comment-1672596-20191220211141

Yeah, actually, it does count. Do I like it? Absolutely not. But the problem is, it does ultimately contradict what Psycho Mantis himself stated in-game from Metal Gear Solid, AND said script was written by Hideo Kojima himself (and since it was giving details on what was going on in the loading screen, it most certainly wasn't cut content, either). Heck, personally, I actually wish that bit NEVER existed at all, but guess what, it does, and I've learned to accept it, period, DESPITE my distaste for it. And ultimately Hideo Kojima's word trumps what's shown in the game, REGARDLESS of whether I agree with him or not. After all, what's explicitly shown in Snake Eater is that The Boss believed change was inevitable, and in fact, the only thing that remained constant in her mind was eternal conflict (she explicitly makes that clear to Snake, and heck, Kojima stated EXACTLY what she meant when she told Snake to "drift away" in Dolinovodno), yet Kojima on a mere whim changed it to The Boss not wanting change and if anything advocating the exact opposite via what Big Boss himself said in Naked Son. Same goes for when The Boss explicitly stated that she underwent the Bay of Pigs invasion, yet Peace Walker, also made by Kojima, made clear that she was in a coma at the time due to the disastrous space mission and thus couldn't have been involved (and justified that by claiming it was a cover up, despite the fact that said retcon pretty much ruined The Boss's final moments with Snake due to it being one of the few opportunities she had to open herself up to him, something she herself even noted). It would be one thing if I added in Chico surviving despite being claimed to be dead, that bit definitely didn't belong at all, but the Psycho Mantis bit still qualified.