Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-9174065-20140320083325/@comment-192.160.117.141-20140407202657

It'd be cool, but the TX-55 was never actually operational in the original game before it was destroyed.

Though, personally, I don't think there should be a perspective shift. You should fight Solid Snake as Big Boss. That's how a game should end when it's about your descent into villainy - You fight the hero, and you either lose, knowing that losing is right and what has to happen, or you win, finalizing your fall and establishing you as a real villain.

You wouldn't win win or lose lose of course; after all, Snake gets away, and Big Boss is going to be back again in four years with the exact same plan. Whether you win or lose the fight, some cutscene magic would happen and the battle would be interrupted (since Outer Heaven is exploding at the time). But it'd be a great opportunity to act out a reversal of the final battle with the Boss. It would be deep and meaningful and ultra manly.