Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-151.246.240.247-20130913120522/@comment-216.189.162.203-20140417065242

Mr. Grave wrote: As much as I enjoy you people trying to guess who this guy is, I gotta say enough with the ridiculous theories. Raikov is totally not Skullface. Reasons?

First; Raikov's description doesn't match that of Skullface. He was seemingly shorter than him and less build. Their voices don't match either. While Skullface has this tough-high-school-quarterback voice, Raikov had a less heavier voice, very similar to Raiden's in MGS 2.

Second; Raikov was supposed to be a one-time character, a parody, so you could get a chance to play as a Raiden look-a-like character (I don't know why people would want to do that, though). I mean, come on, his name is Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov. Ain't it obvious enough?

About Raikov being Raiden's dad, that's just impossible. Jack originates from Liberia, Raikov is Russian. They have nothing to do with each other.

Yeah pretty much all of the above and the fact that you can also kill Raikov without causing a time paradox.