Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27052090-20151007143136/@comment-27052300-20151007153306

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Not really. Venom Snake had his memories transferred from Big Boss. That means he would remember his refusing The Boss in Peace Walker, so he would turn out the same way. Think along the lines of transferring files between computers. The drive may be different, but the content is exactly the same until you make further changes.

With the computer comparison, the drive is not the only that that could be different here. It's the OS and the hardware. If you transfer all the files to a different OS and different hardware, you probably will get some compatibility issues. This would occur in drivers.

In Venom case, he has a different conciousness and a different genetic code. He obviously don't talk as much as Big Boss and do some things a little differently. He doesn't even come up Big Boss's true Outer Heaven which is different than MSF.

But all in all, I don't see him as speaking to Big Boss there. Like I said, since you potentially could activate the cutcene before knowing the truth, then he believes himself to Big Boss and the player wouldn't think otherwise. The Boss is the one who said those words and the whole thing is against Big Boss's believes in.

In Peace Walker, he confirmed all he wants to do is fight and he doesn't believe in peace. That whole line is similar to what Gray Fox said in MG2 and goes along with how Big Boss thinks in MG2 as well, hence the whole constant war thing. Venom's speech is contradictory to Big Boss's character at this time. He doesn't come to that realization until MGS4 and he regrets the things he has done.