Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-25230536-20140915193009/@comment-25366375-20140916130613

64.33.250.214 wrote:

Paranoid Donkey wrote:

I know it'd be unwise to say anything definitively before the game's release, but I believe there is absolutely no chance of Chico being Ishmael. I happen to agree (after much consideration and what little rudimentary research I could do on Ishmael) that he is in fact the MSF Medic from the helicopter.

What brought you to the conclusion that the medic is Ishmael?

I've compared the voice of Ishmael and the Medic, and they don't sound alike to my ears. It's true the Medic took a blast to the face from Paz's explosion, but that could have healed through surgery in 9 years. Burn patients normally don't wear bandages forever either.

There's also the issue of the name. 90% of the time, characters with biblical names are important to the franchise. Unless Medic ends up being a recurring character in future games, this otherwise puts a dent in the theory. Then there's the allusion to Moby Dick. Two major characters in Moby Dick were Ahab and Ishmael. Big Boss is acting as Ahab in PP. This suggests Ishmael may be someone more important to the plot. They literally have the same voice actor. Medic's voice is Kiefer Sutherland, just at a lower pitch. This video will show you (excuse the overzealous title) that they are one and the same. I agree on your point about the bandages, but we'll really just have to wait and see.

I'll be happy to hear any objections afterwards, but it's pretty compelling as far as I'm concerned, in all seriousness I'd love to hear your theory. I think it highly unlikely that Ishmael, Medic and Snake would all be voiced by the same person.

I don't agree that Medic would need to be important to the entirely of Metal Gear though. The Phantom Pain is going to be a huge game, who's to say he won't just be important there?

To be fair to you though, I don't know what to make of Ishmael at all so it's really problematic.