Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-177.177.103.201-20130804203244/@comment-1210805-20130814162051

I'm going to go on a character by character basis here for what I'd like to see.

Solid Snake Remakes of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2, preferably in the one game. Maybe a Philanthropy game, though it would depend on the approach. We know they weren't big on actually destroying Metal Gears themselves, but rather exposing those who had them. I'm not sure how much room there is either as there was only about two years between MGS and MGS2 and Snake had indicated they hadn't been able to do much for a while (their "noses had been out in the cold too long" or something along those lines). It may be a matter of having it take place in intervals, say a pre MGS2 mission, maybe a remake of the Tanker, some other mission that wasn't strictly Philanthropy between MGS2's parts and maybe something later. Again, it depends on what they try to do, maybe they could use this as a method of introducing more characters who can build their own stories.

Raiden Personally I'd rather all future games starring Raiden take place after Rising. So a sequel to MGR is what I'd want and at the moment I can't say I have a limit to how many I'd want them to do.

Bladewolf He got some DLC but I think as an AI character it would be interesting to experience him grow and adjust to things. Certainly of the MGR characters, I think he's best suited to take on a leading role and explore themes of what it means to be human.

The Boss I only want games with her as the playable character set between WW2, and if I'm honest one would do it for me, though I wont be completely against them making two. Start it in 42, when she actually got involved and formed the Cobra's. I'd like to see what elevated her to being considered a legendary hero and credited with winning the war. Skip the stuff we already no about as much as possible and concentrate on exploring her relationships with the other Cobras.

Gray Fox Three games max I think. One or two prior to the Outer Heaven Incident, following him as a FOXHOUND agent and made as a MGS title. And one pre Shadow Moses title with Rising gameplay.

Olga No one expected that did they? The way I see it, there's a decent amount of time between Sunny's birth and Big Shell in which we can witness her being forced into the position of Mr. X. Have the Patriots test her by sending her on a mission to take someone else out. There's another Rising style game and maybe even introduce more characters from Olga's background that could be used in the future.

New characters Again, there's room to introduce new playable characters within the games. Maybe introduce someone in a Raiden title who can't afford to become a cyborg, or is opposed to it on an ethical level and has to handle things the old fashioned way (aka MGS style). Ultimately if they want to keep making Metal Gear (and Konami obviously does) and retain any level of story credibility, they're going to have to work on building new candidates and give the audience time to build an interest in them as they did with Gray Fox, The Boss and many others.

The ones I missed I know many have said people such as Liquid or Ocelot, I personally don't think their games would be all that interesting to play, but would rather watch them. I've always wanted something like The Animatrix or Halo Legends for Metal Gear. A set of short movies to explore areas that may not work for a game. Things like Zero's growth and transformation, Big Boss and The Boss meeting, Gray Fox killing Naomi's parents and raising her out of guilt, Raiden and Solidus' experiences in Liberia, Snake's childhood, Liquid's life and imprisonment and probably some others too.