Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6747658-20130228115651/@comment-6747658-20130330130526

I'm still not sure what to think about it, for some reason I get the feeling they're pulling a leg here and tricking us (Which...I kinda hope, it just wont be the same without Hayter...but no reason to not get it).

There are a few hints here and there that go into this. First of all, why would Hayter ask his fanbase informally as to what they will think if he didn't voice Snake, only to then later reveal he was never asked? Also his supposed confirmation about not voicing Snake...I still find it rather vague.

Further more, in the trailer of Ground Zeroes, Snake is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka who voiced both Solid and Naked Snake in the previous installments, his father Chikao Ōtsuka voiced Big Boss in MGS4 (which is a very nice touch honestly), so age cannot be the factor here, as they still used Akio, so why not Hayter?

Then there's Hayter's website being heavily cryptic itself, with him running away from a crashing CGI jet after which the screen goes black and the sentence "The end...?" can be read.

Of course...I could just be speculating things here and kind of hoping for nothing but..it's still a rather unclear situation why Hayter wont voice Snake