Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-166.137.88.23-20130610185107/@comment-1504072-20130622224605

80.75.99.120 wrote: Okay. Not bad theory. Though makes me wonder why would they make it neccessary for target to be in the wounded state in order for the virus to work, when it just makes it a lot less useful as an assasination tool? Unless ofcourse it was some kinda defect in programming of the virus.

Well, like any virus, you're more susceptible to becoming ill if your wounded, because your body can't fight it off as effectively, but it was just a wild guess. It may simply be the length of time that the victims were exposed to it from Snake, for it to build up in their system enough to kill them. Ocelot was only in close contact with Snake at the end of Act 3, and not nearly as long as Big Mama or Big Boss, until the final battle.