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like Jim Said the Raiden twist was important narrative-wise because he could develop the character from someone else's perspective and also to keep the player wondering if Solid Snake had turned into a terrorist, remember how the leader of dead cell pretends to be solid snake.

however Phantom Pain is supposed to show Big Boss' descent into lets call it "the dark side" he will be forced to make hard and questionable desicions for example see the Quiet Cutscene Snake decides to keep Quiet around and Kaz gets pissed off at him for doing that, even Ocelot's face is like he saying "you sure this is a good idea?"

Playing as someone pretending to be Big Boss while the real one is nowhere to be found would be just stupid