Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-131.107.147.171-20130716155830/@comment-3392084-20130716185130

Actually when Raiden first met Snake, Pliskin, it was after their first encounter/ introduction of Vamp. There were no bombs to be disposed of at that time. As to why he didn't place the similarity between Solidus and Solid Snake. Solidus was engineered to have his features age much faster then Solid Snake. For all we know he could have had that Big Boss-like face for God knows how long. Not to mention there were subtle differences between some of Solidus' features and Big Boss'. Solidus has a Van Goh facial hair style (Mustache and goatee) whereas Big Boss had sideburns that connected to a beard that wrapped around his chin and a mustache that was not styled to look like it was connected to the beard. If you also add in the fact that Solid Snake, Pliskin, had what looked to be a partially grown beard. I say partially grown because it looked like he had only whiskers. He also had no mustache. Solid snakes hiar was also longer then Sears' hair too. Solid Snake was rocking the mullet.

Not to mention so many things about a person's facial features can be hidden behind facial hair. Hell, I went my entire life without seeing what my dad looked like without his mustache. Subtle details can make quite a bit of difference. Not to mention Raiden's memories have been juggled around so he would not recognize Solidus.