Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4458546-20130808000528/@comment-1672596-20130814031722

Jim Logan wrote: In all honesty, there is not a lot that can be worked with in the Metal Gear series anymore. I mean look at it, Solid Snake's story is done. Big Boss's story is about to come full circle. Raiden...really doesn't have a lot more to do...besides slice stuff up. Not a lot of fans would probably like to play as Ocelot or The Boss because let's face it, if they did make a game surrounding them, it would most likely ruin everything mysterious about their characters, things that make them so loveable. The only thing I can see be done is, Mr. Kojima make some new characters...which, I'm fine with...as long as it's not another Raiden.

And even if Raiden had a lot more to do, he's technically of the Rising series now, not the Solid series. Still, Rising did leave room for a sequel, and besides which, they'll need to put the original concept to good use someday (especially seeing how Metal Gear Solid: Rising already had its storyline and boss concepts completed before the project was revamped into Rising). Other than Raiden, the only other viable character would have to be Gray Fox (since Kojima did in fact plan on making a game with him as the main character), and even then, if we go by full games, only his resurrection as part of the Genome project (Operation Intrude N302 would at best be a prologue chapter for the inevitable Metal Gear remake).

I think Kojima did mention The Boss being a planned replacement for Big Boss once his use is fulfilled, as well as the only other replacement for I think Solid Snake for the series at BAFTA. I honestly cannot imagine what in the heck Ocelot could do as gameplay. I mean, what, should we create a dating sim-esque game that deals with espionage, and the best answers involve tricking your allies? Liquid Snake, if some statements both in-canon and in SSBB are to be believed, might act as a good way to do this, especially seeing how its implied he shares a lot of things in common with the various characters, even the cardboard box trick (as indicated on its trophy).

Other than that, yeah, there's not much else to do with the games. They might create a new character, although they'll need to do something very creative.