[SPOILERS] MGS5 Ending and Possible Future of the Series

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PLEASE DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GAME OR SEEN A VIDEO OF THE ENDING; ITS A HUGE PLOT TWIST

 

The end of MGS5 Phantom Pain reveals a shocking twist that the Big Boss we control in the game (Venom Snake) is actually the medic from Ground Zeroes that underwent extensive facial reconstruction and hypnosis to think he was the real big boss (kind of like liquid ocelot in MGS4). Meanwhile, the real big boss was out building his rendition of outer heaven in Zanzibarland. The real big boss was ishmael in the beginning hospital stage which is why both Ishmael and Venom Snake were voiced by Keifer Sutherland; they are the same character. The ending of MGS5 also reveals how the real big boss wants the Phantom Big boss (venom snake) to continue living as big boss since he already created his own legacy building up Diamond Dogs. To this end, Phantom Big boss goes on to build his version of Outer Heaven, a fortress in Africa in 1995. This fortress gained notoriety quickly leading up to Operation Intrude N313 in which a soldier by the name of Solid Snake made his debut. In Metal Gear (the original MSX game), Solid Snake infiltrates Outer Heaven and kills big boss. We now know that the big boss he killed was the fake/phantom big boss; the real big boss was building his army in zanzibarland. It wasn't until Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake in which the real big boss died; he too was killed by Solid Snake. So, Solid Snake kills both Big Boss and his Phantom. What does all of this mean? Well, before Konami had their temper tantrum with Kojima and fired him, they were supposed to make a Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2 remake using the Fox Engine. This would be the start of Solid Snake's story in glorious HD graphics on PS4/Xbox One. Phantom Pain's ending was/is a strong indication that the classic MSX titles would be remade. Sadly, this isn't the case anymore since Kojima left and isn't a part of Metal Gear anymore. Also, any attempt by Konami to remake these games without Kojima will surely end up in failure, since Kojima IS Metal Gear and its HIS franchise. Its so sad really. We could have gotten remakes of 2 classic MSX titles in the Metal Gear franchise and its not going to happen anymore because of Konami's arrogance.