He was amazing in 3.
Also, a lot of examples of Cognitive Dissonance in this thread. '' I didn't want Hayter anyway, he sucks''
Although his role in 4 was sort of disappointing, but I cannot see anyone else being Snake.... Unless there is no Snake
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David Hayter not reprising his role as Snake in Metal Gear Solid 5? Statement
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He was amazing in 3.
Also, a lot of examples of Cognitive Dissonance in this thread. '' I didn't want Hayter anyway, he sucks''
Off-Kilter
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The_Hitcher89
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This has really annoyed me for some reason. I don;t normally care all that much about voice acting, but they've replaced an iconic part of the franchise with an actor I have an admittedly irrational dislike for. It'd be like having Nathan Drake voiced by Denzel Washington.
edit: Wait, is Sutherland playing Big Boss or someone else?
edit: Wait, is Sutherland playing Big Boss or someone else?
Adam Prime
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He's lying. He's been paid to shut up.
Just yall wait for the final scene of MGSV, after the credits.
Just yall wait for the final scene of MGSV, after the credits.
i hope japanese voice acting is finally allowed in other regions, i want to know what a high quality snake sounds like.
Ghost_Protocol
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Good. I hate his voice.
Live Free or Die
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Solid Snake.
Curious to see the reasoning behind this in Keighleys interview.
Hayter played Solid Snake in 1, 2, and 4. He played Big Boss in 3, PO, and PW.
^ my theory. Kojima confirmed that we will be seeing more of Solid Snake in the future and he said that prior to the unveil of Ground Zeroes so no he wasn't talking about MGS6. Solid Snake will most likely show up in MGS5 as a young Snake.
BocoDragon
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That would be cool. It would be fun if the final leg of the game was Metal Gear 1, but from the perspective of Big Boss.
ProfessorMoran
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Maybe his going rate is more than Konami wants to pay.
Angry Fork
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I think Hayter would do it for very little. Maybe not, but the impression I get is he loves doing it.
Gorechylde
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This is tearing me up. As excited as I am about a new Metal Gear, I'm almost more dissappointed that Hayter supposedly won't be voicing Snake in whatever form he appears. We've already lost the classic MGS theme. Now we're losing the voice of a generation. 15 years of David Hayter voicing one of the most iconic protagonists in gaming. Tis a damn shame...
They didn't even contacted him according to Hayter. Something is fishy.
BurningNad
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ProfessorMoran
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Mayor Adam West is Batman, not fucking Kevin Conroy.
But they know how much his going rate is though. That or Troy Baker got this gig too, he's like the new Nolan North.
They will ask him to try and have the voice of a 12 years old kid? That will be something indeed.
Blake'sGrave
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we're done here
interesting point
MisterSamMan
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As long as there isn't a younger Snake in this game. I have no problem with them changing Hayter.
From David Hayter's official Facebook page through his contact Amanda
Read the bolded part. Now what..Hey...David personally sends a gigantic thank you to everyone who is on his side concerning the possible decision to not include him in the next MGS. You guys are simply amazing.-- A
Cannon Goose
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So it's Big Boss and he has a robot hand now? Has he ever had one before...?
Ephemeris
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So maybe everything isn't final yet? And he's getting ahead of himself?
I wonder what prompted the tweet at the beginning of the month.
He must have known that Big Boss was being voiced by someone else and also knew that Solid Snake would be featured in the game and that Hayter would be voicing him. If I was not contacted by Kojima Productions, why would I bother with the tweet? And how would I know anyway?
AuthenticM
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Keifer Sutherland is nearing 50 years old. He would be way too old to play Snake. He'd be okay for one movie, but if they want to push sequels, as they would, they would need to get someone who is in their early 30s, just as Snake was.
Well that's interesting...Maybe Kojima is trolling us again?
Why is Akio Otsuka still voicing Big Boss, then? In the first Japanese Ground Zeroes video, it's still the same Japanese VA.
If Hayter was not contacted by Konami or Kojima Productions then why would he tweet on March 2nd a question about how we would feel about him not playing as Snake? He must have been informed of the ruse and he was playing along but today made a mistake that revealed the truth when he replied to a tweet about Kojima Productions/KONAMI contacting him. Fission Mailed.
Live Free or Die
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Yes, but that was before MGS4. In MGS4 Richard Doyle voiced Big Boss.
Escape Goat
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Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!
PW was made after MGS4. Try again.
Buckethead
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Series jumped the shark when MGS4 was released.
You would think that after the whole Phantom Pain/Joakim Morgan/Moby Dick Studios stunt that Kojima pulled to hype up Metal Gear Solid V people would be more suspicious of statements like this.
If David Hayter has not been called up to reprise his role it either means a.) he is lying and we will see a young Solid Snake make an appearance in the game or b.) Solid Snake is not making an appearance and they are simply using old man Big Boss voice like in MGS4, doesn't mean they are dropping Hayter for good.
I have a hard time believing that the voice of the 4 main metal gear solid games (one of which he made a physical appearance in!) will be completely cut out of the metalgearverse from now on.
If David Hayter has not been called up to reprise his role it either means a.) he is lying and we will see a young Solid Snake make an appearance in the game or b.) Solid Snake is not making an appearance and they are simply using old man Big Boss voice like in MGS4, doesn't mean they are dropping Hayter for good.
I have a hard time believing that the voice of the 4 main metal gear solid games (one of which he made a physical appearance in!) will be completely cut out of the metalgearverse from now on.
Angry Fork
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Doyle was only there so it wouldn't be awkward to hear the same voice going back and forth.
Angry Fork
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I don't know why they would bother with all this though when they could just keep it quiet and let fans see young snake on their own as they play (if it's meant to be a pleasant surprised).
It's also kind of dickish to lie to fans and create a fake story just to raise hype about something. It's one thing to propose subtle winks but Hayter is flat out saying he wasn't contacted, that's a pretty strong statement.
I could see the 2nd option being the case though, that they want to use Doyle or someone else as Big Boss from now on and young snake/hayter is either retired from use or may be used later. This doesn't make sense just from a story standpoint though since young snake was the 'perfect' clone, so not only does he look the same but his voice would be as well.
VibratingDonkey
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