Odd Questions About Metal Gear Solid Phantom Pain UPDATED

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Metallic Gear Solid V: The Phantom Hurting is a great game with not much of an ending.

Later the credits rolled, I however had a ton of questions. And with all of the drama at Konami, information technology'due south likely we may never get the answers. Yet I can't help but ponder these mysteries out loud. These are the five biggest questions I had after beating The Phantom Pain.

Note that these all comprise huge spoilers , and so don't read it if you haven't beaten Metal Gear Solid V.

I have to go now, my home planet needs me.

Above: I have to go now — my home planet needs me.

Paradigm Credit: Metal Gear Wikia

What happened with Eli?

The Phantom Pain positions Eli equally a major character, hinting (and, in the finish, confirming) that the 12 year old was Liquid Snake, the villain from the original Metal Gear Solid. Halfway through the second chapter, Eli, Psycho Mantis (it never says it's Psycho Mantis, but come on, it's Psycho Mantis), and some kid soldiers hijack the Metal Gear that Snake destroyed at the end of the commencement chapter and disappear past the horizon. It seemed like the story was setting up for a big confrontation with Eli and the Metal Gear.

Except it never came. Every bit information technology is, The Phantom Pain offers no payoff to the stories of Eli, "Psycho Mantis," or the child soldiers, despite all of them having major parts in the game. Information technology feels similar something was cutting, probably considering something was cut. Yup, the special edition for The Phantom Pain comes with a feature that shows off the cutscenes for a final mission that would have pit players against Eli inside the Metal Gear. How was this cut?

A possible explanation: Yous'd like to recollect Kojima had an artistic reason, but it's far more than likely, given all of the drama with him and Konami, that the studio was simply tired of pouring money into Metal Gear Solid 5 and told him that he had to end the game. Still, it'due south hard to believe that these elements remained unfinished. Then many plot threads, including that extra strain of the English language vocal string parasite that Eli has, remain open when the credits roll. How could they not wrap it upwards?

Are you sure he wasn't supposed to be the main bad guy or something?

Above: Are you sure he wasn't supposed to exist the chief bad guy or something?

Prototype Credit: Konami

What the heck is up with Huey?

Huey Emmerich is the father or Hal Emmerich, aka Otacon from the Solid Snake-era Metal Gear Solid games. He's in Peace Walker, playing a similar role to his son as a scientist who felt used past others to inadvertently brand weapons of mass devastation. Nevertheless, that portrayal completely changes in Metallic Gear Solid V as Huey is now a mad scientist that revels in making horrifying machines.

Oh, he's as well a crazy murderer, but his motivations are never clear. So, Huey'southward a part of Big Dominate' army in Peace Walker. He and so collaborates with Skull Man to assistance XOF infiltrate and destroy Mother Base. Then, nine years subsequently, Huey decides he wants to defect back to Diamond Dogs (afterwards he already made a Metal Gear for the crazy guy with the skull confront). Then, even after Skull Face is dead, he however does evil things like help the children hijack Metal Gear and fifty-fifty mutate a strain of the vocal cord parasites so that it kills a agglomeration of people. Oh, Huey besides murdered the mother of his child.

What the hell? Why is Huey such a bastard? Also, how were Big Dominate and friends so stupid to allow him do it? They suspected him from the very beginning, but they withal gave him plenty access in Female parent Base to cause all kinds of havoc. And when they finally have enough, Big Boss sends him away on a boat instead of killing him. The only reason for that is because the timeline has already dictated that Huey drowns himself afterwards discovering that Hal has slept with Huey's married woman and Hal'south step-mom.

A possible explanation: And then, let's assume that Huey'due south chief motivation is building crazy robots. He might take defected to XOF initially because they offered him more resource. It seems like a bizarre motivation to murder all your comrades, merely it's the best I've got. So, 9 years later on, he hears Large Boss is back and decides to defect back, probably because he knows he's most washed building Skull Face his Metallic Gear and decides that he'll probably kill him when he's washed.

As for helping the kid soldiers and mutating the parasites, perchance that was just retaliation for all the torture Diamond Dogs subjected him to.

Snake, Snaaaaaaaake!

Above: "Eh, let'south just get out this place."

Image Credit: Konami

What happens to Mother Base and the Diamond Dogs?

OK, so the ending establishes the Venom Snake is the Big Dominate that players kill at the end of the original Metallic Gear in Outer Heaven, the nation that the real Big Boss is building while we're busy establishing Female parent Base. We know that Solid Serpent destroys Outer Heaven, but what the heck happens to Mother Base and the Diamond Dogs? I mean, it was looking pretty big even in 1984. Why did Venom Snake leave it to control Outer Heaven in 1995? Does Mother Base but rot in the ocean?

A possible caption: Eventually, Outer Heaven absorbs Diamond Dogs, including its soldiers and resources. The actual Female parent Base of operations becomes abased.

A kinder, gentler Ocelot.

To a higher place: A kinder, gentler Ocelot.

Image Credit: Konami

Why was Revolver Ocelot so dissimilar?

In all the other Metal Gear Solids, Revolver Ocelot is an eccentric, sadistic human. In The Phantom Pain, he's calm and the voice of reason. Huh? We've seen an even younger Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3: Serpent Eater, and he was nevertheless pretty flamboyant and quick to anger. So, what, the '80s were just a at-home decade for Ocelot?

A possible explanation: In all those other Metal Gear Solid games, Ocelot is either a triple agent or under self-hypnosis to believe he's someone else. The Phantom Pain might be the only time nosotros actually encounter him being himself since it's likely his truthful allegiance lies with Large Boss. So, the eccentric Ocelot was just an human action.

Boss spots a Metal Gear performing a tactical strike on Konami servers.

Above: "I hate clones, but I'll go ahead and make a mental clone of myself."

Prototype Credit: Konami

Was Venom Serpent OK with being turned into Large Dominate?

At the end of the game, Venom Ophidian listens to a cassette tape from Large Boss explaining how he and Ocelot tricked him into thinking that Venom was really Big Dominate. He and so tells him that they are now both Big Dominate. At kickoff, Venom Snake seems pleased with this and even gives a little smirk. Then, when the tape ends, he punches out a mirror in a seeming fit of rage.

So, how does Venom Snake really feel? Is he OK with having his former identity stolen from him? Is he OK with all of his current memories beingness lies that really belong to someone else? We do know that he goes along with beingness Big Dominate' phantom as he still impersonates him in the original Metal Gear. Withal, this is such a dramatic revelation for the main character. I would have liked to know what he thought well-nigh it.

A possible explanation: Venom Serpent is slightly annoyed just remains loyal to Big Boss and happily takes his place as his doppelgänger.

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