Re: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
James Bond movies don't follow a specific canon. The MGS games do. Each actor in Bond portrays their own separate storylines - perhaps even alternate universes. Don't try to draw analogies where there aren't any
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That is true. But it also doesn't change the fact that a new Snake, might still work within the same universe, might be something good and refreshing. We don't really know what kind of changes will happen to Big Boss character in V, he could be quite a different person. Besides, Kojima himself said that yes, it is a sort of reboot. Even if it follows the same story and cannon, its still a reboot in som aspects, with a new, fresh feel that we are yet to see.
Secondly, the MGS "cannon" is much less tangible than You might think it is. Kojima multiple times stated, that he viewed each game as independent enities, even if the storyline appears to be continous (for example the events of MGS2 were not supposed to be taken completely literally, at least at the time when the game was writen). That is the main reason Kojima was dissapointed with MGS4, becouse that game happended couse fans demanded a continuation of MGS2 events, something that Kojima never considered 100% cannon. It's also why all the changes and fresh air in MGS V are so exciting. Becouse it looks like it brings back the vintige, excited, involved Kojima, who's full of ideas, rather than the conformist, slightly disinterested and tired one, that he was for the last couple of years.
And besides. Even if we consider the abscence of Hayter to be a jarring, sudden change that is "counteractive to the whole formula", then it still doesn't mean the new voice-work will be bad. If the new guy is awesome, then I won't really mind the fact that his voice clashes with that of Hayter. Whining about Kojima and calling him an idiot or an *******, becouse of this change, before we even get our hands on the game, is silly.