Kiefer Sutherland Is Now Snake

This isnt a publicity stunt! This is a good man getting shitcanned by a man who came up with such great ideas such as Raiden, and worse yet, making him the main character of MGS2.

Too mainstream.

That's a fucking perfect replacement, the guy that played snake in MGS5 couldn't show an emotion to save his life.

Sutherland was in COD5 and was the best part of that campaign.

I'm gonna miss David Hayter, but holy gee! KIEFER SUTHERLAND!

Hayter's profile picture on Twitter is now Kieffer Sutherland, doesn't seem like he's taking it to well...

@valerium said:

And the man who came up with other stupid ideas like MGS1 and MGS3 and landed David Hayter his career defining role right? God, what a hack.

If there's one man I [...] associate with video games, it's Kiefer Sutherland.

You know, maybe Kojima orchestrated all this just to make the fan base turn against him, thus freeing him to make new IPs. Oh, wait, everyone will still buy this.

@saganomics said:

The worst part is that for Hayter, it probably is.

Nothing against Kiefer, but FUUUUCKKKKKK, that is a bummer.

Mr. Sutherlands voice does not match the character at all

"Damn it, Otacon!"

"WHERE'S MY FAMILY!?!?"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

I dunno, I think it might work if Kiefer doesn't over do it like he sometimes does on 24.

@theveej: One can only hope, though Hayter did voice Big Boss/Naked Snake in MGS3 and Peace Walker.

Should have gotten Kurt Russell. Would be cool to hear Snake Plissken as Snake in MGS.

Hah! Great. Stupidly great.

@minipato: I know right? To think that this guy that created the entire series would get rid of an actor because he didn't fit the role anymore. Man, the NERVE of the guy for having the balls to not give in to shitty fan pressure.

I'm totally ok with this, as I thought Hayter's performance in MGS4 was meh, but the whole game was meh to me. I just wish they had properly informed Hayter ....the way he found out was fucked up. They can at least treat the man, that gave life to snake for 15 years, with some respect.

Not the first time Naked Snake was voiced by someone else.

Even in a movie where he's just sitting down having a smoke?

If replacing Hayter with an actor why not friggin' Kurt Russel? I mean even if it's all a big old Kojima ruse Kurt Russel is Snake Pliskin and would have probably been cheaper.

Very disappointing news... I had hoped the whole Hayter not reprising his role thing was just a big joke. Casting Sutherland is a mistake. This has more to do with maintaining consistency within the MGS world. This will break the immersion and make the new games feel disjointed. Why change it at this point when the voice of Snake/Big Boss is well defined and works so well? If there was a good reason I would be more understanding, but at this point it just seems like the answer is: "A change was needed". The sense of familiarity and empathy for Snake/Big Boss is lost now since the new voice is not relatable to the player (in the context of the MGS world). In other words, the heart of the character has been removed.

So why isn't the Japanese voice changing? This is so strange and lame. I still don't know how people like 24 too, I liked it okay when I was like 14, but looking back on it now...just so many dumb things about that show.

Hayters gonna hayte!

Good choice with sutherland.

There was a rumor that Keifer was the replacement a while back but I didn't think it would be true so now I'm really fascinated though it is a shame for David Hayter. In retrospect Big Boss should have had a separate voice actor from the beginning as David Hayter should have been reserved for Solid Snake even though they're clones.

Well at least the guy who recommended Keifer also seems to know Hayter.

At least he was replaced by someone who's enthusiastic and loves nothing more than to bow to Kojima. I guess he's a true Bauer after all, ahhh. nvm.

Give me Donald Sutherland and ill be happy. Joking a side i think Kiefer will do an excellent job.

That's pretty dumb. Beh. I was perfectly satisfied after MGS4. I didn't need or want another MGS, and this really doesn't make a compelling case as to why I should change my mind on that. I'll pass on MGSV

Not necessarily. The headline is misleading, we only know that Sutherland is voicing Big Boss. If these games follow their logical continuity, eventually we will be revising the events of the original Metal Gear where Solid Snake and Big Boss are both central characters. Establishing a new voice for Big Boss now could simply be laying the groundwork for MGSVI or whatever it ends up being. Having Hayter screaming back and forth at himself would be significantly worse.

That's a wasted effort because the headline is wrong.

Thank god.

Every single person I know in real life hates David Hayter's voice acting and didn't play Metal Gear Solid as a result. My ex always used to tell me to turn the game down because she couldn't stand it.

This will hopefully widen the audience.

Them firing David Hayder is probably the dumbest thing they could have done.

That news doesn't bode very well with me. I guess I'll have to wit and see if it'll pan out alright, but for me Snake (both Naked and Solid) is Hayter with his gravelly voice

Deciding whether or not I'm okay with this. I think the Kief will be a sloooow burn, but even if it doesn't reach the high marks of the series' past, It'll still be ENTertaining at least. hhehehe

Alright, that's enough weed jokes. I was just reminded of weed seeing all these people say kief.

Just to state the obvious: he isn't portraying Solid Snake, he'll be voicing Big Boss. There may still be room for both Hayter and Sutherland.

This is all one big trolling attempt. I am convinced now.

@patrickklepek don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but Kiefer Sutherland isn't playing Solid Snake, he's playing Naked Snake/Big Boss.

I would care more about this if David Hayter wasn't acting like such a precious jerk about the whole thing.

Well, if it's true that Kojima really wants to get out of MGS and make something else for a change, I suppose this would be a genius way to alienate the half of your fanbase who've been masturbatingly furiously to Hayter's raspy voice without making it glaringly obvious to your producers what you're doing.

Mmmmm, raspy voice. I'll be in my bunk.

@wogglebeast: I think he has every right to act the way he does. This wasn't just a job for him he has a lot of love for the MGS franchise. I don't know any other voice actor that actually plays the games once they're released.

How many times will Snake say "dammit" or "WE'RE OUT OF TIME!"?

all I can think of now is snake sounding like doctor schreber from darkcity.

@blue_cube: Others play their games. For one, I think at least Jennifer Hale(and maybe even Mark Meer) play Mass Effect. I love Hayter, and perhaps they didn't handle his replacing in the friendliest matter, but he's being unprofessional about this(assuming it isn't a long con). Doing all of the interviews, and all of the snarky comments, stuff like changing his profile picture on Twitter to Kiefer Sutherland for a few hours...all of it just comes across as bitter and unpleasant. He should be more restrained. Again, assuming that this isn't a ploy or that he eventually rebecomes Solid Snake in a remake of MG1/MG2.

I still would like to know why they decided to change the Actor. Hayter has been excellent and is probably cheaper than Keifer Sutherland.

I like how (almost) nobody said anything about voices in the original Phantom Pain trailer, which also used Kiefer's voice. Oh, now that it's been announced that it's Kiefer, the game is ruined for some people. If the voice didn't bother you then, it shouldn't bother you now. It's a man's voice, for crying out loud.

This is pretty cool and all, But I'm more amazed they got yet another Canadian citizen to fill the role of Snake.

Fills me with a sense of pride lol.

Yep. He's embarrassing himself. Yeah, you got fired, you don't have to be a dick about it.

I cannot emphasize enough that there is no Kiefer Sutherland. His persona has been replaced by Jack Bauer.

Also, that's fucking Big Boss in the picture. Different character and VA. I get that sense that Hayter or someone is willfully disregarding this fact as part of the news cycle.

Im fairly bummed out about this news. David Hayter IS Solid Snake. How can Jack Bauer deliver quality dialogue such as "..a Sony walk man? Huh!". Damn it!