I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to remember Keef's piss-poor voice work in Armitage III. To me, more than the fact that he's replacing the "real" voice of Snake, I just hope he doesn't deliver another bland, monotone performance. Not all actors make good voice actors.

Man, I don't even like Kiefer Sutherland :-\

Well that's beacuse it is Snake, it's just not Solid Snake

While I also would like to see Hayter reprise his role, this is will not necessarily ruin the game. Wait until it comes out.

The Lost Boys is pretty fuckin rad.

As far as I'm concerned, Hayder's send-off in MGS4 was a perfect ending for my relationship with that "voice". I'll be sad to not hear his growl in the new one, but Keifer Sutherland is an excellent actor so at least there's a tangible trade-off!

I should play a Metal Gear game at some point.

Yo ^

Zero, David Hayter would know by now if he had a job.

"Hell ya", that is all.

Just make movies already Kojima. It's painfully obvious that he wants to so he might as well get out of games all together. Not saying I'm opposed to another Metal Gear game. I'm just worried that making games more like movies is not going to push games forward in a positive way. It'll just make them more expensive to make which is already happening without big shot actor salaries.

People seriously like David Hayter as Snake? Does nobody remember what Old Snake sounded like? Hayter's depiction of an old man was so cheesy, Snake sounded like he fell out of some anime. At least this time, Snake has a chance of actually sounding like a grizzled soldier with Sutherland.

And also, David Hayter's tears are so delicious, mmmmm.....

Armitage 3 polymatrix was released 16 years ago so of course Kief's voice acting is going to be just as bad, you hilariously dumb numbnut of a poster.

Everything is bonkers now. But he's cool, we'll see what happens.

Big Boss.

OK, this is good news. I'm happy with this choice. I love David Hayter, but Kiefer Sutherland is a good replacement. I just hope he changes his voice up a little, if he just sounds like Kiefer Sutherland then all I'm gonna picture is Jack Bauer... Which may or may not be a good thing.

Kiefer's Badass, I approve :)

Come on, Patrick. Not knowing the difference between Big Boss and Solid Snake is like getting Mario and Luigi confused for the same guy.

"NO! THAT IS NOT SOLID SNAKE! STOP IMPERSONATING HIM!"

If he did had a job, do you think he would say? And if he kept quiet during all of this don't you think it would make it even more suspicious? He's totally doing a cameo.

Big Boss. Not Solid Snake.

Does this open the door for the long rumored Metal Gear Movie with Jack Bauer in the lead role???

The problem with this that it doesn't seem like an actor change due to advances/direction in MG ala Splinter Cell but a change just to get a big name they can show off in press releases/marketing etc.

I don't know about that. Phantom Pain takes place in 1984...and I think Solid Snake (and Liquid too) ought to be like 12 years old.

I didn't see this coming, in a world where they could have easily made the wrong choice, this one ain't so bad, still going to take some getting used to.

I don't tend to think that Kiefer can act, other than shouting "Damn it!" all the time. Hayter has a wider ability to act in my opinion so I kind of feel like this is a downgrade. Oh well, let's hope he can deliver.

Nope.

He isn't Solid Snake, he is Big Boss.

I think Sutherland will be just fine as Big Boss. It's a strange feeling though and will probably take some getting used to not having Hayter voice him.

@butano said:

@jimmyfenix said:

Hayters gonna Hate

:D

@patrickklepek I see you've started to fix the error. If you're still unsure this is actually the snake in question here. I know it says big boss but he was called naked snake before that

So exciting to see Kiefer as Snake!

Great. He was awesome in World at War! No. Actually he wasn't. Damn it. First the disastrous and now this. My life is fucking ruined.

I like Hayter a lot, but I'm not sure I like how he's taking this. Unless Kojima actually changed his mind about Snake's voice later in development, Hayter didn't get "fired", he just didn't get hired.

DING DING DING

Kiefer is a great choice, but I'll have a hard time hearing his voice as Snake's. David Hayter is integral to the character in my opinion. This is almost like having someone other than Harrison Ford play Indy. I am looking forward to the game and will play it regardless.

Metal gear doesn't take place over 24 hours, and it's already confirmed an 8 year period passes when big boss is in a coma, so what's to say more time couldn't pass during the phantom pain.

I'm actually really excited to see what Kiefer Sutherland brings to the table, it could be super awesome.

I'm suprisingly okay with this. I know Solid Snake is a clone of Big Boss (aka Naked Snake), but that doesn't mean their voices would be exactly the same. I just hope Sutherland makes a voice that works for Snake and isn't just acting as his own voice.

As for Hayter, he was great and made the character much of who he is. His bitterness towards Kojima and the rest of the team seems super unprofessional and cry baby-ish. I mean you don't see Kevin Conroy throwing a fit everytime someone else voices Batman in media starring him.

I want to see someone trying to explain the fiction of Metal Gear Solid to Sutherland.

This whole process has gone real shitty.

So both of these characters are voiced by Kiefer Sutherland?

Either him playing Ishmael was a ruse. Or, Ishmael is a clone.

Those are the only two reasons I can think of.

i'm the real snake. I'M THE REAL SNAKE.

Or MGS5 is Face/Off

Fuck this. Going to Japanese version for here on out.

Sayonara.

The screenshot looks more like Donald Sutherland. Or is Donald Sutherland voicing Big Boss?

Bill Murray ‏@BiIIMurrayTrust me, you should never trust anybody. Retweeted by David Hayter

Getting real tired of your shit, David !

This doesn't bother me at all, I haven't felt a emotional attachment to the character since msg2. A new voice can bring new life to the character I suppose :) I'm just glad that it's NOT Nolan North who is voicing snake , Kiefer Sutherland ? Hell yeah:) I'm more interested in Phantom Pain now:)

ahahahahah

It would have been just as fine if they kept Hayter.