The internet can be a rather forgiving place, and so are video games, with only a few weeks before the release of Metal Gear Solid 4 across the globe and the excitement is growing at an unprecedented rate amongst fans and newcomers alike, finally the beloved saga comes a full circle.

It is almost impossible to believe the hype surrounding the MGS4 game. As reported a few days ago one of the mystery characters that makes a stellar comeback in Metal Gear solid 4 is none other than Big Boss himself, and here’s the proof included.

The year is 1964, Naked Snake is sent in the jungles of Russia to bring back a captured Russian scientist who is willing to defect for he fears his own creations and earns the title of Big Boss. “Les Enfants Terribles Project” is initiated Solid, Solidus and Liquid are created to as replicas of the perfect soldier. Solid Snake defeats Big Boss with a gas canister and a cigarette lighter.

Spoiler at your own risk.

There can be a number of ways to look at this, either Big Boss has been genetically modified and recreated once again by Liquid Ocelot in the game and Metal Gear Solid 4 ends quite like the very first original game, a classic battle between the Big Boss and his prodigy and Solid Snake cannot bear this guilt for the nth time and finally kills himself ending his family feud, and hence the saga finishes.

This can also be a part of the flashback feature recently shown off within the game, we have already seen snake revisit Shadow Moses in true High definition, so the possibility of objects from Zanzibar Island, a glorious trip down memory lane re-visiting the events/places of MSX original version in full high definition.

Finally this may be a part of a cutscene which might be telling the tale of Naked Snake’s defection, his connection with the mysterious Patriots and the mystery surrounding the remaining half of the Philosopher’s legacy from Portable Ops (I’d bet my money on this one).

P.S.: It’s funny both Solidus and Snake look pretty much the same, they are clones end of the day, but their resemblance is quite uncanny including the eye patch, who votes for Solid Snake’s defection and not death in MGS4. Kojima does like to tease us a lot.

The dummy boxes in Europe being put up at various Gamestop outlets show a 4.6 GB minimum installation for the game. Most PS3 game off late require a mandatory installation to smoothen out loading times. My only fears are the installation time taken and scavenging for a PlayStation 3 in time to complete the game.