The Most Shocking Betrayals, Rated

Summary

• Betrayal is a common theme in Metal Gear Solid, with characters like Liquid, Paz, and EVA betraying the main protagonists, causing major plot twists.

• Snake, Big Boss, and Raiden experience betrayal from those they trust, leading to deception, manipulation, and heartbreaking revelations.

• The US government, through the CIA, orchestrates a major betrayal leading to the ultimate sacrifice, which causes deep emotional consequences for Snake.

There are more twists in the Metal Gear Solid series than they are in the snake's nest, which should come as no surprise for a series about gritty warfare, espionage and grand conspiracies. Throwing honor aside and backstabbing others is commonplace in the stealth business.

However, the series has had brutal moments of betrayal that would (and do) make even a pessimist like Solid Snake wince, even after all the terrible things that have happened to him. It goes without saying that there are nuclear threat level spoilers ahead. Only users with the highest security clearances should have access to this highly sensitive information.

Casting a shadow from behind the codec screen

During his dark, icy mission on Shadow Moses Island, Snake is able to receive advice from his old mentor, Master Miller, through the codec. These tips range from survival tips to advice on how to take down the various FOXHOUND members he encounters (except, suspiciously, fighting Liquid Snake in his Hind D helicopter).

The plot that Miller was actually Liquid Snake masquerading as a fake American accent and a pair of aviators would be particularly hard on fans Metal Gear 2: Solid Snakebecause the real McDonell “Kaz” Benedict Miller actually appeared as a supporting character in this game. His ability to impersonate is just one of Liquid's many hidden abilities, though Ocelot later subverted this during the Big Shell incident and beyond.

Not so peaceful after all

After being lured into a mission after hearing the voice of his old mentor, The Boss, Big Boss (under his former code name Snake) finds himself fighting a rogue faction of the CIA that calls itself the “Guardians of Peace”. Snake and his soldiers, Militaires Sans Frontières, then head to Costa Rica to free the country and discover the truth behind the recording.

However, the person who supposedly made the recording, Paz, is actually a contributor to Cipher (who would later be known as The Patriots). Finally, Paz (or Pacifica to use her real name) turns on Snake and MSF. She hijacks the Peace Sentinel's Metal Gear, planning to use it against the United States to frame Big Boss and his outfit, but is ultimately defeated before she can carry out the strike.

Steal away after a mission to remember

After surviving a confrontation with Volgen, a dangerous ride through the jungle after a motorcycle crash, and finally reaching the WIG and surviving both a confrontation with The Boss and Ocelot, Snake and EVA manage to escape, their mission complete.

EVA was perhaps the only woman (besides The Boss) that Snake ever trusted, and she repaid that trust by revealing her identity as a Chinese spy tasked with obtaining the microfilm of The Philosopher's Legacy. By the time Snake heard her message on the audio tape, she was long gone. The film she found wasn't necessarily an exact copy, but Snake's confidence was shaken all the same.

Defeated by a legendary rookie

Although the story of the original Metal Gear was hardly delivered in the eloquent manner of later entries in the series (perhaps due to memory storage issues), it carried all the elements of betrayal and side-switching that later Metal Gear Solid games would be famous, namely the revelation that Big Boss, the commander of Solid Snake, was behind Outer Heaven and the development of the Metal Gear T-55.

After many attempts to sabotage the mission with false information, Big Boss reveals himself to Solid Snake as the mastermind behind Outer Heaven. The two fight and Solid Snake comes out on top. Of course, the fans MGS5 he will know that Solid Snake didn't kill Big Boss but his doppelganger, Venom Snake, who was himself betrayed.

The Mother of Special Forces Defects

The inciting incident that kicks off Operation Snake Eater is Boss's defection to Volgen and the Soviet Union. Initially calling over the radio to offer Naked Snake advice on his virtuous mission to rescue Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov, a brilliant rocket scientist, she appears in person along with two miniature nuclear grenades and charges Sokolov.

Boss was not just some military commander to Snake, but something like an adoptive mother. Her crossed hips meant more pain than the broken arm and cracked ribs he'd suffered trying to defend her; it was similar to losing a parent. However, how Snake Eater As it unfolds, it becomes clear that there was more to the defection than first thought.

Forced Into The Body And Face Of The Phantom

Although the medic who eventually “transformed” into Big Boss's phantom was one of his most loyal soldiers, even though he adopted his new identity and body by the end of the year Phantom painIt's no exaggeration to say that Venom Snake was betrayed by his own kind, including Big Boss, when he was turned into his body double without giving the slightest hint of consent.

After being given a facelift and memory transfer against his will, Venom was left in the dark about his true nature and was left to assume the mantle of the man he idolized so much. He was expected to continue the Big Boss business while suffering from (what he perceived to be) severe memory loss from the helicopter crash prior to his coma. Whatever was left of his old life or history was lost when he was forced to step into the shoes of Big Boss.

Raiden, AI, A Grand Bait And Switch

Many fans consider Raiden himself a betrayal after expecting to be able to play Solid Snake the whole game because Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of the Patriotsmarketing material. However, during the events of a game that many fans now consider a masterpiece despite the bait and switch, Raiden is subjected to betrayals that reach existentially mind-bending levels.

Raiden is played and re-played by the Patriots, who concocted the Big Shell Incident to gather data for their S3 (Selection for Social Intelligence) project. From the beginning, Raiden is lied to about his intent on Big Shell, as the entire operation was designed to recreate the events that happened on Shadow Moses with Solid Snake and FOXHOUND as a test to see how well the AI ​​could be used to manipulate. human being.

Worse than a stab in the arm

Poor Solid Snake is lied to at almost every turn by his commanding officer and most of the intelligence team. Before shooting Shadow Moses in the Swimmer Delivery Vehicle at the beginning Metal Gear SolidSnake is pumped full of nanomachines to help him cope with the cold conditions. However, the shot came with more than just nanomachines.

At the Pentagon's behest, Naomi injected him with the contagious FOXDIE virus, which was designed to kill every member of FOXHOUND and former Armstech President Kenneth Baker. However, secretly, as a way to get revenge on Snake for maiming her brother Frank Jaeger, aka the cyber ninja Gray Fox, during her previous mission, Naomi modified the virus to target Snake as well, giving him an unknown amount of time to live outside the parameters of the incident Shadow Moses.

The day the big boss actually died

IN Metal Gear Solid series, the main character usually suffers from betrayal. In a final twist, it turns out that the final boss of the game, The Boss, was the one who was stabbed in the back by her government and country. The boss never defected to the Soviet Union, but was sent undercover to retrieve the Philosopher's legacy. However, when Volgen detonated a nuclear weapon against his countrymen, the United States was on the hook, as their plane was detected at the same time as the explosion.

The CIA hatched a plan to exonerate the US by pinning the blame on the boss. To clear up any flaws, they would have her kill her former protégé, the Naked Serpent. In fact, The Boss was loyal to her country until the end. While the Boss accepted her fate, this betrayal would send Snake down a dark path of revenge and hatred. In his last words during Arms of the Patriotshe admits that killing The Boss was the day he truly died in his heart.