Prophetic Words

[The Mad Jackyl]

This is cross-posted from a topic I made in my own forums.

I'm playing Metal Gear Solid again, and I'm in the blast furnace.

Snake started the conversation with "Master, you and I, we're just dogs, aren't we?" This was right after Sniper Wolf's death and Snake was doubting himself.
Master started talking about how a soldier like Sniper Wolf was no good to anyone, because once she went looking for death, it was all over..." What he said next really sounded in hindsight like foreshadowing, considering what we've seen of the MGS4 trailers.

"You know, you'll end up like that one day too Snake." That instantly made me think of Snake with the gun in his mouth in MGS4

[A.G.]

The only thing is that there is a contradiction with what Kojima is doing with MGS4. I can see the whole gun in the mouth thing furing MGS1, but not after. Snake got a new perspective on life, a fresh start.

Now, the only thing I can think of is that he doesn't want to die slowly from his body's deterioration. Maybe he just wants a quick death. That would make sense.

Though I agree with you that it seems like a foreshadow, the ending of MGS1 contradicts it.

[Liquiduz]

What I find funny is Snake saying in the trailer that he needs to erase his genes and all that crap from this world, and thats why (I think) he wants to kill himself... but even if he dies they can still retrieve his DNA. He needs to make his body disappear from Earth completely in order to accomplish what he wants.

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liquiduz said:

What I find funny is Snake saying in the trailer that he needs to erase his genes and all that crap from this world, and thats why (I think) he wants to kill himself... but even if he dies they can still retrieve his DNA. He needs to make his body disappear from Earth completely in order to accomplish what he wants.

Hahah yeah i was exactly thinking that!