Metal Gear Solid's long history of convoluted plots has naturally seen long-standing characters appear over numerous games, but MGS 3's quirky time-bending game mechanics allowed you to mess with this continuity, albeit in non-canonical ways. There's a moment in Snake Eater where you can knock out series' villain Ocelot in a cut-scene, and say all your flow-charts for the series' lore were in order you might be tempted to off him right there - saving yourself the trouble of stopping his crazy streak across every other game. Of course you can't actually kill Ocelot and negate the other titles, but try and you'll be treated to a twist on Metal Gear Solid's iconic Game Over screen. In a goofy alteration on the regular screen, characters will scold you for causing a time paradox in the series and you'll have to load up your last save. It's probably for the best though, the Metal Gear Solid series is confusing and silly enough without dabbling in time travel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me-WHitlw8A
Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.
