Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain - 10 Fan Theories That Save The Ending

Okay, you should already know an article about the ending of Metal Gear Solid V is going to contain spoilers, but for those of you unlucky enough to accidentally click the wrong link: this list is going to be brimming with end-game discussion for Kojima's latest. Like, huge, huge spoilers. Like, for the love of god if you haven't played the game through to episode 46 then you've only got yourself to blame-type stuff. All sorted? Without further ado... Metal Gear Solid V released with big britches to fill. Hyped up for years after a wealth of mystery reveals, the fifth entry into the main franchise was marketed as the "missing link" in the saga, a game said to hold a story that would fill in all the gaps between Peace Walker and the original Metal Gear. However, the actual game's narrative is less the fan-service, exposition-spewer that was MGS 4 but more of a post-modern 180 more akin to the equally insane and meta-style MGS2. Instead of filling in the time between chapters, this new title has essentially raised even more questions - ones fans know will definitely never be answered thanks to creator Hideo Kojima's split from publisher Konami. Though, while that ambiguity might be infuriating for the most die-hard of fans, in the less than two weeks the game has been on shelves players have already come together to debate what the ending of this franchise-ending release actually means - and just like Metal Gear Solid 2 before it, the story for this new title can be viewed in a completely different light when taking into consideration all of these eerily valid fan theories.