Metal Gear Solid Actor David Hayter -- "I've Got No Particular Love for Kojima"

I believe Kojima loves the Japanese actor a lot more than the American one.

Hayter is very salty. I mean, he is not a great actor or director either. I have seen than movie he wrote, some kind of werewolf BS. it was so bad.

Hayter voice was terrible in MGS4 and Peace Walker - literally made me cringe at times, Kiefer sounded great in MGSV and it was a shame that he doesn't speak much.

Will Hayter's repository of salt ever run out?

They were trying to get a new voice because, it was a new character. So when no one else wanted to do it, they had no choice but to hire hayter again.

This guy was starting to have a hard time to fit a 50 year old man voice. No offense to him. Kiefer sounded way better as the aging Snake although the character only has a few lines. Hayter made sense in MGS 4 because Solid had accelerated aging due to him being a clone, he aged like 30 years in 10.

Hayter got a tribute in this game. Real Big Boss changes his name to Hayter while, for the first time (I guess) they reveal Solid's real name: David.

MGS4 was not a 10.

ConsideringVenon snake is not a Big Boss Clone it wouldn't make any sense for him to speak with BB voice. Hayter should play the game, i didn't like Kiefer voice acting but the decision to change the voice has meaning.

Just goes to show you Kojima is as much of a douche as most claim he is

Sorry, Hayter, but speaking against Kojima is one of the cardinal "sins" in the gaming community. It's like saying you don't like the Fallout series, Dark Souls series, or GTA V - people will just eat you alive. I can see it now, people will call you bitter, jealous, hater, etc... if they haven't already.

If Hayter's claims are true, then I truly feel sorry for him.

But hey, welcome to the Gaming Community, Hayter. It will only get worse.

:/

I said it before and I'll say it again: I swore I'd never play another Metal Gear game that Kojima wasn't involved in, meaning I would be done after playing MGSV. However, MGSV was such a letdown to me that I will put my foot in my mouth and play whatever Konami's next Metal Gear game is. Seriously, that's how bad a of a Metal Gear game The Phantom Pain is. There's nowhere left to go but up from that POS. It's awful. The gameplay is very good, I have no problem admitting that, but gameplay alone is not enough for me when it comes to this series... because past entries have been the complete package. They all excelled at gameplay, narrative, music, story (as convoluted as it is), character development and everything else that makes a game a complete package.

As a Metal Gear game, V is it the absolute worst in the franchise. I have a lot of respect for Kojima, but he seriously dropped the ball with MGSV. No matter how the story plays out, playing as an IDIOT MUTE Big Boss was completely LAME. Seriously, there's a part in the game where he falls and bangs the F out of his head and DOESN'T MAKE A SINGLE SOUND OR REACTION. It's just plain weird and cringe-worthy. Again, no matter how it all plays out, a clone is the same as the original person, so there was not reason not to have Hayter voice the character and give the "Hero" you're playing some friggin' personality. It's Kojima's starstruck infatuation with famous actors than brought on this majorly BAD decision.

A lot of people blame on Konami for everything. And I'm in no way defending Konami here, for the record I think they're an awful company who handles things in ridiculously terrible ways and they have NO CLASS. But I often wonder what exactly it was that started the friction between Konami and Kojima. When I myself am so disappointed with MGSV, and I see that so many other Metal Gear fans are as well, I can't help but see the obvious, which is that Konami had to have seen this coming. But we all know that Kojima is Kojima and he's gonna make the game he wants to make. How do we know that THIS isn't what actually started the break-up between them? It's something to think about. It would be crazy to realize that all this time we (myself included) have been dogging and blaming Konami for everything, that they actually knew what was best for Metal Gear all along and were upset because they knew Kojima was making a bad Metal Gear game. Again, I'm not trying to defend Konami, they definitely have some major issues as a company, but if we see that Kojima scewed up with MGSV... they saw it a LONG time ago.

To be honest I'm actually really interested in what comes next for Metal Gear. We already know that Konami was hiring for a new team to work on the next game. If they end up getting quality devs who are actually Metal Gear FANS, who knows, we may indeed get another great Metal Gear game... especially if they bring David Hayter back. Call me a fanboy, but Solid Snake is my favorite video game character of all-time and he would not be so without David Hayter. Hell, I'd even be cool with them bringing back Solid Snake. For all I care they can say Otacon and Naomi Hunter discovered a way to reverse his rapid aging process and maybe got him some expert plastic surgery. Not sure how'd they explain his radioactivity injuries and whatnot, but hey, it's Metal Gear so pretty much anything can fly, lol.

Just food for thought.

If you really look at the history, Kojima is really just a creepy pervert who is absolutely terrible at writing, not some legendary developer. He makes great gameplay for his games, and because Konami inexplicably started acting like the Hitler of gaming he's long gotten a pass from his behavior.

To me and many others, Hayter will always be Snake. It just goes to show you don't need a great emotional character to make a gripping hero. Honestly, I found Sutherland's work pretty boring and forgettable, even if it was probably a more realistic approach to the war-battered hero. When I played MGSV I realized ever more presently that the MGS series is quite over. Konami can try all they want to keep it going but it is dead to the real fans.

Well it seems to be over, regardless of how much he loved the role. The role would eventually end. I know a lot of people love him as Snake etc. Does it matter anymore? Ask yourself really does it matter right now? All voice actors eventually have their roles end and you have to move on. Sometimes its nasty like this, sometimes the series just ends.

I can't tell the dude how to feel, and I wish the best for the guy, but to me it sounds like a bitter break up. It's time for everyone to move on.

If it makes him feel any better the game was a total cluster f*k. A hodge podge of greatness, lameness, and wtf-ukery on a grand scale. It's best that this non-event in the series not be voiced by the real snake. Heck...in many ways its fitting that an imposter voiced snake. Both the game, the twist, and the voice are all just a wannabe Metal Gear Solid.

The way this was handled was pretty appalling. We're talking about a man who gave up half his pay check to get the original cast back for the Twin Snakes remake.

David Hayter is Snake. And based on the comments on this article, I think most fans appreciate that.

Hayter's Snake was more iconic than it was "good" I'd say. Some of his work was a little overcooked; too overbearing, a little cringeworthy.

But he did sound like Snake, that's hard to deny.. He did do a good job and he did give the character a voice. When you heard Hayter you knew exactly who's character was speaking, and when I hear him do anything else, it sounds like Snake. That's pretty significant.

Think Konami and Kojima should've been more straight with him on this.

And nothing of real value was lost, because let's face it: David Hayter was never really a good voice actor. The grit he employs for Snake's voice is more comical than anything. Rarely, if ever does it actually come off as genuinely convincing, and this is highly apparant with his downright dreadful voicework in MGS4.

Big Boss/Venom Snake may not have been much of a talker in MGSV, but Sutherland was still able to incorporate the needed gravitas with his voice work that Hayter never managed to capture with his tenure in the series. A lot of Boss' dialogue in MGSV would have sounded idiotic had they been performed by Hayter's contrived gruffness. Sutherland is able to convey the grit naturally, and it's one of the aspects which prevent MGSV's narrative from going completely off the rails.

Alas, Phantom Pain is a game fans love to hate. But I do think it has an under-appreciated narrative upon considering how fans will easily gobble up BS fan-service as shown in Guns of the Patriots. Also, on a pure gameplay perspective, it destroys every other title in the series not called Snake Eater.

At the end of the day, Sutherland is now Big Boss in my eyes.

In terms of gameplay, MGS5 was definitely the best game in the series and quite possibly the best third-person action adventure game ever created. I loved how the game respected you as a player and never held your hand with anything. You were given the tools to accomplish an objective, and had to figure out the path for yourself. Everything you did was reflected in your score. Not a lot of other games do that.

But, in terms of story, MGS5 was definitely a huge letdown. The plot was shallow (it was basically a by-the-book revenge story until near the end), the characters (especially Venom Snake) were lifeless and uninteresting, and the way the narrative was told was weak. Barely any cutscenes and extended dialogue that MGS games were so known for. It doesn't matter if Hayter played Snake or not, since Snake maybe said 10 sentences throughout the whole game lol. What a waste, with its gameplay, MGS5 had the potential to be one of the best games of all time. But now, it just feels unfinished.

I lost all respect for Kojima when i played MGSV. Who can seriously say this game is good? One of the most repetitive games i have ever played. There is no challenge even on extreme. SPOILER........... you dont even play as the real big boss... you play as a guy who hardly ever talks. MGS? Yea the worst!

I can clearly understand why David feels upset about this all these years, He put so much work in to Snake and Liquid that it became his baby. He got attached to doing the voice of those characters and then to be screwed over and get replaced with someone that never knew anything about a Metal Gear Solid game. No wonder why he feels betrayed when so many hours went in to those games. For me David is and will always be Snake and Liquid and since he hasn't been doing the voice for those characters it hasn't felt the same. What made me play MSG was because of the acting that he did with those characters. I feel that Metal Gear went down hill after he left it hasn't been the same and to me Phantom Pain was a big let down. Shame on you Hideo Kojima for ruining an awesome series when you decided to screw over the voice of Legendary Snake and Liquid Snake voice actor David Hayter.

"To hear anyone else's voice coming from Snake's battered throat, makes me a little ill, to be honest."

Don't worry David. Just play the game. You'll only hear about 5 minutes worth of Sutherland's voice anyway. If you had done the voice yourself, there wouldn't have been much to record anyway, and it could have been done in one day.