Why was Snake in a coma at the start of the game?
Spoiler alert for Mission 46 The Man Who Sold The World.
I know the ending of MGSV that Venom Snake is not the real Big Boss. So now my question is that was the real Big Boss ever in a coma ? If so how did they both wake up at the same time ? If Big Boss was not in a coma then why was Venom Snake in a coma? Or was the coma of Venom Snake induced so that Big Boss can fully recover?
In addition, what was that piece of metal lodged in his skull ?
Best Answer
"Punished "Venom" Snake, also known as Big Boss, and formerly known as Ahab, V, Big Boss's phantom, or simply Snake, was a mercenary commander, formerly a combat medic for Militaires Sans Frontières (MSF), who led Diamond Dogs and Outer Heaven as one of Big Boss' most trusted lieutenants.
During his time as a medic, Venom Snake saved Big Boss's life during the destruction of MSF in 1975 by shielding him from an oncoming explosion, losing his left arm and the use of his right eye in the process. Despite his sacrifice, Big Boss fell into a coma. Venom Snake was then placed into an artificially induced coma, undergoing hypnotherapy and plastic surgery so that he could act as a body double for Big Boss. This was done in order to protect Big Boss from XOF forces who had destroyed MSF nine years earlier."
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So basically, he was the doctor who helped in retrieving the explosives from Paz's insides during the helicopter scene, and was induced in to a coma as the boss already was in one (which was not induced), in order to protect him.
And also, about the piece of metal, Venom Snake got it from the helipcopter crash, on the end of the game there is a cut-scene that explains that.
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Why was Solid Snake in a coma?
In the English versions of both Metal Gear Solid and its remake, The Twin Snakes, Liquid Snake mentions to Solid Snake that Big Boss had been in a coma when his cells were taken for the Les Enfants Terribles project. In the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid, he simply stated that Big Boss had been sterile.Was Venom Snake in a coma?
Within the series, Venom Snake is the leader of a mercenary unit, Diamond Dogs, who returns to the battlefield after waking up from a nine-year coma in an incident that also resulted in the loss of his left arm and a piece of shrapnel embedded into the right side of his forehead.When did Venom Snake wake up?
"Awakening" On February 26, 1984, Venom Snake woke up from his coma.Why is Snake still covered in blood?
Snake's shrapnel on his head grows longer as his Demon Value increases. As Demon Snake, Big Boss is covered in bloodstains which won't wash off even if you shower, walk in rain, or get doused with a bucket of water at Mother Base....Demon Snake.ActionValueDeveloping a Nuclear Weapon*50,000 DV8 more rowsBig Boss Awakens From Coma - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
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