{"id":354733,"date":"2025-08-18T17:59:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354733\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:59:15","slug":"konami-forgiven-for-dropping-metal-gear-solid-voice-lead-in-fifth-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354733\/","title":{"rendered":"Konami ‘Forgiven’ for Dropping Metal Gear Solid Voice Lead in Fifth Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Metal<\/a><\/p>\n

David Hayter, the voice of Snake in almost every Metal Gear Solid<\/a> game, has said he’s forgiven Konami for not casting him<\/a> in the two titles he was dropped from.<\/p>\n

Having voiced Snake for 12 years, it was Keifer Sutherland that Konami decided to cast as Venom Snake in both Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes<\/a> and the main game The Phantom Pain<\/a>. At the time, Hideo Kojima said the reasoning for the recasting<\/a> was down to the team wanting an older actor to convey “a more subdued performance expressed through subtle facial movements and tone of voice, rather than words”.<\/p>\n

In reaction, Hayter refused to play the two entries, saying it would be “60 hours of humiliation”. Claiming it would be “too painful”, he still hadn’t played the two games a year after release.<\/p>\n

Fast forward almost 10 years, though, and David Hayter has now played Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain despite his initial reluctance. “I didn\u2019t want to play the game because I figured it would hurt my feelings. Then, you know, 10 years went by and I was like \u2018ah, to hell with my feelings. What do I care?\u2019”<\/p>\n

He continued: “I\u2019m a screenwriter, so I get fired for a living \u2014 like, I literally, eventually, get fired from every single gig that I\u2019ve got \u2014 and I\u2019m not a child. I was like: \u2018Stop being a baby and play the game.\u2019 So I played it. It\u2019s amazing.”<\/p>\n

\"Metal<\/a><\/p>\n

Hayter now agrees The Phantom Pain has the best gameplay of the series. “The fact that you can go into the same scenario each time, and the [enemy] soldier\u2019s gonna be doing the same thing, but you can take on different routes or different strategies of attack, makes it feel like time travel.”<\/p>\n

“So, yes, that was badass. So far as I\u2019m concerned, all is forgiven.”<\/p>\n

David Hayter returns to the role as Snake in next week’s Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater<\/a>, which uses his original voice work in a faithful remake of the third entry. It’s out on 28th August for PS5, or the 26th if you opt for the Digital Deluxe Edition. When we previewed the Virtuous Mission last year, we said:<\/p>\n

“This essentially is that original game with a complete current-gen makeover, updated controls, and a few new quality-of-life additions and improvements. While the base inputs remain an option, this Delta version is designed to make Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater a world-beater all over again.”<\/p>\n

[source videogameschronicle.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam grew up with a PlayStation controller in his hands and a love for Metal Gear Solid. Nowadays, he’s found playing the latest and greatest PS5 games as well as supporting Derby County. That last detail is his downfall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Hayter, the voice of Snake in almost every Metal Gear Solid game, has said he’s forgiven Konami…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1420,28319,32102,59,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-354733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-konami","9":"tag-metal-gear-solid","10":"tag-ps3","11":"tag-ps4","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115051074002491305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}