As confirmed earlier this week, David Hayter will not be the voice of Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid V. Kojima has now revealed the reason why.
In an interview with Game Trailers’ Geoff Keighley, Kojima explained why Hayter is not in Metal Gear Solid V.
He said:
“I can say, yes, it will be a new person. I can’t say who it is yet. What we’re trying to accomplish here is recreate the Metal Gear series. It’s a new type of Metal Gear game, and we want to have this reflected in the voice actor as well.”
This is similar to what Ubisoft did with Splinter Cell Blacklist when a new voice actor was brought in to replace Michael Ironside as the voice of Sam Fisher. Ubisoft’s reasoning is because they wanted Ironside’s replacement to motion capture Sam Fisher throughout the entire game.
There is already a petition that has been created to try and bring back David Hayter to Metal Gear Solid V. Kojima did not say who will replace Hayter as the voice of Big Boss yet.
Tammaracked
March 30, 2013 at 9:58 PMOh OK Kojima, lets reinvent the series. But, and hear me out here, instead of reinventing the series, lets actually just fire one guy. Right…. WILL NOT BUY WITHOUT DAVID HAYTER
Ziggy
March 30, 2013 at 10:01 PMFun fact, David Hayter was so deticated to bringing fans the authentic Metal Gear experience that he gave up half his Paycheck on The twin Snakes just to get the original voice cast back together. Sorry but I tiger to turn my back on such detication. I encourage anyone to who supports David haute to take to tweeting and emailing Konami/Kojima. Let’s right this injustice.
Massacred
March 30, 2013 at 10:02 PMListen everyone take to this petition let’s see if we can’t get this injustice righted. To the author please put a website link of the prion up so it will get more tragic, Thank You. https://www.change.org/petitio…
Avery
March 30, 2013 at 10:05 PMOh no! What a disaster. Well looks like MGS4 is the last Metal Gear Ill be buying. No Hayter, no buy