David Hayter, the voice actor behind Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series, has criticised scripting that made his character appear weak.

Now, before you read another paragraph: this is a big fat stinking spoiler warning.

If you don't want to know about events at the end of Metal Gear Solid 4, stop right now.

Speaking at Anime Expo in Southern California, Hayter said of the scene in which Snake attempts suicide then wusses out, "I didn't agree with that at all, and I begged them to change it, but I think it's still in the final game. I didn't buy it at all. I think it's weak for Snake to be killing other people and then not be able to kill himself when it's time. If he knows it's time, then it's time."

Asked who ought to play Snake in the big screen adaptation of Metal Gear Solid, Hayter (who is also a screen writer and petitioning to script the film) suggested Hugh Jackman or Viggo Mortensen. SPOnG doesn't disagree.

He also responded to the suggestion that Snake is an imitation of Snake Plissken, Kurt Russell's character in Escape from New York. He said he was simply providing "the toughest voice I can muster. Besides, Kurt Russell's voice is more whispery." He said he intentionally tried to avoid sounding like Russell, uttering, "Quite frankly, I didn't want [Konami] to get sued". He jokingly added, "I still don't know how they got around that!"

You can catch SPOnG's review of Metal Gear Solid 4 here.

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