Best Metal Gear Solid Characters
Since MGS 4 is coming soon, I thought let's make a Metal Gear list. Well this is a list of the characters of all the MGS. Who's the best character of em all.![](https://static.thetoptens.com/img/lists/96264.jpg)
Solid Snake is just the best. I cared the most about his story mainly because I started the series with him. He also has the best support group with Otacon, Campbell, Mei Ling, Meryl, Naomi, Raiden, and the list goes on.
Big Boss has Miller in Peace Walker and Phantom Pain. His support group kind of sucks in Snake Eater. The only ones I cared about were Zero and Eva. Miller is his best supporter and he's not even in 3. Huey is no comparison to Otacon. And Revolver being in Phantom Pain felt kind of weird. Solid Snake has also defeated Big Boss a couple of times. Solid Snake is the best!
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Got to give it to Big Boss. He's definitely the best. There are quite a few things that make him better than Solid Snake. For one, he's a leader. Snake is a follower/mercenary, although he does later fight for a cause he believes in.
Big Boss invented CQC alongside The Boss, and he used it better than Snake ever could. Big Boss was much better at being stealthy. I mean, Snake can see what everyone else sees, but he's still been found before. Big Boss had a much more sad and personal story, and it really makes you feel.
Overall, I'd say he's much better than Snake. In fact, Snake isn't even my number two.
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Possibly the best-recognized villain in gaming, never mind this entire series.
Watch him gun-spinning and you'll see why every argument is invalid.
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Raiden is a very moral character, and this makes him one of the most likable characters in MGS. He was kind of lame in MGS2, but he redeemed himself in 4 and soared to new heights in Rising.
Charismatic, and in the last MGR cyber-body upgrade, he has become by far the strongest Metal Gear character ever.
New game on the way. Could beat Revolver any day.
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The Boss is/was the most legendary war hero, and she truly expressed her beliefs when she died for a country she didn't completely trust. But that was the order. That was her mission.
Big Boss would be nothing without The Boss, and Solid and Liquid would be nothing without either of them. It's also pretty cool that her dad was a founding member of the Patriots.
War hero, honor, sacrifice, love. Is that about enough?
Aside from Big Boss himself, The Boss has the best characterization in the entire franchise and the biggest influence on the 20th century. Her charismatic demeanor inspired loyalty in everyone who listened to her, and her morals created a fervor so powerful that its misrepresentation (The Patriots) almost ruined the world.
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Best villain of the series. Hated to see him bite the dust and then fuse with Ocelot.
The evil twin of Solid Snake, even feared by the Patriots.
Where would Snake be without Otacon reminding him what to do?
He is the best comic relief character ever.
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He was a great antihero. One minute he's trying to kill Snake, then he's saving him. Also, his suit is way cooler than Raiden's.
He's an invisible robot/ninja. Enough said.
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He is the funniest, most badass, yet surprisingly complex villain in the whole franchise.
The Newcomers
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Kaz is awesome. In PW, he was cool, and in PP, he became an ass, but in a really badass way. SPOILER FOR MGS1: Sadly, he dies off-screen sometime before Shadow Moses instead of on the battlefield.
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Venom Snake made Big Boss the legend he is. In fact, he may even be a better soldier than Big Boss ever was.
If anything, Venom and Big Boss should be numerically near each other.
He is also Big Boss. Venom Snake is pretty much an avatar player character. Through him, you became your own Big Boss and forged your own legend.
Vote for him because he's a good guy. He truly cares about his soldiers. He's one of a kind. He shouldn't have died as a villain.
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The most evil character in the series. He was very entertaining, in my opinion.
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He shared a lot of similarities with Big Boss, and he fought and died for what he believed in.
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The End is the best part of the game in Snake Eater. The most intense sniper showdown.
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Think about it: He's Big Boss and then some. He fooled the entire world, and even the Patriots, into thinking he was Big Boss. He could probably even beat Big Boss in one-on-one combat. Also, if it weren't for his Diamond Dogs, Outer Heaven wouldn't have been as big as it was.