

Oh, Huey also murdered the mother of his child. Then, even after Skull Face is dead, he still does evil things like help the children hijack Metal Gear and even mutate a strain of the vocal cord parasites so that it kills a bunch of people.

Then, nine years later, Huey decides he wants to defect back to Diamond Dogs (after he already made a Metal Gear for the crazy guy with the skull face). He then collaborates with Skull Man to help XOF infiltrate and destroy Mother Base. So, Huey’s a part of Big Boss’ army in Peace Walker. Oh, he’s also a crazy murderer, but his motivations are never clear. However, that portrayal completely changes in Metal Gear Solid V as Huey is now a mad scientist that revels in making horrifying machines. He’s in Peace Walker, playing a similar role to his son as a scientist who felt used by others to inadvertently make weapons of mass destruction. Huey Emmerich is the father or Hal Emmerich, aka Otacon from the Solid Snake-era Metal Gear Solid games. Image Credit: Konami What the heck is up with Huey? So many plot threads, including that extra strain of the English vocal cord parasite that Eli has, remain open when the credits roll. Still, it’s hard to believe that these elements remained unfinished. How was this cut?Ī possible explanation: You’d like to think Kojima had an artistic reason, but it’s far more likely, given all of the drama with him and Konami, that the studio was simply tired of pouring money into Metal Gear Solid V and told him that he had to finish the game. Yup, the special edition for The Phantom Pain comes with a feature that shows off the cutscenes for a final mission that would have pit players against Eli inside the Metal Gear. It feels like something was cut, probably because something was cut. As it is, The Phantom Pain offers no payoff to the stories of Eli, “Psycho Mantis,” or the child soldiers, despite all of them having major parts in the game. It seemed like the story was setting up for a big confrontation with Eli and the Metal Gear.Įxcept it never came. Halfway through the second chapter, Eli, Psycho Mantis (it never says it’s Psycho Mantis, but come on, it’s Psycho Mantis), and some child soldiers hijack the Metal Gear that Snake destroyed at the end of the first chapter and disappear past the horizon. The Phantom Pain positions Eli as a major character, hinting (and, in the end, confirming) that the 12 year old was Liquid Snake, the villain from the original Metal Gear Solid. Image Credit: Metal Gear Wikia What happened with Eli?
