The voice of Solid Snake sets the record straight.

Earlier in the week, drama unfolded on the Internet about Solid Snake voice actor, David Hayter, making some seemingly critical remarks about the Metal Gear Solid 4 storyline.

An article ran on 1UP last weekend, saying that Hayter was “frustrated at times with Metal Gear Solid series director Hideo Kojima’s over-the-top scriptwriting and direction.” The article goes on to say that Hayter was specifically critical of the way that the series wrapped up and the conclusion with Solid Snake’s character.

Yesterday, Hayter posted on his IMDB (Internet Movie Database) page saying that “this is why I don’t do public appearances.”

His post, in full:

Everyone,

Apparently, the people at 1up dot com have taken some of the things I jokingly said at the Anime Expo 08 panel and made it sound like I had problems with the Metal Gear series and Mr. Kojima’s work.

This is patently ridiculous. I love those games immensely and have nothing but massive respect for Mr. Kojima. I did mention one disagreement I had regarding the climax of the game, a question of character, but this is just par for the course when many people work on the same piece.

Anyway, I’m sure I don’t have to remind any of you out there, but please don’t take half the stuff you read on-line seriously.

Thanks,

David Hayter