r/metalgearsolid

Hi everyone,

I'm posting this because I'm genuinely trying to understand whether anyone else has experienced the same issue or maybe solved issues of their own with companies that are related.

I pre-ordered Metal Gear Survive back in 2018 on PS4 and have owned the game ever since.

Recently, Konami permanently revoked access to the game for PlayStation accounts that were created in Russia or Belarus. I contacted their support, and they confirmed that this restriction is permanent and cannot be changed.

Here's the problem:
My PSN account was created in Russia over 15 years ago.
I haven't lived in Russia for many years.
PlayStation does not allow users to change the region of an existing PSN account.
Despite no longer living in Russia, Konami still considers my account "associated with Russia" solely because of where it was originally created and there are no way to change it jsut cause PSN won't let me do that.

As a result, I completely lost access to a game that I legally purchased.

What surprised me the most is that I can't even play the single-player mode anymore. The game simply won't let me in because of this restriction.

I understand companies sometimes restrict online services due to legal or business reasons, but permanently locking someone out of an already purchased game based on the original registration region of a 15 y.o. account-even after they've moved abroad-doesn't seem reasonable to me.

I've already contacted Konami and PlayStation "support" if we can even call it that, because other then poorly functioning chat bot there is no live agents or working emails that could let me contact anyone of them. Had to use the only one that seems to be working and it is a tech support of Malta region.

Has anyone else been affected by this?

Has anyone managed to get their access restored or received any meaningful response from Konami or PlayStation?

Thanks in advance.

I’m not implying Huey being the worst scum imaginable in MGSV is necessarily an asspull since a lot is known to have happened between PW and then. But still, in PW, did he display any signs he was a psychopath deep down. Looking back on it, he was pretty much just like his son in that game and stood up to Coldman bravely.

Just so I can fully understand the situation regarding Liquid Snake and Revolver Ocelot..

So in Metal Gear Solid 2 Ocelot has Liquid Snakes arm grafted on his body in place of his missing hand. Once Solid Snake gets close in the Tanker mission and calls out to Ocelot Liquid's spirit takes over the body of Ocelot and controls him. It's like the mere presence of Snake was enough to bring Liquid to the forefront. Liquid then also takes control of Ocelot at the end of Metal Gear Solid 2 and begs for his brother to follow him as he leaves with Rex. He's still in competition with Snake over who the better one truly is.

The Liquid Snake at this time is actually the spirit of Liquid Snake? Ocelot's father, The Sorrow was a spirit medium which Ocelot inherited said gift from. Liquid was able to use that gift to return to his body through his arm and control Ocelot as a result? This would be the actual last time that we would hear from Liquid Snake and why his voice is the actual voice of Liquid in MGS2. I'm guessing the decision was then made to remove the arm to sever the connection between Liquid and Ocelot and prevent Liquid from taking control again? This then bleeds over into MGS4 where Ocelot is continuing to act like Liquid but all is not what it seems.

I never got to fully play MGS4 but I saw most of the clips in regards to the story. Just so I can fully understand this... Ocelot has had Liquids arm removed and replaced with a cybernetic prosthetic? He is no longer under control from Liquid but wanted to trick the Patriots and their AI into thinking that he was still possessed. He actually had undergone a ton of drugs and self hypnosis to mentally become the doppelganger of Liquid. This would then explain why he has his own voice rather than Liquids in MGS4... Because he's actually himself rather than being possessed.

Was Ocelot faking things in Metal Gear Solid 4 received well or badly at the time of the game's release? Liquid was always a favourite character of mine and I feel like I would have been somewhat disappointed to find out that Ocelot had removed any form of possession in the end. For me I wanted Ocelot to feel like he had everything in control and had him openly mock the supposed superior clone for being so weak only for him to end up fully controlled by said clone. At the same time that was because I disliked Ocelot so much as a character and was hoping for a comeuppance. What were everyone's thoughts on the Liquids arm thing?