Greg Kasavin of GameSpot praised the handling of Snake's character in Portable Ops due to his interactions with his former partners from the FOX unit. Jeff Haynes of IGN noted how the game presented major plot twists and exposition that would affect Snake's characterization and lay the groundwork for important items shown later in the series. Oli Welsh of Eurogamer criticized Big Boss' characterization in Peace Walker as confusing in the wider context of the series, with mixed comments being given to Hayter's performance. Jonathan Holmes of Destructoid enjoyed how Peace Walker further developed Big Boss' character from Portable Ops by completing his journey from lone soldier to leader and cementing him as the icon he would become. Greg Miller of IGN also found the game's story was one of the most enjoyable and least-convoluted by focusing purely on Big Boss' emotions and his quest to discover more about his fallen mentor, The Boss, similar sentiments of which were shared by Ramón Varela of Vandal and Randy Nelson of Engadget. Jason Schreier of Kotaku disliked the plot twist in The Phantom Pain'' which revealed that the player character, Venom Snake, was not Big Boss, feeling it cheapened the emotional crux of the story and that it failed to explain Big Boss' motivations for becoming a villain. References Notes Footnotes Characters designed by Yoji Shinkawa Cryonically preserved characters in video games Fictional American people in video games Fictional characters missing an eye Fictional characters with post-traumatic stress disorder Fictional assassins in video games Fictional Central Intelligence Agency personnel Fictional contract killers Fictional criminals in video games Fictional cult leaders Fictional gunfighters in video games Fictional judoka Fictional jujutsuka Fictional karateka Fictional marksmen and snipers Fictional Korean War veterans Fictional male martial artists Fictional martial arts trainers Fictional martial artists in video games Fictional members of secret societies Fictional mercenaries in video games Fictional military personnel in video games Fictional military spies Fictional private military members Fictional revolutionaries Fictional secret agents and spies in video games Fictional terrorists Fictional knife-fighters Fictional spymasters Fictional military strategists Fictional commanders Fictional soldiers in video games Fictional torturers and interrogators Fictional United States Army Special Forces personnel Fictional Vietnam War veterans Fictional war criminals Fictional warlords in video games Fictional anarchists Politician characters in video games Konami antagonists Konami protagonists Male characters in video games Male video game villains Metal Gear characters Video game bosses Video