Revolver Ocelot
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, also known as is a fictional character and antagonist
of the Metal Gear
series. He was originally introduced as a gunslinger
-themed member of FOXHOUND from the former Soviet Union
in Metal Gear Solid
(MGS) and was revealed to be an agent for The Patriots in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
(MGS2). He appears in the prequels Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
(MGS3) and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
(MPO) as a young Spetsnaz
Major where he is identified simply as , and whose real name is , and eventually becomes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
(MGS4).
s, as well as a black armband
on his left arm, and wields the Colt Single Action Army
revolver, which he refers to as "the greatest handgun ever made" and quoting to Snake in MGS "Six bullets, more than enough to kill anything that moves" represents Ocelot's clever remarks toward his marksmanship. His appearance is based on that of veteran Western
film actor Lee Van Cleef
, who notably appears as Bob Hauk in John Carpenter
's Escape from New York
alongside Kurt Russell
as Snake Plissken
, the inspiration for Metal Gear protagonist Solid Snake
. He is noticeably redesigned to look more similar to Van Cleef for the fourth installment.
He is the only character in the series who is personally acquainted with all four Snakes: working as a henchman for Liquid Snake and then Solidus Snake, having a friendly rivalry with Naked Snake (Big Boss) and being the nemesis to Solid Snake
. He is one of the only characters to appear in every major Metal Gear Solid game (but not in the original Metal Gear games) besides Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
, and is thus considered "one of the only characters to have a major role in all five Metal Gear Solid titles."
, he is one of the FOXHOUND terrorists involved with the hostile takeover of Shadow Moses Island, serving as the team's interrogation expert. He challenges Solid Snake
to a gunfight in the game's first boss encounter and appears later to torture a captured Snake. During his interrogation, he reveals his experience as a soldier as well as his allegiance to Sergei Gurlukovich and the true motive behind his actions. He is the sole surviving FOXHOUND member by the end of the game, losing only his right hand during an encounter with the Cyborg Ninja. After the ending credits, it is revealed that Ocelot is in league with "Solidus Snake", the third surviving offspring of the Les Enfants Terribles project that created Snake and Liquid, as well as the current U.S. President
. It is unknown how he escaped from Shadow Moses.
In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
, he gains a new surgically attached right arm that belonged to his former boss, Liquid Snake. This apparently results in Revolver Ocelot developing a dormant personality in which Liquid's persona takes over Ocelot's mind during certain moments, usually when Solid Snake is present. Two games later, it is revealed that Ocelot deliberately grafted a facsimile of Liquid's personality onto his own mind in order to hide his machinations from the System. This time he is under the employ of his old friend Sergei Gurlukovich during the introductory Tanker Chapter, but ends up betraying him and his mercenaries when he hijacks Metal Gear RAY. He then forms part of the terrorist group "Sons of Liberty" during the Plant Chapter with Solidus Snake, but ends up betraying him as well, revealing his true allegiance to the Patriots. By the end of the game, Ocelot is taken over by Liquid and escapes once again, this time with the Metal Gear RAY prototype. According to an interview with Yoji Shinkawa
, Ocelot was originally going to have a mechanical arm, but others thought that having Liquid's arm was a good concept as Liquid was considered an excellent villain by the fanbase.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
, a prequel set four decades before the original Metal Gear Solid, features a young Ocelot (having not attained the "Revolver" moniker yet) as a GRU
Major under the command of Colonel Volgin and leader of his own "Ocelot unit" within Spetsnaz
. He acquires his preferences for revolvers as a result of his initial encounter with Naked Snake, who suggests that his tendency to absorb the gun's recoil with his elbow is more of a revolver technique; prior to this, he uses a Makarov PM
handgun, which jams in his first fight and allows Snake to use CQC to take him down. When he finally begins using revolvers as his primary weapons, he feels a rush he has never felt before, so much he is able to fight off The Pain's hornet swarm just by spinning his revolvers. He is shown to be somewhat insubordinate, expressing disapproval over Colonel Volgin's methods of torture. Ocelot has an underlying deep respect for The Boss, even causing him to disobey Volgin out of a promise not to kill Snake. It is from watching Snake's torture that Ocelot acquired his sadistic way of thinking that would hold true during the course of the games, calling it "the ultimate form of expression". He is revealed to be a triple agent at the game's ending, working not only for the KGB
, but also under the direct orders of the DCI
(under the codename ADAM) as well. He was supposed to intercept and assist Snake, but EVA got there first. Ocelot is the missing son of The Boss and The Sorrow; while on the battlefield during pregnancy
, The Boss was shot in the abdomen, and Ocelot was born through a messy C-section that left his mother with a long, snake-shaped scar along her abdomen. He is also revealed to be responsible for the loss of Big Boss's right eye, albeit accidentally (he was intending to shoot EVA, but Naked Snake swung in front of Tatyana to protect her from the gunshot and received muzzleburn near his right eye as a result).
Ocelot plays a minor role in the plot of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
and appears as a recruitable character in the game, his appearance unchanged from Metal Gear Solid 3 (aside from during his meeting with the DCI, in which case he is wearing a suit and tie). In the story, he is in league with Gene and near the end of the game, he assassinates his former employer (the DCI) and reports to a new employer, an unidentified character (revealed to be Major Zero in Metal Gear Solid 4
) who invites Ocelot to join his new organization (The Patriots) on the grounds that Naked Snake/Big Boss join as well.
In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
(set five years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 2), he became the main antagonist, and assumes the identity of Liquid Ocelot, with the Liquid Snake personality having seemingly taken complete control of his mind. He attempts to resurrect Outer Heaven in his conflict with the Patriots, establishing a dummy corporation that runs the five largest PMC
s that exist in the game. Ocelot's possession by Liquid was deliberate, made possible through self-hypnosis and nanomachines, in order to become Liquid Snake and trick the Patriot AIs into focusing their energies on battling Liquid. The arm threw Ocelot's psyche off balance though. Thus, he removed the arm and had it replaced with a cybernetic prosthetic prior to the events of Guns of the Patriots.
The game's final battle is a fist fight between Snake and Liquid Ocelot atop the warship, Outer Haven. In the end, Ocelot tires and collapses to the ground, eventually returning to his normal-self state. Although he appears to die from exhaustion after the final fight, his death is actually caused by the new strain of FOXDIE that was injected into Snake by Drebin (as revealed by Big Boss in the game's debriefing).
Although Ocelot does not appear in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
, he is mentioned (indirectly) in tapes about The Boss's past prior to Metal Gear Solid 3. In one tape, EVA explains the reason why The Boss assassinated The Sorrow was because one of them had to die or their child (Ocelot) would die in their place. In another tape, Strangelove reveals to Big Boss that The Boss was pregnant with her child (Ocelot) in 1943 during a mission.
antagonist Sephiroth, stating "...Ocelot is just a persistent, sneaky, and cool villain. Heck, just watch the MGS3 trailer and you'll see that he was a badass even in the 60's." Ocelot was ranked number 28 on IGN
's "Top 100 Video Game Villains" list. Additionally, Ocelot was in lists of best Metal Gear villains. He was seventh in IGN's "Top 10 Metal Gear Solid Boss Battles" based on his battle from Metal Gear Solid and second on the "Top 10 Metal Gear Villains". GameSpot
listed him as one the twenty best Metal Gear bosses calling him one of the most important characters from the story alongside Solid Snake and Big Boss. G4's Filter
placed him at number ten in their top ten video game villains list. In response to his role in Metal Gear Solid 3, GameSpy
called Ocelot one of the "series mainstay" while looking relatively younger, hoping he would become an entertaining opponent.
Ocelot's change to his alter-ego persona of Liquid Snake was commented by GameSpy writers as one of the most non-sensical events from the Metal Gear series. Mixed critics was given to such change by GameSpy who also praised his action scenes at the start of Metal Gear Solid 2 and joked about Ocelot's sudden change of accent. UGO.com stated that in the first game Ocelot's motives for his actions were unknown until being revealed to be with the Patriots in Metal Gear Solid 2. Because of being born from the medium The Sorrow, it was speculated that Ocelot could comunicate with dead people which ended in Liquid Snake taking possession of his body. Edge
magazine stated of his Liquid Ocelot appearance "Kojima has forged a superb villain, far more complete than in MGS2." In a game guide by GamePro
, the final fight against Liquid Ocelot was mentioned to become "epic" as the third shift phases, while in the final one, it was commented he was easy to defeat as he became "a punching bag." On the other hand, 1UP.com
listed such fight in their article "The 13 Most Dumbass Boss Battles" for its simple style in comparison to other more challenging bosses from Metal Gear Solid 3 and its excessive length for a hand-to-hand fight between two old people. An IGN article from October 2009 titled "Big Boss of the Day: Liquid Ocelot" focused on Ocelot's appearances across the franchise. Moreover, he was also listed by the same site as one of the fictional characters who required his own spin-off.
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
of the Metal Gear
Metal Gear (series)
is a series of stealth video games created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. The first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for the MSX2. The player takes control of a special forces operative Solid Snake who is assigned to find the eponymous superweapon "Metal Gear", a...
series. He was originally introduced as a gunslinger
Gunslinger
Gunfighter, also gunslinger , is a 20th century word, used in cinema or literature, referring to men in the American Old West who had gained a reputation as being dangerous with a gun...
-themed member of FOXHOUND from the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
is a videogame by Hideo Kojima. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami in 1998 for the PlayStation video game console. It is the sequel to Kojimas early MSX2 computer games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake...
(MGS) and was revealed to be an agent for The Patriots in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
is a stealth action video game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2001....
(MGS2). He appears in the prequels Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
is an award-winning stealth action video game directed by Hideo Kojima. Snake Eater was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2, and was released on November 17, 2004 in North America; December 16, 2004 in Japan; March 4, 2005 in Europe; and on...
(MGS3) and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
is a stealth game directed by Masahiro Yamamoto and written by Gakuto Mikumo, with series creator Hideo Kojima acting as a producer. Portable Ops was developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable. It is the third Metal Gear title for the PSP and the...
(MPO) as a young Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...
Major where he is identified simply as , and whose real name is , and eventually becomes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
is a video game developed by Kojima Productions for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was directed by Hideo Kojima and made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008, ten years after the release of Metal Gear Solid and twenty years after the North American release of Metal Gear.Guns of the Patriots...
(MGS4).
Character design
He is normally clothed in a duster, spurs and gunbelts, the traditional garb of gunslingers in spaghetti westernSpaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
s, as well as a black armband
Armband
An armband is a piece of material worn around the arm over the sleeve of other clothing if present. they may be worn for pure ornamentation to mark the wearer as belonging to group, having a certain rank or role, or being in a particular state or condition...
on his left arm, and wields the Colt Single Action Army
Colt Single Action Army
The Colt Single Action Army is a single action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six metallic cartridges. It was designed for the U.S...
revolver, which he refers to as "the greatest handgun ever made" and quoting to Snake in MGS "Six bullets, more than enough to kill anything that moves" represents Ocelot's clever remarks toward his marksmanship. His appearance is based on that of veteran Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
film actor Lee Van Cleef
Lee Van Cleef
Lee Van Cleef was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. His sharp features and piercing eyes led to his being cast as a villain in scores of films such as High Noon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.-Early life:Van Cleef was...
, who notably appears as Bob Hauk in John Carpenter
John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born...
's Escape from New York
Escape from New York
Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter. He co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle. The film is set in the near future in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into a maximum security...
alongside Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters...
as Snake Plissken
Snake Plissken
S.D. Bob "Snake" Plissken is a fictional character in John Carpenter's films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A., played by Kurt Russell. He is an ex-special forces commando/war hero in World War III turned criminal...
, the inspiration for Metal Gear protagonist Solid Snake
Solid Snake
Metal Gear, initially released in 1987, introduces Solid Snake, the rookie recruit of the elite special-forces unit FOXHOUND. Snake is sent by team leader Big Boss into the rogue nation Outer Heaven to rescue his missing teammate Gray Fox and discover who or what the "METAL GEAR" mentioned is, and...
. He is noticeably redesigned to look more similar to Van Cleef for the fourth installment.
He is the only character in the series who is personally acquainted with all four Snakes: working as a henchman for Liquid Snake and then Solidus Snake, having a friendly rivalry with Naked Snake (Big Boss) and being the nemesis to Solid Snake
Solid Snake
Metal Gear, initially released in 1987, introduces Solid Snake, the rookie recruit of the elite special-forces unit FOXHOUND. Snake is sent by team leader Big Boss into the rogue nation Outer Heaven to rescue his missing teammate Gray Fox and discover who or what the "METAL GEAR" mentioned is, and...
. He is one of the only characters to appear in every major Metal Gear Solid game (but not in the original Metal Gear games) besides Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
is a video game produced by Konami and Kojima Productions that was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010. Peace Walker is the fourth Metal Gear title for the PSP, although it is only the second to be considered part of the series' main canon, following Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops...
, and is thus considered "one of the only characters to have a major role in all five Metal Gear Solid titles."
Character history
In Metal Gear SolidMetal Gear Solid
is a videogame by Hideo Kojima. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami in 1998 for the PlayStation video game console. It is the sequel to Kojimas early MSX2 computer games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake...
, he is one of the FOXHOUND terrorists involved with the hostile takeover of Shadow Moses Island, serving as the team's interrogation expert. He challenges Solid Snake
Solid Snake
Metal Gear, initially released in 1987, introduces Solid Snake, the rookie recruit of the elite special-forces unit FOXHOUND. Snake is sent by team leader Big Boss into the rogue nation Outer Heaven to rescue his missing teammate Gray Fox and discover who or what the "METAL GEAR" mentioned is, and...
to a gunfight in the game's first boss encounter and appears later to torture a captured Snake. During his interrogation, he reveals his experience as a soldier as well as his allegiance to Sergei Gurlukovich and the true motive behind his actions. He is the sole surviving FOXHOUND member by the end of the game, losing only his right hand during an encounter with the Cyborg Ninja. After the ending credits, it is revealed that Ocelot is in league with "Solidus Snake", the third surviving offspring of the Les Enfants Terribles project that created Snake and Liquid, as well as the current U.S. President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
. It is unknown how he escaped from Shadow Moses.
In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
is a stealth action video game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2001....
, he gains a new surgically attached right arm that belonged to his former boss, Liquid Snake. This apparently results in Revolver Ocelot developing a dormant personality in which Liquid's persona takes over Ocelot's mind during certain moments, usually when Solid Snake is present. Two games later, it is revealed that Ocelot deliberately grafted a facsimile of Liquid's personality onto his own mind in order to hide his machinations from the System. This time he is under the employ of his old friend Sergei Gurlukovich during the introductory Tanker Chapter, but ends up betraying him and his mercenaries when he hijacks Metal Gear RAY. He then forms part of the terrorist group "Sons of Liberty" during the Plant Chapter with Solidus Snake, but ends up betraying him as well, revealing his true allegiance to the Patriots. By the end of the game, Ocelot is taken over by Liquid and escapes once again, this time with the Metal Gear RAY prototype. According to an interview with Yoji Shinkawa
Yoji Shinkawa
is a Japanese artist. He is most famous for his character, environment and mechanical designs for the Metal Gear and Zone of the Enders series....
, Ocelot was originally going to have a mechanical arm, but others thought that having Liquid's arm was a good concept as Liquid was considered an excellent villain by the fanbase.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
is an award-winning stealth action video game directed by Hideo Kojima. Snake Eater was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2, and was released on November 17, 2004 in North America; December 16, 2004 in Japan; March 4, 2005 in Europe; and on...
, a prequel set four decades before the original Metal Gear Solid, features a young Ocelot (having not attained the "Revolver" moniker yet) as a GRU
Spetsnaz GRU
The Spetsnaz GRU, or Russian army special forces, are the original Spetsnaz and are generally considered the best trained and experienced units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as evidenced by both their seniority among the Special Forces and their...
Major under the command of Colonel Volgin and leader of his own "Ocelot unit" within Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...
. He acquires his preferences for revolvers as a result of his initial encounter with Naked Snake, who suggests that his tendency to absorb the gun's recoil with his elbow is more of a revolver technique; prior to this, he uses a Makarov PM
Makarov PM
The PM is a semi-automatic pistol design. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951-1991.-Development:...
handgun, which jams in his first fight and allows Snake to use CQC to take him down. When he finally begins using revolvers as his primary weapons, he feels a rush he has never felt before, so much he is able to fight off The Pain's hornet swarm just by spinning his revolvers. He is shown to be somewhat insubordinate, expressing disapproval over Colonel Volgin's methods of torture. Ocelot has an underlying deep respect for The Boss, even causing him to disobey Volgin out of a promise not to kill Snake. It is from watching Snake's torture that Ocelot acquired his sadistic way of thinking that would hold true during the course of the games, calling it "the ultimate form of expression". He is revealed to be a triple agent at the game's ending, working not only for the KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
, but also under the direct orders of the DCI
Director of Central Intelligence
The Office of United States Director of Central Intelligence was the head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the principal intelligence advisor to the President and the National Security Council, and the coordinator of intelligence activities among and between the various United...
(under the codename ADAM) as well. He was supposed to intercept and assist Snake, but EVA got there first. Ocelot is the missing son of The Boss and The Sorrow; while on the battlefield during pregnancy
Pregnancy
Pregnancy refers to the fertilization and development of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, in a woman's uterus. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets...
, The Boss was shot in the abdomen, and Ocelot was born through a messy C-section that left his mother with a long, snake-shaped scar along her abdomen. He is also revealed to be responsible for the loss of Big Boss's right eye, albeit accidentally (he was intending to shoot EVA, but Naked Snake swung in front of Tatyana to protect her from the gunshot and received muzzleburn near his right eye as a result).
Ocelot plays a minor role in the plot of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
is a stealth game directed by Masahiro Yamamoto and written by Gakuto Mikumo, with series creator Hideo Kojima acting as a producer. Portable Ops was developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable. It is the third Metal Gear title for the PSP and the...
and appears as a recruitable character in the game, his appearance unchanged from Metal Gear Solid 3 (aside from during his meeting with the DCI, in which case he is wearing a suit and tie). In the story, he is in league with Gene and near the end of the game, he assassinates his former employer (the DCI) and reports to a new employer, an unidentified character (revealed to be Major Zero in Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
is a video game developed by Kojima Productions for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was directed by Hideo Kojima and made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008, ten years after the release of Metal Gear Solid and twenty years after the North American release of Metal Gear.Guns of the Patriots...
) who invites Ocelot to join his new organization (The Patriots) on the grounds that Naked Snake/Big Boss join as well.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
is a video game developed by Kojima Productions for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was directed by Hideo Kojima and made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008, ten years after the release of Metal Gear Solid and twenty years after the North American release of Metal Gear.Guns of the Patriots...
(set five years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 2), he became the main antagonist, and assumes the identity of Liquid Ocelot, with the Liquid Snake personality having seemingly taken complete control of his mind. He attempts to resurrect Outer Heaven in his conflict with the Patriots, establishing a dummy corporation that runs the five largest PMC
Private military company
A private military company or provides military and security services. These combatants are commonly known as mercenaries, though modern-day PMCs refer to their staff as security contractors, private military contractors or private security contractors, and refer to themselves as private military...
s that exist in the game. Ocelot's possession by Liquid was deliberate, made possible through self-hypnosis and nanomachines, in order to become Liquid Snake and trick the Patriot AIs into focusing their energies on battling Liquid. The arm threw Ocelot's psyche off balance though. Thus, he removed the arm and had it replaced with a cybernetic prosthetic prior to the events of Guns of the Patriots.
The game's final battle is a fist fight between Snake and Liquid Ocelot atop the warship, Outer Haven. In the end, Ocelot tires and collapses to the ground, eventually returning to his normal-self state. Although he appears to die from exhaustion after the final fight, his death is actually caused by the new strain of FOXDIE that was injected into Snake by Drebin (as revealed by Big Boss in the game's debriefing).
Although Ocelot does not appear in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
is a video game produced by Konami and Kojima Productions that was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010. Peace Walker is the fourth Metal Gear title for the PSP, although it is only the second to be considered part of the series' main canon, following Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops...
, he is mentioned (indirectly) in tapes about The Boss's past prior to Metal Gear Solid 3. In one tape, EVA explains the reason why The Boss assassinated The Sorrow was because one of them had to die or their child (Ocelot) would die in their place. In another tape, Strangelove reveals to Big Boss that The Boss was pregnant with her child (Ocelot) in 1943 during a mission.
Reception
The character of Revolver Ocelot has received positive response by video game publications based on his role as an antagonist. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine called Revolver Ocelot underrated in comparison to Final Fantasy VIIFinal Fantasy VII
is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy series. It was originally released in 1997 for the Sony PlayStation and was re-released in 1998 for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers and in 2009...
antagonist Sephiroth, stating "...Ocelot is just a persistent, sneaky, and cool villain. Heck, just watch the MGS3 trailer and you'll see that he was a badass even in the 60's." Ocelot was ranked number 28 on IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
's "Top 100 Video Game Villains" list. Additionally, Ocelot was in lists of best Metal Gear villains. He was seventh in IGN's "Top 10 Metal Gear Solid Boss Battles" based on his battle from Metal Gear Solid and second on the "Top 10 Metal Gear Villains". GameSpot
GameSpot
GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which...
listed him as one the twenty best Metal Gear bosses calling him one of the most important characters from the story alongside Solid Snake and Big Boss. G4's Filter
Filter (TV series)
Filter is an American television series on the G4 cable television channel which follows a countdown format. It was canceled in December 2005, resurrected in a re-formatted form, and then once again was canceled in August 2006. It is currently airing as a commercial break hosted by Candace Baily....
placed him at number ten in their top ten video game villains list. In response to his role in Metal Gear Solid 3, GameSpy
GameSpy
GameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...
called Ocelot one of the "series mainstay" while looking relatively younger, hoping he would become an entertaining opponent.
Ocelot's change to his alter-ego persona of Liquid Snake was commented by GameSpy writers as one of the most non-sensical events from the Metal Gear series. Mixed critics was given to such change by GameSpy who also praised his action scenes at the start of Metal Gear Solid 2 and joked about Ocelot's sudden change of accent. UGO.com stated that in the first game Ocelot's motives for his actions were unknown until being revealed to be with the Patriots in Metal Gear Solid 2. Because of being born from the medium The Sorrow, it was speculated that Ocelot could comunicate with dead people which ended in Liquid Snake taking possession of his body. Edge
Edge (magazine)
Edge is a multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom. It is known for its industry contacts, editorial stance, distinctive anonymous third-person writing style, yearly awards and longevity....
magazine stated of his Liquid Ocelot appearance "Kojima has forged a superb villain, far more complete than in MGS2." In a game guide by GamePro
GamePro
GamePro Media was a United States gaming media company publishing online and print content on the video game industry, video game hardware, and video game software developed for a video game console , a computer, and/or a mobile device . GamePro Media properties include GamePro magazine and...
, the final fight against Liquid Ocelot was mentioned to become "epic" as the third shift phases, while in the final one, it was commented he was easy to defeat as he became "a punching bag." On the other hand, 1UP.com
1UP.com
1UP.com is a video game website owned by IGN Entertainment, a division of News Corporation. Previously, the site was owned by Ziff Davis before being sold to UGO Entertainment in 2009....
listed such fight in their article "The 13 Most Dumbass Boss Battles" for its simple style in comparison to other more challenging bosses from Metal Gear Solid 3 and its excessive length for a hand-to-hand fight between two old people. An IGN article from October 2009 titled "Big Boss of the Day: Liquid Ocelot" focused on Ocelot's appearances across the franchise. Moreover, he was also listed by the same site as one of the fictional characters who required his own spin-off.