it's
not an eye patch
solid-eye is a mechanism used that is governed over snake's eye. this is not in the mgs3 old school setting anymore, this is up to technology standards. his eyes are still perfectly fine.
secondly, those walking things are
not metal gear's. they are part of the new technology that has been created by the government. as you can see, its mechanical input on the upper body is used for the technical and destructive purposes while biological makeup for the feet help its movement (because biological legs move a lot more smooth and better than mechanical ones today)
solid snake is not in his 50's. solid snake is between 37 to 45. he was 37 at big shell. he is infected with Fox Die, and part of the symptons that are with his increased health and vitality is accelerated aging. his accelerated aging has kicked in and you can tell. hideo kojima said he focused on snakes age to really show off the details in his face using the ps3 abilities
solidus from mgs2 also showed his accelerated aging. in terms of DNA, Liquid snake was on the exterior end with the development of big boss' cells. you can see this with his enormous strength and knowledge. however, the government didnt want this. solid snake is the inferior to liquid. solid has the lesser compactment of cells.
solidus was right in the middle, and was ideally the perfect match. but, however, accelerated aging depends on the person themself. it is not reliant on their strength or whatever, its random and changes with every person. for solid snake it just happened to kick in now.
as you can see i like mgs series
