Hideo Kojima explains that there's a reason behind Metal Gear protagonist Solid Snake's cool, strong, and silent personality ...

Metal Gear Solid character Solid Snake is a tough, silent guy due to the technical limitations of the MSX2 computer.

Metal Gear's grim and competent special ops protagonist Solid Snake was only grim and quiet thanks to strict tech limitations restricting what his creator, Hideo Kojima, could do with him.