I haven't played mgs4 yet so that was a surprise for me. I would've thought I shot vamp enough in mgs2 that he would be dead! Nobody dies in MGS. Ever. yes nobody... Last I checked the boss was dead, and all the other members of the cobra unit, Otacon's sister, solidus snake, fatman, the original big boss, the numerous people you kill to get to your objective, that's all I think. I didn't mean literally, idiot. I mean that half the characters you think are dead end up alive through some means.