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[Kaako]

I can only hope.

 

[SgtCobra]

Always in for a good thread back backfire. The crazier the better Koji.

 

[Deft Beck]

If anything I think that's what people like out of Kojima's games.

 

[pa22word]

I don't know why anyone would buy a Kojima game otherwise. Off the deep end, post-modernist military stuff is generally the only thing he tends to nail on a consistent basis.

 

[Primethius]

I expect it to be crazy, nonsensical and dumb like Kojimas other games. It sucks but it is what it is.

 

[demon arm]

No, I certainly hope it will be.

 

[Vital Tundra]

That's the least of my worries with this game.

 

[MikeE21286]

I think that’s the appeal

 

[HK-47]

I don't know why anyone would buy a Kojima game otherwise. Off the deep end, post-modernist military stuff is generally the only thing he tends to nail on a consistent basis.

His cyberpunk stuff is also kinda interesting once you get around the high octane sexism.

 

[fersnake]

lol, its a Kojima game. if your not use to it you better stay way from this game.

ps. im specting to be so crazy, for the love of god just watch the trailers!!! xD

 

[pa22word]

Kojima is a great game designer, but his story and cinema aspirations were always put in check by talented people in his team. My fear is that since leaving Konami and the almost worship like level of adoration he got recently, is that no one will be able to say "No" to him during the development of DS and we end up getting some insane game story with juvenile beats.

What? His "beats" (by which I assume you're referring to theme?) deal with some of the more uncomfortable realities of the modern world like perpetual war, outsourcing of war, nuclear proliferation, government surveillance, imperialism, etc. I can't really think of anyone in the AAA space other than the now defunct Yager who even attempted the complex themes of modern war that Kojima does in his games. His problem hasn't been depth or thematic resonance as much as his delivery is always hamfisted and generally overwrought to the point of absurdity, mixed with some really uncomfortable portrayal of women.

 

[SavoyPrime]

It's Kojima. So that is a definite yes.

 

[Haly]

I'm worried it might not be crazy enough.

Hoping for Aranofsky's The Fountain levels of fuck.

 

[Astral Dog]

Quiet version 2 wouldn't be so crazy

 

[CaptainofIndustry]

Not worried in the least bit. I know It won’t make any sense.

 

[Masonica33]

No. Let the weirdos be weird. If you want grounded you have more than enough choice.

 

[whatever6352]

The crazier the better.

 

[ronco2000]

It'll be love story.

 

[RoboPlato]

I want Death Stranding to be to Kojima's work what mother! is to Aronofsky's.

 

[Nuts2U]

Kojima could make the craziest game ever made and it won't be too crazy. Bring it on.

 

[klee123]

No not at all.

In a sea of Western games where the majority of the story narratives are conventionally told, I actually appreciate something more obtuse and "out there".

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Its Kojima so its expected.

 

[Kaako]

It'll be love story.

Yes, a love story between Life and Death.

 

[RangerX]

Whats the actual release window for this anyway?

 

[0racle]

I'm expecting to enjoy the fact that I will beat the game and not know wtf is going on.

 

[Jawbreaker]

I hope it is. I want all the crazy.

 

[JohnMatrix]

My bet is this game will be highly convoluted and extremely overrated

Much like Hideo Kojima

 

[ASilentProtagonist]

This game will be so good. Unleashed Kojima is the best Kojima.

 

[23qwerty]

Hell no, we need more batshit surreal stories in games

 

[Weltall Zero]

Worrying that a Kojima game is going to have a crazy story is like worrying that a Street Fighter game is going to have hadoukens.

 

[JohnMatrix]

Am I the only one who thinks Kojima has grown too big for his boots and is just obsessed with his ego and trying to get close to hollywood?

MGSV was great under the hood but everything Kojima took credit for sucked. The story was crap and he knifed David Hayter to get Kiefer Sutherland on board. Now he's got a hard on for Norman Reedus and everyone feeds his self esteem by fawning over a cgi video for his new game we know nothing about

 

[BenjaminBeaumont]

Kojima needs to Kojima. The story and game is going to as far away from the AAA focus grouped to death dude bro epics we get literally everywhere else and I'm going to be here for every single second of it.

 

[Delpij]

Cinéma d'auteur.

 

[JigglesBunny]

“A Hideo Kojima Game” means batshit insane and that’s just how I want it.

 

[True Fire]

After watching Mother! I desperately want a video game that isn't afraid to go full batshit insane.

 

[Mazumdar]

The crazier the story,the better.

 

[Roronoa Zoro]

I want it to be as crazy as Gary busey and Donald trump doing a fusion dance

 

[Tagyhag]

Nah, let Kojima do whatever he wants.

I just hope people don't expect Lynch levels of quality.

 

[Kastrioti]

Kojima is nothing without Fukishima, that worries me.

Did Fukishima help in writing this storyline?

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1031440

 

[120v]

Am I the only one who thinks Kojima has grown too big for his boots and is just obsessed with his ego and trying to get close to hollywood?

MGSV was great under the hood but everything Kojima took credit for sucked. The story was crap and he knifed David Hayter to get Kiefer Sutherland on board. Now he's got a hard on for Norman Reedus and everyone feeds his self esteem by fawning over a cgi video for his new game we know nothing about

i don't think he's trying to rub elbows with holywood he just draws inspiration from western pop culture so why not get involved with "holywood" creative forces if they're willing... its not like he's doing mo cap with adriana grande and handing the OST off to marooned 5 or whatever

 

[Van Bur3n]

It will probably be as nonsensical as MGS and shouldn't be taken too seriously. I don't think anyone plays a Kojima game expecting a thought provoking narrative.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

If it's not batshit crazy I'll actually be disappointed.

 

[Fried Food]

I hope it is

 

[gfxtwin]

Th only reason the craziness of later MGS games was jarring for me was due to how grounded MGS1 was. Floating psychic dudes and shamen that can control ravens aside, it was a pretty straightforward espionage thriller story.

After seeing how much of a master Kojima is with fantastical allegory in later MGS games though (especially the hospital and chase scenes opening MGS5), I hope he gives it all he's got wit this new IP. Considering how pally he's getting with Cinematic geniuses like Del Toro and Winding Refn, it's probably safe to expect some amazing visual art with his next game.

 

[Telephone Man]

I'd say I want more crazy like everyone else, but then I remember how stupid the Peace Walker machine was.

That was just terrible.

 

[ethomaz]

I hope it does.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Am I the only one who thinks Kojima has grown too big for his boots and is just obsessed with his ego and trying to get close to hollywood?

MGSV was great under the hood but everything Kojima took credit for sucked. The story was crap and he knifed David Hayter to get Kiefer Sutherland on board. Now he's got a hard on for Norman Reedus and everyone feeds his self esteem by fawning over a cgi video for his new game we know nothing about

Dude didnt even finish his game and it was still more complete then most AAA games.

Regardlessof the story the gameplay should at the very least deliver.

 

[RRockman]

I want to it to make me think I was stuck in a STEM tub. I want it as crazy as possible!

 

[Sushigod7]

I can't wait to see how crazy it is, bring it Kojima.

 

[Badlucktroll]

Maybe Norman Reedus is the villian and you play as Mads Mikkelsen?