John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
And he confirms his Revolution project.
Nice, great read.
Nice, great read.
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Game Informer Hideo Kojima interview
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SolidSnakex
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Here's hoping she's a playable character in the online mode for MGS4. That'll hold me off till Kojima is convinced that turning her mission with the Cobras into a MG is a good idea.
TheJollyCorner said:
Create some of the most intense situations a game has ever seen. Possibly the first truly dread in a zombie game, which all the movies have, is the scene in the boarded up house. Multiple floors, unending ammount of zombies piling in through windows on ladders. Ammo just being pumped into em. That situation along with at least a dozen others, with a rollercoaster like pacing between. QTE and gameplay perspective were just tools that stitched the game's smooth gameplay together. Not to mention awesome bosses throughout, and insane graphics.
The real question is what didn't RE4 do actually? The answer to that, and only real flaws, are a cheesier/cheap/less-scary action-esque story. It kind of lead to a lack of an emotional attachment that would have had me play the game for longer stretches of time than I did. As is though, I'd enjoy myself for 2-3 hours at a time of action filled gameplay, and come back for another chunk later. Awesome game.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Great and very interesting interview
AndoCalrissian
Member
Would be much better if he just lost the creepy mustache.Ryudo said:
As for Kojima's Revolution title, I'd expect something along the lines of Boktai. A game with a singular concept of using the controller a specific way (like the light sensor in Boktai). Other than that, who knows, maybe it's a game where you play as the little metal gear with the video screen, following Solid Snake around on a mission. That could be kind of cool actually.
imastalker co.
Banned
Kojima's Revolution game will change the entire industry.
Red Blaster
Member
phantomile co. said:
Jesus christ, shut the hell up. Why don't you just marry the goddamn Revolution?
imastalker co.
Banned
alright, i take it back. Kojima doesn't make amazing games after all. so his Revolution game should suck like all his others.
edit: oh, and the fact that MGS4 takes place in the middle of a battlefield just has me... well, that game is gonna be something else man. without a doubt, it's gonna be one of the most immersive experiences any of us ever go through. videogames or not.
edit: oh, and the fact that MGS4 takes place in the middle of a battlefield just has me... well, that game is gonna be something else man. without a doubt, it's gonna be one of the most immersive experiences any of us ever go through. videogames or not.
Red Blaster
Member
There, much better.
SolidSnakex
Member
phantomile co. said:
It'll depend on how much involvement he really has in it. He hasn't actually directed a non MG game since the Solid series began, because he doesn't want anything distracting him from making them as good as possible. Like that upcoming PSP game, he came up with the concept but he's not going to direct it.
Bluemercury
Member
J2 Cool said:
Im sorry but you want to compare Kojima's work with Miyamoto one???that's just wrong.....Kojima is good but he's been stuck with MGS franchise because like this interview says you've been sending him mails for his contract to life with the damn franchise.....let him do other things......
SolidSnakex
Member
Bluemercury said:
He's not stuck with it. People are ok with him directing other games, they just aren't ok with other people directing MG's.
imastalker co.
Banned
i was gonna bust out a Breath Assure picture, but google didn't bust anything out.SolidSnakex said:
in anycase, give homie benefit of the doubt, and im sure you'll be quite pleased. has he let you down yet?
SolidSnakex
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phantomile co. said:
Definetly not. I'm just saying there's a pretty big difference between a game he directs in comparison to a game he comes up with concept for and possibly produces. I'd actually like to see him direct a Rev game just to see what he can do. Just not till he's finished with MGS4.
imastalker co.
Banned
no arguing with that.SolidSnakex said:
seems to be the plan.SolidSnakex said:I'd actually like to see him direct a Rev game just to see what he can do. Just not till he's finished with MGS4.
look like we're all kings today gentlemen.
Bluemercury
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Grug said:
Seeing your avatar, i was wondering if you have any msn messenger gifs of any Lucas arts game or where can i find them. I already have two from monkey island....
imastalker co.
Banned
not quite.DSN2K said:
i've yet to see anyone ask Kojima what he thinks of Electronic. Kasavin, hopefully you ask him this next time you get a chance. i know you're down with those types of questions.
i know i sure as hell would. but only because we're all big Joy Division fans.
SolidSnakex
Member
phantomile co. said:
Electronic?
imastalker co.
Banned
it won't be my first timeCeb said:
chances are, he'll greatly appreciate it like last time
SolidSnakex
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Ceb said:
Ahh ok. There's a list of bands he's mentioned he's listening to in his blog
http://www.deltahead.metalgearsolid.org/hideojam/index.html
It hasn't updated with his recent blogs, but he mentioned that he's listening to Bananarama in one of his entries this week. He talks more about music in his blogs than he does about naything else.
imastalker co.
Banned
w00t!Kojima said:
damn, if he's listening to Banarama, i can't help but wonder what he thinks of the lyrics to 'I Can't Help It"
that's gotta be some type of motivation for tha man.
SolidSnakex
Member
His music stories are pretty funny. He mentioned that he found the end theme to MGS3 (Starsailors "Way to Fall") because he misunderstood someone when they suggested he check out Stellastar and he picked up Starsailors album instead.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
CVXFREAK said:
Kojima:
What does that last line mean in relation to the Rev line?
... think it implies the theme or direction of the game is focusing on what you cannot see?
Is he being metaphorical or literal?
That could be very interesting.
SolidSnakex
Member
John Harker said:
If that was in reference to the Rev game, you'll likely find out what he's talking about with MGS4 because he's been hyping doing things you can't see since it was unveiled.
imastalker co.
Banned
that last line seems to definitely go back to MGS4.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
phantomile co. said:
Yea, I agree he's referencing MGS4 too, but if that is something he really wants to focus on and to explore, it seems he is going to further expand on it with his Rev project.
It could just be a new direction for him. He always throws out this odd little themes for his games, like his "no place to hide" bit and develpoping gameplay scenarios around that.
Maybe the Rev gave him this 'things you cannot see idea' and he's expanding upon it on this project.
I don't know, at least if you read that sentance for what it is, the argument can be made.
imastalker co.
Banned
once again, Kojima's Revolution game will change the industry.
No, it's defintely about MGS4 and PS3. That's what he'd been saying when asked about MGS4 before its unveiling at TGS. In this new interview, he mentions it like thisJohn Harker said:
This "lot of CPU power" to realize "what you cannot see" is not available in other platforms.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
ThirdEye said:
I can play the Bold Game too!
... I'm not saying your wrong, I agree with you.
But that doesn't mean he can't take the same theme and apply it differently on two different projects. I mean, its not like we have any other clue about the project. At least he confirmed it though.
hukasmokincaterpillar
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John Harker said:
Kojima's whole "things you cant see" schtick is basically him inferring how he wants to employ more advanced physics and AI systems to simulate game worlds in greater detail, "beyond just movie sets". Thats pretty obvious when he states his worry that it will require a lot of CPU power, which means some graphical detail (ie the movie set) may have to be sacrificed a bit to achieve results, and how they'll have to balance out these two aspects in their design.
At least thats the gist Im getting.
Doom_Bringer
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hukasmokincaterpillar said:Kojima's whole "things you cant see" schtick is basically him inferring how he wants to employ more advanced physics and AI systems to simulate game worlds in greater detail, "beyond just movie sets". Thats pretty obvious when he states his worry that it will require a lot of CPU power, which means some graphical detail (ie the movie set) may have to be sacrificed a bit to achieve results, and how they'll have to balance out these two aspects in their design.
At least thats the gist Im getting.
Ya I agree with this. Destructible environments, interactive physics, facial expressions instead of "!" "?" etc
SolidSnakex
Member
hukasmokincaterpillar said:
Yah that's basically it. It does seem like the TGS trailer was the minimum of what he expects it to look like graphically. So even with the AI routines and such he feels it'll look better by the time its complete. The "things you can't see" part won't show up until next TGS according to Kojima so it looks like the E3 trailer will be story focused. Probably more along the lines of the E3 2000 trailer of MGS2 instead of the E3 2003 trailer of MGS3.