Yeah, I seriously doubt Konami would have greenlit whatever the hell Death Stranding becomes.
Or any of his ideas beyond Metal Gear, really.
I just hope that the actual project that Buff CG Norman Reedus baby whales was supposed to be about isn't an esoteric mess of half-formed ideas because he'll be almost completely unfettered this time around.
The odds of Death Stranding becoming an un-fun wad of incomprehensible pretension are fairly high.
Then again we're damn near getting nothing but sequels and remakes from all the other big publishers, so I say let's see what he can come up with.
Yeah, I'm sort of afraid that Kojima's new projects are going to catch George Lucas / Seth Mcfarlane syndrome. Some people really need an editor telling them that their dumb ideas are dumb and we've already seen what happens when Kojima is allowed to do whatever he wants to do; we get 45 minute cutscenes.
Yeah, I seriously doubt Konami would have greenlit whatever the hell Death Stranding becomes.
Or any of his ideas beyond Metal Gear, really.
I just hope that the actual project that Buff CG Norman Reedus baby whales was supposed to be about isn't an esoteric mess of half-formed ideas because he'll be almost completely unfettered this time around.
The odds of Death Stranding becoming an un-fun wad of incomprehensible pretension are fairly high.
Then again we're damn near getting nothing but sequels and remakes from all the other big publishers, so I say let's see what he can come up with.
Yeah, I'm sort of afraid that Kojima's new projects are going to catch George Lucas / Seth Mcfarlane syndrome. Some people really need an editor telling them that their dumb ideas are dumb and we've already seen what happens when Kojima is allowed to do whatever he wants to do; we get 45 minute cutscenes.
Dude needs to up and switch from games to movies. Discard the pretense of interactivity and join the ranks of Lynch, Cronenberg, et al.
Or, if two hours still isn't enough to contain all the mindfuckery (and it very possibly isn't), a Netflix series.
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Kojima hasn't done the overlong cutscene thing in eight years.
Kojima hasn't done the overlong cutscene thing in eight years.
There's a pretty bad one in MGSV. It was a one off bad scene, but it was in a pivotal moment and kinda ruined the ending for me...
That god damned jeep ride. I know what he was going for, but holy shit it didn't work for me at all.
I loved that.
Because clearly it wasn't supposed to be nearly as long as it was, so there's like a 5 minute segment of Snake and Skullface just staring awkwardly at each other.
Kojima hasn't done the overlong cutscene thing in eight years.
There's a pretty bad one in MGSV. It was a one off bad scene, but it was in a pivotal moment and kinda ruined the ending for me...
That god damned jeep ride. I know what he was going for, but holy shit it didn't work for me at all.
I loved that.
Because clearly it wasn't supposed to be nearly as long as it was, so there's like a 5 minute segment of Snake and Skullface just staring awkwardly at each other.
I like the interpretation that Sins Of The Father starts playing cause the jeep driver felt bad for Skullface and wanted to break the silence.
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Look how fucking good those visuals are. Look how fucking amazing this bullshit looks
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According to SuperBestFriends, Konami said something to the effect of hoping to win gamers back?
I mean, first off, good fuckin' luck.
Second off, that sounds like MGS remakes to me. They'd still technically be written by Kojima, even without his involvement. They've made the shiny new MGS3 assets already. Shove that into Fox Engine, you got yerself a current gen version of the most universally beloved MGS game.
Or shit, do the first one again. It'll still be busted with the new gameplay mechanics, but it'd be coooool. And if they don't wanna feel beholden to how it originally played, they can rebalance it to make sense with the new engine. Have REX function as quickly as it does in MGS4 to compensate for the better controls. Enemy soldiers have the actual decent vision they have in MGS to compensate for having first person aim. Do it gud.
There was also a pulled Amazon listing about a MGSV Definitive EX or some such.
It wouldn't surprise me if they released a package that was just Ground Zeroes+MGSV+DLC. The people hoping this includes Chapter 3....yeah no.
NEVER BE GAME OVER!
Yeah, I sincerely doubt it'd be Chapter 3. Maybe the lost Mission 51, since it seems like a lot of VA work and cutscene stuff was already done for it. Plus (MGSV ending spoilers)
the bulk of Mission 51 was supposed to be a rematch with Metal Gear Sahelanthropus. There's a fully functional boss fight with that thing already complete. The scale of the rematch was supposed to be much bigger than the one in game, with multiple factions fighting alongside and against the player, so if they wanted to do that, it wouldn't be as simple as making a new arena for it.
All told tho, wouldn't be an enormous task. Depends if they wanna do something, or just. Yknow. Bundle Ground Zeroes in and add the costume DLCs.
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A re-release of the HD Collection for current-gen consoles would be in line with their easy-money strategy, probably (except now with MGS1! Maybe? Or whatever)
A re-release of the HD Collection for current-gen consoles would be in line with their easy-money strategy, probably (except now with MGS1! Maybe? Or whatever)
HD collections for current-gen consoles are the easy-money strategy for everyone these days... that madness needs to stop.
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Apparently there is some big issue with voice acting contracts for old games with Konami.
Silent Hill 2 very nearly didn't get it's original voice acting except fans caused enough of a fuss to get it to happen. Didn't manage to preserve the original voice acting for Silent Hill 3, though.
Personally, I'd just like to see all of Konami's PS2 games go up as PS2 Classics on PSN. There's no way Konami could possibly fuck that up, right? Right?
IGN can exclusively reveal Metal Gear Survive, a four-player stealth co-op game set within the Metal Gear universe, due for release on Xbox One, PS4 and PC in 2017.
Set directly after the events of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Survive sees the members of Militaires Sans Frontières not killed in that game's finale transported through wormholes into an alternate universe, where they're forced to battle a force of crystalline zomb-
Haha, good April fools, IGN! You had me going for... oh, it's August.
Oh.
Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
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It's another excellent vehicle in which to sell MB coins
Konami staying in the video game business only to make small multiplayer-only games featuring a bunch of DLC for people to buy makes all the sense in the world
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Positives:
The Fox Engine isn't being completely put to waste in some dank, dark hole of Japanese corporate fuckery
The Metal Gear franchise is looking to continue to exist in videogame form as long as it turns an easy buck
Negatives:
What the fucking shit is this zombie multiplayer bullshit. I honestly would have been super down for a tight co-op versus AI, and they really didn't need this dumb wormhole nonsense to justify it if they didn't use zombies. A handful of surviving MSF soldiers trying to tough it out with XOF on a manhunt or whatever would have made for a really cool narrative
Someone in SE++ pointed out this is all so they can re-use MGSV assets and holy shit on a rewatch it's so obvious.
Like, everything is. They didn't even try to re-create a salvaged mother base, they just dumped the half destroyed one on land. The only new thing is the bow. Even the characters just come from the character creation.
Also I love how all the zombie-whatevers have Venom Snake's horn. Because that makes a lot of sense.
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I mean the only positive is they seemed to try - weirdly - to make this just "canonical" enough that they're not touching any true Metal Gear characters.
Which I'm strangely happy about?
I'm very curious if any of the voice actors would ever return now, actually.
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Isn't that just Umbrella Chronicles? Like... exactly?
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Nah, Umbrella Chronicles is a rail shooter, totally different. It's exactly like Umbrella Corps! ;P
So the best case scenario in my conspiracy theory addled brain is that this game is being shit out to be bad on purpose. They know that the first Metal Gear without Kojima's involvement is gonna be torn apart anyway, so why put any effort in? So they're setting the bar as low as possible, so the next one will feel like a step up.
Or I dunno, maybe they're not that savvy and this really is the best they can do...
Nah, Umbrella Chronicles is a rail shooter, totally different. It's exactly like Umbrella Corps! ;P
So the best case scenario in my conspiracy theory addled brain is that this game is being shit out to be bad on purpose. They know that the first Metal Gear without Kojima's involvement is gonna be torn apart anyway, so why put any effort in? So they're setting the bar as low as possible, so the next one will feel like a step up.
Or I dunno, maybe they're not that savvy and this really is the best they can do...
I promise you they absolutely think this is a terrific idea.
It's the perfect showcase for how hilariously out of touch they are. Like Mr Burns throwing his money away at outdated investments while a bunch of Yes Men lack the courage to tell him otherwise.
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Yeah, I'm sort of afraid that Kojima's new projects are going to catch George Lucas / Seth Mcfarlane syndrome. Some people really need an editor telling them that their dumb ideas are dumb and we've already seen what happens when Kojima is allowed to do whatever he wants to do; we get 45 minute cutscenes.
I think he was crying with either joy or relief, not sadness. He seems pretty distraught when it vanishes.
It's obvious what it is.
Norman is his character from PT. The baby is Silent Hills, taken away before its time.
Dude needs to up and switch from games to movies. Discard the pretense of interactivity and join the ranks of Lynch, Cronenberg, et al.
Or, if two hours still isn't enough to contain all the mindfuckery (and it very possibly isn't), a Netflix series.
There's a pretty bad one in MGSV. It was a one off bad scene, but it was in a pivotal moment and kinda ruined the ending for me...
I like the interpretation that Sins Of The Father starts playing cause the jeep driver felt bad for Skullface and wanted to break the silence.
/screams externally
I mean, first off, good fuckin' luck.
Second off, that sounds like MGS remakes to me. They'd still technically be written by Kojima, even without his involvement. They've made the shiny new MGS3 assets already. Shove that into Fox Engine, you got yerself a current gen version of the most universally beloved MGS game.
Or shit, do the first one again. It'll still be busted with the new gameplay mechanics, but it'd be coooool. And if they don't wanna feel beholden to how it originally played, they can rebalance it to make sense with the new engine. Have REX function as quickly as it does in MGS4 to compensate for the better controls. Enemy soldiers have the actual decent vision they have in MGS to compensate for having first person aim. Do it gud.
It wouldn't surprise me if they released a package that was just Ground Zeroes+MGSV+DLC. The people hoping this includes Chapter 3....yeah no.
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NEVER BE GAME OVER!
Yeah, I sincerely doubt it'd be Chapter 3. Maybe the lost Mission 51, since it seems like a lot of VA work and cutscene stuff was already done for it. Plus (MGSV ending spoilers)
All told tho, wouldn't be an enormous task. Depends if they wanna do something, or just. Yknow. Bundle Ground Zeroes in and add the costume DLCs.
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HD collections for current-gen consoles are the easy-money strategy for everyone these days... that madness needs to stop.
Won't even that get much, though.
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Silent Hill 2 very nearly didn't get it's original voice acting except fans caused enough of a fuss to get it to happen. Didn't manage to preserve the original voice acting for Silent Hill 3, though.
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Hilariously, for how much they've invested in Pachinko lately, their Pachinko earnings last quarter were negative.
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oh, fuck off.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
Oh.
It's another excellent vehicle in which to sell MB coins
Konami staying in the video game business only to make small multiplayer-only games featuring a bunch of DLC for people to buy makes all the sense in the world
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The Fox Engine isn't being completely put to waste in some dank, dark hole of Japanese corporate fuckery
The Metal Gear franchise is looking to continue to exist in videogame form as long as it turns an easy buck
Negatives:
What the fucking shit is this zombie multiplayer bullshit. I honestly would have been super down for a tight co-op versus AI, and they really didn't need this dumb wormhole nonsense to justify it if they didn't use zombies. A handful of surviving MSF soldiers trying to tough it out with XOF on a manhunt or whatever would have made for a really cool narrative
Like, everything is. They didn't even try to re-create a salvaged mother base, they just dumped the half destroyed one on land. The only new thing is the bow. Even the characters just come from the character creation.
Also I love how all the zombie-whatevers have Venom Snake's horn. Because that makes a lot of sense.
I'm sitting here at work and I want to jump out of my cubicle and vomit everywhere.
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Which I'm strangely happy about?
I'm very curious if any of the voice actors would ever return now, actually.
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When the screen says "The UN (or whoever) saw the wreckage and numerous helicopters leaving the area."
and not
"HOLY SHIT THERE WAS A SPACE PORTAL AND THE WRECKAGE WAS SUCKED INTO THE SKY"
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So the best case scenario in my conspiracy theory addled brain is that this game is being shit out to be bad on purpose. They know that the first Metal Gear without Kojima's involvement is gonna be torn apart anyway, so why put any effort in? So they're setting the bar as low as possible, so the next one will feel like a step up.
Or I dunno, maybe they're not that savvy and this really is the best they can do...
I promise you they absolutely think this is a terrific idea.
It's the perfect showcase for how hilariously out of touch they are. Like Mr Burns throwing his money away at outdated investments while a bunch of Yes Men lack the courage to tell him otherwise.
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