We're going to get mutilated by Metal Gear fans, but we've always found the writing in the series to be convoluted and heavy-handed. That said, creator Hideo Kojima's typing some nice stuff on Twitter as he travels back home from his PlayStation world tour. In one tweet, he talked about how developers need to keep "running" in order to remain at the bleeding edge.
"I've visited various studios and all of them have kept running without any rest," he wrote of the teams that he met up with during his journey. "Such sense of distance was our 'shared language'. I can 'keep running' because such top groups exist all over the world." It's an observation that we can probably all relate to: bettering ourselves can be tough, but the passion that others exude helps inspire us to keep moving forwards. It sounds like Kojima's found his mojo again.
The auteur also called upon 2001: A Space Odyssey writer Arthur C. Clarke to help sum up his learnings from the trip. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," he quoted. The moral: Kojima aims to assemble the greatest talent at his new studio, where his team will mould the latest technology into magic. Feels a bit like an EngLit essay this article.
[source twitter.com]
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Nah I'm a huge MGS fan but I'm not here to mutilate y'all. Lol it did get convoluted at times.
Does anyone know who the character is at the very end of the game who snake is looking at in the mirror? Honestly no idea who that skinhead is. Totally ruined the end of mgs pp for me. He was apparently behind snake at the end of ground zeroes when paz jumped out of the chopper then there was the huge explosion. I don't remember him at all.
Keep up the good work Kojima - I finished the game a couple of weeks ago and it still bamboozles me.
@themcnoisy he's the medic on the chopper at the end of Ground Zeroes. He undergoes plastic surgery to be indistinguishable from Big Boss
I love MGS, but the writing is dumb as all hell at times.
@Johnnycide Thanks man. That's ridiculous, but makes sense. At least it allows a continuation of why why mgs on the Nintendo exists as well as mgs on the ps1. But yeah that's still pretty dumb writing.
I think the convoluted writing adds to the series charm. It's very aware and over the top which I like. For instance Fatman in MGS2 is just ridiculous but amusing at the same time.
Hmm,,, more and more DualShockers articles keep on popping up here...
No down vote button shame a sad face will have to do
Did Kojima ever lose his Mojo to begin with?
Let's hope he finishes his PS4 game before PS5 comes rolling out.
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