Hideo Kojima – the creator of bonafide classics like Metal Gear Solid and, er, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – believes that Death Stranding, his brand new PlayStation 4 exclusive game, will be his greatest work to date. The veteran was speaking in Brighton at the Develop conference alongside fellow legend Mark Cerny, who appears to be heavily involved with the project.
"So far, when I've been making games, I've had to give up on something or at least compromise on something in order to get things done," he said. "But this time, working with you [Mark Cerny] and you bringing the state of the art technologies, we will get around that [usual problem]. I'm very confident that we're working towards something completely new and that no one has seen so far. This will be my best work so far."
For those out of the loop, Kojima signed with Sony late last year following a falling out with Konami, his employer of almost 30 years. Death Stranding was announced at Sony's E3 2016 press conference last month, and will star Norman Reedus in the lead role – but it won't be related to the Silent Hills demo that was so warmly received a couple of years back.
[source digitalspy.com, via gamespot.com]
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Giving Kojima free reign... its either going going to turn out amazing or its going to be one of the greatest mistakes ever made.
I look forward to reading the reviews when it launches in 2020.
Calling it now, the ending will be an hour long cutscene that somehow ends up focussing on DNA in a mystical way.....
But seriously, it seems telling that it will be "his best", and that he won't have to compromise, and will be "something completely new and that no one has seen so far"............. But he hasn't shed much light on the gameplay. I found another quote from him saying "For example, when I made Metal Gear, it was an action game but it was different because the main thing was about hiding. People eventually ended up calling that 'stealth action'. In this game the player will be controlling Norman but by playing it they will find something different, something that won't fit in established terms.". Hard to have any confidence in something like that.
And before someone says he's a genius who can't go wrong... we're talking about the guy who used "she breathes through her skin" as an excuse to make a near-naked female sniper.
It's not PS4 exclusive. PCs will get this title as well.
Hope so! I'm not entirely of the belief Konami are fully responsible for MGS5s shortcomings!
Yeah, I'll bet he does have free reign, until it's 5 years later, he blows through a ****-ton of sony's money, and misses every single deadline they give him. Sound familiar?
@kyleforrester87 What would you do if you owned a company, and one of your top employees spent millions of dollars on an unfinished project and missed every deadline you gave them for five years? I certainly hope you would fire them.
@Napples well if it's as black and white as that it's an obvious answer, but who knows what went on
@Napples its only unfinished because that company refused to fund it, you do know a lot of other companies delay there games too? Also his games sold unlike other games that cost millions to make also.
@zip Sony is funding Death Stranding so i wouldn't get your hopes up, unless Sony puts it on the PC.
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