Shocking: Hideo Kojima Not Involved in Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake

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Breaking news: Man who doesn't work at Konami, isn't working for Konami

Not shocking at all, dont know why people think he would be in this remake.

@Neverwild Have you heard of a thing called sarcasm?

@themightyant It's because Konami = bad. Which, to be fair, is a fairly decent take on them over the past decade or so. If it was a series made by Capcom then people wouldn't have the same concerns due to a single person leaving.

I hope this is good/ does well. Konami are sitting on a treasure trove of IP.

This IP is absolutely not bigger than one man. If you would ever point to a single series which is driven by the creative ambition of one guy, it’s this. For better or worse, every single creative decision came down to Kojima and so this will at best be a pale imitation.

@carlos82 I laughed more at that than I should have.

@themightyant I don't think anyone is saying that Konami shouldn't continue the series without Kojima, but A) Metal Gear Survive and B) Kojima is a unique talent. You could get a thousand men working on a sequel and you would never capture his absurd yet brilliant way of thinking.

Metal Gear Solid without Kojima will not be Metal Gear Solid. And time will prove that opinion correct.

@LiamCroft
Yes but people really believe he is in it or should be.

People think of him as some sort of god but when you read all the behind the scenes stories it really becomes clear that he has been standing on the shoulders of other, really talented people his whole career and those same people constantly have to push back against his ideas, a ton of which area really awful.

I just don't understand why Kojima is acting like he doesn't know about it?

No one picked up the sarcasm on the Twitter post either lol.

If it comes as no surprise, why is it shocking? 🤣

@Snake_V5
Probably because there is still bad blood between Kojima and Konami. He probably figures its best just not to engage with the subject of Delta at all.

@LiamCroft Who has summoned me on behalf of sarcasm?

On topic: I hope this doesn't rule out the possibility for Norman Reedus to play Otacon

@LiamCroft “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence.”

Oscar Wilde

Don't change it perfectly fine the way it is, problem today non of these writers or creators know the meaning of escapism, more interested ticking boxes. If they mess it up I've the original oh well.

@nessisonett

For better or worse, every single creative decision came down to Kojima and so this will at best be a pale imitation.

Good, if someone on Konami's side can tone down Kojima's coked-out, San Fransokyo version of Western action, I'm all for it.

Kojima's the heart and soul of Metal Gear. If he's not on board I'm not interested.

I'm not a fan of Kojima, I think he's overrated, but, I don't see how MGS would be MGS without his twisted little prima donna mind. Without him it's just another serious military game. Love him or hate him that kind of warped can't exist without him. It would be like Edward Scissorhands sequels without Burton. It's just not a thing. In some ways I think it would be a better "military game" without him, but I don't think it would be a MGS that MGS fans would recognize.

@Jammsbro Answer me this: who did these behind the scenes stories come from? Don't believe everything you hear, especially when they're trying to take down someone special. People hate special, it makes them envious that they're not.

To the Shock and Surprise of no-one...

A remake really doesn't need the 'original' developers to be involved as they have the Original as a template. It didn't stop Dead Space or Crash n'sane trilogy from being 'great' despite the original devs not being involved...

@BAMozzy exactly the remake will be fine

now if they were making a brand new metal gear game i would be alot more sceptical

@themightyant I think it's because of the amount of involvement Kojima has had with Metal Gear. Plus, I think people like the idea of some kind of reconciliation between Konami and Kojima.

I am not surprised he isn't involved, but it makes me wonder if this is the same thing as like The Last of Us Part 1 or Metroid Prime Remastered: graphical overhaul/QoL changes, but everything else is the same (even using the exact same dialog and musical tracks as before).

At the very least, I would expect Kojima's name to appear somewhere in the credits since Kojima isn't just some person appointed to handle the Metal Gear games, he is the creator and writer.

"Based on the work created by" kind of thing.

@GamingFan4Lyf They don't have to, because at the end it is Konami's IP.
It is like I'm the one financing the project and instead I see people crediting someone else.

I can only see this remake go two ways: massive success, or complete failure.
Guess we’ll just see. I have no horse in this race, so I’m just interested to see how it unfolds

It's a shame, but the screenshots make it look like a shot for shot remake? So would it make any difference?

@twinspectre90 So if someone does something from Game of Thrones or The Witcher or any other "IP" written by someone else, they aren't to credit the original author or the world created by someone else?

I know game development is different. And yes, Konami holds the IP and not Kojima. But the characters, world, plot, etc. were all written by Kojima. One would think they would be grown up enough to at least acknowledge that.

I am sure Konami will do what Nintendo did with Metroid Prime Remastered and just give credit to "original MGS3 Team".

There'll never be a proper new MGS sequel storyline without HK on board, just wont be the same at all. I'm fine with these remakes or remasters though as it's a nice way for me to enjoy a series of games that are amongst my fav games of all time. Just as long as the Snake Eater story remains the same with the obvious improvements everywhere else and David Hayter is a must, don't mind quite a few enviroment changes. Remaster of Phantom Pain and MGS4 which has been stuck on PS3 for years for the vol 2 collection on PS5 would be the icing on a very delicious cake

@Czar_Khastik

Burly southern deep voice Norman Reedus Otacon: I had an affair with your mother, little step sister. She seduced me.

@trev666 Even then I don't know I would be 'more' sceptical as I have never found ANY MGS game to be that 'great' and something I could really get into. I never liked the Humour or could get into the plot. The last one I tried 'multiple' times, MGS4 (both before they added trophy support and several times after) really put me off completely.

I can't think of a 'Kojima' game I like - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is perhaps the only one I can think of.

Therefore a 'different' studio could 'reboot' MGS in a way that I prefer, even if upsets Kojima fans. Not suggesting they go that route and risk losing the audience that made MGS the success it was, but from my perspective, it can't get 'worse' than a game I have no interest in and not going to buy - it can only get 'better' and pique my interest...

All I was saying though is that the lack of the creators involvement in a remake isn't necessarily a bad thing and hasn't hurt quite a few of the recent 'remakes' bringing 'old' games to a modern audience. Therefore, the lack of Kojima isn't a major disaster for this.

@LiamCroft As an editor, don't you think your reply is a bit unprofessional and condescending?

@LiamCroft The story itself is of no surprise. I suspect the real story out of this is if we see if Konami are petty enough to leave the original creators out of the credits much like say Bruce Straley was left out The Last of Us tv show credits despite being co-creator & creative director of the original game!🙄

Not the first or last occasion bad blood in the games business leads to these things,but still very nasty way to repay the original creators months of toil producing the original only to be left out on technicalities!

Shinji Mikami wasn't involved in RE4 remake, but that turned out great. Of course Capcom and Konami are very different companies currently, but l don't see a reason to stress over this. The games story is complete and is being replicated. All we need is to change camo/eat/cure on the fly and crouch walk.

Maybe hideo feels they are gonna do a terrible remake, so he has allowed the remake but makes sure everybody knows he wasn't part of it.
Not much can go wrong once they don't overhaul the entire thing. Original is great just maybe make 'The End" boss battle much more exciting, and leave out that annoying never ending river of the dead part also

@themightyant Because Kohima has a very peculiar style that feels more distinct than most Developers. It’s why we know his game but not most other game directors. It’s harder to replicate what he does and the worry is that his vision and style won’t be kept as well as it shouldn’t.
The remake could be great, but it’s understandable I think.

@Ludacritz that's not really a fair equal comparison though. Shinji Mikami wasn't involved with RE2 or RE3 in the 90s and has only done two mainline RE games and the 1st remake. Whereas Hideo Kojima has been involved with every single MGS game before leaving Konami

@GamingFan4Lyf All I'm saying is Konami can do whatever they want, since they own the IP, it is none of our business to tell them what to do.

Don't see any reason he would need to be. The story is already written.

Not necessarily a red flag for me. My expectations are different, of course, since this is a remake of an existing Metal Gear and not a new one.

@Beerheadgamer82 Shinji was the director of Resident Evil 4. Goes with my point that he wasn't involved in the remake and that was fine.

With or without Kojima, I hope this and the Silent Hill games are successful enough to spark a Capcom-esque revival of all things Konami.

@Ludacritz Hideo Kojima wasn't properly involved with the MGS1 Twin Snakes remake and is not liked much by many MGS fans. I think of the Twin Snakes remake to be OK at best. When I think of MGS my mind instantly goes to Hideo Kojima and when I think of RE my mind doesn't always instantly think of Shinji Mikami

This game will always be Kojima and the team that helped him create this masterpiece. He continues his legacy making amazing games. Konami only strive for profits without the care and attention that goes in to making great games. I’m doubtful that this will have the kind of polish that we have gotten from BluePoint and CapGod. No doubt the game will be a £70 release

If it's beat for beat the same game but looks and plays like a PS5 game I see no problem.

@BAMozzy I couldn’t have said it better or agree more👍😊 I had the exact same experience with MGS4 back in the day

@twinspectre90 they've literally said it's up to the fans what comes next for the series

@Robocod That won't happen. Kojima was credited in the PS4 version of Z.O.E. 2.

@ejberr it’s also my defence against stupid people

@Drago201 I think this is the classic PR talk from them.

@LifeGirl I've read a dozen stories about his antics. And the other devs on the team having to talk him out of his bad ideas. Like his terrible idea to have a sniper battle in MGS last for real time weeks. Did you ever think that this guy might be an overrated hack and not the god you all worship him to be. He's never made anything great.

I love MGS series and Snake Eater so it’ll be a day one for me. I doubted Kojima would be in it. Hoping they don’t ruin it or mess it up. Hope they add the crouching movement from the 3ds version and the ape escape mode. Hope we can still obtain boss camo’s by tranqing them. As long as they learned from how terrible survive was

@Jammsbro You could avoid the End’s boss battle if you sniped him when he gets wheeled out earlier on. Also MGS1 has sniper wolf, MGS2 has Fortune and MGS4 has Crying wolf