RealityCheque
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Best of luck to whoever has to take the stage after Kojima. Talk about a no-win situation.
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Konami seeking new main staff members for development of new Metal Gear series
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endlessflood
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With the impending departure of Hideo Kojima and other senior KojiPro employees, Konami have obviously done a business needs analysis and determined that they have a chronic shortage of staff with the crucial Know What The Fuck They're Doing skill.
Delta Assault
Member
Treyarch Japan stepping up to the plate.
FF Seraphim
Member
Why boycott kojima's last metal gear game? However, Konami is dead to me after this game
BIGWORM
Member
But...but...it's not even Kojima's game, the way Konami is going about it...
bigdaddygamebot
Member
I am sad..................
Noooooooo, one of my most beloved franchises
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Metal Gear wont be the same.
It most assuredly won't be the same.
However...what if...what if it's better?
The Fox Engine is Konami's property so they can do whatever they choose with it.
MichaelFassbender
Member
Retcon Sunny into a hallucination that everyone has right before they die.
Also, less talking. And more blood.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
So...is Kojima's Silent Hills dead?
Fuck.....
Fuck.....
semiconscious
Member
what if it were more astonishingly awesome than a kojima metal gear? then i'd say the new developers were wasting their incredible talent working within the framework of someone else's creation...
unfortunately, since i won't be playing it, i'll never know
...what if it were more astonishingly awesome than a kojima metal gear? then i'd say the new developers were wasting their incredible talent working within the framework of someone else's creation...
unfortunately, since i won't be playing it, i'll never know
I guess you are trying to prove a point, but this reads extremely closed minded to me.
ChimpanzeeThat
Member
I'm a bit confused by all of this stuff, but are Konami going to reboot the series or something? Surely they wouldn't bastardise Kojima's work further?
Neff
Member
Do you honestly think Kojima would want you to not play a game he's put five years of his blood, sweat and tears into simply because his name is no longer on the box?
Probably not.
Konami Latinamerica tweet.
"Some see a crisis, others see/find an oportunity. We know which one is Big Boss."
Are we absolutely sure this isn't trolling by Kojima and Konami? This seems disrespectful a bit, but maybe I'm just taking it the wrong way. Makes me feel like they are trolling for exposure.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
This is like a "boy who cried wolf" situation, with someone saying to you that you and your entire family are going to die in 2 seconds - and then you don't. Nothing happens.
Would you think that was funny? Would you want to hear that again? Would you say to yourself "Oh, I'm just being trolled"? Would you trust anything they said after that or even think to forgive then for saying it in the first place? Most importantly - would you buy anything from them?
No, this is not a joke or a troll. Something sinister is afoot.
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
You remember when Ubisoft pulled their games from Steam and everyone thought they were going Origin route? And you know what hapepend next.
Sola Scriptura
Member
Count me out, Konami. No chance whatsoever I'll play a MGS game that Kojima has no involvement in.
DirtyLarry
Member
Comfort Jones
Banned
Yeah just like Castlevania, Silent Hill, DmC, Hal...oh...ooohh....
Yeah it's not going to be better don't be silly.
If Kojima is no longer working with Konami then Silent Hills is definitely not going to be what it could have been.
Pacote-san
Banned
Kaz Reacts to Kojima Leaving and Konami Taking Over Metal Gear
EPIC!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXZ-8qEmwE
EPIC!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXZ-8qEmwE
Sounds like it's actually Kaz.
GalacticAE
Member
This is just one big conspiracy and part of the game pr
ShogunDarius
Member
thats pretty good
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Konami own everything. If Kojima leaves, he takes with him nothing. And if he wanted to use any of his old franchises or the FOX Engine, he'd need to license them from Konami.
Lol, awesome.
Marvel
could never
Goddamn.
cj_iwakura
Member
Hehehe.
Well made.
travisbickle
Member
Can't see this going well.
PelekotansDream
Banned
Are we certain that Kojima did not want to leave Konami?? I've seen rumours reported by people claiming there's distrust between Kojima Productions and Konami as a whole but, Kojima has wanted to stop making MGS games for like a decade now and maybe this was his decision. Maybe not, I have not kept up to date on every bit of news but maybe this is down to Kojima and not Konami.
Paradise Brunch
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Don'tBeWeird
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This is really well done.
Hard to imagine Metal Gear without Kojima.
Then again he has said he wants to stop making MGS for years already, but that didn't go too well with Rising either. So now this.
The recent Mega64 with Sakaguchi hacking at his keyboard comes to mind.
Still kinda want the WW2 game with The Boss however..
Then again he has said he wants to stop making MGS for years already, but that didn't go too well with Rising either. So now this.
The recent Mega64 with Sakaguchi hacking at his keyboard comes to mind.
Still kinda want the WW2 game with The Boss however..
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Do we 100% know Kojima is leaving, KONAMI said he'll help with future releases
Perhaps this will force his hand, Kojima said he'll not make another but he might intervene if it's out of his hands and that's probably why Konami has took charge knowing Kojima wouldn't resist stepping in and another MGS wouldn't be made if Kojima had control?
Who knows.
Perhaps this will force his hand, Kojima said he'll not make another but he might intervene if it's out of his hands and that's probably why Konami has took charge knowing Kojima wouldn't resist stepping in and another MGS wouldn't be made if Kojima had control?
Who knows.
semiconscious
Member
there's a thin line between having an open mind & simply having a hole in your head
...Alkastelca
Member
Karma's a bitch, huh ?
You dump Hayter and later on Konami dump you lol.
You dump Hayter and later on Konami dump you lol.
Gun Animal
Member
Hard to imagine Metal Gear without Kojima.
Then again he has said he wants to stop making MGS for years already, but that didn't go too well with Rising either. So now this.
The recent Mega64 with Sakaguchi hacking at his keyboard comes to mind.
Still kinda want the WW2 game with The Boss however..
Rising was in a whole different genre gameplay-wise so they can't be compared in that way, but did you really think the story and art were that bad? I realize the politics and morality of it are a little more exoteric and black-and-white, but there's a strong argument to be made that the characterization at play is more developed than MGS4 and Peace Walker's were.
If Rising 2 expands the stealth systems and makes ghost runs and pacifist runs (excluding bosses) fully possible, I feel it really could be the heir to the MGS legacy. Finding a writer that has a global (rather than america-centric, heavily news-influenced) understanding of war and politics would help a lot, too.
Actually, this could cast new light on Hayter's departure. The first signs of Hayter not returning to his role were when we never got the Snake Voice Sword dlc in Rising IIRC, and the whole thing felt unnatural. What if it wasn't actually Kojima's choice to hire David after all? What if his hands were tied because of corporate shenanigans? Considering that we now know Konami is the kind of company to force their whole staff into silence like they are now, or to gut their staff before MGSV is even out the door, it almost seems like there's nothing they wouldn't do.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Not even close to being comparable. Its ridiculous that people keep bringing this up.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
It is, but the karma if Konami brings Hayter back.... Damn.
I still can't imagine a MG without Kojima though.
Gun Animal
Member
It would be comparable if:
-Kojima "fired" Hayter while he was still working on Peace Walker, but still kept him on until he was finished voicing.
-Put restrictions on Hayter to keep him from talking to the press or posting on twitter/social media.
-Actively removed Hayter's name from promotional material of current and past work.
On the other hand, if Konami wasn't doing any of these things to Kojima and simply was arranging to lay him and some other employees off at the end of development, I think most of us would actually be happy that Kojima would finally have a chance to work on something besides Metal Gear. Hell, Hayter is on more of a role creatively now than he's been in awhile, and that's hopefully how things will be for Kojima in a year or two.