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[4Players interview]: Kojima Q&A on Death Stranding
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It does have the terrorist faction that seems to embrace the state of the world, so I would expect a certain amount of "Well, you have to punch these guys".
I have a friend who moved over there about 6 years ago that I talk to yearly over the phone about how social issues are going over there, he doesn't ever seem to imply its anything like in the US where Trump is basically a flaming match to terrorist.
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More people worldwide are familiar with the actions of Trump and the United States Government than the actions of Abe and the Japanese Government. He wants this to be a story that people can connect around the world instead of just Japanese people so setting the game in a familiar setting like the United States only post-apocalyptic makes perfect sense. It's like the MGS games in that regard if you think about it.
Yeah, it basically sounds like skull mask's faction is the main villains, but the way things are worded makes it sound like there are other pockets of non-Skull Masky assholes throughout the world that you have to "bring back into the fold" by connecting the strands to them.
So Kojima should make a game set in modern or post-apocalyptic Japan criticizing local Japanese politics and then sell that game to audiences in the West? I'm sure that will sell like hotcakes.
Or could he perhaps make a game set in the West, one of the biggest audiences, that uses its themes and politics to espouse a message that can be applied universally? You know, like every MGS.
good point, i didn't think about it that way
The game takes place in America, and for the sake of an interview, citing two obvious examples that have dominated the last 3 years of discourse to ground your narrative in a way that people understand, makes sense. Again - the US government was shut down for over a month this year and the US president declared a state of emergency, because of the Wall in 2019. The UK is currently going through a similar financial crisis and is in jeopardy of voiding their historic Good Friday agreement by necessitating a hard border between Ireland/Northern Ireland in about 2 months.
Japan's historical wariness towards immigration is both less relevant and less immediate than either example provided, even if they serve as a preview of what we can expect from an aging population that isn't buffered by young immigrants.
You just can't help but make yourself look stupid, huh? Most responses to your post had nothing to do with it being Kojima, and entirely to do with your idiotic comment of leaving politics out of games.
I still don't understand the "genre" bit, what does he mean when he says he's creating a new genre? Is it something lost in translation, or is he really hoping to create a new genre?
"So in Phantom Pain I started with a kind of experiment by starting linear. And once the world opens, the story fades in one way. Some Hideo Kojima fans were not happy that the story takes a back seat. But this was done very consciously."
I find this part about MGSV interesting since the story doesn't just take a back seat but comes crashing down half way through the game but still interesting to hear about it from him.
I find this part about MGSV interesting since the story doesn't just take a back seat but comes crashing down half way through the game but still interesting to hear about it from him.
You're right, he should go back making apolitical games like MGS.
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This makes me happy as it was my only complain about MGSV. Good to see despite being an open world the story will not take a back seat.
I like to hear it because it proves Kojima indeed tried to get us the feeling of a phantom pain and it wasn't all just Konami, the Konami situation just added a very small part to it with Mission 51 and Chapter 3 being cut but the game would have given the same general feeling either way and it was intentional.
I mean, he's not wrong. The story starts out heavily featured and then disappears for huge chunks of the game while you do random, disconnected PMC missions and then you fight Sahelanthropus and VOCAL CHORD PARASITES happens.
The story EXPLODING is separate from the fact that they also heavily de-emphasize narrative and relegate most character development to optional cassette tapes for the majority of the experience.
Heh, I have the same question. What genre is he actually creating?
Good good,I hope you don't disappoint me again Kojima,even though Phatom Pain is my GOTY 2015 because of gameplay,the story was mehh.
You can not like him,but you sure would like has more game designers like him.
I can't wait to play this game,I hope he delivery a masterpiece,he deserves after what happened with Konami,would be a great come back and inspiring story.
He keeps calling it a "social strand game" or a "strand game". It really doesn't have ANYWHERE close to the kind of ring to it that "tactical espionage action" did.
That's what I unfortunately fear and expect, personally. But I am somewhat curious on how he approaches this reasoning or if he takes it in another direction.
eh, I took it like he presented it with the examples - basically stop being bigoted and secluding yourself from other folks, try to connect. No to nationalism
not "try to connect with people who hate you", more "stop hating and try to connect"
Man, this quote makes more sense as years go by and a lot of this that didn't make sense makes sense now. Weird as hell.
I'm in agreement with both of you but it makes me wonder what the end result would have been if he had the time and not the fallout with Konami.
Aha. Thanks.
In short, TEW.
.... OMG! That's The Evil Within! The Isekai Survival Horror game. Kojima will troll us hard.
Thank you!
In short that's SSS! That's Devil May Cry's ranking system, which is a Demon Slaying Action Adventure game.
The plot thickens!!!
First one to the phantom zone. Lol.
Im glad that he mentions story will be important because i was one of those kojima fans dissapointed with the story part of phantom pain. Still top notch gameplay tho, and it will be the same in DS.
Yessssss
"So in Phantom Pain I started with a kind of experiment by starting linear. And once the world opens, the story fades in one way. Some Hideo Kojima fans were not happy that the story takes a back seat. But this was done very consciously. This time was the biggest challenge and the biggest obstacle: It's an open world, but at the same time we do not want to reduce the importance of the story, so fans of Hideo Kojima games will not be disappointed."
"Some Hideo Kojima fans were not happy that the story takes a back seat. But this was done very consciously." Just sounds to me like exactly why the game's story being the way it is and making us feel a real "phantom pain" was "done very consciously".
Because he pointed out that he wants his games to have themes that reflect the world around us and make something new?
Criticizing the man for how well he executes on those ideas is one thing but complaining that he's "full of himself" for this? Comes off as having a weird displeasure for the man for no actual reason.
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Saying he's not a politician, is a great compliment. On behalf of Kojima and all his fans... Thank you.
i read DS and Kojima and then Lunar Knights just popped up in my head.
He probably is. He has figures of himself. I guess I don't really mind. I love plenty of actors that give the vibe that they love themselves a little too much. Same for people I know, I guess.