Indeed, because they were rated by different people. The game would get different rating from different American IGN staff members, too! :P
He got to make a huge AAA exclusive on one of best consoles of all time, got to hang with Hollywood actors and made a well received game. Why get upset about it.
This guy has huge problems with the basic concepts of statistics.
Why do you feel the need to speak for him, saying words he didn't say?
On the contrary the sheer technical accomplishments of his game, for all generations of his work, I think has been so strong, and this more than ever is a testament that as long as it's Kojima doing it, something highly polished and cutting edge comes out on the other end. As a director, artistically, I definitely think he's a guy who NEEDS AN EDITOR, but besides that, I think it's clear as day what kind of influence he has as a manager/leader for a studio. He's an egomaniac and yet somehow very respected including by his own fellow workers. I agree he's gotten over-indulgent around wanting to constantly tell us about movies he likes and hiring actors he loves so he can meet them, but it's still hard to deny DS has some of the best animated and presented photoreal characters I've seen. A lot of games would take Mads Mikkelsen and get his superficial likeness right but bungle up his face-capture animations. The subtle touches and attention to detail are all there, and the game is full of small touches that didn't need to be there.
Because the idea that DS isn't as well-received as his Konami-era games probably bruised his ego, even though the scoring average is still overall positive.
Fearful Plumber Sucker
You're talking about someone who, as you say, lost pretty much everything he was corporately entitled to, flew across the globe, created a AAA-budgeted game in 3 years with a newly made studio and brought over old and new contacts, and it's slightly below the norm for his other titles in terms of reviews. Most big name developers that break off form indie studios and create something that's a only a fraction of the quality of the best work they were involved in.
I think he's upset about IGN's review (6,8). Also Giant Bomb's 4/10. Both American and both way below the average (also ironically both rated CoD higher). They're big name sites, so they're hard to ignore. DS's lowest score comes from Stevivor though (Australian), the infamous 3,5/10.
Maybe his art is just not interesting? I don't get why he can't just accept that possibility. Or that his gameplay and sneaker degredgation is just too weird?
So you're not playing it.
