Wed, Dec 14, 2011 | 16:08 GMT
MGS: Rising would have been more “bushido” under Kojima’s watch
In a recent red carpet interview, MGS-creator Hideo Kojima said that while he likes what Platinum Studios is doing with the game, it would have been quite a bit different if it were his game.
Speaking in a red carpet interview with Ripten.com at the Spike VGA’s, Metal Gear Solid: Rising producer and famed game director Hideo Kojima made comments suggesting how the game might have been different under his direction.
“As you will see in the trailer, Rising is going to be something completely different. They made something very different from what I do, and I like it,” Kojima said through a translator.
“It’s a very speedy Metal Gear,” he continued. “I’m only the producer, I’m not working on the game design. I think that if I was working on the game design of that game the outcome wouldn’t be as speedy a game as they are making right now. It would be more like Bushido, the way of the samurai. Not ninja-action, but something that takes care more of the slow movements.” (The last part seems a bit rough after translation.)
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Posted in: Konami, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: hideo kojima, metal gear solid rising
9 comments
#1
Yoshi
14/12/11, 4:20 pm
I suppose something good can come out of this… Kojima will never let anyone touch his ip again XD
#2
osric90
14/12/11, 4:24 pm
@1 And we hopefully live happy forever after.
#3
Fin
14/12/11, 4:37 pm
@1
Sigh
Please read the article before commenting, will you?
“They made something very different from what I do, and I like it“
#4
Ghil
14/12/11, 4:43 pm
@3
You know that reply made you sound like a douche, right?
Also, even if he didn’t like it, he wouldn’t say it in public. Not a smart move to diss on a game you’re producing publicly.
#5
Ireland Michael
14/12/11, 4:50 pm
@4 He sounds like a douche because he pointed out to @1 that Kojima said almost the exact opposite?
Alright then.
#6
IL DUCE
14/12/11, 5:44 pm
@5 would you expect kojima to say anything else? He’s the producer, he is pretty much required to say he likes it until long after release when he can say he thought the game was shit all along
#7
Fin
14/12/11, 7:17 pm
Oh ok, you all know what Kojima wants better than Kojima himself. Even that Kojima doesn’t even like Rising, despite him saying the exact opposite.
My bad.
#8
OrbitMonkey
14/12/11, 8:04 pm
If this was called Raiden Rising, would so many MGS fans be upset? But if it didn’t have Metal Gear in the title, would it be getting so much hype?
Anyhoo, as Konami were ready to pull the plug on this after the origional devs ran into creative difficulty, do you really think they’d think twice about canning it if they thought Platinum (who they approached) had done a shit job?
#9
kezwar
14/12/11, 8:11 pm
People need to stop bitchin about this…Just accept that its not Metal Gear Solid. If this particular genre doesn’t appeal to you then don’t buy it. It’s in good hands with Platinum Games. The very fact that its been outsourced tells you that Kojima’s guys weren’t up to the task, so you can be sure that Platinum’s effort will be better than what they were developing.