>be just fanboy who want to make his own movies>still create extremely influential games in terms of gameplayJust a Chosen One I guess.
>>11502746>be westaboo faggot who wishes he was a film director >create boring moviegame slop that retards eat up for decades to come>convince mid wits worldwide youre le heckin genius and help ruin modern gaming in the processI kneel
>>11502746>mix john carpenter movies with cyberpunk anime>great mix, pays off>starts worshipping modern hollywood hacks too>immediately turns into a shitty hack the second hollywood accepts him>tells the voice actor for snake to eat shit and hires a hollywood scumbag insteadOh how the mighty have fallen. I love golden age Kojima but wow, he fell off hard. Konami was right for dumping him and retaining the rights to MGS.Death Stranding fucking sucks. DS2 is going to suck too.
people call Kojima the movie guy and he certainly styles himself as some Hollywood star, but MGS was so special because it was a GAME.most of the storytelling devices and memorable moments in MGS come from the fact that (You) are the one playing a video game and so the script and characters and bosses play directly off that to provide an experience unlike anything else in existence.MGS as a movie wouldnt work at all. Snake needs to have the player controlling them for the story to have most of its impact and meaning.
>>11502776Kurt Russell doesn't play games at all so when he finally heard about "Snake" in this game called Metal Gear and people told him the character was named and based somewhat off the character in Escape from NY/LA, he got offended and refuses to work with the people who "stole his character without permission."I still don't think he has realized that the references are name-deep and done out of reverence for Kurt Russell's character.
>>11502790i defy anyone to watch Escape from LA and say with a straight face that they made a better use of the IP than MGS.
>>11502792He's probably pissed that they didn't approach him to voice Snake originally, thinking they stole his character and then recast it.
>>11502790>>11502801https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-carpenter-speaks-halloween-secrets-834754/From a 2015 interview:>CanalPlus has some problem with Luc Besson?>Yes! Oh, yes. He has another company. But I think they’re actually doing some business with him, too. [CanalPlus] wanted to also go after the video game Metal Gear Solid, which is kind of a rip-off of Escape From New York, too, but I told them not to do that. I know the director of those games, and he’s a nice guy, or at least he’s nice to me.John knows it's a rip off, but is a very easygoing person in real life so decided not to take legal action against his best interest. It makes one wonder if there was some kind of backroom payout. I do recall Kurt Russell being upset with Solid Snake because...I mean he is literally Snake Plissken from Escape from New York. Kurt takes John's creativity personally and Kurt really brought that character to life so it's understandable. You can even hear generous tinge of EFNY Snake in David Hayter's voice.
>>11502774>boringheres your you
>>11502792Escape from LA is a sequel in the same vein as Texas Chain Saw Massacre Part 2. It's meant to be a self reflecting parody and deconstruction of action movies as TCM2 was for the slasher. They also similarly had long gaps in between their releases and were both comedy sequels to what are considered classics of their genre.Escape From LA is the parody of what became of action movies in the time period between the original release (1981) and the new film (1996).Not the sequel anyone wanted, but the one we got.
Kojima hated Splinter Cell. He's quoted as saying, "Splinter Cell proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the cutscenes are good".
>>11502929>its all based off one guy.Gilgamesh? Sure.
>>11502774>retards eat up for decades to comeHere comes the intellectual gamer.
I like his games too even death strandingBut still don’t know why he is such a celebrity in this sphere when there are other people who make better games without the recognition
>>11502746I kind of like how Konami is trying to brand Hayter as the face of / genius behind MGS now. If nothing else, it’ll give the Metal Gear franchise some kino band lore like Pink Floyd or The Beatles if people start picking sides.
>>11503258Kojima = Brian WilsonDavid Hayter = Mike Love
>>11502746Man you don't realize how kino a VHS tape collection is until you see old pics from back when they were somewhat common.
>>11503314what the fuck are you talking about
>>11502746It’s pretty crazy how many times he was able to get away with retelling the metal gear 2 story over and over again, or at the very least recycling the same gameplay scenarios over and over
>>11503316I guess I'm talking about nothing my guy. I mean you could open up the OP and see Kojima has tapes right there on his shelf but you're such a fucking queer faggot you have to type a passive aggressive womanly reply instead of do literally anything else with your time. Also even without context there's nothing even strange about the statement: "VHS tapes look cool when displayed" is not some esoteric fucking thing to observe. It must be INCONCEIVABLE to imagine such a thing being typed out on an anonymous basketweaving forum.
>>11503325VHS being kino is really the most amazing nonsense ive heard in my life. This board desperately needs an age badge next to every post so I can filter people like you.
>>11503328>Randomly starts seething about zoomersHoly mental illness, nice appeal to le hecking board tradition too you fucking sperg newfag
>>11503001SC mogs MGS gameplay wise though
>>11502776This basically. He started huffing his own farts. I think it was good when Konami cared and they held him on a leash better. Once he got shit canned for mgsv, he was free to destroy himself. I blame Konami for half of it, they helped inflate his ego and then they punished him for it
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>>11503258Shame for him, I prefer Akio Ohtsuka's macho voice.
>>11502746Kojima is a faggot.
>>11503307You got that backwards.
>>11502746Liked him in the 00s. Now that I know more about him I despise the decade of his shit decisions as the CEO of the Konami gaming division. He had complete control and all that amounted to was firing people that made Silent Hill, Castlevania and Contra to funnel funds to MGS. Also the plastering of his own name on ZoE was unforgivable. He even pretended to be the creator of it in the Making Of video while sitting next to the actual designer and writer of it. What a bastard.
>>11502785This. At a certain point in his life he understood video games were an interactive medium and MGS had some of the most organic and clever interactivity in a game of all time. Perfect marriage of narrative and gameplay. Thats why Snake being a rip off of EFNY didn’t matter, it was a genius composite of what he loved while he was pushing the limits of video game interactivity.MGS 1-3 will forever be his magnum opuses because that’s when he had something to prove. Now that he doesn’t, we are going to get pretentious Hollywood moviegame garbage from him until the day he croaks.MGS4 was the turning point, that’s when he decided he wanted to make movies and not video games. Ironically enough, MGS4 had the worst narrative of the series until MGS5. I still think both are good games, but they are missing important ingredients.I’ll say this much, Kojima had a great run. It’s kojoever now though.
>>11503325>(anon) what the fuck are you talking about>(you) you type a passive aggressive womanly replyAre you that aussie abbo spastic?
>>11502746Its insane how "old" guys look in their 30s and 40s just due to lifestyle and bodyfat percentage.He could still look essentially like this, but with a little worse skin, and yet what we have is a doughy mess.
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>>11502776>retaining the rights to MGSDawg MG was always owned by Konami
I love MGS cause it's like a crazy fun B movie but people who treat this faggot like some genius are fucking pathetic
>>11506561his games are very fun and have surprisingly deep mechanics compared with the competition. He deserves his reputation.
>>11502774fpbpHate Kojima.Hate MGS.
>>11503345splinter cell would not exist whitout metal gearubisoft saw the amazing sales of mgs2 and wanted a piece of that pie, thats why splinter cell copies a lot of stuff from metal gear>MGS2 comes out in 2001 sells a lot>splinter cell comes in 2002>then splinter cell gets a sequel whitout anything to copy from metal gear and its shit>mgs3 gets a new game with open maps with multiple objectives and focus on hand to hand combat using a knife>splinter cell chaos theory comes out with focus on a knife and more open maps>they make a 4th game whitout stuff to copy from metal gear and its shit>MGS4 comes out with lots of npc's on the same map and a huge focus on real guns>splinter cell conviction comes out with more open maps that has a shit ton of npcs on it and a HUGE focus on guns>MGS PW comes out. it has you researching your own weapons, having to send other agents to do missions and base building and coop>Splinter cell blacklist comes out and it has you sending that black agent to do missions, coop, and you researching your own weapons and base building
>>11502746I'll never understand why he went for Kiefer Sutherland of all people? He hadn't been a movie star since the 90s and he was barely even a big TV name by 2015. Kojima's a fucking retard if he thinks that anyone bought MGSV that wasn't going to anyway even if it was Hayter in the role.
>>11502746i liked it more when game devs were more lowkey and mysteriousnow they wont shut the fuck up
Going through MG for the first time and actually enjoying going back to the games that came before MGS. I never got around to it before but I'm excited to get to MG2.
>>11506987Remember Reading in a magazine why they picked him I can't recall who or if Kojima had someone else he wanted he mentioned he wanted to work with moive stars, One the Hollywood guy he was paling around with suggested him and they just went with him It was mostly for just face motion captureingHate how V turned out
Kojima is just an "ideas guy" and a credit thief. The things you think he is responsible for were created by underpaid people who are probably dead now. He's the Steve Jobbs of video games.
He WAS based, but he fucking changed. Peace Walker was the first game from him that I didn't enjoy in the slightest and then 5 was when he just started acting fucking weird and making nothing but garbage. I've been following him ever since playing Snatcher on Sega CD back in the day and now I just cannot give a shit, he is not the same guy he used to be.
>>11507256Is there a single big name dev who's been making games for over 30 years and is still based?It feels like they all become weird faggots
>>11506964What a stupid post. Lots of great games wouldn't exist without a popular previous game. Would you dismiss Streets of Rage (exists because of Final Fight), Ninja Gaiden XBOX (exists because of DMC), Final Fantasy (exists because of Dragon Quest), Dragon Quest (Wizardry) and Zelda (Exists because of Ultima (no, don't let Miyamoto bullshit on his "I just wandered through the forest and it inspired me" bullshit))?
>>11507256Fukushima was the real genius behind his games
I love Kojima. I love the Metal Gears, Snatcher, Policenauts, and the Solids. I even love Death Stranding.But, much like everyone else has pointed out, his games after, and including, MGS4, aren't as good.I don't think it's because he became up himself, he's always been that. I think it's because he's someone that works much better with limitations. Whether that be financial, technical, or just having to work with others who get to say "No" to him. If you give him a creative blank cheque, he goes nuts. If you force him to work on weaker hardware, like with Peace Walker, or with others, like with P.T., he's much better.
>>11507487I think his games up until MGS4 were unique, but after that he became infatuated with popular fads in the industry and now he has to make open world slop every time
>>11507256It's like nobody understood how 4 was the send-off to the series as we all knew it. After that it was all Kojima having to keep making MGS and fucking around to make things interesting for himself again and willingly destroying the series in the process.
>>11502774Fpbp, /threadI like metal gear because I like the things it rips off. All the Japanese moralizing and angst is trash that nearly ruins these games stories. Japan really does suck and so does kojimbo.
>>11502792Escape from LA is better than anything kojima has ever done or will do in his life.
>11507909no (You)
>>11507640That poor poor man had to make millions of dollars remaking the same game for so long. It just wasn't interesting enough for his god emperor mind. Poor poor hideo. All he wants to do is ape Carpenter and Kubrick with his immense creativity and autor genius. Poor poor Japanese man.
>>115072565 should have been the easiest game to make but he fumbled it hard by adding a bunch of unrelated shit and not what people wanted which was just Big Boss recruiting for FOXHOUND.
>>11507920Baffling post
>>11507936For a retard, it very well may be.
>>11502815>I mean he is literally Snake Plissken from Escape from New YorkHe literally fucking isn't though? How do you even begin to drawn that comparison?
>>11502774I've never seen anyone "try" to be Kojima. He seems like he's a pillar on his own.Though with Death Stranding being so unbelievably obtuse I am convinced the man is completely inscrutable without an editor (read: tard wrangler).
>>11507248A lot of this is cult of personality shit invented by western media outlets, and yes in particular western media.Reading some translated famitsu interviews, it's like night and day in comparison to our gaming press.Turns out video games are made by a team and not one guy with a fancy title who micromanages every single pixel,
>>11508262Yes, like Mr. Kojimas close personal friend Geoff Keighley
>>11507492Are you saying MGS4 was bad?
>>11502746I think people underestimate how good of a producer he really is in terms of nuts and bolts talent management. His gimmicks overshadow his high level of fundamental competence
>>11508568Hiring people who are good at their jobs is a skill I guess, has a nose for talent, still a hack thanks to all the self promotion.
>>11508163Are you being purposely obtuse or are you truly stupid?
>>11508568>replaces long standing voice actor for main character but keeps the japanese one>please notice me hollywoodHe doesn't have the balls to try actual film making because it would bomb catastrophically
>>11508728Nobody on Earth would invest in a script he wrote which is why he never will make a movie. MGS has an interesting narrative, but it's so wildly convoluted and unorganized you can't actually make sense of it beyond the main beats.>in b4 "you are stupid the story is so simple pleb wow"It's not. It's purposely convoluted and strangely paced. There are multiple plot points throughout the series that go nowhere. By the time you get to MGSV it's no longer discernible to identify character motives, who characters are, or what factions they fight for or believe in. It's just a playground for him to give you slices of striking images. He's rich enough to self fund his own movie, it would just be a mess. He couldn't work on a shoestring budget and press coal into diamonds like his idols did. The medium of video games and the huge budget he got from Konami gave him nearly unlimited options to tell a story he wanted to tell, I don't think he could translate that to film without a mega-blockbuster hollywood budget.
But guys, he's so cool! He even has celebrity friends!
>>11503537>MGS 1-3 will forever be his magnum opuses>MGS 1-3 actually being goodwhen will this meme end?
>>11508910God damn he became such a cringe fucking bitchboy hack. It also looks like hes pretending to smoke weed with his fingers kek.
>>11508910Imagine hanging out with your friends but you have to communicate to them through a translator
>>11502774fpbp, thread destroyed
>>11508910why is there a black guy?
>>11508910Why is he pretending to smoke weed?
>>11508910Such a sad photo, let's list some of the things that make it pathetic.1. Pretending to smoke2. They are talking to eachother not him3. They are not posing for the picture like him and the basketball4. Mads is smoking5.so is boondocks saint6. Notice how each are sitting, special K lis the only one with one leg tight in with the other far out
>>11509650Yes, this is very awkward, especially him pretending to smoke weed while Norman and Mads are smoking cigarettes. If I were him I would try to get this picture off the internet because it sincerely causes one to physically cringe.Norman Reedus is also dressed like a teenage skater from 2003.What a sellout.
>>11508706There is a difference between an inspiration/homage and literally being Snake Plisken/being a rip-off. The Twin Snakes diverge in character rapidly and to a great degree.
>>11510731People can draw the line between homage and rip off subjectively, and Snake is indeed a composite of multiple characters of his type from film, but at the end of the day he’s a badass lone wolf named Snake with medium length brown hair and five o’clock shadow that sneaks into forbidden areas on behalf of the government.
>>11502746He lost all credibility with Death Stranding: the boring, cargo delivery simulator. He surrounded himself with yes men after going solo. Turns out that Konami was doing a good thing by shutting down his dumber ideas. He needs direction. I'll never buy anything Kohima related again other than remakes of MGS games.
Most of Kojima's budget goes toward buying people off, most pathetically purchasing friends and escorts (Mads and Joosten)
>>11508910Kojima is best bait for Reddit karma.
>>11510853is kojima holding nothing? i dont see a cigarette in his fingers
>>11502746He's like a kid fascinated by bugs I respect him
>>11511749He's like a fag fascinated by cocksHe disgust me
>>11510853who's the black guy on the left
I played MGS1 and Virtual missions, the 2 MSX games, and a bit of the NES ones but got filtered, still want to beat them, Snake's Revenge is really cool but very hard
