"Hideo Kojima confirms Metal Gear Solid 5" - Thoughts?

[Holarchy]

Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-20-hideo-kojima-confirms-metal-gear-solid-5-built-using-fox-engine

I know there's not much to go on right now, but was wondering on what your views were on this. Excited? Do you think that they should have left Snake alone? Is Raiden a female? Either way, I can't see this being released for a while, but I'm interested, nonetheless.

 

[XMark]

Ugh. They went through such great pains to wrap up each and every storyline in MGS4. They should have just let it rest, like how the Wachowski Brothers just made one Matrix movie and stopped.

 

[ReadyAmyFire]

Hopefully it's a Metal Gear 1 or 2 remake. Or another Big Boss story.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

Not sure what to think about this. On the one hand, the storyline was pretty much wrapped up in Guns of the Patriots, and tinkering with the story now feels a tad like we're standing around a dead horse like it's a pinata, ready to smash away.

On the other hand, I do love me some Tactical Espionage Action, and the idea Kojima had in that article, about setting it during the Normandy landings, with the Cobra unit actually sounds pretty cool to me.

 

[ReadyAmyFire]

On the other hand, I do love me some Tactical Espionage Action, and the idea Kojima had in that article, about setting it during the Normandy landings, with the Cobra unit actually sounds pretty cool to me.

That'll teach me for not clicking the link. That would be pretty cool. Although I don't want to see Second World War soldiers acting like typical MGS idiots. Fed up seeing it treated so disrespectfully by mass media. One of the reasons I'm glad they've left the First World War alone. /rant

But yeh, get my sneak on.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Anyone else thinks they're going to give Snake a new young body? Seems like something obvious Kojima would do.

 

[him over there]

Hoping it's actually a Metal Gear (not solid) recreation to fill in some of the Zanzibar land stuff that went down.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I would like a prequel involving The Boss in World War 2. It would gives more of a detailed look into The Boss as a character and plus there really isn't much else they could really do unless they add to Big Boss' storyline pre Metal Gear 1. A new sequel after having all the loose ends where tied up at the end of MGS4 would just convolute the story even more in my opinion.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Can I actually play the game this time?

You know, instead of watching it?

 

[Jazoni89]

This was confirmed ages ago, as evident in these two screens.

Spoiler

So Judging by the pictures, it's Big Boss again.

Only this time, he is in another militia unit that commands dogs. So i guess the dogs are involved in some way in the MGS gameplay. Maybe you use them to distract guards or something along those lines.

I'm just glad Kojima is continuing to build on Big Bosses story to the eventual creation of Outer Heaven in the first Metal Gear.

 

[Khanht Cope]

I sure as hell hope Solid Snake is done. MGS4 wasn't so much a round-off for the series as it was a digging-up of something that was already fine, left as it was, and giving it a damn good thrashing. (ala Terminator 3)

An MGS5 would just be more desecration of the dead. Either set it on a blank slate, like Rising; or keep it in the past, where there's a suitable amount of unexplored room for stuff to not get fucked up all over again.

 

[MisterShine]

Hoping it's actually a Metal Gear (not solid) recreation to fill in some of the Zanzibar land stuff that went down.

If it was like a remake of Metal Gear 1/2 with the plot points enhanced, I would explode everywhere.

In a good way, I mean.

On the news in general: Not unexpected, but still looking forward to it. Still haven't finished 4 though -_- Enjoying my HD remakes too much..

I sure as hell hope Solid Snake is done. MGS4 wasn't so much a round-off for the series as it was a digging-up of something that was already fine, left as it was, and giving it a damn good thrashing. (ala Terminator 3)

Say what?

MGS1 had like 10 unanswered questions at the end of it, MGS2 answered 2 or 3 of those and raised 100 more, MGS3 answered 5 or 6 of those and raised a solid dozen or so... How in the heck was MGS4 not needed?

 

[Weaver]

My thoughts won't likely be well received:
I despise the metal gear franchise. I've watched my roommate play 1, 2, 3 and 4 (and 4 on MY PS3 I'll have you know!) and I just think they're plain stupid.

The story is like a 13 year old otaku who just discovered coffee attempted to write a military drama. It's just awful. Like, I just can't understand why people like it in any way. It starts OUT reasonable enough, but it quickly snowballs into absolute batshit insanity. It's like a soap opera in how absurd the plot gets. It's like a Shōnen manga where they know the audience is just in it for the fights and the rule of cool so they just say "fuck it" and do whatever they want with the story to keep it going.

Anyways, I'd better stop before I anger people more!

 

[Grygor]

I'm pretty sure the poor guy's been trying to escape the series ever since 2...

I was under the assumption that Kojima had all but confirmed as much.

Regardless, the Metal Gear franchise does make more sense if you read most of it as Kojima trolling his own fanbase.

 

[Khanht Cope]

Say what?

MGS1 had like 10 unanswered questions at the end of it, MGS2 answered 2 or 3 of those and raised 100 more, MGS3 answered 5 or 6 of those and raised a solid dozen or so... How in the heck was MGS4 not needed?

If you're going to be telling a story in a sequel, your primary focus ought to be on telling a good story. That's what MGS3 did right and what MGS4 did wrong.

There are perfectly good ways of interpreting MGS2s story without taking what you see at face value, and trying to account for every little thing that raises a question mark. These 'questions' were asinine details that were surplus to the point and messages of the stories. (Hideo stating after MGS2 that it was supposed to be the end of the series may have been a hint to this much)

"How did the DARPA chief know Ocelot?" who cares?

The point is, he was killed by Ocelot in what set up the central mystery of the story; and revealed to have not been killed accidentally, reinforcing the revelation of Ocelot's alterior motives.

Was it worth it? try reading through the whole MGS story database and seeing if you don't get a headache. Was it worth all that crap? that's your monster. (not to mention all the STUPID stuff that was done with the characters for making the web that gave you your answer)

If it were me in a similar position, I would rather focus on telling a story with my sequels and leave logistics nerds to speculate amoungst themselves for however long it takes them to realize how stupid they're being; than have to bastardize my work.

 

[OrpheusTelos]

Are you fucking kidding me? Christ, 4 was dumb as hell. And I loved the other ones (Well... 1 and 2.) I might just play it to see how stupid, crazy and god awfully convoluted the story goes from where they left off.

You mean from where they wrapped it up?