Kojima believes the creative risks he’s taking with Ground Zeroes could prevent it from being released
2/24/13 7:40pm
After seeing the excellent trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes during last year’s PAX, it seemed pretty obvious Hideo Kojima was hoping the game would break some new ground in terms of both storytelling and graphical presentation. From what he said during a recent press event in London, it seems some of the new ground Kojima’s preparing to break story wise might be too dark for mainstream audiences.
How dark? We’re not quite sure but Kojima feels the content could be dark enough to prevent the game’s release apparently.
He told those attending the round table event, he’s spent the last 25 years trying to elevate the Metal Gear franchise to a level that’s on par with books and film by introducing more mature themes but it was a level the series unable to reach. Although he believes Ground Zeroes will be the game to take it there but at a cost.
“Honestly I'm going to be targeting a lot of taboos, a lot of mature themes that really are quite risky. I'm not even sure if I'm going to be able to release the game, and even if I did release the game then maybe it wouldn't sell because it's too much."
Kojima would go on to say that despite his fears of being unable to release the game, he will continue to push the its development along because he believes this is a risk worth taking.
I must say I respect the man for sticking to his convictions, even if it means the game won’t make it to store shelves. It’ll be interesting to learn more about Ground Zeroes’ plot as its development rolls on from this point forward. Here's hoping everything works out Kojima and his staff.
Damn! Now I’m curious as to just how far this game is willing to go to prove its point. Maybe we’ll learn more soon?
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pollo20x6
I'm thinking either there will be some kind of dark torture scene (kinda like the other games, but much more intense) Or, something really bad will happen ( like reeeally bad) that will cause big boss to go more "evil" or more ruthless, which would set metal gear up perfectly. Maybe it'll deal with child soldiers and those topics, which would set up metal gear 2 perfectly.
Mad-Mutt
A game as popular as MGS will really have to push the dark bar really far for it not to sell well. With a claim like that just what is Kojima planning on putting in this game? As long as its not just darkness for the sake of darkness with no substance to it, it shouldn't be too bad and I doubt Kojima would sink that low.
Albino Rhino
I think that's great marketing by Kojima. Nothing more. He gets people to to heap praise on him for being "brave" and then everyone buys the game in support, only to find out it's not THAT crazy.
Mad-Mutt
As cynical as that sounds, you may actually be right... the world can be a funny place.
Toxin_Polaris
No matter how grim the subjekt will be i think Kojima is one of the few people that could manage to pull that thing through in a good fashion. Only Kojima Games and Team Ico Games realy got me on a level where i was stoping the game to think about wtf just happend and why i did this. Also nowing his way of telling things even if you come across and kill child soldiers (thats the assumption what will happen) there will be retribution for it and we the player will feel as bad as our hero in game
MagnumMagnus
Finally, someone's making that donkey fucking game I always wanted! I mean, you scoundrel you! - - - I think they bought it.
tricobalt
He makes it sounds like a SM eroge game.
Fond3ll
Pushing the boundaries and the limits of taboos is what everyone should do. There will always be people who take things way too seriously and it needs to stop. Not only does a mindset like that inhibit creativity, it also spreads ignorance.