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[Bartski]

In the latest interview for The Guardian, the main man reflects on his past and shares some fresh hints about the future.

‘I want to keep being the first’: Hideo Kojima on seven years as an independent game developer

In his 36-year career, Kojima has become one of the world’s best-known game directors – and he has never been keener to welcome fans into his world

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All Kojima will say about the other project is that it’s something he has wanted to make for years, but that the technology has never been sufficient until now.

“It’s almost like a new medium,” he says. “If this succeeds, it will turn things around – not just in the game industry, but in the movie industry as well.” The challenge, Kojima says, is building the infrastructure: “you can have successful experiments, but there’s a long distance between an experiment and a place where it’s something that becomes a part of everyday usage.”
From a business perspective, he says, the second or third person to attempt something new is more likely to succeed commercially.

“For the first person, everything is hard. But I want to be the first. I want to keep being the first.”

Hideo Kojima claims his new game is ‘like a new medium’ | VGC

Hideo Kojima has said that one of his next games is “like a new medium”.

www.videogameschronicle.com

The game in question is likely ‘Overdose’, one of two games currently understood to be in development at Kojima Productions. The second is presumed to be Death Stranding 2.

Kojima appeared at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase in June to reveal that he’s teaming up with Xbox Game Studios to make a game he’s wanted to make for a while, but was previously unable to due to technological limitations. “There is a game I have always wanted to make,” Kojima said.

 

[Captain Toad]

I've played it, we don't want a new Medium.

 

[Thirty7ven]

Change games AND movies?

Kojima turned into a buffoon in his old age.

 

[SJRB]

 

[DenchDeckard]

Show us Kojima San. I wanna see the crazy.

 

[adamsapple]

It's a game where you control only Qualley's feet for 12 hours with an extreme focus lens.

 

[Guilty_AI]

i like his stuff but no

 

[Gudji]

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Still humble apparently.

 

[Bartski]

Imagine coming up with something as stupid on paper as Death Stranding and making it work so well as a game.

I fully believe this will be amazing.

 

[Fuz]

 

[NightmareFarm]

I'm guessing a movie with decision QTEs every 5 or so minutes that change the course of the movie.

 

[Crayon]

Strand Type Medium. Preordered.

 

[Rush2112]

Sounds like its going to be another art project. Im good i got bloodborne.

 

[FoxMcChief]

He revolutionized the walking simulator genre. I’m curious what’s next.

 

[yurinka]

 

[-Zelda-]

I kind of still want to see him do a survival horror game to be honest. That being said, I was sadly disappointed in Death Stranding. I can see that from what is there, though, why people would enjoy it, so I am not hating. Just wasnt for me, like a lot of other popular games I have tried to make work lately, did not for me.

 

[AtomicStarving]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Not going to hate on the guy for not wanting to "be safe" ... remember that Gaf? How whenever a new game is announced and it's too familiar to the past games, they are just "being safe?" And complaints ensue.

I admire his ambition to keep challenging himself, his staff, and trying to find ways to evolve his craft.

 

[SNPlayen]

The Medium Remake, makes sense whilst Bloober Team remake SH2

 

[Esppiral]

He is so full of himself.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Kojima means God in Na'Vi

 

[Ezekiel_]

I'm guessing a movie with decision QTEs every 5 or so minutes that change the course of the movie.

But that's... not new.

 

[ReBurn]

Kojima

 

[bender]

He is so full of himself.

Well deserved. You can knock on his storytelling all you want and I'll not begrudge you, but he still creates some of the most unique sandboxes in the medium.

 

[Yoboman]

Gamers: "everything is the same we want innovation and risk taking"

Kojima:

Gamers: "so arrogant"

 

[Fbh]

Not going to hate on the guy for not wanting to "be safe" ... remember that Gaf? How whenever a new game is announced and it's too familiar to the past games, they are just "being safe?" And complaints ensue.

I admire his ambition to keep challenging himself, his staff, and trying to find ways to evolve his craft.

Agreed.
I didn't particularly like Death Stranding but I can respect the dude for trying something new. Too many of these older well known creators end up making "spiritual successors" to their most popular stuff which are just more of the same with a different name. At least Kojima is trying out new stuff and taking advantage that he is one of the few people that can get decent funding for his crazy gaming ideas.

It's a game where you control only Qualley's feet for 12 hours with an extreme focus lens.

Damn he is collaborating with Tarantino now?

 

[newtypepilot]

it'll have hollywood, lots of hollywood


also joosten's feet

 

[Gojiira]

I just don't see this being any good tbh, a cloud based, possibly live action, possibly cloud based, episodic game is just going to be hugely limited in terms of interactivity. It could still have a cool setting, and be a novel experience but mehhhh

 

[GreatnessRD]

This will never not be funny! Jesus! Ages like fine wine, lmao.

 

[NightmareFarm]

But that's... not new.

Even in games like Beyond Two Souls you move around and use telepathy and other actions.

What I mean is he could create a game where its just a movie with pauses for decisions and just that. No other interactive element.

 

[Alexios]

Even in games like Beyond Two Souls you move around and use telepathy and other actions.

What I mean is he could create a game where its just a movie with pauses for decisions and just that. No other interactive element.

So, a visual novel but with the budget for mostly scenes instead of mostly stills. Or, Dragon's Lair. Or any FMV adventure.

 

[TexMex]

wow you’re kidding

 

[solidus12]

Kojima makes mediocre open worlds.

Stick to the wide-linear levels like act1 and 2 in MGS4.

 

[Pejo]

I fucking LOVE Kojima's crazy ass statements like this. Whether or not the game lands for me, it's gonna be a beautiful shitshow all the way there. Hope he never quits creating games.

 

[remember_spinal]

I believe him, he made the greatest Strand game of all time

 

[John Bilbo]

Ok we'll see. I will atleast give a story trailer and a gameplay trailer a watch and take it from there.

 

[Ezekiel_]

Even in games like Beyond Two Souls you move around and use telepathy and other actions.

What I mean is he could create a game where its just a movie with pauses for decisions and just that. No other interactive element.

That's been done.

Check out Black Mirror: Bandersnatch on Netflix.

There's a couple others on Netflix as well.


The rumour about a Silent Hill game that sends out SMS messages would have been novel, but that seems to be Silent Hill: Ascension, handled by another team.


So I'm curious to see what Hideo is talking about.

 

[Husky]

I'm pretty sure he says something like this about literally every game he works on.

 

[Deerock71]

His last new genre produced that Norman Reedus abortion baby game.

 

[BootsLoader]

Typical Hideo Kojima by Hideo Kojima.

 

[lh032]

tbf, kojima is one of the few devs willing to take risk, im on with that as long its not always online/cloud/nft crap.

 

[Orta]

What a cretin. Totally up his own arse.

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

Bring on the awesomeness! :]

 

[Skifi28]

I'd get high on my own farts too if I were Kojima.

 

[HumanoidSharks]

People can mock and joke, but he's the only major developer trying to further the medium.

 

[Flutta]

Oh shut up already just give me a MGS clone and we’re good.

 

[GHG]

Only a Chad like Kojima could invent Hasan.

 

[spons]

If it's as daft (for lack of a better word) as Death Stranding I'm out. Metal Gear never interested me either. In fact I don't see many redeeming qualities in his games.

 

[BennyBlanco]

He did pioneer a new genre last time out

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