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Kojima is still not leaving the franchise.
The teasers were some insane nonsensical letters and numbers.
Another PSP outing for MGS where the mechanics are shifted from the standard. Although this is actually more of a handheld MGS deal than anything.
As awesome as Metal Gear is, I'd like to see Kojima step away from it for a bit, maybe focus on that Castlevania project they're supposed to be overseeing. Prequels to MGS4? Ok, fine. But I'm not sure how many stories there are left to tell in the MGS world without going back and finding out that *gasp* there's someone sneaking around JUST LIKE SNAKE back when the Philosophers were around.
And again: Remakes of MG and MG2 please? Not all of us have obscure consoles from a few decades ago, or can read japanese, or have the second disc to MGS3. The MGS collection only has 1 disc per game :(
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Look, if you weren't smart enough to pick up Subsistence when it was out, that's your fault. Don't go begging for remakes just because of your laziness.
Also, your argument for letting Kojima step away and not sure if there's any more stories left in the tale are oxymoronic in your selfish demands.
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Chill, dude. It's not like he kicked your dog or anything. You shouldn't blame people for playing the version of the game that had less features than yours. I bought Subsistence used, but I didn't buy it while it was still in production. Do I get a beating too? Besides, I agree that the Collection should have come with Subsistence's second disc. It doesn't make sense to me to only include part one of two in what is supposed to be the end-all collection of the early Metal Gear Solid games.
And I for one would love remakes of the first two Metal Gears. As it stands, I find the first almost unplayable and its mechanics needlessly archaic and cumbersome. Metal Gear 2 is much much better in my opinion, but I believe that both could benefit from the gameplay additions provided by the Solid series.
And anyway, he's not asking for any new Metal Gear games. Just remakes of the first two. How does that contradict his notion that there MAY not be any room left in the Metal Gear universe for another dozen plot twists? After all, those games are years old, and their plot revelations since recorded and discovered by many.
And I disagree that asking Kojima to maybe try to work on a different game is selfish. Rather, it's somewhat opposite. After all, having Kojima work on a Castlevania game would benefit the thousands of Castlevania fans out there. Besides, he's not the only one who would like Metal Gear remakes. How is any of that selfish?
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He/she's asking for a ZOE 3 instead of another Metal Gear, but "can you remake MG1 & 2 for me anyways, Kthnxbai!"
You CAN obtain Subsistence (not Substance, as you called it) in the secondary market fairly easy. If they can't take the time to hunt for it, then you can't just go making ridiculous remarks that you want remakes so that you CAN play them. You can do that right now if you put your mind and your hunting skills to it.
If you're late to the party, then bring your wallet, because you can still get in on it. So yes, your fault, but you can make up for it.
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I'm glad Kojima is working on this, and I'm glad that this part of the story is being explored in a game at last. But his comments about the gameplay sound like changes for the worse to me. I'd rather not pick which stuff to take with me before going on a "mission" -- I'd like to have it all with me, thanks, so I can decide on the fly like in every other MG game barring Portable Ops. How is this a good thing? Similarly, why the need for a "growth feature"? What's wrong with the previous games' growth feature known as getting additional items and weapons?
I hate to sound too negative, and I recognise the need to try new things, but Kojima seems determined to just make the series' gameplay more and more complicated rather than refining it. I did love MGS4 anyway, but Portable Ops (from what I played of it) isn't my type of game at all, and I really wish Kojima would make another game that's simpler and more arcadey like MG1, MG2 and MGS (and to a lesser extent MGS2).
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I think they're trying to make it so you can plan every mission as one, so that you don't have to run through most of the story in one go.
They must be doing this to make it more accessible for portable gamers.
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I sincerely disagree. I have thought about this concept for an MGS game before, and I have to say that I am in love with it. My only concern is that Kojima Productions will not take it far enough. Having a realistic amount of weapons and items is a great idea as long as the game is built with that in mind. This was already implemented in MPO to an extent, so I would like to see even more strategic decision making pre-mission.
Something like, for instance, having intel on your next target for infiltration, and then having to choose a single camouflage set to use for the duration of the mission. It would be a cool mechanic, because maybe you have to sneak through two starkly contrasting areas, like going through a jungle to ultimately get into a building, and hence you would have to make a calculated decision to either risk the jungle with urban-type camo, or sneak through a building with jungle-type camo. Just a thought I had a while back that seems a tad more likely to manifest itself in light of this new press release. Still, from what we have seen it seems that actual camouflage is being supplanted by various types of sneaking suits, or a lack thereof if you consider the "naked" option shown in the trailer, so I'm not holding my breath.
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It does make me wonder about Raiden though, and how it will fit into the canon of MGS. Honestly I'm keeping my hopes for Raiden being anything like MGS very low. I just have this feeling it's going to be some dumb downed action game. Who knows, we'll see.
07/16/09
Anyway, I have faith in Kojima's new team. He was more hands off with MPO and the AC!D titles, and I greatly enjoyed those. On top of that, everything still has to be approved by Kojima before it is released, and he said that he will be more involved in Rising than your average producer would be, so I expect it will be a winner as well.
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Or, the brown eyed character is not Raiden at all, it's Sunny.
Read it again:
""日" and represents a sunny background and the sunrise that links to RISING.
The "RISING" of "METAL GEAR SOLID RISING" implies "the sun rising," "the sun shining," and "the sun shining on Raiden"
07/16/09
Would have been a day 1 pre-order for me if it were on a console. As it stands now, I'll probably end up skipping it -- even though MGS3 was far and away my favorite MGS game. (And one of my favorite games of all time.)
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There's a difference between being symbolic and forcing meaning into the mundane. That Pre-E3 mess? Please don't do that again.
Love,
ph15h
PS. Countdowns to countdowns to countdowns to announcements were soooo 2008.
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Although its not DQ9, Dissidia should help.
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As for the game itself, I'm sure it'll be nice. I strongly feel this is probably what he was looking at Left4Dead for. The four player co-op.
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Im sure it wouldn't be tedious; it's a Kojima game we're talking about. They'll adapt the hardware limitations for a seamless gaming experience, but I guess this doesnt really need to be said as it's a given.
Sometimes people need to be reminded of the little things, you know?
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Remember, it's not just the second nub the PSP is missing, it's also missing the second L and R buttons.
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I didn't "rike" it that much. But it was clever. Just wish the symbols didn't represent the e3 announcements.
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I don't mind the control scheme of PO, either. It was actually quite good considering there's only one analogue nub.
-The game looks gorgeous
-Kojima is heavily involved in its development
-It is no spinoff
-It will feature new mechanisms and customization
Really, that should be enough reasoning for every self-proclaimed fan of the series to buy the game.