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Hideo Kojima says MGS4 not revolutionary

April 18, 2008 in News comments 21

Elaborating on previous news, creator of the Metal Gear series says he is indeed dissapointed with the latest installment. Apparently Kojima has a bigger mind than the PS3 can handle.

"When we first showed the game engine at TGS, the staff were really proud and happy. PS3 was a dream machine, y'know, and we were going to work on this and that - and we had so many ideas. But when we actually started developing the game, we realized there were a lot of restrictions and so it turned out how you see it today. The original vision was to go ten steps further, the reality was just one step, which isn't to say we didn't progress."

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"I remember saying three years ago that we wanted to create something revolutionary, but in reality we couldn't really do that because of the CPU. We're using the Cell engine to its limit., actually. Please don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing the PS3 machine, it's just that we weren't really aware of what the full-spec PS3 offered - we were creating something we couldn't entirely see."
chautemoc via kotaku.com »
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  • 1
    jmac353 Apr 18, 08
    Just more of Kojima being too hard on himself. Hardware has limitations. I'm sure in his head Kojima wanted MGS4 to be indistinguishable from real life, that's just not going to happen at this junction in real-time technology.
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    Sereph Apr 18, 08
    No game developer can fully realize everything that they want when you have the mind of a movie director. Kojima designs games like a director would design a movie, and even then there will always be technical limitations. In movies, you can only do so much to make CGI characters look real, in games, there will always be a limit as to how realistic you can make everything look before you max out the technology or have to cut a corner somewhere else.

    The real test is whether the gamers love it. If they love it despite any flaws it might have then you've succeeded and just need to take all those things you weren't able to do into the next generation of hardware and another game.
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    iLLmatic Apr 18, 08
    Ok, whats Kojima's deal? At first it was just like, alright we you're light years ahead of other creators in the industry, so it is understandable that you want the final chapter of your greatest creation to be perfect. But, now it just seems like he is almost insulting the whole thing. At least say these things after the fact. Don't influence people before they have played the game. I know I'm getting it and I would be surprised if it were a disappointment for me, but others may feel differently after reading a lot of the things Kojima has been saying.

    It could just very well be Kojima being Kojima though. His aspirations could have been out of bounds to begin with. Who knows. I'll wait to play it before anything. Its also noteworthy that every preview other than from Kojima has praised it thus far.
    • 0
      jmac353 Apr 18, 08
      This isn't a matter of Kojima wanting a ton of press. This is a matter of the press making a huge deal out of some throw away comments Kojima had made earlier and pursuing them.
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        chautemoc Apr 18, 08
        Well, since hes crapping on his own game, I think its safe to assume its not for press, not that he'd need it anyway.
  • 1
    Moonrise Apr 18, 08
    Like vol and Sereph have pointed out, it's really a case of Kojima being far too much of a perfectionist for his own good. I personally think it's his way of preventing people from criticizing his work despite the hype, and I think it's been working. Because he's said this, no one can realistically complain that he didn't do enough.
  • 0
    Final Blade Apr 18, 08
    Moonrise, who's Vol? There's only jmac, iLL and Sereph here.

    Anyway, he puts so much doubt on his own work. If this was such a problem he could have used two Blu-rays disc's for the game to make it the biggest and his vision come true. But i still think the game will be great.
    • 2
      Ameer Apr 18, 08
      jmac is volacide is dezvous is alias353. Get with the program.
      • 0
        Final Blade Apr 18, 08
        How should i know Ameer, i don't have mod powers to tell there IP. But i thought i heard.....ah forget it. PM me if you want to know what i was going to say people.
        • 1
          Moonrise Apr 18, 08
          I don't have IP scan powers either.>_>
        • 0
          Final Blade Apr 19, 08
          Well you guys seem to be friends, im not, so i wouldn't know.

          The avatar was similar to what Vol would use but i heard months ago he was gone from both neo and GG, so thats why i thought it was impossible. Oh well.
      • 1
        Silent Storm Apr 18, 08
        ....Jmac is Volacide?

        That explains a hell of a lot.
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          jmac353 Apr 19, 08
          i know right. he's a complete asshole.
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          Silent Storm Apr 19, 08
          ...I actually meant because I thought you seemed a bit like Volacide, but hey, if you wanna call yourself an asshole, it's fine with me.
  • 1
    iLLmatic Apr 18, 08
    I don't think putting the game on 2 discs would have changed anything. The 1 disc concern only had to do with having to compress some parts of the game, but the hardware limitations doesn't matter how many discs the game is on. volacide is jmac. I thought that was obvious to everyone by now.
    • 0
      Shadow of Death Apr 18, 08
      Near as I know, they only cut out multi-audio? I could be wrong about that though >_>

      When he first started talking about how it didn't match his vision of the game, and that is fair enough. Now he is pretty much taking a small piss on it, and the PS3 >_> Well, not exactly, but that is what it sounds like.

      I think he is just trying to show how much of a creative mastermind he is >_> Or at least in part, trying to surprise people when it finally comes out, in a "Kojima said it wasn't anywhere as good as he wanted, yet it is freakin' AWESOME!!" way, or something >_> It is better (from a fan's perspective) to enter a game not expecting something to be as great as it is, than to enter a game expecting more, and getting let down....
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    iLLmatic Apr 18, 08
    Ok now I am reading that many people are cancelling pre-orders based on Kojima's statements, which is EXACTLY what I was eluding to in my post above. Now I don't know how true this is or not, but regardless, why make these statements before the holy grail is released?? Say it AFTER the game has made the bulk of its total sales. Its one thing if Kojima made these statements so that when we all play it, we are blown away, thinking, "WOW! And this isn't near what he wanted!," but there are a lot of people out here who are easily influenced by just a few sentences. I know I'm getting the game regardless, but I have to question the validity and timing of Kojima's statements.
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      Shadow of Death Apr 18, 08
      Aye, I am not surprised some people are canceling....

      He is likely going to be chewed out a bit, for his comments.

      You just don't put down your own game BEFORE it comes out (as you said). It just lacks common sense.

      People will see high review scores and buy the game in the end, most likely >_>
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        chautemoc Apr 18, 08
        I admire his honesty in spite of any circumstances, personally.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Apr 19, 08
    i refer you all to the MGS4 THEORETICALLY IMPOSSIBLE article.
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    Storm Apr 19, 08
    Kojima's having doubts it seems...he needs to just wait it out, and let us be the judge. From where I stand, this game easily looks to be a contender for Game of the Year.

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