from this translated source: https://junkerhq.net/MGS2gameplan.pdf

  • Parzivus [any]
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    10 months ago

    Kojima was fuckin cooking with the plots of the Metal Gear games. Like they're all post 9/11 so its not like he's a psychic but playing MGS2 in 2024 is just like "oh yeah that's just life now"

    • laziestflagellant [they/them]
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      10 months ago

      Him releasing Death Stranding before the covid outbreaks is still one of the wildest things in retrospect lmao

    • good_girl [she/her, they/them]
      hexagon
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      10 months ago

      MGS2 was developed pre-9/11, but you can tell that Kojima was really just putting current events and sentiment into the writing. He's definitely not some kind of prophet, but you do have to give him credit for tackling the subject matter for a video game.

    • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      whether or not you like his games, you gotta admit that Kojima is one of the guys with the craziest, most unique ideas in the industry... I don't think there's anybody else that comes even close when you're talking about triple-A games

      • peppersky [he/him, any]
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        10 months ago

        when you're talking about triple-A games

        biggest fucking asterisk in the world

        • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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          10 months ago

          oh absolutely, lots of intensely creative indie game devs out there... it's just that nobody else has the clout and goodwill needed to get the money to make something as ambitious, high profile and patently fucking weird as Death Stranding, or even the MGS games when you think about it, except for Kojima lol

    • Varixable@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      MGS2 released post 9/11, but it was definitely a pre 9/11 product. The entire end of the game had to be reworked because of 9/11 lol.

      Metal Gear Solid released well before 9/11 so I'm not sure why that's included.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      10 months ago

      I don't like MGS4 very much but the infomercials and commercials that play in the beginning pretty much depicted what life would be like today, endless war.