How about we actually wait until Death Stranding is out?
Oh that's right, these fucking hack journalists gotta whore themselves out and make clickbaity as fuck titles to make ends meet, my mistake...

Death Stranding will be a masterpiece.

Sony has the money to let kojima do what he does best. But I didn't like some of the decisions he made with mgs5 like hiring Kiefer Sutherland who was very expensive. Didn't like episodic thing either. Also.. him working on another high budget project like PT with norman reedus. That probably pissed konami off.

But anyway. Death stranding will de amazing. But what will happen if norman reedus is not available for death stranding 2? Will ge be replaced by another actor? I wish he only used his voice and acting and not his look. Same goes with mads mikkelsen and the rest of the Hollywood staff.

No matter how Death Stranding turns out, Konami was "not right about Kojima."

Konami was a ball and chain for him - not a boon.

Yeah DS looks like a D rated movie

A action to piss in the game? I mean come on

It's possible. For example I like Will Ferrell when he's being directed and sticking to the script but let him loose to improvise and it turns into a load of incoherent shouting.

Probably something it'll be more worth debating about Kojima after DS has released because I think he's holding his cards close to his chest.

So...being creative is a bad thing and corporations should limit that? Is that the point of this article? I disagree, and if Death Stranding is too weird for you, no one's making you play it. It's a good thing I like weird.

Based in what we saw about DS and the two last games, PT (Kojima ate the entire budget Konami gave him to develop the game to make a graphic teaser for Sony) and the repetitive and never finished MGSV, i'm beginning to think Konami made a good move letting him go.

Sony, stay away from him, I LOVED Policenauts, ZOE 2 and MGS 1, 2, 3 and 4 but since 2008's MGS4 Kojima is all about fuss, he sells smoke, and not cheap.

With the sad state of affairs the once respected Konami is in with console gaming, with no high profile developer or game title after Kojima's departure, with the company lashing out trying to remove his name from the games that made them a return on their investment every time, who do you believe was in the right?

If Kojima was wacky or terrible in game design, or did some disgusting thing at Konami, Sony obviously wouldn't have brought him on board. He's making something new. What are they making? Casino machines with art and characters from the very man that helped put them on the console map.

Konami right 😂 there 2 words don't belong together. They gave him 8 years and 80 million but than wouldn't let him finish the last chapter and just released the game as is for their biggest franchise

He spent so many MILLIONS to sign up hollywood stars that he did not have the budget to the animations and physics. Did you saw the animations when "Norman" falls from the cliff or when he "slides" in the gully? PS2's animations quality.

I rather get something “weird” than the same old rehashed thing. Even if its not as “good”.

https://twitter.com/Kojima_...

must be hard time for some ones

OK look, Kojima's been mad silly and frankly TOO secretive about this game, but...

Konami did more than "rein him in". They subjected him and his team to some downright inhumane treatment. Cut off their internet access. Shuffled them around and broke them up. Took his name and his team's name off his game. Refused to allow him to attend an awards ceremony to claim his own award for his game.

No, Konami was very much not right in what they did to him, or any other employee that had to suffer through their Orwellian practices.

"And maybe Kojima was better served when Konami was constantly trying to rein him in?"

No.

Seeing a similar effort from game journalists towards this game as you see towards CDPR with Cyberpunk 2077. Both make GOTY contenders consistently, but games journalism is "concerned".

Was a company with a growing record of mistreating its employees and has yet to off a decent game since their key asset left right?

Grant, would like to see something more active and involving that a walking simulator with ghosts, but how does that absolve Konami of anything?

I think it’s great when people who know little to nothing about an internal situation within a studio write opinion pieces about it. Really it’s great.

I don't think it's because his games are weird. That's fine with me. I do think Konami got sick of him being an egomaniac tho.

Seriously, he should have just pumped out Metal Gear Solid 836272849392027762 instead of working on something new because it's totally what everyone wants

He should had shut is mouth and kept working on MGS no boring game like DS

56 years ago a legend was born

Happy birthday master Kojima and fuck Konami

I would expect nothing less form cheatcc. God forbid a man have artistic and creative control over his own work. Who are you to say something is too weird? Why is something too weird inherently a bad thing in the first place? What is "weird" anyway? I feel like all these people calling out Kojima's style and weirdness lately with Death Stranding, were never actual fans of Metal Gear Solid to begin with. Either that or they all just conveniently forgot how weird every single one of those games and characters can be. It's getting tired at this point.

Sometimes you need to be weird and bold to bring great ideas to an industry. But please continue to ignore 25+ years of one of the best franchises on the market and back a greedy and abusive company.

OMG.. let's ask this after we play Death Stranding maybe ??

I can't believe what i just read... I really hope Death Stranding will be a masterpiece. First, because it would be great. Second, because i'm tired of stupid articles/users that saw 2 mins of game (and not even the action part) and they're already complaining.

Another article trying to curb creativity and new ideas. Even if the game ends up being bizarre and extremely niche at least it's something new. Most large companies seem to be more than happy to remain safe and complacent and it has shown over the years.

Agreed. DS looks weird and also kinda gratuitous. Then again I’ve thought this about kojima for a while.

Weird is awesome! It's what makes life interesting and beautiful. The game warframe is too weird for me and I don't enjoy it, but I respect all the people who do enjoy it. Even one of my home boys in RL enjoys that game and I'm happy for him.

you can't leave guys like this to their own devices. The question is that if the game sucks will the fanboys admit it or will they try to say the most folks don't get? It's going to be very interesting how this turns out.

Masterbaiter of the click.

These types of articles are pure toxic and a waste of time reading. All of a sudden it's cool to hate on Kojima even after his track record.

There's criticism and then there's unwarranted hate. This new trend is the latter.

Why isn't this amount of frustration being directed towards the filthy villains controlling this industry and ruining it with shady practices? Oh I get it, silly me, the check is in the mail.

Ahh the conspiracy that never dies.

That Kojima spends too much money? Yes. That Kojima is too ahead of his time and can predict the future, and is a visionary and creative genius? Yes. :D

Finally someone gets it! I thought I was the only Kojima atheist here.

Incorrect, search YouTube for "P.T.'s Hidden Meaning" - it blew my mind, and sheds so much light on the Kojima vs Konami situation

Damn....thats how in love people are with the same generic games. lol.

I'm interested in Control for the same reason...its dark, weird, different, unlike other games, but still has a familiar gameplay style. Ah well. More for me....cant wait for DS.

click bait

lmaoooooo the amount of circlejerking for kojima never astounds me. Kojima is a hack and death stranding looks like shit.

Maybe the one thing I can assume that Konami might not have been liking about Kojima is how Hollywood he was getting. Working with big names certainly must have raised costs for Konami. Just bringing in Keifer Sutherland to replace David Hayter must not have been cheap. Not to mention the guy spoke way less lines than Hayter ever did.
I'd understand that, but then again it is Kojima and big names do attract an audience. You're bound to make that money back if you just let him work.
To the executives I imagine it felt like too big of a gamble.

I will outright say it. I am not that big a fan of his. I love Zone of the Enders 2. Policenauts and Snatcher. I adore them. I couldn't care less about the MGS games. I played a couple of them. Meh. I love MGR but that is PG. I may not be the biggest fan of MGS but they are well made but with that said. He is made out to be better than he is. He also seems pretty narcissistic. So I am not one of those cheering for him when he show up on the TGAs. That said, Konami tho has handled everything poorly anyway. Konami treats their employees poorly. Even if Kojima made Metal Gear Survive..he would not deserve that kind of treatment for all he did for Konami. Konami is in the wrong how they treat everyone not just Kojima.

F no. I love it that we get to see Kojima really show us what he has wanted to produce for a long time.

All thanks to Sony for understanding one simple truth

You don't hire the best game makers then tell them how to make their games.

No you let them make the best game they can. It is why they hired them in the first place.

After everything Kojima has produce.

He knows what he is doing.

Lol no

Good or bad, weird or normal, this gonna sell.

Creativity and innovation is good but when you are trying to sell an interactive product esoterica usually isnt.
I hope for his sake the game doesn't bomb but I have a feeling it will.

Like always. I will judge the final product.

Konami who? Oh that company releasing greatest hits from decades ago. And soccer.

Kojima is and always will be a breath of fresh air in an industry that shackles itself and creative self to the will off the people. So many named developers can't pull up there own shorts without the word off todays influencers. I started gaming when people developed there dreams out off there bedrooms, Though primitive to todays standards these games still hold a uniqueness till them, They where designed how the programmer wanted it. In todays industry creative freedom is very rare and most be embraced.

Yes Yes konami was right and Kojima do not know how to make a game
dont bother your self let us have this crap developer! under Playstation umbrella and we promise he wont make his crap games for your Xbuzz

I said it b4 and I'll say it again, the game doesn't look fun at ALL. I hope I'm proven wrong for the sake of all you Hideo Kojima stans though.

At gamescom they showed a clip of the protagonist pissing...and the crowd went wild. Smh🤔

Some people can't handle complex stories.
They need to know who's the good guy, who's the bad guy and how to save the world from the get go or they loose their mind.
Nuff said😔😔😔 ;

I hope this is a good game and it does well pushing new ideas in the industry.
But i do wonder whether sony will continue to support him as much as they are and give him as much leeway if the game doesn't do well

People acting like the entire MGS series isn't utterly ridiculous. Of course it is, and that's one of the reasons why fans love it.

Thank god for kojima. He doesn't church out the same crap as most other developers do. Creative genius. We need more like him in the game industry.

Thank you, finally someone sees it. Kojima is incredibly overrated. Cracks me up when I see his cuck gang makes excuses for him at every turn

👀 not worried in the slightest, kojima makes fantastic games with compelling stories and character's, it's just another downplay article, just like we got with spiderman, gt sport, god of war, uncharted and any other big exclusive really. Death stranding is another day 1.

Maybe Death Stranding won’t be good, that does not make Konami right, it is an experiment. Konami have published a lot of terrible shit outside of Kojima’s stuff in recent times .

The bizarre thing about Kojima as he is a good game designer and not an amazing story teller. But focuses so much on the latter to the detriment of the former. Which is better than David Cage who is a bad designer, story teller and seemingly a bad person too.

I want a weird game with a layered plot, and big set pieces. Cant wait!

A creative game that is a dud, is 10 times better then cookie cutter game.

I don't think what Kojima has done here is 90's metacritic type game. It is probably late 70's / early 80's. But, people should not be slagging it because they don't want to play it after the demos. It will probably have a cult following.

Hide Kojima? That dude is cool as f***. Wanted to be in a punk band, then make movies. He made some of the best video games I've ever played. Story wise, he is a master; always leaving a mystery to solve. I don't think I've been more disappointed, in recent years, than when his vision of Silent Hill was cancelled. Watch the TGS trailer for Silent Hills, from years ago, and tell me that game wouldn't have been amazing. Guy is punk rock as sh**, and has an amazing mind. Not getting his "stuff" is one thing, but saying it's bad is something completely different.

Yes they were totally right just like they thought it was right to release that zombie metal gear game

Possibly, but I think he'll do alright doing what he wants to do. Personally, I found Death Stranding more of a curiosity than something I was truly excited for & the more I find out about it the less curious I became & that I'm most likely not going to play it.

Whether people like to hear this or not , Kojima made Konami lose so much money on MGS5 alone which puts the entire company in panic mode trying to shove hollywood actors and marketing shit that didn't even meet the final product expectations add to that right after when he tries to pull a shit like P.T with a straight face with ANOTHER Hollywood actor behind Konami's back and act surprised when they start pointing their fingers at him , and there's more to the story that Konami the way they are this day because of him and how Mobile and Bachinkos become the main focus for quick revenue , 90% of what happen to Konami since 2007 is because of him .

Game seems to have a sense of profound existential values that it wants to leave for the player/s.
Also noticed it took cues off Prometheus, some from the Matrix and a bit of Apocalypse Now.

Cheatcc getting that Konami check

i admit he's become luxurious, but i don't remember Konami giving a reason for their separation. this is all guesswork...

Yeah no. Konami can suck it

Uh...no! They supposedly had to set deadlines to get MGS5 done, yet he finishes a NEW IP of this size in just a few years, on a new engine? C’mon?

And weird? We love it! We love the world building and lore and secrecy and riddles. It’s what garners interest, and creates a complete IP.

Konami should have let this dude do whatever he wanted. Instead, Sony once again swooped in and gave this man the room he needed to create. And we are the beneficiaries!

ITS CALLEDDDD INNOVATION!! DONT HAVE TO GET THE GAME IF YOU DONT WANT TO LOL

It's great for the gaming industry to have a man like Kojima making games with nobody reining him in. We are missing creativity in the AAA market and I'm hoping that death stranding sells well and gets other developers to take more risks.

So what happened to Konami now since Kojima left? How's that dead alive game or metal gear survive game doing?

I have to play the game first. But even if the game turns out to be bad... I'll give him a couple of shots (2 or 3), and evaluate what his body of work looks like outside of Konami. I'm sure whatever Death Stranding is will be better than Metal Gear Survive.

Can do no wrong in the fanatical consumer gamer eye. He was severed for a reason and yeah, he can be a shit bag like a lot of other developers.

... the man helped refine a genre!

Yes