![]() Even a decade later, when making Metal Gear Solid for the PS1, people still didn't care for the idea of stealth in games. Kojima goes on to explain that his previous attempt at making a game had been a disaster, so it was pretty hard to convince people to join the failed guy who wanted to make less action-y action games. Also, not all forms of warfare are about outgunning your opponent, so Kojima set out to create a game that gave context to the conflict in question, and one that allowed players to win that conflict in a different way.Īlso, the MSX, the Japanese computer that the original Metal Gear was made for wasn't powerful enough to portray intense gunfights. That doesn’t happen in the real world – or at least it didn't back in the day. Players are put in a war-torn world where nobody knows why they are shooting at each other. Kojima explains that his parents lived through the war and that he has always had problems with war games. #Metal gear solid snake escape series#Naturally, the first question is about how the Metal Gear series came to be. Too bad for the weirdly large slice of the gamer population who wants to “keep politics out of video games” because we're delighted to see what Kojima thinks of the absolutely normal and healthy state of the world right now. The AI then goes on to explain that the podcast will offer Kojima’s views not just on gaming but also on music, arts in general, and also current events. We hope it meant the mind of Hideo Kojima, otherwise, this podcast will have a shockingly short run. Many will be happy to know that he has just launched his own podcast but they'll also be sad because watching a podcast requires time, so they'll hopefully go back to being happy by learning that we've summed up all of Kojima's most interesting insights below.Īs soon as Kojima begins talking, an AI voice immediately interrupts the man to explain that it’ll dive into his brain. Although now I can’t really see anyone else but Snake Plissken taking down Metal Gears.We've spent a lot of time over the years making fun of all things Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, but we do believe that the secret to making people laugh about the wackiness of Hideo Kojima's creations is to always be aware that this man's mind is never out of interesting things to show. Hideo Kojima previously explained why he chose Snake as a name, but it’s confusing and weird and not at all as endearing as just admitting it was a throwback to a piece of film he really liked. Aside from the neat throwback in Snake himself, there’s nothing else that the two have in common, which would’ve probably made the case weak to begin with. It isn’t about an agent sent into a massive prison to rescue the President’s daughter (although Resident Evil 4 almost fits that mold). I know the director of those games, and he’s a nice guy, or at least he’s nice to me.”Ĭarpenter’s admiration for Kojima aside (although it is quite hilarious to think that’s why he wasn’t sued), Metal Gear Solid really doesn’t bear much else in common with the film. “ wanted to also go after the video game Metal Gear Solid, which is kind of a rip-off of Escape From New York, too, but I told them not to do that. Until John Carpenter himself told them not to. At a time the IP owners of Escape from New York, CanalPlus, actually wanted to take the game designer to court over it. He loves the film so much that an alias Solid Snake went by in Metal gear Solid II was actually and even more blatant reference, with the character going by the name “Iroquois Plissken” for most of the game. It’s no secret that Kojima designed his own lead with strong references to Snake Plissken. And the fact that Escape from new York’s lead is also called…well…Snake. #Metal gear solid snake escape Patch#The eye patch with the long flowing mullet, all brought together by a gruff voice that just oozes badass. If you’ve watched Escape from New York recently (or just fondly remember it), it’s hard not to look at Metal Gear Solid’s Snake/Big Boss and not see the on-the-nose resemblance. Except he didn’t because he actually didn’t really rip off anything. ![]()
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