The big Metal Gear Solid 5 news is that there is no Metal Gear Solid 5! Surprised? You shouldn't be. In speaking with the Official Playstation Magazine UK, Hideo Kojima said that while MGS5 would probably come some day, but there are really no immediate plans to continue the series.
To be fair, Kojima wanted to [spoileri]kill off Solid Snake by way of suicide at the end of Metal Gear Solid 4[/spoileri], but was pressured by the studio to change the ending of the game and [spoileri]keep Snake alive[/spoileri].
The issue with Kojima will hit the newsstands on November 29th.
When asked about the sequel to MGS 4 the series’ creator replied “I think we’ll probably have to make it at some point, but what that will be, we have no idea”. Once again, though, Kojima is downplaying his involvement. “As far as my involvement in the project is concerned, [it] probably won’t be as much as it was with MGS1 – maybe I can do just one stage! For MGS1 I made the maps myself, laid out the enemy routes myself, did everything hands-on – that level I can’t do again.”
But that approach hasn’t worked before as he points out when talking about MGS4. “I intended to take it to a certain point and then hand it off, but that didn’t work, because it’s hard to convey the concept to other people then have them take the reins and carry on and preserve that vision.” His solution then is to not get involved at all. “That’s why it’s easier to have them come up with everything from the start and then take it to the end”.
But that approach hasn’t worked before as he points out when talking about MGS4. “I intended to take it to a certain point and then hand it off, but that didn’t work, because it’s hard to convey the concept to other people then have them take the reins and carry on and preserve that vision.” His solution then is to not get involved at all. “That’s why it’s easier to have them come up with everything from the start and then take it to the end”.
To be fair, Kojima wanted to [spoileri]kill off Solid Snake by way of suicide at the end of Metal Gear Solid 4[/spoileri], but was pressured by the studio to change the ending of the game and [spoileri]keep Snake alive[/spoileri].
The issue with Kojima will hit the newsstands on November 29th.