• Hideo Kojima "depressed" by GTA V
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[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Tv4mwYh.png[/IMG] [quote]Industry veteran Hideo Kojima has spoken out on Twitter to say he is "depressed" by Grand Theft Auto V, because he does not believe Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain can match it.[/quote] [url]http://www.gamespot.com/news/hideo-kojima-depressed-by-gtav-6411295[/url]
Aw, Kojima. You sweet sweet guy.
Come on Kojima, people will like your game for different reasons.
They're different games with different audiences. Hideo you're a legend anyway.
I still like MGS infinitely better than GTA. GTA is a great series but I have yet to finish one of them because I get bored too quickly.
Don't worry Kojima you're just new, they've had a decade+ to perfect it.
[URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1i204a/hideo_kojima_is_depressed_that_mgsv_wont_be_as/cb0bzev"]This post[/URL] gave some good insight on Japanese culture. [QUOTE] While his public tweet is surprising, I feel the need to explain a little bit about Japanese humility and one archetype of social interaction. In the context of corporate competition (especially in the video game industry), we're used to competitors avoiding even the mention of each others' names. However, humble and self-effacing statements like Kojima's tweet are commonplace in wider Japanese day-to-day life. It's common (not omnipresent . . . but common), for instance, to hear a parents hold a conversation along the lines of - "Oh my gosh, your child got an A on his spelling test? My boy is very slow compared to your gifted son. Surely you must be so proud." - "No, please, my son studied so hard for his spelling test that he did quite poorly on his math homework. Your son is much more impressive because he does so well in all of his classes!" Please don't misunderstand Kojima; he isn't hating on his game so much as he's offering praise for GTAV and a different genre of game.[/QUOTE]
MGS might be open world now but I doubt they can really compare beyond on that; GTA is more of a variety package, while MGS is going to be a lot more focused and have a much more robust combat and movement system. They'll both be revolutionary games.
They had to explain it?
[QUOTE=Novangel;41409596]Don't worry Kojima you're just new, they've had a decade+ to perfect it.[/QUOTE] So has he? We all know that his MGS will still be good, and so does he.
[QUOTE=Olas;41409599][URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1i204a/hideo_kojima_is_depressed_that_mgsv_wont_be_as/cb0bzev"]This post[/URL] gave some good insight on Japanese culture.[/QUOTE] how could people intepret this as anything else? it's pretty obvious hideo is just giving praise to R*...
please don't be upset Kojima-san
To be honest, even if it weren't a japanese cultural tradition, what is really wrong with this? Would you prefer seeing him say "GTA's good but it'll never beat our shit"? I think this is the way everyone competing for something in the market should behave. Bashing other people's stuff only makes you look like a dick.
[QUOTE=Olas;41409599][URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1i204a/hideo_kojima_is_depressed_that_mgsv_wont_be_as/cb0bzev"]This post[/URL] gave some good insight on Japanese culture.[/QUOTE] Oh great, a helping of anglophone orientalism. Just what this thread needs.
[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;41409623]how could people intepret this as anything else? it's pretty obvious hideo is just giving praise to R*...[/QUOTE] It's pointing out that he doesn't really think MGSV is bad in comparison, but he's just saying that as a way of pushing praise onto R*. When I read it, I assumed that he thought MGSV simply couldn't compete.
I hope Hideo doesn't commit harajuku.
Yeah, I wasn't getting the impression he was knocking his own game more so that he was just impressed with the success of GTA V.
Too be fair they're both different games and not really comparable. I don't think anyone is going to compare the two, think GTAV comes out on top, and buy only that.
[QUOTE=Zuimzado;41409549]Aw, Kojima. You sweet sweet guy.[/QUOTE] He's alright.
[QUOTE=Desuh;41409667]I hope Hideo doesn't commit harajuku.[/QUOTE] The correct word is "Sudoku"
[QUOTE=DogGunn;41409615]So has he? We all know that his MGS will still be good, and so does he.[/QUOTE] I meant at open world games :v:
Someone call the police before Kojima-senpai commits sudoku
[QUOTE=Desuh;41409667]I hope Hideo doesn't commit harajuku.[/QUOTE] I'm trying to work out how exactly Hideo would commit a district of Shibuya Ward, Tokyo Prefecture..... I just ain't seeing it
[QUOTE=Taggart;41409881]I'm trying to work out how exactly Hideo would commit a district of Shibuya Ward, Tokyo Prefecture..... I just ain't seeing it[/QUOTE] Maybe he'd commit the entire district to a mental hospital?
[QUOTE=jA_cOp;41409650]Oh great, a helping of anglophone orientalism. Just what this thread needs.[/QUOTE] It's just what you need to properly* read intentions and feelings into words that Asian people say. *May not actually be very proper.
The title is kind of misleading, at first I thought he didn't like GTA V and thought they could do more or something.
GTA 5 looks amazing, but that won't stop me playing Just Cause 2 for different freeroaming exploits.
[QUOTE=Olas;41409599][URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1i204a/hideo_kojima_is_depressed_that_mgsv_wont_be_as/cb0bzev"]This post[/URL] gave some good insight on Japanese culture.[/QUOTE] In that case Kojima should have wrote: GTA V sucks like no other game. Truly an exceptional example of achieving inferior quality. I don't think our "V" can reach that level of crapitude.
[QUOTE=Desuh;41409568]I still like MGS infinitely better than GTA. GTA is a great series but I have yet to finish one of them because I get bored too quickly.[/QUOTE] I don't know many people who have finished a GTA game. The only one I finished was GTA4 The others I got through like half way before having to redo it.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;41410328]I don't know many people who have finished a GTA game. The only one I finished was GTA4 The others I got through like half way before having to redo it.[/QUOTE] With GTA San Andreas i got stuck in the planes part of the game. Fucking airplanes.
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