Metal Gear Solid 5 announcement coming soon

[CaptHawkeye]

I find it hilarious, given that it's so typical of the writing regardless of whether or not it's true.

[Vympel]

I acutally do own Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, but I just haven't gotten around to playing it. I understand this is where this image of Gray Fox comes from:-

http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/File:Null.jpg

So yeah, didn't know he was blonde, but then never saw his hair until that game anyway apparently.

[Drooling Iguana]

His hair was white in Metal Gear 2.

[Stargate Nerd]

Could this announcement be the new Metal Gear game for the PSP Go?

[Agent Fisher]

MGS on 360. With RAIDEN?! WTF Kojima?

[CaptHawkeye]

I figured that *if* MGS appeared on the Xbox it would be a spin off rather than a mainstream title.

Anyway, call me back if it doesn't look like shit.

[Stargate Nerd]

Apparently Kojima is not directing Rising. His full attention is on the PSP game instead.

Kojima not directing Rising, only Peace Walker
Wednesday, 03 Jun 2009 17:06

Hideo Kojima has explained that he will not be directing development of Metal Gear Solid Rising, but will instead concentrate on the newly announced PSP game.

This year's E3 conference brought the announcement of two Metal Gear Solid games; Metal Gear Solid Rising, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The former will star Raiden as its main protagonist and is in development for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (as confirmed by Famitsu magazine) and the latter will star Snake and is in development for the PSP.

The series' creator, Hideo Kojima, has explained in a Famitsu interview that he's actually only fully involved with the PSP game, where he will be serving as director, producer and game designer. He describes Peace Walker as the "Metal Gear Solid 5 inside me."

As for Rising, Kojima-san will only be serving as producer along side Kenichiro Imaizumi, telling Famitsu magazine:

"I'm not the director. I'm not doing game design either. Although, I do issue complaints (laughs). But, not too much."

Nonetheless, Metal Gear Solid Rising is still described by Kojima-san as the "next generation Metal Gear Solid 5."

Hopefully we'll hear more about the games during Konami's press conference later today.

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news/kojima-n ... 300991.htm

[Ford Prefect]

Peace Walker is set a few years after Portable Ops and is set in South America again, if anyone is curious.

[Crazedwraith]

So wait; the next game will basically let you play as the Cyborg Ninja? That's sure to make the fanboys squee until you realise how lame they're going to have to make him to render the game remotely challenging.

[General Zod]

So wait; the next game will basically let you play as the Cyborg Ninja? That's sure to make the fanboys squee until you realise how lame they're going to have to make him to render the game remotely challenging.

If it's set between MGS 2 and MGS 4, then presumably there's going to be sufficient room to make him go from generic genome-soldier to invincible cyborg ninja without making it too retarded.

[Stark]

So wait; the next game will basically let you play as the Cyborg Ninja? That's sure to make the fanboys squee until you realise how lame they're going to have to make him to render the game remotely challenging.

I'd say something hurtful about how decent game design could make it pretty cool to be the retarded ninja with silly powers, but then I remembered it's a MGS game.

[CaptHawkeye]

Jesus Stark, we've become so jaded with patterns in the gaming industry that we're able to guess our own patterns of criticism.

[Stark]

Listen I'm still reeling under the impact of being told ODST might be open and dynamic. I mean, can they say 'yeah sorry about Halo 3 being a game from 2001' can they get?

[General Zod]

So wait; the next game will basically let you play as the Cyborg Ninja? That's sure to make the fanboys squee until you realise how lame they're going to have to make him to render the game remotely challenging.

I'd say something hurtful about how decent game design could make it pretty cool to be the retarded ninja with silly powers, but then I remembered it's a MGS game.

On the other hand Kojima isn't going to be micromanaging development of it, so it might be more of a game than a movie with some gameplay bits.

[Stargate Nerd]

If it's set between MGS 2 and MGS 4, then presumably there's going to be sufficient room to make him go from generic genome-soldier to invincible cyborg ninja without making it too retarded.

Uh oh, the internet would erupt with fury if it's MGS2 Raiden.

[Ford Prefect]

I have no doubt in my mind that Rising will feature cyborg Raiden for almost the entirety of the game. It's pretty much gauranteed that we're going to be playing Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry, after all.