E3: New Metal Gear confirmed for 360
Kojima burns down the rumour mill.
Hideo Kojima has popped up on the Microsoft E3 conference stage, totally "honoured" to be there "at last", to unveil Metal Gear Solid: Rising.
Kojima didn't say whether the game would appear on more than one system, or when it will be released. In a press release after the conference, Konami made no mention of a PS3 version, and a spokesperson wouldn't comment.
Kojima did say, however, that there will be no Solid Snake. Instead, players will control cyborg Raiden, sneaking around in the moody fields teased on Kojima Productions' website over the last few weeks.
Work is already under way on the game, and we're expecting to hear more on it later in the week - with Konami's press conference at 3pm PST / 11pm BST on Wednesday.
"We can finally say our platform is complete," was Xbox boss Don Mattrick's verdict.
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I bet it doesn't have multi loading either
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And will the PSP version be...
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sad because Raiden
but optimistic
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4rd? Well, hm, what is this? A simpleton isn't a fan of MGS 4?
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Ever heard of Snake Eater?
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On a lighter note, did anybody catch Don Mattrick saying metal gear solid the wrong way in front of kojima. He called it metal guild solid ffs. It had me in stitches.
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A lot of XBox owners want MGS4 because then they get to say "up yours" to the PS3 crowd. The problem is that MGS4 is boring and not a very good game, when compared to what's already out there. People always want what they can't have. In this case though, when/if they get it, the saying be careful what you wish for will apply in full effect.
I for one an very glad Kojima decided not to port MGS4. I suspect that he wasn't to thrilled with how it turned out either!
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I thought the 3nd game was pretty atrocious too!
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I know its about brand recognition, but who is going to hear, say, Metal Gear Raiden, and not make the connection?
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I didn't want MGS4 on 360 just so I could say 'up yours' to the PS3 owners. It is just that MGS1, 2 and 3 were some of my favourite games.
Solid Snake is one of my favourite game characters and I want to see how his story ends in MGS4 but alas I don't have PS3, I opted for a 360 this gen.
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...Rash, you'd rather Zone of the enders to MGS? ahhh...music to my ears...sand, kicked..in face...no likey likey
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Metal Gear Solid is one thing. Solid Snake is another. Why cant the two entities share the "solid" name ?
check this out... Metal Gear is Solid because its a metal and hard structure(robot).
Snake(the character) is solid because he is a very good agent that performs solidly and consistently. I hope this helps clarify things and Konami updates its mg database with my new found knowledge
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I'm just wondering since they didn't use the word "exclusive" at all when they announced it.
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...and look at the people who previously meh'ed MGS4
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I suspect if Kojima is being tight-lipped he's only doing so under orders from Sony until after their keynote tomorrow.
Oh, and thankfully this should finally put to rest any and all speculation about whether MGS4 is going to go multi-plat.
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I've not meh'd 4 to be honest (ye can always check my posts), but it's getting the big fat meh's here, and i find it all rather enjoyable to watch to be perfectly frank.
notmyrealname
01-Jun-09 20:09:59
After the atrocious 4rd part the series is dead to me.
Rash'
01-Jun-09 20:14:51
meh... the 4th really did show the age of the franchise so kojima will have a lot to improve for me to be bothered. would've preferred ZOE.
penhalion
01-Jun-09 20:28:43
@finty13
The problem is that MGS4 is boring and not a very good game, when compared to what's already out there.
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Big fan of MGS so even if it only is a 360 exclusive I'd buy a 360 as they are quite cheap.
Also Kojima said a while back that because of financial reasons his next game would most likely be multi platform so there was probably very little Sony could do about this considering they don't own Konami or be in the position to hand them millions only to make games for the PS3.
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What if this new MGS game plays like Devil May Cry?
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"What if this new MGS game plays like Devil May Cry? "
I am curious as to why you think that. Is it because Raiden seems to be the main character?
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I am curious as to why you think that. Is it because Raiden seems to be the main character?
He probably thinks this because:
1 - Raiden is agile,
2 - Raiden is fast,
3 - Raiden carries a sword,
4 - almost every cutscene he participated in in MGS4 was an action scene.
I'd play "Raiden May Cry"...
... hmmmm...
...Maybe I already did, actually.
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My thoughts also
Will be interesting to see Sony's event tomorrow. At least one new MGS game for PSP... maybe MGS:R for PS3 then.
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But I have just seen a lot of MGS-bashing from Xbots and am sure many of them will change their tune
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I am indeed very interested in knowing if they'll finally deliver the sequel to Portable Ops.
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Yes he is. Extremely gay. Personally MGS2 was a big disappointment because of the switch to carebear and I can't take Raiden seriously as a character now after that downright idiotic scene from MGS4. You all know the one, they nicked it from Holy Grail...
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Plus I liked Raiden in MGS2 and thought he was the best character in MGS4 so this is fucking quality!
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Well he "may Cry" after all he was a bit of a mopey whiner in MGS2 wasn’t he? Wha, Wha Rose this, Sob Sob Rose that..
I mean geez suck it up, man!
(ps. I Haven’t played MGS4 in any depth)
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Funny how it's suddenly possible eh?
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