{"id":151348,"date":"2019-07-23T22:35:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T14:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1797038\/"},"modified":"2019-07-23T22:35:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T14:35:03","slug":"hideo-kojima-rejects-battle-royale-games-at-sdcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/23\/hideo-kojima-rejects-battle-royale-games-at-sdcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima Rejects Battle Royale Games at SDCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Metal-Gear-Survive-2.jpg?resize=625%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"625\" height=\"350\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>Surely one of the reasons why battle royale games became the biggest thing in gaming is because of how appealingly straightforward the premise is. A bunch of players drop onto an island full of guns and try to murder each other as the walls close in until there\u2019s only one left. <em>Fortnite, PUBG, <\/em>and <em>Apex Legends<\/em> may mess around with different ideas in the margins, but that core idea is pretty easy to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Hideo Kojima, meanwhile, is making a game where Norman Reedus tries to bridge America back together with a baby in a tube while fighting Mads Mikkelsen\u2019s time-traveling goo soldiers or something in the upcoming <em>Death Stranding.<\/em> We\u2019re excited, but not because we think it\u2019s going to be easy to understand. And at the game\u2019s San Diego Comic-Con panel Kojima bluntly stated his disinterested in creating something more mainstream.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pshanley88\/status\/1152742324042027009\"  rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Kojima got a big applause when he said \u201cThe easiest way to make money is to make a game where everyone is on an island trying to shoot each other. I don&#8217;t want to make that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considering that I\u2019m also more into weird Kojima games than derivative battle royale games, I\u2019m happy about this. But it is a little surprising considering how well the battle royale genre might have blended with Kojima\u2019s past work. For all of its political anime weirdness, <em>Metal Gear<\/em> is ultimately a game about sneaking around and shooting people like in a battle royale. The kind of intense emotions battle royales evoke in players I have to imagine Kojima would love. And you know if <em>Metal Gear Survive<\/em> (infamously made without Kojima\u2019s involvement) was made just a year or two later it would\u2019ve been a battle royale game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pi3epSgTgow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>But this <em>Fortnite<\/em> shade wasn\u2019t the only thing Kojima had to say at SDCC. The gaming legend talked about how streaming offers new possibilities for the future of the medium. We learned more about <em>Death Stranding<\/em> characters including Heartman, played by director Nicolas Winding Refn, who dies every few minutes. And we even found out that before he became the breathtaking star of <em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>, Keanu Reeves could\u2019ve taken the <em>Death Stranding<\/em> role that ultimately went to Mikkelsen. That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/keanu-reeves-mod-makes-metal-gear-solid-even-more-breathtaking-1795188\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Metal Gear Keanu<\/em><\/a>\u00a0mod could\u2019ve been real.<\/p>\n<p>For more on <em>Death Stranding<\/em>, rewatch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/death-stranding-is-your-playstation-4-holiday-exclusive-1789243\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">latest trailer<\/a>\u00a0to see if you can wrap your head around it before the November release. For more on battle royale games, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/pubg-story-trailer-teases-the-unknown-player-1796215\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>PUBG\u2019s<\/em> attempt at a story<\/a>\u00a0for its latest season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Death-Stranding-PlayStation-4\/dp\/B01GW8Y3O2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1705462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SEE_IT_HERE_GEEK-1.jpg?resize=178%2C51&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"51\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Metal-Gear-Survive-2.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"350\"><\/figure>\n<p>Surely one of the reasons why battle royale games became the biggest thing in gaming is because of how appealingly straightforward the premise is. 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