{"id":129477,"date":"2020-11-25T17:53:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/metal-gear-solid-remakes-vs-mgs6-konami\/"},"modified":"2020-11-25T17:53:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:53:52","slug":"metal-gear-solid-remakes-would-be-better-than-mgs6-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/25\/metal-gear-solid-remakes-would-be-better-than-mgs6-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Gear Solid Remakes Would Be Better Than MGS6 | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

It’s no secret that Konami hasn’t fared too well with the\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em>\u00a0Solid<\/em><\/strong> franchise since Hideo Kojima’s departure from the company in 2015. The Japanese gaming conglomerate still remains very successful in its other gaming markets, specifically in mobile gaming and gambling hardware, but has largely shied away from triple-A game development. The closest example to a triple-A game would be\u00a0Pro Evolution Soccer<\/em> 2020, but the\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em>\u00a0franchise has been largely dormant since\u00a0Metal Gear Survive<\/em> flopped in 2018. However, a few times this year, rumors have spun up about a potential\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em> remake being orchestrated by Konami.<\/p>\n

Fan demand for a Metal Gear Solid<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>remake has been around for a long time, especially after the success of Bluepoint Games’ remake of\u00a0Shadow of the Colossus<\/em>. Fan projects remastering the game in\u00a0Unreal Engine have made the rounds on the internet numerous times, and subsequently received cease & desist orders from Konami.\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em> was incredibly innovative at the time, and it’s clear fans want to re-experience the game in a definitive, modernized version. From Konami’s perspective, a\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em> remake would be far more lucrative compared to a\u00a0Metal Gear Solid 6<\/em> or sequel.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Rumor: Metal Gear Solid Remake and More in Development as PS5 Console Exclusives<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

In the hypothetical scenario that Konami does decide to develop a\u00a0Metal Gear Solid 6<\/em>, there would be two very big elephants in the room the publisher would need to address: Hideo Kojima would likely never sign back on (or be asked to), and most remaining Metal Gear<\/em> fans have already been burned by\u00a0Metal Gear Survive<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The lion’s share of\u00a0Metal Gear\u00a0<\/em>fans would likely never support a\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> sequel without Kojima at the helm. Kojima experienced a very highly publicized and scandalous departure from Konami<\/a>, despite the many years of dedication he gave while helming the\u00a0Metal Gear\u00a0<\/em>franchise.\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em>\u00a0not only ushered in a whole genre of stealth action games, but the franchise continued to break the status quo of video games in strangely unique ways. It’s hard to say the franchise could ever be that impactful without\u00a0Hideo Kojima involved. Even if Kojima was taken out of the equation entirely, there’s very little reason why existing fans would support new\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In fact, Konami tried this with\u00a0Metal Gear Survive<\/em>. To be fair, it wasn’t technically a mainline sequel, but it was a fully-fledged\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> game completely developed without any input from Kojima. The end result? Well, everyone knows that\u00a0Metal Gear Survive<\/em> flopped in both reception and sales. The Metacritic score on all platforms averages out to about 58-59, with the average user score on all platforms at around 1.6 out of 10. While sales numbers were never officially released by Konami, a first for the franchise, the UK reported a severe drop-off in week one sales<\/a> compared to any other\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> game before it.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

A Konami-sponsored remake of\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em>, or an in-house remake of\u00a0Metal Gear\u00a0<\/em>Solid<\/em>, would be the only logical step for the publisher to make. Any other major sequel to the existing\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> canon has a very high probability of being met by backlash and boycotting. A remake of\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em>, whether it’s done by a studio like\u00a0Bluepoint Games<\/a> (Demon’s Souls<\/em>,\u00a0Shadow of the Colossus<\/em>) or developed by Konami themselves, would likely do well if done right. The game would likely still be met by a hefty backlash, but it wouldn’t be nearly as severe as a sequel. Fans have been calling for Metal Gear<\/em>\u00a0Solid\u00a0<\/em>remakes, remasters, and re-releases for a long time.<\/p>\n

Even then, Konami can only ride the nostalgic wave for so long before the publisher reaches the end of the existing\u00a0Metal Gear\u00a0<\/em>franchise. Even in a reality where Konami remakes or re-releases one\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> game every few years, the entire\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> franchise wears thin fast<\/a>. Eventually Konami would run into the aforementioned reasons of not being able to expand beyond the existing canon. Konami’s never really elaborated on the company’s position in triple-A gaming now that it’s refocused much of their efforts into mobile gaming markets instead. For reference, Konami set a quarterly revenue record for its mobile gaming “Digital Entertainment” segment as of this September, citing a 31.8 percent increase year-on-year to 88.3 billion yen, according to Gamasutra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Why Metal Gear Solid Deserves a Remake<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

Regardless, even if Konami decided to begin production on an official\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em> sequel, they run a very serious risk. Konami would need to make it explicitly clear that this sequel was different or separate from existing\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em> canon for anyone to give it a shot. Even then, there’s a high likelihood support for the game would be tough to come by. If the game makes any substantial connection to the existing\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em> saga<\/a>, controversy or backlash would run the game into the ground before long. It’s not a certainty, but again, Konami’s treatment of both Hideo Kojima and the\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> franchise since his departure has been abysmal, to say the least.<\/p>\n

Konami could certainly make that choice, as the company’s made it clear before it’s not willing to give up on the\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> franchise just yet<\/a>. However, the failure of\u00a0Metal Gear Survive<\/em> is still a pretty clear indication that fan support for any\u00a0Metal Gear<\/em> games without Kojima may not be present for a\u00a0Metal Gear Solid 6<\/em>. A remake, however, is a different story. Assuming Konami (or whichever studio develops a remake, like Bluepoint Games) were to remain faithful to Kojima’s original vision, there’s a huge demand for a\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em> remake.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0Metal Gear Solid<\/em><\/strong> remake is rumored to be in development.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Metal Gear Solid 6 Finds Itself Where Fallout: New Vegas 2 Was Five Years Ago<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

\\\"IT\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2
\u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/br>Find A Teacher Form:\r\n<\/br>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vREBnX5n262umf4wU5U2pyTwvk9O-JrAgblA-wH9GFQ\/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses\r\n<\/br><\/br>Email:\r\n<\/br>public1989two@gmail.com






\r\nwww.itsec.hk<\/a>
\r\nwww.itsec.vip<\/a>
\r\nwww.itseceu.uk<\/a>
<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Any kind of Metal Gear Solid sequel for Konami risks a lot for the company, but remakes may be comparatively less controversial for fans to play.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Metal Gear Solid Remakes Would Be Better Than MGS6 | Game Rant - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"Any kind of Metal Gear Solid sequel for Konami risks a lot for the company, but remakes may be comparatively less controversial for fans to play."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129478,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129477\/revisions\/129478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}