Kojima addicted to Left 4 Dead and working on NEW GAMES!

Kojima, the brainchild behind Metal Gear Solid, hones in on the virtues of the Western video games market and how its a better place to develop games than in Japan. Along the way he also comments that he's currently addicted to Left 4 Dead, which we gave a huge 9/10.

In a Famitsu Magazine interview, Kojima argues;

"The US and European marketplace are far better balanced. There are games everyone can play -- maybe calling 'kids' games' would be inappropriate -- but there's also a deep base of core titles made with movie-industry people that explore the depths of hi-def. I'm addicted to Left 4 Dead right now, but people say to me that that game would never work in Japan."

Kojima's a little pessimistic about the Japanese video games market, laughing as he says;

"Maybe I should quit being Japanese. And speaking of which, there were hardly any Japanese games nominated in Spike TV's Video Game Awards this year. It's sad to see that Japan's games failed to even register in America last year."

When asked why Japanese developers struggle to keep up with the overseas competition, Kojima is just as damning;

"Because they're Japanese. Japan makes all their own books and movies and music. You can't export entertainment made by Japanese people in the Japanese language, so it's all made with the sort of budgets that guarantee profit within the Japanese marketplace only.

"Meanwhile, the English-speaking world is a global one. The scariest scenario I see is people overseas taking the ideas from Japanese games, running the Hollywood business merchandising machine on them, and taking all the revenue. If that happens, then there won't be any new Japanese creators."

Furthermore, the man who has continuinly changed the rules of gaming, comments that the hi-defination era of consoles hasn't really been taken advantage of in Japan;

"Game design up to now has been about making rules," he notes. "It was like a card game; there were lots of things that weren't possible and had to be cut. With hi-def, the more real it gets, the less instruction you need to give, so preoccupying yourself with making rules seems silly. Western developers have realized this, but Japanese ones are still preoccupied with making these rules."

The good news is that Kojima is working on a bunch of new projects that'll whip both the East and West into shape;

"There is a title I'm designing that I think we'll be able to announce relatively soon, and there's also a rather challenging project I'm working on to compete against the overseas industry. So as far as unannounced projects, I've started work on one and three others are in progress."

We can't wait.

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Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!raven_squad

Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!raven_squad

Kojima, POSSIBLY, suffers from that. If the man wants so brainless fun, where you just kill zombies...let the man have some fun.

AS LONG his new titles don't be only like that o.O.

I don't care if he plays it. Couldn't care less really. I just hope his work isn't influenced by it. His games have always been something to turn to for a deep, engaging story and boundary pushing gameplay. Not mindless shoot em' ups. If he does start producing garbage like that, he'll no longer be reputable to me. Ill still respect him, but I wont look at him the same way. raven_squad

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]I don't care if he plays it. Couldn't care less really. I just hope his work isn't influenced by it. His games have always been something to turn to for a deep, engaging story and boundary pushing gameplay. Not mindless shoot em' ups. If he does start producing garbage like that, he'll no longer be reputable to me. Ill still respect him, but I wont look at him the same way. K1LLR3175

[QUOTE="K1LLR3175"][QUOTE="raven_squad"]I don't care if he plays it. Couldn't care less really. I just hope his work isn't influenced by it. His games have always been something to turn to for a deep, engaging story and boundary pushing gameplay. Not mindless shoot em' ups. If he does start producing garbage like that, he'll no longer be reputable to me. Ill still respect him, but I wont look at him the same way. raven_squad

Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!raven_squad

Left 4 Solid lol.K1LLR3175

Lmao. That made me laugh. Kudos!

"Because they're Japanese. Japan makes all their own books and movies and music. You can't export entertainment made by Japanese people in the Japanese language, so it's all made with the sort of budgets that guarantee profit within the Japanese marketplace only."

This...

"Meanwhile, the English-speaking world is a global one. The scariest scenario I see is people overseas taking the ideas from Japanese games, running the Hollywood business merchandising machine on them, and taking all the revenue. If that happens, then there won't be any new Japanese creators."

and this...

Anyways, Kojima seems to be doing well in the western market. The mere fact that the game mentions that he is involved with the development has the people interested or at least curious.

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!americahellyeah

L4D is not a shallow game. Obviously you haven't played enough of it to grasp why people enjoy it so much. L4D has to be the most satisfying Zombie game I've ever played. Playing as the infected is where the real magic is though. Once you get all human players in a versus match and everyone with a mic, its hard to describe the enjoyment without experiencing it first hand.

I got to try Left 4 dead the other week on a buddies 360. he was using regular composite cables. But I thought this game was horrible. Guns wernt great, grahics were horrible, and the gameplay was ok.

I could even get a good look at the zombies, no deatil in the game what so ever.

[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="raven_squad"]Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!KH-mixerX

L4D is not a shallow game. Obviously you haven't played enough of it to grasp why people enjoy it so much. L4D has to be the most satisfying Zombie game I've ever played. Playing as the infected is where the real magic is though. Once you get all human players in a versus match and everyone with a mic, its hard to describe the enjoyment without experiencing it first hand.

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="americahellyeah"] Agreed L4D is ridiculously shallow... raven_squad

L4D is not a shallow game. Obviously you haven't played enough of it to grasp why people enjoy it so much. L4D has to be the most satisfying Zombie game I've ever played. Playing as the infected is where the real magic is though. Once you get all human players in a versus match and everyone with a mic, its hard to describe the enjoyment without experiencing it first hand.

Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!raven_squad

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!Ultrabeatdown55

[QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"][QUOTE="raven_squad"]Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!raven_squad

I got to try Left 4 dead the other week on a buddies 360. he was using regular composite cables. But I thought this game was horrible. Guns wernt great, grahics were horrible, and the gameplay was ok.

I could even get a good look at the zombies, no deatil in the game what so ever.

Kojima, the brainchild behind Metal Gear Solid, hones in on the virtues of the Western video games market and how its a better place to develop games than in Japan. Along the way he also comments that he's currently addicted to Left 4 Dead, which we gave a huge 9/10.

In a Famitsu Magazine interview, Kojima argues;

"The US and European marketplace are far better balanced. There are games everyone can play -- maybe calling 'kids' games' would be inappropriate -- but there's also a deep base of core titles made with movie-industry people that explore the depths of hi-def. I'm addicted to Left 4 Dead right now, but people say to me that that game would never work in Japan."

Kojima's a little pessimistic about the Japanese video games market, laughing as he says;

"Maybe I should quit being Japanese. And speaking of which, there were hardly any Japanese games nominated in Spike TV's Video Game Awards this year. It's sad to see that Japan's games failed to even register in America last year."

When asked why Japanese developers struggle to keep up with the overseas competition, Kojima is just as damning;

"Because they're Japanese. Japan makes all their own books and movies and music. You can't export entertainment made by Japanese people in the Japanese language, so it's all made with the sort of budgets that guarantee profit within the Japanese marketplace only.

"Meanwhile, the English-speaking world is a global one. The scariest scenario I see is people overseas taking the ideas from Japanese games, running the Hollywood business merchandising machine on them, and taking all the revenue. If that happens, then there won't be any new Japanese creators."

Furthermore, the man who has continuinly changed the rules of gaming, comments that the hi-defination era of consoles hasn't really been taken advantage of in Japan;

"Game design up to now has been about making rules," he notes. "It was like a card game; there were lots of things that weren't possible and had to be cut. With hi-def, the more real it gets, the less instruction you need to give, so preoccupying yourself with making rules seems silly. Western developers have realized this, but Japanese ones are still preoccupied with making these rules."

The good news is that Kojima is working on a bunch of new projects that'll whip both the East and West into shape;

"There is a title I'm designing that I think we'll be able to announce relatively soon, and there's also a rather challenging project I'm working on to compete against the overseas industry. So as far as unannounced projects, I've started work on one and three others are in progress."

We can't wait.

Source:Damn link!

I got to try Left 4 dead the other week on a buddies 360. he was using regular composite cables. But I thought this game was horrible. Guns wernt great, grahics were horrible, and the gameplay was ok.

I could even get a good look at the zombies, no deatil in the game what so ever.

[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="raven_squad"]Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!KH-mixerX

L4D is not a shallow game. Obviously you haven't played enough of it to grasp why people enjoy it so much. L4D has to be the most satisfying Zombie game I've ever played. Playing as the infected is where the real magic is though. Once you get all human players in a versus match and everyone with a mic, its hard to describe the enjoyment without experiencing it first hand.

I got to try Left 4 dead the other week on a buddies 360. he was using regular composite cables. But I thought this game was horrible. Guns wernt great, grahics were horrible, and the gameplay was ok.

I could even get a good look at the zombies, no deatil in the game what so ever.

[QUOTE="TJSAGE"][QUOTE="ceells87"] try a better tv or glasses are always good ina cas elike this. the fact that if you did look at the zombies up close you'd see quite a lot of detail tells alot about how much you pay attention.ceells87

Have you ever seen a japanese movie? Slow, confusing and sometimes just god damn stupid.

rogerjak

Hmm, sounds a lot like Hollywood movies to me.

[QUOTE="ceells87"][QUOTE="TJSAGE"] Is this english? The zombies just kept running out of bushes, While shooting them I couldn't even make out a their faces. Not like in Nazi Zombies where you zoom in on a zombie and see everything real clear. Like I said he was running it on composite cables which I'm sure didn't help, but the TV was a brand new 1080p. I was upset the PS3 didn't get this game, but after that showing I could care less. And that fat guy that spits at you, just looked horrible. Wasn't really that fun either. But if you want to talk about my attention, i think it would be best done ... raven_squad

[QUOTE="ceells87"][QUOTE="TJSAGE"] Is this english? The zombies just kept running out of bushes, While shooting them I couldn't even make out a their faces. Not like in Nazi Zombies where you zoom in on a zombie and see everything real clear. Like I said he was running it on composite cables which I'm sure didn't help, but the TV was a brand new 1080p. I was upset the PS3 didn't get this game, but after that showing I could care less. And that fat guy that spits at you, just looked horrible. Wasn't really that fun either. But if you want to talk about my attention, i think it would be best done ... raven_squad

[QUOTE="raven_squad"][QUOTE="ceells87"] yes it is english, what it lacks was a misplaced space bar press which you already know so lets not get into that stupid squabble so many people think makes them feel smarter. as for zooming in or not being able to focus on their face when they run out of bushes at you, really? your going to say that. well it's obvious why in nazi zombies you can zoom in (ALL the weapons have iron sights or scopes). but if you took the time to just shoot a zombie down in L4D then looked at their face instead of shooting and running cause they're jumping out of bushes you'd see the detail. if someone came sprinting out of a bush at me right this second i promise you i wouldnt be able to make out the details of their face so why you said that is beyond me. and even composite cables on a brand new 1080p tv would show they detail fine unless is a crappy brand of tv that just says 1080p. an opinoin about the graphics is one thing and something everyone is entitled to but saying the game lacks actual detail in the graphics is a blatantly untrueceells87

So your basically saying, "yeah, I know its not that high of quality, but its made by a small company so Ill pay $60 for it". Logic does not compute. [QUOTE="ceells87"][QUOTE="raven_squad"] The game is EXTREMELY dated looking, and any attempts at saying otherwise are pointless and false. The game is built on an old engine basically, lacks many of the common features of modern FPS's like depth of field, has poor texture resolutions, etc. The game does not look good. Ive played it on a 26" Samsung 1080p television via Sony brand HDMI cable, and a 52" Panasonic Plasma via Honeywell HDMI cable and my opinion on its graphics did not sway. It looks like something out of 2006. And regarding your other statement directed towards me, yes, I admit that the multiplayer is engaging. As is Counter Strike or Day of Defeats. Would I pay a mind boggling $60 for them and claim them as a "great" game? No. Not at all. If L4D was $9.99 - $19.99 and acted as a mod, Id say it was great. As a stand alone game bearing a large price tag, and doesnt couple its multiplayer with a respectable single player, I think its horrible. raven_squad

So your basically saying, "yeah, I know its not that high of quality, but its made by a small company so Ill pay $60 for it". Logic does not compute. [QUOTE="ceells87"][QUOTE="raven_squad"] why does everyone complain about graphics looking outdated if they dont look like COD4&5 or any other high profile game that is advertised for its graphical prowess. of course t doesnt look like them. Activision backs more money into treyarch and IW to make COD look as cutting edge as they can just like microsoft does for epic, bungie and how sony backs all their studios. DO you know who backs Valve...Valve. Everything comes out of their pockets. and if yo dont remember the graphics of this genereation back in 2006 you should go back and take a look. they look pretty damn good. nothing but Gears will look like gears, nothing but killzone will look like killzone and if you would do some research into how much money it would take to create a brand new graphics engine with nothing but that one companies money you'd turn around and say that the graphics are pretty damn good for what they have at their disposal. and as for paying $60 for it, ya i'll agree its a bit steep but gaming is an expensive hobby and if millions of people will pay $60 bucks to play halo, cod4&5, or gears online i think it's fair if they put out that price too cause lets face it none of those games have "respectable" single player campaigns cause no one wants to play FPS alone. Secret Service, Legendary, Fracture, and Frontlines. those are Shooters that dont looks good. L4D doesnt have the quality that big players like the ones i stated before but toe put them in the same catagorie as the ones i just listed is a disrespect to the developers and if your going to compare everything to the big titles then you should just shun everything else cause your not going to get many that have that high of qualityraven_squad

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]So your basically saying, "yeah, I know its not that high of quality, but its made by a small company so Ill pay $60 for it". Logic does not compute. [QUOTE="ceells87"] Just a few points: So your basically saying, "yeah, I know its not that high of quality, but its made by a small company so Ill pay $60 for it". That logic does not compute. And the reason that I feel perfectly fine comparing Left 4 Dead to the big titles is quite simple. Its rated along side them, and it costs the same as them. If it was 20 bucks I would praise it for being a well done mulitplayer add-on. ceells87

sweet maybe ill see kojima online

[QUOTE="ceells87"][QUOTE="raven_squad"] Ding Ding Ding and you win.... Logic > Ceellsamericahellyeah

[QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"][QUOTE="raven_squad"]Dissappointed to hear that out of Kojima. Left 4 Dead is a horrible game. AMERICA IS CORRUPTING KOJIMA!raven_squad

Give us ZOE3 Kojima, then go adore the western games!!Generalmojo

ZOE3 will eventually come out, however, I don't want Kojima to turn "WEST", I'd like to see western developers turn "japanese" for a change.