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GC 2007: The Metal Gear Solid Press Conference
August 23, 2007 - Oh, it's conference time. That means sore feet, smelly men and brand new Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots information.
Today, Hideo Kojima took over a small press room in Leipzig, Germany. Even if you were physically at the German Games Convention, you would have had next to no chance at getting into the much-hyped event unless you were willing to camp out and make yourself look like a crazed-Konami fanboy.
Luckily, IGN was cool with that.
Below is the blow-by-blow account of what happened when Konami and Kojima decided to release a new trailer, new screens and answer our questions. Look for media updates throughout the day.
12:13 p.m. -- Ok. I lied. Just the gang is up. The real hotties these characters are based on will be uploaded later.
12:08 p.m. -- I have a disc full of images. The internet isn't awesome here, though. I'll get the gang and girls up. Hold tight, everyone.
12:01 p.m. -- DONE.
12:02 p.m. -- FINAL Q
Q: Other Sixaxis uses?
A: There are others. Special occasions, you might need to use the Sixaxis controller.
12:00 p.m. --
Q: Will weather/humidity play into the game?
A: Yeah. If it's too hot or too cold, the battle mindset will be affected.
11:58 a.m. --
Q: Will it support rumble?
A: They wish they could but can't at this point.
Kojima tells a joke about his Rumble Guy in the office. Right now, he has nothing to do. He's worried about what will happen to hime from here on out. He hopes to giv him work one day.
The howler.11:53 a.m. --
Q: Is it coming to 360?
A: Not at this junction.
Q: Is the AI on easy or something in the game? Why can Snake make so much noise.
A: It'll be more difficult in the game.
Q: Does teh stealth suit and all the other gadgets make it too easy?
A: They're adjusting. It'll be much more difficult.
11:52 a.m. -- Ca you talk about the music?
"Do you mean the openning or ending theme?" says Kojima's translator.
"Um, yeah," kid.
There'll be a lot of music. "I almost slipped" Kojima says. "There will be a special feature where MAYBE you can play your favorite tune."
11:49 a.m. -- In Japan, will Online and MGS4 be seperate or one package?
"It's difficult to explain," Kojima says (through his translator. "We can't really say specifically."
Dude re-asks. He wants an answer!
"We haven't really decided," he says. If you buy MGS4, you'll be able to play some part online at least. They're discussing how much further that online component will go.
11:49 a.m. -- Q&A!
11:48 a.m. -- Patrick agrees with me. The guys thank Snake and take off. LIVE DEMO DONE.
11:46 a.m. -- Snakes on his back tossing gernades, he's helping the troops, he took out a tank for them, etc. Don't get me wrong, this is still awesome, but I'm ready for new video, baby!
11:40 a.m. -- In case you've never seen it, this is pretty much the exact thing we're seeing ...
11:39 a.m. -- More women in bikinis in the magazine! Woot!
11:38 a.m. -- Ken missed his first long-range shot. Must be nervous. Snake's back in that same drum can.
11:31 a.m. -- Snake blends in with the ground. They try to hold a guy up, but Ken ends up just knocking him out.
11:31 a.m. -- Gameplay demo with Ken! Starts from the same point we've seen before -- bet he grabs that statue's package soon!
11:30 a.m. -- Kojima used real actresses and models for the characters. Can you turn them back into beautiful women? He says you'll have to play.
Yumi Kikuchi, a Japanese actress, comes up and talks about her role in the event.
11:28 a.m. -- Hideo's take on what you'll think of the trailer: "Monsters? What kind of game is this?!"
He says they're transformed by war trauma -- they are the ultimate casulty of war. They're really beautiful women.
The snake woman is Laughing Octopus, Screaming Mantis was the puppetmaster. These people are the Beauty and the Beast Unit.
11:08 a.m. -- "I need even more incredible bosses," he says. NEW TRAILER. A bulldozer runs through a bunch of crap. There's a voiceover talking about these soliders who are nothing but old killing machines. They don't know anythuing thing else. The 'dozer stops. Something's holding it up. It's a really crazy looking thing with a tail. The boys shoot it. It doesn't care. Guys run. One guys announces it's the beast. A thing flies by, the thing holding the trailer howls. A octpus/snake-like character suffocates one dude. Another boss apears and takes control of a army memer with invisible strings attaced. Snake says it can't be. The flying guys says "Show me your rage." The wolf thing runs all over the wall.
Raaaaaage.Everyone's dead -- not Snake obvously -- the villans celebrate and begin to leave. One of the hovering ones bows to Snake.
All the bad guys are gone.
"What transforms a Snake into beasts?" a voice asks.
"War Transforms us," Snake says.
11:18 a.m. -- He welcomed me! What makes MGS cool? Hideo says THE BOSSES. Now, he's taking use through the timelime of bosses. Vamp Cobra unit, the Boss.
11:16 a.m. -- Kojima is up!
11:14 a.m. -- Doors are closed. Woooooo!
Let's do it!11:08 a.m. -- I'm in. Third row. I could cut some of Kojima's hair from here and clone him ... I'm not going to do that ... probably not going to do that.
10:59 a.m. -- This battery is a little bit better. Patrick is nice. The group is huge now. I's engulfed the glassed in area outside Konferenzraum M2. I'd like to thank Old Spice for the underarm protection they're providing me right now.
10:53 a.m. -- I'm swapping batteries with Patrick from GameSpy. Hold please.
10:48 a.m. -- So, yeah. I'm hot. The line has exploded into a mass of humanity outside the door. Kojima passed behind me a litte while ago. A woman with him had to shove me to get some space so that they could pass -- I swear I didn't know he was there!
10:34 a.m. -- They kicked us out. Lame.
10:33 a.m. -- We're in!
10: 22 a.m. -- I, Metal Gear Fanboy Greg Miller, have staked my claim at the front of the line with some fine folks from Gametrailers. There's probably about 15 people milling -- including Kojima's translator and demo-er -- around us.
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