I understand where he is coming from as a developer. Developers and some gamers like exploring possibilities and trying all the different things out. that just comes with the territory if you're a dev so of course making a game like that entices devs. unfortunately, you get people like me. I like single narratives and i also am a firm believer of if it ain't broke don't fix it. So basically if running in guns blazing works then i'm not going to try all the other techniques you added in. that's not to say it's bad design it's just a lot of people are like me and use the same method until it no longer works.

Edit: With all that said I'm still buying the game. I like kojima's storytelling. :)

I hope he also doesn’t want to make repetitive games like the Phantom Pain.

Hmmm but I like linear games. Not too linear though ofc, having choices to different paths and decisions is always good too. Open worlds are just too overwhelming and full of genericness.

Kojima is still godjima

The action trailer sold me. Can’t wait to see some more at TGS. He said he’s holding out for it so hopefully it’s as exciting as that one trailer and not a piss and Keighley reveal trailer. Either way I’m hyped to play it. It looks weird and I like those kinds of games.

That’s great and all, but the problem is, MGSV had one of the most generic, uninspired, empty open worlds in a long time. Not to mention reusing the same bases for multiple missions. The games strength was “inside” those missions/bases. The open world was god awful and pointless.

Having a open world is great, but only if it fits in with the vision of the game and is used properly. In MGSV it was not.

Hopefully this was all due to the issues Kojima had with Konami, where they pretty much cut off the budget for the game.

Hope he can make DS a much better open world experience than MGS V my saved progress was still stuck in somewhere in Chapter 2 I was bored to death by that point and the way you meant to unlock mission that advance the story is so vague that I just gave up wading through sea of side ops and main ops that never really go anywhere.

That's a shame MGSV felt like an linear game trapped in an open world one, would've preferred he went the linear route but I'm most likely love whatever Death Stranding turns out to be.

But mgsv world is trash and all desert.

As much as I Love Mr. Kojima's work I think MGS V was a failure I loved all the other games he made from MGS to Zone Of The Enders... I couldn't finish MGS V it feels empty it's not like other open world games, The Witcher 3, Horizon, Red Dead Redemption 2 sometimes I go back to those worlds just to appreciate the beauty of it and MGS wasn't meant to be like that it's easy not to follow the story in MGS V and I hope Death Stranding delivers a richer and more enjoyable world.

Really? But....MGS5 got boring.....I want a linear narrative-driven experience from Kojima, because thats what he's good at.

MGS V was an embarassing flop. Forget these paid internet guys who write good stuff about the crappy game. At times I am forced to ask; "did we play different version of the game?"

Obviously, Kojima himself knows MGS V was a big flop, a mega flop!!!

MGS3’s layout was far more creative than MGSV’s

I hope Death Stranding takes more from the former than the latter

Phantom Pain would have been 10 times better if it was linear with exploration like mgs acts 1 and 2. It makes the levels memorable and entices multiple playthrough

The open world in MGSV sucked though

Which was easily the worse MGS in the series. A lot of games suffer when deciding to go open world and MGSV was one of them. Its one mundanly boring and lifeless and as much as I want to be excited for DS, the world looks boring and lifeless again

were his games ever really linear though
maybe except mgs 4

Perfect game play weak story. Ds cool gameplay boring game.

Phantom pain had no business being open world, as there was barely anything in it other then outposts. I love open world games but if the world is not alive it's boring. Really hoping death stranding is not like that. Yes from what we have seen the graphics are beautifull but, that is not enough the world.needs to be flushed out

Ehh Phantom Pain is easily his weakest title. I hope DS isn't as lifeless as MGSV was

I've played every MGS game and I loved MGSV for what it was. I felt like a lot of people had things they expected it to be and were therefore disappointed in one way or another. I loved the freedom and amount of weapon choice you had.

If Death Stranding is anything like MGSV, it's doomed for me. I think MGSV is the most overrated game of the generation. He's got a thing for open-world because of what Rockstar did with GTAV. He believes it's the future of games. Does anyone remember him being in awe of how GTA worked? He was actually "depressed" about it because of how impressed he was. If that makes sense. This is why he's on about open-world since. I hope he's grown a bit though because while I didn't hate MGSV, I didn't think the design was very good neither. Very repetitive missions that were practically the same and became boring sooner rather than later. The story was all over the place as well. Just.. not as good as what media & critics made it be. Personally.

Yeah I played MGSV more than all the others combined.

MGS1 and ZOE2 are among the best games i played, after MGS1 things got messy story wise and the gameplay mechanics did not evolve much.. still they were fun in different ways but by then i realized kojima is not better than the sum of his team.

We shall see how DS does.

id have to disagree MGS was better linier rather than open world. an open ended level design im ok with. with mgsv there was no sence of new levels etc

I hate open world games. I don't recall his name but it was the developer of The Witness that stated his game "eliminated all of the filler". That's all an open world game is, filler. You waste majority of your time running from one end of the map to the other racking up gaming hours, this was a complaint of Days Gone. Even the developers recognize this as a problem as they've created "Fast Travel" but it has to accessed later in the game. See, gamers feel in order to get their $60 worth, the game must be 100 hours or they'll trade it in, other gamers will buy it used, and publishers will lose money. An open world game is actually easier to develop and requires less effort and time because asets are recycled and time is more consumed on the gamer replaying a single mission for a higher rank, an issue reviewers had and I had with MGSV, missions didn't vary, it was a similar mission just slightly different. This is why Death Stranding didn't take as long to develop as it should. Exploration isn't a thing because technology is either too limited or publishers press devs too much with time because you're running or walk simulating through the game thus totalling 100 hours with 8-9 hours of actual gameplay condensed. Linear games eliminate the filler and present a comprehensive storyline. Again, gamers of Days Gone felt lost not knowing what was going on. Kojima just buckled to pressure he got on MGS4, a masterpiece bytheway.

The Metal Gear universe has ALWAYS been about its awesome story and fleshed out villains.. This was not the case with MGSV.. For us hardcore fans this was a cop out by Kojima to cater to the "normies" instead to who made this franchise what it was.. ITS HARDCORE FANBASE!

Waited 5 years for this game and it disappointed me beyond words. I never want to touch that game AGAIN!!!

Loved every main MGS game even Peace Walker.

MGSV was fun but the story was flat at times. Still excited for Death Stranding.