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I’m going to get downvoted to hell but I don’t get the hype Kojima carries.

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I know right? He was suddenly hyped up so much, I guess it’s one way to sell games. I’d understand if it was Miyamoto or something, but the man made Metal Gear and not everyone has even heard of that.
He was heavily pushed with geoff keighley’s the game awards partnership he made.

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He wasn’t suddenly hyped. He’s been making games for a very long time and has been known as the creative force behind all of them.

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He was though, some people might have known his name from Metal Gear, but majority of people didnt. Then TGA and Death Stranding rolled around and suddenly we were told we should care.

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He’s a completely insane horny man that loves action movies. His games tend to be high quality and even when they aren’t good they are at least entertaining and try something new.

He may have gone full George Lucas at this point though where he’s so overhyped that no one second guesses him at all. Death Stranding had some weird shit even for Kojima. I wonder what he could make if his personality wasn’t so dominant in a game and it had some input from other creative visions to reign in his weirder ideas.

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His stories are mostly over the top nonsense, but sometimes that’s fun. Also, for a “AAA” studio director, he’s willing to take some VERY big experimental swings when it comes to gameplay. Death Stranding has it’s problems, but it’s very unique. That’s worth some points.

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He takes no more ‘experimental swings’ than hundreds of indie developers. The only difference is, his studio has the money for the marketing campaigns.

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You seem to be agreeing and just repeating one of their points, but I get the impression you were trying to disagree?

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DS has an apparent lack of life serviceability despite being a triple a.

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His games have good politics, that’s something 🤷‍♂️

Even if chuds completely misunderstand them (senator Armstrong etc…)

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I don’t think he wrote Armstrong though.

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That’s true, Kojima was just supervising director on that game. But I feel the politics of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance are very typical for the series and Kojima’s games.

Metal Gear in general is very much about American Imperialism.

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