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Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes may be too risky to be released, says Hideo Kojima

Posted by Emanuel Rodriguez

Mon, Feb 25th, 2013

Hideo Kojima the creator of Metal Gear Solid video games has said that he’s new game; MGS: Ground Zeroes is going to be taking a lot of risks content-wise, so much so that that he's not even sure if he'll be able to release the game.

"Video games as a medium haven't matured very much at all in the last 25 years," explained Kojima at a round table interview conducted today. "It's always about killing aliens and zombies. Not that I don't like those kinds of games... they are fun, but I think games have a long way to go before they can mature.

"Over the past 25 year I have tried to work with the Metal Gear series to introduce more mature themes, but really it hasn't gotten there yet. Compared to movies and books it still has a long way to go.

"That's precisely what I want to try to tackle with Ground Zeroes. Honestly I'm going to be targeting a lot of taboos, a lot of mature themes that really are quite risky. I'm not even sure if I'm going to be able to release the game, and even if I did release the game then maybe it wouldn't sell because it's too much. As a creator I want to take that risk."

He concluded: "I'm approaching the project as a creator and prioritizing creativity over sales."


Source: VideoGamer

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