The vision of highly-praised video game designer, Hideo Kojima, wasn’t always appreciated\u00a0throughout\u00a0his illustrious career.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview with Destructoid, the man behind the Metal Gear series said (via his translator,\u00a0Kojima Productions’ associated producer Sean Eyestone):\u00a0“It’s always been my approach to look at what technology is available to me and push games as far as I can to get them out of their traditional boundaries.”<\/p>\n
Talking in particular about the first Metal Gear Solid, Kojima added: “Looking back on it, a lot of people talk about that, people look back on that with respect and people praise me for that, but at the time there were a lot of people pissed off at me for it” he laughed, “saying ‘this isn’t the way you should make a game!’ and even a lot of people on my team within Konami said ‘this isn’t what a game should be.’ But actually I really enjoyed being yelled at for that because I like doing something different, so I’m not going to change that, so I hope you look forward to more exciting things like that going forward.”<\/p>\n
As we know, Kojima then silenced his critics as the Metal Gear series has become one of the most highly-acclaimed franchises in gaming history. Specifically speaking, a lot of appreciation has been directed towards the series’ innovative boss fights which often break the ‘fourth wall’.\u00a0“I didn’t really have a concrete idea in my mind of ‘this is what a boss battle should be,’ I just wanted to do something new, something exciting.” Mr. Kojima said, “I just thought ‘this would be a really cool way to make a boss,’ and even now that’s still the way I approach the bosses.”<\/p>\n
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