Metal Gear master Hideo Kojima has made a bombastically enigmatic twitterance in which he promises to “challenge a certain industry taboo” whilst warning that “I may have to leave the industry if I mess up.”
His missive comes by way of a tweet, proving the character limit really does unfairly favour Japanese:
My next project will challenge a certain industry taboo.
If I mess up, maybe I’ll have to leave the industry. But there’s no escaping it – I can’t pass otherwise.
I’m 47 this year, and it’s been 24 years since I started making games. Today I found a companion who’ll undertake this risk with pleasure. It’s still only one person, but it’s a good start.
Speculation appears to centre on some form of erotic venture, although there is plenty of potential for this to be something much less exciting, or simply mere bombast.
Less charitable observers speculate as to whether he might finally make one long cutscene in place of a game…
Snake!
Snake!
Snaaaaaaake!
….Oh, Snake <3~
If we take the cameltoe shots of the dying girls in MGS4 as an indication, we can expect an eroge.
If we go by his impression of MW2, then we can expect a game of terrorists.
If nothing else comes to mind, then a game in which evil wins.
He’s not stupid to throw his career into the bin by making a sexually explicit game just for shits and giggles (Which, if he was really eager to do, he could just simply produce it under an alias.)
I believe he’s talking of a “serious” game in which the male protagonist is openly homosexual.
obviously you missed the word speculate… no one he knows what he is about to try.
I wouldn’t put much stock in what Kojima says. He’s just a shameless liar. “This is my last Metal Gear game” Yeah, right.
What kind of ultimate taboo is he going to challenge? It’ll probably be something lame and boring, which involves an hour-long fmv.
A cross with Metal Gear/Policenaults/ZOE2 + Sex Gameplay(and action scenes obviously)= Kojima’s wonderland