Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-25168690-20160817194149/@comment-26985269-20160922184132

Kojima is like that "Big Boss is watching you" poster. He's more a myth now than he is a man. No more a genius than Kanye West and with no less ego. But regardless of what anyone feels about the man, we shouldn't forget what made the franchise truly great. The artists, composers, voice actors, translators, and secondary writers who worked to make the director's vision more presentable. Star Wars movies were once good films because they were fresh and had creative input from cast and crew. The prequels and latest Disney movies LOOK good, but are lacking in the filters that kept the original trilogy modest.

I'd say the same happened to MGS. The longer it went on, the more reign Kojima was given without having others sound off on his ideas. Because he was the face of the franchise unlike all the staff who served as key components. Hayter was a close second which may have irritated Kojima who wanted to be the cool guy like David Bowie. We could argue ego politics all day but it probably wouldn't help us make sense of the current direction Konami is taking.

While I don't particularly agree with turning the franchise into Survival Horror, the ingredients were already there for one to be made.

"The zombie idea I have is a bit different...Imagine a large town where half the inhabitants are zombies." - Kojima quote taken from another forum.