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Anon worries about Kojima (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[+] -11 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Is karma even a thing on Lemmy? Anyone? No? Yes? Ok, it doesn't matter, I'll take the hit if I have to: the only good thing Kojima did is Silent Hill. He's a hack.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I’m not his fan, but that is too harsh. Metal Gear Solid series also has many strong entries, well received by critics and fans.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    His characters stood more out as really cool back during the oil rig revolver vampire era.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    during the what

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The era of the revolver vampire on the oil rig.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I... I fear asking for clarification again will only serve to make me more confused

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think this might be a reference to peace Walker. In peace Walker and 5 your home base is an oil rig. Both have a guy with a revolver but I only played 5 and don't remember a vampire.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It's MGS 2. You're on am oil rig and you fight an actual vampire.

    All of Kojimas games are best thought of as fantasy / ninja games with a western military veneer. Looking at it that way, like Call of Duty Naruto, and they flow pretty well.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago*

    He has a massive following for a reason, but nothing he’s done has ever truly appealed to me, personally.

    Spicy opinions incoming:

    • His dialogue is absolutely atrocious; I’m not convinced he’s ever spoken with a real human.
    • His plotting is cliche and convoluted, and there is literally no excuse for a 70+ minute cutscene in any game. I get the sense he’d much rather be making movies but found success in games so keeps making them instead.
    • The only Kojima game I’ve genuinely enjoyed was the original MGS; a preference which made way more sense when I learned that it’s also the only game in the series where he didn’t have full control over the localisation and a third party took care to try and make his nonsense actually intelligible.
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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wasn't he only involved with Silent Hills? Which was cancelled?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Huh, I was sure he was behind the first game. Oh boy, that means nothing he made is good.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Well I disagree to some extent, though I see where you're coming from. MGS was good, I enjoyed all of the games in the series. They definitely weren't perfect though and I did sometimes wonder if they were good because of him or in spite of him. The Kojimaness could get a bit much at times.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Is karma even a thing on Lemmy? Anyone? No? Yes? Ok, it doesn't matter, I'll take the hit if I have to

    No, it is not. Upvotes and downvotes mainly just impact post and comment sorting. Karma on platforms like Reddit was good in theory but, was heavily gamed by bad actors to fake perceived authenticity.

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