Ok so I was at the McFarlane booth and I see a asian guy with dark black hair from the back, and think "hmm thats guys head kinda looks like Kojima's." I really didn't think it was him, just thought it was a funny coincedence. I walk around the crowd of people, and end up right in front of him. I looked at his name tag, and it said "Hideo Kojima". I was so shocked, I stood there like a moron for what seemed like forever. It really caught me by surprise.
I stuck my hand without saying anything and shook his hand. Tried to tell him how big of a fan I was and how I met him before at a signing up in LA. He couldnt speak enlisgh very well at all. His friend(ended up being the senior producer for MGS4) was next to him and translated a few things I said. I was still in shock that Kojima was right in front of me. My face must of been so red, I was really embarrassed. Then I said it was really nice to meet them, and to have a good time in San Diego. They seemed to be really surprised and startled by my actions. Like they couldnt believe I knew who he was.
Then my girlfriend suggests I get a picture with them. So I run back up and ask, and he says ok. All the while people are just walking around me like normal. No one knew who he was except me. heres the pic:
Ok after that I couldnt stop thinking about what just happened. And how I wanted to ask so many questions regarding Metal Gear. My girlfriend was looking for some T-shirts at this stand, and they so happened to be doing the same thing. You can see the Tshirt stand to the left if i get it loaded on here.
I couldnt resist the urge to go up and talk to them again. They were standing within 5 feet of me for about 10mins. The guy who spoke english was on his own so I worked up the balls and approched him again. We strted talking about how huige of a fan I was, and I told him i felt embarrassed about the way I approached them the first time. I was much more calm this time around thank god. He ended up revealing to me that he was the Senior producer for MGS4.
Alrihgt Im going to get straight to the point here. I basically gave him an interview while he was picking out T-shirts, Kojima was off doing the same thing aboiut 5 feet away. Hedidnt seem to notice I was talking to him. I talked to him for about 10-15mins. Heres what I found out.
- No way it will fit on a DVD9. Wouldnt give me a number as how big the game will be. Said he couldnt do that, and nothing is been confirmed as how big the final game will be, cause "there still making it." But went on about how Sony is pushing HD content and in no way will it be possible to fit it on a normal DVD, and BD is totally necessary for MGS4.(he kept calling it BD) I brought up compression, but he didnt seem like he liked that idea. Forgot what he said. Basically they dont want to do that. I dunno. This lead into a question about resolution.
-MGS4 will be 1080. Im assuming 1080p, but he said 1080. He said Sony is "forcing" them to do it in 1080. He hesitated when he said this. Im thinking he could not find the right word, and chose to say "forcing." But didnt really mean that. As he continued to talk about it I assumed he meant "pushing". So anotherwards Sony is really pushing for 1080p on MGS4, and he said thats what it will be.
- wouldnt reveal whos grave it is. said you will have to wait and see.
-Expect MGS4 to be in playable form next E3. He gave me a "hint" as he put it, and said to expect it to follow like all the MGS games have done in the past. In that they were always shown in playable form for the first time in the same year they were released. Which all happened to be at E3. so its releasing in 2007, so expect it at the 07 E3. I sugested TGS but this is what he told me
- still learning the PS3 A lot of things are moving along nicely, but they are also struggling with other things. Because of this he told me this is the biggest MGS team ever, and they have tons of people working on the game. Since its a next gen PS3 game. Made it seem like it was kinda hard to develope on PS3 thus far.
-Tilt controller might be used for cracking necks. I asked him about the tilt controller, and he said there testing a lot of things out. I said how I thought it would be really cool if you could crack guards necks with the controller. He laughed and sai another team member came up with the same idea, and there testing it out. He kept reiterating the fact, "ther estill making it"
Kojima has idea's about another ZOE wouldnt confirm anything. But said he thought Kojima wanted to do another one, but is busy with MGS4 right now. Didnt know wether he meant there are already plans for a next ZOE, or already has ideas for it. Whastever it is, it means will will most liekly see a ZOE3 sometime in the future.
I asked a lot of things he couldnt answer. I made a lot of sugestions as well. I told him if this really is Kojimas last MGS game plz kill off snake so someone else doesnt come along and screw things up. I also asked about Raiden in playable form. And he said he couldnt reveal anything. I also commited on how they made Raiden seem so powerfull in the E3 trailer, and how im worried Snake seemed to weak in comparison. But he reassured me that Snake is the main guy, and you'll just have to wait and see.
One other thing. When I asked a lot of my questions. He hept telling me there still making it. And a lot of things will be changed from now and when MGS4 is first shown in playable form.
Sorry this post is so unorginaized. I cant remember a lot of stuff, and my thoughts are all over the place about what happened. lol There is a lot more stuff as well that Im sure will pop back into my mind. Ill post them as they do. Feel free to ask any questions.
Sorry for all the typos. Dont have time to proof read all this. Have to run.
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