![]() ![]() ![]() In March this year, Kojima and Metal Gear publisher Konami had an apparently acrimonious falling-out, prompting dozens of variously speculative reports about the future of the series, based on the most meagre crumbs of information. Shock! Or at least it would be if this wasn’t beginning to seem like a familiar pattern. These battles have already played out over Metal Gear Solid V, via the guarded yet unsettling suggestions of sexual abuse in prequel title Ground Zeroes, and the revelation that there will be a Metal Gear action figure with – yes – pliable breasts.Īll of which is a temporary distraction from the fact that Hideo Kojima’s name is not on the poster in question. It’s impossible to shake the suspicion that Kojima’s goal with the poster was to provoke outrage and controversy amid gaming sites and opinion makers, which would in turn, prompt fans of Metal Gear Solid, as well as fans of bloodily depicted digital boobs, to hit social media and angrily defend Kojima’s freedom of speech. Is this about showing off the power of the game’s Fox Engine? Or something else? to the breasts covered in rich, liquidy blood, lit and layered in such a way to create the impression of a huge areola. The blood on Quiet’s face is sparse and dried, before an awkward collarbone transition takes the eye down. So covering a poster in lashings of ketchup is odd, but then you look at the textures. MGS is set in a violent world, and doesn’t flinch from representing violent actions, but it is not a game about meting out violence – it’s about avoiding it as much as possible. The series’ art style does not glory in needless gore – death animations look agonising and realistic, with the accompanying sound effect a brutal crack of bone. The most curious aspect is that it’s an atypical Metal Gear Solid (MGS) image. Following the fairly disgusted reaction it received from a non fan, however, I looked again, and wondered why Kojima had chosen to present the game in such a way. My initial reaction to the image had been fairly blasé – “wow, they’re both a bit bloody, oh well just over a month till it’s out”. ![]()
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