Same here. It was weird how I and others had a clock count down from 200, while others had it count down from 120. Looks like 200 was a mistake.
The amount of hype Hideo Kojima can create could power a small city for 2 weeks.not my joke
Upcoming Famitsu to cover new Metal Gear game for PlayStation system
by Andrew Yoon { May 21st 2009 at 2:15PM }
Unsurprisingly, there's a brand new Metal Gear game coming out. No, Kojima Production's countdown isn't over yet (that's later today!). A listing at a Japanese 7-Eleven product database reveals that an upcoming issue of Famitsu PSP+PS3 will feature a brand new Metal Gear game. The magazine is scheduled to ship next week on May 30.
We're pretty certain the upcoming Kojima Productions reveal is somehow tied to this upcoming Famitsu story. Considering the game will be featured in a PlayStation-exclusive magazine makes it a pretty safe bet that the game will arrive on either PS3 or PSP. Perhaps handheld players will get a chance at a new Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops experience -- Konami indicated its interest in a sequel over two years ago.
Well, it looks like the countdown is over and a new one started. Meh. This one goes for 200 hours. That's 8.33 days, folks. Meh. Looks like the rumors of a five countdown counter were correct. Here is what we should expect...
Talked about that, too... https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3401665&postcount=24
It looked like just a corrupted image. I'm surprised no one has seen any secret Nazi swastikas yet.
Hmmm... Raiden's eyes are blue, not red, ya? ****in' Kojima...
It's very definately another METAL GEAR game, as the timer hasbeen repalced with a second one that should expire some time around Monday; no prizes for guessing it will coincide with Sony's press conference at E3.
I'm actually quite surprised no-one has posted this yet considering that this is taken from the site:
This is page three of the thread. I didn't bother reading page one today because I didn't know you were updating it.I'm beginning to think you need glasses, or at least a stronger pair... https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3406568&postcount=47
Maybe it features Raiden pre-SONS OF LIBERTY. After all, the lightning is simply a representation of him; how on earth could Kojima present him if the game follows his time before FOXHOUND? We don't know what he looked like, so this could simply be a way of saying Raiden is in the game. After all, it is Kojima doing this. It makes sense given that he fought in the Liberian (I think) civil wars and Outer Heaven was located in South Africa. I could see a plot revolving around Big Boss trying to hurt the Patriots by huntin down the Russian and Chinese arms of the Philosophers. Then again, it's been a while since I've played anything, so I can't recall what happened to them. It'd make a better story though: we already know everything about the Patriots, so the series needs a new antagonist.
Hideo Kojima is so much more sophisticated than that hack. If nothing else, Kojima understands the most basic need to tell a complete story; with Abrams you need to watch the making-ofs, the mobisodes, follow the websites and play the games - whether video or alternate reality - and it somehow gets marketed as being clever when all he's really doing is forcing you to go beyond the film or television series to understand it. I'm all for a complex mythology and background to the story, but not when you have to pay to use three different sources simply to understand the most basic of premises. His pacing is pretty poor, too: the main events of the first episode of LOST - the plane crash - weren't explained until the third-season finale (and it was pretty damn obvious what had happened by that stage to everyone except the characters). Kojima-san may take his time explaining things, but he has the gift of a storyteller in that he can time his revelations for maximum effect. If comparisons are to be drawn, I'd say Kojima has moe in common with Joss Whedon: both spend time looking at the philosophical consequences of the main characters, primailry in what it means to be human (you can't tell me that Snake's story as a clone intended as a weapon doesn't explore that).
