Hideo Kojima Has an Amazing Idea for a 'Forgetting Game' Where the Main Character Gradually Forgets Important Information and Abilities if You Take Too Long a Break From Playing

Hideo Kojima’s Japanese vigor podcast KOJI10 has been giving listeners penetration into however the Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator thinks. In the astir caller broadcast (Episode 17), Kojima shared his thoughts connected however clip passing successful existent beingness tin beryllium utilized successful video games. Not lone did Kojima remark connected time-related mechanics helium has implemented successful past games, but helium besides revealed concepts that helium hasn’t utilized yet. This includes an thought that helium scrapped from the upcoming Death Stranding 2: On The Beach.

Kojima is nary alien to gameplay mechanics that marque usage of your console oregon PC’s interior timepiece arsenic a timer.

He starts retired by mentioning 2 examples from 2004’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater connected the PS2. To adhd to the realism of surviving successful the jungle, the caller nutrient you had acquired would spell disconnected aft a fewer days had passed successful existent life. Eating rotten nutrient could marque Snake violently sick, oregon you could crook spoiled nutrient into a caller limb by throwing it astatine bare force soldiers.

Kojima besides made usage of the strategy timepiece for MGS3’s cat-and-mouse brag conflict against aged sniper The End. “Although helium is simply a truly pugnacious boss, if the subordinate waits a week, The End volition dice of aged age,” recalls Kojima. Indeed, if the subordinate loads their in-battle prevention astatine slightest 1 week later, they volition beryllium treated to a cutscene successful which Snake discovers that The End is dead.

“I’ve thought astir having characters’ hairsbreadth turn successful games,” Kojima reveals. “Originally successful Death Stranding 2, I was going to person Sam’s beard gradually turn retired implicit time, and the subordinate would person to shave it. If they didn’t, Sam would extremity up looking unkempt,” helium explains. “However, arsenic Norman Reedus is simply a large star, I didn’t privation to marque him look uncool!” Despite this, the manager says it is inactive thing helium mightiness adhd to different crippled 1 day.

Kojima besides comes up with 3 crippled concepts that person the passing of clip successful existent beingness arsenic a large mechanic. The archetypal is simply a benignant of crippled of life: “It starts retired with the subordinate being born, you’re a kid and past gradually implicit clip you go an adult. In the game, you combat assorted enemies. Like with the erstwhile illustration (MGS3’s The End), if you support playing the game, you volition go a 70 oregon 80 twelvemonth aged man. However, astatine this property you volition beryllium weaker, your eyesight volition worsen. When you are a teen you’ll beryllium capable to tally faster but by the clip you scope 60 you’ll dilatory down a bit,” Kojima explains, revealing that though your quality volition beryllium successful amended carnal information erstwhile they are younger, they volition person much cognition and acquisition erstwhile they are older. This aging volition impact your strategy arsenic to however you woody with enemies. “But no-one would bargain it!” Kojima adds, nevertheless the different radical connected the podcast expressed enthusiasm astir playing specified a “Kojima-like game.”

Another thought helium mentions is simply a crippled wherever you are creating thing that takes clip to mature, specified arsenic vino oregon cheese. This requires the subordinate to proceed gradually playing it implicit a agelong play of time, and sounds similar it would enactment arsenic a background/idle game.

On the flip side, Kojima besides proposes a “forgetting game” that the subordinate would person to “play done quickly.” In this concept, the main quality gradually forgets important accusation and abilities if you instrumentality excessively agelong a interruption from the game. For example, if you don’t play each day, the main quality volition gradually hide things specified arsenic “how to occurrence their weapon oregon what their occupation is.” This forgetfulness builds up until yet the subordinate is incapable to move. “Players would person to instrumentality a week disconnected enactment oregon schoolhouse to play it,” Kojima laughs.

Speaking of taking clip off, doubtless galore Kojima fans volition beryllium doing conscionable that erstwhile Death Stranding 2 releases connected June 26. For much astir the upcoming game, cheque retired our interrogation with Kojima, and our impressions aft playing done the archetypal 30 hours.

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Verity Townsend is simply a Japan-based freelance writer who antecedently served arsenic editor, contributor and translator for the crippled quality tract Automaton West. She has besides written astir Japanese civilization and movies for assorted publications.