In many ways, Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake is just around the corner. But one decision by Konami will not be to the liking of fans of the genius to whom we owe the original work: Hideo Kojima.
In a video titled “Production Hotline 2,” Konami made several announcements about the MGS franchise in a broader sense. For now, this includes Volume 2 of the Master Collection, but also Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake, including a decision that is obviously well thought out, but according to numerous comments under the video, is not to everyone’s taste.
It goes without saying that the Metal Gear franchise owes a significant part of its success to the masterful direction of the legendary Hideo Kojima. The man also liked to sign his works with the now famous “ A game by Hideo Kojima “. However, that won’t be the case with Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake, although it is practically a shot-for-shot copy, completely recreated on the Unreal Engine 5.
Konami has obviously put a lot of thought into how to pay tribute to the original in Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake.” We had a lot of discussions about how to give credit to the people involved in both the first game and the remake to honor their work, and we finally decided to set a difference in the credits between original and new developers
Following this logic, the team behind the remake decided not to describe this redesign as “ A game by Hideo Kojima “ to “prefer” the formula Based on MGS 3 ». « You’ll notice that many titles in the license begin with a mention of Hideo Kojima. I want to take a moment to make sure everyone understands our reasoning on this point. Many projects in the franchise that weren’t personally directed by Mr. Kojima lack this mention, such as Portable Ops or Ghost Babel. So for Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake, we decided to follow this precedent because it made sense to us ».
Source: Konami on YouTube
