Kojima admits MGS confuses him too

[Pulsar_t]

Kojima Productions boss Hideo Kojima has admitted that even he finds the Metal Gear Solid series a bit puzzling, which is why he keeps detailed timelines for each character.

"I personally get confused too about the whole timeline and saga of Metal Gear Solid," he told Eurogamer in an interview at gamescom today.

"This is especially tricky when you create the future first and then go back in time to create something new. There are a lot of small aspects where sometimes it doesn't match completely."

Kojima told us that for Metal Gear Solid 4, he built a complete timeline for each character, which catalogued their involvement in the series and also when key historical events occurred, such as the growing conflict between the USA and Soviet Union.

Elsewhere in the interview we chatted about why Kojima just can't let go of the MGS series, and got a very short summary of his thoughts on the PS3 Slim and PS3 price cut.

[Flak Beard]

That is too funny. Guess the details get lost when a game is so up its own ass.

[lost_within]

I feel like someone posted this already...or maybe it was on a different game, reguardless though....yes, its hard to tell your ass from a hole in the ground when a game saga has been around sinse the nes. *cough*zelda*cough*

[ZeroAX]

I feel like someone posted this already...or maybe it was on a different game, reguardless though....yes, its hard to tell your ass from a hole in the ground when a game saga has been around sinse the nes. *cough*zelda*cough*

yeah but according to nintendo, every zelda is supposed to be a universe of it's own. well expect the direct sequels.

yeah I know some games point to events in other games (like the opening of windwaker) but still, they don't try connect the games, officialy, like mgs

[weasels]

as Daft Punk would say.......he's just "human after all". i don't blame him for getting a bit lost. sometimes people forget things even if it was created by themselves.

[Jrecee]

He's got a long way to go before he can match the flawlessly consistent stories of games like mario and sonic.

[Pulsar_t]

He's got a long way to go before he can match the flawlessly consistent stories of games like mario and sonic.

[Haoie]

It's a big tank, we get it!

[Dub5279]

What hope do we have of understanding it if the creator doesn't get it? Whatever, it's still fun.