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[VGC] Konami looking to outsource Metal Gear Solid & Castlevania franchises for new titles
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Not that I don't believe the source as we've heard a lot of Silent Hill rumours for months now.
But the Metal Gear/Castlevania has to be VERY early since we've heard 0 about this other than fan wishes for a Bluepoint Metal Gear. I'd wait a little longer maybe for another source on this but it's Konami so who knows if we'll get one.
But the Metal Gear/Castlevania has to be VERY early since we've heard 0 about this other than fan wishes for a Bluepoint Metal Gear. I'd wait a little longer maybe for another source on this but it's Konami so who knows if we'll get one.
I'm only asking because if it was between a competently remade MGS with, say, MGS5 level tactical gameplay vs a straight 1:1 remake, I'd prefer the former. Stealth games have just grown so much since then. Even the jump to MGS2 was fairly massive. Going back to what was possible on the PS1 in terms of mechanics would just be a bit meh for me
Huh? He's referring to info from KatharsisT who has said Bluepoint and Sony were in the process of making multiple MGS remakes. This seems to directly contradict that, since the implication here is they are thinking of outsourcing but have no deals and it will be years before anything happens. So either the information said here is incomplete/inaccurate or her information is inaccurate. Both don't really make sense together.
omg KatharsisT predicted this. So if true Sony Japan - Silent Hill Bluepoint - MGS
I forgot who KatharsisT thought was working on Castlevania?
I forgot who KatharsisT thought was working on Castlevania?
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It's the only studio rumoured to do so and is kinda the most "harmless" option?
The possibilities are: Remake, Spin off, Reboot or a new entry.
It would be wild for Konami to outsource a Reboot or a new entry, not impossible but hard.
I'm game for another Metal Gear, just as long as it expands CQC and doesn't neuter it.
Make a new continuity, keep Solid Snake fighting giant robots and evil versions of the X-Men, ditch everything else.
Or shit, don't keep Solid Snake. Have a new character be codenamed Snake. New continuity, new rules.
Give Castlevania to an indie dev that made a pixel art Metroidvania in the past 10 years that people liked.
Make a new continuity, keep Solid Snake fighting giant robots and evil versions of the X-Men, ditch everything else.
Or shit, don't keep Solid Snake. Have a new character be codenamed Snake. New continuity, new rules.
Give Castlevania to an indie dev that made a pixel art Metroidvania in the past 10 years that people liked.
Well the only guy that should be making Metal Gear Solid is no longer with the company so outsourcing would make sense ;)
Pretty much. If you played using the Threaded Cane, you were pretty much playing a Castlevania title
Possibly a bit more than fan wishes, considering we have a verified insider (take that as you will) that has actually said that MGS Remakes are happening at Bluepoint.
That would be an entirely new game not a remake. Like changing level design completely and story pacing. I don't want any of that without Kojima. So a remake a la Demon's Souls would be pleasing to me.
Won't happen. ND should only focus on completely new or their own existing IP. They have always created some amazing new franchises, and it would be such a waste to shackle them to some existing IP they have zero connection to.
Have you played The Twin Snakes? I just want a prettier version of the OG, not some Frankenstein "modernized" whatever
There's not a studio on Earth I trust to attempt that and not fuck it up save for KojiPro. They wouldn't be doing it for obvious reasons.
Yes.
After playing Peace Walker I was left so disgusted by what they did with MGS that I didn't even bother with MGS5. So just gimme Bluepoint remakes of MGS1, 2 and 4 (and a remake of 3 for those who like it).
One of the insiders here has said there is already MGS remakes (as in plural) being funded by Sony and developed by Bluepoint. But yeah, as I've said, this reporting seems to contradict that. They haven't addressed that inconsistency yet, at least in this thread
trying to find a source for it, someone said it was mentioned on a podcast and i think i've heard it on one of the giantbomb E3 talks, another source for it was on the otherplace and coincidentally you also replied to that post too lol
I'm done with Konami in general but why not get Mercury steam back.
Yeah, there's a 0% chance of that. It's like believing Halo could eventually be outsourced to Bungie.
There are so many indie teams that could make amazing 2D Castlevania games. About a bigger budget, 3D one, I don't really have an idea. The series hasn't had much success in that area in the past.
With MGS they could really do anything. I think that storywise it has nothing else to give, but that won't stop anyone from trying. If things go well we can get something like MGR. Just make something that's out there and not safe. The limit in trying to make a new entry is the same limit I see in Star Wars, that the universe feels small and you can't really get away from the original story (in this case the Twins, Big Boss and the Patriots). All storylines that have been either completed or exhausted. In a way the only way they could make something interesting is by going "fuck the plot, let's make a fun game" like they did with MGR.
With MGS they could really do anything. I think that storywise it has nothing else to give, but that won't stop anyone from trying. If things go well we can get something like MGR. Just make something that's out there and not safe. The limit in trying to make a new entry is the same limit I see in Star Wars, that the universe feels small and you can't really get away from the original story (in this case the Twins, Big Boss and the Patriots). All storylines that have been either completed or exhausted. In a way the only way they could make something interesting is by going "fuck the plot, let's make a fun game" like they did with MGR.
It would be a completely remade game. The original was 4 hours long.
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It's the only non Kojima Metal Gear i need tbh.
But what if MS buying Bethesda made Sony so violent they went and bought the MGS and Silent Hill IPs wholesale? 😏
I'd lose my shit at full MGS 1 to 3 Remakes, actually be dream tier announcements. Also just be happy Konami are opening their vault, they have so many of my favorite I.Ps that I've already accepted are dead, but there'd be some hope if true.
I just want you to be right.
Didn't like how you've been treated here sometimes.
Rubbed me the wrong way even before I was a user here.
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