MGS5 To Boast More In The Way Of "Infiltration And Espionage"

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

"Infiltration and espionage." The cornerstone of the Metal Gear Solid franchise.

And according to what master Hideo Kojima told a French source (as cited by IncGamers), Metal Gear Solid 5 will feature more in the way of both infiltration and espionage.

He also confirmed that the new game is running on the FOX engine and although he was intrigued by the idea of "social interaction" (as seen in last year's Deus Ex: Human Revolution), he didn't say if something like that would be seen in MGS5. Oh, and those of you who are erroneously thinking that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is some sort of blight on the franchise, Kojima reminds you again that it isn't a Solid Snake game "and it was never pitched to the public as a Metal Gear Solid title. It's a spin-off, plain and simple.

Lastly, did you know Kojima wanted to kill off the legendary icon in MGS4? ...that woulda sucked.

Tags: mgs5, metal gear solid 5, metal gear solid 4, mgs4, hideo kojima

6/20/2012 10:32:16 AM Ben Dutka

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 10:44:54 AM
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"Lastly, did you know Kojima wanted to kill off the legendary icon in MGS4? ...that woulda sucked."

Yes. I believes he's metioned this several times in the past. He said all of his staff was against the idea so he eventually gave in.

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YashaZz
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 6:50:11 PM

What icon? The game? Or...?

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tes37
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 7:21:33 PM

Snake.

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YashaZz
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 7:46:01 PM

Thought so. Just didn't want to post spoilers (the comments are full of 'em)

My friend already spoiled Snake's demise for me about a year ago. What a shame. :(

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PSTan
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 10:51:48 AM
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Hopefully, if it's a sequel to MGS4, there will be a new main character other than Snake. But after the way the story went with that game I'm not sure what else could remain for there to be a feasible plot. A prequel would also be pretty cool.

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YashaZz
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 6:50:35 PM

I believe it's another prequel with Big Boss.

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tridon
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 10:55:49 AM
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Honestly, I'd love to play as Meryl in the next game. Whoever I play as, though, I hope it follows MGS4 and doesn't go back in time. I want to play/interact with Solid.

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BikerSaint
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:30:40 AM

Yeah, that's 2 for Meryl!!!!!!

I've constantly said in numerous threads that I wanted a Meryl back-storied game ever since "Rising was announced.

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Sir Shak
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:01:57 AM
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Dial down the melodrama and get a better editor, and I will gladly buy the game. With the way story presentation has progressed this generation, Kojima has some catching up to do. The looooooong cut scenes became a tad abrasive on the second play through.

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:07:19 AM

You can skip the cutscenes.

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Sir Shak
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 3:50:40 PM

Oh, thank you for telling me about a feature available in most games. Now that you are being so helpful, was it the left stick to move Snake or am I doing it wrong?

My point was that Kojima's story presentation is clearly obsolete, compared to the advances we have seen this generation. Don't tell me that a hell of a lot of cut scenes weren't badly edited and the some many conversations were much, much longer than they needed to be.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 5:56:59 PM

Reeeeer!

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 8:28:10 PM

I see that Shak still finds it impossible to make a response post without at least being a partial di**.

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Sir Shak
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 1:20:06 AM

Doesn't make me wrong, Ben. You've said in several editorials that Kojima doesn't do a very good job, when it comes editing.

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 9:58:20 AM

Wasn't referring to that. Was referring to the snide comment.

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Sir Shak
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 10:39:24 AM

You want me to become a different person just because you don't love me any more?

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 10:47:16 AM

A different person? You mean you're always a di** when talking to people?

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Sir Shak
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 12:16:58 PM

If by being a "di*k" you mean expressing my intolerance for stupidity, and my general misanthropic tendencies, through the use of derision, then yes.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:05:29 AM
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"Lastly, did you know Kojima wanted to kill off the legendary icon in MGS4? ...that woulda sucked."

Would it? What if that which would replace the legend became equally legendary?

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:06:25 AM

Hard to do.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 12:13:51 PM

Perhaps for someone else, but for Kojima?

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 12:20:52 PM

True.

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Ludicrous_Liam
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 1:39:13 PM

"Lastly, did you know Kojima wanted to kill off the legendary icon in MGS4?"

Well, you can sort of believe it, because it was like "OMG Snakes dead lol but not really. OMG HE REALLY IS but not really lolz."

...Atleast, that's how I remembered it. xD

Last edited by Ludicrous_Liam on 6/20/2012 1:45:03 PM

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telly
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 2:33:07 PM

That's kind of what I'm hoping happens moving forward -- New heroes, new villains, etc., and let the Solid Snake story rest. I won't spoil anything here for the three people who may not have finished MGS4 yet but they could EASILY move on without Snake in future installments.

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bebestorm
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:12:10 AM
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Wow MGS5! I wish he would give us some juicy details.

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 12:21:35 PM
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I'd like to see the Boss' back story when she became a hero during WWII.

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telly
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 2:39:48 PM

Ooh, I keep forgetting about that. The boss, her unit and her protege winning World War 2 for the allies? That could just be unbelievable. I'd really love it if MGS5 jumped back in forth between that WW2-timeframe and the post Peace Walker/pre-Metal Gear era, to show just how far Big Boss had fallen, from being a hero to a monster over the course of his life. man, I wish I could pitch this story to Konami :)

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frylock25
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 4:19:45 PM

if jawknee is talking about the boss she is not the same as big boss.

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Chelsea United
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:06:06 PM

Nah telly's idea was separate to Jawknee's, and I'd actually like to see another prequel, I preferred MGS3 to the others, just because of the setting. And the boss fights were amazing, who could say they didn't enjoy the End's fight? Epic as.

Last edited by Chelsea United on 6/20/2012 11:06:51 PM

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 12:21:49 PM
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FOX engine = multiplat

Unless my memory is off Rising was definitely pitched to the public with the name "Metal Gear Solid: Rising". I like how he's distancing himself from it though, just in case things go south.

I think it would be cool to have some limited social interactions in a Metal Gear game just as a tactic for infiltration. I'm a big fan of social engineering.

Last edited by WorldEndsWithMe on 6/20/2012 12:22:10 PM

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Solid Fantasy
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 12:55:35 PM
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I try to keep up with anything new in the world of Metal Gear or Hideo Kojima and I don't recall anything official about a MGS5?

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 1:12:14 PM

That's correct, just hints and whispers.

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Metal Head
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 1:15:26 PM
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Metal Gear needs a hero replacement badly. Snake is too old, what is he gonna do kill enemies with a cane?. Sunny and Meryl are perfect. I would love a prequel to the first Metal Gear cast. Psychic mantis,sniper fox,ocelot,meryl,otacon,etc. It probably had the most memorable cast in video game history.

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LimitedVertigo
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 1:28:22 PM
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I've never played a Metal Gear Solid game for more than an hour...

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 2:56:28 PM

I can see why people love them but for whatever reason I could never get hooked into them even though I've tried over the years. Probably because I can't seem to be stealthy enough no matter how hard I try.

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tes37
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 4:29:00 PM

Well it takes over an hour and a half to beat them. I'd try again.

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AcHiLLiA
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 6:22:06 PM

well, their is those type of gamers out there that don't have enough patience to go all out stealth.

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LimitedVertigo
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 6:27:33 PM

LOl @ tes...

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YashaZz
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 7:07:08 PM

I still play the first MGS to this day. At least every 3-4 months I replay it and finish it. Still amazing after 10 years.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 7:25:12 PM

I love stealth but I just never connected with the MGS mechanics.

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Ultimadesires
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 2:25:17 PM
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I still don't see where they can go with a Metal Gear Solid 5. Look at what's happening with Rising - before it was set between 2/4 and it looked down to earth and good. Then when it was set after MGS4 the sort direction just went haywire. Fact of the matter is MGS4 is a conclusion, there is nothing more to tell, I don't want any Metal Gear Game to be set after 4 as I think it will flop. Snakes time has finished it is hinted at the end of MGS4 he'll die soon & I like it left at that. Then there is Raiden who also earnt his peace which is now being slaughtered with Risings new direction.

There is not really much they can do with Metal Gear now, a story to tie up MGS3-MG1 (Which Portable Ops & Peace Walker both failed to complete!) or a remake of Metal Gear 1 & 2... There really is nothing left for the series, leave it be.

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telly
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 2:36:26 PM
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I strongly suspect that's what MGS5 will be, actually -- the last little blindspot on the big boss/solid snake timeline, after peace walker, leading up to and including the original Metal Gear. Let's be honest, too, a full-on remake of the original NES Metal Gears with current tech would be AWESOME as well.

Still, as I've noted many times, I also hope there is a Metal Gear "Next" with entirely new characters. Maybe it even takes place in the Metal Gear universe but has a different title, a la Prometheus? Just a thought but interesting to think about.

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telly
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 2:36:52 PM

whoops, that was @ultimadream

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Ultimadesires
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 2:58:39 PM

No worries pal, I think it will be set within that time, but I can't help but feel a bit annoyed. Portable Ops and Peace Walker just waste our time with nothing to offer the series - I still question whether Portable Ops is canon.

Can't deny the premise sounds epic though you start playing as Big Boss and then is makes a transition into a remake of Metal Gear with Solid Snake, especially if they actually managed to keep it a secret before release like they did with Raiden in MGS2.

Many people talk about having a new story set within the same universe as Metal Gear I personally would not want that, I would just want Kojima to work on a fresh franchise instead. But I would accept a prequel as long as it is not set post MGS4 I really cannot express how wrong that would be.

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YashaZz
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 7:09:01 PM

Same thoughts here.

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tes37
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 4:26:48 PM
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This will turn out awesome, for me anyway. Infiltration and espionage are two of the main elements that drew me to Metal Gear Solid in the first place.

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Kiryu
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 10:13:38 PM
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Thank god cause in MGS4 i could just walk in the battlefield without anybody stopping me.
MGS Series is about sneaking every part of the game till u get some boss battles.

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JoshBall
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 4:18:10 AM
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I had a friend who always thought Snake died, he went and skipped the credits didn't he! Haha I'd never skip any cutscenes ever, especially in MGS, pffttt!

And to the above who is complaining about Kojima's editing and long cutscenes etc, for me it still stands up there as the masterpiece of this current generation so far in terms of overall story and how MGS4 brings it all together, once you get hooked into the story there is no going back. I can appreciate at times they may feel a touch long, but you really can't say 'Kojima has some catching up to do' in terms of story progression. He's the one who set the benchmark in the first place.

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___________
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 5:02:21 AM
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i wish he would do a sequel to 4, but enough with snake the guys old and frail now its time to pass the torch on to someone else!
not saying to not have him in the game, maybe he can be the new main characters trainer or something.
the series really needs a reboot its really starting to get old and stale!

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Mr_Sterg
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 11:03:55 AM
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I wish he killed him off. I mean yea one of my fav and for most people too franchises but I would like him to work on a new IPO just like Naughty Dog. Too many publishers relying on same old because it will be a success (ex: E3 2012) but too scared to try new things. At least we got ND. I'm sure next MGS will rock but I'd like to see something new from the Boss.

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Mr_Sterg
Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 11:05:08 AM
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I'm sure i'll get some hate for saying one of games greatest icons should be killed off. Sorry guys.

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ProfPlayStation
Sunday, June 24, 2012 @ 4:56:55 PM
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It's nice to see Kojima still kicking around ideas. He's one of the few creators left in the industry that I trust to deliver a mature story and setting, along with some common sense about what's in good taste and where to draw the lines when it comes to violence and such (i.e. not how Rising is turning out). The latest Revengeance trailer turned me off from that product entirely. As long as Kojima the director, I have full assurance that anything he makes will be a tasteful, quality product.

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