Hideo Kojima is known for his long shots these days, but he was once much more cautious of them.
There are a lot of players who don't like long cuts. After all, the point of a game is to play, right? Metal gear solid creator Hideo Kojima hasn't cared about that for long though, with the fourth game in the franchise holding the record for the longest continuous cut in a game any ever at a whopping 71 minutes to date. Except, funnily enough, Kojima didn't always seem too keen on including such long shots. As discovered by Shmupulations (many thanks, Radar games), in an interview with Famitsu in 1997, the iconic game developer talked about everything Metal gear solid before it was released on the original PlayStation.
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Interestingly, the subject of the scenes came up, where Kojima had this to say: “The one thing I want to avoid, though, are those difficult scenes where characters are just flirting with each other.” together for 4 or 5 minutes. Just four or five minutes! Kojima, buddy, if only you knew what the future held for you (let's not forget that Kojima's longest cut under his belt is probably 71 minutes, but several of his other games also have long shots ).
He was even a little reluctant to add cuts at all, despite his known love for cinema, saying he was “worried about the cinematic presentation. the story for Metal Gear is very complicated, so I think cutscenes will be necessary. ”
Today we can clearly see that Kojima thinks differently about cutscenes, and with Death series 2 on the way sometime next year (with a strange photomode to boot), only time will tell if he beats his record. Fingers crossed he does, if only because it would be funny.
