Konami and video game auteur Hideo Kojima went through gamings worst and most public breakup in 2015.
His next game will be a PlayStation 4 exclusive.
The question is, what is that next game?
Hed just start sneaking around the base stealing Battle Gear parts for software development.
And elite Boss-trained troops might just have the endurance needed for AAA game release timetables.
A new stealth-action game would be a logical next step for Kojima, the master of the genre.
Not to mention that it would kick it to his former publisher, whodoeshave plans for another stealth game.
And is also almost the entire plot of most of theMetal Geargames.
The other bit of plot?
A single designer being extracted to work for the other side.
Thats exactly whats happening with Kojima.
But there may be a happy medium.
Kojimas greatest effects on gaming arent his convoluted design choices, but the flourishes he adds to game design.
Everyone whos played aMetal Gearhas been astonished by some tricky touch.
The first time they get themselves delivered across the level.
Telling their horse to shit itself.
And now simple 2D games are much less than a major release.
He could even encode world-building secret plot details into each sub-game.
And you know hed love that.
Pet Simulator
Were not even remotely joking.
And you risk spending just as much time on them.
Especially those, because they tend to suck.
Kojimas even got cute animal game experience from designingPenguin Adventure.
Which, in classic Kojima style, even had multiple and secret endings.
Relationship Simulator
You think this is our silliest joke, but Kojima has already made these.
A Kojima dating sim could help shape the future of the industry.
The romantic world of Hideos women would makeHatoful Boyfriend, where you date birds, look normal and well-adjusted.
Then going through the PSN to delete their favorite games.
Which is something they actually did by erasingP.T., the interactive teaser for the cancelledSilent Hillsproject.
P.T.was a masterwork of atmosphere and the greatest viral horror gaming success outside of theResident Evilfranchise.
It was a wonderful sign of what could have been.
But Kojima doesnt needSilent Hillto make horror!
He can make his own.
In fact, he should embrace that full combination.
Those are all his favorite things!
You know hes got enough story for a whole new game in him.
Hes been trying to wedge three entire games worth of story into every single game hes made so far.
Either way, were just looking forward to what hell make next.
