With Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore, Physint, and OD, Hideo Kojima and his workforce at Kojima Productions have lots on their plate, and although any recreation coming from the thoughts of Kojima is clearly going to demand consideration, for a lot of, it’s OD that appears probably the most intriguing. Touted as a horror expertise that’s going to be midway between a recreation and a film whereas touting a star-studded forged, it’s clearly going to be fairly an experimental mission.
Talking not too long ago in an interview with Selection, Kojima touched on the identical, and reiterated how “dangerous” OD goes to be, calling it “a recreation like no different”, and a “new problem” even for him as a developer.
“It is a recreation, however it’s a recreation like no different,” Kojima stated. “I can’t go into an excessive amount of element, and it’s additionally arduous to elucidate, however it’s a bit dangerous and a brand new problem for me inside the realm of video games.”
This isn’t the primary time that Kojima has spoken about OD’s uniqueness. Beforehand, he stated it’s going to be as experimental as Boktai: The Solar is in Your Hand, a recreation that Kojima beforehand developed for the Recreation Boy Advance that utilized a daylight sensor as a core part of its fight mechanics.
In the meantime, in a while within the interview, Kojima additionally briefly spoke about Hollywood director Jordan Peele’s involvement in OD.
“I used to be a fan of Jordan, and I went to go see Nope,” he defined. “On the time, I used to be doing a podcast on Spotify. I did an episode on Nope and came upon that Jordan Peele was a fan of mine. So, we arrange a Zoom name! He’s youthful than me, so we’re not the identical technology, however after simply 5 minutes of chatting, he felt like a childhood good friend. This occurs very often truly when the particular person’s thought course of or mind construction is just like mine. However in any case, we determined to satisfy in Los Angeles. After a number of conferences in L.A., we have been speaking in regards to the initiatives every of us have been engaged on. I defined the idea of OD to him, and he was actually involved in it, so I requested him to hitch me.”
Beforehand, Kojima defined that Peele might be concerned in OD in a artistic capability, and although he didn’t elaborate on what precisely his position would entail, he revealed that there have been different big-name stars like him that he was additionally collaborating on OD with.
Earlier this yr, Kojima Productions filed logos for “Social Scream System” and “Social Stealth”, doubtlessly hinting at particulars associated to OD. Learn extra on that by right here.
