There has been a change on the Phantom Pain website. This may only seem like a minor update but it is still enough to get all of the Metal Gear fans jumping up and trying to work out what it might mean.
Other than being one big ruse to blur the lines between what is real and what is speculated, the Swedish based Moby Dick Studios has not been mentioned since the reveal of the new trailer.
A good piece of viral advertising which certainly got tongues wagging. Well played Kojima.
Teases and what not - this game should be nothing short of monstrously satisfying.
I think anyone who sees this trailer should be able to make the Ishmael and Moby Dick connection.
No one has mentioned the fact that it's multiplat. I found that quite shocking tbh.
Yeah I can clearly see the icons for Xbox and PS3 at the end of one of the clips.
Another thing that is shocking is if this is for the current gen, I would be truly amazed at the level Hideo Kojima was able to achieve in terms of graphics.
This game looks like it is a next gen game! That's how good it looks. Am I the only one that feels this way?
no i also think it looks too good to be on this gen though he did say it was running on a pc
That is what I am thinking as well.
If it is running on a PC during the whole presentation, I wonder how the current gen versions would look like.
I hope there would be a current gen version, PC version, as well as for next gen.
So Where are those dudes so convinced that Moby DIck CEO Joakim Mogren is CGI?? Embarassed of their own stupidity?? Almost everyone knew its just a real dude in bandages. They are just promoting photorealism but not yet at that level since hollywood can't yet reach that. Dont give me references to Image metrics because that is still noticeable CGI. I watched the whole GDC conference and I really was amazed at their FOX engine, But still not "Joakim mogren real" And Im amazed that the engine is running on "Current Gen" hardware. maybe they could also use it on next gen.
Kotaku: "This is Ludvig Forssell. He might look more familiar when he's covered with bandages and pretending to be a Swedish game designer named Joakim Mogren."
The next generation is around the corner. And with it, video gamers will get wrinkles, hair follicles, and pores like they've never seen before. Before we know it, the Uncanny Valley will become the new normal.
But, as some are wondering online, is it already here? And did we just watch a digital game developer give an interview on television?
If the face of Joakim was made and animated with Fox Engine my mind will blow..
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I wonder why they would do it if it was not CG? What would be the real purpose? If in fact it is not, it will only be a big negative on the engine. But if it is, then this would be something real special, a great promotion on the engine...
My bet would be it is CG.
So why does your comment get +3 agrees and I get 2 disagrees for saying the same thing :/
Kotaku would avoid linking to the video... now I have to google it myself to make my own assumption.
Edit: It's not CGI...
Joakim is an ananagram for Kojoma (same letters different order) someone else foirgure out what Mogren is ... Morgen?
Typical Kojima
It has the same amount of letters as Konami which if you take all the letters that it shares with Mogren out leaves GRE and KAI... take G and K while counting them and that's 5 or 3 depending on if you want to count those letters with it. Take E and I and it's the same... 5 or 3. A through R equals 18 or 16... 3 divided by 18 = 6 and 16 divided by 3 = 5.3... now we'll do 18 divided by 5 = 3.6 which = 9 when added without the decimal and 16 divided by 5 = 3.2 which when added together without the decimal = 5
Lets get all our numbers together.
5 3 18 16 5.3 3.6 9 3.2
5-18=13
3-16=13
13
5.3=5-3=2
3.6=3-6=3
5.3-3.6=1.7
1.7=8+2=10-3=7
7
3.2=5+9=14
14+5=19
19
lets go back to the alphabet with those numbers...
13=M
7= G
19=S
Now the most prominent number being 5 it turns into this
MGS 5
LOL :3
I think it's CGI. It would be a very Kojima thing to do. And with the video being brought so close to GDC... Kojima is sitting alone somewhere in the dark with a trolling "!" Above his head laughing.
So apart from something Final Fantasy related being very likely announced, it seems a MGS announcement is quite likely on the cards.
Tomorrow is shaping up to be a hardcore gamers wet dream.
That's clearly an anagram but I'll be damned If I'm going to try and work it out.
I thought that Phantom Pain site was a fake that was created soon after the VGA unveiling.
maybe SOMETHING related to tomorrow PS4 announcement??