Konami had one job to do after all the bullshit that went on with Kojima. The studio know for its raging boner for turning famed properties into Pachinko machines really had to knock the next Metal Gear game out of the park. Konami claimed more Metal Gear was coming, but Metal Gear Survive isn’t what anyone expected; or wanted.
Speaking during Gamescom we know know a few more details about Metal Gear Survive, and they aren’t good. Konami’s Richard Jones stated that:
The gameplay is very similar to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and will have a lot of those aspects for sure, and we’re going to add on that co-op gameplay in-tune with that.
Most of the gameplay will be focused on co-op play. So trying out missions with different styles, working with each other to experiment with tactics, that kind of thing.
In general there is a lot of replayablility around trying different missions from a progression standpoint, from a tactical standpoint with three other friends.”
Yup! That means Metal Gear Survive is just The Phantom Pain with some added co-op. That being said, Survive won’t be a full-priced game, but does that really matter? Komani is experimenting with Metal Gear, but as it’s the one franchise the studio had that is still well-loved and received, it seems like a risky move.
The Metal Gear game that followed The Phantom Pain had to hit it out of the park show that Konami could do things without Kojima around. Metal Gear Survive isn’t that game and it worries me the impact it’ll have on the series.
Metal Gear Survive is considered a side-story, or spin-off, taking place in an alternate timeline, but is that something anyone really asked be made? Look, I’m all for a co-op Metal Gear experience as Phantom Pain was neat, but one based around zombies seems dated at best.
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