Kojima gives production update on OD; confirms cast performances
1 Sep 17 6:55 AM · 6d ago · 1 article · 34 comments · 2 sources · development 1 of 2
Kojima reported that OD's development is proceeding on schedule despite a pause in performance capture and ADR recording due to last year's SAG-AFTRA strike. He praised performances from Sophia Lillis and Hunter Schafer, describing OD as a new type of game designed to test thresholds of fear.
“Can someone just let Kojima make a movie already so he can stop trying to show off how many Hollywood actors he knows and start making games again?”
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Hideo Kojima Game director, Kojima Productions
Bill Skarsgård Lead actor, PhysintXbox PublisherSony Former publisher
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first by theverge.com, 6d ago · also Eurogamer, Kotaku, Hypebeast, Beebom, Inven Global, XBOX Wire +2
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He changed it because a direct translation would have been awful. He took a very Japanese script and turned it into a script that western players would prefer and giving how big MGS1 was and still is in the west its clear he made the right call. Giving Kojima would take elements from it clearly he liked it he was just mad someone took his work and…
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Bill Skarsgard to star in next game from Hideo Kojima, 'Physint' https://www. upi.com/Entertainment_News/202 6/09/17/Bill-Skarsgard-Hideo-Kojima-video-games-Physint/4421789659767/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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boy, some ppl just refuse to look up what happened with Hi-Fi Rush eh, the reason that Tango was shut/sold off was cause Hi-Fi Rush made no profit like none of their past games made any profit either (iirc Evil Within 1 was the only one of their games that did fine). At some point, it's not about "instant ROI" but just having some ROI at all from…
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I think that Kojima casts actors he personally likes, regardless of fame, and the only requirement is that they give a good performance: I think Lea Seydoux was especially fantastic as Fragile, and the rest of the Death Stranding cast was also good. I understand that many people feel that voice actors are underpaid and neglected, but many iconic…
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If you are referring to Fukushima, on his own words, he joined these projects at the last minute after the plotline was written and only wrote the optional codecs, and that guy is somehow responsible for all positive qualities of the game lol. I'm still surprised that people seem to think that MGS2 is only great because of that codec conversation…
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Death Stranding 2 was great, my personal game of the decade. Story, game play, and characters were fantastic. That being said, I don't care if it broke even, I don't care if it made a billion dollars, I don't see a dime of it. I'm not a Microsoft fan, I'm loyal to no billion dollar company. Asha axing all of those game studios already put me off…
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Keeping Kojima around, however, certainly isn't about creating the next big cash cow, it's more a status symbol, projects to brag about, because of their artistic, cinematic value. That is not how business works. Cash cows were made with MGS, there is no one in their right mind who is just going to shell up hundreds of millions just to say "heh…
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Why should Hollywood monopolise the entire entertainment industry? It's good that there are more branches; actors and other artists can choose to become famous. By Neil Newbon: Voice acting is just acting without you being seen. He actually hates being called a voice actor. It's logical that you hire actors if you make a game like this, especially…
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People trying to discredit Kojima and claim "all of the good stuff was not actually written by him but someone else" is not recognizing the "other guys". That is using that the other's name to attack Kojima while also making the actual work of the other guys like Fukushima (and Kojima) not being recognized. It's super convenient and operates on a…
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Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVED the death stranding games, and you can basically consider me one of the "Kojima hype men" you speak of, but i think DS also was just too niche of a game in general, and really expected a lot of invested time and trust in a game that was an absolute slow-burn both story and gameplay wise. It was cool as fuck…
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It's depressing how so many people who pretend to think of video games as art are always like, "dude, think about studios and consumers" as if that's the measure of art lol. Pixar boss Pete Docter once asked Hayao Miyazaki while discussing the development of films: “When do you make changes for yourself, and when do you make changes for the…
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even if you don't foot the bill directly, if kojima's celebrity loving and microsoft's bad budgeting axes potential games you would've enjoyed that kind of starts affecting you even if indirectly it also means if he bomb something like this you just don't get fun kojima games anymore because no one will trust him with a budget he won't be going…
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Actors would glad take a lower pay to be in a Kojima game these days. Bill is an established actor, but is not an A-lister I don't doubt he's doing this because he wants to (not because Kojima bribing him with Xbox money, that's probably not the main reason). Plenty of A-list actors do indie projects that don't make money because they want to do…
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They have infinitely been in "course correction". Did you not read the emails during the FCC hearings. They have the money to buy so they just buy and when it doesnt work out they just layoff. No care for devs , their livelihood , nothing. They are just big corpo. If you actually think they are in the middle of correction then youre mistakenly…
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Yeah, that's my bad. I didn't mean to imply they had something like a friendship or anything. Their relationship was always infamously difficult and barely ever encountered each other in person. I just meant that Hayter helped sell the character of Snake and these games, Kojima's vision, for years. That should cause at least a shred of loyalty and…
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Not saying he doesn’t care about the product is a pretty wild statement considering how critically acclaimed Death Stranding 1/2 have been. Does he create art tailor made for fans? Clearly not. But to insinuate he’s just using these to act out some obsession with celebrities? He must do a great job disguising it, cause we keep getting some…
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Yeah, it's ridiculous. Part of this celebrity worship culture that has just grown even worse with social media. Of course, that's also why Kojima is so popular, that same celebrity worship. There are plenty of other people doing a lot more to disrupt gaming and make interesting experiences that break the mold while also actually making sense and…
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Funny, I don’t find “being a self absorbed artist who doesn’t really give a shit about what players or studios want” to be “damning”. Matter of fact I can respect that. I may or may not like a game (and I haven’t really played anything Kojima since MGS 2), but I have no complaints about the director being more concerned with his vision than with…
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How you felt typing that out: 🧐 Buddy, I’m not here to convince you of anything. He was in The Crow (terrible movie) Barbarian, John Wick: 4, Allegiant, Deadpool 2, The Devil All the Time, he’s opposite Nic Cage in the upcoming Lords of War sequel. He’s a big celebrity with millions of followers. He’s a big celebrity that’s been in MASSIVE…
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I’m not denying their greatness, but unfortunately approaching half a billi per game you need to just get to 1.5 fast to keep the ride going. Add to not hitting milestones to trust the costs… patience wanes. Someone has to front that costs and with Sony still in tech with AI ever consuming all their cost increases, suddenly white tigers aren’t…
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It doesn't make sense when I've already stated budgets and Sony have never been a problem. You did read in that interview where sony didn't even GIVE kojima a reason for pulling out? And haven't spoken to him since? There is clearly some other reason where you can't even be honest with someone you've worked with for decades?
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It's going to be about sweeping trash on the subway. You go from subway to subway, sweeping trash and throwing it away. And this also connects the world. Everyone will rave about how amazing it is, and people who aren't captured already will play it and not know what the fuck, but they will praise it anyway.
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The game has basically been confirmed as a "spiritual successor" to metal gear, it's an action espionage game by the guy who created the genre, so we can only assume he's gonna make a big fuck you to knonami and basically say he can do metal gear whether he has the metal gear title or not 😂
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You missed a crucial step between points 2 and 3: when devs get that infinite money, they tend to become lazy and uninterested and start shitting out stuff like Redfall, Starfield, Hellblade 2, etc. So the step should be "make a meh game" and also probably "put it in the gamepass on day one"
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