Hideo Kojima Isn't Entirely Sure That His Horror OD 'Will Work Out,' As He Had to Rethink How He Makes Games 'From the Ground Up'

Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding developer Hideo Kojima says his upcoming fearfulness game, OD, is "challenging" to make because, dissimilar his anterior games, this 1 required a alteration successful however helium makes games "from the crushed up."

OD isn't the archetypal clip Kojima has dabbled successful horror, of course. P.T. is his uniquely terrifying rotation connected the fearfulness genre, presented via a location filled with unexpected encounters and bizarre mysteries. In the end, P.T. revealed itself to beryllium a "Playable Trailer" for the concealed task Silent Hills, which ne'er came to fruition. For galore — myself included — it's considered 1 of the scariest video crippled experiences of each time.

Unfortunately, Konami cancelled Silent Hills successful 2015 aft a painfully nationalist fallout with Kojima. The free-to-play demo was past scrubbed from PlayStation Network, provoking mendacious rumors that the institution was removing already downloaded copies of the demo from PS4 consoles worldwide. OD seems to prime up wherever P.T. near off, astatine slightest successful spirit, and its latest trailer suggests it's going to beryllium each spot arsenic terrifying, sparking speculation that it is connected to P.T. successful immoderate way.

The mysterious crippled volition prima Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Sophia Lillis, Hunters' Udo Kier, and Euphoria's Hunter Schafer, with the trailer showcasing Lillis' quality successful a spooky house, lighting candles earlier gathering a malevolent figure.

Now, talking to ananweb, arsenic translated by Automaton, Kojima admitted that he's not wholly definite that OD "will enactment out," but did suggest that determination are plentifulness of clues packed into the trailer.

"I can’t accidental precisely what it is yet, nor bash I cognize if it volition enactment out. We’ve created stealth games and transportation games which were dissimilar thing before, but system-wise, they were akin to different games," Kojima said. "This time, we’re trying to alteration the work exemplary from the crushed up, truthful it should beryllium rather challenging.

"We’ve packed the trailer afloat of hints, truthful if you support reasoning astir it, you mightiness fig it out," helium added.

And we person so been reasoning astir it! Check retired our thoughts connected however OD whitethorn so link with P.T. close here.

In October, IGN reported that The Wachowskis, the writers and directors down the Matrix movies, erstwhile asked Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to plan a Matrix video game, but steadfast Konami reportedly turned it down. "The Wachowskis were large fans of Kojima," Konami Digital Entertainment VP of licensing, Christopher Bergstresser, said astatine the time. "So Kazumi Kitaue, Kojima, Aki Saito (who inactive works with Kojima), and I were astatine the Konami HQ, and we got a telephone from the Wachowskis, who wanted to travel successful and conscionable with Kojima. So they did!"

Kojima responded to the assertion conscionable a fewer hours later, saying helium was "surprised" to work the news, insisting: "no 1 ever told maine specified a speech had taken place."

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.