Metal Gear Solid Series Predicted Surveillance Drones It serves as a warning about the digital age, profiling, and the dangerous reality of behavior engineering. Metal Gear Solid 2's plot describes a world where a person's digital footprint is constantly tracked, and information is selectively curated to discredit people in the form of fake news and gossip that undermines credible news sources. Raiden's revelation about his manipulation and "loss of innocence" is considered by many to be one of the saddest moments in Metal Gear Solid history, but it also serves as a warning for the future to come.
Related: Sony Buying Bluepoint Games Is Bad News For MGS Fans He mentions that what he describes as junk information (tabloids, rumors, scandals, reality tv, etc) drowns out anything productive, and says that valuable truths must be retrieved in order to benefit the human species. During one lengthy conversation, Colonel Campbell (recently revealed to be an AI created to monitor and further manipulate Raiden) describes the digitalized world as being overwhelmed by "trivial" information. Over the course of the mission, the identities and motives of many of these antagonists, as well as his friends and allies, become warped and confusing, and eventually, Raiden finds out that the entire situation was staged to manipulate his identity as a soldier.Īs Raiden discovers the truth behind the shadowy organization known as the Patriots, the extent of their plans and control over the population is revealed. At the beginning of the game, the rookie agent finds himself the singular soldier on a mission to rescue the United States president from a group of terrorists holding him hostage. Metal Gear Solid is known for sympathetic villains and heroes, and Metal Gear Solid 2 protagonist Jack "The Ripper" Raiden is no exception. Here are just some of the things the games got right, intentionally or otherwise. Because of its choice of subject matter, the series has a reputation of making eerily accurate predictions of the near future. The series' intricate storylines and cinematic coverage of cyberpunk, dystopian, political, and philosophical topics left an impression on much of its audience. What every entry in the Metal Gear Solid series undoubtedly had in common was its fantastic storytelling and a grim historical-sci-fi military setting. Related: Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 Temporarily Removed From Stores
His influence as a writer, director, producer, and game designer are so great that he's found commercial success with his own production company, Kojima Productions, and rumors suggest that he may be consulting on a remake of one of his most popular games, perhaps Metal Gear Solid 3.
The success of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2 spawned multiple prequels and spinoff series, including Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Rising, the latter being much more pertinent to the series as a whole than its predecessors.īefore splitting with the company in 2015, Kojima was vice president of Konami Digital Entertainment, an industry titan and one that many believe owes a great deal of its success to the popularity of Kojima's games. Originally debuting with Metal Gear for the MSX computer system in 1987, the franchise has spanned multiple generations and consoles. Hideo Kojima is best known for the Metal Gear Solid series, stealth-action games that span over 30 years of releases.