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Old 09-25-2005, 10:08 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Once A Villain
Obviously I won't be making friends in this thread by saying this, but Hideo Kojima is a hack. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy most of his games, but the guy should just make cheesy movies as far as I'm concerned. He did want to be a film director originally, afterall. It's so obvious for someone like me (movie fanatic) to see every...single...source that he has ripped from. In his "camera work", in his dialogue, in his characters, in everything... The man doesn't have an original idea in his head I'm afraid.
Maybe if he was making movies what you say would be true. But as video games, the Metal Gear Solid games are very original.

Besides, what's so wrong about re-using somebody else's techniques? There's no point in reinventing the wheel for each new project. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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