For those of us hoping that we’d see the release of the much-anticipated Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain next year, it seems like we’ll be left waiting for quite some time.
In an interview with Famitsu, the series’ creator Hideo Kojima explained the reasoning behind the release of MGS V‘s prologue Ground Zeroes, and why it will be releasing so much earlier than The Phantom Pain.
He said: “If I were to put it in Hollywood movie terms, the prologue, that is Ground Zeroes, would be similar to the first 10-15 minutes that are meant to ‘captivate’ [the audience].
“At first, something will happen, then the title will appear like ‘bam!’ and then nine years later, a big event will be the start [of Metal Gear Solid V]. That’s how the story will be connected. As far as the game itself goes, The Phantom Pain will take place in an immense open world map, while Ground Zeroes takes place in a smaller open world.
“It would’ve actually been better to release it all at once, but by the way things are going, it appears likely that Phantom Pain will be coming out around the time the PlayStation 4 becomes more spread out. That means we would’ve had to make people wait a while longer.”
We had Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain penned in for a 2014 release, but judging from Kojima’s comments, it seems likely that we’ll be waiting until 2015. Hopefully Ground Zeroes proves to be a good stop-gap during this lengthy wait.
