“My goal is to make a player think, 'I want to reenter this world of lies tomorrow.'”
In 2004 Kojima said his goal is to make the player think they want to return tomorrow to that world of lies.
"MY GOAL IS to make a player think, 'I want to reenter this world of lies tomorrow.'" So says Hideo Kojima, designer of Metal Gear Solid
“In other words, I'm trying to create a game that will have a small but positive affect on players' actual lives. I know it sounds a little dramatic, but that's what I've been thinking about for a long time now.”
“But I only wanted to make MGS4 a window to this; the next step - where you open the window and look at the real world - that's up to the users! I didn't want to exaggerate just to make my story glitter or get coverage on the news, that was not my intention.”
“If I confess, at that point, my thoughts have already turned to the next idea.”
“Inside the park you can't separate yourself from the fantasy. At Disneyland you never go 'backstage'—even when you're in the bathroom.”
“I think that's part of my role, part of my duty, to put in my games what I experience through movies, to explore this philosophy that movies gave me. I want to provide something similar to people through the games I create.”