“I want to keep quiet and release it. That's unusual for me, isn't it?”
Kojima said he wanted to keep quiet and release OD, which he considered unusual for him.
“I pitched to many people, to the big companies, and also to the up-and-coming companies. All of them said the same thing... They said that I'm crazy, and that they really don't understand the concept — that they will not be able to do it.”
“It would still be a hide-and-seek game, but I would create tension by adding a story to go with it.”
“You can't show them the inside of your brain. You draw pictures and try to put it into words. But you can't show them in moving pictures.”
“I know that no one would ever wear a box in war, but I want to change the mood, relieve the stress and tension and control a little bit the feelings of the player by letting them calm down and relax for a second and then continue through the mission.”
“They won't tell me the budget and release dates get announced out of the blue. Or they would suddenly spill the contents of a project during promos. Once they totally gave away spoilers in a magazine interview.”