14 DAY TRIAL // Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, says that the newly announced Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes are part of the same fifth game in the series.
On Twitter, the developer says, “ ‘Ground Zeroes’ is a prologue of ‘MGSV’. 9 years after that event will be ‘The Phantom Pain’.”
He adds, “MGSV is constructed w/ prologue and main game ‘TPP’. The game play demo I presented today is the opening of ‘TPP’ which is tutorial that starts from crawling.”
The trailer launched for Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain suggests that the game is standalone and separate from Ground Zeries.
Of course, when talking about a prologue, Kojima might be referring to a separate video game that will fill that narrative role.
The story structure of the series has always been complicated and many fans will be eager to learn more about how the two concepts will interact and how the Solid Snake character will evolve.
Phantom Pain was initially teased as a game that had no connection to Metal Gear, although Kojima offered hints about its true nature and about the Snake connection.
Publisher Konami also says that Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain will be separate from Ground Zeroes.
The publisher states, “First unveiled in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the new Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain trailer shows the fall of Mother Base and provides visual hints that unveil the connection between Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.”
Both games will use the new Fox Engine from Kojima Productions in order to deliver an upgraded visual experience.
Ground Zeroes is expected to be launched on the next generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft.
Konami says that Phantom Pain will be offered on the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.
