14 DAY TRIAL // It's true that there are so many video games out there that if someone were to come forward and say "hey, I've got the most original idea how to make a great game," most of us wouldn't believe a word, having seen all kinds of shooting, racing, adventure, puzzle and strategy games. But recently, we found out that someone did come up with a very original idea on which to make a game, only that it involves more watching and less playing. Yeah, I know, lousy idea.
Japanese video game designer at Konami, Hideo Kojima thought of bringing somewhat of an odd yet original gameplay to the world of games but I still don't see where the gameplay actually kicks in. Here are the developer's actual words on this in an interview with Edge magazine, so you can better understand his intentions: "The zombie idea I have is a bit different. Imagine a large town where half the inhabitants are zombies. Users would subscribe, get inside the town and get bitten. At that stage they become undead and can't control their character - all they can do is modify the camera angles... They'd see their character attacking humans and have to pay just to watch!"
So let me get this straight, I make the account (cause it's online, I forgot to say), make the payment, start the game, play it for 5 to 10 minutes at which point I have to take my hands off the keyboard and just watch helplessly how my character gets bitten, becomes undead and does all sorts of zombie-like things, right? OK, it's original, that I can cope with, what I don't understand is how even the world's biggest couch potato is going to find this not-to-play game fun. Maybe I'm missing something, I don't know...