Over here at Push Square Towers, sometimes even we are baffled at some of the potential news that slips under our radar for long periods of time, and you can count this article as a demonstration of that in action. Gamespot has relayed a YouTube video by timesplitter88 that showcases an obscure side objective that you can complete in the Déjà Vu mission exclusive to the PlayStation versions of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, and from the content of this mission, it's surprisingly foreshadowing of the recent events involved with removing Kojima's name from the box art of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
In this side objective, you go around the island of the United States Naval Prison Facility and locate the logos for all of the franchise's titles with a flashlight, leading up to Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as you exit the level on a helicopter. In the process of doing this, you erase all of these logos and come across a batch of incredibly intriguing dialogue uttered by Benedict Miller. He urges you on as you get rid of every Metal Gear title, but strangely enough, you can only appear to get rid of the ones that Kojima himself directed, since Miller will comment on a title like Metal Gear Acid, saying, "looks like that's nothing special". What's most telling, though, is one of the last lines delivered by Miller, who solemnly says: "You erased all the markings… but every one of them will always be with you." Even months before the rumors started, it seems possible that Kojima himself knew about his departure from Konami, and decided to subtly hint at this in his penultimate Metal Gear game.
What do you make of this connection? Do you believe that Kojima intentionally put this in Ground Zeroes for the purposes stated above, or is all of this a mere coincidence? Report to Mother Base in the comments section below to tell us what your theories are about this thought-provoking Easter egg.
[source gamespot.com]
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Super interesting stuff!
Hahaha I like it!
Woooah, that's spooky.
Weird.
Yeah, there's no way this is a coincidence. Even on something as small as Push Square, I often include little cryptic hints and clues about how I'm feeling that only I'd ever really notice/understand. Given what we know about Kojima, it wouldn't be strange at all for him to embed something like this in the game on purpose - especially seeing as you imagine he's pretty cut up about it all.
It's Kojima...nothing is 'coincidence'.
@get2sammyb Definitely agree. I've noticed people in the comments section on the video are talking about how Kojima's downfall is all a ruse and he'll reveal this debacle as one of his orchestrated tricks.
That's highly unlikely. But still, it's SO interesting that this is in Ground Zeroes. Still surprised no one has talked about this Easter egg that much!
Wouldn't be surprised, and I'm expecting something to have been slipped into MGS5 as well!
@DrJoeystein I'm still remaining open to the fact its all a hoak because MGS2 Raiden, basically.
HA! I had totally forgotten about this, but yeah looking back at it now it's got to be a hidden message!
I remember playing this and thinking it was a bit odd especially the message at the end.
It's also why I'm getting the full game on disc in case he has more and Konami try to patch it out afterwards. This and you know they'll try to get rid of any reference to Lisa from PT as well.
Having just learned about this Easter Egg myself, it's pretty clear there's been tension between Kojima/Konami for quite some time now and just didn't make out into the headlines until this year.
@carlos82 From the preview impressions, someone caught a PT reference in the early areas.
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