Remember that Christmas Day livestream that Hideo Kojima cunningly revealed as part of a Swedish t-shirt slogan last month? Nah, we were too busy scranning stuffing and reporting on the ongoing PlayStation Network outage in between mouthfuls to pay attention to that – but it did kick up a little tidbit worth mentioning on a desperately slow Sunday.
During the holiday broadcast, the aforementioned auteur announced the pictured poultry headgear for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which will be awarded to those of you who keep mucking up. The rooster helmet will prevent guards from spotting you so quickly, making the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 sequel a teensy bit easier to beat. We've no idea how dressing as a giant bird makes you less noticeable, but we suppose that this is Kojima logic.
The best part is that the birdie bonnet will appear in cut-scenes should you equip it, punishing/rewarding you for your rubbish stealth skills. There's still no word on when the hotly anticipated espionage escapade will deploy, but it's expected at some point later this year. Are you chicken? Bawk, bawk, bawk in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via kotaku.com, joystiq.com]
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As silly as this is, it actually makes me more excited for Phantom Pain. For me, the appeal of the MGS franchise has always been the bizarre combination of incredibly serious subject matter with silly stuff like this. Ground Zeroes - while fantastic - felt very solemn to me, and I was a little concerned that Kojima was changing to a more "mature" style.
As usual, I now look like an idiot for ever doubting the man.
Looks more like a Rayman Rabbid than a chicken but its still brilliant.
Anybody else surprised this is still coming out on PS3 about 1 1/2 years after the PS4 launch? Im sure it wont look as good on PS3 but it does make me think that other PS4 games - Knack, Killzone, inFamous 2nd Son - probably could have easily scaled down to PS3. Heck Knack could probably have scaled down to PS2. Somebody mentioned yesterday about Second Son being a PS3 game and I didnt think much of it but MGS on PS3 shines a new light on it.
I love when your equipped items appear in cutscenes, like Raiden pointing either the SOCOM or M9 at Olga. Funny it's a chicken, what a slap in the face lol
Ugh I wish he would just slap a release date on this game already !
Haha so thats what I'll look like in-game.
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