What if both of Hideo Kojima and Hideki Kamiya worked together on a single game? I have been asking myself this question a lot in the past 5 years. When rumors surfaced from Japan last year that MGR is going to be re-developed by Platinum games and to be directed by Kamiya, my head was about to explode with excitement.
 
 

 
 

I love the Metal Gear series. In fact, it’s my favorite series of all time. I agree that the MGS franchise doesn’t have the best gameplay in gaming, but damn if you don’t agree that Kojima’s epic saga doesn’t have some of the best characters in gaming history, and possibly the most emotional and rich story in the gaming medium.
 

In the other hand, Kamiya is a genius game designer. In my humble opinion, Kamiya is the best game designer in the past 10 years. No one does gameplay like he does. When he did Okami, it was the first time in gaming history that a new adventure game to be considered by many gamers to be on par with the legendary Zelda franchise. When he created the first Devil May Cry for the PS2, he showed the gaming industry how to do a great hack and slash action game in 3D. He also created Viewtiful Joe which was a work of genius. One last thing, he created the critically acclaimed Bayonetta, which is one of the best action games of this generation.
 

During the QA session after the reveal of the new version of MGR during the Spike VGA2011, Kojima said that he originally, specifically asked for Hideki Kamiya to work on Metal Gear Rising, but Inaba said that Kamiya will repeatedly delay the project. Kojima loves Kamiya’s games and he even stated jokingly during the QA session that he feels jealous when he plays Kamiya’s games.

I was dreaming of a game where Kojima handle the story, the characterization and the setting while Kamiya design the gameplay elements. I know it isn’t as easy as it seems. I know that each one of them has his own style and approach. But just imagine the possibility.