Horror OD will erase the line between game, film and reality: insider reveals concept for Hideo Kojima's experimental project
In December 2023, the famous game designer Hideo Kojima - the creator of Metal Gear and Death Stranding - announced a new and extremely ambitious project OD, which according to his plan should erase the boundaries between games and cinema.
Of course, the Japanese developer didn't change his principles, so the debut trailer left more questions than answers. Nothing is known about OD, but thanks to Dusk Golem insider at least approximate outlines of the game are revealed.
Here's What We Know
In late 2022, footage of a mysterious Overdose game, allegedly by Kojima, leaked online. Dusk Golem explained that the leak was possible due to the fact that the developers were conducting the first tests of OD and collected the opinions of gamers about it. Consequently, it has been confirmed in passing that OD is indeed Overdose.
Dusk Golem clarified the overall concept of OD as well
Kojima Productions is developing a horror game with gameplay divided into two components:
- Atraditional first-person viewhorror. Players will wander through gloomy locations, encounter monsters, interact with characters, complete various tasks and engage in other activities that are not yet known.
- The second component of OD and is experimental in nature - players will be required to watch videos, search for information on real websites, and both specially created for the game, and on ordinary pages. In addition, users will receive messages on their messengers, switch the camera view and influence the character's actions.
Somehow Kojima plans to combine game, cinema, reality and human sensory system in OD and use all known media formats and available technologies for this purpose.
Such a concept sounds extremely interesting, but eerily, that could make Kojima's experimental project called OD both a breakthrough in the gaming and media space and become a grand failure for the Maestro, as such innovative ideas are often misunderstood.
OD is being created in collaboration with Microsoft and is planned as an Xbox console exclusive.
Source: Reddit