Hideo Kojima Is “Not Running Out of Ideas Soon,” Says Death Stranding Actor
If you liked Death Stranding and its sequel, you are probably looking forward to Hideo Kojima’s upcoming games, OD and Physint, both of which promise to push technical and narrative boundaries, but the question remains whether he can keep delivering new and surprising ideas.
According to Troy Baker, the actor who plays Higgs in the Death Stranding games, Kojima still has plenty of creativity left. He believes the creator is far from running out of ideas.
Higgs Actor Says Kojima Still Has Many Ideas But May Not Stick With One World Forever
In an interview with GamesRadar+ during the BAFTA event, Baker said: “I’ve learned to trust Hideo, and he’s not running out of ideas anytime soon.”
Still, Baker also understands that Kojima might not want to stay focused on the same world forever. He explained, “I think that there’s a lot that he did to set up this world and these characters that we could extrapolate from. But I also understand him as a creator going, ‘I don’t want to spend the next 20, 30, years of my life in one world.’ We’ve already seen he’s got so many other ideas and things that are already in development.”
Baker also shared his personal view as both an actor and a fan, saying, “I always try to approach this as an audience member, and what is it that I would want to appreciate from [creators], and if I get the opportunity to double down and be a part of it, then that’s gravy.”
He added, “That’s a bonus. But at the end of the day, I think I just, for these creators and these developers that I’ve worked with, I think, at the end of the day, I’m more excited to see what they come up with next, and one way or another, be a part of it.”
Kojima has been creating successful and well-received games since the days of Metal Gear Solid. Even though some projects, like PT, did not fully move forward, his work continues to stand out.
For now, it remains to be seen how upcoming games like OD and Physint will turn out and whether they will bring something truly different.
In other news, Hideo Kojima predicted at the Brazil Game Show 2025 that artificial intelligence will eventually create remakes and sequels for games and other media.
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