After being announced in 2018, shown off in 2019, and facing two delays--one into 2020, and most recently into 2021--Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game has officially been cancelled. The tabletop game. which was set to be published by IDW was quietly abandoned back in December, with the company making the decision after numerous delays. Despite that fact, the board game's creator, Emerson Matsuuchi is still trying to find a way to get it finalized and released, after securing the rights to his design. However, now that the project is out of IDW's hands, the Metal Gear license that had been granted by Konami is no longer valid. The creator is confident in his abilities to reach out to Konami and obtain the rights once more to create a tabletop game based upon the Metal Gear Solid franchise, but for the time being, the game will not be releasing.

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[leon315]

Guess what will happen when the board game finally get released?

We all rush to preorder the overpriced game, then we open it, play it for 15min and put on shelf for next 10 years and never open it again.

 

[Subtle Demise]

Guess what will happen when the board game finally get released?

We all rush to preorder the overpriced game, then we open it, play it for 15min and put on shelf for next 10 years and never open it again.

You're probably right, but my daughter was really looking forward to playing it with me. Kind of weird, but taking turns in Metal Gear games has been the source of a lot of bonding for us lol

 

[leon315]

You're probably right, but my daughter was really looking forward to playing it with me. Kind of weird, but taking turns in Metal Gear games has been the source of a lot of bonding for us lol

then you both should get 2 psp or psvita and play MGS acid 2 instead.

 

[Subtle Demise]

then you both should get 2 psp or psvita and play MGS acid 2 instead.

That's in the works for the distant future

 

[raxadian]

Wait... the problem was that the game was not fully designed yet? That's it?

We had lockdown for almost a year, but nothing of that prevents actually designing the game.

 

[eyeliner]

Metal Gear: Canned
The bored game.

I wonder which player would do the philosophical monologues and half hour debates about morals...

 

[The Catboy]

I have a gut feeling that Konami isn’t going to cooperate and they are just going to let this game stay dead because Konami.

 

[Seliph]

The only thing that made life worth living for... gone

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

I didn't even know this existed

 

[MaxToTheMax]

How could they? How?

 

[leon315]

The only thing that made life worth living for... gone

tf u talking about?! We still get Rick and Morty season 5 will they finally found the dankest secret of multi Universe? the secret of SICHUAN sauce?

 

[Deleted User]

Snake!? SNAKE!!!!

 

[Seliph]

tf u talking about?! We still get Rick and Morty season 5 will they finally found the dankest secret of multi Universe? the secret of SICHUAN sauce?

Oh god you're RIGHT

 

[tfocosta]

What a shame! I'm so disappointed I can't even talk about this! *humph*

 

[Foxi4]

How do you mess up making a board game? It's a board game. Not exactly a high bar to meet in terms of design and manufacturing requirements.

 

[Veho]

How do you mess up making a board game? It's a board game. Not exactly a high bar to meet in terms of design and manufacturing requirements.

Making a board game: easy.
Making a board game that doesn't SUCK ABSOLUTE BALLS: not that easy.
And as for the manufacturing part, it's not easy or cheap to find a manufacturer capable of reproducing thissss in tabletop miniature form. Anything short of perfect would be sacrilege.

 

[Deleted member 397813]

oh yeah... that.

 

[Foxi4]

Making a board game: easy.
Making a board game that doesn't SUCK ABSOLUTE BALLS: not that easy.
And as for the manufacturing part, it's not easy or cheap to find a manufacturer capable of reproducing thissss in tabletop miniature form. Anything short of perfect would be sacrilege.

From what I understand, the core gameplay design was done and dusted, they just couldn't get it printed in time, or get the miniatures molded. I guess I see your point, the hardest part of the whole process are the molds if your figurines are injection molded.

 

[DS1]

Metal Gear: Canned
The bored game.

I wonder which player would do the philosophical monologues and half hour debates about morals...

lmao, “OK you go in the other room and face-time me every 3 minutes to explain what a helicopter is, and more importantly WHY a helicopter is”