Now that we all know Death Stranding will come to PC subsequent yr, following its PlayStation four launch subsequent week, hey look I suppose we are able to submit about it extra. Such as, right here’s the eight-minute PS4 launch trailer for Hideo Kojima’s first post-Metal Gear game. I do know some console buddies have regretted watching the trailer, fearing it spoils an excessive amount of, however: 1) I’ll have forgotten all this by summer season 2020; 2) any revelations from a advertising trailer will pale compared to how a lot individuals will speak about what the game really is by then anyway.
I cannot bear in mind any of these plot beats. Especially not when the minute-to-minute actuality of what the game is stays so mysterious. Norman Reedus is a deliveryman who makes use of the magical powers of ladders and Amazon deliveries to defeat ghosts and unite a post-apocalyptic America? Alright, yeah. Anything I feel I’d know of the story from that trailer will quickly be overwritten.
I do adore Kojima’s particular model of nonsense, to be clear. He balances human heat and societal critique (heavy-handed however legitimate!) with cracking B film foolishness, fascinating game programs to discover, merchandising alternatives, and a want to create enterprise conditions the place celebrities must eat dinner with him then let him tweet pictures of them smoking.
Death Stranding is due on PC in summer season 2020, printed by 505 Games. No phrase on shops but.
