Hideo Kojima hints at Death Stranding 2’s transformative interpretation of “strand”

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The significance of “strand” has actually altered for Death Stranding 2, and also the COVID-19 pandemic is instrumental, states Kojima. 

In a meeting with J-Pop idolizer Nocchi (from the team Perfume) for the Japanese electrical outlet Music Natalie, Kojima offered a little understanding right into Death Stranding 2’s growth. On the subject of the follow up’s styles, the head of Kojima Productions states (device equated): “In Death Stranding, connection was justice,” nonetheless adhering to the COVID-19 pandemic, “remote and other pseudo-connections became more important.”

“On the other hand,” the programmer proceeds, “I felt that this pseudo-connection alone was not enough to achieve human-like fulfilment in life. I felt that human beings need to get out into the outside world and move.”

Further down in the meeting, Kojima clarified: “Isolation and fragmentation are ongoing, and the world is changing dramatically. With the inability to return to the world as it was, the meaning of ‘strand’ is changing in [Death Stranding 2] as we rethink about ‘connectedness’.” 

Kojima after that describes the message existing at the end of the follow up’s initial and also just intro, including: “At the end of the teaser, the message ‘Should We Have Connected?’ [appears] and that’s the message we want to convey in 2.” 

Elsewhere in the meeting, Kojima likewise discusses Death Stranding 2’s songs, discussing that, in the initial game, the group “wanted to incorporate things that have never been done in games or films before” which they’re “thinking of doing more new things in the sequel.” The programmer likewise discussed the prepare for the upcoming Death Stranding movie that was introduced as in manufacturing back in December 2022.

“If it’s going to be made into a film, I want it to be something that only film can do,” Kojima informs Nocchi in the meeting, “so I’m going to make it completely different.” We currently understand that Kojima won’t be directing the Death Stranding movie, however he will certainly be playing a monitoring function. We likewise understand that the film is readied to present brand-new personalities which it could also ditch the game’s lead protagonist Sam Porter Bridges.

We do not have a launch day for the film yet, however according to its manufacturer, we’re about to get “very exciting news” on the Death Stranding movie.

 

Source: gamesradar.com

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