Death Stranding 2 has been completely rewritten, Hideo Kojima says

Dying Stranding 2 has been fully rewritten following the coronavirus pandemic, director and Metallic Gear Strong creator Hideo Kojima explains. With the Death Stranding 2 release date nonetheless on the horizon, and likewise affirmation of a movie adaptation, the open-world game will reportedly problem the varied concepts of the unique Dying Stranding whereas additionally altering the that means of the time period ‘stranding.’ All of it sounds suitably mysterious, however equally, Death Stranding 2 is shaping as much as be one other compelling work from the MGS grasp.

Launched in 2019, Dying Stranding casts you as Sam Porter Bridges, performed by Strolling Lifeless actor Norman Reedus. Within the unique recreation, your job is to reconnect a post-apocalyptic United States by becoming a member of disparate settlements collectively on the ‘Chiral Community.’ In line with Kojima, nevertheless, Dying Stranding 2 will current totally different concepts on this theme of connection.

“People want to enter the surface world and transfer,” Kojima says, in an interview with Japanese publication Natalie, translated by Google. “I reconsidered the idea of ‘connection,’ and in DS2, the that means of ‘strand’ has modified. On the finish of the teaser, there’s a message ‘Ought to we now have linked?’”

Within the unique recreation, ‘stranding’ partly refers back to the spirits of the useless – referred to in-game as ‘BTs’ or ‘beached issues’ – turning into stranded on the planet of the dwelling, just like how whales change into stranded on a seashore. Kojima says that Dying Stranding 2 has been rewritten with a special method to this theme, and the theme of connection, following the coronavirus pandemic.

“DS2’s story was made earlier than corona,” Kojima says. “However I needed to rewrite all the pieces due to corona. In Dying Stranding, it was justice to attach, however with the corona disaster, pseudo-connections resembling remotes have come to be emphasised. I felt that such pseudo-connections alone wouldn’t result in fulfilling human lives.”

Kojima additionally discusses the upcoming Dying Stranding movie adaptation. “I wish to do one thing distinctive to the movie,” he says, “so I plan to make one thing fully totally different. I believe you’ll be slightly shocked.”

Dying Stranding 2 shouldn’t be the one Kojima-related undertaking in improvement. A full remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 is in development, alongside the MGS Grasp Assortment, a re-release of the unique trilogy. There’s additionally phrase that Metal Gear Solid 4 may finally be coming to PC.

Within the meantime, check out all the opposite finest upcoming games heading your approach in 2023 and past. In case you’re a giant Kojima fan, you may also have enjoyable with the most effective story games on PC.