What is death twisted? Though it's been in development for years, most of the discussion surrounding Hideo Kojima's next PS4 game, the first from his new studio Kojima Productions, after a high-profile start for Konami, still talks about the difficulty of defining the game. . We attended an in-depth showcase at E3 2018, which featured a sci-fi game, but with triumphant horror elements, combining the technical and future attributes of the Metal Gear series with the series. Kojima's impressive silent hill. A recent group discussion at the Tribeca Film Festival also provides some additional insight into what kind of gameplay we can expect. At this point, though, it's almost entirely guesswork. Sony and Kojima play up the mysterious nature of the game, leaving very few details to be revealed. As the first game from Kojima Studios, its success largely depends, and the PR campaign aimed at sparking interest is already causing a fever of anticipation. As the entire gaming planet tries to piece together the Breadcrumb Trail to find out what we're all waiting for, let this article guide you through everything there is to know about Death Stranding until you reach it. present.
Cut to the hunt
- Which is honestly, who really knows. This is the first title from Hideo Kojima's new studio, Kojima Studios.
- When can I play? For the next 2 years.
- How much will it cost? Probably around € 60 / € 45 / € 59 AU
- What can I play in? Sony PS4
Death Stranding trailer and screenshots.
The trailer for the 2018 Tokyo Game Show revealed that veteran voice bender Troy Baker joined the cast as a mysterious villain The Man in the Golden Mask.Troy Baker character introduction # # TGS2018! pic.twitter.com/IT74ZU7dY3September 23, 2018 E3 2018 brought us Death Stranding's gameplay and left our minds a little confused. Before E3 2018, Death Stranding appeared at the 2017 Game Awards. It's been almost eight minutes, it's not a fast watch, and sadly it doesn't answer many of our questions about the game (actually, I think we have more). Find Yourself Below: The reveal trailer unveiled at E3 in 2016 may have been over 3 minutes long, but it didn't reveal much about the game aside from the lead role played by The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus.
A second, longer, 4K movie was unveiled at the Game Awards in late 2016. This trailer introduced Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen and Guillermo Del Toro and gave us no idea what the game will actually be about (in fact, leaving us more confused than we were before), sparked a flurry of expectations. From what we can infer, the events of the second trailer take place before the events of the first, as the baby being transported in the incubator (in the second) is almost Certainly Norman Reedus (as can be seen in the first trailer). They have the same handcuffs and stomach scars. As for what that means, we have no idea. Remember that Kojima was once a fan of including clips in trailers that have never been part of the final game. Does anyone remember the exchange 'Grand Theft Auto & # 39; from the first MGS3 trailer?
Death Stranding release date
There is no definitive release date yet, though Kojima did tell fans at the Tokyo Game Show in 2016 that Death Stranding would be released before 2019. In an interview with Dengeki PlayStation (via Wccftech) in late 2017, Kojima said that the development of the game was going well: "Development on Death Stranding is going quite well (Sony Interactive Entertainment) told us:" We have never witnessed the creation of a game at such a fast pace again. "We are planning an announcement that will surprise everyone in 2018." A preemptive listing on Amazon UK indicated the release date as March 29, a date that has come and gone. A 2019 exit still looks possible, though we don't have official confirmation of when we expect it. Additionally, Kojima revealed that the comedian's strikes in 2018 hindered development, as he was unable to record with Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen during this period, delaying the match taping. .
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What do we know about twisted death?
The grounding of death is in a "critical phase," according to Kojima.Thanks to a tweet from Kojima, we now know that the game has reached a major development stage and may even run on PlayStation 4. The following tweet from Kojima (roughly translated by MSPoweruser) explains that while Death Stranding's development is relatively advanced , much remains to be refined. "Death Stranding is not yet in the debugging stage, but all game elements and tools from different development systems are currently combined in the game," Kojima writes. "It's a process that involves connecting parts, adding emotions, controlling production, specifying, troubleshooting, removing and adding elements." "I play the game on PlayStation 4 every day, it's a critical phase."
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We learned a few new things at the Tribeca Film Festival, which hosted a panel discussion with Hideo Kojima and Norman Reedus. This greatly affected Reedus's immersion in his development, as his face and body (tattoos and otherwise) were scanned into the game. "In Death Stranding, I try to bring all aspects of (Norman's) in," Kojima said through his interpreter, "and you'll see everything that's going on. He's got in the game," he concluded, pushing his way through the crowd. At the end of the game, he says he, you'll like Norman. unbranched history
Kojima also said that it would be difficult to make decisions in the game, although the player cannot really influence the story with their decisions. It resembles cut scenes or different dialogue options, though it barely affects the plot. online features
One of Tribeca's biggest provocations was the recurring mention of online features, though Kojima avoided talking directly about how it would look in-game: "You plug the game in and everyone plays together, and you'll be connected, everyone will be connected too." Maybe a way to communicate or leave notes to other players, in the vein of Dark Souls?
Troy Baker is a bad boy
Veteran singer Troy Baker (who plays Joel in The Last of Us series) stars as Death Stranding in the role of the enigmatic antagonist The Man in the Golden Mask. Baker appeared in a trailer show at the Tokyo Game Show, where his skull-masked character summoned a black, tar-like demon to attack Norman Reedus' character. E3 2018
E3 brought a new trailer, few answers, and even more questions. The gameplay trailer contained the most revealing description we've seen yet. The game talked about Sam & # 39; Porter & # 39; Bridges, a delivery man who has to travel around the world to "reunite the broken world one step at a time." time." We also saw two other famous characters featured in the game: Léa Seydoux and Lindsay Wagner. Somewhat Nervous In 2015, Kojima began hinting at the game's tone and the voice of the stars in an interview with IGN. According to Kojima, his first title with Sony is going to be "a bit angrier" because he wants to "create something that meets people's expectations", he also wants to bring "something new that people haven't ever seen before" . We know that Kojima plans to do something different with the game mechanics, especially around the concept of death and baby involvement that appeared in every trailer. Kojima said in the interview that Death Stranding's mechanics were inspired by a Japanese novel.
In the story, the first tool created by humanity is said to be a staff for protection, but the second tool created by humanity is a rope to keep things close and safe. "Most of your tools in action games are staffs," Kojima said. "You punch or kick or kick yourself. Communication is always through these 'sticks'. In (Death Stranding), I want people to connect not with sticks, but with what would be equivalent to strings... But of course you can also use the sticks." Unfortunately, we didn't see any game modes that would give us a better idea of how this rope approach will actually work. A mystery to its own developers.
During a question and answer session at E3 Coliseum in 2017, Kojima himself said that his own team had not understood the game: "I started explaining to the team what I wanted to do a year ago. Nobody understood!" Before that, Mads Mikkelsen, the star of the game, admitted that he was "lost" when Kojima had tried to explain the plot to him. sporadic details
Although Kojima was coy, he teased what we can expect from Death Stranding in terms of tone and gameplay. We do know that the game will run on the Decima engine created by Horizon: Zero Dawn developers Guerilla Games. At PSX 2016, Kojima praised this engine, considered an excellent engine for open world games, which the reception of Horizon: Zero Dawn suggests as an element of truth. Kojima said that Death Stranding wouldn't be as dark as some fans are hoping for. It's certainly not a horror game, he told Glixel, and that would have made for some fun moments, which isn't surprising considering the overall tone of the Metal Gear series.
An impressive casting
We already knew that Death Stranding was associated with big names, including Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen. But now, we know that screenwriter and actress Emily O'Brien and Troy Baker will join them. Or & # 39; Brien recently posted a photo on Instagram showing her alongside Baker and Reedus, with the caption: "I'm honored to be working alongside these two brave guys on the new project Death Stranding (by Hideo Kojima)." While Baker is well known for his roles in video games like The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite, O'Brien has also appeared on television and in games, most notably Guardian's Galaxy of Telltale. and Batman: The Enemy Within. Like rock in a hard place. Players won't die
In a recent interview with IGN, Hideo Kojima was a bit more open about the details than he was. The bizarre underwater sequence from the 2017 Game Awards trailer, for example? It's ostensibly a type of purgatory where players will freely explore when they die in the game, though Kojima notes that "death will never take you out of the game." Apparently, the game explores the themes of life and death and that is why Kojima would like to explore the traditional mechanism of death in games and let players know that death in the game is no longer an issue. It's not the end for them when that happens. In this underwater area, he explains, "you are neither dead nor alive. This is the equivalent of this screen that says 'Continue?' and a timer down to zero. When players decide they are ready to leave and return to the world of the game, they will not be returned to a point before they die. Instead, the game acknowledges their defeat, and their return to life is more of a reincarnation than an awakening. There is a rain of strange weather.
In the trailer unveiled at the 2017 Game Awards, fans have noticed some kind of weird rain that's affecting the weather. In fact, plants grow and fade and force human bodies to age and degenerate when touched. The rain apparently calls Timefall and plays a large role in the game's story. What's the problem with babies?
We saw some very strange and recurring baby images in the Death Stranding footage, including Norman Reedus rocking a baby while he was naked on a beach and had a live one in his throat. According to Kojima in an interview with IGN, the baby is apparently the same baby and is part of the game mechanics as well as the plot. We assume this is related to the idea of never dying finely, but Kojima hasn't confirmed this. There will be online elements
We already knew that there would be online co-op elements in the game after Kojima confirmed it at the Tokyo Game Show, but in a recent interview with IGN, he acknowledged that he closely followed player reactions, especially micro-transactions. "I think there are a lot of people who still love to play single player games, aside from a few microtransactions." This suggests that even if the game does have online co-op elements, they won't be the entire game.
What could all this mean?
While the gameplay trailers don't tell us much about how we'll ultimately play Death Stranding, they do reveal important thematic elements. The quotes from William Blake, the repeated appearance of ruined dolls, and the inclusion of what appears to be oil (but could be ink) and Dead Sea creatures suggest that Kojima will explore the harrowing relationship between man and the natural world and his impact. about us and future generations. The detritus of dead crabs on the beaches and tanks with live tentacles springing up suggest a post-apocalyptic world overrun by robotic sea creatures that would certainly be interesting. After all, Kojima works closely with Guerilla Games, whose game Horizon: Zero Dawn focuses on robotic dinosaurs.
There's also a curious mix of futuristic technology and elements of the past in the various trailers for the game. In the second trailer for the game, despite the fact that Mads Mikkelsen is wearing a modern military uniform and appears to be wearing some sort of wire, the undead soldiers surrounding him are wearing WWII uniforms and the game world outside of the game. tunnel in which it is located is almost certainly from the period of the second world war.
It's unclear if this mix of past and future will manifest in time travel or just another sci-fi universe. As a Kojima title, it's safe to say that mystery and symbolism is on the rise and fans online are tying up the bits and pieces of available material to try to find out more about the game. We will continue to update as more solid information becomes available. All image credits: Kojima Productions.