Death Stranding 2: How Kojima’s Experience With COVID Impacted The Game

Hideo Kojima has shared some new perception into Death Stranding 2: On the Seaside, saying COVID impacted the sequel. In an interview with IGN, Kojima stated the unique Death Stranding, which was launched in 2019, was made primarily based on the theme of “We’re in peril of being divided and remoted, so let’s join.”

Then the COVID pandemic started in 2020, after Death Stranding 2 got here out. Having lived by way of the pandemic, Kojima stated he is modified his mind-set in relation to connection.

“After truly experiencing that, I felt that perhaps it isn’t such a great factor to attach a lot. That feeling is foreshadowed in a number of totally different scenes and settings [in Death Stranding 2]. I believe there are parts that gamers will solely perceive as soon as they attain the tip of the sport. What I felt in the course of the pandemic is sort of strongly mirrored inside this title,” he stated.

Kojima went on to say he was “really shocked” by the affect of the pandemic because it pertains to how folks join and work together, a lot in order that he primarily based a few of the themes for Death Stranding 2 round it.

“We began working remotely, whereas live shows and dwell occasions vanished. We had no selection however to depend on the Web. Kids could not go to highschool or play and needed to stare at screens all day,” he stated. “I believe we did not have every other selection on the time. You’d activate the TV and listen to about how the metaverse was the subsequent huge factor, however that is not how human communication works. You do not meet folks by likelihood that method.”

Death Stranding 2 releases on June 26 for PS5. Along with the sport, Sony is releasing a limited-edition DualSense controller impressed by the sport for $85.

We lately performed 30 hours of Death Stranding 2 and got here away desirous to play extra.