Hideo Kojima Explains the Deep Meanings of Death Stranding; Should be a “New Genre”

Today the official Japanese Twitter account of Kojima Productions relayed a long explanation from Hideo Kojima on the deep meanings of the demo showcased at Sony Interactive Entertainment’s E3 press conference, Death Stranding.

[trywizardo]

Make a new Genre and call it Kojima,he is that good

[poppinslops]

Sounds to me like he's bought into his own hype to the point that he's on the verge of disappearing up his (or Norman Reedus') arse... he doesn't even have a game and he's already declaring it a new genre, despite his recent statement that it will be an action game like Metal Gear Solid.

[Chevalier]

http://www.animenewsnetwork...

To be fair he does have at least 2 Guinness World Records. One of which was to create the Stealth game genre. So maybe he's right, we'll just have to see.

[poppinslops]

Yeah, in 2020... here's to the next thousand articles about this non-existent masterpiece!

[Brandnewfan610]

The ideas should be there before the production even starts. And given his track record, I'm pretty sure he can follow through with his ideas in his final product.

[Brandnewfan610]

"From the days coin operated games have had a continue option if you were to fail at your mission. Failing would also mean the death of your game character. You depict death both in the story and in the game system. However, "death" is about to have a new meaning."

This is the biggest thing that popped out at me. Maybe instead of actually "dying" you suffer more consequences in the story from each "death" or something like that? I don't even know what to make about that comment. But it'll certainly be interesting to see just how unique of a concept Kojima has in store.

[KentBenMei]

Well, he practically made the stealth genre, so this could happen.

[Chevalier]

http://news.softpedia.com/n...

Correction he DID create the stealth genre. His Guinness world records prove that.

[MrSwankSinatra]

He did not create the stealth genre. Stealth existed in Castle Wolfenstein which pre-dates Metal Gear on the MSX. The fact that Kojima is considered the creator just shows how badly misinformed you people are.

[KentBenMei]

Well, stealth existed in games before MG, just not as refined and not as a focal point. At least not in good games.

[MrSwankSinatra]

No he did not.....

[Gazondaily]

Looks really intriguing.

[MilkMan]

Man reading this game me a migraine. I'm getting tired of Kojima's BS. Just answer the questions. I get that this is real term but those tow words don't sound right together. It hurts to say it and after Metal Gear V, ill be paying real close attention and not ride any hype.

[Paytaa]

I'm not going to hype this game to oblivion, but the trailer was so cool that I feel like I'm going to love what this game delivers.

Probably not going to be on the PS4 though. Maybe the Neo or the next Playstation since Kojima takes a while on his games.

[Summons75]

Oh geez, I really hope this isn't a thing where he teases and explains every single aspect of the game but still takes 7 years to actually release it...

I'm fine with it taking a while to develop, I don't want another MGSV scenario where we hear about it and get some sort of new teaser for it years. Just develop the game and when it 6-8 months away from release give us a trailer, demo, and release date and you are golden. No need to announce games 6-8 years from release.

[GamePeace]

My question is, why Norman Reedus? Why didn't he choose an own character if he wants to create his own genre? If you want to be original, at least go fully original !

Norman Reedus reminds too much of the Walking Dead, I would have prefered Solid Snake or another character instead of Norman Reedus, just my opinion.