Death Stranding 2 Could Be The Game To Surpass Metal Gear

'We should never have connected' alludes to some serious baggage.

[lucasnooker]

No

[Eonjay]

I don't think that's even necessary. Why does he need to surpass MGS. Not everything needs to be a competition.

[SimpleSlave]

A futuristic FedEx simulator with an over-complicated narrative? Sure...

[solideagle]

over-complicate narrative is Hideo Kojima

[neutralgamer1992]

Have you not played any past MGS games Kojima and complicated narratives go together

[1Victor]

@neutral: “ Have you not played any past MGS games Kojima and complicated narratives go together”
lol he got bitten by the same bug that bitten George Lucas with the stories starting from the middle.
Although I haven’t played death stranding it looks like a linear story so far till the 3rd or 5th game where he’s going to show the origin of the black stuff 🤷🏿
Edit: to answer the article question I would say no the metal gear series got flushed out completely with the end of 4 and yes it’s madness to try to explain the full story to someone that never played the games

[neutralgamer1992]

True MGS became complicated over many decades. If Kojima could have a do over and he knows how many games he will make I think story would be better. He wasn't planning on working with MGS IP again and again but yet Konami kept wanting more

[MDTunkown]

Death Stranding 1 was some kind of Evangelion with more adults.

[tiron8]

I may be in the minority but I really liked the delivery guy theme. Also my favorite thing in the game was using ladders and ropes to do totally stupid stuff in the mountain climbing simulator.

It really has that every guy vibe.

Right now in every corner of the world there are people delivering things every second of every day, even though it's not generally a glorified job, delivery person is one of the most important jobs in the world.

[lukasmain]

Minority? The game sold millions and lots of people are happy with it and are highly anticipating the sequel. The game is one of my favorite games of all time. Easily in my top 10

[Scissorman]

Repurpose this headline when Kojima does his actual MGS successor for the PS6.

[MDTunkown]

Just remembered how he told metal gear solid 2 would be his final game

[Kratos_Kart2007]

no

[gleepot]

There's absolutely nothing about Death Stranding that feels like MGS.

[hombreacabado]

theres a lot that feels like mgs. story wise character wise and combat wise. ultimately not the same but you can totaly tell both are hideo kojima games.

[MDTunkown]

Metal gear solid story didn’t felt like Evangelion

[Knushwood Butt]

Sneaking up behind someone and 'stranding' them is one obvious example, so, 'absolutely nothing', is way off I'm afraid.

[CrimsonWing69]

They’re not even the same genre.

[Terry_B]

What have the two games in common even?

[rudero]

Third person.
Tactical.
Stealth.
Combat.
Over the top boss fights.
Espionage.
Beautifully crafted cut scenes and intriguing characters.
Craziness.
To name a few.

[Knushwood Butt]

Urination

[neomahi]

Yeah right. Kojima caving to pressures after finishing his opus with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots with ignorant people criticizing it's long cutscenes when Metal Gear has always been story heavy, and calling for open world gameplay was a HUGE mistake Kojima made. I understand, today, why Konami sent him packing. Plastering his name all over Metal Gear Solid V with it showing up some ten times an "episode" was a really egotistical and arrogant move that needed to be tamed and squashed. You "listen" to the guy self-reflect, as is usually the case between games, and you ask yourself how it's even any of your business and it just gets old. The guys a mess falling apart and that's bad business. He's a content creator, not a businessman. He's a grunt. Death Stranding was incredibly boring and most people tell me they played it more for the story, because if they actually talked about the gameplay, it's a walking simulator with fun boss battles. That's lazy gameplay design. I understand after his genius of Metal Gear and NOT CARING WHAT PEOPLE THINK, seeing Metal Gear Solid V that started out in the hospital so good and then you hit the desert..... I totally understand why Konami sent him packing and wouldve done the same thing. Him and Hideki Kamiya have the same problem. Donald Trump syndrome. Put them in an office and tell them to get the job done, and they can, but give them the key to social media, and they ramble on about nonsense and never shut up. Kamiya is an egotistical delusional

[Knushwood Butt]

I agree regarding MGSV as it's the only main MG game that I never beat. I just got bored and never touched it again.

'He's a content creator, not a businessman.'.

Kojima Productions proves otherwise.

'He's a grunt. Death Stranding was incredibly boring and most people tell me they played it more for the story, because if they actually talked about the gameplay, it's a walking simulator with fun boss battles.'.

Well, if you look at the trophy stats you can tell that 'most' people quit a few hours in. However, I put 200 hours into the OG game and am now 80 hours into the director's cut. I personally find the boss battles a chore, especially the Cliff ones. There are however plenty of people that play into the later stages of the game and I'm currently getting around 2,000 'likes' a day from other players, but I do a lot of world building as that's the part I enjoy the most. The story is so-so in my opinion but all of the elements that are incorporated are very impressive and, while he doesn't make these experiences on his own, there's really nobody else in the industry that comes close to what he delivers.

[StoneTitan]

I played MGSV more than all other mgs games combined ^^ cmon. It a masterpiece

[Knushwood Butt]

Now I remember!
It wasn't grabbing me anyway; good but just seemed off right from the start with that scripted hospital sequence.
Then one day I played a big stealth sequence that I put a lot of time into, messed it up, and got killed. The game then respawned me right in front of two wolves, I couldn't do a thing, and was instantly killed. At which point I quit the game and never played it again.

[lukasmain]

@ StoneTitan

I fully agree. Loved MGSV. F'ing loved it

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I love MGS but I've never played V for the exact reasons you've mentioned. Guns of the Patriots is the final MGS in my mind. I've been waiting 30 years for a Snatcher sequel so I'd like him to buy the rights from Konami and do that.

[Blaze929]

Stop it.

[mastershredder]

For some people it's feet. Hideo's fetish is dudes that look like Snake Plissken (Escape from New York).

[Nikolas26]

yea no mate

[kindi_boy]

Lol