I understand what Kojima is getting at but i wonder if Death Stranding will tackle these issues in depth at all.
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Gamesradar: “Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding is a reaction to 'Trump and Brexit'” (Up: see threadmark for original BBC article)
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I understand what Kojima is getting at but i wonder if Death Stranding will tackle these issues in depth at all.
Link to original BBC article
Misleading headline. Kojima never says it's a reaction to Trump and Brexit.
Here's the original BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50172917
Here's the original BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50172917
this quote should just be posted in every kojima thread at this point lol.
this was all obvious to anyone with basic critical thinking and media literacy but it's nice to hear him explicitly call it out
This.
Sincerely there's no point in being subtle with what you're saying in this day and age, it's clear that most of the public consuming media nowadays won't get it unless it's literally spelled out to them.
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I'm not going to argue over "hamfisted," Kojima doesn't do subtle, but I don't see how you could doubt this was something he deliberately thought about if you've played, like, literally anything else he's ever made. Metal Gear is all about the societal ramifications of war, social media, PMCs, etc. Adding isolation to the list of modern woes he contemplates in his games doesn't seem like a stretch at all.
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Well he just slashed his numbers in half. None of the alt rights will support this. They'll take a stand just like they did with Far Cry/Battlefield 5.
Fuck now I gotta be like "no, I swear the reason I dislike Death Stranding isn't because I'm a Trump supporter(which I'm not)..it's just really boring"
while it's true he says its not directly targeted, him namedropping both trump and brexit gets his point across as to what he's targeting with the game generally
I mean, I thought we all knew it was something of a commentary on current events worldwide?
It's nice to hear it from him, though. Day 1. I'll buy my copy Thursday, get home, have enough time to put it in my PS4 Pro before I pass out, then think about it all day Friday because I'm eager for that ham-fisted political commentary until I get off of work and can actually play it.
It's nice to hear it from him, though. Day 1. I'll buy my copy Thursday, get home, have enough time to put it in my PS4 Pro before I pass out, then think about it all day Friday because I'm eager for that ham-fisted political commentary until I get off of work and can actually play it.
it's been incredibly obvious since the release date trailer talked about "making america whole again"
Like, it's blatant, it's a red cap that instead of being about building walls it's about building bridges.
And sincerely that still is too subtle for some people.
Should have just put "TRUMP IS A BAD PERSON" in big red letters at beggining of the first trailer.
Edit: Apparently the hat color is customizable in game, it just happened to be shown in red in one of the gameplay trailers.
Edit 2: Uhh, I actually went and saw that bit of the gameplay thing he did at TGS, and Kojima himself said to make the hat red.
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Wait.... is this sarcasm, or are you being serious? Snatcher,, Poilicenauts, Metal Gear, MGS series are loaded with Hideo's own political views.
Hmm, I'm not sure. Pretty sure the default color for the cap is black, but you can choose from a range of colors. I'll have to go and check
Like, it's blatant, it's a red cap that instead of being about building walls it's about building bridges.
And sincerely that still is too subtle for some people.
Should have just put "TRUMP IS A BAD PERSON" in big red letters at beggining of the first trailer.
Like, it's blatant, it's a red cap that instead of being about building walls it's about building bridges.
And sincerely that still is too subtle for some people.
Should have just put "TRUMP IS A BAD PERSON" in big red letters at beggining of the first trailer.
Well...actually that red was because the person he was presenting with likes the color red and they wanted to show that you can customize the hat, but it did create a very striking image and it became very clear that the BRIDGES hat was definitely made with the MAGA/Build That Wall hat in mind.
What is depth? In a way that has some kind of deep and fulfilling answers to offer to questions that have existed as long as people have been around? Probably not. But representing it and trying to tackle it either through gameplay, integrated gameplay multiplayer systems, or just posing and reflecting on those kind of experiences, I think would be tackling it in depth. It will be a unique take regardless, even if it's not for everyone's palate.
Right, it's clear they were things he thought about while working on the game, it's just that from the headline, I thought he stated that Trump and Brexit were the catalysts for Death Stranding, but this idea of a game about connecting people has been cooking in his head since 2012.
Oh, well, I hadn't watched that gameplay he did back at TGS, I assumed that was the default color. lol my bad, I edited my post.
He's sort of hinted at this in past interviews, eg that the game is about building bridges and connecting people, which given the current state of political affairs, and Kojima's own experiences these last few years, makes sense.
This is clearly a very personal project to him, and I wouldn't be surprised if the stuff about loneliness and isolation is him projecting his own sentiments and feelings post Konami break up, along with how it was the connections that brought him back so to speak.
This is clearly a very personal project to him, and I wouldn't be surprised if the stuff about loneliness and isolation is him projecting his own sentiments and feelings post Konami break up, along with how it was the connections that brought him back so to speak.
