The sequel to Death Stranding was initially announced at The Game Awards 2022. While the reveal trailer did not show much, it certainly got fans around the globe excited. Now, thanks to a new interview with Kojima-san, we have some new Death Stranding 2 details to share. In his interview, developer Hideo Kojima confirmed that the Death Stranding 2 story was written before the COVID pandemic hit in early 2020.
However, he says that he had to rewrite the entire story due to the pandemic. Kojima-san believed that due to the lack of human interaction and lockdowns during the pandemic, he should take a different direction with Death Stranding 2.
Kojima: “I had to rewrite everything because of Corona. In DEATH STRANDING, it was justice to connect, but with the corona crisis, pseudo-connections such as remotes have come to be emphasized. On the other hand, I felt that such pseudo-connections alone would not lead to fulfilling human lives. After all, humans need to go out into the outside world and move.”
Also due to the global pandemic, Kojima revels that the meaning of the word “strand” itself is changing in the upcoming sequel.
Kojima: “Isolation and division are continuing in the present progressive form, and the world is changing greatly. And while we can’t go back to the original world, thinking about “connection” again has changed the meaning of “strand” in DS2. At the end of the teaser, “Should We Have Connected? ( Should we have connected?) I get a message, but that’s what I want to convey in 2.”
Additionally, Kojima-san also touched a bit upon the upcoming Death Stranding movie. He talks about how the movie is progressing well, and that it will be something “completely different” from the game.
Kojima: “Yes, if it’s going to be made into a movie, I would like to make it something unique. So I plan to make it completely different. I think you’ll be a little surprised, and you’ll probably have different tastes.”
Death Stranding 2 is in development exclusively for the PS5, with no release date as of yet. Stay tuned to MP1st for more details about the upcoming sequel.
Source: Natalie.mu (Japanese)
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