We can’t freakin’ wait for this one. Sony’s said that one of the four games it will “deep dive” during its E3 2018 press conference next month is Death Stranding, and Hideo Kojima has been teasing the title’s latest trailer all over his Twitter. The auteur’s spent the past week posting pictures of Adobe Premiere, as he clips up and cuts the release’s next big reveal.
Kojima knows his way around a killer trailer, so we’re really looking forward to this. The last Death Stranding video was an absolute masterpiece that deserves re-watching:
What are you hoping to see from Death Stranding at E3 2018? Gameplay is surely a lock at this stage, but are you also anticipating new casting announcements? Do you want to know more about the storyline? What is it specifically that you want to see from this anticipated exclusive?
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So freakin' hyped for this!
Incredibly weird and eerie looking. I like it so far. I just hope the gameplay is up to task.
Gameplay or gtfo!!!!
Every time I see PT gameplay I cry...that would be the horror masterpiece that would probably never be surpassed! So I'm hoping that this has a bit of horror in it since it's pretty clear the mind bending stuff is there!!
@AFCC It does seem to have horror elements to it, so I bet some of PT's concepts will have gone into this.
@get2sammyb yeah, those invisible guys seem pretty freaky! I'm thinking this will be a hybrid between MGS and PT ideas
@Tsurii It's not like Kojima's never delivered in the past, is it?
Still not really on board with this, definitely far from a masterpiece from what I've seen. Maybe I'm just not into interactive movies that much
@RedMageLanakyn It's an open world third-person action game, though? They've already confirmed that; it's part of the reason they're using Guerrilla's engine.
The baby represents Metal Gear, the evil entity is Konami and they took Kojima's baby and are trying to corrupt it (Metal Gear Survive, pachinko, etc).
Save the legacy, the baby, that's what Death Stranding is about.
Cant wait.but it definitely needs a gameplay at e3 at least 20 minutes word up son
Will be more interested when there's a better idea on the release date. Might be years before this comes out.
@get2sammyb There's just a lot of people who hate on the guy, because he's famous or something. We saw the same with Cliffy B last week, when people said he never delivered, and seemed happy he failed. I'm like, it's fine if you don't like a certain type of game, but why hate on the person or try to diminish someone's work.
And everyone saying "interactive movie" clearly never took a Kojima game seriously. It's all about gameplay really. The story of MGS is alright, but it's the cross of gameplay and narrative where it shines. Sure, it often lacks some balance, but it's trying a lot of things from a gameplay perspective. You'll never forget his games' boss battles, ever.
Don't get the negativity at all, of course gameplay hasn't been shown yet (maybe not even at E3) since production only began in 2016. Plus Kojima's games have great gameplay in them even if his stories go over your head.
On a side note I would recommend a Youtube channel called PythonSelkanHD, he does theory videos on Kojima's games, he actually correctly predicted the ending of MGSV before that game came out. But it's his Death Stranding videos that have got my attention, particularly its links with PT/Silent Hills. He even goes as far to suggest that the whole fallout with Konami, Silent Hills cancellation etc is a complete ruse and is part of Kojima's biggest trick on the audience yet. I don't completely buy it but it's fascinating nonetheless, his latest is about the mysterious character "J" from PT and Metal Gear's social media guy also called J.
I think it will be cool if kojima can cram david hayter somewhere in the game
@get2sammyb I guess I'm a little worried about what kojima's definition of an open world third person action game is. As with most, i'll be waiting for some solid gameplay footage to see what exactly we're in for.
Pretty excited to see more. Who needs drugs when you can watch a psychedelic trailer like that? It’s beyond trippy. I’m all for new ideas and approaches that might delight and surprise us. So many video game ideas are recycled ideas just in a new setting with new characters. I think there is potential that DS will break the mold. Or I could be completely wrong and it will be a piece of derivative trash ... but I don’t think so.
I hope Junji Ito will be helping out with this game as well!
I'm looking forward to it, though somewhat shamefully I still haven't finished MGSV. I'm still kinda early in too.
Hallucinogens at the the ready.
Some game play would be nice though. Detroit looks great but I have zero interest in watching that play itself. I have Animal Crossing amiibo Festival if I want to do that. 😛
@Tsurii I agree with everything you've said. While I can't deny that Kojima has interesting ideas, I can't help but feel the pretentiousness of it all when I see his work.
Not really hyped for this yet. As long as there is a decent balance of gameplay vs cinematics (like in the latest GoW) I will probably pick it up.
I also hope Kojima can tell a story not as convoluted and self important as in MGS.
@Bliquid
Nintendo releases a new trailer for NEW New Nintendo DS
They could show the entire game and it probably wont make any sense
Death by a thousand cuts
Hope it's got gameplay. Love Kojima, but his self indulgent 20 minute trailers dont get me as excited as a tight, 3-5 min trailer of both gameplay and cinematics. Why would I want so much of the story spoiled? Dudes gotta learn that sometimes less is more.
You know what i love the Metal Gear Games (NOT MGSV though, that was boring as hell) but honestly i'm not feeling this one
Very hyped for this!! Hope we gonna see some gameplay. Been loving the metal gear series for years. You can always wake me up for something made by Kojima specialy if Del Toro is also involved
" OH YEAAH"
@Tsurii "A lot in MGS feels like it should be seen as some harmless tongue in cheek jabs at the genre"
Do you mean the genre Kojima invented?
"I know he's made other games, like ZoE, but I've never dug too deeply into that."
As in you have never played it.
I realize Death Stranding has only been shown off for a few years now, but, to me, it’s already starting to feel like a vapor ware game that’s been lingering for about 15 years.
If we don't see gameplay at this E3, any hype I had for this game will have basically gone down the drain. I already don't have much hype for it to begin with, since right now it's just a vague concept and I've never played a Kojima game or know much about his games in general, so I don't know exactly what to expect.
Im desparately hoping for some signs of a real tense horror element. We saw it in the last trailer but the military aspect has got me thinking it might turn out to be a lot more action oriented rather than heart pounding edge of your seat type of horror.
Heres hoping
This thread is really rather rubbish. Metal Gear Solid V isn't even three years old, so you're asking Kojima to establish a new studio, recruit the staff, and have a brand new IP ready to go in under three years. Of course it's not vapourware, it just takes time.
Also, the negativity in this thread for a brand new IP from one of the industry's most consistent and imaginative directors, from a brand new team made up of Metal Gear veterans, created using Guerrilla Games' award-winning engine, exclusively for the PS4, starring Mads and the guy from The Walking Dead, which has had a trio of AMAZING tone-setting trailers already...
I'm not saying you should all rush out and pre-order it, of course not, but geez you guys are a tough crowd! There's more than enough here to be extremely optimistic for this project. Or maybe I'm just not as jaded and cynical as I thought I was.
@get2sammyb I’m definitely excited for this!!! Metal Gear Solid on the PS1 is one of my all time favorite games. So I can’t wait for what Kojima has to offer.
Who's Ian Curtis?
It'll be great. At least, I'm sure I'll think it's great. That's really all that matters to me.
@Xaessya Joy Division's vocalist who passed away.
@get2sammyb im hoping for horror but even if its completely different then i expect i have an extremely good feeling it will be nothing short of amazing and am insanelyvexcited for it!
This game looks immense day one purchase for me just because I am expecting the game to be a bow out on ps4 the ultimate bow out like TLOU was on ps3. Expect huge things and having Kojima locked to PS is such a coup its unreal one of the highest selling games franchises ever and its creator has signed an exclusivity deal with sony sorry but the people who are saying bad things about this are INSANE, yes Kojima has a hugely insane brain to come up with some of the things he comes up with but as far as I am concerned you need to be nuts to think of things like MGS and its hugely wild storyline but the games world is all the better for it and Death Stranding looks nuts utterly nuts and yet its out of my normal game type as I don't go for horror games I am seeing more SCI-FI than anything else bring it on I say
@rjejr Firstly, nice jab at amiibo festival there.
Secondly, I know David Cage is known for making movies that you have to fidget to watch, but Detroit sounds like it's finally going to give us some real incentive to replay this time. It makes sense; DONTNOD is giving QD some friendly competition, they have to step their game up this time or people will abandon them.
@Totaldude911 "real incentive to replay"
But I don't like to replay games. I don't even like to play the parts of games that aren't required for the main story. I like to play the main story - either running around shooting stuff in 3rd person action adventure games or running around battling stuff in JRPGs - and then move on to the next game. So this really isn't for me at all. The story does sound good though, reminds me of Binary Domain which was a great game in need of a sequel, but this seems a little too focused on story telling over gameplay. And I really don't like when my choices matter, I prefer it when there's only 1 real choice.
So I might play this game when it comes to PS+ some day, but I might not play it even then.
I think it will be great but we will wont know untill we see it. There are always people who dont care for Kojima go MGS 1and then we talk again. If you never played this masterpiece please be quiet. Same as ZOE really great gameplay with a awsome story. 😁
Honestly I'd be up for this even if it was a series of short CG films with no overhanging plot whatsoever. Every trailer has been better and better so far, can't wait to see what he comes up with this time, and hopefully with some gameplay!
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