Sony dropped a new trailer for its highly-anticipated PlayStation exclusive, Death Stranding, this morning, and it clocks in at just under 9 minutes long. You’d think with all that new information we’d have a good idea at what it’s about, and while we kinda do, it’s confusing as fuck.
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Death Stranding comes from the critically acclaimed creator, Hideo Kojima, who is best known for the Metal Gear Solid series. It stars a number of big-name actors like Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen, Lea Seydoux, Guillermo Del Toro, and more.
As Kojima is known for telling a convoluted and complicated story, Death Stranding is no different. After numerous reveals and trailers, the plot is still incredibly confusing, but as far as I can tell, you play Sam (Reedus), who is tasked with “re-connecting” the country.
In a recent Twitter post, Kojima explains that you’ll be working to “create new bonds or “Strands” with other players around the globe,” which sounds a lot like there’ll be some kind of multiplayer interaction in the game. You can see the full post below.
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— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) May 29, 2019
As for the babies that keep popping up in people’s throats, they’re apparently called “Bridge Babies,” which are used to connect to “the other side,” which might be the past. Fucked if I know why they have to use babies, but I guess that’ll be a surprise.
I realise that my explanation probably isn’t doing this justice, so you should probably check out the clip for yourself below.
Incredibly weird, but fuck it looks mad. Visually, Death Stranding is stunning, and it seems like you’ll be doing a whole bunch of different activities throughout the game, like fanging around on a sick bike, climbing down cliffs, and even shooting blokes from… World War I?
And of course, we finally have a release date. The game will drop on November 8 this year. Until then, I’m sure there will be a million different YouTube videos picking every single second of this new trailer apart.