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[AuthenticM]

Metal Gear Solid certainly has some "crazy" bits in it. Stuff that, to be appreciated, one has to suspend their disbelief. But since MGS took place in our universe and was centered around the military and politics, it had a certain level of groundedness. Yeah, there was silly nanomachines and a little bit of paranormal stuff, but all of that was at a relative minimum compared to the rest of what was happening, which was real-world issues and stuff.

Death Stranding, on the other hand, seems to take place in a reality where anything goes. Babies in capsules, soldiers with umbilical cords attached to their equipment, levitating god-like figures in the sky. As much as I love Kojima and his batshit ideas, part of me fears that Death Stranding might be too "out there" and not grounded enough to be appreciated at the same level as Metal Gear was. I very much want this to not be true, though.

Anyone else?

 

[Huge Succeeded]

I'm expecting as much but I ain't worried

 

[Yoshichan]

It's when Kojima is allowed to do whatever he wants that he creates the best product.

See: MGS2.

 

[CannonFodder52]

No. I'm fully in for all levels of insanity.

 

[ghibli99]

I'm counting on it.

 

[McDougles]

We know somewhere in the ballpark of 1% of this game, so it's impossible to be "worried" about anything at this point.

 

[boinx]

I'll take all the crazy I can get.

 

[Kyoufu]

That'd be a good thing for me. Let Kojima do whatever he wants.

 

[Kraq]

Not at all, I love it when Kojima goes bonkers on his plots.

I'm more concerned with the game being open world and how that will affect the story. He didn't pull it off well with MGSV.

 

[secretanchitman]

No. I'm fully in for all levels of insanity.

Nope, this is Kojima after all. I completely expect it.

 

[Various Artists]

I want it to be the crazy that you mentioned x 10.

 

[McMoneyman]

That's exactly what I want. MGS5 in my opinion didn't have a lot of it.

 

[Ravic]

I am hoping it is.

 

[almostjuliuscaesar]

Seems a little early to be worried about this no?

 

[Landford]

Kojima is a great game designer, but his story and cinema aspirations were always put in check by talented people in his team. My fear is that since leaving Konami and the almost worship like level of adoration he got recently, is that no one will be able to say "No" to him during the development of DS and we end up getting some insane game story with juvenile beats.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

I hope it's the most insane experience ever crafted in digital media. I'm worried it won't be.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Kojima continues to push this medium to its limits, so absolutely not.

 

[bluexy]

I'm begging for it to be too crazy.

 

[hawk2025]

MGS2 was considered too weird, until it turned out to be near-prescient.


I hope it's like that.

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

I want it to be whatever Kojima wants it to be. He's earned my trust.

 

[Alienous]

Anything less that crazy from Kojima would be a disappointment.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

probably better than metal gear zombies

 

[gattsu]

This game needs to be some drug fueled fever dream haze of insanity from Kojima. I think most people expect nothing less, and in fact, will be disappointed if it is not off-the-hook-batshit-insane.

 

[purseowner]

On the contrary, I hope it's crazier than MGSV.

 

[Raging Spaniard]

Worried? Hell no, Im looking forward to it. Games play it very safe these days, go nuts.

 

[Svejk]

I'd be more worried of it being too open world, a la MGSV.... So desolate.

 

[dugdug]

I’m more concerned the female characters will literally just be tits, this time around.

 

[Shredderi]

I'm counting on it. I have a feeling like this unleashed kojima will deliver, if not the best, the most interesting experiences.

 

[Z3M0G]

Fuck no... after MGSV, which was too tame, bring on the crazy.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Kojima gets far too much praise. Mgs 4 and 5 were terrible from a story perspective. I think he's turns into a hack tbh. I don't expect much from this game.

 

[Screaming Meat]

I'm worried it's not going to be out there enough.

 

[DMONKUMA]

Pls be batshit crazy, even if the game is disappointing I want to beat it with the impression "what in god's name did I play?"

 

[Muffin1611]

I'm worried that Kojima has learned nothing about the portrayal of female characters and is making it worse again.

 

[Truant]

Expecting a lot of long cutscenes without dialogue.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Crazy is good just not shit like mgsv.

 

[bananafactory]

If by too crazy you mean too bad then yes

 

[Neith]

Yes, I am. If this is some bullshit stuff on the flavor of the bad stuff in MGS I will not be happy.

 

[pr0cs]

Yep, zero interest in the game due to his other titles.. Too goofy for my liking.

Too bad really because the premise seems pretty cool

 

[Asd202]

No unleash the Kojima

 

[Dremorak]

I dont think anything that you saw in those trailers is actually going to be what the game is about or looks like. With Kojima its all symbolism and hidden messages.

 

[gattsu]

lBabies in capsules, soldiers with umbilical cords attached to their equipment, levitating god-like figures in the sky.

TBH this sounds like insanity that could have been in many different MGS games, haha. It's not AS grounded as you think it is.

 

[Rymuth]

Yep. Kojima needs Fukushima and others to keep him grounded lest he become crazy and we wind up with shit like Quiet.

Example of an idea that Kojima's team had forced him to scrap:

- The Boss has her naked breasts out and they have a snake tattoo on them so when she shoots, the breasts jiggle and it looks like the snake is laughing -

 

[Nephtes]

I'm more concerned that there will be some cringe-worthy moments with some overtly sexualized half-naked woman that Kojima swears has story justification for her lack of clothing and this character will have the uncanny ability to seductively shove her ass in the way of the camera whenever possible...

Spoiler

oh wait that was MGS V

 

[The Silver]

He's gonna need to pull out all the stops after David Lynch ate his lunch with S3 Twin Peaks.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

No. It's going to be so but I'm not worried.

 

[Nasbin]

Do you even Kojima, OP?

If detractors don't try and smear this game as "self-indulgent" I will be immensely disappointed.

 

[IaN_GAF]

Just, please, for the love of the All-father, make a complete game with all chapters included.

 

[Canucked]

I want off-the-wall bat shit. I want people writing exploratory essays on it online for years to come.

 

[DrunkShogun]

Which is what I want. Kojima alwaus go bonkers but the gameplay is usually good enough to make the game worthwhile.

 

[Mikeside]

Batshit crazy with heavy-handed exposition is exactly what I'm hoping for