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[remember_spinal]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[EverydayBeast]

Death stranding catapulted Kojima to new levels he’s worth millions.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I didn't expect it to be. Something was telling me it would be "different."

 

[mckmas8808]

I'm not sure what this means actually.

 

[EviLore]

 

[Punished Miku]

Death Stranding 2 is officially not DLC then. Guess everyone is feeling the heat on sequel-gate.

 

[Esppiral]

I didn't like death stranding like at all, so if it will feel nostalgic I'll pass

 

[adamsapple]

More Kojima-isms.

 

[lh032]

GOTY in the future.

 

[The Skull]

Unfortunately the first one was not good, for me at least. I hope the sequel improves dramatically.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

Is it cross gen or not? This is the real question

 

[Mossybrew]

Well it needs to be different. I don't think I could take another game of mainly carrying packages.

 

[Fuz]

A strand2 game.

 

[Patrick S.]

Ahh shut up you self aggrandizing ass

 

[SLB1904]

Would love if was coming next year... wishful thinking but

 

[Kilau]

Dat BB better not die.

 

[Skifi28]

He is right. This is the first strand sequel, it has never been done before.

 

[Elginer]

Well it needs to be different. I don't think I could take another game of mainly carrying packages.

Same. The music and universe were very interesting but gameplay was pure bollocks.

 

[Gudji]

 

[Team Andromeda]

No, its a 'Running' sequel

 

[SSfox]

More Kojima-isms.

You seemed more excited when he announced his Xbox cloud thing

 

[The_Mike]

Really striving after making his version of "soulsborne"

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Kojima’s games always innovate and surprise our expectations

DS2 isn’t going to be a basic sequel, and I’m excited to see what it evolves into

SlimySnake

 

[Captain Toad]

It's Kojima. For better or worse, nothing he does is regular.

 

[vpance]

I liked DS, but the building was mostly just a well crafted illusion of cooperation. Hope that changes up somehow.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Norman Reedus ass is the protagonist again.

 

[just_jr]

My guess is that he'll change gameplay in order to attract new fans and get rid of the "walking simulator" aspect of it. We'll probably get a more action/stealth focused gameplay than just walking and throwing poo at the BTs

 

[Ansphn]

I think the gunplay, combat and overall gameplay will be much better. Kojima will cutdown on the delivery aspect of the game.

 

[XXL]

I'm in. I think this is gonna be different than the first. But I'm in either way, I liked Death Stranding. I can understand why people wouldn't like it, but I did.

 

[Flutta]

Moon level or bust Kojima. That’s the only way you can make it ”different”.

 

[SlimySnake]

Kojima’s games always innovate and surprise our expectations

DS2 isn’t going to be a basic sequel, and I’m excited to see what it evolves into

SlimySnake

I am interested in seeing what he does with the new CPUs and SSDs. He's always wanted to make lively open worlds. I remember the PS3 reveal where he showed a forest growing new flowers changing in realtime. Couldnt do that on PS3 but he tried doing it with the PS4 in death stranding's BT rainfall sections. Obviously very limited but hes always attempted to push boundries.

I would definitely love to see a more action oriented game this time around, but I dont just want MGSV level freedom. I want to see what he can do with the whole populating the world/rebuilding the world. I got addicted to building bridges and especially the highways logging cement up and down the highways from every base to build it. Several of my highways had my name on it and i got credit for people driving on them. Had almost 2 million likes on my first save. I would like to see more of that. Not just roads, but building bases, outposts, small towns and maybe even entire cities.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Would love if was coming next year... wishful thinking but

Thinking fall 2024

 

[Markio128]

Personally can’t wait.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

With mo-cap having only just begun and Kojima working on the Microsoft cloud game simultaneously, I wouldn't place my hopes on a release date sooner than 2nd half of 2025.

 

[spartan30gr]

I hope is more metal gear this time

 

[tusharngf]

I think they are adding dance moves to the game. cant wait !

 

[R6Rider]

Is it cross gen or not? This is the real question

Yes, but only between PS4 and PS6.

 

[GymWolf]

A regular sequel of a turd is probably gonna be a turd, so this is good news folks.

 

[zeomax]

DS2 will have a Story Mode option. You can watch all the cutscenes without interrupting it with boring gameplay.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I am interested in seeing what he does with the new CPUs and SSDs. He's always wanted to make lively open worlds. I remember the PS3 reveal where he showed a forest growing new flowers changing in realtime. Couldnt do that on PS3 but he tried doing it with the PS4 in death stranding's BT rainfall sections. Obviously very limited but hes always attempted to push boundries.

I would definitely love to see a more action oriented game this time around, but I dont just want MGSV level freedom. I want to see what he can do with the whole populating the world/rebuilding the world. I got addicted to building bridges and especially the highways logging cement up and down the highways from every base to build it. Several of my highways had my name on it and i got credit for people driving on them. Had almost 2 million likes on my first save. I would like to see more of that. Not just roads, but building bases, outposts, small towns and maybe even entire cities.

Yup the world building stuff and social credit in the game was awesome and I hope they expand it a lot more

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Will I get paid for carrying all the shit this time around? Cuz if not...

Spoiler

I'm gonna call Saul!

 

[bender]

Kojima is the GOAT.

 

[remember_spinal]

With mo-cap having only just begun and Kojima working on the Microsoft cloud game simultaneously, I wouldn't place my hopes on a release date sooner than 2nd half of 2025.

Its cute you think he’s actually begun doing actual work on that other project lol

Sony is again providing a lot of co-development and resources to make this game

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

With mo-cap having only just begun and Kojima working on the Microsoft cloud game simultaneously, I wouldn't place my hopes on a release date sooner than 2nd half of 2025.

Mo-cap in this case is probably late game development

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Mo-cap in this case is probably late game development

https://gamingbolt.com/death-strand...-experience-due-to-motion-capture-says-kojima

In this interview from October 2017, Kojima talked about how motion capture technology was helping make the first Death Stranding a standout. He seems to indicate that the mo-cap was near its final stages or already completed. The game wouldn't release for another 25 months after this interview.

If mo-cap for the sequel is only just now starting what makes you think development is nearly finished?

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

https://gamingbolt.com/death-strand...-experience-due-to-motion-capture-says-kojima

In this interview from October 2017, Kojima talked about how motion capture technology was helping make the first Death Stranding a standout. He seems to indicate that the mo-cap was near its final stages or already completed. The game wouldn't release for another 25 months after this interview.

If mo-cap for the sequel is only just now starting what makes you think development is nearly finished?

I never said nearly finished, but that timing isn’t too far removed from a late 2024 release window

Mo-cap has to fit in around the actor’s schedules and can occur later if necessary (which happened with GoWR)

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Its cute you think he’s actually begun doing actual work on that other project lol

Sony is again providing a lot of co-development and resources to make this game

Almost as cute as you pretending to know just how involved comparatively Microsoft and Sony are with Kojima's two projects.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

I never said nearly finished, but that timing isn’t too far removed from a late 2024 release window

Sure, but Kojima wasn't working on two projects simultaneously when the first Death Stranding was being made.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Sure, but Kojima wasn't working on two projects simultaneously when the first Death Stranding was being made.

He’s not really worked on the Xbox project at all, just announced a partnership