Death Stranding: Kojima Thinking About A Sequel, But Would "Start From Zero"

Quite enjoyed the game, even though I thought I'd hate it. I think it's bc I played it at a time where I'm severely burnt out on live service, shooting games, etc..

The story was amazing, the world, characters, and cutscenes are beautiful. The gameplay though, I can see being off putting. I ended up loving building roads, shooting monsters, even rocket launching enemy camps to death. I started caring about all the ppl, and making their deliveries.

I don't want a sequel though, as this one wrapped up just fine for me.

But this time I like to play as a gardener. I must clean everyone's gardens.

Yes. Return to the horror of which you started! Because I would love too a full realization of where PT was headed.

I found this game as overrated as it gets. I'd be fine if this "franchise" just died with this one title, then maybe Kojima could come up with something else... Who am i kidding?! He probably wount.

I just finished Death Stranding a couple of days ago and to be completely honest the thought of another game (assuming it is in the same vein.) doesn’t exactly have me excited.

It’s not that DS was a terrible game but I feel it was severely lacking in certain departments (namely the gameplay.).

I think because the game does everything else so well it almost unintentionally highlights that weakness. I mean, the story (even though it was weird and a bit of a head scratcher at times.) had me eager to see what happened next and the characters and dialogue were top notch.

The graphics and character development were on a level I only wish other developers could emulate and overall its presentation and overall production was in a class all its own.

But… but… that gameplay. Basing the entire gameplay off of essentially other open world games’ “fetch quests” didn’t exactly have me excited to deliver yet another package. 1, or 2 quests every so often like that would be fine but the whole game?!

It’s no wonder when the gameplay shifted to a different form every few chapters I was lapping it up (The battlefields.). It’s not because those levels were so mind-blowing but rather because they were something different. A change of pace from delivering yet another package.

The truth is I haven’t been so conflicted over a game since… well, probably Metal Gear Solid 2.

It’s very rare that when I finish a AAA game I don’t want to dive back into it immediately to, at the very least, finish up some loose ends but Death Stranding… well, I said I probably won’t touch this again. Once again, that is verrrrryyy uncharacteristic of me.

Once again, I’m not saying this game was terrible as there were a plethora of things it not only did well but executed significantly better than most games in that illustrious AAA realm (things that I absolutely loved.) but the very core of the game itself felt like something was lost in translation.

-LIKE MARIO & PRINCESS PEACH NINJA APPROVED-

Yes PLEASE!

IF than make an anthology series set in the world of death stranding. like playing homo ludens and exploring the universe for the origin of the death stranding.

A Death Stranding sequel would be interesting, anyone who has finished it will know why it'd be a very different game, but I'd honestly prefer Kojima to use his clout to do the thing we rarely get from AAA games - one-shots, where we have the whole thing in one go and then he moves on to something else.

What the hell is Helen Mirren talking about in that Instagram post? Death Stranding Original Score was composed by Ludvig Forssell and Joel Corelitz, not this Alex.

Oh no... don't do a sequel of this game, try something different. Unless he gets an epiphany of genius and makes this Death Stranding sequel a real scary game like that old cancelled Silent Hill game, then don't just forget it, strand gameplay is too advanced for today's gaming.

I'm all in for a sequel but at the same time, I rather if Kojima went and go do something new if possible but otherwise, Death Stranding 2 is always welcome in my books.

Word from the community kojima, post pone death stranding, and focus on why people loved you at konami any one can realise that but I don't think kojima can, maybe this projects been on he's mind for decades.

Each to their own. I would love more DS however I think it should be one of a kind :)

No please... no more...

I hope not. I enjoyed DS for what it was but it became too much of a grind, campaign aside. Delivering in order to raise stats for a distribution centre/NPC and to increase your own stats just felt like too much filler. Exploration could have been made much more than just "find a route to place ziplines between point A>B".

You've made your move to your own successful games studio Kojima, don't enter into duplicity already. Move on to something new and expand your horizons.

Really weird that people are so upset about Death Stranding's gameplay. If people didn't go into thinking, "Kojima's making more Metal Gear," people wouldn't have been so upset by the delivery man gameplay. If an indie studio with no names made this game, people would love it for how weird it is. People are hypocrites.

now make it you are garbage man or Portable Toilet Cleaner

I hope so, the world of Death Stranding is fascinating. I don't think GameSpot has commented on this, but there's a novelization out now in Japan written by Kenji Yano, the game's cowriter. 📕