FORMAT PS5, PS4 / RELEASED 2019 / PUB SONY / DEV KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS
After Kojima’s split from Konami, which meant leaving Metal Gear Solid behind, the question was whether the first project from his new studio would feel of a piece with his landmark espionage series or be completely different. While plenty here is familiar – the post-apocalypse storyline is just as bonkers as Metal Gear’s world-ending conspiracies, and there are plenty of tense stealth moments – Death Stranding is very different.
“WHAT MAKES THE JOURNEY SPECIAL IS THE FACT IT’S SHARED.”
Instead of the challenge in getting from A to B being to avoid enemy vision cones, Death Stranding makes it the geography itself. As futuristic delivery man Sam Bridges (Norman Reedus), figuring out how to navigate raging rivers, steep hills, and rocky
