Hideo Kojima thinks 'Death Stranding' is more relevant than ever.
Death Stranding
The PC port of the hugely popular and innovative open world action game - which launched on consoles in November last year - is available from today (14.07.20), and its creator has weighed in on its themes.
Speaking to Geoff Keighley, he said: "When I was designing 'Death Stranding' in the concept stage, in the real world America or Europe, I [saw] signs of divide in the world.
"Even though we are all connected via internet, there was a lot of thinking of individualism starting at that time. In 'Death Stranding' it was almost like an alarm I wanted to put into the society of what's going on.
"In 'Death Stranding', [and] people [are] experiencing this actual situation with the pandemic, it's not about physically if you're connected or not, it's a deeper feeling with people's connection.
"With this situation of the pandemic right now, I bet that everyone felt that way about connection with other people.
"That's one of the themes of 'Death Stranding'. The world today, yes I was surprised, but it's important to think about how you connect with other people."
Despite the prevalent themes, the 'Metal Gear Solid' creator shrugged off the idea he predicted the coronavirus pandemic.
He added: "It was never imagining that [a pandemic] this kind of magnitude would happen. I could just say anything in the world could happen and again, I wasn't even predicting at all about this."
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