{"id":37657,"date":"2024-09-30T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T03:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37657"},"modified":"2024-09-30T12:25:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T03:25:31","slug":"death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-is-even-weirder-than-the-first-game-kojima-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-is-even-weirder-than-the-first-game-kojima-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is even weirder than the first game, Kojima says\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s the bizarreness of the overall creative vision, the cryptic plot and storytelling, or small details like throwing pee and poo grenades at enemies, Kojima Productions\u2019 <strong>Death Stranding<\/strong> has rightfully earned itself the top spot among a lot of peoples\u2019 rankings of weird games. But it seems the 2019 \u201cstrand game\u201d is about to be out-bizarred by its upcoming sequel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the \u201cPlayStation Presents DEATH STRANDING 2 Special Stage\u201d held during Tokyo Game Show 2024, Hideo Kojima commented on the current state of the sequel. \u201cIt\u2019s not finished yet, but I have a good feeling about it, and it\u2019s even weirder than the first game (laughs). As I work on it, I keep wondering if there\u2019s any game like this out there.\u201d (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202409\/19416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TGS2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TGS2024<\/a><br>PlayStation Presents \u201cDEATH STRANDING 2\u201d Special Stage!<br><br>First public release of game footage.<br>Part 4: &#39;Photo shoot event&#39; (Stuffed Cryptobiote also make an appearance).<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeathStranding2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DeathStranding2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O3nrKcIvBW\">pic.twitter.com\/O3nrKcIvBW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KojiPro2015_EN\/status\/1840235179761397869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, Death Stranding 2 seems to be living up to Kojima\u2019s words with the recent unveiling of a highly realistic photo mode, which is definitely unlike anything players have ever seen before. The game will also include a mysterious in-game musical event including a dancing Dollman and the Japanese singer-songwriter Daichi Miura.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TGS2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TGS2024<\/a><br>PlayStation Presents \u201cDEATH STRANDING 2\u201d Special Stage!<br><br>First public release of game footage.<br>Part 5: Dollman In-game Event Video. <br><br>The music of Daichi Miura that appears in the video \u201cHorizon Dreamer\u201d will be available midnight tonight, September 30th [JST]. Enjoy!\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iDVc9SmmXE\">pic.twitter.com\/iDVc9SmmXE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KojiPro2015_EN\/status\/1840233883117465777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kojima is currently in the process of playing Death Stranding 2 day and night to perfect the game\u2019s balance, music and direction \u2013 which he says is the most important and most fun stage of development. The director revealed that Death Stranding 2\u2019s release date has been decided, however the team is not ready to share this information yet. Kojima did confirm, however, that the release date announcement as well as Death Stranding 2\u2019s launch itself will be coming in 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hideo Kojima is currently in the stage of playing Death Stranding 2 day and night to perfect it, and he says it&#8217;s shaping up to be even weirder than the original.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":31100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-37657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is even weirder than the first game, Kojima says\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hideo Kojima is currently in the stage of playing Death Stranding 2 day and night to perfect it, and he says it&#039;s shaping up to be even weirder than the original.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-is-even-weirder-than-the-first-game-kojima-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is even weirder than the first game, Kojima says\u00a0 - 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