Kojima Productions lead Hideo Kojima revealed that he rewrote all the story of Dying Stranding 2 following the primary trailer launched in 2022. On the time, he was obscure as at all times about why, however these days he opened up.
Talking with Japanese information publication Natalie (translated by VGC), the pandemic wasn’t a part of the inventive course of like some believed it was. Kojima had already had the story written out earlier than all of it went down, however after dwelling by means of the pandemic, issues modified and his studio went by means of restructuring the story.
The unique Dying Stranding, which was one of the crucial blended video games on the market, had loads to do with connections and the pandemic led to quite a lot of growth of distant work and “digital connections.” This digital connection factor didn’t sit the very best with the previous Steel Gear maker, as people are “inherently explorers.”
He capped it off by noting how various things at the moment are and the way we’re now coping with elevated seclusion and division. The crux of all the sport’s story hinges on the message present in its teaser — “Ought to We Have Linked?”
“I additionally realized that digital connections alone couldn’t fulfill human wants. We’re inherently explorers. Proper now, we’re coping with seclusion and division, and the world is present process important transformations. We will’t rewind to our pre-pandemic actuality, so we’ve needed to reassess the idea of ‘connection.’ In Dying Stranding 2, the interpretation of ‘strand’ evolves. You’ll discover, on the finish of the teaser trailer, a message that claims ‘Ought to We Have Linked?’ That’s the crux of what we’re making an attempt to articulate within the sequel.”