{"id":152591,"date":"2022-12-09T07:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hideo-kojima-rewrote-death-stranding-2-after-the-covid-19-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T07:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:35:08","slug":"hideo-kojima-rewrote-death-stranding-2-after-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hideo-kojima-rewrote-death-stranding-2-after-the-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima Rewrote Death Stranding 2 After the COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>To say the COVID-19 pandemic affected Hideo Kojima&#8217;s writing of Death Stranding 2 would be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>The Kojima Productions founder officially unveiled the sequel at tonight&#8217;s Game Awards, and after showing the first look, stayed on stage for a while to answer some questions from host Geoff Keighley. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the story written before the pandemic, but after experiencing the pandemic, I rewrote the whole thing from scratch,&#8221; he told Keighley after being asked how the pandemic affected the game. , so I rewrote it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-3968970857\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3733722558 slideshow-preview\">\n<p>Death Stranding 2 Slideshow<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3733722558 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-3733722558 hero-image\"><button class=\"jsx-1599603317 button button--secondary-alt jsx-337917361 row-pagination-button next contained centered round xlarge\" type=\"button\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s true that Kojima has earned a somewhat infamous reputation for predicting the future with his games;  Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was far ahead of its time in portraying how quickly information can spread online.  And the first Death Stranding&#8217;s themes of loneliness had some eerie parallels to the COVID-19 lockdown that would be put into place just months after its 2019 release.  So, one might understand if Kojima wanted to put away the crystal ball for a while.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"object-feedback\"\/><output class=\"article-video-container\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, Kojima remained pretty tight-lipped about the sequel.  &#8220;I put a lot of things inside [the trailer] so I want you guys to talk about it and find details in it,&#8221; he teased.<\/p>\n<p>For everything announced at tonight&#8217;s Game Awards, check out a full round-up here. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To say the COVID-19 pandemic affected Hideo Kojima&#8217;s writing of Death Stranding 2 would be an understatement. 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