Reacting to Kojima's E3 2018 Post Show Death Stranding Interview

[@AsterDXZ]

Kojima is such a fanboy for what he loves, I think that’s why he produces such quality content. He cares about his fans because he knows what it’s like to be a fan

[@groovysnake6664]

That's been my opinion of him as a long time MGS fan. Most of my favorite creators seem to have this kind of approach.

[@gabriellopes8987]

I think Yong is Kojima who came from the past to listen to his game ideas in the present, so that he can return to the past and make death stranding years before it being thought of.

[@jordanredd2519]

Gabriel Lopes sounds confusing enough to be a Kojima game

[@sts9896]

Jordan Redd Lmaoo

[@rickylovesyou9063]

Stay off the drugs dude.

[@inglorii]

Time paradox!

[@ivebeenrobbed]

Spent so long just hearing about Kojima's waifu...

[@jacos133]

After 4 trailers, 2 E3’s, 4 years of development and we still don’t really know anything about the game. If this wasn’t Kojima behind it I’d say it’s going to be a bust at this point. But damn do I have faith in the man.

[@jaakko6sto]

3 years :DD Kojima was still working for Konami 4 years ago.

[@XxLew]

Jackson Fazendin it'll be a ps5 release at this rate

[@Sweetestsadist]

I'm in the same camp, Kojima is the only reason I still pay attention to this game.

[@TheToodinho]

It has been 2 years of development man.

[@TheDancingBastard]

We actually know a bit, especially with the latest trailer. What we don't know is what the main gameplay mechanics will be like.

[@WhiteFang103]

Being a Kojima fan for over a decade now and I like how he doesn't tell us much about the game. I mean personally I've gotten plenty of information about the game from the trailers and this interview. Overall I think it's nice to keep alot of details hiden. That way the game has better impact when it comes out or they decide to give us more detailed information as the game is about to come out. I suspected as much this game isn't a call of duty which alot younger people thought it was going to be since I'm betting a bunch of new players played Phantom Pain as their first Kojima game and thought it was going to be a tactical ''pew pew'' game. We are going to have a very interesting world to play in Death Stranding and I know this man will give me a game that I can enjoy fully.

[@groovysnake6664]

Yeah I respect his approach. The thing I like about Kojima is he makes games that appeal to his own fanbase specifically, which isn't how most studios want to market their products. It seems to work too

[@aivreescend7945]

Lol, let's make "stealth pew pew!" A new genre. It sounds hella stupid. Also i agreed. I think if he spoil it too much it'll hurt the game's experience. But on business standard it wasn't a very good move. For me it's just further telling me that Kojima's heart is in the right place.

[@Aaron-xk9hs]

damn they got tight lips on this project

[@nomadic-loyalist]

Kojima learned

[@jovedo27]

Harlemz shake the female is the boss from mgs....

[@FimbongBass]

how was yong watching himself get interviewed

[@mysteriouswatcher6096]

Wonders lol

[@theshapetv9203]

Wonders lmaoooo

[@planetxtk7567]

And then pretended not to know what the game was about. What an asshole.

[@hihowrya370]

i really wanted to see yong's new death stranding theories !!!!

[@user-jv7gr1jb3r]

SLAYR Give him time. So far Kojima only gave away game play and maybe a bit more about the world he created. But nothing truly on the story. But knowing Yong he will see things we don't.

[@m3rl1on]

i'll just grab the popcorn since it'll probably be a feature-length youtube documentary movie lol

[@DaShonuff]

Thats going to take awhile. He takes his time to find all the nuggets.

[@jackercooper4078]

same

[@Kazekoge101]

This is a reaction video not a theory one. He literally goes frame by frame and researches each line of dialogue before making his videos. His earlier theory videos came out a week or two after the trailer releases

[@RaySparkz]

Aren’t you kojima’s brother jojima?

[@mathewhuong3421]

Jojima sounds like Kojima's troll account name lolz

[@RaySparkz]

Meros Will I know right lel

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

Shredef *Yongima

[@blank003]

Shredef is that A JOJO REFERENCU?

[@starmemories]

Yojima pls

[@GBlastAnimation]

She looks exactly like confused math lady. Coincidence?

[@Malpheance]

GBlastAnimation I think not. YONG! LOOK INTO IT!

[@Frazynator]

She's French...The game is already confusing to the staff..imagine being asked to think 7 times before speaking lol I would be fucking lost too

[@7783alfonso]

GBlastAnimation lol I saw that from the thumbnail!

[@ChrissieMarie19]

😂😂😂😂

[@higgs135]

She saw Del toro butt naked

[@GonzoDuke]

Kojima loves him some Bionic Woman.

[@Rise7Fall9]

You sound pretty tired yong. Make sure to grab yourself a coffee, and thanks for keeping us updated.

[@iWillWakeYouUp]

That's awful advice. Yong make sure to lay down and get some sleep.

[@linxw0sd]

He's stoned.. jk

[@mwfcod0932]

SilkMilkJilk hahah😂😂😂😂😂

[@Frootism]

Lmao You’re tired Yong. You clearly need coffee, not sleep.

[@Abs17]

SilkMilkJilk dude you made me spit out my juice LMAOOO

[@Banning133]

I think the atmosphere of the game is amazing already. I personally really like the idea of this Sam character being this lonely wanderer who goes on some pretty treacherous hikes and takes on jobs as a courier of sorts and gets roped into this whole different world he knows nothing about. He's just a guy trying to get a job done and get paid. The hiking featured in this gameplay trailer has some serious potential to have some really good world building. Almost gives me some Shadow of The Colossus vibes.

[@sparkfirehot]

DankWraith Best comment I've read so far.

[@janlim0916]

Sooo. Beings that have invaded our world thats sensitive to life gave timefall, rain that accelerates time/aging, and somehow these creatures consumes life and when they do, puts them in some sort of limbo, Some humans have an affinity to these creatures letting them see/sense them (Apparently infants do this too), said humans also has some sort of immunity to the creatures mortal attacks bringing them back to life but an expense of creating a nuclear blast. The protagonist apparently can survive when "killed" by these things, and this is probably the main reason why they are used as "porters" to transport valuable material to different outposts. Give me 20 pieces Kojima.

[@DeathBringer769]

I think infants/fetuses are more sensitive to them because they are closer to the border of life/death (they were just recently born, closer to the "limbo" your soul is presumably in before birth, etc.) I also think the baby closing one eye is a big thing too (one eye seeing life, one eye seeing death.) The baby specifically closes one eye when Norman hooks it up, goes outside, and "asks" it to help him sense the creatures. The baby specifically closes one eye right there. The baby also closed one eye specifically in the trailer with Del Toro as well when they came closer to the creatures/soldiers (soldiers which all looked infected/possessed by the creatures and the black goo/oil stuff we see everywhere.) Yea, it seems crazy but Kojima is a crazy genius after all who loves all sorts of symbolism, metaphors, dual/multiple meanings, etc ;)

[@diegocasazza6489]

Yong! I still haven't seen the video but I wanted to point out that on the description to the trailer posted on the PlayStation official channel, they have a brief explanation about some points of the story! The most curious thing about that for me is they refer to the Death Stranding as an entity, like the whole phenomenon is "the Death Stranding". Its not just the title of the game. Also they say that Sam Bridges tries to piece together the remnants of the future one by one, carrying them with his hands...

[@LiquidSnake1988]

Too low video and yours is too high volume

[@CerealKiller2]

You're right. I guess there's not much to do about it now that the video's already published.

[@daiujin]

LIQUID SNAKE I would watch the interview first, then this video for your full enjoyment

[@stapuft]

Cereal Killer yeah there is, re-uploaded...it's called volume leveling\mixing, even windows movie Maker can do it.

[@Ae7herium]

Just come out and say it Kojima, this game is just a FeDex origin story.

[@BuffDaddySmoove]

Pin this.

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

Bullshit! its UPS and you know it.

[@JayWalkZ]

Lmao

[@razlad2523]

TacticsTechniques&Procedures DHL

[@kluneberg8952]

Set in the same universe as cast away

[@N4p0100]

based on the picture in the trailer i think lindsay is supposed to be sam porter's wife, and that young lady supposed to be her daughter from the future or something

[@N4p0100]

just saying

[@alphalima7458]

Makes sense.

[@Elmithian]

napoleon yong I think the plot twist is that it is actually his daughter but Norman had been resurrected so many times his memory had gotten quite gloppy

[@Unknowniswhatiam]

My two cents is that the baby is Lindsay.

[@AntiRiku]

*Elmithian* Hopefully he doesn't get attracted to her.. now that would be a bit awkward

[@wetw0rk14180]

I wonder that the reason she is so young in the trailer is that we will see her older in the game. Effects of 'timefall' maybe. Not to mention that it was also an excuse for Kojima to recreate the 'Jaime Sommers' of his (and sadly my) youth.

[@blissrunner]

Wetw0rk As far as I'm concerned, it can be as low as MGSV Quiet plot or as you've said aging/female protagonist. I'd give Perv Kojima a pass on this one tho, I mean Lea Seydoux and L. Wagner, at least they are established actressess first.

[@Outplayedqt]

Really love the new haircut, Yong!

[@BlackSalamander439]

Wrong channel

[@Gungus-v1g]

Wojciech Dziedzic Ditto

[@melancholyentertainment]

+Renegade Shep loves his M-6 Carnifex Hand Cannon Issa joke my guy

[@cattrucker8257]

Wrong universe

[@gamestitties7077]

Outplayedx gay

[@oldwars1]

Game looks freaky as hell. The world itself gave me anxiety.

[@Elmithian]

oldwars1 It felt relaxing to me if I must be honest. But to be fair most of the locations we saw seemed near copy paste of various locations here in Iceland. At least that was my impression of it. Could be wrong if course but 90% of it felt familiar (except the large structures part from earlier trailers. Those might be taking place somewhere else)

[@oldwars1]

Elmithian Yeah I get that. I guess it’s just the overall uncertainty of it all. I felt so isolated and it was a short trailer and I wasn’t even playing. It’s so unsettling to me. I’ll be buying it for sure though.

[@mwfcod0932]

Elmithian did you walk through the whole Iceland places or you are an Google map humandroid type of person?🙄😋

[@Elmithian]

Chronos WaTch I have lived on the island since I was born. I enjoy mountain hiking, so does my family. When I was younger we traveled a lot in the Highlands. Hell, when I was 12 we went on a 3 day pure walk (carrying all the food and necessities we needed) over some of the most beautiful mountains you can find during a 3 day walk. :P And if you want proof I am in fact, Icelandic (pretty reasonable since we are so few in numbers) it is very simple. Ekkert er auðveldara en að færa sig yfir á íslensku og rugla þig í ríminu með því að nota orðablöndu sem ekki er auðvelt að þýða með Google translate. The thing about having a tiny country with a tiny language. Google translate is kind of bad at translating the language into english... Not that people need to learn our language considering most if us are pretty fluid in English and handful of other languages.

[@TheUltimate620]

This game has some pedo vibes to it at the beginning of the trailer and right at the end imo.... I've never seen a game try to normalize showing a baby like that.. I'm sure people in the comments will try and justify those first 10 seconds of the trailer and throw insults instead of making a point. All thought process thrown out the window For the record she wasn't eating a bug, you seriously need glasses if you can't see what it is

[@vLarsn]

I'm baffled that so many people liked the Microsoft conference so much... Just like the last couple of years Microsoft didn't give us a single reason to buy a Xbox. Sony on the other hand showcased 4-5 major console sellers. Quality over quantity any day of the week.

[@TimberlinesWY]

FedEx - "He's had enough. He's going postal." lol but seriously, from a guy with an Xbox, it looks cool. I hope y'all enjoy it! I love seeing new games.

[@divinity1079]

I own both consoles and you should too. I play my Xbox a lot more, but I have my PS4 for games like this!

[@TimberlinesWY]

MrSwitchblade327 haha maybe someday. I do love my Xbox, but I'm a casual gamer. Not diehard by any means, I don't need or want multiple consoles. I can't really justify moving to a new console for 1 or 2 games I'm interested in. Especially during grad school when I gotta keep things cheap. Again, love my Xbox and I'm super excited for its future and I know it's not illegal haha. I just enjoy playing. I do hope y'all enjoy this game! And thanks for being respectful bud!

[@TimberlinesWY]

Serenity Of Light That's awesome! And really I would love to own both someday! :) That would be ideal for sure haha. Best of both worlds!

[@Jooshly123]

Kojima is a marketing genius. Change my mind.

[@Ben-Rogue]

Jooshly123 No, he's just a typical Japanese game designer. Many Japanese game designers or developers don't like to share information on their projects until things are finalised and close to release. Kaz at PD does the same thing, spends far too many years developing a game and barely talks about it. It's a cultural thing I guess?

[@5burned5]

With the new trailer and this interview he’s made me believe he’s gone up his own arse and I’m no longer interested in purchasing the game.

[@jaredgunkle1562]

have you by any chance watched the trailers?

[@rangelikkew2015]

MGSV trailers were misleading

[@unhomme643]

Jooshly123 as much as I don’t enjoy the MGS series... I’ll hand it to him I’m curious.

[@cassandraingraham8690]

I think you are right. When you die your ghost becomes one of those inter dimensional things. That’s why he recommended not killing people. The more people killed the harder the game will get.

[@newclouds544]

11:00 is when they start talking about the game

[@servancastillo986]

Hot damn, I've been subbed to Yong since the beginnings of MGSV news now we are here on Death Stranding, and this is why I love watching Yong's videos, every step of the way, always amazing content

[@PabloLiz]

I think people all around the world will control Sam in sorts of alternate universes but yet connected some how to each other. This in fact is the most important information i got from the trailer. It's still cryptic, but i really do think this is where we are heading. Pay attention to the conversations in the trailer. Ones will be able to see the creatures, other to sense them. Ones will have extension abilities others will choose a weaponized/shooting approach. Customizing Sam for me means that. They will be all different Sams in alternate space/time universes yet they will help each other. Dead will not be that important to the main goal other than to create another loop/jump/explosion. I think this is the global scale he's aiming at. For me is a bold statement only guys like Kojima can attempt at videogames @YongYea

[@MrSundaynighttt]

The person that influenced kojima the most was lindsey?? I dont believe that at all lol. He was being extremely polite...

[@Xarkom89]

I bet she was an early crush for him as a teen growing up. She was a beauty icon of the 70's and I am sure Kojima liked her as he watched western shows and movies.

[@areyoujelton]

He probably jacked off to her first.

[@gilbertgotfried]

Never underestimate the power of a childhood waifu.

[@rangelikkew2015]

There are several ways of inspiration, my friend

[@Jose-pv3bi]

He brought up how her movies didnt use violence to solve problems and that was the spirit of the early metal gear solid games that still lives on today so yea its most likely a sincere statement asshole

[@jerric1228]

Still hyped AF but very disappointed. I agree completely we needed some solid foundations for what this game is, and obviously it’s tied closely to the story and he doesn’t want to spoil that, but we ant survive on scraps forever. This was a great time to hit us with something worth talking about.

[@guille8756]

jerric1228 agreed but the guy likes his time at the end of the day he can gove nothing and if its a masterpiece the first day of lauch reviews will do its job

[@quito787]

I actually find the atmosphere of the trailer awesome. Felt like a survival game, with the isolation and loneliness.

[@Anchicanoy]

I feel you Yong when you cried out at Kojima, "tell us about the game!"... I feel the same sentiments, what IS this wonderful craziness Kojima!

[@iWillWakeYouUp]

Listen to Geoff talk... "We have so much FAITH" - "The deepness of the VISION" Talk about a Kojima cult.

[@Freedomerider]

Praise lord Kojima... He shall save us from shitty triple A battle royal..

[@Freedomerider]

Polymath gotta agree man, I really want at very least a three minutes trailer of real gameplay.

[@joenelsaracho4836]

iWillWakeYouUp as a ps4 owner i said microsoft won it was 2 boring for sony this year

[@TERRAPHOX]

iWillWakeYouUp he Said that this could bem história last game. So he os Betting everything on It. I Hope i goes good. Otherwise he Will de under alot of pressure

[@ihatecabbage7270]

Yeah, with all the Battle Royale. His game like the few single player games are the last bastion of hope for people like us.

[@Razgriz_3]

Can't wait for a deep analysis of the trailer...because we're getting one, right? :)

[@bardistass]

@YongYea I think the game is about dimensions that exist in the multiverse. Ie: Every player, playing the game represents another dimension of the multiverse and black hole portals that are the linking teathers between each players dimension..... If I'm guessing right, you'll be able to connect and send weapons / ammo / items, etc to other Sams in other dimensions (game instances) to help each other out.... but you need to travel to places where this portals exist in your world, synced with theirs...

[@DeadBeanz23]

Sony won the console battles hands down. Too many great games coming. And this is coming from someone who has an xbox. I officially will say microsoft a fuckin joke right now.

[@brifo3394]

Jorge Navarro right and people are saying Microsoft beat Sony. I'm like with what games. Gears and halo is played out crackdown 3 delayed cuphead is on pc. All they showed that was interesting is multi platform games.

[@ethanbraun]

Brifo keep in mind that the people who are saying Microsoft won are also the same people who cheered for a Funko Pop mobile game

[@DeadBeanz23]

Brifo well i used to be a huge critic of sony. But not anymore. At the end its not about how powerful the console is..its about what games u can bring to the table to support your console. And im talking about intriguing games. Not no rushed garbage or ripping off trends like what other major companies be doing nowadays. And also single player games. Sony killing microsoft with that as well.

[@user-bu3dw9ho4z]

2014 - 2018 Xbox One RIG (Rest In Garbage) no offense it is what it is

[@NoOne-dj6rk]

Jorge Navarro I agree that Sony buried Xbox this generation but I think Microsoft realized that and is preparing for the future. Right now Xbox is a joke but I think the future looks pretty good for them and us; lets just hope they don't drop the ball again.

[@hanamlchl]

Yong Yea - There was a hint at the gameplay when Kojima was praising Lindsey Wagner’s “Bionic Woman”: he mentions all the special abilities she has but she never uses violence. This ties back into Kojima’s stick-and-rope analogy, so perhaps there will be less or no combat on the player’s part.

[@spartanhypergon]

Kojima should just make like a movie or something

[@DarkCloudIceX]

He says that the experience he tries to give us (the players) can't be achieved through a movie.

[@raflystiansahlatif5293]

It's not like his games is already better than movie quality lol

[@Windreaver256]

GrayWolf Productions why not an episodical series?

[@DarkCloudIceX]

I don't know.... maybe he thinks that the experience of interaction allowed by videogames is unique and that's how he wants to tell a story. And for me it works. Better than games by Quantic Dreams and Telltale.

[@razlad2523]

GrayWolf Productions he tried movies too but failed

[@julien116]

Loving the new angle for the camera ! :-)

[@kurunzi8614]

Please understand that this comment is a joke… but from the gameplay we saw perhaps “Death Stranding” is a FedEx simulator! Hahahaha

[@silverfang3579]

Yongyea there is hints given with conversation in death stranding and this is my take from it. Ghosts can send you into the past or future once they catch you through a "timefall" and a person having a talk with Norman said that he would be able to go back but the enviro ment would change as well. Also that world collaboration is that those flying ghosts are online player spectres where if one of those players catch you your data through the run of the game is reset to whatever that online spectre has done before you meaning your character has done quests and missions you have not tried yet. Quite an interesting concept from Hideo if this is true.

[@cterryenterprises2780]

YongYea really looks like Kojima

[@Jaybi_Haider]

Bryan V Hell no mate, he looks like a retarded version of Kojima, when you see kojima, you see a well disciplined and well groomed guy, when you see Yong, he looks like someone who eats doritos while playing streetfighter 24/7

[@SlayerSeraph]

lol seems to be a Kojima wannabe. I bet as soon as Kojima cuts the beard he will do the same.

[@joekekker1581]

Filthy racist

[@SlayerSeraph]

LOL Are you serious? What does racism have to do with anything. I just really dislike his blind worshiping for Kojima. And it occurs to me that he even copies his look.

[@higgs135]

I don't know why some mexicans and latino look asian why?

[@DeathBringer769]

5:31 BTW, Bionic Woman was a television series, a spin-off from The Six Million Dollar Man (another classic TV series.) It's not a film, in this case ;)

[@Evaquiel]

IMO, There's no way the game can meet the expectations surrounding the hype.

[@mtill7281]

Evaquiel nothing ever lives up to its hype.

[@KABLAMMATS]

RE7?

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

Evaquiel imho no game has ever met the hype. After all, advertising is a lie to sell [more] product to a target audience. Be that as it may, hype doesn't have to effect our reaction if we take the time too understand what's going on.

[@alexthaman4155]

TacticsTechniques&Procedures Only one has for me, The Witcher 3

[@Evaquiel]

I don't exactly agree. Its rare, but games like God of War and Withcer 3 actually did. But not only ecause the games themselves were great, but also didn't have 4+ years of the buzz these Kojima projects have. Its too romantic and unlike the final project, specially with the music video-trailers.

[@JayLeeGames]

Honestly, I'm kind of glad that everything about Death Stranding is being trickled to us in a vague format. I've been feeling lately that so many games blow their load in the run up that there is little left to surprise upon release, Kingdom Hearts 3 is especially doing this for me with the amount of worlds that have already been shown. I'm more than happy to go into this game with a vague understanding of the story and gameplay concepts, and letting the game expand those concepts for me rather than a trailer or press releases.

[@lyonhart8768]

Maybe he's keeping the good stuff from us to experience it for ourselves it's going to have same twist in the end idc I like wat I saw and I'm sure it's the story that is going to blow us away. I don't like deep diving anyways it kills the experience, just like movies with there trailers I rather experience it bro. Movie trailers has to be more like hideo Kojima😎😎😎😎

[@lightright1311]

I already love this game

YONG KONG

[@StrangerOman]

When I heard live that there is gonna be a special guest with Kojima I wouldn't be surprised if I saw Yong. :D

[@ClamTheClammy]

144p squad

[@user-jv7gr1jb3r]

Cute the Cutie I usually go 144 when my data is capped.

[@doctorsahara2932]

Cute the Cutie I feel yah bruh 😭

[@devilgames2217]

Cute the Cutie Best squad 👍

[@Rebel3000]

Squad up!

[@acefreak9561]

Cute the Cutie platoon aten - huuuuuuh

[@darkchiron]

They made it sound like whenever Norman's character dies he gets resurrected, so I imagine his different looks are where he dies and comes back and just looks different every time.

[@korkybuchek2934]

The way kojima look at geoff lol 😒 ik u r buttering me nice i can play that game too 😎

[@pavma7]

Kojima is such a weird and super kind guy, I really sense how he is a big fanboy who just loves his job and create something other people enjoy.

[@zerogravity213]

Is hideo kojima tapping that ?

[@mmmsheehoo]

its amazing that yongyea sounds exactly the same when he says his lines at the end of his vids

[@TheAgentmigs]

Was underwhelmed by the trailer.

[@tonic4360]

7:46 into the vid is the very same image as Mike Oldfield album cover Man on the rocks. In that album cover there are handprints all over the cave just like we’ve seen in the game. Reddit user u/ Alfique pointed it out

[@gavindavidson9516]

I think it was pretty clear what this games supposed to be I don't understand the confusion?

[@DarkThomy]

...what is it then?

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

It is not at all clear with this game is supposed to be. We pretty much know what genre it is in.[3rd person action] Other than that, the trailers have been so vague, there's no way to tell what this game is about.

[@gavindavidson9516]

DarkThomy it's a post apocalyptic survival game focused on the pains and realism of survival. No more scavenging and walking around with 700lbs of gear in your inventory without concicquenses, it also adds realism to the respawn mechanic by having u carry fresh respawn with you and making it clear death comes at no personal concicquenses to yourself but it effects the rest of the community as a whole and forces you to question the morality of you dying. And points out things like there wouldn't be any hud or on screen help and the only tools to help u are items you carry and wear.

[@DarkThomy]

Well, I agree for the part "death has no personnal consequences but will affect the world and others". But I don't see where the trailer really proves itself to be a survival game, neither why it wouldn't have any gear nor hud. Take any early mgsV gameplay and you could argue the same, yet it's not a survival and there is hud and stuff. (if I'm not mistaken...)

[@gavindavidson9516]

DarkThomy from what I believe only the mechanical shoulder devices and bracelet will be the only information feedback. And I kojima has been trying to make a survival game for 10 years + and it's a concept that interests him, if you've played metal gear snake eater you'll get his idea of realistic survival and I expect to see a lot more of this.

[@Jeenine]

Game does seem closer to a Metal Gear than people thought. You go from point A to point B as stealthy as you can. You have a gun if things go south. All of this in a new strange world, coupled with a solid narrative.

[@bundlefingers9405]

Yep, and look how some ideas around survival carried over to MG Survive. The idea you have to eat to survive. Take care of yourself...drink water etc. Seems like maybe Kojima had been priming the pump for a survival game and Konami tried to roll one out using some of the ideas around a survival game. I agree it does have certain elements of Metal Gear.

[@neilisalive4892]

Kojima plans to wed Lindsay #shesagoddess

[@areyoujelton]

Lindsay ahahahaha

[@zacharykoplik6135]

The thing in the gameplay that I found really interesting is that the characters acknowledged dying and death. He mentioned how had already died too recently or too much which would mean the game actually acknowledges player death in a literal sense by adding it to the world, it seems like death or a game over screen won’t be like other games and instead no fourth wall will be broken

[@Craft2299]

When i saw the trailer, I had this "Behind enemy lines military training" vibe.

[@Gio-el1ep]

Craft2299 i can see that

[@TheEfX]

Well Kojima made her relive her 20's. That's amazing!!

[@pete7354]

think this game will be cancelled. looks like they spent their entire budget on actors instead of the game

[@milboxr9772]

Gamram just like mgs v

[@lostclips7078]

You haven’t seen everything about the game, so it doesn’t “look” like anything. How about you wait for more info :)

[@bundlefingers9405]

No way. But who cares he never finished MGSV and it's still one of the best games ever. The detail in the concept art takes time because of the high level of craftsmanship.

[@ookam9685]

it didn't idiot lmao

[@DannyWilliamH]

Hardcore fans (not Yong): He purposefully left a lot out because he wanted to damper expectations! He probably even noticed the fan theories being right and he knew that showing the game would prove us right! MGS0 CONFIRMED! Normal gamers: No, it's just not the game we thought it was.

[@stevelawson7595]

Do you realise you almost look exactly like kojima right now?

[@higgs135]

He looks like John Rambo

[@stormssc]

I looked at the thumbnail and thought it was Yong himself on that couch.

[@joekekker1581]

Death Stranding is Hiking Simulator 2018

[@yacine9809]

PJ Kekker 2020

[@aphidamas1]

Kojima Productions presents Cyberpunk-Sim 2077: Just Hiking Edition (59 year development cycle so you know it's good)

[@robertlustmord1636]

I hope it is an engaging hiking simulator.

[@KaitoLKun]

More like Delivery Simulator post apocalypse. Your task is to deliver dead body, baby etc.... through harsh terrain and ghost.

[@VastGameMaster]

There were a lot of people expecting Sony to win E3 again, oh well.

[@rawkmode6315]

Eventually people are going to have to face the fact that Kojima is just a crazy person. I feel like once you've all dealt with that, this Death Stranding stress will just go away.

[@Nabekukka]

Nothing to face in that, I already know he is. And that's exactly why I am crazy with anticipation to see what comes out of it.

[@shadowpeople2645]

Petri Helenius noticed that with mgs5

[@AscendantStoic]

Most genius people are a bit crazy, that's actually the norm, now go away XD

[@ΈκτοραςΕλευθεριάδης]

He is totqly crazy and that why i love him

[@rawkmode6315]

Oh no, have I upset you? Are you worried that you've invested time and energy into something that might not pan out? Put your girl panties on and get over it. I wasn't even saying that it will be bad or will actually waste your time, I'm simply pointing out that, in the end, Kojima may be fucking totally bonkers and whether or not his games are good may be a complete accident. Adopt that mentality and everything will be fine, regardless of what happens with Death Stranding.

[@sparkfirehot]

I have a very far out type of mindset so I luv what I have seen so far from Death Stranding. Very complex, and intriguing to see Kojima's masterpiece. The visuals, apmeshpher and graphics looks amazing. Haven't seen anything like it.

[@magdiel6709]

something something early joke

[@justins7933]

The predictive caption text for when Kojima speaks is hilarious

[@specterRaven]

Too little info on gameplay..... Honestly im getting tired of just hype. Makes me less interested in this game.

[@TheRoyalSaiyan]

The in game rendering of Lindsay looks more like sweetD from its always sunny. I seriously thought it was her lmao

[@leninpotter27]

360p resolution... Rejoice everyone!

[@danielflorez3762]

yorokobe shonen

[@catonfirez7873]

He is THE Kojima! Just be patient and wait for more

[@HeatherHolt]

The gameplay was pretty underwhelming for me TBH... all of the other trailers got me hyped but this one was just a big open world with not much going on; the stealth sequence was meh but I still have high hopes.

[@patrad9336]

Kojima-San said the point was to show the landscape and atmosphere

[@milboxr9772]

Gaming and Music Trash well I mean what did he do besides walk the whole trailer? Oh yea he climbed to lol....

[@OPortuguesfm]

I think what we saw is all from the start of the game, the second trailer shows a car crash, and the kjp logo trailer shows space and underwater, maybe that's the other 3 diferent levels of tech we will have access, besides this trailers dialog fells like a tuturial, I belive at start we will have what we saw in this trailer, then we will get land vehicles then boats and diving suits and finally spaceships and Eva suits

[@Hathur]

Boy that interview was.. useless :/

[@SlipNoodles]

The less I know the better, learned that hardcore from MGSV, I seriously. Cannot wait to get my hands on this.

[@YS-xi1cs]

Lol lets see the results of who had the best e3 ...... Sony is last... Ok let's move on 0_o

[@Jaybi_Haider]

If it took Kojima 3 hours to tell his concept, just imagine how long it will take us to understand XD

[@emcee009]

To be honest, I found the Death Stranding trailer quite boring. Walking through barren landscapes. More walking... and walking... now, climbing... falling over as you cross a river and nearly choking on some water... that was a close one. What's the combat look like. Is there combat? Please tell me there's combat.

[@Aereto]

Considering the kind of horrors you are facing, combat is likely to be a means of last resort. You Don't want to be fighting something that can overpower you so easily unless you have to.

[@guille8756]

ppl npwdays just want to fight and shoot you have all the trash shooter to fight leave this game as it is a deep interpretation of what kojima feels like a good story

[@Nabekukka]

Seeing this comment makes me actually wish there'd be no combat at all. Whatsoever. If combat is what you're looking for the most, this game probably isn't for you.

[@gilbertgotfried]

Kojima literally said a guns blazing approach is an option.

[@LordMuzhy]

It made me think of Frodo returning the ring to Mordor

[@JonFord]

4:20 last project?

[@NARUHOTEL]

It's a walking simulator. Lol

[@gabrielmckee1093]

NARUHOTEL Yep, thought this myself... Definitely not what I was hoping for.

[@TravisWilliams_]

UPS Simulator 2019

[@stonaraptor8196]

whe haven't seen barely anything yet.

[@vanpiisu88]

Lmao... Kojima said that he left all the combat and action out, to make it more silent trailer to show the environment etc. Do you seriously think this is all the game is xD?

[@jsalinas2068]

So far looks better that sea of thieves. Have a good day.

[@originalsinquirls1205]

'the audience was quiet because they were spellbound' - a very generous interpretation.

[@Swat_Dennis]

Please do not overhype the man, maybe the game will be shit, because we still do not know anything about it.

[@Swat_Dennis]

thefiregodzapp that is not what I meant by what I said, I just say that even legends can make bad games

[@n_cruz144]

You guys forget that all of the mgs games kojima was the main lead for were all revolutionary. Have faith

[@n_cruz144]

And I'd like to add he continued to revolutionize things all while being tied down to the same franchise and old ideas.

[@n_cruz144]

Belisarius just an idiot

[@feliciaf8]

and that's why let just wait it out

[@TheD3vilHimself]

Your natural speech is a lot better than when you read from the prompter. Sounds a lot more relatable. The points you made are solid, we were shown less than what we hoped, and we're in the exact same spot. The Lindsay Wagner thing was cool.

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

I just noticed Geoff's shoes. They have PS symbols printed underneath

[@Rucarlos]

What I got from the trailer: It looks like a game about transporting stuff, maybe managing risk reward with the size of the load and distance to travel. It looks like if you die you come back in the future (rogue like?), it does seems that it'll impact the world every time you die though. It also seems the baby and some people can see the creatures, maybe they're generically engineered or cloned for that purpose.

[@daiujin]

we need to just wait for the video game, all will be revealed when we play it.

[@WUVGAWORE]

It was mentioned that the monsters forward time, when eaten it affects the whole area and makes a crator. " you'll come back sure" maybe the baby is a backup of him so the baby is aged to and becomes his new life that's why it says "come back". So he does die but the baby takes his place. Hopefully I'm wording this right and peeps get an idea of what I'm tryna say.

[@billymarroquin5246]

Hey Yong, your commentary on the interview made me think of a few things. When you mentioned the "Normans" collaborating with each other, it made me think of a game we've already seen in this type of way. What if death Stranding plays like "journey" for the PS3, but with actual combat. And the "shadows" (the enemies that grab Norman at the end of the trailer) are players who have died and decided to stay "dead" but have invaded your game a kin to the souls games... And the bug the female character eats at the end of the trailer is an item to prevent from players invading the game. Just throwing a few ideas your way

[@sopranophantomista]

If there's anything that I've learned since I've started to follow the progress of this game, with no small part from you, Kojima is a master at misdirection when it comes to the questions asked. He's very good at spoon feeding us with little bits of information but he just can't give it all away.

[@otaku1014]

Can't wait for that analysis.

[@Black-Re4per]

Amazon Prime Delivery Simulator: we give our life to deliver your Package.

[@symbrock]

Yong, I honestly just want your 1 hour analysis 😂

[@wvarley]

Yong there is a gap missing in the 'cast' credits of the most recent trailer, a noticeable gab between Lea and Mads.

[@tonic4360]

“The goal of the game is to reconnect the future” Only the specific actors can play their roles in the game. This matches up with when Kojima said that players won’t play as Reedus they will be Reedus.