Basically, America (and quite possibly the rest of the world, it’s not made clear) has been irreparably changed by an event known as the Death Stranding that somehow connected the world of the living to a dimension of the dead, a purgatory of sorts known as “The beach”. Reedus plays the role of Sam Porter bridges, a man with a mysterious past who delivers packages. Although this never panned out due to Kojima’s relationship with Konami going south, Kojima obviously kept Norman in mind for a future project… Reedus was originally slated to star in an earlier Kojima/Konami game, “Silent Hills” for which a playable demo/prologue was developed, “P.T”. It featured him with a baby, a weird necklace of what kind of looked like USBs, a beach of oily dead crabs and whales, weird handprints and other weird stuff in general. A trailer was soon released.įrom the outset, it was obvious that the project would star Norman Reedus, best known as Daryl, the rough but loyal loner on AMC’s “The Walking Dead”. In 2016, they announced their first new project with this new arrangement: Death Stranding. ![]() As such, these individuals can effectively return from death, though their deaths will still cause voidouts if killed during contact with a BT.In 2015, Hideo Kojima, creator, co-writer and director of the Metal Gear Solid series, left his traditional gaming partner, Konami (as for why, that’s a whole other thing), and his studio, Kojima productions, became independent. There are also individuals known as "repatriates" who can travel back from "the Seam"-a place between the world of the living and the Beach-upon death. A condition, known as "DOOMS", depending on its severity, also allows a person to naturally sense, see, or even control a BT. Porters carry a BB with them, which is stored in a pod simulating a mother's womb. If they achieve a mental connection to a "Bridge Baby" (a "BB")-a premature child reflecting a state between life and death-it is possible for a person to sense the presence of a BT. Bridges also perform various governmental functions on behalf of the UCA. These colonies have since relied on the services of a company known as Bridges, whose porters brave the BTs, bandits, and terrorists to deliver supplies to the cities. These events damaged the country's infrastructure, leading its remaining population to confine themselves to remote colonies known as "Knot Cities," which form the remaining "United Cities of America". BTs cause explosions known as "voidouts" when they consume the dead by necrosis and produce rain known as "Timefall" that rapidly ages and deteriorates whatever it hits. ![]() The game is set in the apocalyptic United States, where a cataclysmic event, known as the "Death Stranding", causes "Beached Things" ("BTs")-invisible creatures originating from the "Beach", a land said to be the link to the afterlife-to begin roaming the Earth. The game was nominated for several awards and accolades. Death Stranding received generally favorable reviews, with critics seeing it as a unique experience and praising its voice acting, soundtrack, and graphics, although many were polarized by its gameplay and story. Players control Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus), a courier tasked with delivering supplies to the fractured and isolated colonies that remain and reconnecting them via a wireless communications network.Īlongside Reedus, the game features actors Mads Mikkelsen, Léa Seydoux, Margaret Qualley, Troy Baker, Tommie Earl Jenkins, and Lindsay Wagner, in addition to the likenesses of film directors Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn as supporting characters. The game is set in the United States during the aftermath of the eponymous Death Stranding, which caused destructive creatures from a realm between life and death to begin roaming the Earth. It was released by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 in November 2019 and is scheduled for release by 505 Games on Microsoft Windows in Q2/Q3 2020. It is the first game from director Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions after their disbandment from Konami in 2015. ![]() Death Stranding is an action game developed by Kojima Productions.
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