Recently, in an interview with the media, Hideo Kojima shared his thoughts on the new crown epidemic and the subsequent global lockdown. This disaster that swept the world happened to break out a few months after "Death Stranding" was released.Hideo Kojima talks about how the real world is getting closer to the interpersonal isolation picture depicted in the game.

Hideo Kojima recalled: "I thought I might never see anyone again. At that time, I had just recovered from a serious illness and returned to Kojima Studio, but found that the entire studio was empty due to the lockdown policy. Some things disappeared forever, and the physical connection was completely broken. The cocktail party and the class reunion were all transferred online, and we lived a nearly completely digital survival."

It is this kind of isolation life that can only be carried out through the screen that unexpectedly injects new creative energy into Hideo Kojima.He said he is now determined to create a "game that does not exist in the world yet."

These thoughts provide a new perspective for understanding Hideo Kojima's speech on "Death Stranding 2" in 2022.That year, he revealed that the epidemic prompted him to completely rewrite the script of the sequel.In the interview, Hideo Kojima compared the epidemic that encountered after the release of "Death Stranding" with the September 11 incident that coincided with the launch of "Metal Equipment 2: Entity".

According to earlier reports, Hideo Kojima also explained the core theme of "Death Stranding 2": If the "Metal Equipment" series focuses on the proposition of "being a son", then the new work will explore the parent-child relationship from the opposite direction.In Death Stranding 2, players will face a new narrative challenge as their father - although they have lived with Luo for a long time in the previous work, the character's life experience is still full of mystery.Hideo Kojima said that the sequel will "deeply deconstruct Luo's true identity."

"Death Stranding 2" has been confirmed to be available on PS5 platform on June 26.Earlier this month, Xiaodao Production Studio announced that the game was officially launched into the factory.This week, Hideo Kojima revealed that at least one trailer "containing a lot of new intelligence" will be released before the release.More details are to be reported later.