INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
We knew Hideo Kojima was going to make an appearance at Gamescom: Opening Night Live to premiere new footage from Death Stranding, but it
was probably too hopeful of us to think his appearance would be straightforward
Kojima just doesn't roll like that.While the gaming auteur certainly tried to explain Death Stranding, and in particular the baby we see
Norman Reedus carrying about, it still manged to be a convoluted affair.But don't worry, we've attempted to unravel exactly what we've
learnt.What's with the babies?We kind of have a better idea about what Death Stranding's Bridge Babies are about thanks to a couple of
However they remain attached to their mothers via some sort of supernatural umbilical cord, which means they exist in a kind of mirror plane
to the real world - ethereal, but still 'connected' to their mothers.The babies then seem to be used to allow people in the real world, like
Norman Reedus' character Sam, to see BTs (supernatural, shadowy creatures)
calm and happy because they're "unpredictable" and can possibly fail
It seems like Sam will die if the BB dies
So essentially you're a delivery man and a surrogate motherWhat else did weuhlearn?After the two trailers on BBs, Kojima revealed gameplay
of Death Stranding which started with Sam urinating to empty his "tank"
The pee also caused a mushroom to grow a bit
We can only assume there's a survival mechanic that means you need to drink, eat and pee
We assumeNext, the trailer detailed Sam interacting with a character modeled after Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley (who is literally in
Sam delivers a package and then a new strand is uncovered, showing more of the map
Then, he fell off a cliff face-down into the ground, flat on the baby resting in its artificial womb on the character's chest, which was
We have no idea.The baby then start crying and Sam has to rock it to calm it down.The new trailers didn't shed a whole lot of light on Death
Stranding but it seems the babies are technically dead and create a link to another world, allowing Sam (and anyone attached to BBs) to see
