Kojima: Death Stranding Is a “New Genre;” Similar to How MGS Was Called Tactical Espionage Action

Giuseppe Nelva

Published: Jun 6, 2019 12:56 am

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Since the latest reveal of Death Stranding left fans with plenty of questions, today Director Hideo Kojima took to Twitter to clarify how he feels about the game’s genre.

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Kojima-san mentioned that Death Stranding is not a Stealth game. While you can move freely, it’s not an FPS either.

According to the veteran creator, the game is a totally new genre which he defines “action game/strand game(social strand system)”

As I’m getting similar questions so I shall re-post. DS is not a stealth game. Could move subjectively but not a FPS shooting game either. By incorporating with the concept of connection(strand), it’s totally brand new genre called action game/strand game(social strand system). pic.twitter.com/1KaQUVH9zL

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 5, 2019

Additionally, Kojima-san went on to mention that he’s aware that usually, the name of the genre isn’t made up by the creator, but he likes to name it as he did in the past, like when he called Metal Gear Solid Tactical Expionage Action before it was categorized as a stealth game.

The name of the new genre is not made by the creator but it comes after. I know that but I just like to name it as I did in my past titles. Calling it as Social Strand System is similar case when I called Tactical Espionage Action before it was categorized as Stealth Game.👍 pic.twitter.com/721xPxcxeW

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 6, 2019

As an additional bonus, the veteran creator will be supervising a voice acting session in Japan today.

Japanese voice over recording session today👍🌈🦀🐟🐬🐋☔️💀👶 pic.twitter.com/IKV9hxthLr

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 6, 2019

If you want to know more about Death Stranding, you can take a look at the latest English trailer, the Japanese version with additional footage and a different song, and a new gallery of beautiful images.

Recently Hideo Kojima talked about the creation of the game at Tribeca Film Festival, while he made a few comments on the state of development a few weeks ago. He also shared a detailed timeline of the early years of the game, and his undying gratitude for Guerrilla Games.

Death Stranding is coming to PS4 on November 8, 2019.

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.