Death Stranding Isn't What You Think [HOLIDAY SPECIAL]

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" These are the seeds of advancement and obsolescence. Such factors may lie dormant within us all - a choice waiting to be made. For every being since the advent of life itself."
Evo-Devo Biologist


While divisive upon release, 2019's Death Stranding has grown somewhat in public esteem since the calamitous events of 2020. After a year in the wild, what can be said about Hideo Kojima's first post-METAL GEAR SOLID game that hasn't been said before?

Well it turns out, plenty.

In this, a Futurasound Productions Holiday Special, join me as I dive into the game with a year's worth of hindsight, covering not only Death Stranding itself, but my own previous videos on the subject, to see how timefall has treated them all since release.

Along the way, we'll cover why DS isn't a walking simulator, what makes it revolutionary for the open world sandbox genre, and why it's underrated not only purely as a new kind of video game, but also as a 'bridge' between game design and an ethic of altruism.


Apologies to newest credited backers Among Blain and Ryan Barbadillo, I finished this video a little while ago. Be rest assured, you'll be credited in videos from here on out!



0:00 - Intro
2:10 - Synopsis
4:24 - Tackling Common Criticisms
8:17 - DS & the 'Open World Sandbox', Redefined
17:21 - Oblique Strategies
24:23 - The "Power Fantasy", Re-contextualized
27:42 - Altruism
30:32 - Themes & A Hidden Design
32:48 - Obsessions with the Past [Addressing old Arguments]
38:44 - The Future Is In Our Hands
44:18 - Conclusion/End Credits/Epilogue





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Death Stranding is a sci-fi third-person open-world action-adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and released by Sony for the PlayStation 4 on November 8, 2019.

The first game by the reformed Kojima Productions (now an independent studio unaffiliated with Konami), Death Stranding takes place in the near-future as the world is ravaged by a cataclysmic supernatural phenomenon known as "death stranding", leaving cities isolated and the landscape both barren and plagued with spectral creatures. The game's main plot revolves around creating connections, or "strands," linking isolated survivors and cities to each other in an effort to rebuild society.

The game features the performances (including voice acting, likenesses, and dialogue motion capture) of numerous veteran actors for its central characters, most notably Norman Reedus as the playable protagonist and Mads Mikkelsen as the central antagonist. Other notable actors include Léa Seydoux, Lindsay Wagner, Margaret Qualley, Tommie Earl Jenkins, and Troy Baker. Film directors Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn are also featured, though in likeness only.