There are some pretty wild theories about what's going on in Kojima's Death Stranding

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If nothing else, Hideo Kojima's newly unveiled Death Stranding was the most baffling thing at E3 this week, its short teaser packing in a whole world of enigma as it introduced the PlayStation 4 project from the director's new studio.
As is often the way with Kojima's work, there's a purpose to the enigma - and the Metal Gear Solid creator is in no rush to clear up any of the mystery. What we do know is that Death Stranding will be an action game, with the player controlling Norman Reddus' character. As to how it'll play, Kojima's made reference to Japanese author Kōbō Abe - a writer whose nightmarish surrealism earned him comparisons to Franz Kafka - and his missive about ropes and sticks.
"The first tool mankind made was a stick. It was made toto keep away bad things. It's a weapon," Kojima explained to Digital Spy. "The next tool created by mankind was rope. The rope is not to keep away bad things. On the contrary, it's a tool used to keep good things close to you, to tie good things close to you. Sticks and ropes are some of the tools most used by mankind even these days.
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