Kojima "happy" with Death Stranding 2 reception, spurring fans to "fight and battle" against war and climate change

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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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Kojima "happy" with Death Stranding 2 critical reception, spurring fans to "fight and battle" against war and climate change

Hideo Kojima is "happy" with the critical reception of Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, and has spurred on fans to fight back against war and climate change.
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Speaking at the London leg of the Death Stranding 2 World Tour that Eurogamer attended, Kojima was asked by host Geoff Keighley for his final thoughts on the evening's events, which included performances from Caroline Polachek and Chvrches.

"We have a lot of things right now," said Kojima. "We have war, we have climate change, we have a lot of earthquakes, we had the pandemic, we have a lot of things. And we have maybe a dark future a little bit. But today, if we gather like this and if we are going to be connected, we can fight and battle all these things."
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Kojima dedicated the evening - also attended by actors Norman Reedus and Léa Seydoux - to the memory of Low Roar lead singer Ryan Karazija, who passed away in 2022 due to complications of pneumonia. Low Roar's music was a key part of the first game's identity and Kojima had wanted to use more of the band's music in the sequel.

"When I was creating Death Stranding 2, I wanted to contact him and there was Covid so he couldn't come to Japan to perform so I was trying to write an email," explained Kojima. "But then I got this sad message that Ryan passed away and that was so tragic when I first heard that. I also heard from his relatives that he does have some new songs and I decided to put in his new songs in Death Stranding 2.

"So I think he's watching us somewhere. In Death Stranding 2 there's this line 'death is not the end, it does not separate us'. I still feel connection with Ryan so I'm going to cherish this relationship with Ryan. And I hope everyone will feel that way too."
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Seeking peace and caring about the environment are good things, lest we forget.

The problem is that in recent years these causes have been hijacked by fanatics and grifters and made toxic, its truly sad.

I've said it before and I'm going to say it again:

SANITY LIES IN THE CENTRE. Too much chaos or order is stifling and oppressive, so when seeking to reverse the damage done, we need to remember there is a happy medium to be reached. Its not just pushing with all our might against the extremists else we fall prey to Nietzsche's admonition about fighting monsters.
 
When I get up from wasting electricity playing games on my plastic box which was made in the most polluting country in the world and then shipped across the globe, to open the door to receive my hyper processed meal someone brought over using a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, and then I proceed to drink my chemically flavored sugary drink........with a paper straw
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Best I can do is burn a tire for every copy sold.

All this happy horseshit aside, I think the game actually looks great, lol.
 
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Yeah, battle or rather protest. Just like against the Iraq war in 2003 when politicians looked on at those massive protests and went lol no.
 
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Virtually? I'll be happy to. IRL? No thanks. What they quoted me for solar panels was stupid. When I told the guy my monthly payments you could see his face and the realization that it makes no sense for me to get solar. I like being hot my house is at 77 during the day and 74 when I sleep. The AC guys came once to fix my system and thought it was still broken cause I had it on 77.
 
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Yeah, I got the message.
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I was doing it yesterday. It looks legit insanely realistic.
The fidelity of these animations! and when you take a pic, it looks like real polaroid.
in some scenes when they are dancing (or other times in the game too), the clothes absolutely realistically bend and move. best I've ever seen.

 
rofif said:
I was doing it yesterday. It looks legit insanely realistic.
The fidelity of these animations! and when you take a pic, it looks like real polaroid.
in some scenes when they are dancing (or other times in the game too), the clothes absolutely realistically bend and move. best I've ever seen.

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I hope Kojima will cast Cara Delevigne at some point as well. While her personality can be argued for and against, I think she's hot. So having a photo mode with her would be a reason for me to buy a game.

Edit: Incidentally, Every time I was in a car in GTA 5, I always listened to Non-Stop Pop FM, just because she's the hostess.
 
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"We have a lot of things right now," said Kojima. "We have war, we have climate change, we have a lot of earthquakes, we had the pandemic, we have a lot of things. And we have maybe a dark future a little bit. But today, if we gather like this and if we are going to be connected, we can fight and battle all these things."
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How the fuck are we "fighting and battling" earthquakes by hanging out?
 
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When I get up from wasting electricity playing games on my plastic box which was made in the most polluting country in the world and then shipped across the globe, to open the door to receive my hyper processed meal someone brought over using a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, and then I proceed to drink my chemically flavored sugary drink........with a paper straw
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Shut down the internet, folks. We have a winner! 😆
 
Says a guy who became famous by making games based on wars and nuclear weapons. Also a guy who makes entertainment products that are responsible for huge amount of waste from point of creation to end user. The lack of self awareness is amazing. 🤦🤦🤦
 
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