So far this Gamescom we’ve seen urination mechanics, ghost babies and Geoff Keighley in Death Stranding: a truly bizarre mash-up that sounds like it’s straight from a fever dream. Perhaps sensing everyone is still confused, earlier today Hideo Kojima tweeted the following:
There’s 1 exclusive trailer of DEATH STRANDING called “BRIEFING” showing at Sony PlayStation Booth. It explains what Sam(player) will be doing in the game and I think you’ll understand the more concrete purpose of the game👍🌈🦀🐟🐋🐬☔️💀👶🤩#gamescom2019 #DeathStranding
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) August 21, 2019
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Naturally, I had to check this out – so I high-tailed it over to the PlayStation booth to see if this “BRIEFING” would finally clear a few things up.
It did not.
The fourth Gamescom trailer delves a little into the player-character Sam Bridges (played by Norman Reedus), and is set in the Oval Office. In the cutscene, Sam meets with masked man Die Hardman (Earl Jenkins) and a convincing hologram of a woman in a red dress named Amelie (Lindsey Wagner). The conversation, as ever, is focused on re-connecting America – and both Amelie and Die Hardman are determined to re-enlist Sam to help out.