I'm genuinely shocked to not just see a non-controversial, positive take on Death Stranding, but to see it in this article with absolutely no digs whatsoever at anyone other than a vague "we fall short of helping each other at times."
Its an almost worthless little fluffpiece that says nothing about the game or even America (other than its set in America), but its neutrality speaks volumes.
To be fair, it's hard to extract alternate interpretations from Death Stranding when Kojima beats you over the head with "symbolism" such as a courier corporation connecting a fractured United States called "Bridges" and a man with a broken heart called "Heartman".
You haven't watched normie game content creators, who are contractually obligated to play every AAA game the moment it comes out, try and even explain the game. Let alone extract the meaning from it.
You and I think its pretty fucking heavy handed, but given what I've seen clearly it wasn't heavy enough.
I'm genuinely shocked to not just see a non-controversial, positive take on Death Stranding, but to see it in this article with absolutely no digs whatsoever at anyone other than a vague "we fall short of helping each other at times."
Its an almost worthless little fluffpiece that says nothing about the game or even America (other than its set in America), but its neutrality speaks volumes.
To be fair, it's hard to extract alternate interpretations from Death Stranding when Kojima beats you over the head with "symbolism" such as a courier corporation connecting a fractured United States called "Bridges" and a man with a broken heart called "Heartman".
You haven't watched normie game content creators, who are contractually obligated to play every AAA game the moment it comes out, try and even explain the game. Let alone extract the meaning from it.
You and I think its pretty fucking heavy handed, but given what I've seen clearly it wasn't heavy enough.