![]() All of the early cinematic trailers just confused me and the only thing that really had me excited was the involvement of my favorite modern day director, Guillermo del Toro. At least not as much as most of the gaming community. I'll say right off the bat that I'm not floored by the trailer. ![]() So that probably has some influence on the way I feel about the game. I haven't played a Kojima game since Metal Gear Solid II. Everything from the graphics to the combat look exactly like what you would expect. It should be noted that this is clearly a Hideo Kojima game. Now I'll tell you a little bit of what I actually think of the game from the reveal trailer. Not to mention that this trailer raised more questions than answered. So is the game cyberpunk? Technically it's probably too early to say without too many details of the story. The other noticeable factor is the story takes place in a post apocalyptic world. As a matter of fact it looks like the government has a stranglehold on society. For example, from this trailer I don't see any kind of "megacorporations". Now I don't think a lot of the tropes have to be there for it to be considered cyberpunk. It also looks like we will be dealing a lot with the breakdown of social order. ![]() The old high tech, low life feel is definitely there. But tonight I was on r/Cyberpunk and I noticed someone with this question, "Is Death Stranding Cyberpunk?". ![]() ![]() However as the trailer went on, I began to think it looked less and less cyberpunk. I was even gearing up to write an article about my thoughts on it. As the trailer started up I thought it had a very strong cyberpunk aesthetic. Today Playstation released a nine minute long release date reveal trailer. ![]()
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