Sometimes, when I play one of Hideo Kojima's creations, I feel like I’m playing the same game. From Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake to Snatcher, plenty of similarities remain from someone who likes to reflect on the past when he allows it, but lets the future define the story of his latest game.
That's no truer than Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, a game released on PS5 last month to critical acclaim, with its story being rewritten due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Kojima has said in interviews that the plot was directly influenced by the virus, as well as his own mortality during this time. You may think this was the only 'strand' of real life meeting the game, but another series from his library made me wonder if he drew from that, too.
