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Kaan Serin

Hideo Kojima confirms Death Stranding 2 features the traditional Japanese couriers that inspired the original's fiddly movement

Death Stranding 2 PS5 screenshot.

Death Stranding 2 will properly feature bokka, the traditional mountain porters that inspired the first game's fiddly gameplay, according to director Hideo Kojima.

Some fans were shocked to learn that Death Stranding was actually inspired by a traditional Japanese occupation called bokka, who make deliveries to mountainous areas that are unreachable on wheels, and use long wooden ladder frames that reach above their heads to carry cargo on day-long trips.

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