Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2's core message is that humans shouldn't allow AI and the internet to dictate their lives.
Kojima loves to put a lot of themes into his games, while Metal Gear Solid 2 can be read as a straightforward spy thriller, it's also a game with a heap of prescient themes about social engineering, meme culture, and pretty much predicted everything about the internet in the decades to come - from fake news, echo chambers, and the prevalence of AI bots. And while not as out there as the second (but technically fourth) Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding 2 has some things to say too, which Kojima has elaborated on.
