With Death Stranding 2, Hideo Kojima is serving up no shortage of superficial references to Metal Gear Solid. But in the director's eyes, there's also a deeper connection between the two series, as they each offer a different perspective on the relationships between parents and children.
"The loss of my father was a major theme in the Metal Gear series," Kojima says in Edge magazine issue 411. "Those games explore the theme of how you surpass your parents. Death Stranding looks in the other direction: you assume the parent's perspective, looking toward the child."
