After a series of teasers and a long broadcast, which more than one hundred and fifty thousand people watched at the peak, Sony I introduced a fresh trailer Death Stranding , where the release date of the project is reported – November 8. The video shown new heroes, battles, the study of the world on a futuristic motorcycle and their two, as well as, partly, interface and inventory (where, for example, a sliding staircase is stored).

Roller with Russian subtitles

Dmitry Shepelev, gaming editor

Well, here's the prose. Previously, everything was so poetic, mysterious, ambiguous … no, not even so – multi -meaning. But a fresh trailer shook half the “fog of war” in one fell swoop, and at the same time intrigue. Yes, this is post -apocalypse; Yes, Sam personally is familiar with the US president and works for an organization that is trying to restore the world; Yes, babies in flasks are something like an instrument or source of energy. In short, the trackers s Reddit can safely arrange checks opposite the right predictions.

And the rest are offered just eight minutes and fifty seconds to admire the new game Hideo Cozima. It is no longer the most mysterious project of the generation, namely, that the new game Kojima: with gameplay causing memory Mgs v , futuristic devices, evil terrorists, a cool main character https://sister-site.org/hopa/, branded pathos dialogues and a characteristic Japanese cranberry in the image of the Americans. In general, everything that I was waiting for, but … deep down, nevertheless hoped that there would be something else. Not so prosaic.

New faces from the trailer

Ekaterina Zhorova, Gamemenia editor

As a person who has already written three rather confusing analysis of previous Death Stranding trailers, I opened this video with a sense of internal fatigue: there is no more strength to decipher all the cunning hints of Hideo. Can we just play, please?

“You can,” the Creator finally answered. – They suffered. November eight ".

Yes, it is still unrealistic to figure it out in the plot, for temporary loops and turns there are clearly no worse than in "Doctor Who". The characters can only be divided into heroes and villains – in the camp of the latter there will clearly be MADS Mikkelsen (now officially Cliff) and Troy Baker (Higgs). By the way, about the latter: apparently, one must really be a genius, so that for the first time in the entire career of Baker in the voice acting of a video game, finally to make him not only in a voice, but also the face of one of the main characters (role in Call of Duty Still, it is difficult to call a grandiose acting experience), so I already feel that I will wait for every katsen with his participation. The choice of another actor for the protagonist, Hartmann, was also surprised: Nicholas Winding Refn, director, unexpectedly found himself in his role "Neon Demon" And "Drive". Moreover, he – like his colleague Guillermo del Toro – does not seem to affect. What his character will do in the plot, decisively unclear.

But where everything that concerns the gameplay became clearer. Here Kodzima hardly invented the bicycle, although he had previously conducted endless conversations about “ropes and sticks”, promising that DS mechanics will be opposite to everything that we are used to in shooters. The only interesting detail in this context is that Sam really never directed weapons to living people (excluding the moment when he tried to put a bullet into his temple; correct me if he missed something). He shoots from the machine gun only at the obviously dead “zombies”, but when opponents in yellow costumes attack him, he fights a hand -to -hand, and then runs away at the first opportunity.

The idea that it is not worth killing people, let's say it is not worth it, for Kojima is not new: in the end, the whole series Mgs The neat stealth and stunning of opponents always encouraged much more than bloody baths. Another thing is that Death Stranding is perhaps his first project with such morality, where the protagonist will not have the opportunity to kill. And this, perhaps, is for the better: the action, where the whole gameplay is focused on being destroyed by something or to destroy someone.

There is a date, there are trailers, a general understanding has developed-it would seem that introduce your blood four to five thousand for pre-order and joyfully wait for November. But my colleagues are right: Hideo managed to impress everyone with early trailers and foggy messages that more or less realistic gameplay and understandable remarks of the characters begin to disappoint. And where is the secret? Where is the sweet feeling of complete confusion? Where are the fantasies that they will bring me a revolutionary idea of ​​something completely different on a saucer?

“Just wear boxes,” Kojima patiently blesses. – You will understand everything over time ".

Vladimir Vatsurin, Gamemany author

From the very first minutes you notice a cross between the "Kodzimovsky" Sci-Fi and high-quality Hollywood cinema. Not one director will envy the cast, but skilled actors, of course, need a decent facial animation – and it is good. Yes, and the characters are intriguing now: what a selfless Sam, that mysterious and arrogant higgs.

True, I was careful not so much the plot and setting as gameplay. And, praise by a gamed look, the cover of secrets is now slightly raised. In the trailer, the lack of an interface is immediately striking: at most, it appears in the air when you want to take something from the inventory. No strips of health and fatigue. The fighting and animations of movement call Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain: Evasion and cool hand -to -hand combo. Do not want to fight? Not a question! Saddle a futuristic bike, and the pedal to the floor. Will the hero die with failure? Most likely, but death, as Kojima claims, is an integral part of the gameplay. You will not go to the storage screen or to the last checkpoint – the game will continue. For me, this is almost the most important reason to wait for Death Stranding, because the idea is damn interesting! Not unique, but definitely not the most hackneyed. The trailer, although he did not directly explain how this mechanic works, he hinted at it, showing the first world and mentioning Aida, the Greek lord of the kingdom of the dead.

And for the direction I am calm; Nevertheless, previous Kodzima projects were staged with a bang. However, history and setting itself cause me only skepticism. Everything hints that Death Stranding marks in art house with references to real mythology and the ton of all “otherworldly” nonsense, as Kojima loves, but … whether many will like this?

Denis Pavlushkin, gaming editor

Food for thought, dear reader. What do you think, what films Kojima watched in the Sony Camera built for money, to come up with Death Stranding? In the case of Metal Gear Solid, he cost "Rambo" , Early Bondiana and "Fowl from New York" , And then what? "Oblivion"? "Primer"? Upolovin slowed clips Sigur ros? The strange video where the guy smiles on camera for four hours?

And seriously, then after this trailer I cannot get rid of the thought that the idea of ​​Death Stranding will be remembered for me more than the game itself. And it's not that bad. After all, in fact, Hideo Kojima again (in business!) Makes the "game Hideo Cozym". Indescribably delusional, but due to this intriguing and charming. As Dima correctly noted, all the usual elements on the spot – I accept bets on the totalizer, will the player look under the skirt of virtually rejuvenated Lindsay Wagner.

And, again, this is not bad. In Phantom Pain, the kodzima has already proved that not only ten -minute katsen to remove the mountains: a spontaneous and strikingly worked out gamemerade is also not in a novelty. But with the release of this trailer, I finally stopped seeing the game in Death Stranding; Genius ™ does not make a game, but an expensive installation. Partly – to apparently show Konami , whom they expelled with their own hands. Partly – in order to amuse yourself a loved one, calling all their idols from the world of cinema to the project. Look, plebeian! In my game there is my friend Norman Ridus, he plays the main character and communicates with the US president on "you"! Look how cool he is! And there is Lea Seydu (to the joy of Monsieur who knows the use), refn, del Toro, baker … and Mads Mikkelsen, ohh, Mads Mikkelsen … in the mud … with a cigarette … and the sticky oil flows along his naked torso … probably, in The booth of the animator who was engaged in this scene, it was possible to hang an ax in the air.

I am not at all against naked Mads Mikkelsen (I'm only for), but I hope you understand why Death Stranding is more and more like pride. For something that Kojima does simply because it can afford it by cashing all his loan of trust at once. Therefore, even if the game itself ultimately does not meet all the expectations assigned to it, as a phenomenon it will be popular for many years. Starting from November.

Svetlana Nelipa, Newspaper News Editor

Clearer – does not mean "more understandable". For all the past months, we have repeatedly been convinced of how masterfully Kodzima-Genia knows how to let the fog, get off with a beautiful phrase and hide behind a luxurious screenshot, perhaps something simple. At the moment, the game seems completely simple and clear, except that decorated with allusions and banal plot inserts. But we are so accustomed to exclaiming: “I did not understand anything, but kojima genius!"Why are you so with us, Hideo-kun?

It is believed that besides the fact that they simply and clearly shown in the trailer, at least a few surprises are hidden in the master’s unloading. In the meantime, right now I want to re -read "Clash of worlds" King and Straub – that would be the movement between the worlds in Death Stranding was at least half the same unpredictable and dangerous! Reveal Persona 3 (or at least revise the anime): The gun brought to the temple is very clearly echoing with her idea. Or at least start Horizon Zero Dawn And to threaten Twitter Kodzima: look, genius, on this engine you can do natural animation of walking and running without soils freezing in the air!

From associations with boring "Postman" Costner is still able to dismiss, but whether they will come up again in November? So far, the persistent calls of “hold together” and “not to remain alone” bother my inner introvert. And somehow sad without the hands of hands, graying in the eyes of people and other damn ones appearing in the air. I really hope that they were not lost during the installation process.

I admit, now, against the backdrop, When the Party’s Over Billy Eilish plays – who saw the clip, he will remember the cliff poster. But you know what moment I was delighted more than naked Mads Mikkelsen Denis Pavlushkina? The one when Norman Ridus climbs on a rock along the ladder! This is a direct illustration of the expression: “And what, it was possible?"

And I also want to say a lot of human thanks to Kojima and Sony for not torturing me with doubts about which publication to buy. What a blessing that I am not interested in avatars and soundtracks! And without gold armor, I will honestly try to live. Or not?

By the way, the dick "only for PlayStation" went somewhere from the trailer. Alarming. No one has seen Galleykin?