Death Stranding star Mads Mikkelsen has been speaking to Total Film about the forthcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive. In an interview at the Cannes film festival for the premiere of his new movie Arctic, the Danish actor described the game as complicated, crazy, and beautiful. He also spoke about the challenges of working with mo-cap, but heaped praise on Hideo Kojima for his direction.
“The storyboard is immaculate,” he said. “[Kojima] tries to explain it again and again and again, and I thought I had it, but then this happens and I've lost it again. It’s too complicated. It’s too crazy. It’s too beautiful. It’s wonderful, and I can tell from the little things I’ve seen – some things, it’s not done yet – but I’ve never seen anything like this. And he’s not happy with it yet!”
Mikkelsen also corroborated comments from his co-star Norman Reedus about the game having social media elements. He told the site that the gameplay “needs collaboration from different people from different parts of the world”, so it sounds like there’s going to be a strong online component. Hopefully all will be revealed at E3 2018 next month, where the release is set to feature heavily.
[source gamesradar.com]
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Great, 10-20 (?) hours of not know what the hell is going on, hopefully the moment to moment gameplay will be good.
I reaaally hope I can play this single player.
@Octane I feel like the online elements are going to be asynchronous. I think it'll be a single player game, but I think everyone will be affecting each other's game.
A better question would be - is it true that Kojima has written the whole game, just to see you moving about in a mocap suit with ping pong balls stuck to your giblets?
Oh my god! I'm so hyped for this game. Just can't wait to get my hand on it. Let's hope for a 2018 release
"it sounds like there’s going to be a strong online component."
No! Please no?! I want to be 100% antisocial.
@get2sammyb If it's like Dark Souls/Bloodborne or Journey I'm fine with it!
I'm more worried about a mandatory PS+ sub to play this, server disconnects, etc. So I hope it's non-intrusive.
It’s complicated? I’m shocked.
"I thought I had it, but then this happens and I've lost it again" = me playing MGS 2
If it’s not crazy, it’s not Kojima.
I actually think that I am the only person that is not even remotely excited for this game...
I love Kojima and MGS but 5 just really ruined it for me. I have 0 faith in what has been shown so far.
I'm really looking forward to see how this game will turn out.
Freedom to do what he want...
Of course it's gonna be...
"It’s too complicated. It’s too crazy. It’s too beautiful."
!!! It's Hedio Kojima !!! KIMOCHI II !!!
Uuuuh I can feel the hype!
If it was a somewhat unknown actor talking I would be like 'Ok' but since it's Mads I can truly get hyped! I mean, he is kind of a star now, he could just get payed and say whatever, but he is praising the game...so that's good imo
Hmmm, interesting...
I recommend that people checkout the gamesradar link in the first sentence for that site's breakdown of how social elements have been implemented in past games, and what they think might be the case here.
@torne You're not alone. I have zero hype for this as well.
@Homo-Ludens not even a remote chance that this game is gonna release this year bruh. Probably closer to the end of the generation... or the beginning of the next.
Eh.
Not liking the sound of it having heavy online integration (if it's background stuff like in Soulsborne games, then it's fine).
I just hope we learn something substantive about the game. So far I've seen a lot of Norman Reedus' butt, that uncomfortably close-to-the-face image of Mads Mikkelsen you guys posted at the top of the article, crabs, pod babies that like to thumbs up the audience, and floating alien weirdness.
It's interesting, for sure, but I've seen nothing to justify excitement.
But, man, he sure has a lot of celebrities in this game. He's a few sexual harassment allegations away from just turning into a Western Hollywood director at this point.
@Turismo4GT Well, let's stay positive Kojima-san's speculations were right. He told us we'll get the game before the Olympics, fingers crossed
@torne Nah, you're not alone. There are those of us who haven't partaken in drinking the Kojima kool-aid
Can't muster any interest for this whatsoever. Never have been a fan of the crazier side of Japanese games, and this just seems peak nutjob.
I'm piqued, never really played any of his work before but still interested.
hyped
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