Veteran voice actor and Death Stranding star Troy Baker has been speaking at the Argentina Game Show about his role in Hideo Kojima’s latest release. The irritatingly good looking performer – who plays the mysterious Man in the Golden Mask – seemed genuinely bedazzled by the project, as he described it as “weird and big”.
“Norman [Reedus] and I shot for about two weeks on it, and he’s super rad,” he beamed. “He’s really throwing his all into this game; he’s got an amazing work ethic. We’ve got some interesting scenes together that you guys have not even begun—it’s a huge game, the scope of the game is huge. If you know anything about Kojima, he doesn’t do small. It’s weird and it’s big.”
Baker continued that Kojima had the “whole game in his head for two years”, and he didn’t make any notes regarding the characters or general plot. “He has assembled an incredible cast to pull off a fantastical game. It’s trippy, it’s weird; I have no idea when it’s coming out. I believe I’ve finished filming, so my role and everything – and I think Norman’s finished as well but I could be wrong.”
There’s a good chance that we’ll see more of Death Stranding during The Game Awards next month, as Kojima and event organiser Geoff Keighley have a deep friendship that’s resulted in multiple exclusive reveals over the years. There’s still no date attached to the title, but the new Kojima Productions has reportedly been progressing at a rapid rate.
[source youtube.com, via resetera.com]
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I wonder. Will it be for PS4 or for PS5 ??
No idea what this game is about or what you have to do but I am intrigued because Kojima is mental and their is some serious acting talent attached to this
Still donno what we're getting, but it's definitely coming soon and it's gonna be great.
So Kojima's development is actually moving faster than Square Enix's... Troubled times for one of my favorite publishers/developers.
I'm intrigued.
Also: "The irritatingly good looking performer..." (emphasis mine)
Never knew about this weird bit of jealousy on your part.
Kojima is a GOD
Irritatingly good looking? He's like a poor man/womans Bradley Cooper.
Sounds like another Kojima game for me to avoid.
@eightdotthree @Ralizah I once went to an event where Troy Baker was present and he had every woman there eating out of the palm of his hands. Personally never experienced anything quite like it before or since.
@get2sammyb I don't know about handsome, he looks a bit malnourished in that picture at the top there.
@Gremio108 Haha.
@nkarafo Kojima has repeatedly stated that the game would be out before the 2020 Olympics and said during TGS that the game is still on track to release before the upcoming Akira movie in 2019. Make of that what you will!
@Octane hopefully there will be no delays then.
“whole game in his head for two years”, and he didn’t make any notes regarding the characters or general plot
Sounds like an excellent way for feature creep to work it's way in.
Let's hope some of those features are more exciting than simple walking from A to B!
Seriously though, Kojima needs to realise that he could get away with being weird advertising MGS because...we knew what it was. We knew what we were getting into so he could be as weird as he needed.
This is a new IP, with new ideas, and trying to convey them by saying "Look aren't I just wacky?!" for nearly 4 years isn't a good way to sell it.
Cheers from Argentina.
@Kidfried If you look above, I pretty much already said that. We've had this difference of opinion before. I know I'm in the minority, but I stand by it.
So, Kojima is a visual thinker. Interesting, I didn't know the game industry had people with this kind of attribute and that actually explored it.
As much as I'd love to play this game without having to buy another console, I'd much rather Kojima take his time and have this be a simultaneous PS4/PS5 release, a PS5 release, or a last year PS4 release that gets a PS5 remaster later...
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