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Originally Posted by Since1984
Kojima also said he is collaborating with a few other people on this project and he wasn't comfortable saying who at the moment but he did define them as "legends" and calls the full team of people collaborating on this the "Avengers". So That as you want as well... But it sure sounds like there will be some more big names attached to this in the future.
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In Death Stranding, part of that was having those big names in the game itself. TBH, I've always wondered what Guillermo del Toro's contribution in Death Stranding was. It seems like it was mostly just his likeness and voice, but to me, that seems odd if that's the case. Either he did contribute more in a sort of uncredited role, or it was a collaboration built towards something bigger (ie: OD).
In OD... pure speculation, based on the rumors of lots of collaborators, I wonder if at the design level it's a little bit like American Horror Story or Love Death and Robots where different individuals contribute a piece that will end up plugging into a specific unified universe. Each chapter has a slightly different motif/style/individuals from a different contributor and this can be explained away via the different "states/emotions" of a character.
Kojima also likes the death motif, but in the Death Stranding gameplay itself, there's not much death that typically happens to your character in the game.
I wonder if in OD, the character you control will constantly die as part of a necessary game mechanic. With Peele being a huge part of the rumor and Kojima loving to innovate, I can't help but think there's gotta be a huge mind #### level of design in the game. I'd also be curious if they'd do a randomized state after each death (ie: Like randomized bonuses in roguelike games like Hades) to allow for these types of collaborations and integrations of many different ideas with slightly different styles/motifs/flairs. If PT was a hint of his thinking, I think he's been thinking toward in a sort of Silent Hill direction vs more action related horror games.
All the speculation could be way off, but for those that kinda like this stuff, if you did or didn't engage in it with Death Stranding, it's worth seeing what the speculation on OD will be like. It's actually kinda fun to put together theories and see how close or far the theories were like in the end.