So I have no interest in playing this game, but is it true that most of its "fans" will make fun of you for trying to take the story seriously? I've noticed a lot of people starting it up and immediately taking the piss out of every single scene, while the few who don't and try to approach it like a legitimate narrative are being told they're somehow in the wrong. Like there are so many comments about "Kojima-isms" and ironic references to yaoi that it almost seems like you'd be in the extreme minority for knowing the basic plot, instead of communicating exclusively through memes.
Obviously I'm generalizing, and obviously Kojima has always been eccentric, but with DS2 it's legitimately hard to find anyone who cares about it beyond this whole Reddit-esque "so bad it's good" framework that you see so often. Hell, some people seem upset if you just say you enjoyed it, without specifying that it's actually terrible, or something. Like it's weird to enjoy a game sincerely for what it is trying to do.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Death Stranding. The gameplay is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of the trigger buttons most of the traversal will go over a typical gamer's head. There's also Kojima's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his writing - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Hollywood movies, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these references, to realize that they're not just films - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Death Stranding truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the meaning behind Amelie's existential catchphrase "Like Mario and Princess 'Beach'" which itself is a cryptic reference to videogame classic, Super Mario Bros. 2. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Kojima's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a Norman Reedus tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.
>Written and directed by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Produced by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Starring Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Visual effects by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Explosions by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Sound design by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Localization (Alien Dialect) by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Sand physics by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Dream sequence choreography by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Quantum consultant by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Subtext handler by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>On-set barista by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Facial mocap for the moon by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Knife sound curator by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Eyebrow rigging specialist by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Camera invented by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>>714444708>>714444784My point is that both the people who shitpost about Kojima's games and the people who seem to actually like them are only capable of viewing them through an ironic lens.
>>714445289>>714445052The "ironic" enjoyment is the post-hoc rationalization of someone who is playing something bad that they had already decided is good
