One of the first missions involves throwing The President’s carcass into a furnace. There’s a lady named Fragile who always makes a point to tell you she isn’t fragile, a dude named Heartman who goes into cardiac arrest every 20 minutes, and Guillermo del Toro plays a Frankenstein’s Monster. The dialogue is super hokey, and there is no shortage of goofiness. And it all birthed from the ashes a scrapped Kojima Silent Hill game.

I’m glad that there are people like Hideo Kojima in the industry who not only have the creativity and resources to make weird big budget protects, but also surround themselves with brilliant and creative people to help them bring those ideas to life. Death Stranding is such a unique game about connectivity in a world that wants to be separated and defying the very forces of the universe to survive.

Great game.