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Death Stranding 2's most important reference isn't a movie, it's a really depressing novel
Lewis Gordon looks into the origins of Death Stranding 2 and explores an old Nevil Shute novel.
A sad irony pervades Death Stranding and its sequel: each world is achingly pretty yet hardly anyone, except for stoic courier Sam Porter Bridges (and a bunch of paramilitary goons) is actually above ground to enjoy the view. In the original, this hope is embodied in the strange incubated infant, BB (or Lou as she comes to be known) for whom, with every step forward, delivery made, and piece of infrastructure laid down, Sam is working to build a better future. Kojima and Miller's work does not lack impact, but their treatment of these concerns are less sober than Shute's, which is perhaps to be expected as a result of their relative distance from the horrors of World War 2 and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.
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