No, these aren't straightjacket blabberings due to another vicious bout of temporary madness; instead, they are just 10% of the bizarre things I've seen in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. But it would be far too easy to dismiss Hideo Kojima's work as acts of weirdness alone.

The mass connection that Death Stranding advocated for has shown its dark underbelly and there are some days where I wish we could go back and undo it all. That anxiety is palpable in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach,