The most recent Death Stranding trailer has left us with more questions than answers. While Kojima?s game seems as enigmatic as ever, the veteran game developer has a history of hiding things in plain sight. Death Stranding?s promotional material closely aligns with that of Kojima?s last effort, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, in that we are shown events out of chronological order and potentially given out of context information about the game?s plot. Something that has continuously appeared throughout each snippet of Death Stranding is mythological symbolism, specifically Greek and Egyptian. Whether this is related to highly relevant plot details or is simply an appreciation for the imagery and themes of these mythologies, it is certainly something worth paying attention to. From the Greeks
The latest teaser from the Tokyo Games Show introduces the newest addition to the cast: “The Man in the Golden Mask,” performed by Troy Baker. This is not the first instance in which we have seen a golden mask, as there is a mummified-looking corpse in the E3 2017 trailer with a similar one. The mask appears to have some sort of draw or effect on the chiral world, as it is seen to pulse chaotically before being dragged into what we can assume is another dimension by the chiral entities. The golden mask calls to mind the death masks of Mycenae?specifically, the Mask of Agamemnon.
This mask is said to be the King?s in Homer?s Iliad. The mask symbolizes the continuation ...