gameplay footage during tonight’s Gamescom Opening Night Live press conference. One ability Sam (Norman Reedus) has in Death Stranding, apparently, is relieving himself when he needs to. But don’t worry, Kojima confirmed players won’t accidentally see Sam’s penis in Death Stranding.Speaking on stage during the Opening Night Live show hosted by Geoff Keighley, Kojima spoke through a translator about the urinating mechanic seen in the new Death Stranding gameplay footage.
“About the urine part, I have to say. It’s late enough to discuss about that, right?” Kojima began. “If you try to move the camera and try to see what he’s doing, Sam will move away so you’ll never see, actually, what he’s doing,” Kojima confirmed. Presumably this means if you try to move the camera and angle it to see Sam in the act of urinating, he will purposefully turn away from you.
“Also, there’s an option where you cannot release yourself like that if people are near you. So, don’t worry Norman fans…you don’t have to worry about that,” Kojima assured fans.
However, in an intriguing twist, Kojima was asked by Keighley if this ability could be used as a weapon. The specific meaning of that is unclear, but Kojima offered this cryptic answer:
“Yes, it could be used as a weapon, but also it can be one of the keys, and you’ll find out later. You saw the mushroom growing? So, if everyone does it in the same spot you will have something good later on.” We won’t begin to unpack what this could possibly mean.
Funny enough, Death Stranding isn’t the only game to use the game’s camera in a meta fashion. Nier: Automata has a similar feature where if players try to maneuver the camera to look underneath 2B’s skirt, she will kick the camera away and dodge the player’s gaze. Successfully peaking underneath 2B’s skirt 10 times will net players the “What are you doing” achievement.
The first Death Stranding gameplay reveal was back in May, and it was announced that Death Stranding will be released on November 8 for PlayStation 4. Along with a standard edition, there is also a very rare, $200 collector’s edition which you can try and find if you’re lucky.
Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. He will not be taking any questions at this time regarding this article on Twitter or elsewhere.
