Kojima made some changes to Death Stranding 2 because testers liked the game too much
, by Thibaut
Hideo Kojima's games have always divided fans. Some love the experiences offered by the Japanese creator, others hate them.
In an interview, French singer-songwriter Woodkid talked about his musical contribution to Death Stranding 2 and the changes Kojima made during production.
"There’s a key moment where we had a discussion, probably halfway [through] when we were doing the game, where he came to me and he said, “We have a problem.”"
"Then he said, “I’m going to be very honest, we have been testing the game with players and the results are too good. They like it too much. That means something is wrong; we have to change something.”"
"And he said, “If everyone likes it, it means it’s mainstream. It means it’s conventional. It means it’s already pre-digested for people to like it. And I don’t want that. I want people to end up liking things they didn’t like when they first encountered it, because that’s where you really end up loving something. And that was really a lesson for me; not doing stuff to please people, but to make them shift a little bit and move them."
Source: rollingstone.com