Frankly, we were expecting a bit more of an emotional gut-punch. With all that in mind, it’s a bit jarring to see Kojima describe it here as “positive,” “wonderful” and touching. The game is shaping up to be weird, fascinating, trippy, obtuse, surreal, ambitious, psychological and chock-full of Norman Reedus. When you hear it at the end of the game you will be touched.” There’s a lot of adjectives to describe the footage and gameplay we’ve seen of Death Stranding so far ahead of the game’s November 8 release date. “I’ve been thru rough days by listening to it. “Very positive & wonderful song,” Kojima wrote in the post.

Kojima offered glowing praise for the song, while dropping some pretty strong hints that his upcoming game might have a more upbeat conclusion than you might expect. On Wednesday, Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima shared an interesting new tidbit of information about his studio’s collaboration with Chvrches, revealing that the band’s new track “Death Stranding” will play over the game’s end credits.

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