While many players don't find Death Stranding, a studio game, fun, everyone acknowledges that many of the game's details are very well designed, such as the "Asynchronous Online Cooperation" mechanism that allows players to interact and even affect the environment of the entire game world. Even if you're not interested in the whole game mechanics of Death Stranding, you should love the various vehicles in it, which are very attractive!
Death Stranding's excellent art and cool cars are naturally attributed to Yoji Shinkawa, the art director of Kojima Studios. Yoshiji Shinkawa, from Hiroshima Prefecture, nicknamed "Koshin". After graduating from Kyoto Seiki University, he joined Konami Co., Ltd. in 1994, where he was not only responsible for illustration but also game design, including Metal Gear Solid, Ultimate Zone, New Wind and Cloud Group, The End of the Storm, and Death Stranding.
Yoji Shinkawa's art style is very unique and iconic, and in a recent interview with Edge, when asked if there are still some unfulfilled goals in his career, he gave an interesting answer that surprised many players: "One day, I hope to design a car myself, which is my long-held ambition." "The car here is obviously not the creative virtual vehicle in the game, but a real and drivable vehicle!"
Yoji Shinkawa's so-called "ambition" did not come out of nowhere, but came from another artist he admired, "Aaron Beck". "Aaron Beck" once planned a huge mechanical setting for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and has also made settings for some film works, and has always been keen to modify real-life vehicles. Yoji Shinkawa obviously thinks it's very cool and worth experiencing for yourself.
Unfortunately, Yoji Shinkawa did not mention in this interview what style he wanted to use to design his car. We see a lot of futuristic industrial-style vehicles in Death Stranding, such as motorcycles and vans, while in the Metal Gear Solid series we see many vehicles that move between modern military winds and futuristic mech winds. Therefore, fans are curious about the ideal design in Shinkawa's mind.
In addition to those works he created with Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa co-designed the poster for the film Pacific Rim and the game Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Zombies Chronicles. Recently, at the invitation of Wizards of the Coast, he also drew a series of promotional card diagrams for his classic card game Magic.
Doctor Personally, he is very fond of Yoji Shinkawa's work, and his favorite pastime in Death Stranding is to drive around aimlessly with all kinds of cool vehicles. If Yoji Shinkawa could design a real-life car, it would surely amaze everyone!