Assisted Living Godzilla
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It feels very Japanese sci-fi to me. It's got bikes (Akira, FFVII, Advent's Children), this depopulated, post-apocalyptic world (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Advent's Children again, a lot of more obscure anime), Angel-like monsters, bunker bases, secret science experiments on embryos (again Akira), a bit of Japanese ghost horror, etc... Even Fragile is an evolution of the moe Rei/ Tifa-type that Japanese fiction prefers to Western femme fatales, complete with a kawaii umbrella motif
Anyway, I enjoyed the setting, as well as its technology, quite a lot. Plot and dialogue could have been better.
The big influences on Death Stranding are most likely these.
It’s been so long since I’ve seen that 12 Monkeys trailer I forgot it used music from Bram Stoker's Dracula. That’s a good trailer.
12 Monkeys is most definitely an influence. And I’d wage a lot of Death Stranding is reworked ideas from Silent Hills. I’d guess that’s the same with Metal Gear Survive too. My guess would be Silent Hills was going to be a Silent Hill game that leaned into The Mist, the big influence of the first Silent Hill game, more than any other and would’ve had giant monsters roaming around.