Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima seemingly doesn't agree with the game's expanded re-release being labelled a "Director's Cut."
Kojima shared his stance on Twitter, explaining that the use of the "Director's Cut" subtitle in the movie industry often implies that the original release was cut due to a lack of creative control or a need to shorten the runtime, with a Director's Cut sometimes coming at a later date to represent the filmmaker's own approved edit.
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— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) July 12, 2021
A director's cut in a movie is an additional edit to a shortened version that was either released reluctantly because the director did not have the right to edit it, or because the running time had to be shortened. pic.twitter.com/nqih9BQ6wm
He reminded his followers this isn't the case with Death Stranding as the team won't be adding in any previously removed content — since the game was the sum total of their original vision — but rather expanding it with all-new material they have developed in the time that has elapsed since the game's release.
"A director's cut in a movie is an additional edit to a shortened version that was either released reluctantly because the director did not have the right to edit it, or because the running time had to be shortened," he wrote, referring to the "Director's Cut" descriptor used in the video game's recent marketing.
"In the game, it is not what was cut, but what was additionally produced that was included. Delector's [sic] Plus? So, in my opinion, I don't like to call [it] 'director's cut.'"
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/07/08/death-stranding-directors-cut-new-features-trailer"]Death Stranding: Director's Cut, or Director's Plus, is set to introduce a number of new features, including some updated tech to deliver cargo, an upgraded armoury of weapons and combat tactics to fight against emerging threats, and a firing range to practice it all on before stepping out into the game's newest batch of story missions.
Kojima Productions head of publishing Jay Boor previously confirmed that Death Stranding's new content is being built "from the ground up," and that it's not simply being bolted on to the original experience. It will also offer two different picture modes: a Performance Mode that will run at 60fps and a Fidelity Mode that will support Ultra-Wide Displays in HDR.
The expanded edition of Death Stranding is set to launch on PS5 on September 24. The re-release will allow you to transfer your save data from the PS4 version to the PS5 version — and instead of having to rebuy the whole thing, you can upgrade to the expanded version for $10 if you already own the game on PS4.
[poilib element="accentDivider"]Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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