Not me. I only played MGSV, but I absolutely hated and didn't finish it. Death Stranding looked like pretentious hot garbage to me.
If Xbox gets an exclusive game from Kojma it will be great PR for Xbox and Game Pass. It will be great for Xbox fans that actually like Kojima movies. I just hope Xbox doesn't waste an inordinate amount of money on him, because I can't stand the pretentious little prick or his overhyped "games".
MGSV is the most gamey game ive ever played. If anything, i wish it had more cutscenes. He completely gutted the story to focus on gameplay and gameplay only and I think the game suffered for it. But there is no denying that out of all his games, it's the least cinematic.
Death Stranding is also anything but pretentious. It is an extremely earnest game in an era where games are cynical, preachy and pretentious. It might look like a pretentious walking simulator that indie devs shove down our throats, but thats because it IS a walking simulator. It literally simulates walking, climbing, and going from one place to another. But unlike those basic indie games where you just press up to walk through a pretentious two hour campaign, this game adds entire systems around walking. Dozens of upgrades, hundreds of weapons and items that help you navigate this world.
But thats only part of the game. The real game is about rebuilding the world and helping others. Kojima kept that a secret for some reason, but you literally go around building bridges, shelters, highways and my favorite, zip lines which literally lets you fly from one side of this massive open world to the next. I dont know many pretentious walking simulators that let you fly around and drive around in cars, and make it that much fun. And you do all of that no just for yourself but all the other players in that world who see and can use the things you have built and left for them. I once built a bridge across a very steep chasm that allowed everyone else to go over a mountain instead of driving around it saving everyone a lot of time and letting them use their vehicles to cross into the other area instead of walking. It earned me like 250k likes in a week.