DISCLAIMER: As soon as someones says this has already been said I'll delete the post.
Recently I've been in contact with some kind of "model" taken by some psychologists due to some sad motives, and every time that I heard something it started to remind more and more about Death Stranding.
The Hero's Journey:
This is one is very obvious, Sam is the main protagonist of the game, he must go through a long journey to become a hero and etc. But there are some little aspects hidden. The Hero's Journey is not only about a especial powerful guy that goes to a high castles, kill dragons and save pretty princess, it can also be about you, a normal person that wakes up early every day, eat a common breakfast, go to your job, try to have friends, gets your car broken, argue with your partner, take care of your sons and/or daughters, this kind of thing. This journey is cyclic, just as Sam's routine: he gets the packages, goes to the place where they need to be delivered, fight some enemies and if he dies it will start all over again. Also, talking about enemies...
Sam's Shadows:
A shadow can represent something that you dislike or something that makes you very bad deep inside. Norman Reedus is mainly known by playing the cast of Daryl Dixon, a character well known by don't trusting other people and never getting attached to them (we can see resemblances with Sam). If we consider that "Sam's Shadow" is getting connected with other people because of unknown reasons, this would explain why he refuses Amelie/Bridget request to "reconnect America", why he doesn't like using the handncuffs and also why the main threat of the game are BTs, "shadow people tryng to grab him" In this case he wouldn't end up as being a savior or humanity last hope, he's just the right guy for the job that must go trough this misfortune to overpass his situation. Which brings us to...
Hades:
Hades is the equivalent to hell in the greek mythology, but, in this case, Hades can be interpreted as some life adversity (loss of someone, sickness, financial problems.) every olympic hero that went to hades came back stronger. Cliff is someone that is very connected to Hades, in the flashbacks he seems to be some kind of scientist, but in the trailers he is always connected to this hades place, but now looking more like a soldier/demon than anything. During the game we may see all main characters going through some kind of bad situation just to become stronger.
Tl;dr: Death Stranding MAY have inspiration by The Jungian Model of Psyche and can be about Ludens going through a simulation to evolve.
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