This theory will work in two parts,as it is needed to explain the whole concept that it is working on, how PT works as both a prequel(if only horror themes are taken in account) and a sequel (if both horror and videogame beach themes are taken in account) of Death Stranding.
Remember,this is just a theory, take it as you like, as a madman´s ideas, a lie, a mistruth, a “wetwork” as some say…or just as it is,a theory,that most likely,is wrong.
First Part: As a prequel it is what happens after the death of Cliff and Sam as a BB.
PT is basicallly Cliff rescuing Sam´s Ka(soul) from the beach of his mother Lisa or Sam himself.
If it is Lisa´s beach, this could happen since Sam was actually never "born" hence he went to Lisa´s beach since he never was "himself",he was a part of his mother,Lisa.This can happen since it is shown in Death Stranding that both Lockne and Mama shared a beach due to being born as “one”.
This is how he ends on his mother´s beach.
The house corridor in PT.
The Lisa from PT is the same Lisa from Death Stranding, who gets shot on what could be the right eye when Cliff shoots her trough a pillow.
This gives the Lisa from PT the hole in her eye.
Cliff is sent to this beach thanks to Amelie,who is also able to communicate with him trough one of PT´s photos,in this case the one she is able to communicate trough is the one near the clock that says:
"My voice can you hear it?,this sign can you read it?I´ll wait forever if you´ll just come to me".
This is Amelie in her beach trying to communicate with Cliff so he can bring Sam´s Ka back to her so she is able to revive Sam.She has remind Cliff of this because Cliff has memory problems while he is in a beach,as it is shown in Death STranding itself,hence why she leaves these memory “hints”.
We are shown at least once that Cliff has no reproductive organs(he has no penis or testicles) when he is bathed in mud.
The reason he has neither its because Lisa from PT actually cut them off.
When?
This can be "heard" when Lisa kills you the first time in PT,since she trhows the player to the ground,then a zipper being opened can be heard,then a the sound of something meaty and fleshy being cut off following it.
The game restarts and you find yourself in the starting room again,but this time, you can find the infamous philosophical prophet Mr. Bloodied paper bag, also known as Cliff´s dick and balls.
Philosophical prophet Mr.Bloodied paper bag also gives us hints to DS but this will be explained later.
We have the PT “poem solution” which was various photo fragmentsthat one could collect ,that traducted would be something like this:
“I whispered your name, but the wind of the night took your voice away.”
“I didn't move anymore during the waiting, then his finger slipped on my hand.”
“It was a cold hand, body was trembling.”
“Never moving a step, his hand in mine, I waited for it to pass.”
“And through the mist of fading consciousness I believed, I heard a phone.”
Tough not exact,this poem has kinda a parallel with the DS scene where Amelie first repatriates BB Sam after he was shot in his stomach and killed,as the whole “the wind of the night took your voice away” and “cold hand” could refer to a dead body,and “waited for it to pass” can be a reference as how Sam´s stomach bullet hole starts repairing until he “revives”.
We also have another PT radio backwards message solution:
“We share an instant of private darkness”
“The moment our hands overlap”
“I walked till I stood one pace before Jack”
“Heart pounding”
“Su toque... frio como el marmol (Spanish: His/her touch... cold like marble)”
“Tanto, que todo él temblaba (Spanish: So much, that he was trembling)”
“J'ai chuchotté son nom (French: I whispered his name(Jack))”
“Et la nuit a emporté le son de sa voix (French: And the night took the sound of his voice away)”
It is known that to solve the last part of PT one needed to say the name “Jack” to the PS4 controller or headset,but this is where the “trap” comes in.
Jack is a name given in USA to those with the name John.
Who has the name John in Death Stranding?
Die-Hardman,whose real name is John McClane,as it is shown in one of Death Stranding´s multiple mail´s.
What this poem shows is the scene where Die-Hardman,John,”Jack” as someone familiar to him such as Bridget or Cliff would call him, directs his gun at Cliff,”instant of private darkness”,for him to end up klilling Cliff and baby Sam due to Bridget using her own hand over his to shoot the gun ( “The moment our hands overlap”” His/her touch... cold like marble”),just for the bullet to take Cliff´s live( “ And the night took the sound of his voice away”)
Second Part:PT as a sequel would function as a “Virtual reality beach” Sam himself is playing 20 years after DS´s "true" ending.
This can be shown when the infamous "J crash" happens:
" Knowing you, I was sure you'd notice this game and play it. I will never – can never – forget that day 20 years ago. I have something to tell you. Contact me. – J."
Who is J? This can be answered thanks to Death Stranding.
Die Hardman,who we already know is John McClane.
We know that Die Hardman would be unable or would have it very hard to find Sam after the ending of DS, since Sam incinerated his BRIDGES cuffs after Deadman deactivated them.
This would make it near to impossible,very time consuming or very difficult to find Sam,who most likely went AWOL to be able to raise BB, Louise,his daughter.Even worse,20 years has passes since they had their last meeting ,so the only way to call him is to "throw lots of papers into the wind" so to speak and hope Sam catches one.
Bridges somehow found a way to use the chiral net to recreate beaches or elements inside them trough virtual realities, in this case,PT , a videogame made with this discovery to find Sam espcifically,since he would be able to recognise his mother as the games monster,Lisa.
Sam would be like:"Why the fuck is this game´s monster my mother?"Then play it to make sure if it was her or not.
Die Hardman is not the only one to "appear" inside PT trough these "crashes",most likely Heartman,Fragile,Lockne and Deadman also developed the game and left messages in it,each one being identified trough different colors in these messages,the colors being red(Deadman who always uses red),black(Fragile whose suit is black) and yellow(Heartman,whose heart defibrillator is yellow,)grey(Lockne,kinda via elimination), and white (Die Hardman).
Trough PT you can find various portraits,who in the past where found to be extremely similar to certain places in DS,One is a little river that is shown in one of the trailers,and the other is the tunnel that Deadman and BB pass trough.
In PT´s bathroom,you can find a mirror that is dirty,fuzzy,so you cannot see Norman Reedus´s face,but just below this mirror you can find a tap where the famous crying dead fetus monster resides.This is a representation that this dead fetus is Sam himself,as he was a dead fetus,as Sam was killed as a baby by Bridget.You cannot see your “identity” trough a mirror,it is fuzzy,yet just below it,you can see a “parto f you” your “past”… a dead BB Sam.
Also the great prophetic philosopher Mr.Bloodied Paper Bag great and only meessage to us is also a "description" of DS itself:
"I walked. I could do nothing but walk. And then, I saw me walking in front of myself. But it wasn't really me. Watch out. The gap in the door... it's a separate reality. The only me is me. ¿Are you sure the only you is you?"
a)"I walked. I could do nothing but walk":this is a reference to how DS as a game works,DS is famously known as a "walking simulator" by many.
b)"And then, I saw me walking in front of myself.But it wasn't really me":The game various times makes hints that there are other Sam Porter Brdiges in existance,as if they exist in other universes,this is also shown by the white Sam´s of other players that throw items to help the player.
It´s you,Sam, but they are not really you,since they are other players.
c)"Watch out. The gap in the door... it's a separate reality.":This might refer to a way to enter other player´s world,to enter other universes or other realities.Or just to the way Sam is able to enter to the seam and beaches.It is known that the ítems you find in DS´s map in the middle of nowhere actually exist thanks to some sort of “portal”.
Now the question is.
For what purpose does Die Hardman need Sam?
This is the most speculative part of the theory.
it is possible that the sequel,dlc of the game is what is shown in the Ludens trailer.
We know that at least Ludens exists inside DS ,as Sam has a trinket of Ludens attached to BB´s pod.We also know that Die Hardman´s mask is the Ludens mask itself.
It is possible that Ludens himself is Sam Porter Bridges,and that the suit lets him "enhance" his DOOMS ability,in this case,the ability that is enhanced is Sam´s ability to "experience" virtual realities inside his "conciousness".
The virtual realities Sam has experienced inside his concioussnes are the visions of his past when he was a BB, wich are able to be experienced when he connects to the chiral net trough BB.
That is why Sam sometimes even thinks time has been stopped or "enlarged" whenever he had one,it was a VR that happened "inside" him.This is also shown in PT as the clock that is always on 11:59,only continuing when you are near the end of the game,where it finally hits 12:00,meaning that time is finally going its normalc course,just as what happens whenever Sam saw his visions.
The last vision,the one were he is shown how he is killed together with Cliffs is the one that tells us this, as when one of the soldiers passes trough him,Sam himself becomes "blue light",almost as how some holograms in sci-fi are showed.
The reason the light is blue coloured its because the seam itself is where the data is pulled from,since the seam´s color is mentioned to be blue in one of the info chips.
We know at least that Ludens himself is able to "recreate" or "project" virtual realities over the physical world thanks to the trailer,but interestingly enough,the thing he "summons" is a white whale.
One of the few things that are shown to us inside the seam whenever Sam dies is well... a white whale,that maybe, is the same white whale that Ludens is able to summon.
To end up this theory,there is a final hint in PT:"This game is a teaser,it has no direct relation to the main title"
PT is the game that is a teaser, but this says it has no direct relation with the main title.The main title being SIlent Hills.
Could this mean that the game,PT,was teasing Silent Hills,but it was not the "real" game it was showing us trough its narrative?
Maybe...the real game it was teasing was always ...Death Stranding.
How? That is up to you,as i can´t know what was in Kojima´s mind,and after all,this is just a theory,and all i hope,if i am wrong with it or not,is that at least , you the reader,has been entertained.
Have a nice day and i hope you enjoyed it.
PD:
I also want to the Gazer Crew,as without any of them this theory wouldnt be póssible,as most if not all the findings here are theirs.
If you need some reminders of the elements of PT,here is a link for those elements of script/story:
http://www.silenthillmemories.net/silent_hills/pt_script_en.htm
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