Paraphrase 2019-09
“I allowed myself to create this temporary genre by the name 'social strand', because it's more fair to the game”
What it documents
Kojima said Death Stranding does not fit existing genres and devised a provisional genre name for it — the Social Strand System (or Strand Game) — arguing he preferred people to experience the game rather than pigeonhole it, because labelling it with the usual categories would not do the game justice.
Source
GamingBolt — Kojima's remarks on Death Stranding's genre, 2019-09. View source ↗
“I don't think you need to define a genre that way. That's exactly why I allowed myself to create this temporary genre by the name 'social strand', because it's more fair to the game than just answering the two questions above”.