The short answer is "not really, but..."

Death Stranding is a unique game in a unique universe, I can't see much discussion there. And, as even my dead cat knows (wonder how his beach is like), it's an all time favorite game of mine, so I am somewhat passionate about it.
Anyway, back to game. So the story has been told. We kind of know what the Death Stranding is (I am trying to keep this very spoiler free, by the way), we wont be seeing some cast members return and the WOW factor will not be as huge.
So when I first heard the rumours about it I was very much on the "I sure hope not! This is a stand-alone game for sure" side of things and was rather hoping Kojima would make a brand new game with a new setting and story. And even though the first trailer had me interested, I was still singing that tune.
And then came the SOP trailer. My hype levels blew through the ceiling and probably killed some galaxies on the way to wherever it went. Kojima obviously has more to tell here and might deeper lore than first thought.

Yeah, sure, I am "biased" but I try to keep my head clear here. As mentioned, the game will perhaps not WOW me, but rather WoW or Wow me. We'll see about that.

One thing that I am really hoping for is that Kojima does NOT listen to any feedback at all and just does a Death Stranding sequel as he wishes.

Just some random-ish thoughts that have been spinning around in my head the last days.