wake up babe, new starfield equel just dropped

>>712614596 (OP)
I can't wait for this dudes, it's going to be so kino

>>712614596 (OP)
post yfw the music stopped

all looks the same. whats the point of exploring when you can just predict that whats on the other side of a hill is more of the same shit.

>>712614596 (OP)
get that man a helicopter for fucks sake

>>712614781
this.
Kojima wouldnt know good exploration if it kicked him in the dick

>>712614596 (OP)
I cant wait to push forward for the next hour to reach that distant base!
dis gameplay FIRE

>>712614596 (OP)
God I can't wait to walk the shit out of that

>>712614596 (OP)
I just hope they made terrain traversal a little harder

>>712615323
is it ever explained why there aren't planes or helicopters? I mean they still have futuristic sci-fi tech on top of whatever magical bullshit is in the game, so why don't they just build flying machines?

>>712616419
it would cut down the playtime by 100 hours and reveal how short this game is

>>712616419
BTs kill batteries. helis and planes would crash.

>>712616419
>didn't play the game
>asks a retarded question that is answered in the game

so what indie shoegaze band is kojima going to force us to listen to this time?
his taste in music is horrific

>>712618054
I'd love for Mogwai to be in this

>>712616419
>dude why didn't the eagles just fly the ring into mordor?
you nerds never even come up with new answers, shut the fuck up. it's always "WELL WHY DIDN'T THEY FLY!?" because a wizard would've stopped them. that's always the answer. why didn't sam deliver shit in a helicopter? because a damn wizard would've done something about it. happy? no? get over it.

>>712614596 (OP)
The game is absolutely stunning. Honestly one of the most beautiful games I have ever seen.

Kojima must have hired wizards to work on his games.

>>712618473
I withdraw my question

>>712618473
ackshully there is a flying mod for Death Stranding that cuts out your autistic walking simulator tedium

>>712614596 (OP)
Most of the game looks better but this part really looks like shit. This is just a Houdini terrain preset with some changes. They also didn't check the scale either, that erosion pattern is meant for massive landscapes so unless Sam is literally hundreds of meters tall it's completely off.

>>712619180
>i modded naruto and sasuke into gta
>that means it is canon that naruto and sasuke are in the plot to gta
shut the fuck up, nerd.

12 MORE DAYS

>>712614596 (OP)
Will the game hit us in the feels again?

>>712619286
>wastes 200 hours of his life waking forward
>calls other nerds

>>712614672
Most interesting thing they talked about was the music
>move faster and music speeds up; walk slower and the music slows down etc
Seems interesting and if it works is something I think would be cool to see in more games.

>>712614596 (OP)
lemme guess, Kojima spoke Japanese over the microphone in a room full of English speakers, and he thought this was okay? It's incredibly rude and disrespectful. Maybe he should slow down on the psuedo-intellectual game ideas and hit an English class for a few months.

>>712614596 (OP)
Starfield didn't have a 100th of the interesting ideas or polished gameplay that this had, and I say that as a Kojima hater

>>712616419
>is it ever explained why there aren't planes or helicopters?
Yes it is.

>>712614596 (OP)
Finally, mountains that I can actually climb

>>712616419
Mostly due to the timefall induced by chiralium which appeared with the Death Stranding extinction event. This makes all objects degrade or age extremely fast.

Most high tech shit just doesn't work properly anymore in the Death Stranding universe. They can't even get the internet to work, which is why they invented the "chiral network" which sends information over a so-called beach (a realm that exists between the world's of the living and the dead).

Play the game if you would like to know more.

>>712619441
He made an entire game where the villain is trying to destroy the English language and whose entire motivation is seething that other countries are having to use English instead of their own.

Why is Kojima making AIPAC the villain?

>why dont they just fly a helicopter into the clouds of chiralium that age everything rapidly
hmm i wonder

>>712619498
>Finally, mountains that I can actually climb

>>712619370
most people spend most of their life walking forward. unfortunately for you, you have stopped in one spot, stagnated, got fat, and are barely able to lift your rotting carcass that you call your body to reach your fridge for your mountain dew and frozen nuggies.

Are they going to add a music player you can use in the over world this time around? My only big complaint about the first game and kojima with his stupid "muh vision" reasoning for not allowing you to play music as you deliver packages

>>712618054
he actually got coheed and cambria to do the soundtrack.

>>712620220
They did. You can use it in any region you've connected.

>>712620220
bro just play music of your phone lol.

>>712620220
They confirmed there will be one. But it only works in areas you have connected to the network not in new uncharted places.

>>712619370
>plays windwaker
>lol retard why dont u just install a mod and fly to where youre supposed to go???
>plays Half-Life
>lol retard why dont u just noclip to the level exit???
>plays any game
>lol retard why dont u just watch the cutscenes on youtube???

Average dialogue in this game/movie:
>Sam, it's FIGHTLIKEHELLDUDE, the ATs are attacking the base. You need to use the KKP to defend us
>Why me?
>Because the AI of BS is using you to expand the Shartium network along the coast of UCBA
>UCBA? You mean United Cucks of Black America?
>Yes, contact FARTMAN for more information

>walk like three or four times
>by this point the STRANDS have built every road and you just bike everywhere all the time from then on
Happened the first time, it'll happen this time.

>>712620449
>posted it again award

>>712619370
how much have you wasted on 4chan tho

>>712620303
>>712620391
Works for me, nice.

>>712620798
Personally I am hoping PC files for the music are done the way MGSV did and you can drop your own songs into there to listen to.

>>712614596 (OP)
Looks kino but I bet that landscape is just for the prologue/intro segment since Sam is wearing a different outfit

>>712616419
Maybe if you actually bought and played the game you wouldn't sound like a moron right now.

>>712621017
Literally the opening segment. They showed it with opening credits and intro cutscene then that segment. It is the very first thing you do in the game

Why does Chadjima make nintendies seethe so much?

>>712620449
I'm sure that sounded a lot more clever when you originally saw it on Reddit.

>>712616419
you made some faggots real mad lol

>>712620493
>Game works like the devs advetised it would
>Your dumb ass: WOOW

2025 and no alternate female protag with huge tits??? who is this game even for,
absolutely boring tripe
cowardly kojima isnt brave enough to mocap a lady pissing onto the floor but of course the male mc can do that.. lame..

>>712619561
If rain causes timefall and air is around 60% humidity(same water as rain btw, just evaporated) wouldn’t simply breathing and touching air with your skin cause the same timefall effects but 40% weaker

>>712621554
Maybe if it was science but this is caused by the afterlife moving into the world of the living and thus is supernatural. For example the time effects stop once the raindrop hits anything so puddles of rain on the ground do nothing like the humidity you described.

>>712621554
It doesn't work like that. Timefall appears where there is rain, but the rain or the humidity itself is not timefall.

>tfw creative dad Kojombov won't be coming to Moscow to promote his vaporware this time around.
Feels blyad man :(

>>712621709
But when rain stops and evaporates it becomes humidity

how long does this overrated faggot has until everyone starts hating shit he makes

>>712614596 (OP)
>afghanistan is a big place

>>712621784
Moscow will be coming to him once they’re with Ukraine

>>712621694
>>712621709
That sounds stupid and gay as fuck.

>>712619286
Canon is literally what I like so yes

>>712621815
As another anon pointed out, the timefall effect disappears once the raindrop has fallen.

The game also has timefall shelters that collect the rain and fill up Sam's canteen.

How prominent will Elle Fanning be?
I bet it'll be like Quiet where she's mute for most of the game and Kojima just told her to sing a few songs.

Growing up is realising that Kojima can’t write for shit and other than his cringe camp style, contributes nothing to the games.

With his name comes value though, publishers will give his team time to make a game because they know it’ll sell regardless.

His cringe style did benefit MGS for the most part.

>>712621827
She looks like she loves BWC

the art direction is so fucking bland

>>712622084
She will be a major part of the story since Tomorrow is Lou.

Starfield wishes it had the depth that Death Standing. Starfield would've been a better game if it was about traversing alien worlds to set up some rudimentary groundwork necessary before the settlers drop.

>>712622376
>Tomorrow is Lou
This is what I also thought.

It would honestly be awesome if it turns out to be true.

>cyborgs and robots and air ships and now tar super powers in addition the super powers that already were in the first game
>still playing as normal dude in an overall with boxes attached to it, walking from place to place

>>712615737
Unironically this

>>712621883
Two more weeks

>>712614596 (OP)
*just drives over it with a bridgesmobile*

youru move?

>>712621953
There’s ghosts too. Gonna shit yourself?

what do you do exactly in this game? just walk with a pizza box on your back?

>>712623194
I know Snake had to deal with cyborgs and supernatural bullshit as well but at least they were elite special forces operatives.
Sam's just some delivery guy and he has to deal with this shit.

>>712623836
No, that's the bonus missions. The final bonus mission, post game, has you hauling pizza and champagne across the entire map, but the champagne is too fragile to put in a vehicle or on your back. So you have to put it in your hand and hoof it the entire way across america.

>>712623836
yes

>>712614596 (OP)
Literally the only game where I wouldn't mind preordering a deluxe edition for a week or two of early access.
There's a complete version somewhere.
There are people playing this game RIGHT NOW.
I'm actually triggered I'm not even joking.

>>712623598
yeah, hngg. i might

>>712623836
Yes, you literally carry boxes from outpost to outpost, it's a delivery / walking simulator in every sense of the word. But it's pure kino. It's an acquired taste for sure, but it's worth trying to see if it clicks with you. It sounds insane to an outsider, but if you at least try it, you might understand.

>>712623973
Do games ever get delivered early nowadays? Last time I got a game early it was an entire week before for the recent MGS Collection.

>>712621554
Please refer to >>712618473

>>712623836
>walk with a pizza box on your back
Don't be ridiculous, anon. That would ruin the pizza.

>>712623194
>Sam
>normal dude

He is literally the fucking messiah risen from the dead. Sam has immortality and his blood kills monsters.

>>712624050
Last time I got a game delivered early was Xenoblade X for Wii U.

>>712624050
Not really. There's no manual paperwork in delivery chain any more so clerical errors are very unlikely.
The only way to get one early now is some backwater mom and pop shop in a third world country (usually france) but I was referring more to dev team, studio contacts, reviewers and influencers.
The game comes out on the 26th so there are copies out already to anyone influential that needs to experess an opinion on or before the release date.

>>712621220
lmfao fr

>>712623916
Had a good laugh in the first game when Fragile asked Sam to kill Higgs.
Because he is too powerful now, her powers can't do anything.
But Sam can, because he has the power of fucking nothing.

>>712624123
And he's literally a normal dude. For all his power of repatriation it allows him to save nothing, and if he is ever in a situation he needs to repatriate he has more than likely just nuked everything around him as a cost for it.
And his blood temporarily disperses BTs but it gives him no superhuman abilities and, being his blood, is extremely limited quantities.
He's still just a guy.
And no, he's not superhuman for carrying that many packages, it's really based on real-life profession that does the exact same but without exoskeletons that in-game porters get to have.

I'm not preordering for the sole reason that i don't want the bonuses in my crafting menu. That didn't work out as expected huh misteruh Kojima.

>>712614596 (OP)
>literally just plodding along through empty desert mountains for an hour
so is this game just for people too fat to hike irl

>>712624365
>And he's literally a normal dude.
He literally isn't. He is special, but we don't know why. At least not yet.

>>712624382
>bonuses in my crafting menu
wat

>>712624454
We get it, you are too retarded to read so you don't understand what i told you. It's cool, I deal with morons on a daily basis so you're not the only one.

>>712624462
Isn't that how it works? The silver skeletons.

>>712624365
He saved the world from extinction. He most likely would have died a long time ago without his power to repatriate. Also repatriating doesn't nuke anything, only getting eaten by the big BTs does

His blood is the only thing that can kill BTs. He's the first person to do it. If he couldn't he would just fail his mission.

>>712624184
I think you mean postman isn't a good job anymore, so none of them are going for that legend of legends rank for delivering me DS2 in pristine condition at a much earlier time than expected.

>Sam getting eaten by BT causes a huge fucking explosion, but you can continue playing
>anyone else getting eaten by BT causes a huge fucking explosion and that's a game over, man. Game over.
Was that ever explained?

>>712624123
He's the demiurge, (adopted) son of the Whore of Babylon.

>>712621259
>NOOOOOOO IT'S BORING BY DESIGN NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *sucks kojidick harder*

>you can see BTs with dead baby
>you can send BTs back with chiralium knife
Why exactly did people have a problem in the first game?

>>712624707
repatriate craters are way smaller
the damage done by normal people is catastrophic

>>712624527
>He saved the world from extinction.
No, he delayed it's total destruction by a little bit.
>He most likely would have died a long time ago without his power to repatriate.
I'm sure you felt really clever writing this but it literally means nothing.
>Also repatriating doesn't nuke anything, only getting eaten by the big BTs does
Dude, any BT can trigger a voidout you fucking moron.
>His blood is the only thing that can kill BTs. He's the first person to do it.
Again, it doesn't kill them, it just disperses them for a few minutes.

>>712624795
It's not boring though, you're just a child.

>you'll go through this mountain range once and then set up a zipline or something else that makes you skip it
Groundbreaking gameplay.

>>712625000
It does get plenty boring if you actually build the road and make a delivery from one end of the world to the other with the slowest vehicle known to man.

>>712624936
And he saved the world by delaying it. DS2 would never happen if he didn't.

He literally would have died at the start of the game in the voidout.

Small BTs never trigger a voidout from Sam. Only the big ones if they catch him and eat him.

Yes the blood kills them. Normal bullets do nothing. Why do you think Sam was the first to kill a BT with a blood grenade? They literally tell you that in the tutorial.

You are so fucking clueless about the game.

>>712625000
>t. Mario Kart World A Button enthusiast

>>712624880
>repatriate craters are way smaller
>the damage done by normal people is catastrophic
Holy shit you retards are uneducated as fuck.
When matter and antimatter collide, it creates a conversion of mass to energy with 100% efficiency. This isn't videogame logic by the way this is basic physics.
When BT capture a living thing they try to drag it to the beach, the attempt to cross over the human onto the beach causes the matter-antimatter reaction through the BT which gains a fully phisical antimatter form at that time.
Thecrater is result of the mass of human and BT.
The crater's size is based on BT that takes the human, not whether they have repatriation/dooms or not.

>>712624863
you have to skillfully sneak up behind them and cut the cord
BBs are also pretty rare in the field
and things like this exist

>>712614596 (OP)
>equel
More like ackquel
kekekekekekeke

>>712625119
Oh so you just want to argue.

>>712625225
From the wiki

>A repatriate is a human with the power to guide his soul back to their body after being "eaten" by a BT—typically achieved through using the Seam after being “stranded” to bring themselves back to life once they find their body. How the repatriate's body survives the contact with a BT and the following voidout is a far bigger mystery. Voidouts triggered by contact with repatriates, however, consistently result in smaller craters. It is suspected that this is because energy is “lost" to the Beach, and that in the case of repatriates, the amount of energy lost is particularly high.

>>712625290
Didn't ask.

The fact Death Stranding is taken seriously at all, funded, that Kojima has a studio and gets to waste money making this pathetic shit is a sign of how decadent the industry has become and how infested it is with Hollywood and music celebrities. This and experiences of true movie games with ZERO gameplay or worse, ZERO sense are the end result of graphicfags and muh celebrity cult.

>>712624365
>>712624936
>>712625119
>>712625225

>>712625342
You're in a thread about Death Stranding idiot

>Please please, argue with me!
So now that contrarian retardation and reddit spacing have failed, you're resorting to quoting everyone in the thread. Cute.

Who designed this piece of shit? This has to be the worst truck in video game history.

I've been trying to avoid all gameplay to go in blind but I keep hearing this one is much more tactical espionage action than the first
is there prone and crawling now? or is stealth more of the same

>>712625390
Post hand.

>>712625325
It's Kojima's own studio so he can make whatever he wants. DS1 outsold every Metal Gear ever made. He's funded because people want what he makes.

>>712625426
You mean the best

>>712625426
u sound gay

>>712625426
What's wrong with it? It's an all-terrain mail truck.

>>712625471
Wrong. He is funded because this is the game the Hollywood side of the industry wants, they want a piece of the cake of games. Why do you think the game awards guy loves him so much and it is the game awards guy the ONE WHO KEEPS BRINGING CELEBRITIES AND HOLLYWOOD INTO EVERYTHING VIDYA?

>>712624863
And now I wonder why the game didn't have a dooms chiralium ninja character who gets sent around taking care of known BT locations.

>>712625653
>hollywood
Doesn't fund this game. Kojima is just a westaboo and uses his influence to get friends with benefits.

>>712625685
Gotta save something for the sequel

>>712625653
Keighley and Kojima have been butt buddies since long before death stranding and the game awards. they are legitimately just gay for eachother

>>712614596 (OP)
>tendies be like YOOOOOOOOOO

>>712625653
because Geoff isn't a piece of shit zoomer like you and he has been known Kojima for over 20 years, he even did a special docu with him before MGS2 came out.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/1100-6376810/

See you braindead zoomer fuckfaces know absolutely NOTHING about the people in this industry so stop talking about shit you wasn't even alive yet, fucking retarded piece of shit

>>712624454
>We don't know why
Didn't beat the game award. They literally tell you why he is different in the ending. Go through it all again, maybe you'll figure out out.

i buy for she

>>712625653
>"the game awards guy"
how can you pretend to be a vidyafag but not even know his name

Am I going to need fucking ps+ to see other people's ladders? I'm not paying for that

>>712625910
>>712625780
>>712625741
Don't give a shit if they give themselves each a lovely handjob every day, a blowjob if feeling daring. This game is a celebrity circlejerk to make the idea of movie games but really, celebrities in games more palatable. Lower standards, slop
>>712626029
I do not give a shit about him, but now I remember its Geoff, I wasnt sure if it was Gideon dunno why lol
but does he make games, does he talk about great games? No, he doesnt so I can be a vidyafag without giving a shit and calling for his death too

>>712626042
It's free just like the first game.

>spend like a week in chapter 3
>get whooshed to fantasy warzone for 10 minutes
>chapter 4 done

>>712625963
Based, crazy thing is we haven't seen much about mommy yet but Troy Baker can't stop talking about how good she is in this game

>>712625963
Ummmm this jawline is too masculine for me. And also short hair
Yeah I'm gonna say tranny

>>712626142
You have 11 more to go

>>712626204
She's just French

>>712626116
These are the type of people I'd love to knock out cold

>>712626042
I played the first game game offline specifically so I wouldn't have to see other people's shit.

>>712626234
MWAAAAAAAAAAH THE FRENCH

>>712626285
I would rape, gut you and kill you for talking to me wrong.

>>712626309
That’s dumb as fuck, the social strand system is a huge part of the experience, don't do this with DS2, especially since you can now upgrade your shit with Likes

>>712619441
>english dumbass think he is entitled to have the world speak in this lacklusting language
Just so you know, when a leader visits another country, no one expect him to speak the language himself. If he does, it's seen as a great honor.
inb4 muh ESL, at least I speak more than one language.

>>712616419
The clouds are evil. No, seriously.

>>712626309
I thought it was cool. You always need to make the first expedition without assistance but then seeing ladders and shit along routes I would have never otherwise taken was a neat way of encouraging me to try those other paths

>>712626340
You sound like one of those pathetic wannabe hood gangster kids hahaha, cute

Death Stranding 1 would've been better if he got American actors instead of the weird looking Frenchie and the heavily accented Mads, and if we got to listen to American classics like Country Road take me home instead of some band from Iceland no had heard about before or after DS.

>>712626465
My passion is too strong for you, go back to playing with your dolls and cosmopolitan

>>712626309
Nigga, you did not beat the game if you weren't constantly hearing "KEEP ON KEEPING ON" every 20 steps. Absolutely soulless and preposterous,

>the robots are confirmed to be BTs encased in armor
>demens just said fuck it let's die and become machines

>>712616419
Is it ever explained why they didn't build something like the floating carrier except really big? Like a semi truck that levitates three meters above the ground or something?

AT THE CORE, THIS IS DEATH STRANDING
NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS
CELEBRITYFAG, HOLLYWOOD CULTURE IN VIDYA

WHEN YOU PLAY DEATH STRANDING, THIS IS WHAT YOURE PLAYING AND THE GAME IS CLEAR ABOUT THIS, AT EVERY MOMENT THE CELEBRITIES FROM OBVIOUS ACTORS TO MUSICIANS ARE THE FOCUS, THE SETPIECE IS BUILT AROUND THE ACTOR OR THE MUSIC, NOT THEIR WORK, THEIR IDENTITY.

THERE IS NO STRAND TYPE GAME, THERE IS A COSMOPOLITAN TYPE OF GAME.

>>712619782
annihilated holy fuck

>>712626778
Probably power drain?
although once you get the powered roads that wouldn't be an issue anymore. I guess that's why they added magnetic rail shit to the sequel because they realized it was dumb too

>>712614596 (OP)
the gameplay look so much better and improved than the first game.
My only complaint is the no PC port at day one... hopefully it will get announced soon and release by the end of this year because otherwise its already going to be a bitch to avoid spoilers, somehow i avoided all the spoilers from DS1 and only got to play it in 2022.

>>712619782
But how did the mountain dew and nuggies reach the fridge?

>>712614596 (OP)
last good kojima game is mgsv

>>712626778
I got the impression they avoided building big things because everything erodes with a bit of rain so it would be a waste of resources. There'd also be no way of avoiding BT's in the air. Could be wrong though

Please make the batteries last longer this time.

LITERALLY THE SAME GAME AND DESGN AS DEATH STRANDING

IT ONLY TAKES A SINGLE THREAD TO SEE HOW KOJIMAFAGS KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST CELEB NEWS, AND THE LATEST CAMEO TO KNOW THIS
ARE THESE PEOPLE REALLY INTERESTED IN GAMES?

>>712626778
Goddamn i already went over this. A wizard would stop them.

>>712627110
Kojima should get Kardashian for DS3

>>712626778
I mean....

>>712627207
>Kojima should get Kardashian for DS3
no mommy no buy

>>712614596 (OP)
Hunter's shlong in my mouth

>>712627110
>>712626846
>in such a state of rage that you had to make another thread just to bitch about this
>posting the same shit in both threads
really pathetic
>>712627045
>>712626682

>>712627362
But am I wrong?
>>712627274
This man is a perfect example

>>712627274
She's beautiful with long hair and only now do I realize I've coomed to her before. I didn't know she was the one that had the 5 minute long lesbo sex scene in that one movie

>>712626778
Floating carriers consume your chiral crystals, they're not battery powered like everything else. Vehicles would probably burn through crystals too quickly.

>>712627429
woah why am i getting dragged into this idc about kojima, i just play for she
>>712627470
shes shown her tits like 100 times, but sadly no muff shots, i bet she has a really cute bush

>>712627429
>But am I wrong?
you are wrong because you are an attention seeking faggot complaining that there are famous ppeople who get more attention than you. kill yourself.

so how long until PC release? 2 years? 1?

>>712628208
Silence celebrityfag

>>712628270
to quote an incredible faggot: but am i wrong?

>>712623836
you can commit crimes against humanity

>>712628253
DS1 was 7 months and now Sony has no control over the game, so I'd guess 6 months or less.

>>712628712

>>712629115
It's published by Sony. They said they will NEVER allow DS2 on PC because the first one was a total flop.

>>712619430
Is this a joke?

Bro that's been around for literal decades. Banjo, SSX, Portal etc etc. did it

gib power armor pls

>No leaks from reviewers yet
It's gonna be boring and bland like DS1, Kojimmy just paid off the reviewers to be positive.

>>712629365
This. Another 5/10 game from Kojima. He's such a hack without Konami to reign him in.

>>712614596 (OP)
Kojima actually liked Starfield, seriously, he said so

>>712629503
it's easy to find things to like about the game unless you are the lowest of the low CoD normie with burnt out dopamine receptors

>>712629365
Why did he give previewers 30 hours to play the game if he was just going to pay them to say it's good anyway?

>>712620449
Meanwhile, actual dialogue from Death Stranding:
> Villain: "It's DOOMSday!
> Hero: "Fuck you!"

>>712616419
In the first game there are large storms full of death magic and electric chicanery randomly popping up that mess with electronics and make things age and fall apart. It is a major plot and gameplay issue that over-air communications don't work due to the interference and your bikes/cars break down and need to be repaired often. No one has seen stars or the moon for years because of constant cloud cover and storms. The rain itself is what causes the aging, once it lands on the ground it stops being magic.
This is a game about being a fedex guy fighting crazy fedex guys and antimatter ghosts, it's not exactly hard sci-fi.

>>712629365
>>712629413
>previews were extremely positive
>reviewers get a full 3 weeks to play the game
>Kojima is touring the world to promote the game
Kojima and Sony obviously know that they have a winner on their hands.

If Kojima truly perfected the Death Stranding formula, then DS2 will undoubtedly also be GOTY.

>>712628712
>you killed Heartman
>game over

>>712629892
kek Sam and Higgs have the best interactions

>Die, come back, die some more!
>It ain't easy! Running to hell and back!
>WHY YOU GOTTA! MAKE ME! EVERYONE'S PORTER!
>Cry! Beg! Scream!
>Fuck my hands! Fuck my feet! FUCK EVERYTHING!
>You think... that you've got it tough?!
>Fucking VAMPIRES! Bleeding me fucking dry!
>Carry this! Deliver that! How 'bout one of these!
>Nothing but fucking bugs! Gimme a hot meal... a hot bath and a cold fucking beer!

>EEEAAAAGHHH

>>712630715
>>712614596 (OP)
cant believe how good the LODs look. it looks like how the nanite demo wishes games utilizing nanite would look. legit looks like 10 million triangles at least on the screen.

Probably gonna get the game if I can get a PS5, since PC port will be in a while
but I don't get reviewers, they all keep saying "it's just like Metal Gear Solid V! and then we see the gameplay and it doesn't look like V, it looks like Death Stranding
Did these guys even finished the original game?
Did they forget how it was/how V was?

>>712630928
They apparently had a lot of support from Guerilla and other Sony studios,so that helps
I wonder how Physint will be,since I don't think they are allowed to keep Decima (DS and DS2 for most of it's development was still owned by Sony until recently,Physint is owned by KojimaProd from the start)
we know that OD will use UE already

My phantom pain is not having a ps5 to play this, i'm going to avoid spoilers, which is kinda easy because Kojima games are so crazy you wouldnt understand anythig without context

SAM.

>>712631140
I don't get Kojima, he now fully owns Death Stranding,yet he still does a time exclusive,it's like how he made MGS4 exclusive and years later it was revealed staffs did prototypes on other platforms that worked and Kojima canceled them,is he doing it out of loyalty?

>>712614643
Im on PC :(
Enjoy my friend

>>712631105
I don't know OD but if they seriously have access to Decima and use UE instead of it then that's a huge loss for everyone. Decima is IMO the current best engine on the market for photorealism and large scale open world visuals. UE has to absolutely squash the LODs to get any sort of performance and nanit was supposed to be the magic bullet for it but it clearly wasn't.

>>712631237
Xbox 360 disks had low memory

>>712631237
>is he doing it out of loyalty?
He believes that games should be made for a specific platform and take advantage of the unique features it provides. Like DS1 fully used the lightbar and speaker of the Dualshock controller, but nobody on PC knows that. The PS5 port has haptic feedback.

How did he know?

>>712631317
Decima is still owned by Sony,and unlike XBox, they do not want to be on other console platforms
Having a xbox port of DS probably was already complicated
DS is a bit of a oddity now since it's unsing an engine made by Sony and had support of many Sony studios,yet it's no longer owned by them

>>712631352
A big staff confirmed they did a Xbox prototype that ran as well as on PS3 a few years ago,didn't even required 16 disc like people used to joke about

You should try hiking. Its the exact same kinda fun. Logistics and planning.

I tried to do the Appalachian Trail in February but only made it 100 miles from Georgia to North Carolina.
Gonna try it again next year.

Would be cool to hike all 2200 miles.

>>712631235
why did he wear the mask?

>>712614596 (OP)
>>712630715
holy shit this looks boring, I'll stick with Starfield

>>712616419
Lorewise, with the death of Fly Farman all aviation technology was lost, tragically.

>>712631653
for you

>>712631105
Physint will still be a PS5/6 timed exclusive. If Kojima's happy to use Decima for it they're not going to switch engines.

>>712631631
Why'd you stop this year? 100 miles is still a real fucking long way
My longest backpacking trip was only a few miles from my car

>>712619651
The jews fear the samurai.

>>712631858
Even so,Sony doesn't own Physint at all, unlike DS which they did owned, including for a good 80% of 2's development
Sony studios rarely if not EVER give their own tools/engine to studios not owned by them/not working on their franchises

>>712621709
Wat? Then why do they wear raincoats with exposed faces if it's not the rain itself?

>>712631631
real hiking is mosquitos and bears and ticks
why go all through that when I have this nice clean postapocalyptic mailman sim

Tented to just temporary pay for a PS5 just to play for it,does this exist?

>>712632058
tempted^

>>712631983
Kojima is an exception. They're not going to drag an engine away from him for a game he's making for their console.

>>712631869
A combination of shit all happening at once.
I probably coulda powered through but pussied out.

Sinus infection
bad tendonitis <- real run killer but I was sore everywhere and wasn't paying attention to it
thought I would be able to handle the cold better, but a cold front came through, I started a lot earlier than most in february
first night out was 0 degrees on top of a mountain after a 4,000ft elevation gain

it sounds intense, but its really not that crazy, lots of older and heavy folks, just go at your own pace
i was pushing myself too hard

>>712632058
We live in the ruins of a fallen civilization.
Blockbuster used to let you rent consoles too.

>>712632170
Making exceptions like this usually isn't good for business,if they do,then suddenly other studios,potentially former developers of them,will come flooding to ask for their share

>>712632058
Bro, your Rent a Center?

>>712632184
Any cool gear you'd recommend?

Unironically the most I've been looking forward to a game in years. I can't fucking wait lads.

>>712632010
I don't know what that anon is going on about. Timefall is the rain itself. As in the water falling down in droplets to the ground. The reason why you don't have everything dying all the time after the rain is because timefall loses its special properties the moment it made contact with something. When the rain drop hits the ground, that bit of ground is now a couple decades older, but the rain drop gets turned into normal water in the process.

>>712632269
And everyone else will be told to fuck off unless they have half a dozen multi million selling Playstation games under their belt like Kojima.

>>712618473
>because a wizard would've stopped them.
You mean like when the eagles flew right up to Saroman's lair, in full view of him, and picked up Gandalf with zero difficulty while Saroman literally watched and did nothing?
Why does the Eagle's plot hole trigger you tards so much? It's something Tolkien didn't think about. IT doesn't ruin the story to acknowdge it.

>>712631631
If I ever lose my job for whatever reason I'm going to do the Appellation Trail, but as it is now the most time I get for hiking is a 3-day weekend every now and again.
If I knew I were to drop dead tomorrow, I'd immediately drive to the mountains and hike one last time to the top of the world. There's no place I'd rather be.

>>712619192
Nah it looks cool

>>712617576
But if BTs kill batteries why is the clapping detector gadget still working

>>712632376
Gear is a real rabbit hole.
You can spend hundreds just trying to drop a pound off your pack.

Nothing to recommend that isn't obvious.
I was really set on using a tented hammock, which are becoming more popular in wooded trails.
I bought an expensive autistic european one called an Amok Draumr but it was absolutely worth it, very comfortable, no problems sleeping.

As far as just cool, i didnt realize how easy and convenient water filtering is in the wild.
A Sawyer Squeeze and a water bottle is just a neat thing to have in any bugout bag.

If you're totally lost, walk into Mountain Crossings (30 miles into the app trail), or a local hiking shop, maybe not a chain, with a grand or two, and ask them to squeeze what they can out of your budget, and you'll walk out with a worldclass set of gear

>>712632838
Detector runs on dead babies. Can't kill dead babies.

>>712632905
also dont let budget scare you off
you just need stuff that functions and a pack that doesn't weight 50lbs
you dont have to spend thousands or hundreds if you smart about what you get

>>712625390
I’m sorry but it’s over. First thing you gotta do is realize this ain’t redit. You failed from the very start.

>>712632905
>Gear is a real rabbit hole.
Real. When I was kitting myself out with the basics I have, it was hard to not want to keep getting more and "better" stuff.
That said, I'll look into that water filter.
I usually hiked near lakes, including Lake Michigan, and would use a milk jug, filtered with a cloth and then use those droplets to purify

>>712633896
i have some drops as a backup water system too

>>712632269
kojimapro is probably an exception in the sense that they are a prestige workplacel ike blizzard used to be. it's not an issue for them to find talented people or people with a mentality that will spend all their free time learning how to work with decima. especially considering the typical asian workplace culture. so if they want to have their entire team learn to work with decima they absolutely will get that, even though its no doubt horribly inefficient all things considered vs. UE. it's also free marketing to sony who own the engine to have competent devs using it.

>>712621815
>>712622072
>>712621709
>>712632010
>>712632483
Everybody seems to be a bit confused what timefall is, or maybe they are just not explaining it well.

Timefall isn't rain, it is a paranormal (supernatural) form of precipitation and most often appears around BT infestations. It takes on the form of regular water or snow once it has fallen to the ground. And yes, it ages/degrades anything it touches, including Earth itself. Actual rain might also exist in this universe, but we don't know that for sure.

>>712634118
All I'm saying is that I think it's still unlikely they will be able to keep it.
there's a reason why OD,which they also owned from the start like Physint,is confirmed to be using UE instead
If they wanted to focus on Decima, why would they suddenly change engine for their next game?

>>712632269
Nigga they will never take decima from kojipro away, you think it's so fun to having the learn a brand new engine every few years? they already had to learn a new engine after FOX engine, KJP is destynied to perfect the decima engine over the years with help from Guerilla, both companies working closely together to create the best graphics engine in the world

>>712625426
It's pure soul. The one in the front without a front is fucking dogsguit

>>712634607
I guess We will see buyt don't be surprised if they end up switching to UE even for Physint

>>712634607
Kojima is himself a programmer.

He has all the numbers he likes for cinematic lighting and ambient atmospherics in his brain.
That's why he's reproduced it several times on several different engines.

>>712634480
>it is not rain, it is precipitation

>>712634838
Precipitation (rain) and paranormal precipitation (timefall) are not the same thing, no.

Should I explain it to you like you're a five-year-old?

>>712634791
pretty sure he has not really programmed since his Snatcher/policenauts days, even on Policenauts it was another person. He give instructions to other people though.
The main programmer of MGS1/2/3 and 4 are still at Konami, same for the Policenauts programmer who I think is the dude currently running the MGS3 remake

>>712635054
Please do.

>>712634480
why do trucks and bikes work, but it's out of the question to make something that can hover or fly?

i remember they had a relatively clear explanation for it (spoopy sky ghosts or some shit)

>>712634118
If this really does run at a solid 60fps on a base PS5 like previewers have said it seems more efficient than UE5 is in the hands of any devs I'm aware of.

>>712635054
nta
yes

>>712614596 (OP)
>what if we gave every surface greebling like it's going out of style

>>712634598
Because OD is an Xbox game.

>>712635412
it's not owned by Xbox,OD is owned by KojimaPro from the start unlike DS which was owned by Sony for a majority of it's existence,I think Xbox only helps a little on the technology aspect?even this I'm not sure,for all we know it's multiplat

>>712614596 (OP)
Can't wait to walk those hills while wife fucks the bull in the other room

>>712635542
It's funded by Microsoft and will be exclusive to Xbox/PC for at least some period of time.
So unlike DS and Physint Sony would gain nothing from it which is why it's using UE.

>>712635578

i hope timefall is an actual mechanic in ds2, like the cutscenes make it out to be.

in ds1 it literally doesn't matter and you can ignore the whole mechanic as soon as you get a vehicle.

>>712635884
How would you make it a mechanic?

>>712635884
should make it affect vehicles and the environment but that would actually be too much work

with all the action stuff, it seem voidouts don't happen anymore and the game doesn't care if you use lethal weapons
I hope the game won't focus too much on the action,it was the weakest part of the first game,and that boss battle against Neil had some pretty piss poor enemies

>>712614596 (OP)
I will now walk in your game

>>712636098
>with all the action stuff, it seem voidouts don't happen anymore and the game doesn't care if you use lethal weapons
Where are you getting that from?

>>712636135
Sam literally shoot at people with rifles in trailer

>>712636098
voidouts still happen, you can literally see one in the last gameplay trailer
there are still MULEs and a new faction called Survivalists that carry lethal weapons. Human enemies are still a thing so obviously non-lethal approach is preferable

>>712636098
I was originally of this opinion that I wanted the action to take a back seat cause it wasn't very good in 1 but them describing it as being similar to MGS5 with having a lot more extra tools at your disposal to chose how to tackle them with a lot more variety makes it sound a lot more interesting.

>>712635884
Can the timefall itself even damage cargo? The game always says "makes more susceptible to damage" not "destroys your shit".

Baby Steps > Death Stranding

>>712636234
There are non-lethal variants of weapons.

>>712636234
And you could do the same in 1. You just needed to dispose of the bodies. There's nothing to suggest there won't be any negative consequences for lethal force.

>>712618527
Insane how good ds1 looked on a ps4

>>712636267
while reviewers said it was like MGS5,all videos just shows Death Stranding but with a bit more weapons...
>>712636250
in the original DS, I actually used lethal guns plenty but I was moving so fast the game couldn't register as I would switch zones before a void-out happened.

>>712636098
There's a voidout in the latest gameplay trailer.

>>712636493
I saw Sam with stealth options. Stealth basically being impossible with Mule camps is the biggest thing I found that made them boring.

>>712636030
but it does?

>>712636553
It IS possible though, just gotta hide in the grass
But DS gameplay is a lot heavier than MGS5,and it seem to still be the case for DS2,so people ends up fucking up often

>>712636267
The action and combat is the most underrated part of DS

>>712636098
>with all the action stuff, it seem voidouts don't happen anymore and the game doesn't care if you use lethal weapons
Wrong, wrong, wrong.

>>712636645
I hope there's an option to disable the slowmotion, they are really annoying
DS was a very easy game already

>>712636637
Sure technically stealth was possible but it was incredibly difficult to actually deal with camps that way and not very fun.

>>712636645
I didn't dislike it but I absolutely found it to be the least interesting aspect of Death Stranding's gameplay. If they can make it more interesting I'd be happy to engage with it more.

>>712619192
rule of cool fag

>>712621292
Based >>712621554

>>712636803
death standing just works better as a game about delivering packages than an action game, I don't know if it was done on purpose or if Kojima lost some important people when he made his own studio, but thankfully it seem the "DS2 is a lot more action" isn't already removing the delivery aspect

>>712636916
Yeah if anything the delivery side of gameplay seems even more in depth than before.

>>712636916
It needs both, otherwise it is not Death Stranding. Fuck all you retards that want to remove the fun combat just because you suck ass at it.

>>712637085
Stop getting mad at a strawman you invented. Nobody is saying combat should be removed. Just that the delivery gameplay IS what makes DS what it is, not the combat. Does it need both? Sure but the delivery gameplay should always be the bigger priority.

>>712637085
I'm not saying "remove the combat" I just don't wanna it to focus on the combat more than the delivering because the delivering aspect is done better than the combat by a lot

>>712637085
You can like DS combat as much as you want but to actually try and deny that it is shallow is silly.

>>712636803
Stealth was pretty easy with the right equipment. It's basically MGS without a tranq gun and crawling, I guess if you depended on those in MGS you might find it difficult.

When is it coming out on pc?

>>712636989
that game is going to filter people again due to all the reviewers praising it as the second coming of 5 when it's not actually that
Well,Kojima like to be controversial so he will be happy at least

>>712637194
>>712637227
The Cliff sections are iconic and a massive part of the identity of DS. It was always half delivery game, half action game. Like Metal Gear is half stealth/half action.

>>712637304
between 6 month and a year

>>712637406
Frustrates me so much. When 1 came out I was dere on launch and one of the first people to just focus on grinding out the highway.

How will I earn my millions of likes now? I feel like when I did 1 on pc launch all the meta positions of bridges and jumps was already mapped out

>>712637287
The combat is fun and I'm tired of all the dumb niggers shitting on it

>>712637627
You sound like a cuckold and a redditor so you already own a snoybox

>>712635201
The carriers hover but consume chiralium at a steady rate; chiralium is poisonous and can't be stored in large quantities so they haven't cracked how to do big stuff yet.

>>712637627
I'm annoyed more by the spoilers, but unlike the PS4 which wasn't as costly anymore for the first game, the PS5 actually got more expensive over time

>>712637627
It's almost as if timed exclusivity is an attempt to bait people who don't want to wait into buying a PS5 without locking off the PC market as a source of revenue.

>>712637383
It's not half though, combat is always used as an enhancement for delivery gameplay but not the other way round. Combat is a means to an ends and that end is fleshing out delivery. It's very, very clear which aspect takes priority in DS's design.

i killed numerous of people in DS and there was no voidouts or whatever its called
what gives

So is there some kind of comprehensive list of what gameplay changes there is in 2?

>>712637657
Based, so many dumb faggots got filtered by the combat when it's supposed to be clunky, just imagine trying to shoot a gun while carrying 100s of kg of shit on your back... think ffs

>>712638019
It's mostly a bit more weapons and tools but it's still pretty much the same outside of that
>>712638000
you were too fast

>>712618527
nigga thats just a craggy field
halo 3 had that shit
get a fucking grip of yourself

>>712626234
Oh, that's even worse.

>>712638067
Not to be a dick but if this wasn't a Kojima game, I feels like people would be critical of the game for this exact reason

>>712637939
You can engage with combat as much as you want to. Just because people suck at the game and choose to avoid it doesn't mean it's not there. And when DS2 makes improvements to combat suddenly people lose their shit when it was always a part of Death Stranding.

>>712614596 (OP)
those mountains aren't in proportion, they are 10 times smaller than they would need to be

>>712631653
So that nobody would know he's black.

>>712632685
>Why does the Eagle's plot hole trigger you tards so much?
Because they're in too deep.
and they're tards

>>712618473
>err uhm... it's b-b-b-because a wizard would've stopped them y-yeah...
It's because the story would be (even more)boring
if they flew. Same shit here. If you flew all the packages, there'd be no game, you fat nigger.

>>712638161
Wdym? people are very critical about the combat, even if it's a Kojima game

installed the game after a break with intention of finishing it this time
i had some side deliveries and i got stuck at the cosplayer's place and can't do shit...... i think i gotta reload the save now

please no chiral artist situation again this was painful

>>712638896

>>712638692
You can always just go back to the cosplayer's cave and make some ladders. You'll have to leave the bike behind though, unless you know how to set down ladders correctly to make a ramp.

>>712614596 (OP)
Kojima, the point of a "BOTW trailer moment" is to show off a bunch of POIs in a single shot, not zero!

>>712635104
Yuji Korekado is the only big Kojipro staff member who stayed at Konami for some reason, everyone else either left with Kojima or probably joined Nintendo, Fromsoft or some shit, Konami basically doesn't have any actual game designers working with them since Metal Gear Survive cane out.

>>712614596 (OP)
import terrain from world machine has to be one of the worst genres

>>712639153
A what?

Honestly people don't get what makes Death Stranding special. They always talk about removing combat, vehicles, roads and zip-lines etc. they have no idea. It's not the walking mechanic that makes the game unique. It's the sandbox of having all these mechanics and making them work together in an open world with online features.

>>712639371
Pretty sure that's wrong, I read a guy who made a list and there was a lot of people still there, all with big positions, the ones that changed are the smaller workers

>>712639153
This isn't a "BOTW trailer moment", it's literally the very beginning of the game, a tutorial where Kojima teaches you the BASICS of movement

>>712639470
I hope we get more asynchronous multiplayer aspects. I also hope they make it a bit more organic like with the mechanic of other players helping finish roads not really being that nuanced.

>>712614596 (OP)
Death Stranding wasn't a very gameplay-focused game, right? I could probably get the full experience just by watching the cutscenes on YouTube.

>>712638092
Seriously what the fuck is up with this thread kek. This game is very much a case of Thing vs Thing, Japan when it comes to Kojima.

>>712639919
Nah, some moments definitely works better when playing it, like when you struggle all alone and suddenly some kino music starts playing
I hope Dollman won't talk all the time because some of the most memorable moments were this

>>712639919
If by "not very gameplay-focused game" you mean a game with 90% of it being gameplay sure I guess most games aren't.

I feels like Deadman is going to be removed from the story at the start and Tarman will replace him because Kojima now is more in a George Miller phase than Del Toro phase

>>712639919
There's less than 8 hours of cutscenes ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuIaNTHrEDQ ) which is an extremely small ratio to the amount of gameplay. The cutscenes are just very front and end loaded so you get a lot of them out of the way right at the start.

>>712640043
But isn't that gameplay just walking? Like the type of thing the editors would cut out of the final product in a film?

>>712640021
journos said that Dollman is a very fun character
although since you have a music player you can probably mute him

>>712640174
If you're a mentally handicapped third worlder that may be the conclusion you could come to but you're not one of those are you so that's not a problem.

>>712640108
Deadman is in, he teased him in the pre-order trailer

>>712640174
There's a lot of walking, but it's not just holding forward on the joystick endlessly like most open world games. It's intricate and involves more planning on how you move. It retroactively makes other open world games very boring to navigate once you've played it.

>>712640108
Tarman is the captain of the ship, I don't see how he's a replacement for Deadman who was kind of your fat Otacon equivalent.

>game doesn't let you piss on corpses
Why even kill?

>>712640385
Why are you responding so seriously to someone that's obviously shitposting? Do you not recognize the "babbies first concern troll" ass posts?

>>712640385
Do you have a favorite section that I can search to get a feel for it?

>>712640385
Brother you hold forward and L2 and R2 and occasionally click the scan button to look out for red areas....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYO_RrY7-Gk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVhL8liK6E0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc17kuglvMY

>>712636580
>>712636285
it doesnt affect vehicles thats the problem, and since cargo in vehicles is always protected it doesnt matter if you ignore the timefall.

should make it so you need to build shelters along your travel route that sprays your car with the anti-timefall spray that nobody used.

>>712614596 (OP)
>every desertic open world its starshit instead of elder scrolls 6

>>712640662
>brother you hold forward and B and occasionally click the jump button

>>712619362
what was his name again?

>>712616419
ghosts show up when it rains
rain is clouds comming down
the sky has clouds
the ghosts are in the sky

>>712640682
this ost sounds fucking nuts

One thing I really didn't like in the first one was how developing the roads and ziplines took a lot of the friction out of the game. Building a zipline area in the snowy mountains was great but using it was so boring. It also feels at odds with the themes of connection/alienations. Building tools to connect leaves you with nothing and makes the game more boring than walking alone. It's greatest accomplishment was it made walking entertaining.

>>712638183
you are forced to kill that thing like once or twice over the course of a 150hr game.

it was always better to just run from the BT "bosses" since once they despawn the BT area disappears as well. never a reason to kill them.

>>712640729
It degrades vehicles.

>>712640729
>it doesnt affect vehicles thats the problem
It does. I lost the first bike you get from the distro center guy to timefall when I left it in the rain to sneak past BTs.

>>712640174
You have no soul

>>712640950
But if you want those LLL ranks you have to build ziplines all over the map. It's the only way to make the time limits.
The game's all about connecting people and building a transport network to connect their settlements.

>>712641041
>>712641042
as long as you don't leave the vehicle out in the open and go find another then your vehicle is immune to timefall destruction. it's like your car in gta, it remembers it so it doesnt get despawned during a cutscene or when you look away. the timefall only does cosmetic damage and reduces the hp but you won't take hp unless you get shot at or a BT hits your car so it doesnt matter.

>>712640729
>it doesnt affect vehicles thats the problem
it sure as hell does, wtf are you talking about?

>>712640682
This may sound retarded but did DS1 even have an OST beyond the Low Roar tracks the game occasionally played for you? I honestly can't remember if the game actually had any in game music.

>>712641130
I get that it's in the systems, I just don't think it translates to playing it.

Did you enjoy driving on roads and ziplining everywhere? You just go past everything.

>>712629189
anon.. DS1 was literally saved by PC in regards to sale numbers.

>>712641130
>tfw finally completing my giga web connecting literally every single settlement to my zip chain
There's no better feeling.

>>712641130
>floating carrier on zipline
Director's cut babby. You don't even know real deliveries.

>>712641331
Dude the game has hours of original soundtrack by Ludvig. And it is really fucking good.

https://youtu.be/1bMzMoOM9yQ

>>712641331
type on jewtube "ludvig forssell death stranding" this is the main composer

>>712641462
Yes, there's a lot of satisfaction in going through a previously hostile zone that's now been fully mastered.

>>712641251
Wrong. Timefall can never destroy your vehicle unless you abandon it.

>>712637627
>all the meta positions of bridges and jumps was already mapped out
Who the fuck would do this?
Idk man, I came into DS1 late and there were a lot of things I put down that got likes. It's not like it's an MMO, there's a weird system where you only see a fraction of the structures

>>712623836
It's an action adventure game. People meme that is a walking simulator with no gameplay outside of walking, but you find resources, build and weapons/vehicles, fight agains bosses, etc.

>>712641574
I have nearly 100 hours on the original >>712640110 And yes, the Director's Cut is superior except for the lack of Monster Energy
>>712641462
It's satisfying to use the network you've built, especially at the end game trying to knock out the LLL deliveries. At some point I'll probably finish the rest of them, maybe before 2 comes to PC.

>>712641627
>stranding
I'm surprised they haven't announced an original score by Ludvig yet for DS2.... like what's going on here? they only announced the world concert tour which Ludvig will take part in but no real DS2 score... seriously why?

>>712624083
Isn't there one mission where you actually deliver pizza?

>>712641681
It's not tamed, anon, you are just avoiding it. Your road and zipline system is build with fear.

>>712641707
No you are wrong, it sure as hell can. Drive around in the rain for a while and your shit will start to decay

>>712641938
>one

>>712641946
Sorry you feel that way but that's not how I see it.

The game should drop excess deliveries and ranks. All of my fun in 1 was that journey, getting from A to B. Once I conquered the journey, doing deliveries and ranks, going back to the same places and paths was boring.

>>712622084
She's the extinction entity

>>712641627
>>712641632
I guess it's the kind of OST that's so laid back and ambient that it just fades into the experience. It probably did enhance the vibe a lot but doesn't really stand out enough for me to remember it specifically.

>>712640939
can't wait to 5 star Peko-chan's deliveries

>>712622775
it's pretty much confirmed

>>712631743

>>712642437
I figured Peko is like Aloy in DS1, just an easter egg hologram, not an actual character in the game.

>>712642437
What will she give us if we 5 star her cute little bunny ass?

>>712642394
There are lots of hard hitting tracks like this

https://youtu.be/QqMU3VcG7TA
https://youtu.be/XHnKXwpgZ2g
https://youtu.be/31eM9BST3OY

>>712642554
she's confirmed a character

Im just wondering when it's coming to PC, I hope it's soon.

>>712642554
She's more like the Conan of DS2

>>712642593
you'll be able to spam TNT across the map

>>712640520
Give it a try (it's on gamepass and obtainable by other means)
If you don't like it by the time you reach Port Knot City at the end of the Eastern region, you'll know the game isn't for you, but it encapsulate's the entire game's vibe very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3POaulo2rQ

>>712642942
The greatest videogame moment of the decade

>>712620220
Literally just play music separately through the ps4 you retard

>>712642942
funny enough i didn't quite enjoy it that much by the time i reached the Port Knot part but i stuck with it and then i enjoyed it a lot in the 2nd map and beyond.

>>712622775
>>712642472
The fact that her name is Tomorrow kind of makes it obvious. If Sam is today his daughter will naturally be tomorrow.

>>712614596 (OP)
>Me on june 24

>>712643538
>Me on presumably January 24, 2026
As much as I'd like to play DS2, I'm not buying a PS5 for one game.

>>712643342
but there is so so much more to this game, knowing this changes absolutely nothing. Kojima purposely gave us these very obvious hints cause it's not that big of a deal

>>712625963
Brother, please tell me you have watched the French Dispatch

I remember when DS1 came out you got an un skippable cutscene every time you entered a BT area. It was one of the worst game designs decisions i've ever seen and i'm still baffled the game shipped with it.

>>712643713
I didn't say it was a bad thing. I kind of just assumed it wasn't actually even supposed to be a twist. I'm retarded and the Cliff twist caught me way off guard. I did not see that shit coming.

>>712643743
>i'm still baffled the game shipped with it
Because it's a Hideo Kojima Game™.

>>712614596 (OP)
Starfield will forever make me mad. It had potential in a few different directions, but instead it was a bunch of half baked nothing mechanics and no real vision.
Say what you want about Death Stranding, its not for everyone, but Kojima knew what he wanted to make and he made it well

>>712643730
NTA but just looked up her nude scene.... well goddamn, nice

>>712643743
I bet it was because of braindead playtesters repeatedly running into BTs without noticing. It should have been optional on release though.

>>712641965
Read the message again carefully.

It can never DESTROY a vehicle unless you abandon it. Cosmetic damage is not DESTROYING.

>>712644027
>running into BTs without noticing
How can you not notice your dead baby hand having a stroke?

>>712639919
most of them are shit and detract from the comfy parts

>>712644463
That's too subtle for the average gamer who is used to having a UI filled with semen meters and shit explaining what is happening.

>>712635578
Americans have the strangest fantasies

>>712639919
You get most of Higgs by watching the cutscenes and Higgs was the best part of the game.

>>712644216
Playtesters are the reason phones now alert you when a baby is crying. There are actually people on this planet too retarded to hear babies cry, a basic human instinct.

>>712640501
NTA but using shitposter as an excuse to tell the truth is the best way to ruin their shitposting.

>>712645019
Based

>>712645051
>phones are listening all the time now

>>712640649
I guess that's how you know you are in Australia.

>>712645163
>now

>>712641130
Always considered Zipline to be horribly cheated.

We shouldn't be able to use them with any cargo outside the backpack, let alone the floating carrier.

>>712614596 (OP)
omw

>>712645452
>let alone the floating carrier.
Yeah, this is bullshit and wasn't there in the original game. Completely trivializes everything.

Predict metacritic score, I’m thinking 88-92

>>712645452
The worst part about them was that I was going for completion until I finished building the network and then immediately lost all interest to play the game

>>712645659
>then immediately lost all interest to play the game
This. Building the ziplines was exhausting. I never want to play this fucking game again. I got 15 of the challenge deliveries done and decided enough was enough.

>>712645731
you shouldnt have been building ziplines outside of that zone with heartman and the geologist. and maybe the guy on top of the mountain. everything else you can reach wtih road+truck

t. 100%'d the game

>>712645909
You cannot drive a truck across the map in 5 minutes.

>>712645452
>when you zip around with 150kg of cargo plus your bodyweight hanging on one arm

>>712645954
not really relevant because you are increasing the amount of trips. i was getting a full star rating for a lot of the outposts in one trip

>>712646102
Sam has bones of steel.

>>712646170
There are LLL deliveries that go across the map where you have to deliver the cargo in under 5 minutes. You can only do it with ziplines. Did you not do any of the challenges?

>I'M FAST AS FUCK BOIIII

>>712645909
>t. 100%'d the game
Show 540 LLL ranking.

The combat is excellent; most people just don't experiment or try out all the different mechanics.
The vehicles are good, people just try going up their very first steep snowy slope in the Truck, and when they can't hold forward in a straight line, they bitch and moan.
Roads and Ziplines while very satisfying to buid a fully connected network, ultimately are trash and make the game extremely boring, taking the gameplay out of the game.
Metal Gear had the tranquiliser gun; well this game has the Tranquiliser Grenade Launcher. If you are too trash to stealth properly, just use this, it makes all camps a joke.
For BT bosses the game literally tells you the best way to take them out; shooting through blood clouds onto blood patches, and yet shitters ignore it.

>>712646250
why would you do those?

>>712647146
>100%ed the game
>but didn't actually do everything

>>712647318
Leaderboards are faggot shit.

>>712646948
Setting up infrastructure for efficient deliveries is the gameplay. That's the end goal of the game, it's not meant to be a game where you have to walk around forever.

>>712647318
you're not required to do those to get max star ratings so why would i care?

no leaks then? no raiden plot twist kino?
kojima is washed fr fr

>>712647645
That's fine, but you did not, by any measure, 100% the game. Bet you didn't even get 100% of the achievements.

>>712646948
that is fucking impressive
you have more time in the recently that i have in the whole game

>>712647776
>caring about achivements
Fuck off zoom zoom.

>>712641130

Out of the 540 Standard orders, about 20or so actually need vehicles and ziplines for the LLL rank. The rest can be done by foot using all sort of other structures, like jump ramps, bridges, chiral birdges etc, combined with the level 3 stabilizer.
A bit ago I tried a full 540LLL playthrough Offline on Very Hard while build no Roads/Vehicles/Ziplines and managed around 510+ LLL ranks. It was a lot of fun figuring out how to do all those timed orders. Was much better than relying on my zipline network. Actually had to engage with the mechanics of the game.

>>712640842
hardest dickman, you newfag
princess bitch was made for him

>>712646948
I wish I could upvote this post, what a legend.

>>712648058
>jump ramps
What are those? I don't even remember that being a thing.

Death Stranding was a 7/10 if I'm being charitable (like most MGS games), but the thing where people who never played it call it a walking sim or ask stupid questions about ""confusing"" plot that got explained in the first hour of the game make want to act like it's amazing and defend it out of pure contrarianism to fight the retardation (much like MGS)

>>712648058

if you did not get the platinum before March 2020 you didn't beat the game

>>712648339
DS is easily the best game of the past 10 years.

>>712648105
>hardest dickman
It's Dick Hardman, you dummy.

>>712648307
they are ramps with little lights on then
if you pass with a car or running they boost your speed
fastest way to travell big holes and rivers whiout having to expend a lot of resources with bridges and shit

ngl this hit me in the feels

>>712648524
Must've been something added, they definitely weren't there when I played at launch.

>>712648431
Maybe, it's one of the only new games I've played this decade. I liked it more than Vampire Survivors.

I look forward to building all the structures and a better future fellow bros, we'll get it done

>>712648576
!ENDING SPOILER!

Don't watch if you still want to play Death Stranding.

>>712648658
Keep on keeping on!

>>712648631
didn't they add motorcycles and shit in the diretor's cut?
I never played that version

>>712648631
They're new in the Director's Cut.
https://www.ign.com/articles/death-stranding-directors-cut-biggest-changes
>>712648781
Motorcycles, or trikes rather, were always there. They added a roadster mostly for the time trial races they added.

>>712614596 (OP)
allahamdoulilah can't wait to play it brothers

>>712648256
Thanks man. Also fellow Mars Red Enjoyer!

>>712648658
We're not ready.

>>712648576
I was tearing up real solid during the last hour or so

Can you get the outfit from the prologue back later?
The bridges gear looks fucking gay as fuck.

>>712648940
I know but hope dies last

>>712649135
No, but you can make the Bridge's outfit white later so it's pretty close.

>>712649135
No, you can only install a mod for it on the PC version. The grey porter outfit is real good for sure.

>>712648576
oh shit i never saw the strand before

>>712648982
The ending was so well made and so emotional, I also watched a lot of reactions of streamers on youtube, a lot of them cried. How can you finish this game and not say "Wow, that was kino"... also i'm pretty sure some ADHD zoomer retards definitely stopped playing when the fake credits came up so they never experienced the real ending kek

>>712649209
>>712649275

ilove this game

>>712645535
man those mountains were fucking amazing and frustrating at the same time

>>712649209
Why you got blank space on your customised backpack. What kind of insane person are you?

>>712649478
They were very well done and actually felt like you were trudging through a snowy mountaintop rather than just being some inclined geometry.

A NULUUU A NULUUUUDENNN AAAAAA
A NULUUU A NULUUUUDENNN AAAAAA

>>712614596 (OP)
Im exceedingly jealous, snoytannies
enjoy

>>712649414
You can mod it back in if it: https://www.nexusmods.com/deathstranding/mods/69

>>712630715
>Walking :|
>Walking, Japan :D

>>712649885
Wait this game is Japanese? Why's it full of American actors and published by Sony then?

>>712614781
That's not the point of these games. The gameplay is all about logistics and hiking simulation.

>>712614596 (OP)
>imagine that feeling when you come home to your ship after a long delivery mission, talking to your crew members, upgrading your stuff, taking a shower and nap etc.

it's going to be so kino porter bros

I don't have a PS5...

>>712650169
Since there's a section for Drawbridge Support in the weapon wheel, I wonder if we'll be able to call in the Magellan as fire support. That'd be sick. You can see it one of the trailers hovering near a mule camp.

>>712650169
Kojima cooked so hard with this game, the fact that they added this ship which isn't just in cutscenes... jesus christ, game of the fucking generation

>>712650328
Yeh man, us PC chuds gotta wait 6 months minimum; while the Snoybros get to have all the fun
Also how the fuck am I supposed to use the internet now without some faggotuber spoiling this shit in the thumbnails...

>>712650679
Yes! Also different crew members, it says "01" when you choose Dollman so maybe we can also get support from Tomorrow? if yes she will probably be like Quiet in MGSV. What else is there? can we even call in tarkitty? what role will it play?... so many questions... 9 days for early access, almost there

>>712623836
Yes. The gameplay is literally optimizing your carry routes. So basically the better you play, the less gameplay you have to suffer lmao.

Kojimbo at it again.

>>712623836

This track goes fucking stupid man. Ludvig and Woodkid cooked hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYO_RrY7-Gk

>>712651257

You faggots are unironically exited for this shit?

>>712648982
>made up scenario in his head about |''current'' generation from ages ago| to be angry at
lmao

Death Stranding is a literal NPC filter
Either you have the indomitable human spirit and enjoy it, or you're a slave-mind and don't

>>712651257
Not listening to this before I finished the game, I wanna experience it for the first time in-game, music is such a big part of Death Stranding but i'm sure it also doesn't really ruin anything if you listen to it now but still I'll wait, we're so close

>>712650825
Luckily we avoided getting spoiled last time because snoyfags didn't know they had gold in their hands and all the hype died immediately until it released on pc
Hopefully we can trust in their tastelessness again, but I doubt it, consolefags are cattle and like being told what to think, they now feel as if they have permission to enjoy OUR game.

I can't believe kojima betrayed us like this.

>>712651517
>My favorite pile of shit is NPC filter

>>712641938
There's 3, increasingly bizarre and difficult. The guy ordering them is the villian, it's entirely just him fucking with you.

>>712651618
Hopefully it bombs on PS5 just like the first game did on PS4 so Kojima stops doing this PS exclusive nonsense. Nobody gave a flying fuck about DS1 until it came to PC.

>>712651517
You definitely need to have a higher IQ compared to the average zoomer to really understand and appreciate this game, unfortunately this shithole is filled with low IQ zoomer trash these days

>>712651714
It solid millions on PS4.

Okay Kojima, you've convinced me I'm finishing the game.

>>712624365
I wish they leaned more into Sam just being a "normal guy". Remove all the extinction entity bullshit and just make it minimalist story about a guy connecting everyone's wifi and learning to overcome his autism and make friends along the way.The game is sometimes magical when you're just exploring the terrain and listening to the music but then Kojima has to ruin it with some retarded exposition about stone age fossils or whatever wikipedia article he's currently obsessed with. It just doesn't work.

>>712651917
And yet it got horrible reviews while on PC it was met with an overwhelmingly positive response.
I bet the Mac version sold more than PS4 too.

>>712651618
if there is a major twist like a second playable character you will get spoiled on day 1 on this, like there is no way you can avoid it

>>712651023
Kojima is currently editing another 10 minute trailer so he will probably spoil something crazy like DS2 has a Buddy system like MGSV or Neil is the second playable character, I feel like him showing the cutscene at SGF where he Saif he was a porter could be a hint towards that.

>>712651448
Sorry this is not the cool kidz aisle

>>712651714
Death Stranding actually sold quite well after an initial slow start.

>>712651990
Remember, don't get filtered. Keep on keeping on!

>>712652085
He already said in his podcast people will go "WHAT?" in the middle of the trailer so he might reveal something big butI can't resist man, Kojima trailers are always so special and a huge part of the hype cycle

>>712652009
What in the hell is going on with that screenshot, is it pre-alpha or something. You are obviously up near Elder looking down at the mule camp, but thats not what it looks like in game.

>>712652017
>I bet the Mac version sold more than PS4 too.
Didn't even know this was a thing. Unless you've got a Mac Pro that you upgraded the GPU in, there's not a single Mac that can even run the game. They probably sold 12 copies, max.

>>712629627
Starfield is so fucking ugly. Even Fallout 4 looks better somehow.

>>712652429
>ynr the MGSV hype cycle when Kojima literally spoiled every single cutscene before the game even came out.

>>712652240
this include PS+ and free EGS promo

>>712652017
It had mostly positive reviews on PS4 and sold 3 million. He's not going to start making day one multiplat games as he needs a publisher like Sony willing to fund his weird shit.

>>712652562
I would try it on my M4 mini just to see how well it runs, but you have to buy it again on the App Store, the Steam version's only for Windows.
I miss when buying a game on Steam got you the game for all platforms.

>>712652562
it run on iphone

>>712652685
82 is absolute dogshit compared to any of the mainline Metal Gear averages, Kojimmy loved to wax pretentious and say it was good that DS1 got a mixed reception but deep down it hurt him inside.

worth to buy a ps5, the game then sell it back?

>>712652249
I was halfway done I believe and enjoying it, I guess what killed my run was my autism compelling me to always keep the roads fully repaired, I just wish they didn't decay at all.

>>712652836
Nah, just wait 6 months, maybe even less this time.

>>712652810
that's exactly what he was aiming for you retard

>>712652850
>I just wish they didn't decay at all.
You don't have to repair them, others will. I always throw spare materials into roads when I go down them.
Stuff decays, it's a metaphor for life.

>>712652810
Death Stranding has a 92 on Steam.

It is simply a high IQ game.

>>712652810
I don't care about your arbitrary comparisons. The game sold well on PS4 and most people loved it.

>>712652524
It's just a heavily compressed wallpaper that I downloaded.

>>712652810
Yeah, he realized how retarded people are because the idiots who liked MGS because they saw it as a series about shooting people never got to the part in Death Stranding where you can start shooting people.

>>712653184
Americans are great fans of the first person shooter and Death Stranding is not

>>712647776
>achievements
again, not part of the game, just some steam account shit for retards.

100%'ing the game means completing all the outposts, not jumping thru some hoops for steam account stats or some ingame leaderboard shit that don't matter

>>712652810
The director's cut (PC/PS5) got 85. For something new and unique, that is set to filter many gamers, it's a pretty good rating.

>>712652810
80 is a good score meaning that it filtered much of the retards.

90+ metacritic usually means the normies love it so it's usually indicative of compromised design or journo pandering

>>712653374
No, 100% means you completed everything. That's 540 LLL orders and all achievements. You don't have to 100% the game, that's fine, but simply getting 5 stars is not enough to consider it 100%.

>>712653374
>100%'ing the game means whatever I want it to mean, not actually 100%ing the game

>>712632291
nta, but hell yeah I hadn't thought of that

>>712653586
>>712653643
FUCK OFF, I WILL NOT MAKE A FUCKING STEAM ACCOUNT FOR YOUR FUCKING ZOOMER EGO. I 100%ED THE FUCKING GAME! DIE! DIE! DIE!

it's been like 5 years from release of the game and i've been playing it for 60h and going into a lot of threads on /v/ over the years and still haven't been spoiled on the story
i think it's because most people in those threads just focus on BRO IT'S JUST WALKING SIMULATOR LOL and argue about some irrelevant shit, while game has so much stuff in there that nobody ever mentions
i feel bad for people who never decided to play it because all they've ever heard was WALKING SIMULATOR LOL

>>712654018
The best part is the walking simulator part. The story's convoluted and 2deep4u to really care about it.