Thread 712731220

Is this Walking Simulator worth playing? Oddly enough, I've only heard good things about it online. One comment that I remember someone on /v/ said that this game is the perfect example of the phrase "it gets good after 20 hours"

Why don't you go to YouTube and form an opinion yourself from what you can gather? Fucking children

It's great and if it takes you 20h to see it, it's probably not for you.

>>712731220 (OP)
If you have to ask then this isn't a game for you

>>712731426
Sorry for asking. Next time, I'll just post off-topic Rule34 porn with a stupid, time-wasting question

>>712731220 (OP)
Yes I trolled it for months after gameplay was revealed but then played it and it ended up being my GOTY and basically game of the Gen after Bloodborne. Don't think 2 needs to exist at all but we'll see

>>712731220 (OP)
If you can put up with Kojimas usual 40 minutes long exposition dump, its actually pretty good.

I haven’t played it but it looks gay. Do with that information what you will.

>>712731951
I played MGSV, and I hated the one hour long unskippable intro. I don't know if this information helps

Play it.

>>712731220 (OP)
Yes. Traversal is the bulk of gameplay, it's not simply holding forward but assessing terrain and navigating.
There's nothing quite like it so it's impossible to know if you'll like it without trying.

>>712731220 (OP)
I loved it. Ignore all precautions and go full send on your routes for the optimal experience.

>>712731220 (OP)
>is the perfect example of the phrase "it gets good after 20 hours"
I'd say it's more that it becomes a masterpiece after 20 hours. It's good from the get go.

>>712731220 (OP)
>Is this Walking Simulator worth playing?
Considering you don't know anything about it but you already fell for the "it's a walking simulator" meme, the answer is no, I mean this in every way possible, you are too retarded to play a game like this.

i must be fucking crazy, the games /v/ likes I think are mid, the games /v/ hates, I think are actually pretty okay. why does /v/ like so much stuff that insists upon itself?

19/20 Death Stranding players will not get this meme.

>>712732060
I mean mgsv is considered by far the worst mgs because that's the only info dump in the game. That doesn't help. So you've never played any mgs outside of V? Every other mgs has tons of 40-2hr long cut scenes. Mgs4 is 8 hours of cutsxenes and 2 gameplay. People dislike V because there wasn't more.

>>712732339
Well, this place is full of SJW redditors, if that helps

>>712732460
idk what happened after covid but it feels like that + a shit ton more schizos. I'll get some good discussion though but it's very rare. even the niche boards are filled with schizos or closed minded artwhores

>>712732339
>stuff that insists upon itself?
What does this mean in the context of Death Stranding

>>712732460
>>712732618
Newfags detected.
This place has been a shithole for 22 years.

>>712732692
>What does this mean
NTA but.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYAi5aI_NPc

DS is a game where you’ll know if it’s for you within an hour of playing. It is a bit of a slog until chapter 3, however. It doesn’t “take 20 hours to get good”, but after chapter 3, it gets exponentially better than it already was.

>>712731220 (OP)
Only retards think that. It gets 2 hours in after you get through the 2 hours of cutscenes before you can actually play the game.

>>712732703
Being "bad" is not equivalent to getting "worse". Things can be bad and it can also get worse.

>walking simulator
all these years later, people don't realize this is a meme. you get the motorcycle within 2 hours of starting the game.

>>712733074
Yeah, DS is a delivery sim. the goal is getting from point A to point B with cargo that you want to deliver in either good condition or in little time, or both. The gameplay is figuring out how to effectively do that and executing those plans with the numerous tools the game puts at your disposal while also reacting to the hazards the game puts in your path.

It’s very atmospheric, honestly.

>>712733074
Honestly I wish the game forced you to walk more, usually it's better to use the bike in almost all cases, you can even jank your way up rocks thanks to the physics

>>712733240
Well said. Also you are disincentivised to kill people, less you want to cremate their corpses.

Its not. Its a "interactive cinematic experience" for the same kind of millenial normalfags who think the last of us, dad of boy or hellblade 2 are the best shit ever. Doesn't help that it was mainly carried by amerimut celebrity worship culture.

>>712733471
Does a voidout of random mules result in game over? I actually have never used a lethal weapon

>>712731220 (OP)
it get goods straight away. you feel a depth of tone and themes immediately that you simply don't get in any other games of the same scale. sure the game has it faults like the side missions become tedious but on the whole, it's just fantastic. for all of his self indulgent flaws, kojima still provides you with the unique experience you are longing for.

>>712733378
>I haven't played it: the post

>>712733723
See: Amerimutt celebrity worship.

>>712733834
>I haven't played it: the post
how ironic

>>712733859
Movement simulator would be a good description but delivery is still better

>>712733623
No, a crater will appear, you can watch it on YouTube, they can even get into BT zone themselves and explode regardless of your actions

>>712733074
yes, and 10 minutes later you get transported to a new zone where there are rocks everywhere and you cant use it

>>712733623
Yes, it does. About 6 hours of in-game time is how long it takes. People will bitch at you on the radio throughout that time. Don't worry, though, once the voidout happens, you are prompted to reload your last safe (which could be literally a minute ago) and as a sanity check, the game will delete any corpses you've created when you load that save. So really, aside from the song and dance of the void out and reload, there's no hard locking, game ending aspect to killing people.

Another fag with a question
Can you skip all the intro shit? I got 10 hours in years ago before I had shit to do. Now I wanna give it another go but I remember the intro and tutorial taking fucking hours

>>712733056
>Being "bad" is not equivalent to getting "worse"
If an argument exists only in your head, that's where it should stay. I neither said bar or worse. So whatever the fuck you think you're saying, you're not saying it to me, faggot.

>>712733623
No it just nukes the map, you should try it it's interesting.

>>712733859
I'll never get tired of how janky the physics in Death Stranding are. I haven't actually looked at much gameplay of DS2 since I want to go in unspoiled. Did they improve on the vehicle physics at all?

>>712734085
You can skip every cutscene. You obviously still need to do the missions but the actual cutscenes themselves can be skipped. Death Stranding is INSANELY frontloaded and backloaded with cutscenes. You get like 2 hours on either end and then like 5 hours in total throughout the entire game in between, maybe even less.

>>712731220 (OP)
It's Boktai about rain. Bokame?

If you're a pretentious npc who plays shit games because other pretentious redditors said it was good then you'll enjoy it

>>712734185
being a shithole doesn't mean it can't get shittier.

>>712733623
>Does a voidout of random mules result in game over?
No. A voidout only happens in "boss" zones. (Where BTs drag you off to when you get caught to have you fight a large BT) You get a game over if they try dragging you into a crater though. When BTs don't have a combat zone to drag you off into, a golden BT will spawn instead and that one catching you will result in a game over.
>>712734083
This guy is a retard don't listen to him.

>>712734396
Again, you're arguing against some kind of mental gymnastics scenario that exist only in your head, you can reiterate your schizo crashout all you want, I still won't understand it because I can't read minds and if I could I wouldn't read the shithole that is yours.

>>712734504
im so confused but i'd recommend reading this manga instead of playing this trash game

>>712734693
Looks like trash

>>712734693
The game isn't trash, the only trash here is you.

>>712734413
Wow, you never actually tried just killing mules, I guess? That's what causes the voidouts as described by the person you erroneously called a retard.

>>712735771
Didn't ask, and you ARE a fucking retard. I didn't call you a retard erroneously, I called you a retard because you are retarded and said something incorrect. Retard. And I guarantee you I played more and tried more things in this game than your bitch ass.

>>712731220 (OP)
I gave it the 20hrs and no it dosn't get better. dont get me wrong I enjoyed my playthrough but if you felt bored during the first few delivieres then thats it. as fine as the game is anyone who says it's 'such a good game' or 'you will enjoy it 20 hours in' is a fucking moron.

>>712738816
I get it. You autistically played on one way the whole game and never experimented. You're full of shit.

>>712733859
Ok, sorry, jumping simulator.

>>712741196
and now it's a snowboarding simulator, huh? retard

>>712738816
how embarrassing

>>712731220 (OP)
Get the director's cut. Original always felt kinda stripped down orrrrrr like there wasn't enough time to implement more crap. i mean, i love it but felt like some stuff was missing

>>712742483
The directors cut is free if you have the original

>>712743235
Where? I think the original is not sold anymore.

>>712743484
Idk. I bought the og on PS4 on release. And then when I played it again years later on my PS5 is prompted me to instal the Director's Cut

>>712743235
on ps4?

It's a holocaust simulator, I declared another region Mulenfrei today.

>>712743783
nvm

>>712731220 (OP)
How much tolerance do you have for meandering psuedointellectual babble and gratuitous actor cameos?

>>712734053
literal skill issue

>>712744657
I think it's because hardly anyone is actively playing anymore.

>>712734708
anon stop looking at baby butt

>>712733240
the game is also about spamming RPGs at giant golden space whales

>11 more days
Every day get's harder and harder bros...

>>712734708
>someone had to model and animate this cause there are no mocap suits for babies
kek

>>712745131
and it'll take even longer before anyone can properly rip and rig up the elle fanning character model for solid porn animations

>>712732286
It's literally a walking simulator. That's why it's so good. It's a AAA fully developed walking simulator. It's not something else with a lot of walking, it's just a game about walking with fleshed out walking mechanics.

>>712745789
what the fuck are you talking about?
it's literally just MGSV with all the trademarked shit stripped out and has unironically more varied combat than MGSV did

>>712744657
Probably because everyone builds their own ziplines accross the mountains.

>ok, so, i have this chracter
>he is a man with a heart condition
>he has a heart attack every 21 minutes
>also he lives by a crater shaped like a heart
>his name is Heartman

>>712746282
BROVO KOJIMA

>>712746282
this is the guy allegedly proving that games are art btw

>>712731220 (OP)
if you are on pc the 2019 console graphics are unimpressive so the exploration feels meh and there isn't much else to do really

>>712732181
can anyone confirn??

>>712746960
He’s said he doesn’t consider games art.

>>712746381
kojima gave up and made it an action game i see

>>712731220 (OP)
if you were able to play MGS4, its the same thing but actually with more gameplay

>>712746381
>>712747392
combat still sucks, you'll be in men us half the time, they should have copied MGS5, unless they fixed it but even in the live gameplay, the dev was also in the menus more than not

when is summer sale? I wanna buy this game

>>712747536
It's on sale now

>>712747392
nice to let everyone know that you never played the first game

>>712747616
but will it be on sale during summer sale?

It is the 2001 Space Odyssey of gaming, take that as you will.

>>712747392
He should have gone all in and made it a fighting game instead.

>>712746381
Already better driving than Cyberpunk 2077. It even has a jumping out animation.

>>712747751
There will definitely be a rematch in DS2

>>712747630
first one had some action but kojima himself said that he turned it up in 2, anon. nice to let everyone know that you're not keeping up with the interviews or promotional material of the second game

>>712731220 (OP)
It depends on your taste. If you like interactive experiences, you might find this game interesting.
If you're someone who likes more complex gameplay, then there's not much there for you.
It's a walking simulator + job simulator with a completely ridiculous but entertaining story behind it. Good graphics, several celebrities in 3D with typical video game terrible facial expressions, and a very immersive and opressive atmosphere. But there's no complexity whatsoever. It's a game for casual players and/or people who enjoy interactive experiences.

>>712748857
>some action
it was a fucking action game already, a third person shooter

>>712747392
Considering that he recently said most of the people who played it absolutely loved it he probably made the right choice in adding more action.

>>712731220 (OP)
It's a stupid boring longwinded vapid walking sim that fails to deliver on horror meaning gameplay or vibes. The delivery mechanics aren't gamified nearly enough and the "strand" system actually destroys what little gameplay there is to find. I don't even feel like the cool factor was used appropriately and you're fucking alone for the whole game it's insanely boring. Kojima loves this romantic moody brotherhood vibe yet there aren't little details that are as cool as learning to flick a lighter open or playing strand hacky sack if that makes sense. You don't start fires or pitch a strand tent there's no borrowing your friends strand vespa or meeting up with other players near a strand bonfire during timefall. It's fucking boring.

>>712749526
>walking sim

>>712741364
boxing simulator rip-off

>>712749217
you're lying through your teeth to say that death stranding is pure action game

>>712749854
I was literally annoyed by how often I had to gun down all the stupid looking giant monsters and then ending is doing that for like 3 hours with even gianter monsters and then it becomes tekken

There's nothing else like it, I loved it but I'm also a sucker for Kojima games.

>>712731220 (OP)
It's great for the "Strand" mechanics and its pretty unique gameplay loop, unfortunately it suffers from the same damn problem that MGSV has in that it has a boring repetitive mission structure and pads itself out to hell and back
I want DS2 to be amazing but it will most likely suffer from the same problem as the previous two, Kojima simply isn't good at making open world games, they should focus on making games like Ground Zeroes and PT, bite sized experiences that still felt compelling and gripping like MGS 1-3.

>>712748003
I want to gouge his eyes out, Sam Porter-style.

>>712731220 (OP)
>"it gets good after 20 hours"
No, if you don't enjoy the first ~5 hours (excluding the dreadful Capital Knot cutscenes, those are bad but the game frontloads a lot of exposition there), it doesn't get appreciably better. I like it, but I think people oversell the late game as radically different.
>>712747320
Yeah, routing is for pussies.

>>712745789
>walking simulator
I don't know why people call it this, because the main activity is not walking. The main activities are delivering shit and building transport networks. You actually drive and zoom across zip lines a lot more than you walk.

>>712731426
oh look, another autistic sperg that doesn't realize you can get new information by asking other people about their opinions.

>>712731220 (OP)
>Walking Simulator
It's a Deliveryman Simulator
>someone on /v/ said that this game is the perfect example of the phrase "it gets good after 20 hours"
Yeah that's accurate. The first area is the most boring one, it gets way better after you get to Lake Knot City.

>>712731220 (OP)
Yes, it's a very good video game. The game immediately gets much more fun after you leave the first area, and that took me about three hours or so.

The setting is awesome. I wasn't so sure if I would like it when the game started and bombarded me with exposition, but it quickly grew on me.
The game takes a similar approach that MGSV did with its audio tapes and has boatloads of additional story stuff for you to take-in via emails and written interviews with various characters. You can't absorb it all as passively as you can in MGSV since none of it is voiced over, but I thought it was pretty enjoyable reading.
Kojima's dev team managed to make reading emails and sipping caffeine before you head out for work somehow feel fun.

>>712753783
the difference is that Death Stranding also has actual cutscenes, MGSV had like a total 10 minutes of cutscenes across 60 hours, the tapes in that game were a crutch

>>712753865
Nah, they're about the same. DS is worse actually, the "tapes" are text logs this time.

>>712734708
diddygatari ahh game

I was playing this last night and sang a song with another Sam via a piss mushroom while I soaked in a hot spring with a dog-paddling pod baby.

It's an exceptionally good video game.

>>712754405
based

>>712734053
>and you can't use it
Not with that attitude

>>712754207
>nah they're about the same
no, they aren't
death stranding has an appropriate amount of cutscenes

>>712756937
That terrain truly is a beauty

>>712757076
I'm playing through it right now and I've played MGSV 3 or so times, amount of cutscenes is the same. Most of chapter 3 and 6 were just "go to prepper 1 then 2 then 3" with no cutscenes or anything like some of the more "gamey" levels in MGSV

>>712756937
DS truck webms are GOATED

>>712757596
I've played through MGSV five or six times and DS twice
They are not comparable at all
If you didn't even beat Death Stranding yet, then shut the fuck up about this topic you utter nigger

>>712731220 (OP)
I thought it was a walking simulator too until I played it and it actually turned out decent

>>712758047
GET IT TOGETHER MAN

>>712757973
The cutscenes are shit anyway, suck a dog knot you faggot

>>712758131
GOD DAMN IT MAN

>>712758276
WHAT THE HELL SAM

>>712758434
Fuck your champagne glasses and FUCK YOU

>>712746282
Still not as bad as Hot Coldman, the guy that wanted to make the cold war go hot.

>>712758517
FUCK YOU SAM AND FUCK BRIDGES

>>712758276
>>712758434
>>712758517
>>712758851
gay faggots

>>712758851
>beat the shit out of you with broken ps4 cargo on the beach
Nothing personnal

>>712759003
>I AM THE PARTICLE OF GO-AIEEEEEEE

>>712749281
>most of the people who played it absolutely loved
The people: shills, journo shills, dorito pope, B-tiers actors and Kojima himself

>>712731220 (OP)
I got sick of it during the snow mountain part. Ziplines were a terrible idea.

>>712759170
Kino fight

>>712731220 (OP)
It's pretentious trash.

>>712731426
>Fucking children
Happy to!

>>712759262
>Getting a little touchy feely there Mr. aphenphosmphobia....

>>712758047
KEK

>>712759394
KEK

>>712731220 (OP)
death stranding is the only actual walking simulator. the so-called walking simulators people bitch about are actually art galleries. death stranding is more of a true simcade walking sim. the first area isn't bad imo, the game just opens up more once you leave it. fundamentally if you don't enjoy the first 20 hours you're not gonna enjoy the back 80

>>712759520
>see higgs for the first time
>think wow what a fucking faggot
>by the end of the game he is my favorite character
His sick design also helps

>>712759218
And? They're the only ones who have played it and thus the only opinion we currently have to speculate on the game with.

I finally hunkered down and in the last 3 days I finally 5 starred all of the bunkers.

>>712757916
>falls out of the truck with someone attached to his back
THat's some funny shit lmao

>>712759170
Well, I don't remember being able to sidestep like that. I just ran like a retard from his bullets

>>712760040
He's gonna steal the show in DS2

Will he be able to live up to Cliff?

>>712760819
I prefer terrorist Higgs than Kiss Higgs, but I trust Kojima to take me home.

>>712760859
Fucking impossible because Mads is /ourguy/

>>712760819
He’s also gonna steal Lou’s virginity

>>712760873
Kojima said that Sam will constantly run into him even more so than DS1 and he will sing Also there is a delivery where you carry his coffin and you will be able to use his guitar.

>>712761041
He sang BB’s theme in the reveal trailer
https://youtu.be/WOmTBfDD6a4?si=fYP_2iB_GOZEroFo

Bing bing wahooing around jumping is great in this game, using the packages as throwing weapons and traps is so satisfying too.Those little things really help this game a lot.

>>712761041
>you will be able to use his guitar
It better be unlockable post story

>>712761232
>missed me brother?

>>712761195
double jumping around with speed skeleton never gets old

>>712751482
driving and ziplines are more of the mid-end-postgame and imo the biggest flaw is that the driving isnt as fleshed out as the walking. but for the 'first 20 hours' op is talking about you are primarily going to be walking

>>712761680
I need a model kit of the buddy bot

How Sam walks around after being told to do it for America by Die-Hardman for 50th time

>>712762030
Why is all the dialogue in the prologue so wonky compared to the rest of the game?

>>712762126
Is it? Seems in line with how Sam talks throughout the game

>Fucking VAMPIRES! Bleeding me fucking dry!

>>712731220 (OP)
Its more like 4 hours. If the first 2 hours of cutscenes don’t turn you off, and the next two hours of strangely compelling delivery gameplay doesn’t peak your interest, you’ll probably know by then.
I think you’ll be pulled in from the moment you hear Don’t be so serious, which is the very beginning.

It's a great game, but it takes a long time to get going. The first chapter is 1 hour of mostly cutscenes, and there's an extended tutorial area that may take up to 3 hours. After that the game throws you into the full open world, with tutorials sprinkled here and there.

One tip I can give you is to not stop at Chapter 3/4, because the game will unlock objects activities with story progress. If you really want to do everything, you should stop on Chapter 9, when the game gives you the last traversal options.

Don't listen to people saying it's a walking simulator. There are bikes, cars, trucks and other travel options. But yes, you'll spend most of your starting hours walking.

>>712762126
>>712762324
The dialogue is presented in a way like this is the sequel of a story, and you're supposed to know a lot about those characters already. Like Bridget being Sam's mother, the first expedition and how they all seem to know each other already (don't worry, this isn't a spoiler).

>>712731220 (OP)
I'm replaying the DC ahead of 2. There's a cinematic prologue, a1-mission cinematic heavy Chapter 1, and the Chapter 2 opens the game up. You've got your main plot points and the basic gameplay loop and plot about 2 hours in. It might take you longer to fall in live, but the bones of the game are pretty quickly established.

Waiting for 2 is literally keeping me alive right now.

>>712762324
Was it autism?

>>712747320
Yes, making your own routes is far more satisfying than taking predetermined ways with handholding safety ratings. Taking risks is how you get rewards.

It's a GOAT walking sim with a 10/10 soundtrack by Low Roar.

>>712747320
Even if you follow all the roads to the letter at first, near the end of the game you'll need to find a few very isolated people in some locations around a mountain, and there are no roads anywhere. So if you didn't practice making your own routes, you will now.

TO THE WILDER
TO THE WILDER

Asking /v/ if any game is probably one of the most retarded things you could ever do, doesn't matter if a single post is genuine and reads like a serious critique of the game offering it's pros and cons to you on the silver platter you requested, you are going to always get disingenuous responses for or against any particular video game. You will NEVER be able to have an honest and reasonable thread of discussion on whether a game is good or bad because /v/ isn't a hivemind so even to those who honestly liked the games or those that just generally didn't like it you will always have people posting
>LITERAL 10/10 KOJIMAS BEST WORK AND DEATH STRANDING 2 IS GOING TO BE 100X BETTER
Followed by
>LITERALLY THE WORST GAME EVER MADE 0/10 WOULDN'T RECOMMEND TO MY WORST ENEMIES AND DEATH STRANDING 2 IS LOOKING TO BE EVEN WORSE

If you want a real answer go elsewhere, watch videos online of people reviewing the game spoiler free. That's the only way you'll ever truly know without just outright buying the game and testing it yourself

>>712732060
>he hated the best part of the game
I really don’t know what to do with this information.

>>712762845
100%

>>712763661
I don't know if it's the actress' fault, but every time a Fragile cutscene starts her face contorts like she was just punched by her husband or something.

>>712763661
Gross. She looks cute in that French movie where she’s a clam lapper, but she’s goofy and unattractive as a fragile but not that fragile buck-toothed space slut.

>>712744680
The actors make it super gay. Would have been better without them. Kojima is a bug person.

>>712762845
There are two sides to autism
>captcha: D4DAA

>>712763838
>>712763880

>>712744680
I didn't know who 99% of the actors were. Now I know their name and some movies they appeared in because of discussion on 4chan. I couldn't care less

This game has only one fatal flaw:
Unironic inclusion of iOS 7 emojis
Genuinely, that is my disconnect. If they hadn’t done that, I would love this game.

>>712762045
the 5star every bunker porter

How does Kojima keep getting away with it?

>>712731220 (OP)
>Drudging through the game
>Gameplay not clicking, not feeling the plot
>Manage to sneak through a vertical valley of goo ghosts
>See a dock on the horizon down a long steep range
>Hits me with this
>Pic related
https://youtu.be/R2t8pHCbVFc?si=fEp_FPphyd2lcHvb

It's an acquired taste. By the end I loved it, and I can't wait for 2.

>>712732703
>This place has been a shithole for 22 years.
Only newfags call anyone newfags anymore, and only newfags believe this blatant garbage.
There's a reason 4chan was the #1 source of memes on the internet for a decade. Because it used to actually have tons of creative people who treated it like a hangout where they could be spergy and autistic and have stupid fun.

Now it's just social media except you get to say nigger.

PCbros, how are we feeling ?

>>712765409
bad, I wish I could play this on launch day
now I'm gonna spoil myself watching threedogg stream it because I have no self control

Its 15 on steam should I do it vee?

+ It looks great graphically
+ The map is reasonably fun to explore and many of the deliveries kind of fun.
+ It's nice to build up the roads over time and use everyone's structures and ziplines as you progress.
+ The world building and world itself isn't that bad. I think a lot of the concepts are neat. Wish we got to see a bit more of the cities and how people live, what their lives are like, etc.
+ It's pure cringe-kino. I do applaud Kojima for just making the game he wants to make because no publisher or other studio would ever let him make a game like this. Even though there's things I don't like I don't mind him doing his own vision and making his own experience that is very unique.

- Most of the dialogue and writing is exposition dump after exposition dump. I don't know if Kojima or those around him just can't write, but it's really grating that Sam, this guy who lives in this world, has been a porter for years, has to be explained over and over again to him by everyone around him in every cutscene what is going on and what they are doing. It's so insufferable.
- The writing and story in general is pretty terrible. Even stupid things like the character's names are so tryhard and just sound very dumb (Diehardman, Heartman, Fragile, Porter Bridges, etc.)
- The combat isn't very fun, and the main issue is encounters with BTs being a chore. Cutting the umbilicals and stealthing, fine, the problem is even if you go through the effort, if you move a few feet away from where the BTs were they will all just respawn so you can't just backtrack and look around for lost deliveries or items on the map since you would have to fight all the BTs again.
- The truck makes all the deliveries way too easy. There's no reason to not use a vehicle when I can literally drive one up a mountain. I didn't even need to use ziplines, I platinumed the game by just loading the truck up with 20+ deliveries at a time and going from bunker to bunker.

>>712765485
Absolutely dude. That's a steal.

>>712765409
I broke down and bought a PS5 lol

>>712731220 (OP)
Yes, best game of the last 10 years. It's innovative and memorable. It's much more than a "walking simulator".

>>712765683
Alright, going all in then.
Please let this be good...

>>712765576
Pleb status: Filtered

>>712764554
wtf this turns into Me & Michael a couple of minutes in and I never noticed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apsaGEuWcJw

the invisible ghost zones were really terribly designed pure tedium, have they shown off how they fixed them

>>712751482
Which is a damn shame, I wish the walking stuff had remained more relevant throught the game. Chiral connection is binary on/off and it straight away gives you access to ALL other's shit, with the exception of roads and stuff you didn't unlock. Would be cool if it scaled so first you can only see the the ropes, ladders, then mailboxes, then vehicles, and so on.

>>712765938
literally just played the entire game a few months ago, I'm entitled to my opinion.

I never said it's a bad game, it is just deeply flawed and so much of the meat of the game in the story, writing, characters is just not very good. It's an interesting game and I do think on the beach will be interesting as well, I'm going to play it eventually just probably not when it comes out I don't want to spend $70 on it.

>>712763585
lmao this was one of my favorite parts of the game

>>712731220 (OP)
Starting story takes 3 to 4 hours to conclude itself. That means you do a thing and watch 15-30 mins of cutscenes. After that though, the game leaves you alone for so long a time, that you even start to wonder if there is still a story in there.
There is, because towards the end it will have the same thing repeat itself. Good game though. The environments are amazing to traverse. The music is also ace.

>>712765980
No, but hopefully they're more dynamic. Death Stranding's biggest failing is how static all the areas are. A day/night cycle is a good start, but hopefully more stuff moves too.

>>712765409
Like they threw my package away in a tar lake

I started playing it a week ago but the story feels like it was concieved by a legit schizo, not in a good way either. Only played for a few hours, I haven't bought myself to continue playing it yet. I hope it gets better because what I did play felt more like a second job than an entertainment product.

>>712766346
I don’t think you are entitled to your opinion

>>712763585
YEAH BOYEE!
I love when Sam acts out when he's alone (or thinks he is). It's very relatable.

Kojima does not make good video games

>>712731220 (OP)
pajeets love to work in delivery, so its a perfect game for you, saar

Here's a question

Did you like the BT bosses more than the MGSV boss battles?

>>712763661
where do I sign?

>>712766643
MgsV doesn’t have boss battles, so DS wins by default

>>712765409
I got a ps5 for it as much as I hate to say it (might keep after for gta). found it really cheap though so its not too terrible.
This is the one game I dont want to be spoiled on

>>712761680
Can you shoot from this thing?

>>712766631
it's actually german kino like euro truck. germans love autistic work sims. indians want tits and explosions, not to work in their leisure time.

>>712765409
I look forward to playing it in 2026. Hopefully I get all 540 LLLs done in DS1 (at 406 now) by then because I have a feeling DS2 is going to be one of those games that completely invalidates the original.
Also hope they keep the Half-Life crossover stuff because I like how it looks so much.

75gb download
i hope my 3070 can handle this

>>712731220 (OP)
So damn excited for DS2, look how badass Neil looks here

>>712766889
I'm replaying the game (well, playing the Director's Cut for the first time) on PS5 right now, and I was really surprised to see that all of the Half-Life stuff is still in there.

>>712731220 (OP)
Yes.

>>712767027
Oh, it absolutely can. I played this on a 2060 with most of the settings cranked up in 1440p at 120fps.

>>712762484
The whole games, but definitely the first two hours are anti-exposition. I think it's deliberately written in a way where nobody injects unnecessary info Sam would already know, and Sam doesn't ask about stuff he should know about. I don't think what BT means is explained until a random entry from Heartman you can miss
It was meant to portray Sam as anti-social, but the player is giga confused and projects that onto the PC, so when Sam has no fucking reaction to anything he comes of as mentally fucking challenged

>>712767027
I played it on a 1080 orignally just fine. Never went below 80fps at 1440p max settings.
With RTX cards you can use DLSS, but be sure to replace it with DLSS swapper because it's got a really early version that's absolute shit built in.

>>712734187
>Did they improve on the vehicle physics at all?
I hope not, the janky physics are a key part of the experience.

>>712767280
>replace it with DLSS swapper
I'm not sure what this is

>>712767226
>I think it's deliberately written in a way where nobody injects unnecessary info Sam would already know, and Sam doesn't ask about stuff he should know about.
Honestly it's really nice, since too many games fall into the trap of explaining stuff for the player when it doesn't make sense in-universe. Not explaining stuff makes if feel more real.
>>712767495
https://github.com/beeradmoore/dlss-swapper
It lets you change the DLSS versions in games to the latest version, because DLSS is always improving, but devs don't typically update it.

>>712767226
>I think it's deliberately written in a way where nobody injects unnecessary info Sam would already know
But it does tho. Igor goes on a big exposition dump about how the Death Stranding started and what life was like before. Even though Sam already knows this.

>>712731907
You already did half of that.
And it was the shitty half.

>>712766643
I like them. Once you get access to more than blood grenade they can be fun

>>712767124
>hats can be worn backwards in DS2
GOTY

>>712741196
>jumping simulator
Nintendo isn't gonna be happy about that.

>not on pc
most of the sales WERE on pc
the game floped at launch

how long do we have to wait thsi time?

>>712768262
It was only 7 months between PS4 and PC releases last time and nobody expected it to come to PC.
I'd guess it'll either be 3 or 6 months this time.

>>712768207
Ok that looks kino as fuck, holy shit

>>712766643
Its always fun just to go to a bt area and trigger the boss fight, i wish the biomes affected what type of bt boss would appear. Maybe that huge one could around the toxic gas would had made a neat boss. i wish ds 2 does something similar

>>712768486
Death Stranding is the perfect movie game. 90% gameplay, 10% movie, and yet everything you do feels cinematic.

>>712731220 (OP)
You will be 'filtered' and wonder what the fuck the fans see in this game. Just warning you. It's free on the subscription services anyways, might as well try it.

>>712731951
Death Stranding probably has the least amount of cutscenes of any Kojima game. Yeah the first 2 hours of cutscenes, but then the next 30 hours are gameplay, and every cutscene up until the final chapter are short by Kojimba standards

>>712769369
>You will be 'filtered' and wonder what the fuck the fans see in this game
I feel like everybody is filtered, until they keep going. At some point it "clicks". It really is a "it gets good 20 hours in" type of game.

Why is she so autistic?

>>712769747
>t. has never been around a pregnant woman in his life
You didn't do this with your mom or an aunt?

>>712769838
Nobody does this

>>712770528
Kids and women definitely do.

>>712766697
>MgsV doesn’t have boss battles
It literally has multiple.

>>712731220 (OP)
It's a good game that has its potential limited and hindered by Kojima's vision of what video games are and/or what the strengths of a video game are, along with the influence of Hollywood people who look down on video games
This game doesn't respect the intelligence, patience, or agency of the player at all. Overexposure all the time, some sound/cutscene/animation that isn't necessary when performing any action, especially in the first three chapters. "Hey, you encountered enemies? Let's slow down the game and take the control away from the player. Hey, you're about to make a delivery? Here's a guy on the radio bothering you, 8 different menus that you'll try to skip as fast as possible every time, and the guy saying unnecessary things that you'll hear a billion times throughout the game". Ironically, this same overexposure ends up damaging the game even when it tries to be cinematic, for example, when interacting with the BB in the private room, you need to access 3 different menus and watch the same animation every time, which will make you try to speed up this process whenever possible, but sometimes, the BB will have a different reaction in a cutscene, and since you just want to skip the same animation you've already seen 300 times, you'll end up skipping the cutscene too and missing a moment the game really wanted you to see

>>712770619
You made that up

I really hope the game has an extra character the same way Phantom Pain had Raiden

>>712769747
Everything suggest tomorrow is an adult with the mentality of a 6-8 years old

>>712731931
2 is going to be even more kino and there won't be a 3 so enjoy it

>>712771294
I still think there’s a chance that Copyright Free Snake could be playable

>>712771378
As expected of a girl who grew up with Sam, an autistic man, as her only human interaction.

>>712771378
Uohh

>>712771418
>there won't be a 3 so enjoy it
This. Kojima is near death. DS2 will likely be his final game before he gives the studio over to Jordan Peele to release OD.

>>712771378
Or maybe Kojima’s just an android that has no clue how human being talk

>>712771573
Kojima always makes his games with English as the main language, but he barely knows 3 sentences in English.

>>712771650
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np24QeTr31k&t=30s

>>712760945
facts

>>712771863
>I don’t know what that means, Hideo. Please explain?
>No

>>712763250
I must be near the end then. Seems like they throw more BTs on the obvious and easy routes anyway

>>712770976
>Quiet
>Airfield with the Skulls
>Sahelanthropus final fight
Haven't played the game in like eight years and I can tell you those are boss fights.

It's gonna be nice to run into more than 2 regular BT types for the entire game

>>712765576
>has to be explained over and over again to him by everyone around him in every cutscene what is going on and what they are doing. It's so insufferable.
The Heartman section is probably the worst for this. There are hundreds of lines worth of dialogue, calls, emails and interviews all to overexplain that there were previous extinction events. I don't fucking caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare.

The story and atmosphere are interesting but the gameplay is fucking awful, youtube it unironically

>>712773175
This. The game is 99% cutscenes anyway. Here is the full experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuIaNTHrEDQ

>>712773308
Only a very small portion of the game is cutscenes.

Cliff is proof that Kojima can write good when he wants to

>>712767964
Take your meds you subhuman tranny

>>712774736
not when he wants, when he has the time to. They made DS1 in 3 years everything we've seen and heard from DS2 is already much better than in the first game. Journos who played the game for 30 hours also said the pacing of the story is way better

>>712775285
>tfw you make a good game on accident

Scenes where men are allowed to to cry

>>712753339
I got to the second area like you said. Still dropped it. I'm not gonna walk for hours and hours to collect the resources to make roads and ziplines to make the "walking" faster and less tedious. The base activity (walking) should be fun in the first place.
Look at how Zelda TotK handled traversal in their Korok delivery mini games. I mean this is essentially what Death Stranding is. Deliver something from A to B, there are obstacles and you risk losing your package. Or even just getting Link access to previously inaccessible areas, such as some really high sky island. You are required to prepare rockets, wings, equipment so you don't freeze, food for energy to climb up. The not-knowing if you have enough resources while going on this expedition makes it suspenseful and fun. Are you going to make it? Let's use resources effectively. That is good gameplay.
Death Stranding is literally just walking. I do that already in real life, exploring real mountains and viewing real scenery.

>>712776198
>I do that already in real life, exploring real mountains and viewing real scenery.
i dont so i will enjoy this game
hell i cant even be on the sun too much

>>712776198
>Nintendoid

>>712776198
I hike a ton in real life and yet Death Stranding is still one of my favorite games.

All the combat shit was so shit. I wish it actually was just an Amazon delivery simulator the whole game.

Death stranding 2 is supposed to be more combat focused, right? I beat DS1 years ago but it was such a tedious game so im on the fence about buying DS2 day 1 but I having nothing else to play anyway

>>712776198
I love Death Stranding, but did not care for BOTW/TOTK
>>712776493
You're gonna hate DS2 then.

>>712731220 (OP)
its a walking simulator in the more literal sense or rather an arcade hiking game. You have to manage weight and manage your status (hydration etc). If you dont like it after the first delivery youbjust dont like it cause that's what the game is. If i have any major criticisms is that the story seems to have been stuck at the beginning and the end because aside from the opening and the very end, theres very little plot.

Sam.

MGSV/DS shooting feels better than 95% of TPS, you're all high.

>>712776128
I cried about Cliff's death, and revelations. Dumbest shit I've ever heard, and it still got me.
What a beautiful mission.

made it to chapter 3
im kind of confused and i feel like the whole
mama is a president drama was cringe but everything else feels on point
ill continue in the morning

>>712732060
>Not liking the pussy bomb
Casual detected

>>712731220 (OP)
>TFW wanna play through it again before DS2
>no NG+
>max rank
>platinum acquired
>know my dumbass is gonna save over my OG save if i start a new game
sorry, i cant risk it bros

>>712780754
>load previous game last save
>save right away on another slot
>play again
why is so hard for some to think for half a second?

>>712781187
because I'm retarded, anon, the merely pretending type.