Death Stranding 2 makes me feel stupid for ever having enjoyed Death Stranding 1 (not Director's Cut) for its gameplay. It's clear that Kojima himself views the hiking, planning routes and managing cargo as nothing more than tedium or an annoyance that should be trivialised and/or optimised out of the game by way of overpowered gadgets. This was already evident in DS1DC where I assume due to lukewarm reception, he pussied out and added a bunch of overpowered gadgets like the jetpack super jump thing, and a highway leading up to weather station so you don't have to deal with the "pesky" gameplay anymore.
As if DS2 wasn't already vehicle centric enough (I'm pretty sure there is nowhere on the map that is not easily accessed by vehicles, even without any roads), he even gives you pic related halfway through the game which completely trivialises everything and makes ziplines look like a joke by comparison. Either Kojima really thinks like that, or his game design is informed by incredible insecurity. I mean BTs are basically a complete non factor in this game too. No matter where you encounter them, you can always just drive around them. Or just shoot them because they die in one shotgun shell and no other enemies aggro. Same with MULE camps, in Death Stranding 1 they'd constantly ping your cargo to keep you on the move, but that seems to be completely missing from the game so far. Also doesn't matter how loud your gun is because as long as you take out a bandit instantly, everyone else will act like they heard nothing. Also, the zones of the chiral network are set up in a way this time around that literally all critical infrastructure you'd need has already been set up before you even get a chance to do so yourself. I had to cross a river using a ladder a total of 1 time if we ignore the prologue.
It's like MGSV where at the start, lethal/non-lethal require different approaches and then halfway through he gives you a silenced non-lethal sniper and ruins it.

literal children can grasp the idea of power progression, why can't you?

>>714200375 (OP)
>jetpack super jump thing
Isn't that the very last thing you can unlock?

>>714201091
power progression is not supposed to trivialise a game. if it does, then it'd shit. not to mention that progression systems are outright garbage to begin with.

Kojima doesnm't design gameplay. He creamed his pants when a developer showed him the weapon modification system in MGSV and talked about it in an interview. You don't even know whose cock you're sucking. That's how big of a faggot you are.

>>714202562
>Kojima doesnm't design gameplay

>>714202562
he's the director so he's ultimately responsible

>>714203378
>>714203376
Tell me why he wasn't aware of a core system present in his magnum opus? I'll tell you why. Because he directs and edits trailers.

>>714200375 (OP)
> It's clear that Kojima himself views the hiking, planning routes and managing cargo as nothing more than tedium or an annoyance that should be trivialised and/or optimised out of the game by way of overpowered gadgets.
This just goes to show Kojima’s success is a total fluke. The guy has no idea why the stuff he makes is successful or popular.

>>714203629
>magnum opus
Lmao
>Because he directs and edits trailers.
He does both

>>714200375 (OP)
It's clear at this point that he just wants to make movies and is 100% on board with "streamlining" the gameplay to the point that you don't really have to engage with it at all to get to the next cutscene.

>>714203986
I mean, the majority of people whined about the gameplay being bad, so it can't have been the reason, even though for me personally that's the part I enjoyed most.

>>714205308
If he wants to make movies then why does fuck all happen in this goddamn game for the first 30 hours after the opening? Literally nothing of note happens until chapter 9, until then it's short 2 minute cut scenes of Tomorrow's void of a personality being observed by Rainy and Fragile.

>>714200375 (OP)
Thanks for the info, I loved DS1 and was on the fence about DS2 but I probably won't buy it. I enjoyed the hiking so much in DS1 that I even wanted more scarcity with vehicles, bridges and stuff. It was fun having a loadout of ladders, ropes etc and travel exactly how you want. Once you upgraded your suit, built a few ziplines, saw stuff that other players had built and stuff, it was so rewarding. It was also rewarding reaching your goal after a long treacherous hike. Every delivery felt like "a story I'll tell my grandkids"-style if that makes sense

>>714203629
So he’s almost as big a fraud as Inafune and it’s only a matter of time before the whole goddamn world figures it out.

>>714208334
It's been like 30 years already m8

>>714200375 (OP)
>Death Stranding 1 (not Director's Cut) for its gameplay.
So you were scammed into buying the unfinished prototype and now have to defend it years later? Many such cases like this.

>>714209920
why even bother to post stuff like this? do you just enjoy exuding noise?

>>714208334
It’s actually wild how long he’s been coasting on vibes and memes. People still act like “he predicted the future” every time a shipping drone is in the news. Nevermind that the guy’s idea of emotional storytelling is staring into a camera while monologuing about extinction for ten minutes. At least Inafune flopped quick and loud-Kojima’s just slow-burning his legacy into irrelevance.

>>714202562
His name is plastered all over the game.

>>714210146
Kojima is a great writer, he's just a bad writer.

>>714200375 (OP)

I wish he would have doubled down on making it a full on hiking struggle simulator with combat. OP is correct, the vehicles and tools you have at your disposal completely trivializes the game early on. I only put down 1 ladder in my entire play through and that was as the very beginning. There’s also almost always a secondary vehicle route already carved out between obstacles. You have all of these cool hiking mechanics that go completely to the wayside when you unlock the first bike which happens within the first hour or two into the game and if you lose it you can just easily fabricate another one within seconds.

>>714212590
I hate how the bike completely removes cargo balance.

Normies ruin everything you can give them the most kino and i guarantee only 30% at most will finish the game they spent 60 fucking dollars on.

The first kojima game since mgs3 that wasn't cringe at all death stranding and he decides to ruin it to the whims of normgroids and guess what it's still flopping

Fuck fart sniffing kojima

>>714206328
There are no more long treacherous hikes not unless you purposely challenge yourself but there’s no real reason. I’m playing on brutal and it’s piss easy and I’m not one of those GIT GUD sweaty faggots. I’m also contemplating replaying with online features off because of the amount of player made structures already littering the map. There’s no need to build any structures whatsoever since everyone farms likes and you’re never more than a few feet away from a charger or time fall shelter.

>>714212915
yea or every single vehicle for that matter, suddenly it doesn't matter at all anymore what kind of huge tower I'm hauling around on my back.

>>714200375 (OP)
The challenge in this game comes from dealing with the sheer amount of tools you have

>>714213141
>I’m also contemplating replaying with online features off because of the amount of player made structures already littering the map.
I have 21k bandwidth and used a total of 550 because all critical infrastructure has already been built by others. everything I would build is already there before I even arrive.

>>714213141
>since everyone farms likes
kek ds2 really is a 4chan (you) simulator ive seen bridges in the middle of nowhere that serve no purpose with 2k likes.

gameplay is a minimal effort to justify the existence of a movie Kojima wants you to grind.

This was my most hyped game for awhile now and I’m disappointed. I’m not even shitposting…I have a ps5. Pc bros heed the warning…it’s not nearly as good as the first game and the only reason why it’s reviewing higher is because it was built for brain dead journalist.

Oh no the game gives you powerful tools as you progress through the game.

>>714200375 (OP)
anytime this game was shown it was never ever concentrated on show casing the actual gameplay.
it was obvious from its inception that it was going to be even more of a movie game than the first.
the story and dialogue is not even good. its just kojima fart sniffing kojima’s fart.

>>714214307
Sekiro gives you a blade and some magic powders and that's all you ever need to complete it

10/10 games do not need bloat

>>714214307
Imagine if Doom gave you the bfg with infinite ammo in the second level.

>>714214307
>progress
You don’t even really progress at all. You get the bike in the very beginning which means you barely have to hike anymore.

>>714214307
progression systems have caused terminal brainrot in people where they now think it's appropriate for a game to get less challenging as you progress instead of more challenging.

>>714214751
And before you say the first game did too you have to realize that the terrain was much more unforgiving in DS1 and there were times where you couldn’t get vehicle thru easily. DS2 almost always has a secondary vehicle route at any difficult spot.

>>714214307