Thread 714264261

How is your Death Stranding 2 playthrough going?

nice clouds

>>714264261 (OP)
Is there less focus on delivering packages?

I've yet to finish the first game.

>>714265782
Same

Just built my first bridge in a hopefully useful spot
On the river between the dowser bunker and the Magellan
Give me some (you)s
psn mystery_food_x

>>714264261 (OP)
>>714264580
This is literally exactly the type of game I dreamt about making but I don’t feel like playing it.

>>714265675
About the same, but there's more combat

>>714265995
Hmm, might check it out then. The trailers made me worried there'd be less comfy delivery gameplay.

>>714264261 (OP)
Rainy and Tomorrow are cute.
I miss the fatherhood aspect of the first game though. Lou feels more like an afterthought in 2.

What is this celestial phenomena known as?

Fucking cyborg ninja destroyed my animal container
'Roo is ded ;_;

if you like walking so much than why don't you go for a walk yourself, instead of buying a game where you pretend to be walking?

>>714264261 (OP)
Wtf was Kojima thinking? Why is every aspect of the game easier than the first? And for all of the talk I hear about how everything from the first game was "improved" I've yet to see really anything that plays differently than DS1.

The entire map of Mexico you can drive directly up to every delivery spot and avoid at the BTs and Mules. In the first area of DS1 there were at least two delivery spots that required you to hike through either rough terrain or through a BT area.

I'm in Australia and it's the same shit. Everything is even closer together now and I can just stroll right up. Whenever I see something cool I want to climb or explore I get the "out of delivery area" message.

Its a worse map and game in the most fundamental ways. It feels less like a sequel and more like an expansion pack.

>>714266907
I can't double jump in real life

>>714264580
>area you only go to once
>can't get hit by lightning
>player in webm is sprinting through rocket mountainous terrain covered in snow like it is flat ground
It fucking sucks. Why is everything worse than DS1? The only real improvement I can point to is being able to take your backpack off.

>>714266576
Kinography

>>714266562
Yes. Lou is what humanized Sam. Lou should have been with you as a toddler for like 3/4 of the game. Then he could have expanded the "taking care of Lou" aspect too. It would have been very unique.
I would have been fine with the "maybe Lou is dead" plot line for the last 1/4 and the (obvious) revelation Lou is Tomorrow.

>>714266576
Nebulas can look like that

>>714267294
Completely agree with this. Big wasted opportunity.

>>714264261 (OP)
I don't give money to vtranny simps just so they can buy a digital drag queen's HRT for a month.

>>714266231
Your gut wasn't wrong. It's actually stupid how easy the deliveries are in DS2. You can literally drive up to every location in Mexico, compared to the first area in DS1 that had two porters that required you to get off your bike and hike through difficult terrain.
If the deliveries were your favorite part of DS1, you're going to be disappointed. I've been playing for 20 hours and I've yet to have a single delivery with like 20 pieces to the order, or any other challenge. It sucks. None of the actual delivery and hiking mechanics were improved upon. Container repair spray and timefall shelters are still useless. You can stack ladders, but for whatever reason you can only stack two, and the terrain isn't really that interesting or challenging.

The added weather mechanics are pointless as well.

>>714264261 (OP)
Very good. I am loving every second of this masterpiece.

>>714268012
Fake gamer.
DS2 is easier and worse than 1 in almost every aspect, most importantly the maps and deliveries are baby tier difficulty.

>mines and monorails
never knew I needed this

>>714268216
Fake gamer shill. Why do you need mines exactly?

>>714268274
You are the fake gamer sir

>>714266967
>>714267085
>>714267671
>>714268124
New schizoposter just dropped.

>>714268353
Wrong. I prefer my DS to include challenges and environmental puzzles. DS2 lacks both and is baby tier difficulty. An objective step down in many ways over DS1. You are a fake gamer that prefers graphics over gameplay.

Kojima, if you're here, you fucked up. What the fuck are these maps? They suck.

>>714268503
Almost everything is an upgrade from 1 to 2, the terrain could be more challenging but maybe it gets harder in the later game

>>714268404
You can't refute any of the things I said because you are a paid shill or far too easily convinced by game journos because you are a fake gamer.
There is no way you played and enjoyed DS1 and then call DS2 a masterpiece. There is absolutely zero tension. In fact the game goes out of its way to make it as easy as possible. In Mexico you have to go out of your way to even see BT's. It's stupid. There is no risk during the journey, and he failed to improve the package mechanics at all so stuff like container repair spray continues to serve no purpose.

The game sucks. Granted it's better than anything else this year, but it's a major downgrade from DS1.

>>714264261 (OP)
>walking simulator
>play
lol

>>714268662
>almost everything is an upgrade
Like what? I can only think of one thing that was upgraded:
>can drop your backpack.
>the structures have offensive capabilities now (not even necessary)

Everything else about DS2 is exactly the same or easier.

>>714268883
I have only had 1 BT encounter (not including bosses) for the first 20 hours. The Mule camps are stupid easy. Even easier than in DS1 because of the weapons you are given so early. Who thought a 1 shot handgun and auto aim perk was a good idea.

the biggest fujoshipper and fan of DS1 said she doesn't like 2

>>714269034
Notice the thread died because the paid shills have no idea how to counter actual criticism of the game because they are paid actors that didn't play DS1

>Game keeps reminding you that the tranq sniper is LOUD and that enemies will HEAR you

Kojima got PTSD from people abusing silenced tranq snipers in MGSV so much kek

I heard there is a pokemon mechanic with BTs

>>714269650
Why would you even use a sniper rifle? To make the piss easy game even easier? I literally just run through the bases with my one shot pistol and never have a problem.

GOTY

>>714266907
I can't build a postbox or bridge out of thin air

>>714269871
I just drive into the bases with 2 machine guns, pick up the stuff for the mission and then drive away.

>>714269650
If you max reputation with the guy who gives you the Sniper you get a silenced version.

>>714264261 (OP)
Met Peko at the furthest. Feels like there are a ton more shelters than the first game, or at least they're all closer together. The ergonomic upgrades are massive, cargo gun on the larger vehicles are a godsend along with the autopilot on highways.
Story is brutal, I still blame Fragile for everything that has happened to Sam. Man just wanted to live his life after doing the impossible.
For a lot of the gadgets available I've been a simpleton. Kinda disappointed there isn't a reward for the 5-star ratings with shelters but that's because I aimed for 100% in DS1 twice.
The schizo poster is mentioning combat and all that, I like how varied the camps are. Far more thought put into them than the first where you have a few and it never felt like they had any tactical advantages or a real setup.
Biggest complaint is lack of Lou. For Sam having a full party around that is always directing and reminding him to take care of himself, he feels more alone than ever. Dollman is around, sure, but he rarely comments on anything. He's a really neat form of recon but it feels like he's been attached to Sam just to make sure he keeps doing what they say. You'd think having a pocket therapist would lead to anything introspective but instead you just get the rare "wowzers".
I like everything so far. But things feel a lot more meaningless. (You) and Sam are doing things because otherwise you'd just waste away. Except if I kill myself, I'm at least done.

>>714271078
>Feels like there are a ton more shelters than the first game, or at least they're all closer together.
So, easy baby shit.
>The ergonomic upgrades are massive
MASSIVE? Really...? It's only an upgrade if the game is more interesting as a result. Everything added just makes it easier and even though you have choices, they really don't matter when you can just do what >>714270845 does.
>Kinda disappointed there isn't a reward for the 5-star ratings with shelters but that's because I aimed for 100% in DS1 twice.
Another example of the delivery mechanic (the one thing DS has going for it) being nerfed. It's baby shit for fake gamers now.
>I like everything so far. But things feel a lot more meaningless
Sounds like you're in denial, anon. The game is a worse version of DS1 in almost every way, most importantly, the maps.

The new weather mechanic is cool except it is meaningless? Who care if the rivers rise if you can still walk across them no problem? Why have moving storms and not have the BT areas move with them? Then we'd at least have an incentive to try and avoid it. Instead, to see BT's you have to deliberately go out of your way. It's shit. Absolute shit.

It's not

i really need to restart the first game
i dread the first what 4?5?h

>>714272135
The fact is you run into DS1's biggest critique only a few hours in. In DS1, when all the roads were built, travel and delivery became trivial. No one liked the game as much when most or all the roads were done.
In DS2, Mexico is designed so that you can easily drive through the whole map, via various routes without any problem so delivery becomes trivial as soon as the bike is available.

In DS1, you were forced to get off your bike for certain deliveries and navigate through BT areas or whatever. That is nonexistent in the first half of this game.

>>714272135
The map is a huge upgrade, it is much bigger, can use monorails

>>714272276
What a fag. The opening hours of DS1 are the best part of the game. It's actually somewhat challenging.

shit game flopped hard

>>714269484
Yeah because everyone shat on Higgs and then he died, why wouldn't she be upset?

I don’t know yet becausE IT’S NOT ON FUCKING XBOX PORT IT RIGHT THE FUCK NOW MR. KOJIMA

>>714272535
Objectively not an upgrade. It was made too easy to traverse, no areas where you're forced through BT territory. Everything is easy to go around (so why wouldn't you)?
It's bigger, yet feels so much smaller. The weather is a useless mechanic. Monorails are gay and make the game easy. Somehow monorails and autopilot (the game playing for you) is an upgrade?

FAKE FUCKING GAMERS RUINING DEATH STRANDING

>>714264261 (OP)
hey that's my pic!
103 hours in, finished the story but still yet to finish the roads, still need to find 2 preppers

>>714272678
Just play DS1 on your iPhone today. It will be a better experience.

I dont like how they didnt double down on the hardships of walking through hard terrain. All you have to do is hold both triggers

>>714272731
The MAP is an upgrade but the TERRAIN is not challenging enough. You are a fake gamer and a fake intellectual.

>>714269650
Tranq snipers in MGSV were loud too until you leveled them up,

>>714272891
How is the map an upgrade if the terrain is easier and it lacks any of the challenges of the first game? Upgrade means improved. I think the word you are looking for is "different", which I can't argue with. It seems we are both in agreement the new maps are baby tier shit though. So...are you just in denial or what? How are they upgrades (improvements that compliment and deepen the gameplay experience).

>>714272731
Monorails being not that fast and an ultimately inefficient way to move around is kind of delightful as an Australian, honestly

>>714273046
Paid shills have no actual points except "NUH UH ITS JUST BETTER, OKAY?"

>>714273143
>faster than walking
>no terrain obstacles, which you even get in vehicles
So they are even easier than vehicles, which have always been a bit boring. So how exactly are they a "delight"? You like when your games play for you? That's about as exhilarating as watching a character ride the subway in GTA.

>>714273163
Post trophies and prove you've actually played the game and aren't just another gaslighting schizo.

>>714273074
There's more areas to visit

yooooo this gameplay fire!

>>714273326
I said it's funny that they're NOT the best, because the most notable monorail ever built in Australia was an infamous boondoggle

>>714272135
The five star rewards has nothing to do with mechanics. It just feels like you're making less of an impact. Getting a star felt like a personal reward, that you really have taken care of everything. Like with the artist, you have a deeper understanding of how lonesome the world is when a delivery man is her best friend. Maybe there's no way to have a star equivalent but it felt like more of a success that way.
>you're in denial
I'm not. I didn't mention them before but I do like the weather system. It requires actual pathfinding. Mexico was a good example, going from the DC to the village. Combining two ladders together is a tiny ergonomic change but it is also massive in terms of application. The weather adds a lot to the world. It may not make the game balls hard but it doesn't have to. In an age where you can 3d print vehicles and gear, it would be pretty weird to be defeated by weather.
I don't understand the constant talk about never finding BTs. You'd have to show me the routes you take because I end up leaving my car behind repeatedly to sneak through. The boomerang is also pretty goofy but I like it a lot. Has more range than you'd think but I also opt to cut their cords. Habit from 1. Blood grenades feel nerfed, even the lv2 ones. Those gazers/seekers are incredibly durable to the point anything less than grenades isn't worth it.

>>714273640
How exactly does that improve the gameplay loop? You are basically just saying "GRAPHICS GOOOD".
What do you even mean by "more areas to visit". More biomes? Do the changes in the map compliment the gameplay mechanics? Do they give more meaning to tools like ladders, ropes, and bridges? Is ruining your shoes ever a risk? Is there a real reason to regularly use container repair spray or structures? The answer is no, obviously. The terrain is easier and the threats are minimized, which means it is worse than the first game.

>>714273763
Your cargo is taking a lot of damage there DSP

im just gonna imagine i played this game and tell everyone i beat it

>>714273992
Oh when you say something is a delight in American that means it's satisfying and pleasurable. So your original post read "even though they are slow and innefficient, they are a pleasure".
>>714273621
Pic related. I'm 20 hours in. I have over 250 hours in Death Stranding 1, but can't find how to find that info in the PS app. I'll see if I can find it.

>>714266576
Why is there a giant anus in the sky? It doesn't make any sense.

>>714266576
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_Nebula

>>714274045
>The five star rewards has nothing to do with mechanics. It just feels like you're making less of an impact.
Wrong. Rewards are part (and the endgame of) of the gameplay loop.
>I didn't mention them before but I do like the weather system. It requires actual pathfinding. Mexico was a good example, going from the DC to the village.
Wrong. There are obvious places where you can just cross the high water on foot or bike. I have not found a single area in Mexico that requires tools to get across. Get good.
>Combining two ladders together is a tiny ergonomic change but it is also massive in terms of application.
You should be able to put together more than two ladders, otherwise there are all sorts of peaks that are simply inaccessible.
>The weather adds a lot to the world.
Sandstorms do nothing and the rain literally charges your gear now with a perk (makes the game easier). BT's should have moved with the weather. Then you would actually need to plan.
>I don't understand the constant talk about never finding BTs.
In Mexico there are only TWO BT spots. One next to that Spanish named delivery spot by the city, but you have to go out of your way to enter a danger area. And the second is up by the weather dude from the first game, but they are only in one small area that has several clear paths around it and up to him.
In DS1's first area you had the BT area pinch point at the beginning that forced you over the mountains, you had another one down in the forest area by that delivery spot that was innaccessable by vehicle, one between the first set of stops and the second, and you had the other pinch point on the way out of the area to the last location.

>>714274548
Based, I recant my schizo accusation.

>>714264261 (OP)
The highest elevation in Australia is 7310ft

>>714274548
It doesn't display hours played for whatever reason but it's over 250 I'm pretty sure.

>tfw got the collector's edition and feel disappointed
Bro's... Help me cope

>>714275183
>no area requires tools
No shit but they help. When you need a ladder or a rope, you really need them. Otherwise they'll sit in their boxes for 99% or their lifetime. You're definitely a shill but I'm not sure for what purpose.
>>714275464
I think my time is split between PS4 and PC for DS1. Steam achievements are bugged so outside of replaying 1 yet again and hoping they work the only option is to use some sort of tool to force achievements.

>>714275487
Honestly I have no idea what he was thinking. DS1 seemed so well thought out and meticulously planned. Even if things like the roads made the game kind of boring at the end, the journey was incredible. DS2 totally sucked the adventure out of the game. It honestly feels like he made DS2 for the people that didn't like DS1, rather than making it for the people that loved the first game.
Maybe it would have benefited from not being rushed out because they thought GTA6 was this fall.

>>714275786
What if you zoom in on her boobs?

>>714275746
>When you need a ladder or a rope, you really need them.
Why can you walk across a raging storm fueled river at all? You should need ladders and shit every single mission. I only play offline, btw because the game is easy enough without all of the bullshit people leave behind, but there is literally not a single spot in Mexico that requires tools. New adventures should require careful planning.

Also anyone notice that the game puts ladders and rope boxes next to every single spot you might want to use them (but again, why would you)? DS1 didn't do that.

>>714276117
The dialogue thing is stupid too. I find myself skipping the extra dialogue because rather than crafting the information into the regular dialogue and making it flow naturally, all of the extra info was put into awkward dialogue options that require you to listen to about 50% more yapping than if they just wrote the dialogue to fit together naturally.

>>714276650
Also I don't particularly care about or like any of the people you deliver to. Even the weatherstone Asian guy from DS1 is less interesting and likeable in this game. I don't really feel any desire to go out of my way for them. DS1 just wasn't that way.

>>714276807
>Also I don't particularly care about or like any of the people you deliver to
Those are just Kojima's friends in a holo form, that's all. They're not meant to be anything more than that.

>>714276975
>They're not meant to be anything more than that.
Wrong. In DS1 everyone was lonely and very grateful every time you stopped by. The delivery of their lines felt genuine.
The direction of the actors in DS2 is far worse. Everyone sounds bored and annoyed they are there.

>>714277257
Honestly, it feels like Kojima played it as safe as possible, making DS1 but more accessible for the people that were too stupid for the first, rather than innovating and taking some chances for DS2. It might as well be an expansion pack.

>>714275487
The story gets better when you recruit more characters for your crew and start fighting Higgs.
I miss Lou though.

>>714264261 (OP)
Finished it a couple of days ago.
Still kind of reeling from the MGS4ness at the end.

Looking forward to 100%ing

>>714275464
250 "hours" and no platinum? Certified Fake Gamer Alert.

How do I unlock Monster energy drinks?

>>714264261 (OP)
Quite possibly one of the worst written stories in the history of AAA titles. Pathetic girl boss cringe shite throughout the whole game. Higgs is a faggot who wants to fuck Sam, and literally does with a fucking tentacle. Kojima should be skinned alive.

>>714278974
>trophies
I don't play for trophies. I've spent probably 100 hours doing several routes I really enjoy. It was a thing for a while that after my days I'd snuggle in and just deliver packages with no other goal in mind.

That's being a real gamer, fren. Arbitrary fake goals mandated by the console manufacturer, like spamming pee 100x so you get a bronze trophy or whatever is not really something I'm interested in as a gamer.

You gotta admit that this is soulful

>>714279665
I appreciate that it's not just a dumb gimmick, it's both hilariously powerful and usable against almost everything including bosses

>>714280027
Yes but why do that when you can just one-shot everyone with that early game pistol, which is easier, has less room for error, and gives you a greater sense of control?
That seems to be the one thing missing with Kojima ideas is the "how can I make this neat idea something that enhances the game in some strategic way for the player?" I have no idea why there are so many guns and combat options if the goal is to 1-shot enemies. There is no incentive to use anything else except the best and most efficient methods.
This was kind of a problem in DS1 too. I would just drop kick and then kick every mule. I wouldn't even use guns. Now, with the overpowered guns in DS2, it's stupid not to, but again, little incentive to use anything but a few weapons.

>>714275850
Feels like he was shaken by every criticism of the first game, and just streamlined the fuck out of it. I've been playing just shy 10 hours and it's so fucking easy compared to the first that it almost defeats the purpose. I haven't fallen over once, you can just sprint across virtually any terrain with no issue. Need to get through a BT site? No worries, here's a machine gun that kills them all. Need to get through a mule camp? No worries, here's a machine gun that will kill them all. Or you can just blast past everything on a trike.

I still enjoy it, Kojima's team are great at making really responsive and satisfying controls. But it's disappointing how trivial the whole thing is now.

>>714264261 (OP)
>no PC port
it hasn't even begun yet...

>>714280470
It's fun

>>714280482
I'm 25 hours in and it's not any better. Total snooze fest. Getting 5 stars in Mexico was a chore because of how easy it is to go from one side to the other. There's one timed mission where you go from the furthest center to the villa chick and it took me 3:30 to get there on a bike.
I have not felt challenged once.

>>714268404
Posting multiple times in response to multiple people and not trying to pretend to be someone else is not scizoposting.

>>714264261 (OP)
mgsv was kojimas last good game

>>714268274
They drastically reduced the resource generation rate while simultaneously and drastically increasing the rate of acquiring chiralium. Basically, if you need a fuckload of mats asap dumping chiralium in a mine is lucrative.
t. just got the chronobiologist online while having 80% of all rails and roads completed

>>714280470
This is just the same "why would you do anything except shoot every enemy in the head from 1000m away with the silent tranq rifle" argument from MGSV
I am not an autistic robot that limits itself to the most efficient and unstoppable equipment or tactics

Objectively better than the first game. Anyone who claims otherwise is delusional.

>>714264261 (OP)
It's not. Fuck snoy.

>>714267085
thats sand anon not snow.

>>714264261 (OP)
I'm not going to buy a console to play it. I've decided to watch a playthrough but my thoughts so far are
>Killing the baby/putting it in purgatory was a poor choice
>Kind of a pointless sequel, feels like kojima made it because of covid and everyone saying he predicted it
>His casting choices are bad and using his director friends just feels like name dropping
Seems like the previous game for the most part and I wish kojimbo redirected his efforts to something else.

>>714281205
Yeah and why is that better? There is nearly limitless chirilium. Carrying resources you find was also part of the challenge of the first game because you also had to manage that weight with your cargo.
The mines just make the game easier.
>>714280826
Is it fun after the second time though? The game only has one metric that matters - package condition. So you aren't really incentivized to go in with crazy Kung fu that you don't actually control because you put yourself at risk of being surrounded or shocked. You're given basically a one-shot pistol in Mexico.

>>714281248
Yeah, granted I haven't finished it yet, but this just feels like an improvement over DS1 in almost every way so far. It's just refined and expanded upon in really nice ways

>>714281409
Who do you think are bad casting choices? Legitimately interested because overall, that hasn't been my experience, other than the fact I think Rainy's actress a lot of the time handily out-acted Tomorrow's despite her being the obvious Very Important casting

>>714264261 (OP)
I was about to buy a PS5 but I wasn't rich enough to justify buying it for one game so I watched a playthrough and I'm a little disappointed desu. It feels like a filler arc rather than a fledged story like Death Stranding 1

I played 1 day one on base PS4 and loved, I mean really loved it while /v/ was heavily shitting on a game they didn't play by reposting the same bad reviews from ecelebs and you can easily tell by their surface level nitpick criticism of meme worthy moments like Princess Beach.

>>714281207
Wrong. DS only has one metric that matters and that is package condition. As a porter you should always take the safest and most efficient path. Using less efficient and effective tools to get the job done doesn't make you better, it just means you're an idiot. Sure, I could make the game artificially more difficult by not using any vehicles, but the game simply is not designed in a satisfying way for that type of gameplay. Just like doing crazy disorienting Kung fu you're not really controlling isn't a satisfying way to play.

>>714264261 (OP)
Just finished the story. Gotta 5 star Australia now boys

>>714281390
What? Isn't that the plate gate on the Mexico side? That's up on a mountain, the heighest point on the Mexico map and you're telling me that's not snow? I played it. It's snow. Why would the top of a mountain be like a desert?

Do you guys like Neil? I'm on chapter 7 or 8 so far he's pretty mid

>>714281604
They turned Death Stranding into a game for babies that needed the game to be easier.

>>714282064
He's genuinely a better actor than Mads

>>714282064
He's rule of cool

>>714282151
Better actor doesn't make for a better story Sam bonding with Cliff at the end is one of the best moments in the game

>>714282064
He's rule of cool. Kojima probably showed too much of him

>>714282151
>>714282191
the hospital section underwater was pretty cool

>>714282064
I remembered the Kojima interviews where he talked about how he felt pressured to do something at least as good or better than Mads in DS1, and I thought it was pretty unlikely he could.

By the time I finished the game I think he somehow nailed it.

>>714282608
Agreed

>>714282151
Ehh, there's not that much of him in the game to say that definitively. They both have their highs where they get to do something other than "aurafarm". I feel like there were more moments where Mads got to shine, meanwhile this guy was barely there. His story is still tragic.
Kojima just sort of rethreaded the same introductory scenes with him, where he got to menacingly pose with his crew. I still don't what the other 4 dudes are supposed to be. Made sense for Mads with him being ex-military but I don't really understand why would skelly soldiers join Fragile and help Neil protect Lou.

>>714281689
I think Rainy has been good so far., but pretty much any director
>George Miller
>Refn
>Faith Akin
>Del Toro
And heaps of the minor roles, who are just some random designer, game exec or even worse just related to any of the above.
The dialogue is also so clunky but I guess that is to be expected.

>the headless riders mission
HOLY KINO and yeah this is Kojima magnum opus

Higgs DLC when? Kojima wanted to make a DLC for two games now and got fucked each time.

>>714282151
>He's genuinely a better actor than Mads
lolwut, pulling faces in video games doesn't make you a better actor anon.

>>714283283
>DLC
Never. There'll be no DLCs. At best you can expect some sort of Director's cut or some shit. If there's anything new related to Higgs it's gonna be in DS3. I feel like prequel is the only way at this point. One upping the craziness of DS2 will just turn it into a shit show.

>>714281559
Is there ANYBODY at all who likes Amelie?

I'll let you know in 6-12 months.

I want to marry the animal shelter prepper!

>>714283771
She's cute but she's apparently really shit singer live.

>>714266576
phenomenon*

>>714266907
Americans have fuckhorrible cities for walking.
Europeans already walk a lot

Is a melee only loadout viable? I just max out the pizza chef deliveries PIZZA

>>714283497
I would actually love to see a prequel game. Would parallel with MGS well too.

>>714284167
I thought about that as well. Higgs was loyal and tried to do good but then turned bad as he kept getting exposed to Amelie's bullshit. In a way it parallels Big Boss from MGS3 but Big Boss' turnaround was easier to empathise with. The guy got fucked over by his own government, meanwhile Higgs was written as a power hungry bad guy, it's kind of difficult to empathise with him, unless they flesh his background even more and make him relatable.

Just got 5 stars with Pizza Chef (best character btw). I think i'll go full pizzatard now.

>>714285274
Do Australians even eat pizza?

>>714285615
is... is this a serious question

>>714284732
I imagine that he was a pretty swell guy before losing his mind. Could be fun to see him when he was still sane.

>>714285919
Yes. Pizza is about as American as cheeseburgers and apple pie, and you guys have weird delicacies. So just wondering. Australians are also subhuman, so...

>>714274240
NTA, but I don't see what the player should've done in this scenario. The weapons are auto shooting I'm assuming? The player interaction is purely on driving. I fail to see how that's any different from Eurotruck with some short ""cutscene" to watch.
Of course, no issue with Eurotruck, since it's not being worshipped by journalists and drones.

>>714266907
I live in a shit neighborhood (Gotsunda, if you know you know). I'd rather not get mugged.

>>714287226
>NTA, but I don't see what the player should've done in this scenario.
Steering for a start. Shooting his hand-held guns.

ITT: riveting gameplay

>>714287309
What the fuck was the story going to be before he rewrote it? Was Sam going to be president?

>>714275850
THAT DOESNT HELP ME COPE ANON IT MAKES IT WORSE. HE HAD LE SO HYPED WITH EVERYTHING AND THAN JUST MAKES THEM USELESS EMAFTER THE FIRST TIME. WHY DID I SPEND SO MUCH MONEY AAAAHHHHHJJ

>>714287865
The original story of DS2 was literally just going back to the first map and dismantling all of the connections that you made in DS1 but Kojima realized that would not be very fun

>>714287826
Are you saying then, that webm was made dishonestly to make DS look bad?

>>714288162
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

>>714286426
The first thing God invented was pizza. Everything in existence craves pizza except satan because he is a faggot.

>>714288068
It's just a game, chill out, have fun. That's why you bough it. Get back to it when you feel like it.

>>714288086
Wait seriously? That sounds retarded. I swear, over time games get so complicated that the original creator completely forgets what the entire point even was. I like Death Stranding as a comfy hiking / exploration / survival game. All the extra shooting and sneaking stuff is a bonus. He needs to keep doing more of that. I hope DS3 features some monster Himalayas mountains and rivers we need to cross.

I like that lil red pistol Higgs has

>>714287848
Yes, that was shit. However, the journey actually building those roads is very difficult and the terrain is a maze filled with danger. When they are built you feel a sense of accomplishment whenever you drive on them, and it feels good getting so much stuff to your clients because they are likeable, lonely, and thankful.
On the other side of the coin, DS2. The world without the roads is easy to navigate so the sense of accomplishment doesn't exist. It is simply just a faster way to move. Almost all the people you deliver to are totally forgettable or unlikeable. Also there is less variation in the types of things you deliver. Many orders you end up delivering several of the same types of lost cargo. It's lame.

>>714289703
That scene was so kino how the Drawbridge crew saved Sam from Higg's torture also Elle butt

cooking up more webms soon porterbros

I'm back in Mexico doing standard orders. I just got to the Northern part of Australia but I took a break from it to go back to the starting area just to see what other stuff there was to do there.

Right now I'm driving around in the truck with 2 sticky canons, it's a lot of fun just driving around and having the canons just automatically pick up lost cargo and materials as I drive around, a lot better than having to hop out of the truck to pick something up on foot.

>>714291036
What is the pay like? I could probably do your job. Why don't companies hire people like me to counter shill their competition?

>>714266907
i ride a bike over 2 hours every day, close to 50 miles or more, then I come home after that and play death stranding :^)

>>714291036
how do u even cook a webm

>>714291036
not your webm nigger, I already saw this on X

>>714291237
>I ride a bike over 2 hours every day, close to 50 miles or more, then I...
Bikefags have ugly souls and are worse than pedophiles.

>>714291261
Download an app, retard.

>>714291630
which app?

>>714271078
You didn't play either game. Nice shill copypasta.

>>714291665
Tinder.

>>714272276
Just plow the first deliveries to port knot and skip cutscenes it's maybe 2 hours if you go slow

>>714290074
Wait
does the rain not age you anymore?
I haven't started watching this one yet

>>714291807
The preggo Asian chick's DOOMS causes reverse timefall.

https://youtu.be/ndrbZoLKGI0?si=e_vIJqlk7xuP6F-9&t=4617
The boss fights do not compliment the music in my opinion.

>Let's just say... that I've died on a beach before
>You of all people should understand.
>The loneliness.
>Tens of thousand of years of just... wandering. Without you... Fragile... Amelie... anyone. I couldn't fucking take it. And just... when I finally embraced oblivion... these dead folks right here... up and called me back.
>Four thousand poor bastards joined with APAS in convergence. To them I was another ghost. Just another lingering soul.

Higgs and Sam really should have the nastiest bed-breaking sex ever, it would fix Higgs if he got a taste of that Portussy just once

>You're all alone now. You've lost everything. Your mask, her quipu, the BB doll... Gone.

>You thought you had the power, that you were the one fated to lead them unto extinction... yet here you are, alone. You thought you were in control. That this was your role, your dream... The verge of victory, of oblivion for one and all... Herald, executor, pawn. God particle? Hah. A stupid name for a stupid goddamn fool.

>This was your life, Higgs. Your tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and righteous fury...

>Signifying nothing.

Higgsbros.... it won't... stop... HURTING

>>714295050
>>714295119
>>714297569
It was all Amelie's fault to begin with, Higgs didn't deserve any of this shit

>>714297875
TOTAL PRINCESS BEACH DEATH

>>714275183
Mexico is like the first 5% of the game you faggot fuck

THAT GIRL WAS MEANT TO BE MINE SAM

PSA for anyone who hasn't gone past the point of no return, get all the fucking roads built before you do

I WILL HOLD
YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>714275183
>BT's should have moved with the weather. Then you would actually need to plan.
I agree so much with this. I was really hoping this would be added also for mules, it would make going trough areas somewhat different evertime. I also wish chiral creatures did more than just exist and steal more than just like 2% of your battery.

>>714270904
yep that's a man

Should I reload a save from before the Magellan got destroyed? Just got to South Knot and it feels like the game is wrapping up. I should have gone back for more roads and deliveries. I don't want it to be right before the end of the game when I do that stuff.

>>714299367
I genuinely love Charlie

>>714286426
Pizza is the most popular "prepared dish" meal on earth. Pizza accounted for roughly a quarter of trillion dollars in global spending last year. More money was spent on Pizza than was spent on the non-pension budget for the entire state of California.

Can you find the big giant spider crab BT again once you beat it in the story? I never caught it because I just assumed it wouldn't work, but apparently you can, and I'll be sad if it's gone forever now

>>714301958
I don't think so. It doesn't look like you can revisit the fights like in 1. I could be wrong though.

This stupid fucker removes any sense of accomplishment from the game. You spend the whole game fighting giant ghost mechs with weak points on its legs and when you fight the giant BT on the way back to Sam's shelter at the end of the game he just has to point out the obvious as fuck weak points on its legs. Does Sony or Kojima think the players are legitimately retarded that this needed to be pointed out? I can't wait for this game to get a PC release so he can be modded out of the game entirely.

>>714304743
>Does Sony or Kojima think the players are legitimately retarded that this needed to be pointed out?
Yes they do, that's the point of all of these pocket yapper characters is recent games.

The music just isn't as good in 2 and Kojimbo did gay shit like making the shower outside your bedroom so you can't listen to your music in the shower anymore.

>>714305095
I can't believe this stupid shit made it unchecked all the way to release without an option to turn that shit off. He literally never shuts the fuck up.

ANOTHER snowy mountain. Jesus christ Kojima why

Is /v/ depressed or something? Why are you so joyless about this game? We have been waiting years for DS2.

>>714306696
Yeah it sucks Kojima rushed his game out to get ahead of GTA6 when it wasn't ready. Too many half baked new features and ideas without any real integration into the gameplay loop. It's simply not good.

>>714291319
confirmed schizo
>>714291665
grindr

>>714306696
I'd have liked to have enjoyed this game without the constant handholding and having shit explained to me that I already knew from the first game. Other than that I enjoyed the story, there were a lot of fun and cool moments and Higgs was an even bigger evil asshole which was nice.

>>714305307
this is also one of my complaints. I hope they throw us some updates with more tracks from the original.

>>714307327
The game did feel rushed, there wasn't nearly as much variety to the orders as there was in DS1. The upgrades were nice but it definitely needed some more time.

>>714302627
i wish i knew this before i got through the first two bosses :(

without spoiling anything, I'm pretty early on into the game, is there going to be a death stranding 3? Where else would you even set a new game? Europe?

>>714307809
is this also in regards to post game orders?

>>714307665
I like the music a lot. I'd rather that DS2 has its own feel even if people don't like it as much. One anon put it well

Death Stranding 1
>Blue
>Cold
>Cool
>Quiet
>Fragile
>Alone
>Death Stranding 2
>Red
>Warm
>Hot
>Loud
>Strong
>Connected

>>714264261 (OP)
Kino

>>714264261 (OP)
haven't fired up youtube to start my "playthrough" just yet

>>714266907
I walk like 9 miles a day. I'm an unironic walk enjoyer. Really these niggers should be rucking

>>714308023
according to other posters on /v/, yes. If Mexico linked to Australia maybe Australia will link to the Japanese archipelagos? That way Kojima can go full weebo.

>>714264261 (OP)
In the credits they mention a couple of Low Roar songs I haven't found yet

theyre 'Low Roar' and 'Hummingbird'
Does anyone know where you get them?

>>714308245
the issue im experiencing is that -61 hit so damn hard, i just expected to keep going up from there. It's been hit or miss since then. Thank you for the description though, I definitely feel that the game itself is very playful with it's tone and the music follows along with it. As much as I want more of the same vibe of Death Stranding 1, there is no way Death Stranding 2 could stay there forever without getting stale.

>>714287848
true hardmode is playing offline

>>714267085
What, you can go back to Mexico, not only just do to shit but also for the main quest.

>>714309907
that anon clearly only watched a youtube playthrough

>>714308190
leave him alone you monster!

>>714268216
This guy can't act. Why do they keep hiring him?

>>714282064
I like him. His fight theme is so good

>>714306696
The game only comes out next year.

>>714282064
His fights are better, and end of game I liked his place in the story, but its hard to beat "Mads is your father" from the first game. An obvious reveal, but music and how impactful the moments were sold it.

>>714310405
i promise i was simply testing for science

>>714299367
I fucking lost my shit at this shot

>>714310865
based DH

ds3 will take place in japan and be elle fannings crazy anime adventure (also not directed by kojima)

>>714311065
I was so glad he returned. You can tell he is the only actor that loves Death Stranding. He always seems like hes having a great time and putting his all into Kojima's bullshit

>>714311065
I knew Charlie was Diehardman from the start but I never made this connection lol

>>714264261 (OP)
>in DS1 he actually dies if you stop making deliveries to his shack
>canonically Sam convinced him about connecting people
>he moves to a settlement and dies in a fucking voidout
Man can't catch a break

>>714311663
If you choose any voice but DHM's he says no.

https://youtu.be/cgDFSL-sMu8
There is so many dumb hidden shit in the game

>>714311065
At least they had a payoff for every character autistically calling it the DHV Magellan.

>>714311663
>I'm not the dad, I'm the dad that stepped up

>>714266907
I'm disabled.

>>714264261 (OP)
do I need to play the first game? is on sale

Why do they even make you build the roads? Between mines and being able to store infinite resources in the DHV Magellan what's the point? You're literally never hurting for resources in this game.

>>714312104
Yes

>>714312170
I just like building them it feels good

>>714312170
To make sub order and even alot of main orders even more of a breeze. Just jump on road, auto drive enabled, and walk away

>>714311824
Pushing Sam out of the falling debris was really nice of him after all the shit he went through. Not even Cliff did something like that.

>>714311713
I chose Lockne before choosing Diehardman because I thought it'd be a similar situation with him not being able to use his voice but when he agreed I was 75% sure it was him, later when he popped up during the night and said "I'm so sorry Sam" it was obvious(yes my iq is 250)

>>714311824
I wish we got more time with this character, running around the hellscape with us both hunting each other were my favourite parts of the game. Goat.

>>714312104
Not really because there's an optional recap of the first games events and dollman is with you 24/7 to spoonfeed you information about literally everything that happens on your screen for the whole game. Play the first one if you want to though.

>>714264261 (OP)
im playing DS1dc
will play DS2 directors cut when its done

>>714304743
>Does Sony or Kojima think the players are legitimately retarded that this needed to be pointed out?
Considering there are people in this very thread who have a hard time holding two buttons when the game shoves it in your face, yes. They are incredibly retarded. Almost as retarded as GW2 players.

>>714313340
smart

>>714307961
This fight was actually pretty good, big improvement from the first DS1 boss

>>714313917
kek

RIP

https://youtu.be/5k718CQ87W4?list=RD5k718CQ87W4

>>714314059
anyone else think this boss was easier than the first boss in DS2? The first boss took me at least 4 tries and I beat squilium on the first.

>summon whale during the crab fight for that final epic BT showdown
>it does absolutely nothing
fuck

>>714314697
Kept it occupied long enough for me capture it.

>>714312501
not the worst way to port

>>714311065
I was so pumped when I saw TEJ voiced Charlie, but then he once again stole the show in the finale and became my favorite character in the whole game. They also gave him the most badass outfit. He can't keep getting away with it, /v/ros.

>>714312170
why not?

Just found her peko

>>714309907
Why would you go back to the plate gate and not just jump with the Magellan you fake gamer newfag?

>>714314658
actually I did really good on the first boss but bad on this one because I didn't realize sam has a 10 trillion i frame dodge

So what ended up being the story of that girl who skated around in the mud and kicked like 6 people's asses?

>>714316639
That is Lou, who after getting teleported into "Nirvana" or just purgatory, grows up there. Time passes different from real world and inside there, so when we bring her out she is already an adult with no social skills

>>714315635
>Carrying out the will of a blonde hair boss lady
He's done it again

>>714316639
i think im gonna chalk it up to more weapon variety. I was stuck with the basic assault rifle and pistol while here I had lvl 2 assault rifle and shotgun.

>>714310410
Greg from Fishtank

>>714317517
Man the action is so much better now. I knew what Kojima was going for in DS1 but the jank was still there.

>>714317517
i forgot the spoiler tag here sorry bros abandon thread if you dont want spoilers

>>714316639
Never thought about it that way. Really should have been explained better. It really bothered me that they never really mentioned where tomorrow came from again.

>>714317502
KEPT YOU WAITING HUH

How could he be saved? Was he doomed from the start?

>>714295119
>pizza fight
>guitar lava battle
Dude went full Saint's Row tarded with his game

>>714304743
>insert mudnog
They ruin everything

>>714264261 (OP)
Im making the link orders after the 2nd Neil fight. I think the second quarter of the game was meh, but Ive been liking it more since Tomorrow is a member of the crew (the piano tune when you are running around looking for her when she escapes the ship is kino as fuck). Neil fights are fun. Higgs is funny. I wish Kojima had made the regular BTs (watchers or whatever) more fun, I like the idea and the atmosphere is top notch but it becomes boring to play after the first time, and the most efficient thing is just to run through anyway.

>>714318519
I would not have it any other way

So glad we got a rematch.

>>714319603
>heh, nothin personel, kid

So if fragile was dead from the moment she tried to jump Lou away at the start, why didn't Higgs say anything to Sam if his main thing was wanting to see Sam suffer?

>>714319758
Only Kojima can make me both pumped up and sad at the same time

https://youtu.be/_bhEa2hF6Y4?list=RD_bhEa2hF6Y4
https://youtu.be/cNp9XB3y62A?list=RDcNp9XB3y62A

>>714264261 (OP)
Decima engine is so cash

>>714264261 (OP)
is this what the game looks like naturally? Pretty clouds.

>>714270904
I'm in love

>>714320535
Yes, this is literally a gameplay screenshot. The game looks unbelievably good

>>714321059
almost makes me want to get a ps5 to play it now, can't get to PC fast enough.

>transporting the Emu through the area behind Pizza Man
>sudden BT activity
>"well, I'll be stealthy and push forward"
>8G eartquake and then the whole area becomes a lake of tar
>try to go back, sudden Giant Spider BT appears
>try to put down Emu in a safe area to fight thing thing, came unprepared
>start shooting but when I try to dodge his attack I cant move since Im st the edge of the arena
>grabs me and triggers a voidout
>the whole area became a crater, I still have the Emu safe a few meters away but i lost everything else, the sun shines above
What the fuck...?

Love it. I like it more the more i play. I prefer walking over using vehicles. They make getting around too fast and easy. I end up not appreciating the environment and my gear as much, If im just zooming over everything with a truck with a fuck ton of storage using no tools. It feels like im hardly engaging with many of the game's systems that way.

I love picking a delivery, making my loadout with tools and weapons, and heading off on foot on a journey. Its a type of experience i havent found anywhere else. The shooting is also surprisingly good. Really like the shotgun.

Theres too much dialog though. Its a bit wierd but that does a lot to make the tone of the game as unique and strange as it is. What a weird tone to absolutely everything, its great.

>>714323097
I like doing the main story deliveries to unconnected people by foot because thats always when Kojimbo adds some sovlfvl haunting white girl song.

>>714323767
Hell yea. The last one i did was great. I had a dude on my back and some stuff in a floating carrier, and just after i crested a mountain ridge and headed down the mountain, a song started playing. It was late sunset and it set such an incredible mood.

Will bathing and pee still be a mechanic in Death Stranding 3? just asking haha

>>714323958
ngl I kinda agree with the doomposter that DS2 is overly easy compared to DS1 but its still fun enough that its only like a 7/10 compared to DS's 9/10 IMO. I think KJP should consider adding an extra brutal hardcore survival mode in a patch or directors cut edition.

>>714287941
>>714286327
Higgs in DS1 is unironically one of the coolest character designs fucking EVER

I'll tell you once the PC version comes out. Can't wait.

>>714324331
Adding the vehicles so early makes the game so much easier. You even get the zip lines before you're halfway through Australia.

I just make the game harder for myself by not using that unless i have a huge delivery or i died and need to recover ground fast.

>>714324508
Kojima managing to drag Shinkawa along with him to KJP is a huge part of why DS is so amazing, he's a god-tier artist and mechanical designer.

What's the weirdest tool you guys are using? Ive been traveling really light with just a silenced pistol, bola gun and the coffin skateboard lol + all the meele moves from the pizza chef quests, it's surprisely fun

>>714325167
>silenced tranq pistol
>silenced tranq sniper rifle
>silenced assault rifle
>stealth boots
Kept you waiting huh

>>714325167
for me, its boost skeleton 3 and as many chiral antigrav disc thingies on my backpack as possible

>>714324832
Yoji is without a doubt the greatest artist in this industry, an absolute legend

>>714319603
why are the amazon wagies fighting?

>>714326997
they caught feelings for their workwife

>>714266576
kek it's like that russian indie game Cradle or something, the one with the blue fembot

>>714309123
i love eye-space effects

>>714325167
The more I played of the game the more I abandoned weapons and embraced a Pizza-do lifestyle.
Battle skeleton for armor, and then just jump the whole camp. Maybe fling a couple rubber pizzas at people if I want to be stealthy.

>put two lvl 3 magazines on the backpack
It's so funny to bring a machine gun and it just never fucking runs out

lol kojimadrones are so cucked

>>714327820
I cant believe there's a game mechanic that is only accessible to people who can read.

>>714266907
I already walk like 5 miles a day, no thanks.

>>714308245
Woodkid's vibe is not good compared to Ryan's at least for Death Stranding. Ryan was perfect. I would go so far as to say Death Stranding 2 is worse because he died and couldn't be in the role Woodkid now occupies. Besides that a lot of the random tracks are just not as catchy and I don't find myself wanting to listen to anything other than CHVRCHES and Low Roar with the occasional Gen Hoshino in the private rooms.

>>714327516
A full on shooter game with DS's weight and center of gravity simulation would be super cool honestly.

>>714326473
>>silenced tranq sniper rifle
this thing is so OP

>rodent hat gets angry during combat segments
cute

>>714328385
I bet you if Ryan was still alive Kojima would have asked LR to create the music for DS2 cause he knows everyone loved them but the universe isn't fair and so we sadly didn't got that, Woodkid still does a good job but man LR doing the soundtrack would have been something else... fuck this world

>>714328656
Pretty low ammo thoughbeit
Plus I'm retarded at fps and tps geams so I tend to miss a lot
Plus you have to grind for like 3 hours to get it

>>714328385
Woodkid did something different and that is good. It makes DS2 unique. Reusing the same artist would have been lame.

How do you connect the mine in the north west to the network?
I'm way past it (just found pekora) but it's still red on the map

>>714328385
OTONONAKADE KIMIOSHAGASHITERU
>>714329219
I'm sure Low Roar would have done a new album just for DS2, they were close enough that Ryan's family sent KJP a bunch of unfinished demos and granted the rights to some of the older songs again.

>>714329219
I don't even think Woodkid is the problem. Woodkid should have done a lot more tracks for the game. Almost every time you do a main mission it's some random bullshit by one of the other artists. Woodkid should have done an entire album for the main missions.

>>714329245
the one in the desert? I think you need the Pioneer for that? Maybe the mechanic has a delivery for him

What are our honest thoughts on Cucked Snake?

>>714329629
he's a bro and so are his skeleton buddies

>>714329418
>Give up
such a good song, when that came up I stopped and just looked at the scenery, such a uniquely kino game

This game needed S-Links and the ability to visit everyone on the Magellan individually either in their rooms or the bridge like for Tarman or some other part of the ship.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laoU6hMhYZU
>song mentioned in the credits but nowhere to be found
where the hell does it play

>>714329993
Yeah, its weird that they didnt just make the Magellan a freely explorable area instead of a bunch of small hubs with a DVD special menu animation whenever you switch to a different room.

>>714264261 (OP)
I don't understand how could he die so young, he was only 40 and looks completely healthy wtf... Life sucks

>>714330106
Granted I'm only at South Knot but it feels like people board your ship and then you rarely ever interact with them. Heartman has had hardly any screen time so far.

>>714330343
>mfw my brother nearly died of pneumonia a month ago
shits fucked

>>714329629
Loved what little we got of him and wish he could have gotten more screen time somehow. Wonder why Sam had far less dialogue than DS1. Felt like Kiefer in MGS V

>>714330343
Damn. You have to have either shit genes or AIDS to die from pneumonia at age 40.

I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm just saying it how it is. RIP.

>>714264261 (OP)
80 hours in got as far as F5. I just got told to tie up loose business before heading to the last third of the map so I'm trying to max out everyone on and around the mountain before I move on, it's starting to get annoying how stingy these preppers are with rep. It's like if every motherfucker was a the photographer from DS1.

>>714330682
He had good genes to produce the music he did. Look at his eyes though. He looks sad. I'm sad but even I smile in photographs. Dude was going through it.

>>714330580
>>714330682
I unironically blame the fuck vaccine

>>714329629
Wasted potential. Really felt that his character development and resolution just kind of meh. Luca Marinelli played him wel though.

For me, its The Dowser.

>>714274240
>A lot of damage.
It blinked twice. That's less than 5%

>>714287226
The cabin on the truck is open, you can pull out any weapon you have and fire manually while driving.

>>714271718
hahahaha what the fuck, I love Kojimbo so much

>>714330840
He always looked like this, that's the reason he could produce such emotional music in the first place

>>714329629
As good as Mads is I found Neil's thing more personally effecting once the plot concluded

>>714264261 (OP)
imagine calling Kojima "pretentious" and an "egoist"

>>714330962
She's a cutie

>>714330962
I wish Kojima had more better looking friends. So far the hottest girls in the game are Elle Fanning and this Asian chick.

I don't really... have anything else to say right now

>>714330656
Wut? Sam talks more in the DS2 prologue than he did the entire first game

>>714330962
For me, it's The Artist.

>>714331658
I dig how her poncho makes her look like she's packing a pair of mega milk tier tits

>>714283497
dc exists only because it was rported to ps5

>>714331773
>>714331832
Can't wait for her 3d model to leak

RAINDROPS ARE FALLIN OM MY HEAD

>>714331832
>tfw she sends you her Mumei tier art

>>714331916
naughty

>>714331872
>dc exists only because it was rported to ps5
This is objectively untrue.

Is there a trick or resting timeframe to make mine tar respawn chiral crystals or do I need to hunt golden CCs?

>>714332029
Can you blame me? She's hot

>>714331814
I think Norman actually does some really good subtle acting in this one too

>>714331832
>Hideo Kojima
>Casting actresses and arthoes he wants to fuck in his games

Name a more iconic duo

>>714332247
Everytime he interacts with Tomorrow is great.

>>714332165
you got anything to back that up?

>>714331956
man you can tell that girl got some issues, you don't draw like that for no reason but hey most hot girls do, my ex was literally a smoking hot 10/10 but she had BPD so I had to dump her, these women aren't future wife material

>>714332301
Imagine living that dream

>>714264882
pussy

I really want to discuss the game but its so good to play blind and cannot risk spoilers. E33's story hasn't been beat but this is one of those rare AAA games that show how good they could be with the right direction and effort and soul.
Arguably this is Kojima's best game ever, if not in decades.
the camera system is amazing and Neil would make an amazing Snake. dumping some screens

>>714330962
It's the Metagemnomicist for me. She also gives you a cute pet

>>714331780
Woohoohoo! Looking clean as a whistle!

>>714332641
It's also the best looking game in years - release date TLOU and RDR2 were the last games to have this level of polish graphically.

>>714331773
Lauren Tsai is mixed race actually. She has very appealing White features as well as Asian ones. A very attractive girl.

>>714332391
>Kojima has all of the body scan data on his server
>you just know

>>714332349
Yeah, kojima specifically said he wanted to make the updated version because he had ideas he wanted to have in the game but didn't have the time to implement in the original release. I get pseud love to think they're too smart to be lied to, but if it's the director's word versus some schizoid faggot on 4chan, I'm gonna take the director's word on things like this.

>>714332029
She looks completely White when she closes her eyes. kek

>Second game was about Sam turning into the president
That sounds way better than Sam suffering simulator

>>714332902
mgs reboot with Luca as "Snake"? thought he was very compelling in DS2

>>714333587
He is honestly to short to play Solid Snake 2.0 in Physint. The actor needs to be at least 180 cm tall.

>Literally no one leaves shared cargo for delivery to Pekora
FUCK YOU

Yeah the difficulty and preparation aspect of the first game is totally gone. I finished the game last week and haven't gone back to 5 star stuff because it's just boring

>>714333453
this isn't true, he said ds ps4 is already the full release and sony made him use the dc in the title for the ps5 release, the additions are a bonus not cut things specifically for the ps5 release. so nice made up story retard.

>>714264261 (OP)
don't have the game yet since have to wait for PC release in a year, where is this location?

How did Heartman get to Australia and set up a lab way inland when we literally just got here?

>>714334718
People used the gate plate before Sam. That's why there are mutliple UCA members there.

>go for a stroll near the crater in the middle of the continent
>triple BT dogs begin assaulting me
>kill them and walk a couple meters along the coast
>fucking BT squid pops out
STOP I JUST WANNA TALK TO THE FISHERMAN

>>714334789
Oh OK
I thought Sam was the first one to use it besides the red clothes weirdos

>>714334789
I stood up and clapped while yelling KINO KINOOO when Viktor showed up

Debra Wilson is a good actress
There, I said it

>>714335921
Too bad about the lines Kojima feeds her.

>>714335921
Her facial motion looks of compared to most characters in the game.

Has not-Lea Seydoux's model been ripped and rigged yet?

>>714335921
Yeah her acting was surprisingly good
>>714336195
nah, looks fine

>>714336263
kys

>>714335921
yeah she's pretty good

>>714335921
I don't think that's ever been in questions, weirdos and racists just never shut up about her because they find her ugly

>>714335921
Debra is a very smart woman, you can really feel it when you listen to her, I did not expect this at all when I heard her talk in an interview before DS2 came out. She preps a lot for her roles and doesn't take anything lightly. I was pretty impressed, no wonder everyone wants to work with her

>the only time Sam looks happy the entire game is when he receives the vtubers hat
Based
He's just like me fr fr

If you idle too long, Sam sits down and falls asleep and dreams Lou is flying around him like a cherub
Absolute cinema

>>714335921
She always was. Unlike other DEI hires, she can actually act and voice act as well. She just unfortunately looks ugly as shit and not even in a iconic way like Steve Buscmei or Dafoe

Was the driving improved?

>>714337713
sorta but they still handle like shit off road. You can get improved tires for the trucks so they work better on slopes but that's it.

>>714336458
being a good actress and being ugly are not mutually exclusive

>>714337713
Yes and do. I haven't had the rock bouncing problem I had with the bike in one but now I've had a couple of times where I jump and I just go up in straight line 5meters high.

>>714337713
a lot, no more rock bouncing, everything feels much better

I'm still trying to plat the first game. Fuck this pizza loving bastard that's asking me to hand carry a wine bottle from halfway across the country!

>>714338286
kek

>>714337069
the PS5 has a dedicated record button that automatically formats into Webm/MP4 wtf are you doing anon

>>714339048
Someone filming their screen with their phone in 2025 feels weirdly soulful.

>>714339048
I'm too much of a brainlet to get that from the ps5 on to my phone to upload

Have they ripped Oshii's model yet

>>714264261 (OP)
It's giving me better than but still shit and late Starfield vibes. No thanks.
Can't even customize a ship.

>>714341619
>Can't even customize a ship.
not true

hows the gameplay? Can you use mouse on ps5 ?

Where should ds3 be set? Asia, africa or the artic/antarctic

>did 20+ standard orders in australia
>now working on mexico backlog
>only now just realise I can move the magellan around from the map screen

I can't be the only one? I thought you had to physically board it to move around.

>>714343113
Iceland but it looks like North America.

>>714343113
Mars.

>>714343801
if you're not on the ship you will not go with it.... obviously

>>714264261 (OP)
Going good. I 5 starred all of Mexico. Now I'm building the road to Lone Commander.

>>714344519
Keep on keeping on.

>>714344447
but you can still move it close to most settlements allowing you to rest and fast travel easier.

>>714344981
Makes delivering lost cargo a lot easier

> dollman mentions a song
> play it
> an entire dance routine cutscene plays
I can't tell if this is kino or retarded

>>714344519
Make sure you 5 star the lone commander
He gives you the best weapon in the game

>>714345157
lmao

>>714346006
>I can't tell if this is kino or retarded
its both

>>714346006
a new breed of kino

>>714265968
That's hilarious. Can I kiss you anon. Just once?

I'm in Episode 9: Puppets right now. There are 7 more episodes after this one, but they all seem very linear and that this is the last big one. I looked it up because the game was getting too long. I've had enough of delivering, man. Get me some linear shooting.

Kneeling.
Westoid gamedevs could never.

Anybody else kinda dissapointed they brought BB back?

Seems kinda unecessary when you have Dollman as the sidekick and I would've like having a free chest slot to add extra gear/cargo on.

>>714347485
I'm sorry but saaars are not my type. Kys Pranjeed.

>>714347802
I *think* 11 is the point where it goes more linear, with basically a big story chunk + playable set piece each

>>714348062
I wish Korone was in there too. I like Korone more than Pekora.

>drop my backpack because want to stealth a base
>JUST finish knocking the last guy out
>"YOUR BACKPACK IS BEING STOLEN!"
>ah fuck
>i arrive just as the MULE was about to bolt
>he left all of my cargo and just took the backpack
>rope-a-dope his ass and retrieve my backpack
>option to gift the backpack to the fucker
>....fuck it whatever
>MULE gives me 1175 likes
SOVL

>>714348729
>game set in Australia
>no haachama
>no bae
>no Sana

big fan of the Magnolian tracks

>put on 6 antigrav units to the pickup
>jump
>hold jump
>tilt back
>this fucker somehow flies 3-4x its height

>that throwback to ds1 after you defeat the whale
kino...

>>714351465
Low Roar was something special, but Woodkid was probably the best choice to replace him, his work is the standout on the DS2 soundtrack IMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa0hqffp0EE

I thought I'd get sick of it but the slow motion on kill effect and the death cry Ghost Mechs make when you kill them is oddly satisfying

I'll stick with the Rodent, thanks

It's just a straight shot to the finish once you bring South Knot online isn't it? I though I'd get a chance to go back for some things but it doesn't look like it.

>>714351508
Okay this is a bug. It has to be. That was way too fucking high.
https://files.catbox.moe/qvvyeb.webm

>>714352664
Yeah you're pretty much locked into story shit since you can't fast travel with the magellan after that

>>714351806
It's my favourite feature simply for letting me have time to line up headshots on enemies and fill them with bullets before they can react

>>714352824
Well looks like I'm loading a save from 3 hours ago.

So APAC wanted to do human instrumentality and turn every person into a combine soul?

>everytime you rescue this game it plays Low Roar song
Okay I forgive your stupid ass, Mr Adventurer

>>714354009
this guy*

>you can capture the giant bug BT in the scripted sequence towards the end
kino

>>714351761
This is also my favorite DS2 track.

My favorite DS1 track was Lou's Theme, but I am not sure if it is in DS2.

>>714332641
>E33's story

>>714355661
>Lou's Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghk1RFr51xo

It would be kino if you could encounter BTs anywhere the is timefall but Kojima doesn't want me causing voidouts all over the map

>>714356604
There are definitely substantially less BT infestations in DS2. In some areas they don't even show up until you have finished the main mission in the area.

Pretty good, just got to the pizza chef

>>714356805
I set up a Zipline near the Architect and when I travelled to it one time there were like 9 watchers just chilling around it. Was kind of scary.

>>714268216
so this character has a blood baby and the main character has a piss baby?

>>714324251
she has a huge ass IRL, does she also have a huge ass in game?

>>714329629
i call him cuckity cuckcuck cuck cuckaroo pump cuck daddy and yes he got cucked on a cuck chair in a cucky sucky way. I still like him thoooo

>>714264261 (OP)
Is #2 any good? I spent 3 hours jumping off cliffs and rolling down hills in the first one then it stopped being hilarious and I stopped playing

>>714282151
>He's genuinely a better actor than Mads
On opposite day maybe

>>714266907
I live around blacks and arabs

>>714343113
First short map should be Japan and then the big map should be Russia or China.

>>714358121
If you don't like the 1st one then you wont like the 2nd one

>>714359537
My condolences

I'm up the Solid Snake LARPer in the graveyard. Percentage counter says I'm about a third of the way through the main story - is this accurate?

>>714332301
It's more pathetic than iconic knowing that he doesn't actually even fuck those women, but even more so seeing that his game is so nonexistent he has to go these lengths to try to pull women around him.

>>714266907
I'm not on a noble mission, I don't have cutting edge robotic gadgets and I don't have majestic stark landscapes to cross.

I'm not playing this game since Neil Cuckman is in it.

Did they explain how Higgs and others know about BBs theme when only Sam and Cliff knew it in the first game?

>>714341432
>watch a couple cutscenes
>man this looks like actual slop, might skip this
>see mamoru oshii as a pizza chef fighting sam
okay now I'm reconsidering

>>714360702
The gameplay is very addictive. You won't be disappointed.

>>714266907
i dont enjoy going outside irl because there are cute girls there and i get sad that i cant fuck them

>>714343113
>thinking there will be a 3

>>714311405
>DS3
>First map is Japan
>Second map is China

Would it be kino?

>>714314658
can you even fail the bossfights in DS2? I died a bunch of times against the squid and didn't get a game over

>>714314658
Buddy, I've literally not died a single time and I'm in episode 9.

>>714360538
He isn't in the game

>>714266576
planetary nebula, happens when a low or intermediate mass star reaches the "end" of it's cycle
high mass stars ends with super novas, and the results of a supernovae are much more bigger, brighter, and take a more messy shape

dead game

>>714365298
No u

rainy's pregnant belly

>>714281114
anti soul gas everywhere, decima bros how do we respond?

>>714367315
Just the perfect amount of pregnant

>>714264261 (OP)
already 100% youtube cutscenes

>>714362723
more like retaking america from AI

>>714351806
>Kojima finally caught up with random unreal engine kusoge from 2010

I reached the Data Scientist.

Tomorrow's armpits

>>714370124
peko

Fuck dollman