>https://in.ign.com/death-stranding-2/235539/news/death-stranding-2-is-reported-to-have-sold-13-million-copies-in-june-2025
The world has Kojimafatigue.

>>715134863 (OP)
And I have (You) fatigue.

>>715135001
same
I hate ign but opnigger can't even tell how this is doing compared to 1
I won't be buying this much like I skipped 1

Still waiting for the best platform release

Isn't the entire "fatigue" meme suppose to be used when there's too many copies of the same thing? Like openworldfatigue or slopfatigue og actionfatigue or whatever?
Stop ruining language by normalizing wronguse.

>>715134863 (OP)
People are tired of movies being sold as games.

>>715134863 (OP)
>Indian IGN

Why are they not rangebanned again?

>>715134863 (OP)
What was DS1's first month sales?
Give me a full figure and not the "DS2 physical sales are 66% lower in the UK" thing

>>715134863 (OP)
Oof. Not good. Not good at all. Kojima is FINISHED.

>>715135153
I don't think it's getting a Switch 2 port at this rate.

>>715134863 (OP)
First death stranding had all this hype around it when people didn't knew it was walking jim with jank combat and silly story
So people know what to expect so they aren't into as much

>>715135214
The amount of people buying physical decreases every generation. I'm surprised Playstation even bothers with the disc tray anymore. Even Nintendo is slowly phasing it out at a glacial pace.

It says June sales you pajeet faggot. The game came out in the 26th so it's basically first weekend sales

>>715135358
Nintendo made the biggest jump of any of the console makers to digital with the key card shit.

>>715135214
>What was DS1's first month sales?
Nobody knows. Sales numbers weren't released until after it came to PC because according to Trannyera, Sony considered the game an absolute failure with more than 3 million copies shipped, but unsold by March 2020.

>>715135381
And now it's nowhere to be seen on any top-seller lists anywhere... sad.

>>715134863 (OP)
>Kojimafatigue
what a retarded fucking buzzword. xfatigue would only happen if a certain type of game is released constantly for a long period of time. There was a fucking 6 year gap between DS1 and 2 and Kojima did not release anything inbetween. Kill yourself retard

>>715135517
PS4-5 version had sold 4.15m copies as of February 2022 according to the Insomniac leaks

>>715135517
This one is definitely gonna do worse. I think it’s a downgrade from 1 story wise, but the worst part is the improvements from game one are so minor that it doesn’t make up for how much worse the story is

>>715135660
So in two weeks, DS2 is already a third of the way to DS1's sales after more than two years.

>>715135261
No, I mean for Windows XP

i know multiple people who have said they are buying it day 1 of pc release. so just wait

>>715135509
True. Key-in-box was the catalyst for PC going all-digital.

>>715134863 (OP)
bros I just like guns okay, give me lots of guns.

>>715135907
samefagging shills on /v/ doesn't count multiple people lol

>>715134863 (OP)
>1.3 MILLION Sales
>Bad

Retarded NIGGER

>>715136047
DS1 sold like absolute shit before it came to PC, and there were a lot more PS4s than there are PS5s.
PC saved the game and Kojima's career, DS2 wouldn't even exist if it weren't for the PC release.
Not putting DS2 on PC day 1 is a real slap in the face to the people who made the first game a success, but Sony thinks these people will go out and buy a PS5. They're wrong.

>>715134863 (OP)
1.3m in sales isn't bad, but it's important to compare the profit with how much it cost to make, and Kojimbo games cost a fucking ton to make these days.

>>715136170
DS1 sold 1m copies om Steam. The PS5 beat that with DS2 in the first week.

>>715136280
for a aaa game 1.3m is abysmal
there are indie games that sell better

>>715136316
Then how come only after it came to PC the game suddenly sold over 19 million when it couldn't even sell 5 million in over two years on PS4?

>>715134863 (OP)
No one cares about Kojimbo's constant simping over Hollywood spirit cookers.

>>715136379
Did you just completely ignore the rest of what I said or what?

>>715136379
Video game sold for $90 nowadays

>>715136424
i did not
i just argued against the part i disagree with

>>715136410
>arrived on Xbox Series
There your answer, the goypass saved his ass

>>715136550
gamepass subscription downloads =/= "sold copies"

snoys gonna have a wake up call. all their games will sell like this. they will be a "sucess" like ass creed shadows was a "success". they themselves grew that audience

>>715136410
If you check the Tweet that article sources, it's 19 million players - Kojima says "19 million porters". It's been one of the PS+ "free" games for ages.

You're off your rocker if you think a game like Death Stranding could sell 20m copies.

>>715136085
>High fidelity mocap on your better than average video game actor with that dev time
Yeah it performed like shit. Budget was probably 100m at least and that's being generous

>>715136653
Lmaooo cope retard, he actually counted paid subscriptions as sold copies.

>>715136410
retard, that's including ps+ and gamepass
https://x.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1854815071538757924

>>715134863 (OP)
consolefags can not appreciate kojima's brilliance

>>715136829
>100m at least and that's being generous
Generous is an understatement. Hollywood fucking fleeced him for as much as it could and he loved every second of it because it wasn't his money and he got to act like a big movie director.

>>715134863 (OP)
>As reported by The Game Business (via Wccftech), data firm Ampere estimates that Death Stranding 2 sold 1.4 million copies by the end of June. While the game didn’t perform as strongly as the first Death Stranding in terms of physical sales across Europe, digital sales have been much stronger this time.

>estimates

Literally a made up guess when physical sales do not demonstrate this sales trend.
If it had sold 1 million in its first week, they would have already trumpeted it with the celebratory image and stupid press releases like "the fastest-selling death stranding ever!"

>>715135626
OP has Kojima Derangement Syndrome, I’m afraid

>>715136829
Haha not a chance.

Hackjimbo is washed up. Guarantee this won't make back its budget.

>>715136885
kek, they also outright gave it away for free on EGS to millions of people.

the game really captures what it's like to live as a modern male

>>715137032
>physical sales do not demonstrate this sales trend.
they do, ps5 games are like 80% digital 20% physical, per sony's own reports

>>715134863 (OP)
Arent they pregnant tho?

>>715137475
When have you ever known a woman to be consistent?

>>715136734
>>715136885
>>715137218
20 million players in five and a half years (this was from March) for a heavily marketed, big budget multiplat that's on several big services and was outright given away for free at one point isn't really that impressive.

Sorry Kojima.

>>715135626
>>715137102
>I have a parasocial relationship with Hideo Kojima on a popular social media platform

>>715137218
>egs
maybe dozens of people

>>715137675
Is that your official cope?

>>715137614
>20 million isnt really that impressive

>>715134863 (OP)
I'm just not into horror shit. Kojima needs to stop doing horror.

>>715137692
nah just reality

>1.4 million physical sales
>stronger digital

>>715135165
Nah, the "fatigue" meme is when people get sick and tired of someone's BS. In the case of Kojima, walking simulators have not been well received.

>>715137713
>>715137743
>* Includes all console version, PC versions, and free access as part of various subscription services
>includes Epic Games giving the game away and there being so many people downloading the game that it slowed down the whole service
Cuckjimbodrones, this is sad.

>>715137776
>so many people downloading the game that it slowed down the whole service
damn, maybe it was hundreds

>>715137776
Outsold the entirety of Metal Gear.

>>715137748
Not what it says, goofball. 1.3 total sales, with the majority being digital.

>>715137614
>players

>>715137797
We've already established the Cuckjimbodrone cope.
>>715137804
Maybe if you mean Metal Gear, the original game from 1987. The MG series is at like 70 million strictly from sales.

>IGN India
Is this a story that was not available on other locales or is this something that is specific to India?

>>715135153
>>715136170
Even Kojima himself mentioned that the PC was very successful, had the longest tail of sales(actual sales, not giveaway bullshit), and the most durable and consistent player base in game. . Its frustrating that DS2 didn't get concurrent PC release, or at least one scheduled shortly after the PS5 launch if he had to placate Sony. Then again, Sony has their heads up their asses refusing to bring titles to PC/Steam immediately despite the fact that almost nobody "double dips" or buys PS5 for one fucking game. They could have MORE sales by not involving this garbage exclusivity.

This is the kind of person having an existential breakdown over a new Kojima masterpiece.

>>715134863 (OP)
>reported
So it's even lower

the first "game" was putrid shit, who the fuck is buying the sequel

>>715137998
>masterpiece
Financial failure that's received nonstop ridicule online, slamming Kojima for his lack of self-awareness.

>>715137998
Is this Coby Goldstein, the jewish controlled opposition psychopathic jews inserted in the place of American Krogan who was banned for the same stuff?

>>715137951
Sony funded the game to begin with

>>715138083
Every single time this happens. New Kojiludo comes out, midwits crawl out of the woodwork to whine about it, we flash forward a few years and people are praising it once they finally catch up with Kojimbo's vision

>>715137998
>name-dropping literal who e-celeb
Is this your new cope? What's next? Calling everyone itt tendies?

>>715136410
>>715136550
>>715136734
>>715136885
Dont forget it was free on Epic

>>715137895
Yeah but that is comparing a 30+ year old series to a two game series

>>715138079
console players don't have anything to play. So they buy whatever looks like a triple A even if it's shit in the end.

>>715138083
>received nonstop ridicule online
free advertising

>>715138237
To a two-game series that's only barely reached 20 million across all platforms since 2019, after giving the game away for free on Epic Games Store, including it in PSN+ and Game Pass. Actual sales? Lol, not even 10% of MGS.

It's going to be free next year on the subscription service so why buy it?

>>715138321
Yep, just like concord it's free advertising amirite? Oh wait... KEEEEK

>>715137443
No, they're 60-40

>>715138332
Its new IP that has done well so far. MGS Delta will flop btw

>>715138443
Gaming is 100 times bigger today than it was when MGS was a thing, and Death Stranding has sold solely because of MGS in the first place. Actual DS sales are probably not even a fourth of the player count, lmao.

>>715138401
well death stranding is a success so...

>>715138430
source?

>>715135745
Except it's selling worse than DS1.

>>715134863 (OP)
Flop. Sony exclusive used to sell like 3 million in a week.

>>715138505
it made enough money to fuel a sequel, cope

>>715138443
I hate remakes and remake culture, but I'm praying Delta sellls extremely well just to spite Kojima. Gamings biggest fucking hack. Hasn't made anything of value in the last 20 years but his ego keeps growing exponentially.

>>715138574
Yeah totally success after snoy, Timmy and Phil gave it away for "free"

>>715134863 (OP)
>The world has Kojimafatigue

No, it's woke fatigue. It's brown fatigue. It's fatigue of "Press UP for 25 seconds, watch a 7-minute cutscene, press UP for 28 seconds, watch a 6-minute cutscene". It's fatigue of games with no gameplay, and shallow gameplay, and repetitive gameplay. It's fatigue of games with recycled assets from previous versions. It's fatigue of Part 4 and Part 5 and Part 6 and Part X of games. It's fatigue of remasters. It's fatigue of re-releases. It's fatigue of a lack of creativity and originality.

>>715138443
delta will probably sell ok from the metal gear name, unless it releases in a very buggy state

>>715138909
>just says the world has kojimafatigue again but does it in 500 words instead of one

That is also another aspect of kojimafatigue btw.

that's low for a sony flagship game
most games in this list sold as much despite a much smaller budget

>>715139076
Expedition 33, Wilds and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 sold way more than DS2. When you consider Sony's insane budgets DS2 is 100% guaranteed a failure.

>But reused assets make it cheaper!

Yeah so why did Spiderman 2 cost 400 million dollars when it's the same fucking city? They don't help at all. This game needs to push serious numbers to recoup its cost and its definitely not on track to do that.

>>715138780
yeah

>>715139201
god knows how much they paid so koji-man could jack off to 3D scans of all the actors and actresses

>>715139201
It will make it's money back on PC. You are forgetting that Death Stranding 1 sold 19 million copies, and most of those were on PC.

Sony just loves blasting bits and pieces of its own cock off with a revolver so they refused to do simultaneous release with PC, even though that would have made them way more fucking money.

Kojima has an extremely devoted base of millions of fans. They're just all on PC now ever since PlayStation became a gay dudebro console.

Wonder if Sony realized they fucked up. 2 walking simulators that sell like shit with a big budget that Kojima just uses to cope by hiring D-list actors.

>>715139385
>Death Stranding 1 sold 19 million copies, and most of those were on PC.
shilljimabro, you're looping again >>715136410

>>715134863 (OP)
Personally, the moment i see actors in a game i already tune out. Show me some interesting shit, not your childhood or personal favorite actors.
Also what the fuck is wrong with the writer? that tentacle tongue kissing scene is weird.

>>715139385
>19 million copies
That is players. It obviously did not sell anywhere near close to 19 million copies
>so they refused to do simultaneous release with PC,
They want to sell consoles you know

>>715139385
i think at best it'll break even, they spent way too much and people aren't nearly as hyped as they were for DS1
also
>20mil players

>>715135612
Idk how anyone is upset that more people aren't buying it even if you like DS. THEYRE MOVIE GAMES FUCKING RETARDS. Most people just give a shit about cutscenes anyways and youtube/twitch is so dominant today and free. You only give a shit to play if you had fun with the first otherwise just watch the fuckin movie like everyone else. Kojima has done this since the Ps3 it isn't exactly ground breaking anymore that a game where you barely do any gaming isn't a best seller. No matter how much I like his games it's just the fuckin truth they've been 60+ dollar movies forever.

>>715139076
The problematic and rebooted development of Metroid Prime 4 costed Pretendo $250million. I'm expecting a big floperino with this one.

>>715139385
Everyone got it for a reduced price or free on PC. Also people were willing to give it a chance because of this and it being Kojima. Now everybody knows he is a fraud and doesn't want to play a walking simulator again. Not even the Sony people do, which is why its selling worse there to.

>>715134863 (OP)
Im one of those 1.3 million and I'm having a great time

its so funny how death stranding keeps just being a successful masterpiece.

>>715134863 (OP)
nortubel sold more

>>715134863 (OP)
Fuck this guy for putting iq tests in the game. Failed both and now I feel bad out of nowhere. Hope he goes bankrupt

>>715139561
no chance, nin toddlers are top tier consumers
>i must buy switch 2 even though there's not a single good game that requires switch 2

>>715139524
>>715139494
>>715139584
>>715139619
>they think PC gamers care about Epic or PC Game Pass.

Even if it's true a bunch of players were on PC Gamepass or PS+, it still sold a fuckton of copies on Steam. The game still has the highest number of active players on all platforms on Steam. Also it was never put on Xbox Game Pass, only PC game pass. I will give it to you that probably a fair number of PS+ people tried the game that way. But most PC people would rather swim up a waterfall to buy a game on Steam rather than try any avenue to play a game on PC game pass or Epic.

Long story short, the game will 100% make it's money back on Steam. And if Sony actually wanted money, they'd have put it simultaneously on Steam. PC gamers do not get baited into buying consoles, they just wait patiently for PC ports. As it has been for time immemorial.

>>715139764
Death Strandings all time peak was ~35 thousand players and most of the sales on the platform came from the game being discounted. It's not nearly as successful as you are making it out to be, and the second one is going to do worse because the first made most people realize the emperor has no clothes.

>>715138596
Circana 2024, during a game launch the split is 60-40, in the following months 80-20.

>>715139672
The gift that keeps on giving.

>>715139871
>NOOOOO THEY DIDNT PAY 100 DOLLARS PER COPY IT DOESNT COUNT
now whos coping lmfao

>He literally had mecha xenomorphs.

Mr. Shinkawa is a genius

>>715134863 (OP)
Yeah nah

>>715139764
God I hope Bloodborne never comes to PC. I hate PC niggers

>>715139918
Sony does in fact make less money when you pay less for the game, yes. And Death Stranding only has 33k reviews. I don't know how you have deluded yourself into thinking it's more successful than it is but more power to you I guess.

>>715139871
It sold at least 3 mill on Steam, and Steam is where most of the active players are. And this is Director's Cut also. And the game has had very positive reviews on Steam for years. PC gamers like Death Stranding, get over it.

>>715140064
I do not care about Bloodsnorne, I played it on PS4 and couldn't slog through the dogshit framerate. FromSoftware has made two good games that I've actually played, Sekiro and Armored Core 6. I think Sekiro was fun by accident, Miyazaki will never make a fun game of his own accord, he needed Bobby Kotick on his ass to actually make that game fun. Armored Core 6 is a fun game because it's not directed by Miyazaki.

>>715140097
It probablly did sell around 3 million on steam. Not at full price, and the second game seems to have a lower purchase rate than the first for PS users already, and PC users will probably be the same.

>>715140203
Don't worry the emulation is fixing that so you can play it at a real frame rate now. It's worth it, great game held back by the shitbox 4.

>>715140203
Cope pc nigger. Thats why you fags are constantly crying about it every year

>>715134863 (OP)
Whole reason the first one was so hyped was because all the support he got after the Konami stuff, combined with Death Stranding marketing just be incredibly weird and unique and cool, everyone wanted to know what the fuck this was gonna be. But now we know. And a lot of people didn't like it. So there's just no where close to as much excitement or interest in this one. There's no more mystery or intrigue anymore. Everyone knows what they're getting. Was honestly probably not a game that needed a sequel.

>>715139941
>Mr. Shinkawa is a genius
Every time I was walking towards the DHV Magellan, I would say to myself "God Damn that's a good-looking ship"

>>715140078
>And Death Stranding only has 33k reviews
hoofing copium

>>715140216
I think there is no correlation whatsoever to how a game sells on PlayStation versus how it sells on PC. Rather, we have seen many examples that clearly demonstrate PC gamers have extremely different taste in games from PlayStation dudebros who mostly just play GTA, CoD, Madden, NBA2K, FIFA and Fortnite.

For an example of this, look at how PC gamers shunned most of Sony's ports or were generally indifferent to them, but swarmed the shit out of Stellar Blade.

PC gamers and PlayStation dudebros simply have very different tastes.

>>715140268
>>715140317
I am not going to speak for all PC gamers. I did not care for Bloodborne, I don't even think I'd care to attempt replaying it through emulation or a port. It just wasn't that good a game. Armored Core 6 though, I could probably play that game 100 times and never tire of it. Miyazaki just plain hates fun. For the record, I beat Elden Ring and didn't enjoy that game much either, beat it mostly just so I could tell people I beat it and didn't enjoy it that much.

I was actually really looking forward to DS getting a PC release because I thought modders would add a Big Boss replacement but it never happened. I cant stand normans face.

>>715140472
Oh I forgot to add, that image isn't even fucking accurate because Stellar Blade actually went up to 180K concurrent players, completely blowing every other PlayStation port out of the water entirely.

>>715140318
>Was honestly probably not a game that needed a sequel
It's gonna be funny seeing PHYSINT marketed as a "return to MGS style action" when large parts of DS2 literally play like MGSV

>>715134863 (OP)
it's not kojimbo fatigue but most people who bought DS1 never finishing it and consequently not wanting to play the sequel.

>>715140571
They dont though. Its very hollow compared to mgs.

>>715140472
>>715140564
Not the guy you're talking to but I know Stellar Blade was a runaway success in China whereas it was modestly successful everywhere else. Why question is why is this exactly? Is it just the coom angle or there something else that endeared it Chinese player so much?

>>715140512
I never understand why Norman Reedus was a big deal honestly. Not a particularly good actor and not really very handsome by Hollywood standards.

>>715140751
It might just be power in numbers, China is the biggest PC gaming audience now. Korea's population is small by comparison.

>>715134863 (OP)
Kojima-san, el Creatividado... has ran out of Steam.

>>715140416
I need hot toys to make all of the mechs

unrelated but this is the only ps5 thread I can think of to ask in. how does the ds5 compare to the ds4, especially in terms of the charging cable not fucking disconnecting all the time? I use a ds4 as my controller on pc and it's getting old (battery life isn't very good, buttons getting a bit mushy, etc) and wasn't sure if I should buy a new one or finally upgrade

>>715141234
I've never had any issues with that and in terms of feel they're really good controllers, but the build quality is crap. The one I got with the console has stick drift in the right one and the replacement has got a busted spring in the R2 trigger, which is apparently a common fault.

>>715137998
He did so much projecting in his review its insane. This dude is terrified of hitting 30 and being an incel still

>>715141513
Wtf this hit home for me too

>>715140064
it's already on pc and it's free snoy, enjoy your movieslop

>>715141796
So why are you all constantly bitching about it?

>>715134863 (OP)
>Death Stranding 2 sells 1.3m
Isn't that good?

>>715142132
78 million return on something that reportedly took hundreds of millions is pretty bad anon.

>>715142198
Ah makes sense.
I still think of game development budgets being what they were back in 2010

Destroyed by Stellar Blade sales

perhaps stop making shit games

>>715142198
Please stop pretending you know these numbers.

>>715142651
nta but the game does look really expensive, but maybe the production was efficient idk

>>715142342
They will all be destroyed by GTA VI's sales

>>715134863 (OP)
1.3m is probably good enough

>>715143340
It flopped

>>715134863 (OP)
the fart sniffing Jap intentionally made his game less appealing, so, mission accomplished, I guess?

>>715142753
It was certainly expensive as fuck. But lets not pull numbers out of ass.

Knew it, 1 only sold well because retards like myself bought it blind.

death stranding 2 is better than 1
but it suffers from japan difficulty
were it's basically just a ps2 game with ps2 AI
casual slop

It's not news that PS5 games sell like crap.

>>715144410
11m on one machine is fantastic.

>>715137998
>Kojima masterpiece
Reddit is that way.

>>715144410
Um, Kojimblebros??? I thought DS1 sold 69 million copies????

>1.3mil already, even with the PS5 only handicap
It's on track to outsell
>Granblue Fantasy Relink
>Metaphor Refantazio
>Stellar Blade
>Persona 3 Reload
>Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
>Like A Dragon: Pirates in Hawaii
Why do your ironic weeb games keep flopping while Kojigod thrives?

>>715142132
For a indie game, maybe. Not for a big budget AAA game with celebrities.

>>715134863 (OP)
>but...
What's she looking at that made her make an exception?

>>715144843
Because normalfags don't like anime, but love movie games and celebrity wanking.

>>715144721
It's really bad for a console that popular.

I swear the enemy AI is broken. I see them stand around doing nothing. I throw a thing to make sound and they just face the direction instead of investigating.

>>715144843
>keep flopping
>whilst DS2 budget probably double if not triple aforementioned games
Shilljima not sending their best.

>>715140693
? mgs is suddenly a gameplay chunky game now?
the only strict advantage it has vs DS is the prone stance

>>715143410
Right, we shouldn't pull numbers out of our asses, because that's where our heads belong, isn't that right fellow Kojima cultist?

>>715144931
>>715145057
Keep dilating sisters, maybe Cygames will update Granblue with more trannies and homos

>>715135698
It's a downgrade over 1 in every way except visually
- somehow even easier
- weaker, more nonsensical story
- same shit but bigger map
- all the stuff which made 1 good only turns up in the final stretch by which point you're sick of the game
- song selection isn't as good

The last few hours are gnarly and Dollman is cool but I never want to play this thing ever again

>>715145216
>muh boogeyman
Fraudjima LOVES trannies thoughbeitever

>>715145057
This IS their best, if you can believe it.

The ball just got bigger

>>715145330
Kojima was always a hyper-lefty.

>>715145904
He's pretty centre-left really. He leans right on some social issues like abortion but left on others like homosexuality and American foreign policy.

People acting like he was some kind of fascist because of a handful of jokes making fun of gays and transsexuals 20-30 years ago are as silly as people acting like he's some kind of hyper left progressive just because he took a few swipes at Brexit and the Trump administration.

>>715144932
Thats not how it works nintendbabby

>>715146129
Extremist zealots are incapable of understanding nuance, Anon, moderate center positions fundamentally don't exist for them.

>>715147008
There is no such thing as a moderate lefty. Either you drank the koolaid or you didn't.

>>715147140
Case in point

>>715147169
You either believe that faggotry is okay or you don't. No one believes anything in between. You can't like trannies a little bit.

>>715147609
You just keep proving me correct, and the hell of it is I know I can't convince you otherwise because you're blind to center positions. You are either all the way on the left or all the way on the right.

>>715138223
I played it on PC Gamepass
Thought it fucking sucked and quit after three hours too, just non stop tedious walking segments combined with hamfisted melodrama.
The only time it ever felt like a game was during the stealth segments and I fucking hate stealth segments

>>715147667
In the issue I just bought up, and in a lot of things, the choice is literally binary. The only exception are fence-sitters but being on the fence does not make you a centrist.

>>715147609
You know politics are more than gay sex right anon?

>>715135153
Ouya release when?

>>715134863 (OP)

Jesus Christ, not only is Debrah Wilson in this but the scene she is introduced in is literally a "Men bad, therefore you Sam must be bad too" and just a half an hour before Fragile spouts the Hillary Clinton talking point of "Women are the primary victims of war" shit.

How is this scene not talked about more?

The Motherhood base almost made me want to quit the game. I'm glad there was a good Higgs scene just afterward, but still. Kojima has usually had a way of presenting the politics in a paletable way, but this is just too on the nose and almost entirely made for committee approval, or to check a box.

>>715134863 (OP)
Games are better when they're not made with everyone in mind

>>715147734
>3 hours
You didn't play the game

>>715148015
If it takes more than 3 hours to get to a point where you're considered to be playing the game, doesn't that seem like it should be a problem?

>>715147808
Sure, but 99% of those other things the left and right generally agree on. If you look at the current president vs the last one you'll realize they disagree on a handful of major issues, but both sides will still send more money to Israel.

>>715138079
Making deliveries is comfy as fuck

>>715148078
You're barely out of the cutscenes 3 hours in. Regardless of whether that's good game design or not: you didn't play the game.

I had the first one on ps plus and I didn't even play it lmao

>>715137614
they literally gave this game out for free, on more than one occasion.

Kojima without his Konami dog collar is fucking cringe

>>715148726
This. No tard wrangler.

>>715135165
are you stupid?

>>715134863 (OP)
I kinda wanna try it out, should I bother with DS1?

>>715134863 (OP)
That's a massive bomb btw, they probably lost over 100 million at least on this game.

>>715148726
this
1 and 2 cameo on side are cool but replacing all the cool designs with actors is fucking cringe
just make a movie you faggot

>>715149697
Yes

>>715134863 (OP)
mgsv was his last good game

>>715136410
It sold so well BECAUSE OF COVID LOCKDOWNS you faggot.

>>715134863 (OP)
That's 1.3 million very stupid people.

>>715137895
No, it outsold all Metal Gear games. Not a single Metal Gear game has sold more than 7.5 million. So how is Death Stranding selling 19 million a flop?

>>715134863 (OP)
you say "sold" but how many players?
HOW MANY PLAYERS!?!?!?

That’s really good numbers tho esp for such a niche game like that. That’s Xenoblade level (which was a success for Monolith Soft).

It’ll get more sales when they start giving it away for free like the first game.

>>715150609
You're looping again, Kojitard.

That’s really good numbers tho esp for such a niche game like that. That’s Xenoblade level (which was a success for Monolith Soft).

It’ll get even more sales when they start giving it away for free like the first game.

>>715134863 (OP)
Didn't FromSoft's multiplayer only FOMOslop sell more?

>>715134863 (OP)
>estimates
OP is a fag

>>715136085
Squarenix Tomb Rider flopped despite selling 10 million copies

now imagine Kojimbo's orgazmo with famous actors
even Del Taco might have demanded 100k on cash

>>715138909
I agree with the fatigue but not in the DS2 thread.
>Deliver goods
>"Thank you Sam"
>results
>"You should rest and after that there's a new mission"
>rest
>wake up
>random Lou falshback
>go to terminal
>"Sam an outpost on the area that isn't connected to the network was hit by chuddhas and now they are in dire need of goyslop. You delivering it will probably make them agree to join the network"
>Accept mission
>Organize
>Set route
>Begin
>repeat

>>715134863 (OP)

Isn't that Rupaul?

>>715134863 (OP)
Based. Won't buy.

>>715134863 (OP)
They Death-Stranded the game on a console only a fraction of the consumer base has (because it has no games). Not sure what they expected.

>>715134863 (OP)
There are two kind of Death Stranding haters: people who have never played the game and homosexuals.

Anyone who claims to like MGS but dislike DS is either lying or a hypocrite. In fact the worst aspect of DS is that it's too similar to MGS.
>>715140751
>I never understand why Norman Reedus was a big deal
He isn't. I don't understand this cope with Kojima adding supposedly big stars, neither Norman Reedus nor Keifer Sutherland are big actors, both of them are relegated to TV series and small film appearances. Neither of them are gigantic celebrities either or have a particularly big cult following. They're small actors.

Still, both of them did a fantastic job as Sam Porter Bridges and Venom Snake, respectively, and that's all that matters. So good in fact that David Hayter is STILL seething about Sutherland's role as Venom Snake.

>>715152127
as if you matter

>>715152901
There is one kind of Death Stranding enjoyer: transexuals.

>>715144843
odd you don't mention Assassins Creed Shadows as one of the weeb games about to be outsold.
BLM?

>>715136020
The guns are pretty good imo, each one feels good to use and powerful despite being non-lethal

So far the mini shotgun is one of my favourites but its weird the guy who gives you shotguns is an IRL jpop twink

Is the story as weird and bad as the Metal Gear Solid games?

>>715152901
kiefer sutherland was always a nepobaby alcoholic piece of shit who wouldn't have done dick with his career if it wasn't for his dad

>>715152901
Norman reedus is a much bigger step up in fame than sutherland tho

Fairly certain Reedus has been approached by movie producers dozens of times but he just laughs at them from his mountain of walking dead money

>>715153405
Weird yes, bad no

Its very mysterious witha lot of th9ngs t9 be revealed which is off putting to brainlets who need everything explained upfront

>>715150968
Well since the game is not available for free yet, it equals sold. You can't even get it on sale so those are full price $70-$80 copies.
When the game gets put on Steam for just $10 and is available for free on Epic Games and Gamepass, then you can complain about how the "20 million players" is actually only "1.3 million sold" like the first game. These will be the realest sales numbers you'll ever have.

>>715135698
>>715145310
>more nonsensical story than Death Sneeding
How the fuck is that even possible?

>>715153574
>buy game
>give game to 50 closest friends
>51 players have now joined the game for the price of one copy

>>715134863 (OP)
Not surprising
Death Stranding 1 was interesting enough of a game concept and the story was good in that weird way, but I have no clue why they thought it was strong enough of one to demand a SECOND Death Stranding game
Move on, Kojima

>>715153409
Besides 24 and MGSV he has done absolutely nothing. I think he was in a cooking show or something. Still, the guy did a good job as Venom and much better than David could've ever done anyway.
>>715153446
Not really, no. He was in Boondock Saints which was big back in the day but then spent years doing nothing. He was in the latest John Wick so he's certainly growing, but his name isn't that famous. I don't think Kojima can offer as much money as Walking Dead or a Hollywood production either.

In the 2000s 24 was a big hit and Sutherland was kind a big deal, but he squandered all his potential (assuming he had any to begin with) and did nothing with his career.

>>715153574
>the game gets put on Steam for just $10
Does that actually work if you don't have the original? It was on sale for $3 and I was tempted to try.

>>715153751
he was part of the 80s brat pack, he was in popular joel schumacher movies like the lost boys and flatliners where he's the worst thing in both

also dark city, which is good in spite of him

>>715153561
So the pacing is not complete dogshit like the story beats of the rest of his games?

>>715153825
No it doesn't. I don't know why they don't just give a 75% discount if you have the original game like any other game that does this, but if you try to buy the upgrade, it'll stop you when you go to checkout if you don't have the original.

>>715136410
There is no way a game like this is making Pokémon numbers

>>715153825
He's an idiot. You need the original DS for that thing to work. Without it the game is 40 €.

>>715153984
it's equally mundane game so...

>>715153950
>I don't know why they don't just give a 75% discount if you have the original game
I remember Deus Ex Human Revolution Director's Cut gave different amounts of discounts based on if you had the original, the Missing Link DLC, or both, but they weren't separate store listings.

>>715154140
that sounds like something Steam does with bundles in general.
>3 game bundle
>already own 1 of them but had other 2 on wishlist
>since you have 1 the bundle costs less (amount of game owned removed)

>1.3M
So is that good or bad?
All I know is it's 1.3M too many sales

>>715154278
Except you can't do bundles with removed titles. You cannot purchase DS1 non-DC anymore, so you can't make a bundle with it.
It's not even just hidden from the store like some games (Skyrim comes to mind, the original is there, but you need a direct link).
They even removed the store assets making it look terrible on your profile.

>>715134863 (OP)
Like the first, it flops on Playstation but becomes a moderate success on PC

>>715154548
>but becomes a moderate success on PC
Getting it on PC for 1/4 price and giving it away for free on various platforms isn't a success. DS2 will never recoup its budget.

>>715134863 (OP)
Why are they all bald? And why is her name literally doctor?

>>715149636
hes literally right

>>715154625
>And why is her name literally doctor?
It's not. It's her codename. DS2 reveals that all these silly names the characters have (Deadman, Diehardman, Heartman, etc) are all just codenames. The characters have real names they don't use when talking with Sam, but you can overhear in other conversations or emails.

>>715137032
>If it had sold 1 million in its first week, they would have already trumpeted it with the celebratory image and stupid press releases like "the fastest-selling death stranding ever!"

A game like DS2 needs a lot more than 1.3 million copies sold to turn a profit.

>>715154625
>the name Doctor is weird in a game where people are called Fragile, Rainy, DieHardMan, Deadman and SloppyToppyTwink

>>715154779
What's the story behind the last one?

>>715154423
Terrible for a game that cost upwards of $500,000,000 to make. Even if Sony got 100% of every sale, and they likely get closer to 40%, that's still under $90,000,000 recouped.

>>715153574
>directors cut UPGRADE
>for customers who HAVE purchased Death Stranding
You know, its hard to fight the fanboys, when you are busy correcting your own side.

>>715155220
It's the first thing on the store page, you can add it to your cart without having the original. I'm not buying it though because fuck Death Stranding, but you could if you wanted.

>>715155298
It doesn't work like that >>715153950

>>715155298
so?
your argument sucks as much as the sequel

>>715155373
>experience, not a game

>>715154548
selling 1m on PC is not a "moderate success" for a game of this budget

alright, everyone don't click on spoiler.

Tomorrow is Lou.

>>715138079
take your ritalin fag

>>715155489
WTF? Who could've seen that coming?

>>715155419
knew someone would get salty over that, ltrl why I included it.
its a category, not a ranking

>>715134863 (OP)
No, its that Death Stranding 2 did not need to exist, it had no reason to exist, the first one was a perfect open shut story that ends rather beautifully.

Sam was alone all his life and was robbed of the chance to be a father, in the end after helping everybody he was still alone, nobody could help him.

Then it ends, in a heart felt moment where he thinks he lost his child a second time, he opened up, let people in, and just when he lost hope he was given a miracle, the baby lived and he left to become a father, to live how he wanted, to be happy.

THEN DEATH STRANDING 2 COMES ALONG AND KILLS THE BABY BUT THE BABY AINT DEAD O BY THE WAY SAM WE ROBBED YOU OF BEING A FATHER AND FUCKED YOU OVER WHOOPPS SORRY OH HEAD YOUR WIFE CHEATED ON YOU KEK!

Kojima should have worked on a new game, thats why I thought he made his gay little company, but instead he's just trying to make a second Metal Gear Solid series and who fucking cares.

>>715155848
Kojima famously hated sequels when he worked for Konami. It's why when he was asked to make a sequel to Metal Gear Solid he made a game everybody hated (but now praises) and then he tried to end the series 3 more times afterward.
He's hoping to recoup the success of MGS2. He wants DS2 to the "subversive masterpiece misunderstood upon launch" like MGS2 was, but he's trying too hard.
Hopefully OD and Physint sell better than DS2 and he stops doing sequels.

>>715156034
>Hopefully OD and Physint sell better than DS2 and he stops doing sequels.

Please tell me these are new games he wants to make.

we will get a Death Stranding 3, its already alluded to at the end.

1.3m copies in the first 5 days is great for a PS5 exclusive.

The budget was a little over 100m so they're doing well.

>>715156179
>Please tell me these are new games he wants to make
They're already in production. OD is the horror game he's doing with Jordan Peele.
Physint is a working title for his literal movie game being made in collaboration with Columbia pictures.

>>715156179
You haven't followed what he's been up to? OD is the corpse of that cancelled Stadia game he was working on that he took to Microsoft. Apparently it's an episodic horror game that makes heavy use of Cloud technology somehow.

Physint is basically not-Metal Gear he's making for Sony.

>>715144894
Norman Peenus

>>715156034
OD will not sell well because it stars a literal tranny and is Xbox exclusive.

>>715134863 (OP)
What games do snoys play? Unironically asking here, most games flop hard on their console and there's supposed to be like 70 millions sold already.

>>715137771
nta but i actually like a good walking sim
it can be very relaxing if done well
death stranding is not "done well"

>>715134863 (OP)
It's basically the same fucking game as the fist one except they changed out Mads Mikelsen for a different guy with a bandana, Lou is big and you fight higs with a guitar instead of your fists this time. Kojima is a senile old hack.

>>715156525
No point saying because you'll just start saying "THOSE GAMES DONT COUNT".

>>715156525
>What games do snoys play?
The most played games on PS5 are EA Sports FC 25, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Fortnite.

>>715156525
Fifa

>>715156291
>>715156286
I'm not gonna lie anons, these sounds like truly horrible ideas...

He may as well direct a game like Detroit Become Human

>>715156609
>it can be very relaxing if done well
This. Everybody on /v/ was like "oh Death Stranding is such a comfy and relaxing game!"
This shit isn't comfy at all.

>>715156609
What's a good walking sim then?

>>715157084
A Short Hike.

>>715156995
>I DONT KNOW HOW TO EQUIP ITEMS TO MY SHOULDERS AND HIPS TO BALANCE MY LOAD WAAAAAHHHHH!

>>715156917
Some footage of OD actually leaked about a year before Microsoft officially announced they were picking it up. It doesn't really tell you a whole lot about what the game's like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_OsaftT04

How is Kojima able to make games for 40 years while literally everyone else retires after 15 max?

>>715157265
Because he likes making games. For most others, it's just a job.

>>715134863 (OP)
>Timed exclusive on the console, which majority of its owners don't give a shit about anything else beside COD and FIFA
When will Snoy learn? Should have been multi-platform day 1.

>>715135153
this

so are we just going to ignore OP blatantly posting indian IGN links or since it's a Kojimbo game that "cost a lot of money to make" and one the big releases of the month it's numberfags number one topic you'd rather talk about that

>>715157407
Why would Sony put the games they funded on other platforms? The whole point of exclusives is to get you to say "Hm, I'd really like to play this game, guess I'll shell out $700+tip for a PS5!" and then maybe you get sucked into the ecosystem and buy more stuff from them.
They only put their games on PC as sloppy seconds years after release because those people were never going to buy a PS5.

>fake news
can /v/ stop posting retarded jurnos or made up news for one day?

>>715157535
>"Hm, I'd really like to play this game, guess I'll shell out $700+tip for a PS5!"
Except that shit isn't working with PS5 and that's why they keep putting their beloved exclusive games on PC

>>715147946
Please tell me this is a joke man, what the fuck. The first one had cringe parts like that old man whining about trump but nothing as blatant

>>715155663
honestly, I never saw it coming until the ending.

>>715157247
>Its exactly what I was worried it would be.
>Press triangle to shake the flash light.

so it IS basically Detroit Become Human.

Who the fuck was the guy who did the gameplay on MGS games, I wanna play his game.

I haven't played any kojimbler since ground zeroes dropped and I thought "man this dude is a hack"

>>715156325
:(

>>715157515
Indians would rather shittalk what they don't know than discuss topics.
It's no wonder people don't want to be near them.

>>715156286
>>715156291
>>715157247
The Cloud thing is what makes me curious about this. What possible use could it be for what looks to be a horror adventure game?

>>715156636
holy cope

>>715157515
>>715157749
ok, so where is the DS2 milestone tweet? the fact they haven't posted it is telling that DS2 flopped hard.
>>715158083
Indian is the biggest Cuckjima cumguzzlers though?

>>715148339
not him but it sounds like he was describing the game accurately based on the 3 hours he played. don't see how that description doesn't hold up later

>>715136829
>Budget was probably 100m at least and that's being generous
If you think that's the budget, then 1.3 million in a weekend means it's doing well.
At $80 a game, that equates to $104,000,000. Roughly half of that would be physical sales where the seller takes a third of the charge, so about $18,000,000 can be removed from that number, bringing it to $86,000,000.
Considering, again, the 1.3 million sales is only accounting for one weekend, that number actually puts DS2's sales as on par with MGSV which made back its $80 million budget in the first few days of launch.
We also do not know how many of these sales were actually the $230 limited edition or the $100 digital deluxe pre-order version.

So in short, yeah it did well for a game solely released on a dead end console.

>>715157815
Nope, I cant remember the specific, moment but she just randomly starts talking about how women and girls are the biggest victims in a war, while Sam is standing there having just finished up getting into a gun battle while the woman on the ship was literally doing jack fucking shit.

I wanna explain something very quickly.
In Metal Gear games, everybody played a part, MGS1 you could get info, tracked your progress, etc, they all did something to help you.

In Death Stranding 2? Rainy sits on the ship and does nothing outside of a cutscene or two, same with all of the women.

Sam will get back from a mission and see the girls having a slumber party and then ask you to take their pictures, all of my cutscenes had Sam covered in sunburns, frost bite, blood sweat and dirt.

>SAM! Can you answer a question for me!

>>715156995
> build all the roads
> listen to comfy music or watch youtube while it's auto driving

These are my stats by the end of Death Stranding 2. I basically trucked through most of my travel. Sometimes back and forth to get more mats to build the next road.

The game can be as comfy as you want it be. But if you're a fucking retard that carries everything on your back and walkes everywhere... it can be a pain in the arse.

>>715134863 (OP)
This game suffers from the same issue as hellblade 2, the first time the novelty is fine and attracts lots of people, but a second time everyone has seen what this is about and aren't interested anymore, it's really that simple.

>>715158257
There's an irony to shittalking Indians and then making it evident, throughout all of your posts, that you are an Indian.

still not reading the thread, just made it to F4 yesterday. goddamn this game is long but i'm still enjoying myself. so many wacky combat abilities, i fucking killed a boss with a psycho crusher yesterday

>>715158112
AI horror director that causes a variety of events to happen in your game based on how you are playing.

>Takes away health packs if you are doing to good, takes away ammo or gives you more.
>Spawns more monsters, spawns more jumpscares.
>Changes the environment around, location of key items, rooms making each time you play random.

Imagine if you was playing a scary game and the minute you walk thru a door, the room behind you changes to something random and you feel like you are going insane the whole time.

At least thats what id fucking do, make a truly schizophrenic game where the wall just randomly starts talking to you and tells you to go thru a door that wasnt there a moment ago, but is now that you panned the camera away from it for a second.

>>715158342
>moment but she just randomly starts talking about how women and girls are the biggest victims in a war

That's dishonest.
She says that place is known for where preg women go to get treatment so that place has been targeted by bad men trying to kidnap women.

>>715136882
He doesn't have access to subscriptions, schizo.

>Indian hours
>/v/ says DS2 is woke
>burger hours
>/v/ says DS2 is anti-woke
This place fucking blows

>>715158594
>Bad men.
MEN
and then we get a cutscene or two where.
>Women UCA soldiers are responsible for the murder of Sams wife.
>A woman was responsible for the death stranding and wanted to sacrifice babies as a on/off switch to the beach.

She would have said bad people, but she said men in a very specific tone and also says something along the lines of how men cant be trusted.

Shill harder, it was very cringe.

>>715158703
>A woman was responsible for the death stranding
you take that out of context... you causing a sexism, be better man

>>715134863 (OP)
It'd be nice if the game flopped.

>>715158504
nigga please don't call me poojeet, I'm literally blacker than those pooskins

>>715158759
>Explicitly stated she wanted the entire world to end because she was stuck on the beach for thousands of years.

Keep in mind, an EE causes an extinction event for a set group, not all of life! However she purposefully wanted to connect all of the beach's together for the soul purpose of ending all life, not just what was required of her.

The whole point of the first game was we can only evolve when we are together, and when we isolate ourselves off we cant grow thus an extinction event must occur to bring us together to evolve.

So with that said, Death Stranding 2 happens and
>WE ISOLATED OURSELVES MORE AND PUT DELL COMPUTER SERVERS ON THE BEACH TO NEVER INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER OH BY THE WAY MGS2 CALLED AND AI IS THE BAD GUY AGAIN!

>>715158703
>A woman was responsible for the death stranding and wanted to sacrifice babies as a on/off switch to the beach.

That's Bridges. A entire organization. Not just one women.
In fact, it was a women and man who wanted to prevent the first sacrifice.

And a man(higgs) that has been trying to cause the last stranding so mankind goes extinct.

>>715158942
Oh Higgs, right, the man who was manipulated and pitted against Sam, so that Sam could be manipulated into doing what she wanted him to do and bring it about!

And now Higgs is pissed off cause he's stuck on the beach.

>>715158342
>In Death Stranding 2? Rainy sits on the ship and does nothing outside of a cutscene or two, same with all of the women.

Rainy has the power to summon rain. And she does it to put out a shitload of fires.

You keep taking shit out of context. wtf is wrong with you?

>>715158634
COPE >>715137614 >>715151148

>>715159073
>She has the power to put out fires.
she also has the power to do nothing and sit on the ship.

>>715159073
He's Indian.

>>715134863 (OP)
I have whoever this bitch is fatigue

>>715157750
I'm sure they have the numbers. They can look up every game played on every PS5 and I'm sure a bunch of new PS5s came online for the first time to play DS2.
Once that tapers off, they'll announce a PC release, but exclusives do still sell consoles. Look at how many Switch 2s have sold and it has literally only one game.

>>715158342
>while Sam is standing there having just finished up getting into a gun battle

The point is that Sam can't be killed for good. He just comes back to life every time he dies. If you're gonna send someone to fight.... you're better off sending the one man who has infinity 1ups.
Sure there are other men on board. But you don't see any of them going in and fighting. That's because they can't come back from dying.

>>715158383
>while it's auto driving
Wait, they made vehicles even more OP?

>>715159651
Deadman dies.

He comes back as a Samuari and helps Sam.

Higgs died, he came back as a pain in the ass too.

In fact, 4000 people fucking died in a void out and they MAGICALLY CAME BACK TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND TRIED TO BRING IN TOTAL ISOLATION AND CONTROL!

So no, you can miss me with that shit.

I would buy it if this was Death Stranding 1, but Kojima threw that shit out the window for DS2, even Voidouts now are pointless.

>Its antimatter, nothing exists anymore, not here or even on the beach from a void out.
>Oh by the way a void out does nothing now and we have people going to the beach to install servers.

again, pointless, you are just desperate to eat up Kojima's badly written plot hole filled game and I am going to laugh and say its shit no matter what you say.

In fact, I am not only going to say its shit, I am going to tell you I was paid nearly 2 grand play the fucking game and shill it, and when that third one comes out, Im going to do it again!

>>715134863 (OP)
Of course this bint plays an overqualified mysogynist bint

>>715159970
>He comes back as a Samuari and helps Sam.

But he's not alive. He can only take console of "Ha"s for a period of time. Besides, being dead means he can never enjoy certain things ever again like eatting.

> In fact, 4000 people fucking died in a void out and they MAGICALLY CAME BACK TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND TRIED TO BRING IN TOTAL ISOLATION AND CONTROL!

No, Die Hardman never died. He pretended to be dead so he can fuck up Drawbridge president's plan.

uncanny valley tier
hard pass on movieslop

>>715160343
Did I say Diehardman.

I said 4000 residents, one of which Sam helped, their stupid souls went to the beach and became a collective and when they installed servers on the beach, they used them and the network to do the same exact fucking thing Amelie did.

>Hey look, lets listen to another Holograhm! THAT WENT WELL LAST TIME RIGHT GUYS!

This is why I dont like DS2 homie, I loved the first game, the second one just feels fucking SLOPPY!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>715160472
>the second one just feels fucking SLOPPY!
The more and more I hear about it, the less interested I become. I 100%ed DS1, including getting a LoLoL rank on all 540 deliveries. It's easily one of my favorite games of all time.
DS2 was going to be a day 1 buy when it came to PC for me, but all this shit just makes it seem like it's worse than DS1 in every way.

>>715160472
>I said 4000 residents, one of which Sam helped, their stupid souls went to the beach and became a collective and when they installed servers on the beach, they used them and the network to do the same exact fucking thing Amelie did.

They didn't go willingly. A voidout happened and they all dead. Alongside all the servers that were already in the real world. They didn't install shit. The voidout happened in the area with all the people and servers.

Why are you trying to use logic in a story about afterlife and supernatural and other weird shit?

>>715160641
don't let the shitposter fool you. DS2 is a improvement in every way. And it's KINO.

Kojima can't stop winning.

>>715160668
Voidouts transport fully functional computers to the beach now? What the fuck?

>>715160641
The story is fucking DOG SHIT!

But its good to play, the environment can feel easier but that's because the controls have been improved.

I don't hate the game as a whole, just the story, and how under utilized everybody feels I'm comparison to the first game.

Ill give you the best example ever.
>Dollman is a Doll because he took his daughter to see her BT wife.
>They get got by the BT's
>It doesn't cause a void out like its supposed to and does for everybody else.

Even my girlfriend, as media illiterate as she is saw this and said "why didn't it cause a void out."

>>715160783
>Kojimrot

>>715134863 (OP)
Kojimbospics finally got what they deserve
Total White Victory

>>715160668
>Why are you trying to use logic in a story about afterlife and supernatural and other weird shit?

Then how the fuck did he accomplish it so well in the first game for me to have no problems with it and forget the very basic principles he himself established in the games universe.

Now I understand what Fallout nerds feel like, this shit sucks.

>>715160861
Stuff always got transported to the beach. Why do you think entire cities pop out of the tar when BTs come into the world?

>>715134863 (OP)
hope ghost of DEI sells less to show openworld fatigue too

>>715134863 (OP)
I’ll buy it when it comes out on PC, like I did with DS1.

>>715161030
>You go to the beach.
>Its just a beach, and water.
>Except for an EE's beach, which has the bodies of countless "either EE's, or extinction" creatures.

What you are talking about is.
>When the beach comes to YOU, it is reverting the world back to a different time period." its just restoring the world.

There is a difference between the beaches.

>>715134863 (OP)
I absolutely despise that ugly monkey and any game that has her in it. Worst decade of humiliation in gaming history.

>>715158594
its a good place for breastmilk raid i agree still retarded the whole surgery when your BB gets inside a pod until you kill troy baker

i am gonna say it again
most of it should've been left unexplained and you shouldn't have been in the center of everything

it's all so strange and beautiful stop trying to explain everything and rob it of it's beauty

>>715161409
>expect something good narrative from kojimbo
shitskin behaviour

>>715161409
made in abyss was really cool because you had no idea what horrors are waiting for you?
dangerous animals or elon musk extracting adrenochrome

same for something like northern journey or early parts of RE7 or something like even horizon
it's the unexplained which makes it so engaging

>>715161617
>>715161409
Maybe we arent so different, you and I.

IS NOBODY GOING TO POINT OUT HOW HILARIOUSLY ILL TIMED THIS WHOLE GAME IS!

>The big bad guy is APAC.
>APAC controls the United States.
>The big reveal is the president is a old Jewish man.
>They wanted global control and to make you live in the pod, own nothing and be happy.

Nobody? Not even a snicker?

>>715158342
Rainy helps Sam by keeping Fragile's body healthy

As someone who's "new" to kojima slop and is playing and replaying some of the MGS games i have to say that Kojima best games are MGS and MGSV. All the others are mediocre imitations of MGS or pure movie slop like 4.

MGSV was apparently the one with the least amount of kojimbo involvement so it makes sense that it's one of the best ones. II and III are like a mediocre I with a shit ton of lore exposition for no reason.

Oh yeah and Death Stranding 1/2 are the worst pieces of garbage i've ever """""""""""""Played"""""""""

>>715135698
>the worst part is the improvements from game one are so minor
huh? The gameplay is a solid 1-2 points above DS1, it's a huge difference
The story is worse though, no arguing that

>>715155489
He was obvious about it. The pod is of course empty and Louise has her elbow covered the whole game.

>>715161770
Yeah,
there shouldn’t be an explanation for a deity like this, or for a phenomenon like timefall.

And now they introduced a chick who can control it ,even reverse it. completely killing the tension.
The tone should’ve been closer to something like Darkwood (paranoid and schizophrenic), not Hollywood morons chilling in bunkers.

I think Blasphemous also did a good job portraying a "glimpse of a higher power."

>>715161949
she got a healthy body before lou got sent to the groom beach

>>715161409
I habe been thinking for a lot that the Big M would have made a good Death Stranding
>Not overexplaining everything
>Big dungeon bunkers
Refined enemy types and combat

>>715138083
>that's received nonstop ridicule online
from people who didn't play the game

>>715162304
hmmmmm sounds great
you'll just need one guy to keep him in check and

>>715162226
>And now they introduced a chick who can control it ,even reverse it. completely killing the tension.

This is the biggest fucking problem ever.
>TIME FALL IS DANGEROUS!
hehe I can control it and reverse it hee hee.
>VOID OUTS ARE DANGEROUS!
Except when they don't, hi I'm Dollman and my daughter is dead!
>Sam, I finally found out I have a body and soul! I have a beach, I love you, good bye.
JUST KIDDING I'M BACK AND I'M TAKING OVER HEARTMANS BODY SOMETIMES!
>We have the entire grew Ultraman punching BT gods.

Any mystery, any danger, its gone, no tension, it became a Superhero movie, they should have had the entire gang do a cape shit landing and slow look up at the camera.

who buys this shit lol. the average normgroid cattle doesnt even finish it, or play past the 2nd level. there is no way

>>715157892
you might be retarded anon, even without seing the supplementary material

>>715162408
>FROM PEOPLE WHO NEVER PLAYED IT!
Sounds like somebody is pretending to win again.

>>715134863 (OP)
no shit, a deluxe version will be released on PC as the director's cut version.

>>715162754
>the average normgroid cattle doesnt even finish it
This. Literally less than half of DS1 players have made it past chapter 2.

>>715135165
he's been reselling MGS2 for 20 years

>>715162587
>you'll just need one guy to keep him in check
That's true for Kojima, if only Tomokazu Fukushima was keeping him in check.

>>715162954
>caring about achievements
kys zoomer

>>715162690
first one gave you this sense of hopelessness and feeling of solitude, doing something that seems meaningless in this crumbling world

in second one, they get the band back together and they are stronger than ever with miss rainfall and nu quiet

>>715154738
>The characters have real names they don't use when talking with Sam, but you can overhear in other conversations or emails.

Why?

>>715163002
I bet that big chinned nip used to stand over Kojima's back and noogie him with that big o fucking pointy cliff of a chin and then say
>NO NO NORU! I SAIDARU THIS IS SHITARU! STOP MAKINGU FAGGURU SHITARU!

That's why he got rid of him, he couldnt handle it anymore.

>>715163109
Because Sam isn't privileged to such information. They see him as a tool, not a friend.

I played the game on youtube
Saw some vtumor and stopped watching immediately
Fuck you Kojima

>>715163043
You get the achievements just by playing the game. The chapter achievements are unavoidable. 53.8% of players have never made it past chapter 2.

>>715163159
Which is why DS1 ending hits so fucking hard.

Even after every bit of what he did for others he was still essentially relegated down to how useful he was.

He brought the world together, helped others, everybody got their reward, except him as he goes to dispose of Lou.

Its heart breaking, so the big reveal after it all is one of the most earned moments you could have in a video game.

Its one thing to survive, but with Lou Sam wants to LIVE!

10/10

2 has a guitar battle...

>>715163109
Because it's Kojimbo's poorly veiled metaphor for Internet interactions

This nigger bitch ruins everything she’s in

>>715160641
I think DS2 is an improvement in almost every way beside the story. The story has higher highs than DS1 for sure, but they also leave you largely aimless to make a shitton of deliveries. The gameplay is a huge improvement if you liked that part of DS1 so you have a lot to look forward to, but the story is far more hit or miss. I personally found it satisfying and Kojima got me quite a few times, but there are a few black marks on it and the story has less to say. Some moments, like the doctor sequence, are just painful

>>715163465
It reveals this in the start of the game.
>Sam Porter.
His name is Sam Bridges, Porter is his internet name.

Bro did you not get that? That's why the whole Like system is there, everybody is basically walking around giving out their screen name like its a gay ass chatroom.

Walking simulator

>>715163145
>Kojima-sama for the third time no pictures with Hollywood celebrities until you rewrite this cringe dialogue

>>715162304
This lame ass? All of his games are the same zombie world over and over. He could never make a game world that you want to connect, just the same murder hobo simulator again and again.

>>715134863 (OP)
That's sad, it's a fantastic game. Hopefully it has good legs, it deserves more.

>>715158342
>she just randomly starts talking about how women and girls are the biggest victims in a war
That's not untrue though

>>715134863 (OP)
>Time wasting statement
>Lust provoking video

>>715163953
>That's sad, it's a fantastic game

fuck off geoff

>>715137998
Finally watched his "Death Stranding 2" video.
It's obvious he got rejected by some woman recently.

Here have a Fragile webm.

>>715151148
>>715159119
That's completely different faggot.

>>715163689
>all framerate and resolution, duration
>no bitrate
atleast put some efford in your shitpost

>>715134863 (OP)
I'm not loving this new bald woman trend in gaming.

>>715135167
Sonybros seem to love it.

>Flop Stranding
Kojima did it again...

>>715134863 (OP)
Economy is burning and people don't want to pay 100$ plus tip, plus shipping, plus digital code, for a movie game that plays itself.

>>715141513
>This dude is terrified of hitting 30 and being an incel still
>gets to hang out with his dad on stream
>first thing he asks his dad is whether futa dicks are gay or not
>why am I an incel?

>>715166206
>consoles can finally render hair well
>remove all the hair

>>715162819
Kek this is the funniest meme I've seen from this game.

Did anyone do an Offline mode playthrough?

Game seems a bit too easy with everyones online structures. Barely needed to build my own.

>>715166941
Link to a clip immediately.

>>715161957
MGS2 is his best work. Sorry kid.

>>715160783
Everything is better in DS2 bar the main story

>>715167257
2 isn't even his third best Metal Gear

>>715167257
It's a fucking movie.

>>715167375
>>715167349
Filtered.

>>715167046
Game devs are using cutting-edge tech to make women more and more unappealing. A few more gens and they'll just be shapeless grey blobs.

>>715167182
I did a full offline playthrough of the first game, and it was a huge waste of time. I'm replaying it again but this time I share everything except structures. I feel this is the best way to play.

>>715134863 (OP)
Should have made a real sequel instead of a glorified DLC.

>>715167467
>I did a full offline playthrough of the first game, and it was a huge waste of time.

How so? Feels like it gives you more reason to plan properly and be efficient. (E.g, not just dumping vehicles)

>>715167506
It was supposed to be a DLC, but then it started taking too long and spiraled out of control. Originally it was just going to be a Mexico expansion for DS1.

>>715167435
>shitty movie
>worst level design
>dogshit story
>terrible characters

MGS and MGSV are the best, not even close.

>forced vtumor faggotory
>god of war/last of us styled 'game' but japan
>music and art weren't created by kojima while he takes credit for it
>A24 apologist
>tranny characters

Kekkypow, I wouldn't even pirate this

>>715134863 (OP)
Gjejjw

>

>>715168853
>it went down a point
Not even beating The Talos Principle anymore.

>>715134863 (OP)
snoy exclusivity deal is a death sentence. snoys don't buy games. they don't even buy 1st party slop like concord which they used to during ps3 gen.

>>715169203
Spider-Man 2 sold 11m copies.

>>715165531
>black and white
OOOOOOOOO SO ARTFUL!!! MMMM!!! MASTERPIECE!!! SO HIGH IQ!!!

>>715167460
they're slowly turning into gollum

>>715165531
I don't get it. She's a model for an artist that likes to paint ON human bodies. She signed up to pose nude. What did she expect was going to happen here?

>>715169309
>expected to sell 20 million

>>715167182
>>715167467
The best way to play this game is to play it on Day 1. So you are other player are all helping each other build the roads, monorails, zip lines and other shit. That's the true experience that it was meant for.

Playing much later is basically ez mode where everything is already built for you.

>>715169496
funny how we also found out it was supposed to have like 3 story DLCs and they were all scrapped thanks to the Insomniac leaks

>>715167607
You are right, it's the road building that got to my nerves. Zip line planning is a lot of fun though.

>>715169649
Based Dollman shitting on the moviegame.

>>715137998
Synth's detractors are even bigger lolcows than Synth himself

>>715169409
It is time to apologize.

>>715170112
She's beautiful...

>>715134863 (OP)
meanwhile konami

>>715170791
Women in a warzone don't look like that.

>>715171312
i'm pretty sure that hot women remain hot also in a warzone

>>715170791
>literally ported from pajinko machine 1:1
Kojima is a hack but imagine sucking Konami's dick for this

>>715171413
There are no hot women in warzones Anon.

>>715171489
The only reason MGS3 got a remake was because they'd already done 80% of the work for the pachinko game.
Just slap the assets over the old game and voila: MGS3 Δ.

>>715171489
looks totally different from the pachinko version

>>715171490
plenty of ukranian hotties in ukraine

>>715171739
>Slapped some shader in
>Holy shit! It's totally different now

>>715171832
Nah they've all been migrated.

>>715171704
bullshit pachinko looks totally different and is CGI from an external 3D animation studio

>>715171894
Pachinko game was Fox Engine, this is UE5. They look nothing alike.

>>715171894
the 3d model is completely different get a pair of glasses

>>715134863 (OP)
>This again
It's a ps5 exclusive, these are very good numbers considering the smaller install base. I

>>715170791
>literally leeching Kojimbo's old works to stay relevant
It's not the own as you think it is.

>>715172020
1/75 isn't particularly good.

>>715171937
pachinko wasn't fox engine, was just 3D studio graphics, only that they used some light flares and idiots immediately screamed fox engine LMAO

>>715134863 (OP)
1.3 million in 4 days for a niche game is very good.

>>715172182
>It's a niche game saaars!

>>715172128
they will launch silent hill f in september, what game will kojimbo launch in september? you will have to wait at least 4 more years to see another game from him

>>715172149
It's 1/10 of spiderman 2 (the biggest ps5 exclusive) lifetime sales in 1 week

>>715134863 (OP)
how is she so offensively ugly jfc

>>715172254
everything is a niche game nowdays

>>715172297
And that flopped too. Doing 1/10th as good as a failure is not good.

Lmao! Mogget by a Stellar Blade! japan in shambles.

>>715172281
>silent hill f
>the game that literally have nothing to do with Silent Hill but name
Case in point

>>715136085
Veilguard sold about that and was labeled a flop. DS2 was more expensive to make and market.

>>715172419
> selling over a million is considered a flop these days

>>715172532
veilguard only shipped that number. It never sold that number.

>>715172579
Absolutely. AAA games that can't do 5m need literally notexist when they spend half a decade in dev-hell and have 3 hour credits.

>>715172254
It literally is.

>>715172156
It is Fox Engine.

>>715172739
APPEARS TO USE
APPEARS TO USE
Fucking read. They didn't actually use Fox Engine, there is no gameplay and nothing in it looks like the Fox Engine.

>>715172653
When companies talk about "copies sold", they always mean copies shipped. They have no way to track every single purchase, Walmart is not gonna contact Sony to tell they sold a copy this morning, that hobbyist vidya store is not going to contact Sony, etc. Copies shipped is all the data they have.

>>715172447
>complains konami can't make anything original
>complains silent hill f is too original and new to be a silent hill LMAO

>>715172739
>appears to use
it's just some journalist making up bullshit to smear konami and ride on the hate bandwagon, get your facts straight

>>715172903
Yes. Apparently Konami is too pussy to start a new IP and need to leeches from the big old one.

>>715172739
It is not.
t. I worked on MGS3 Pachinko and used Maya exclusively.

>>715145904
not really left, he's just an insecure jap elite that is always trying to sniff the jockstrap of the western ruling class to divine which way he's supposed to think on every issue

>>715170791
how are they not embarassed that their AI texturerer drew facial expressions on his headband

>>715134863 (OP)
Kojigod won.
Again.

>>715136085
Do you have any idea how much it must have cost to get all those celebrities?

/v/ will do a 1080° when the game get released on PC, it's so tiresome

I said FLOP FLOP in the BUTT

>>715169309
Fake numbers.

>>715173105
your logic is flawed

>>715173895
blame sony not the people

>>715173702
thats 3D not just textures and it's the way they want him to look in order to be like the original design by shinkawa

>>715173895
This. DS1 was the flop of the century and was getting 4/10 reviews from every news outlet.
It came to PC and suddenly it was a 10/10 masterpiece that predicted covid and is the greatest video game of all time.

>>715166286
e33

>>715142132
no.

>>715134863 (OP)
Is that good

>>715134863 (OP)
confirmed trash

>>715134863 (OP)
My friend forced me to use his ps5 to play this game. I thought /v/ was being retarded about this game but its actually significantly wprse than the first one.
Death stranding 1 was giga kino
Death stranding 2 is actually slop
Ps5 debuff doesn't help, game runs like ass even at 1080p.

the players are just too smart to play the game

>>715176437
>the players are just too smart to play the game

>>715151528
10m in 10years with it already at less than 20€ a year after launch

>>715135167
The story and cutscenes in this one feel a lot thinner than the first one

The slop flopped.

>>715176570
>play game
>forced to do puzzles
if i wanted to do puzzles i would play a game about puzzles

>>715177151
All the stuff with the girls on the ship is obnoxious fluff. I just want to deliver packages and fight mules.

>>715177263
knowing my patience i will just check for answers online

>>715135745
lol, lmao even

>>715134863 (OP)
I tried Death Stranding 1 since it's on gamepass now and it just sucks. You literally just walk from cutscene to cutscene, and honestly, that isn't all that bad, the problem is that there's like 10 minutes of gameplay for 20 minutes of classic Kojima nonsense cutscenes. I'd probably have played through more of it if I was actually PLAYING the game while this bullshit was running on my console. I won't be bothering with Cutscene Simulator 2. I WILL be playing MGS Delta when that comes out.

>>715178172
>since it's on gamepass now
It hasn't been on gamepass in years. It was replaced by a much better walking sim.

>>715134863 (OP)

>>715178172
In over 200 hours of gameplay there's only about 10 hours of cutscenes. Once you get past the first tutorial area which is about 4 hours in, the cutscenes are done for like the next 50 hours.

>>715167934
Filtered.

>>715153674
I've come to the conclusion that the Japanese have the writing prowess of a 5 year old playing with wrestling dolls. Just a series of nonsensical events that lead nowhere and mean nothing but seems cool at that moment in time. Kojima in particular likes to steal his sister's Barbies so that The Rock can protect her from Optimus Prime.

>>715178551
I've noticed a trend in Japanese writing. It's either moe-tier shounenslop where the hero wins with the power of friendship and he marries his childhood friend or it's complete schizophrenia nonsense that only causes plotholes and has practically no semblance of meaning.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth confirmed this for me.

>>715178509
>Once you get past the first tutorial area which is about 4 hours in, the cutscenes are done for like the next 50 hours.
you know, I think OP has a point actually. This shit is just tiring, why would you front load your game with these long ass exposition dumps like that? It gets tiring.

>>715178551
The rule of cool is all you need in video games. If you want deep stories, look into other mediums like film and novels.

>>715178509
any game with long ass cutscenes is shit
i want to play videogames not watch movies

>>715178805
So skip all the cutscenes? The story is pointless garbage anyway. At least DS doesn't do walk and talk sections like most games do now.

>>715178917
I'll just play a better game like RDR2 instead.

>>715178917
>So skip all the cutscenes?
i dont like that

>>715172361
debra irl isn't bad, she has a nice pair of tits. shame about the hair, it makes her look uglier especially in vidya. if I was a director I would give her long hair and put emphasis on her boobs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB_1eO_pWpQ