Best part of the "game"

she's a good actress

>sees this
>"Ok now Fragile smokes." - Kojima
I mean this is literally why she smokes in DS2. Kojimbo found it sexy so it added it

>>716037324 (OP)
Ill buy her game as long as she puckers up something else. Kojima?

>>716037324 (OP)
Crazy how no ones talking about this game anymore. Quickest that discussion about a new Kojima game died. It's also the first sequel to his new IP and comparing it to MGS2 which is still brought up today....It's so shallow, no deeper meaning, no philosophy, just Kojima jerking himself off with endless cringe references to past works and shoe-horning in celebrities and quips.

>>716037928
it's a PS5 exclusive, this point applies to all of them

>>716037458
Whats the point of kissing? I just dont get it. How is this stimulating?

The best part is that the map is larger than the 1st game's
.
>>716037928
I think it shows that the vast majority of /v/ players are PC players which is is an encouraging thought.

>>716037928
Nothing died faster than Clair Obscure. A week of praise and then silence. Hilarious.

>>716038063
idk, i never kissed, why ask that here?

>Get sunglasses
>Says it reduces brightness from the sun
>Literally does nothing
kojima games used to have detail...

>>716038063
Lips are soft, enticing, make you want to taste them, the act of kissing brings increased blood flow to the parts being kissed, makes your head feel hot, feverish even, requires the release of chemicals in your brain to offset which feels nice, and impacts decision making. Can help lead to sex. More kissing = more chemicals = more good feeling.

>>716037324 (OP)
>game

I'm having troubles adjusting to the game not sounding like this anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzJjhTiwq0
What is the main sound of DS2 really?

>>716038209
Considering the fucked up HDR it would have been a great mechanic.

>>716038108
You're comparing a Kojima game, a man who has decades of worship and experience behind him to a fucking indie developer who randomly put out a critically acclaimed title that got weeks of traction and a likely GOTY. The desperation of Kojima fanboys on full display here.

>>716038209
Why would Sam wearing sunglasses affect the camera following him?

>>716038063
It basically feels like Sex: Lite

Blue is the Warmest Colour was one of the first movies with sex scenes I watched when I was around 12.

>>716037324 (OP)
If you are alluding to Kojima's worst games, then, indeed, I dislike intensely Metal Gear Solid 4 and the ghastly Death Stranding rigamarole. No, I do not object to soul-searching and self-revelation, but in those games the soul, and the sins, and the sentimentality, and the journalese, hardly warrant the tedious and muddled search. Kojima’s lack of taste, his monotonous dealings with persons suffering with pre-Freudian complexes, the way he has of wallowing in the tragic misadventures of human dignity – all this is difficult to admire. I do not like this trick his characters have of ”sinning their way to Jesus” or, as a Russian author, Ivan Bunin, put it more bluntly, ”spilling Jesus all over the place." Metal Gear Solid 4’s plot did not seem as incredibly banal in 2008 when the game was written as it does now when noble mercenaries and fourth wall breaking are apt to be received a little cynically by experienced players. Kojima never really got over the influence which the European arthouse film and the sentimental novel made upon him. The sentimental influence implied that kind of conflict he liked—placing virtuous people in pathetic situations and then extracting from these situations the last ounce of pathos. Non-Japanese gamers do not realize two things: that not all Japanese love Kojima as much as Americans do, and that most of those Japanese who do, venerate him as a mystic and not as an artist. He is a prophet, a claptrap journalist and a slapdash comedian. I admit that some of his scenes, some of his tremendous farcical rows are extraordinarily amusing. But his sensitive couriers and soulful mercenaries are not to be endured for one moment—by this player anyway. Kojima seems to have been chosen by the destiny of Japanese letters to become Japan’s most mediocre screenwriter, but he took the wrong turning and wrote video games.

>>716038085
>>716038108
Yet when a new Final Fantasy, Last of Us, God of War and Horizon releases people won't shut their mouths about it for months. Yep, has nothing to do with the fact that people are now on to Kojima after his first walking sim con, everyone knows what shit he's peddling and how he's all about blowing the entire budget on celebs and musicals.

>>716037928
Funny you're mentioning MGS2 because Kojima tries to redo the Patriots in DS2 but it fails miserably. Clearly, to me this is the proof that MGS2 was mostly written by Tomokazu Fukushima.

>>716039021

>>716037324 (OP)
So how upset are feminists about this? Are they going to to get Death Stranding 3 banned like they did with Dead or Alive Volleyball?

I like Olivia Westbury because she likes trains.

>>716037928
It felt like a big dlc, it didnt add anything to really talk about. The story was pointless

>>716038063
I just learned Ancient Egyptians just rubbed their noses on each other as a sign of affection and I find that to be both way more arousing and less nerve-wracking and involved than kissing. I would prefer we did that on the regular as the norm and kissing was an act solely reserved for foreplay.

>>716039051
In fact /v/irgins all play death stranding on PC and are avoiding the spoilers in the threads. It's why they don't show up.

>>716038108
what
there's STILL E33 threads in the catalogue and it gets namedropped in every JRPG thread from here to kingdom come

>>716039180
Why would feminists be upset over ds2?

>>716039920
Kojima originally intended to make DLC for DS but then scrapped it after covid happened so he could make DS2, a story that was reactionary to real life events. Just goes to show the moron did not learn from what happened with the cluster fuck that is MGS, and did not actually have any vision, no story to tell, no deeper message, just making shit up as he goes along and even worse doing so in reaction to real-world events. Anyway here's a concept art of what was first conceived as a sequel to Death Stranding.

>>716038063
Not even joking, literally ever single time I kiss my boyfriend I pop a stiffy. Kissing rules, I highly recommend experiencing it yourself some day.

What was the new ship called again ?

>>716039021
Nice AI post, next time remove the "—" and you may fool someone

>>716040985

>>716041501
Jesus that massive spoiler. I shat bricks on the spot, the audacity of pulling this off with 110% confidence. I'll always remember this moment.

>>716037671
Based. Smoking is hot

>>716038108
Clair Obscur has a thread right now on the catalogue you butthurt, slithering toad, and it had a lot of threads and high traffic discussion for a month after it came out.

>>716042324
Brought up by baguettes in a desperate attempt to retain its rapidly diminishing relevance.

>>716040384
>just making shit up as he goes along
same guy who said he'd have rewrote the entire game if Elle Fanning refused to play Tomorrow.
say what you will about him making shit up but he definitely has concrete visions for what he wants to make

>>716037324 (OP)
Do you think kojima asks his team to make a secret VR version of his game for himself?

>>716041501
This nigga looking zesty

>>716040384
MGS was derailed by Konami
>that was reactionary to real life events
MGS2 did that and everyone loved it

Kojima can't write a story that doesn't have the characters explaining backstory.

>>716037324 (OP)
SFM porn when

>>716042841
Yes, it was Konami who told Kojima to constantly retcon billions of critical story elements and create plotholes. It was Konami who told Kojima to explain everything with nanomachines. Just blame Konami on Kojima's shortcomings, even though he loves to take credit for every single aspect of development.
And you are misinterpreting what is meant by. reactionary. There's a difference between developing a carefully planned commentary on world events that takes into account developments of the decade vs a hastily cobbled together plot that has to manoeuvre around inconveniences of immediate real world events. Two very different things.
>>716042632
Basing your stories on what celebs agree to jump on board isn't the flex you think it is. In fact, that's literally the opposite of what your trying to defend. He literally is making shit up as he goes along and his work is heavily dependent on factors outside his control, petty superficial shit like celebrity involvement. Not to mention you didn't bother to refute anything I wrote, just came up with a dubious counter-example.

>>716037324 (OP)
good job, kojima.

>>716041125
>doesn't recognise it
holy newfag

>>716037324 (OP)
>still no lea sedoux gf

>>716040460
shut up faggot

>>716043715
>it was Konami who told Kojima
He wanted to stop making MGS games ever since 2 but the success of the series forced him to continue
>Kojima's shortcomings,
He has his flaws but MGS is dead now and that is thanks to Konami's mismanagement
>carefully planned commentary on world events
Despite how many years passed, Kojima's writing hasn't really changed much. What you call a carefully planned commentary was hated by everyone initially until it got a reevaluation

>Okay lucy, would you rather stay with an ugly inbred looking white trash redneck or an Italian stud?

just finished this game a couple of hours ago
gonna plat it and let this game be put to rest

>>716037324 (OP)
she looks like average teenage slavic boy

>>716037324 (OP)
cute boy

>>716044691
Norman Reedus is of keltic bloodline while this guy is close to armenians lol

>>716037928
1. People are playing the game
2. It's ps5 exclusive and the /v/ artists come out to attack you for talking about owning a Sony console
3. The game is much bigger than ds1 as far as I can tell, it's actually probably filtering out a lot of people due to the fact you need to plan out your routes, the game is fun but I am relying so heavily on my ds1 knowledge I'd probably not enjoy the game if I didn't play 1. Also the story relies on ds1 a lot too.

>>716037324 (OP)

>>716038085
>which is is an encouraging thought.
But that's a bad thing, because it means people are locking themselves to one platform instead of being an idort. It also means people are encouraging digital media.

>>716044590
>he wanted to stop making MGS...
Oh right that's why after every game the story was kept wide with more net questions created than had existed from the start of the game, that definitely proves someone is ready to put an end to their saga. Nothing says final game more than the main antagonist escaping with the game's most destructive weapon. Nothing says final game than instead of making a sequel to that, you first make a prequel then go on to make the actual sequel. Sounds like you were sold a bridge.
>MGS is dead now and that is thanks to Konami's mismanagement
MGS is dead, oh no, not the dead series after 5 whole ass games where finally everything was answered.
>What you call a carefully planned commentary was hated by everyone initially until it got a reevaluation
There were people pissed off with the Raiden bait and switch, but it had universal acclaim, and you can check that on metacritic. And even if you check out user reviews on gamefaqs it is universal acclaim there too.

>>716045590
>someone is ready to put an end to their saga
It was never meant to be a saga in the first place. Kojima wanted to leave things open ended (at least with MGS2) hence why things like the VR theory was so popular. Its a classic case of a narrative that was never meant to continue
>where finally everything was answered
The setting and gameplay are still worth continuing. I didn't care much for Kojima leaving for good but Konami took the series in the worst direction possible
>it is universal acclaim there too.
Due to everything that isn't related to the story

>>716037928
Occam's razor mf, ps5 exclusive, ban urself from 4chan.

>>716037324 (OP)
>shortass hair
I sleep.

>>716046382
Short hair on girls is the sexiest as long as it's not a dyke cut, what are you on about?

>>716046484
not with her face retard

>>716037671
Didn't she immediately go outside and light up a cigarette after having that conversation with Kojima? Apparently she took up smoking again just for Kojima to 'get into practice'.

>>716037324 (OP)
>pekora is now video games

>>716040460
Get the fuck outta this board, faggot.

>>716037458
Honestly Adele was way hotter and a better actor sucking her fingers at the end of the movie, trying to seduce her.

I watched this film expected to be wowed by Lea and never being able to look at her the same, but she was just alright. I guess she handles angry well.

>>716037324 (OP)
God germoids are so disgusting

>>716041501
When I got to this cutscene, I literally put my head in my hands and said out loud "he got me again"

>>716037324 (OP)
>Tom Scott with blonde hair

>>716038063
>what's the point
It's something intimate you do with someone else, and it can be physically pleasurable to a degree.
>how is it stimulating
In your brain, below the line that connects the top of your temples passing through the top of your head, is the primary somatosensory cortex, the first part of the brain that processes tactile stimuli.
That region is organized in such a way that a specific part of your brain always responds to stimuli coming from a specific part of the body, and the bigger the area in your brain that processes those stimuli, the higher the sensitivity is.
The most disproportionately highly represented parts of your body are the fingertips, and the lips come in second, so they're very sensitive, even more than your genitals.
So having your lips softly touched or licked feels very good when it's someone else doing it, in the same way as tickling yourself vs. being tickled by someone else.
Follow me for more neuroscience 101.

>>716046824
God I hated using that hat, I'll gladly take Sam shutting the fuck up over the stamina buff

>>716037324 (OP)
So tired of all these ugly dyke characters

>>716046137
>It was never meant to be a saga in the first place. Kojima wanted to leave things open ended (at least with MGS2) hence why things like the VR theory was so popular. Its a classic case of a narrative that was never meant to continue
It seems you didn't actually address anything I said, you just brought up new bullshit so here it is again, hopefully you won't run away from it this time: "Oh right that's why after every game the story was kept wide with more net questions created than had existed from the start of the game, that definitely proves someone is ready to put an end to their saga. Nothing says final game more than the main antagonist escaping with the game's most destructive weapon. Nothing says final game than instead of making a sequel to that, you first make a prequel then go on to make the actual sequel. Sounds like you were sold a bridge." No open ended is not having a completely unfinished story where the antagonist escapes and then directly teasing another mystery through which only a sequel could possibly answer. It's ok bro, you fell for the Kojima "my final MGS game ruse".
>Due to everything that isn't related to the story
No, it was probably a vocal minority that whined about the story, you don't get near perfect scores when people have major problems with the story.

So what's up with the torii gates you find in the game? I was expecting it to be the plate gates the game has been pushing since the beginning but that went nowhere

So far I've found 3
One in tar lake
One near the plate gate in australia
The other on the mountain near the mechanic

>>716046324
>Occam's razor is when I cherry-pick
see >>716039051 retard

>>716045004
>>716045336
>>716043794
>>716046484
>>716037458

Zoomer futa homo trannies need all need the rope

imagine the outrage when death stranding 3 is announced with tomorrow as the protag and the game takes place in africa

>>716037928
its wokeslop,also a walking simulator>>716038108
in your dreams perhaps,Ranyeesh

>>716037928
Nobody on /v/ has a PS5

>go to shared cargo locker in every base
>load up on weapons and equipment
>recycle it all
>stuff undelivered cargo in my truck
>usually collect materials too
>head out and build every road and 5 star bases easily

the mines are also a shitshow too, people log off and then send like 2000 special alloys to your world just standing there

>>716047459
>anon cannot wrap his head around the concept of a vague ending
Not everything needs to be answered and if MGS4's story reception among fans is any indication then the story shouldn't have continued. Alas Konami had the final say
>it was probably a vocal minority that whined about the story,
Lmao no, the story was disliked. No one understood or cared about kojima was trying to say until the late 2000s when the first story analysis of the game were posted on the internet
>when people have major problems with the story.
You do know games are played for their gameplay

>>716037324 (OP)
why is this obvious woke game not being castrated by /v/ but other games yes?Kojima drones are this popular?

>>716048172
you're mentally ill

I find it strange that I have become so obsessed with Death Stranding (1). I grew up on shit like Call of Duty and Halo and never really cared much for slower paced and “cerebral” games. But something about DS just speaks to me. It feels like a really special and unique experience. It’s more than just a game for me, it’s a philosophy. I know I’m in the minority thinking like this, to most the game is just a walking simulator and to others it’s just a comfy postman simulator. But there’s just something about this game that feels so special to me. It just hits all the right notes, like a perfectly tuned violin playing a note sheet exactly as it’s written. It’s easily in my 2x2. It’s just a shame we’ll never get another game like it. Even DS2 seems a bit different from this one.
I guess what I’m trying to say is keep on keeping on

>>716048339
I think what you mean is that you got a fun game that was only like $30 compared to call of assrape bending you over for $100 every cycle

>>716037324 (OP)
her being dead already is a fucking asspull and ruined everything in the end. Literal asspull. KA and HA bullshit fucking hell man.

am i just autistic or was the kiss between sam and fragile seem like out of left field? i felt their relationship was more platonic than romantic

>>716048286
explain how is this game not woke with scenes like this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXLf627URs
basically men bad propaganda

>>716048682
I don't have to entertain your mental illness, go tell a doctor this shit.

>>716047949
>vague ending and open ending is when literally more questions were created throughout the game than were answered and sequel directly teased, but not given before...a prequel
ok stupid, you shouldn't be using the internet unsupervised let alone engage in arguments you can't keep up with/too scared to address
>You do know games are played for their gameplay
Are you still in the 1970s retard? Maybe go back to playing space invaders. People have careers so they can sperg out about every aspect of a game, they're called "games journalists" and what do you know, MGS2 is 1/4 cutscene. Stop being obtuse intellectually dishonest moron who tries to weasel their way out of admitting they're a triple downing retard.

>>716037324 (OP)
mgsv was kojimas last good game

>Amazon van driver simulator: the game

>>716046484
My man

>>716048770
>and sequel directly teased
Kojima explicitly did not want to make a sequel, how do you not understand this? Perhaps he wanted others to follow up on the story but he did not and for the reasons I explained.
>and what do you know, MGS2 is 1/4 cutscene
You obviously have zero clue about the general concensus of MGS2 at release.
>Metal Gear Solid 2 received acclaim for its gameplay, graphics, and attention to detail. However, critics were initially divided on the protagonist and the philosophical nature and execution of the game's storyline
It was praised for literally everything except the writing. Everyone agreed the presentation was slick and gameplay was engaging but the story wasn't what they expected.

>>716048715
>No argument
Thank you for your concession tranny

>>716048339
>Even DS2 seems a bit different from this one
Really? In terms of sheer gameplay it's about as faithful as a sequel gets. Literally just more Death Stranding in a bigger map with more gadgets and a bunch of QoL enhancements. Hooked me in exactly the same way the first one did

>>716037324 (OP)
>>716037671
>director makes female characters based on his fetishes
>the game is 10/10
Happens every time. Is this the secret sauce?

>>716049195
>doesn't address anything I wrote
I'm not here to dog walk you, you're clearly a useless troll who can't keep up and thinks an article cited by wikipedia which gives no evidence is somehow greater than dozens of reviews, because you think all those reviewers collectively disregard 1/4 game and hand out perfect scores. Don't use the internet unsupervised again, you're too retarded, comprehension skills are too poor.

>>716047390
Fragile is pretty, cute, and heterosexual. What are you on about?

>>716049258
An argument isn't what you've tried to discuss,you're just mentally ill, go speak to a fucking doctor you tranny faggot.

>>716049934
It's unironically a self hating tranny trying to disrupt the thread for attention.

>>716049824
You are the dumbass who blames kojima for the mgs narrative falling in the wayside despite the fact that he did not want to make those games in the first place. There was no "saga" at the time of MGS2 release, kojima had absolutely no plans for a long running narrative, that was something you pulled out of your ass.
>muh questions not answered means a sequel must be in development despite kojima's literal words to the contrary
>collectively disregard 1/4 game and hand out perfect scores
They are called GAME reviewers in the first place you moron. A film can still be praised by critics for lackluster writing if they feel the directing and acting are still good.
>comprehension skills are too poor.
Ironic

>>716041501
Kojima-san... No more Kino, please... It's too much

>>716040460
I get a boner just thinking about kissing attractive women

>aaAAAAAHH THE WOKE MIND VIRUS IS OUT TO GET ME AAAAAAH

fuck off tranny

>>716041501
I cried...
I clapped...
I fistbumped the air...

>>716050520
rip big man

>>716049975
I dared you to post an explainaition, u ignored it, u conceed, i win, get fucked troony loony

>>716037324 (OP)
Is that in game? If yes, that is the first time I couldn't tell a human was a digital clone representation. What the fuck.

>>716048339
>grew up on shit like Call of Duty and Halo
Go back to plebbit subhuman

>>716050615
I'm enjoying death stranding 2 and you're wallowing in misery and self inflicted pain

how did I lose anything?

>>716050783
>I enjoy eating shit, u are le miserable
Lmao

>>716050890
Yeah the game is shit, you're 100% correct, faggot.

>>716050668
U have to be blind to not notice its 3d

Shit game flopped

>>716050935
Thank you tranny, we finally got somewhere.

>>716050951
Erase your memory and focus solely on her face and you understand what I'm talking about.

>>716051019
Kill yourself and do your parents a favour, they regret spawning you and they probably want to kill you themselves because you're a faggot tranny.

Also, the game is shit, enjoy playing it.

>>716037324 (OP)
gamers could barely stomach DS1 spare us with Kojima's excrements

>>716051019
Kill yourself

>>716051105
>Also, the game is shit, enjoy playing it.
Fucking retarded ahahaha, i am talking about how shit it is and u are saying that i have to enjoy playing it? Why would i? u are so triggered that don't even know what u are writting, complete mongrel shitskin.
Suck Kojima's cock some more

>>716051402
You're fucking stupid as shit, holy fuck leave this website.

>>716051105
>>716051331
Now we are samefagging also, pathetic loony troony

>>716051459
Kek, triggered

>>716037324 (OP)
I'm going to be honest with you...Lea is so ugly.

>>716051514
You can't even speak english and you're calling other people mongrel shitskins, you're the fucking problem retard.

>>716051596
>Speaks perfect english
>u le s-s-shitskin!!!!
Lmao, ad hominem when you the argument, absolute loser

>>716037928
Doritos man will give Kojima the GOTY

>>716051867
When you lose"

>>716051596
English is literally a 3rd world language at this point, there are more subhumans talking english than whites

>2 spastic election tourists are shitting up the thread
>Both of these retards are desperate for the "last word"
Feels good to be white and above you retards.

>>716052184
Keep coping shitskin troony

>>716052184
>shitting up the thread
That was always the intention, retard, shit games don't deserve anything good, and i will not be banned because mods allow it

Seems like i won, feels good to curbstomp wokeslop enjoyers on their own turf lolololololol.
Bye niggertrannys don't expect more replies from me, i got bored.

>>716046484
bait

>>716037324 (OP)
damn, it really perfectly looks like her, impressive

>>716050582
gone but not forgotten

>>716052184
>election toursits
Unc it has been 10 years. they're regulars.

still not reading the threads. 75% of the continent connected, gonna keep on keepin' on

>>716053474
it flopped.

>>716042086
dated a smoker once and every kiss felt like she dumped an ashtray into my mouth
never again

>>716053474
Hey, mine's heavier

>>716037324 (OP)
this type of game only happens when you give creators to much freedom and Kojima went all out with it
adding so many random actors indie musicians into the game is irritating as hell, they don't add anything to the game besides their own faggotry
I don't give a shit, I want to play a game not be focused on some actor
Kojima is a fucking hack, I hope he breaks all his bones delivering packages

>>716043715
I get it now, Kojima is the Pirate Software of japanese developers

>>716037458
I should be into this, but it's kinda gross

>>716037458
This movie is garbage but it's hot as fuck

>have like 100 hours clocked in the first game
>still putting off the Heartman chapter because I’m too busy doing deliveries and maintaining the roads
>just 5-starred First Prepper and Spiritualist
This game scratches the itch in such a perfect spot. I’ll be sad when I finally beat it. Sounds like DS2 has more stuff to look forward to, when it comes to PC/Xbox at least

>>716037324 (OP)
her being dead? yes

>>716037324 (OP)
I still have no idea what these games are even about (mailman sim i guess?), but Elle Fanning is cute! CUTE!
But no seriously, what the fuck are these games?

>>716037324 (OP)
Yes.

>>716037324 (OP)
Why are white women so much better, bros?

>>716053387
No. Short hair on women is hot. Long hair really depends on the girl and usually looks plain jane or lame.

>>716047727
didn't he say DS3 is not happening because he's afraid he might die during development from old age?

Homos go away already, you disgusting freaks

>>716037324 (OP)
>french
>smokes like a chimney
>french
>constantly looks on the verge of tears
>french
>40+ hag
>french
>meth addict facial structure
>french
so what is it about her that appeals to people here exactly? is it just because she seems somewhat broken or is there something I'm missing?

>>716037671
>>716042086
>>716046789
>>716049475
since kojima clearly has a smoking fetish why doesn't he just take it up himself instead of this weird cringey vicarious smoking he does? he posts the sloppy hamburgers he eats every other day so it's not as though he has some healthy personality that smoking would interfere with.

>>716044590
>What you call a carefully planned commentary was hated by everyone initially until it got a reevaluation
It's funny. Everyone hated MGS2 when it came out. MGS4 was a joke for years because it was too much like a movie and everyone made fun of MGSV for the mute Venom Snake.

Death Stranding was despised pretty much universally at launch to the point you could find special edition Death Stranding PS4 cheaper than regular PS4s.

Every single one of his games takes a few years until people realize that they're pretty good.

>>716058242
I have a smoking fetish but I've never smoked and the thought of it makes me feel gross.

>>716057275
Old age? Kojima is but a 61-year old child. 61 is young!!

>>716047485
>So what's up with the torii gates you find in the game?

Australia
Australia, Japan

>>716058871
Same except I tried it once a long time ago and it was like I was kicked in the chest and my lungs were burning.

I have no idea how the fuck people get addicted to these things.

>>716059343
Cause you probably smoked it wrong and you're not used to it. Smoking is generally very pleasant in moderation and helps you relax/think clearer. I smoke cigars because you don't inhale them into lungs.

Death Stranding is better than the Metal Gear Solid franchise, but not by much.

>>716058242

>>716037458
post kiss 1-33

>>716060326
yes and no. mgsv is just a testament to missed potentials. funny enough it plays like a ubisoft game, because those modern games of theirs are also all like that where its missing the polish to be beyond mediocre. death stranding at least does new things and ideas comparatively and its not an action game, its basically a heightened simulator. all the designs are better than MGS has done, i think this is one shinkawas magnum opus

>>716061029
Death Stranding has the single best implementation of contextual buttons that Kojima has been using since the 90s (that shit where the circle button does 50 different things depending on context), it has the most polished gameplay, good characters, good story, superb sound design and soundtrack, the atmosphere it creates is great and much better than anything MGS could ever pull and the implementation of the online functions (and the pretentious idea behind) was far simply great all around.

MGSV's world was smaller, less varied and had worse atmosphere, MGS4's didn't balance gameplay/cinematics as well, the story in DS was much better executed than the story in MGS4 and MGS3, the 'message' behind the game was better executed than the one in MGS1, it did better world building than MGS games, etc.

DS does not exist in a vacuum, it took many elements from previous games and polished them. It's a game that took the best aspects of MGS and kept them while adding other things.

The one thing that it does worse is the action sequences and in my opinion, it shouldn't have had them at all (or at least it shouldn't have had third person shooter elements.)

>>716037324 (OP)
imagine paying for kojima to pretend he has friends/girlfriends

>>716060456

artists should be supervised, otherwise they create arthouse garbage

>>716048918
Why does 4-1 have her tiddies out???

>>716061760
if the money good...

>>716058871
It's usually an observant fetish, where the one with the fetish gets off on the smoker sabotaging their health and ruining their bodies.

>>716063790
Nigga shut up

>>716059843
I literally said it was my first one. Why the fuck would you want to get used to it?

>>716037324 (OP)
this game was so close to being a perfect sequel but
>no transporter trikes
>no roadsters
fucking ruins it

Well I'm about to ruin her for you.
Whenever she smiles, I only see Arnold Schwarzenegger.
She has the same teeth as Arnold.
I can't unsee it and now you can't unsee it either. Eat shit.

>>716048646
earlier Tarman tells Sam that him and Fragile need to have a strong physical and emotional bond for the beach jump to be successful.

>>716038063
I always got a raging hardon when kissing. It used to be embarrassing but I got over it eventually.

>>716038063
>I don't get it
We know.

>>716037324 (OP)
Fuck off Lea, I'm trying to look at Elle.

>>716048918
RE6 Ada was so good.

>>716038468
i dont use this word often but it unironically lost its soul and not enough cares

>>716037928
Rebirth was largely ignored
XVI to a slightly lesser extent
now Death Stranding 2
I wonder what they have in common. Hm.

>>716040281
That whole pregnancy stuff probably

>>716069550

>>716044007
It's ok fren, you'll find your own Lea

>>716050668
>Is that in game?
Yeah it's part of a photomode in the ship

>>716058865
>Everyone hated MGS2 when it came out
Another retard. It wasn't hated, it had universal acclaim. You probably have ringing in your ear from a vocal minority. None of this so-called "hatred" is reflected in the majority of reviews from critics and users.

>>716055137
>what the fuck are these games?
About reconnecting people and avoiding the end of everything in a post-apocalyptic world where the real world and "beaches" ( dimension between the word of living and the world of the dead) got intertwined after a cataclysmic event.

I won't go deeper into details because it's complicated, but that's the main plot

>>716058035
>so what is it about her that appeals to people here exactly?
Are you talking about Lea or Fragile?

>>716037324 (OP)
He was so right. This game with a 95% white cast aside from based zesty Buck-Hartman has “APAC” in it as a villainous analogue to puppet masters over the American government, and critiques abortion, nihilist doomerism, and pushes bioessentialism, so actually it’s hecking woke. If you indirectly reference jews at all even if it’s in a villainous context that means it’s woke slop!! Total. chud. vindication.

>>716071491
>good reviews means normies loved it!
Lol. It was despised for at least a decade. MGS3 sold way less than 2 because the backlash. The endless seething is what made me play these games in the first place. I had to know what people were crying about.

>bald niggress from Suicide Squad, Fallen Order, Jedi Survivor, Forspoken, Wolfenstein is here
>no Margaret Qualley
Fuckin bullshit

>>716037324 (OP)
Never played 1, though I thought the world/set up was interesting and creative. The techwear aesthetic and sci-fi/paranormal stuff was pretty unique and interesting world building though I never was compelled to actually play it. Got DS2 and found it surprisingly really good. It’s one of the best sandbox games I’ve ever played. As a player you have so many options in terms of traversal, combat, etc that building out infrastructure, figuring out new ways to get across places, trying out new weapons and equipment for taking out enemy bases is all a lot of fun. This game actually reminded me a lot of MGSV but better in terms of the open world. Just a lot of freedom of choice and flexibility in how to approach everything and it’s satisfying to establish a full infrastructure of roads, zip lines etc and get across places more easily, or to unlock new weapons or skeletons that let you tackle situations differently. The story was largely nonsensical but it was entertaining and visually fun to look at. I don’t get the hate for it desu. I usually hate open world games but DS2 feels like it was specifically designed around that as a core part of the gameplay which changes everything and makes it feel a lot more soulful than most slop which just has an open world to waste your time.

>716072062
I'm not watching your jewtube channel faggot.

>>716071491
My dear underaged anon, gamers HATED MGS2. They said that Kojima lied because the trailers were all from the tanker and in the retail version the tanker is just the tutorial and the rest of the game was played with Raiden. They hated that the story was pretty much a rehash of MGS and the ending was "nonsense" and everyone hated that the "cool" Snake was replaced with the "feminine" Raiden.

It was much later when gamers began to warm up to MGS2, partly because of the ending speech, and partly because the Raiden hate was overblown.

Revengeance was another game that was mocked when it was announced for the cheesy dialogues and the stupid title.

>>716072142
What? How is anyone supposed to decipher what the fuck you're saying? Both critic and users reviewed it perfectly. What is your evidence it was more than a vocal minority? Just making shit up like some collective delusion.

>>716073340
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/913941-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/reviews Sort by old. Most reviews are 8-10. A few outliers giving it a 5. It's was a vocal minority. There is literally no evidence the sentiment was widespread at all. This is what happens when you're terminally online, you get mindfucked. Sorry to say, the years you spent online were largely for nothing.

>>716037324 (OP)
So is this woman? supposed to be attractive? She looks exceptionally androgynous to me. Even with hair >>716037671 she's just kinda average.

>>716073792
The same thing happened with Death Stranding. The people that actually played the game mostly loved it, but the Internet at large decided to hate it and mocked it for years.

>>716037324 (OP)
kojima should just use this tech and make tokimeki memorial

>>716073802
She got a seductive french thing going on. If you've seen her in movies you'd realize why people were hyped to see her in game

>>716037324 (OP)
Kojima is definitely a sick fuck IRL

Somebody show her teeth.

>>716074162
The French call them the "teeth of happiness" and the story behind it is really fun

>>716073172
Wait, what? She was my favorite NPC on the first game.

>>716074451
Yeah, I liked her a lot too. Which makes it even more annoying

>>716074509
Why isn't she in the game?
What happened?

>>716037324 (OP)
Looks like ass. Shinkawa keeps phoning in female character designs, let the man draw his mechs and hire someone else.

>>716074887
She died.

>>716071374
Cringe.

>>716074887
Kojima fucked and then discarded her.

>>716075105
Not really. Mama did physically die, but her soul joined Lockne. That's why she has heterochromia now

>>716075290
GOD I WISH I WAS HIM

>>716073939
If it's the "same thing" as Death Stranding, you'd also see Metal Gear Solid 2 getting pummelled in the user reviews, as has Death Stranding. As people most use metacritic nowadays, if we check that, it's currently sitting at an abysmal 7.4/10 for user reviews. And even today people are shitting all over it. Why? It's no MGS2 situation at all. Death Stranding is a complete 180, gameplay and direction is completely different than anything else Kojima shitted out, unlike the MGS1 to 2. And there are things that makes this whole game objectively bad. Kojima shamelessly blew the budget on pointless celebrities and the gameplay is dogshit repetitive snoozefest with a pointlessly abstract story in a drab world. It's not some overly persecuted victim, and this is not a vocal minority crying about the game, it's literally a mainstream sentiment that hasn't gone away even as the sequel has released and never will, I think it's going to be remembered in even worse light as time goes on and fog of this cult fizzles out. DS1 even has the benefit of "predicting a pandemic" now, and we're several years passed that, people have had years to decide if Kojima is some exalted prophet to be worshipped for predicting the pandemic or just a retard desperate for hollywood...even with the luck of a pandemic, the games still getting shit on in user reviews. Nothing like MGS2 situation.

>>716059124
japs die early due to their unhealthy lifestyles.

>>716075740
Have you seen him lately? He looks like the Bill Gates blue sweater meme.

>>716037458
Lea has come a long way.

>>716048471
Idiots
>There already was a similar of opposite case in DS1 with Mama
>The game even before release kept a mystery over the exact moment of the death of Lou
>The game already prepares to the possibility of Fragile dying

>>716048286
>you're mentally ill
uhhh

>>716076661
Nigga, DS1 Metacritic got flooded with 0 "reviews" on launch day because it was trendy to shit on the game. Most youtubers were simply shitting on the game for no reason. Hell, even here the meme that is was just a "walking simulator" was so widespread that a lot of anons didn't even know the game had vehicles, online elements and third person shooter segments.

The Steam reviews for DS1 where mostly positive from the beginning. Those were the people that actually played the game.

Of course MGS2 wasn't exactly the same: campaigns to review bomb games with 0 scores were not as common, but if you were in forums at all back in the day it was heavily criticized.

PEKO
PEKO
PEKO
PEKO

DS2 has a far more conventional and far less visionary story but it’s actually fine, the deal with this game was clear more and better death stranding gameplay, and with a neat little continuation of the Story, so from this point of view it’s necessarily a good game because it fully met expectations, it’s just not a masterpiece but it’s fine because DS1 was already a masterpiece

I’d unironically be down for a Death stranding 3 in 10 years that’s not necessarily made by kojima and just continues the same gameplay style

>>716067658
>I always got a raging hardon when kissing. It used to be embarrassing but I got over it eventually.
This. I don't know why, but kissing gets me going even more than sex itself.

>>716077584
Sam turned into Venom Snake and I find it annoying. Not because he is laconic, but because everything happens when he is not around, like Tomorrow becoming her own person and growing up for instance.
I wanted to see more of her, more of Rainy...And not just a 40 seconds cutscene where they seem to have fun together just for Sam to say hi before leaving

>>716038063
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>716038875
Lisa puts on a pair of sunglasses too.

>>716038209
Incorrect. He added in that Ground Zeroes sun flair effect. It stops that

>>716078138
It's a theme. Higgs took that away from Sam, raising Louise and watching her grow up. But he still connects with her and saves her.

>>716038063
I don't get it either, but women love it and it's a good icebreaker for sex having.

>>716078138
I think one of the big flaws this game has is that there's way too many preppers droning on and on about irrelevant stuff like how weapons work and hardly enough cutscenes focusing on the main characters interacting.

>>716077178
It's interesting to see how the goalposts keep moving for this MGS2 comparison.
It's just like the backlash MGS2 got, trust me bro! just give it 10 more years and people will see the light!!! Oh noo...it was trendy to dunk on DS1 b-but it wasn't trendy to dunk on MGS2 even though I've been trying to tell you how the "whole internet" was dunking on MGS2!! So so stupid.
The game was bombed with both negative and positive reviews darling. And guess what, Metacritic removed the negative reviews retaining the positive review bomb...so that score you see is with the positive review bombing lmao. When you think about it, DS1 had literally every advantage going for it and still managed to sink in a puddle of its own piss.

>>716078686
I absolutely agree

>>716078138
Aye I won’t disagree that there should have been more moments between sam and tomorrow, the fact that you can’t freely walk in the DHV and talk to the crew like in say Mass effect is one of the main flaw of the game, crossing finger the director’s cut at least attempt to fix this

>>716078138
>can't visit Tarman on the bridge to discuss the DHV Magellan's systems
>no blueman tar traveling ambience
>no animation of the DHV Magellan rising out of the tar when you call it to your location

>>716054990
Keep on keeping on.

>>716077220
Funniest shit I ever seen

Isn't this just some weird shit about men getting pregnant? Explain DS to me like I'm retarded. Because I am retarded.

>>716078686
Every single piece of gear will be explained in details on top of the item description. If a warehouse worker plays this game it might be possible that he doesn't know how to read.

>>716037324 (OP)
this look so lame & pretentious, and kojimafags will lap it all up ... my guy just needed an excuse to film feet & bang C-listers, then called it a "project"

>>716078972
See >>716071594

Higgs spin-off when?

>>716078716
Nigger, you're the one who brought up Metacritic. I always talked about the popular opinion around the internet and forums.

Also, no, Metacritic didn't remove the review bomb "reviews" for DS. The game still has 23 % of negative reviews the vast majority of which are 0 scores with little or no text.

>Silent Poets: Hope after the recovery mission in the mountain
Peak ludokino comparable to the first Asylum for the feeling moment of the first game

>>716079578
>Onions Baker plays Cinge-Fagman

>>716078972
>Isn't this just some weird shit about men getting pregnant?
What gave you that idea? I assume the guy wearing a baby in a capsule on his chest? No, its not about men getting pregnant. The baby is basically a detection device. The baby has a special connection that allows it to detect what are basically the undead. The game is about humanity trying to reconnect their various settlements and transports needed goods between them to achieve that. You basically play as a courier/delivery guy bringing those goods between settlements, while using the baby to avoid the undead

>>716078501
proof? seems useless

>>716079836
He's easily the most fun character that Kojima created. Give me an action spin-off or porter prequel.

>>716074887
She got a few huge roles and likely didn't want to come back for what Kojima/Sony was willing to pay. Realistically she would get like, 15 minutes of screentime. Its not like there is super long roles for people besides Higgs, Fragile or even Diehardman. Rainy and Tomorrow don't actually speak and interact with Sam that much, and Deadman/Heartman aren't even the real people doing VA like Mama was

>>716079578
It's called literally any school bomber in existence.
That guy is a simple psycopath, no good values.
He's Fatman tier levels of not giving a fuck and just wanting to destroy

>>716080156
>the most fun character
Not when Fatman exists.

>>716078918
:)

>>716079578
>Higgs presumed dead/lost forever comes back and is significantly better than the first game
The return of Liquid Snake we were robbed of

>>716078972
It's about humanity being faced with evolutionary doom and how we try to survive and stay relevant in a new environment. Dealing with the possibility that homo sapiens won't always be top dogs, our own dead are coming to get us, stagnation is our end. Our ability to share information with one another has been the great superpower of humanity. Such simple themes are presented in a complicated and confusing manner to try and disguise it all.
The idea might have been to do a bible thing where it uses strong imagery and esoteric metaphors instead of making any immediate sense in order to be understood-decrypted by anyone anytime regardless of their personal understanding of the world.

>>716080343
He came back as the joker.
Liquid Snake was not the joker.

>>716079578
How did this motherfucker keep powers after DS1? Amelie clearly them from him

>>716080236
I understand him when people build shitty structures in the game. I want to strand my game away by going offline which is akin to killing everyone else as far as i'm concerned. They think they're shaking my hand with their "useful" transponder but they are dragging into the tar like the BTs do.

>>716080239
Yeah no Fatman rolls around and dies. Higgs chews scenery across two games, disguises himself to hand you a nuke, makes you deliver pizza, sings and plays guitar, repeatedly comes back in a robot body and possesses a ninja.

>>716080727
>disguises himself
Nigger genuinely used what is probably the worst moment of DS1 as an example to defend this character...

>>716079620
You didn't have a problem with discussing metacritic reviews before when you felt comfortable about bringing up "campaigns to review bomb". https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/07/metacritic-removed-suspicious-death-stranding-user-ratings They were removed buddy. If people are still shitting it up with 0s so far after release that's not a review bomb. Literally all games have ratings from users which are 0 and 1. The score should be smoothed out by positive and mixed ratings if the game has enough of those. But it didn't because the game doesn't have enough of those. It's just not liked and you cannot grasp that, and trying to find any excuse to justify it.

>>716080694
All you need is high level DOOMs

>>716055137
>apocalyptic extinction event happens in [current year] that basically makes ghosts real (you die and you become a ghost that just wants to go around haunting people)
>america slowly rebuilds and adjusts
>some tribalist/separationist assholes want the country to stay splintered
>assholes commit terrorist attacks to break up the country once more
>enter (Sam)
>you have to go on a “pilgrimage” and bring the country back together while fighting off the terrorists and helping people find a way to survive the extinction event
What “filters” people is Kojima’s obsession with fancy made up sci-fi lingo and his general “cringe” writing style, particularly when characters talk about the “Beach”, the “chiral network”, and the “Death Stranding”. Basically the Beach is some sort of alternate dimension, the chiral network is basically magical internet, and the Death Stranding is the apocalyptic extinction event humans are trying to survive. It’s not that complicated.
That said, the game does have a very unique tone in the way characters interact with you and how the game constantly segways back and forth between comfy slow paced gameplay and the occasional stress inducing scenario. To a normal person it just comes off as weird or schizophrenic writing but if you’re extremely autistic and/or depressed, this game actually feels almost therapeutic to play.
It’s okay if you get filtered, the game is intentionally designed to not appeal to everyone. Kojima had a very particular audience he wanted to cater to. If you’re not one of those people, that’s completely fine. Nothing to get angry about or shit up threads over

>>716058871
I tried smoking and I couldn’t even finish a pack. Then I tried vaping and I had to exert myself to quit. I do not recommend vaping

>>716080343
Kojima could even go further and make a prequel ALA MGS3 about his rise to power and downfall.

>>716081000
Sam is the alpha and omega to me. When Amelie brought him back to life on the beach, it's that event that triggered the "merging" between the world of the living and the beaches.
Sam basically spent his time fixing what his resurrection caused, while also playing the game of Amelie, as an EE, but also prevented her from accomplishing what she exists for in the first place

>>716072062
Synthetic Man is a contrarian retard that astroturfs himself on /v/ and makes contrarian statements just to generate rage bait and consequently views. He never says anything of any value. He’s like videogamedunkey but for 4chan

>>716081000
Kojima didn't cater to me. Instead he listened to all the people who told him the cutscenes were too long.

>>716081502
He didn't have to put his hand directly on her ass, but he did, and that's why we respect this man.

>>716081617

I skipped every cutscene of Higgs after the first one. I could not endure the cringe.

I could also see Higgs coming back for DS3 and becoming a good guy atoning for his sins. Could be a good character arc.

>>716082021
Got me real pissed off to discover that thing in the game. I prefer anime.

>>716082207
>literally got eaten and crushed by an EE
>coming back
That would be way too much at this point

>>716079836
I actually liked Troy Baker playing the charismatic villain for once. He always plays boring and uncharismatic protagonists like Joel from TLOU or the protagonist from CoD Advanced Warfare. Even with supposedly more charismatic characters like the Boss from Saints Row 3 and 4 he comes off as boring and shallow. With Higgs he actually sounded cool

>>716082335
>charismatic villain
Pagan Min?

Any Other Games where you work together in a Open World and not killing and looting each other?

>>716082450
I guess survival game with friends like Conan Exiles. But I do not really know

>>716082207
It could have been a character arc in DS2, why do that in DS3 when it could have been done in DS2. I would like him to remain as an evil presence. Let's not do a redemption arc every single time. I can imagine some higgs gameplay controlling a squad of mechs and sending discouraging messages to other players, hacking some generators to electrocute players in other worlds.

>>716078972
An event occurred in our world where corpses that are not immediately incinerated get found by ghosts of the dead who have crossed into our world from “The Beach” where time passes very slowly, and are searching for a body to return to. This results in a material called chiralium becoming deposited in our world which collects in the clouds and causes rain to accelerate time on anything it touches. When a corpse gets consumed it results in an antimatter explosion called a voidout. most of humanity and their cities were totally wiped out as dead people resulted in antimatter bombs exploding everywhere across the planet. Sam is the first bridge baby, which are baby fetuses extracted from the wombs of braindead mothers and put into pods, who have a connection with the realm where the dead reside as a result. The remainder of the American government uses this connection to create a “chiral network” that uses the connection to the realm of the dead to be able to transfer information and basically use chiralium create material and objects out of thin air. A necessary technology for them to survive and communicate in the post apocalyptic world that they now inhabit. Sam winds up in the custody of a bridge baby he eventually calls Lou, named after his unborn child who died along with the mother who was killed in a voidout around a decade before the first game. As it turns out, Lou was actually his original daughter, who was extracted from the womb of his dead wife before she died unbeknownst to him, and became a bridge baby. She is special because she is born to Sam who was also a bridge baby and a “repatriate” who always comes back to life after he dies due to his connection with “Amelie”, an extinction entity who is chosen to facilitate the extinction of life on Earth in a perpetual cycle; Amelie was also his adopted mother who took care of him after his real parents were killed trying to break him free from the bridge baby experiments.

>>716082436
>ubisoft game
>charisma
lol

>>716042086
It can be

>>716082309
His character is pretty much not being able to move on and that's why he keeps coming back. He's a restless spirit. Only way to end him for good would be to resolve his problems.

>>716082679
Pita

>>716082567
I mean yeah he could keep showing up throughout the series like Ocelot but given his tortured and angry nature I feel like he deserves some kind of a resolution

>>716082613
Shut the fuck retard nobody care will hold you and protect you ouhou so let love warm youuuu til the morniiiingah GOOD GOD

>>716082450
Unrelated but I love how this game sort of pushes you to help other players for no real compensation.
>driving truck full of materials to do maintenance on the roads
>get off truck and put materials into paver
>notice a bridge going over a river with like a thousand likes slowly starting to rust away
>don’t really need bridges anymore now that I built the whole road but decide to upgrade the bridge anyway because I thought the other player would’ve appreciated that
>finish upgrading his bridge and go along my way

>>716082915
GOOD GAHD

>>716082613
Thanks for the effortpost, anon.
>>716082915
Dummy

>tfw when you finally finish that last stretch of road

>>716082927
>sort of pushes you to help other players for no real compensation.
As a guy that hates competitive games but love cooperation, I really enjoy what DS offers here.

I've been replaying DS1 lately, and today I built a network of ziplines and finished two sections of roads, hoping that would help other players

>Fragile goes "What the fuck" in a very french way
>the little glove around her neck gives a middle finger

>>716037928
I couldn't talk about it because it took me three weeks to finish the story and I was avoiding spoilers

>>716080906
Nope, most of the 0 are still from launch date. Most of them contain no review.

Not that it matters because you're moving the goalposts. MGS2 was disliked on the internet and so were DS1, both were liked years after release.

>>716083180
I know someone will appreciate it, anon. When I first started playing I tried putting down a bridge but I didn’t realize you needed to put in materials to actually build it so I just left the foundation there and went along my business. Much later I came across it and noticed somebody built it for me. It’s nice to see people’s efforts actually help others in this game

>>716083975
That's pretty cool

>>716083903
What goalposts have I moved? At each turn I showed evidence and provided you explanation, you've done nothing. Go rope, loser.

>>716083380
It's the little things

>>716074887
The team from the first are scattered and doing their own thing at the start of the game. She appears in it, just doesn’t have a real role in the current events. Probably busy or didn’t want to

>>716081783
BB is the best. How did Kojima manage to make a fetus such a compelling character?

Mechanics knowers spit your venom the Sams are pretending to help one another again, let's ruin their made up fun for higgs' sake.
Offline players can send Likes to nobody in particular and invisible entities deliver their lost cargo. Roads and structures don't go to other players they go to the servers, your structure or somebody else's in its place, makes no difference. Donated cargo in post boxes don't stay where your put it, it's erased and an average simulation of it is fed to players. ((connecshon))

>>716084298
I posted this in a much earlier thread but I love how when I first started playing I just saw BB as just some meter I had to keep an eye on but now as I’m playing I’ll randomly take breaks and play with Lou for a couple minutes and whistle to her

>>716038063
The most autistic post I've ever seen on this site desu

>>716084534
>your contributions don’t help others, they actually just help others
Okay?

Facing the big BTs on purpose is a better approach than avoiding the watchers imo

Higgs guitar fight Should actually have been guitar hero gameplay, and the fist fight gameplay should have been the Mecha DHV FIght

>>716084690
Who the fuck are you helping? Does he even need your help?

>>716071491
Your gay revisionism isn't working, MGS2's story was widely considered a weak point upon release, especially among fans. The gameplay and graphics however made up for it.

>>716085297
see >>716073792 dumb fucking retard get off the internet

>>716078972
"The Beach" is a plane between the world of the living and the dead. Dead people appear on The Beach and they walk through the sea to reach the afterlife.

A cataclismic event takes place: some dead people are "stranded" on the beach. They manifest in our world and try to reach for their old bodies or the bodies of living things in a desperate attempt to come back to life. When they enter in contact with a body, they cause a gigantic explosion similar to a nuclear explosion. This event is called the "Death Stranding" because the death are stranded on the beach.

The Death Stranding triggered a change in the world: rain now causes things to age and die rapidly and a new kind of mineral is discovered, chiralium, which has mysterious proterties.

This rain and the beached things, BTs, caused the surface to be extremely dangerous for people so the survivors went to hide and now live in shelters under the ground. Lost countries in the world including the USA are devastated and don't exist anymore.

The main character, Sam, has the weird ability to return to his body from the beach when he dies without triggering an explosion, essentially making him immortal. He is tasked by the last president of the USA to unite all the shelter-cities through the Chiral Network (a kind of physical internet powered by Chiralium which allows people to share information and print physical objects) to create the UCA: the United Cities of America. A new nation.

So he goes throughout the continent uniting and helping people with the help of BB, a fetus inside a pod. BBs are the unborn babies from mothers who died before they could give birth. Since BBs where not born and cannot be born, they can be used to detect and see BTs, as they're both beings that are stranded between the Beach and the world of the living.

That's basically it.

>>716084534
Yes, if you play offline the game automates and simulates some of the mechanics because they're integral for the game. Online players do get to share constructions and you can check which "shard" of the server you're on and which players you're sharing the terrain and buildings with.

>>716044582
>>716046894
>stop posting gay things on /v/ - Gay Video Games
???

This fuckin thread.

I desperately want Troy to cosplay Higgs and play this at TGA with Norman

https://youtu.be/ZGoLl88YA7U?list=RDZGoLl88YA7U

>>716065016
That's a the psychology behind the smoking fetish. Read a fucking book once in a while, you might learn something.

>>716038063
Moderm society is run by paradites for parasites (protozoa, helminths, fungi, kikes).

>>716084556
I actually liked BB from the beginning. It's kind of gross, but when I made Sam trip and fall for the first time I got concerned because it cried and I thought maybe the game would have permanent damage to BB or the pod. Then I got to soothe BB and it was just adorable with it's little bubbles.

Later on I slightly reached out towards the screen when Higgs shot the pod and I actually shed a tear or two when BB cried for the first time and Sam held her on his arms which is also the first time I've ever cried with a videogame.

I think it boils down to BB having all these cute, adorable interactions throughout the game and also being the only companion you have throughout the entire game. Kinda like the Companion Cube but without the ironic bullshit.

>>716085859
The guy who liked my generator did it just because it was there in between three other generators, get Likes by putting random shit on their path and the dirty animals will stumble about.

>>716038063
It's hardwired to feel good because it's a useful adaptation for removing parasites from one anothers' lips and mouths
humans love to groom each other

>>716081000
>Nothing to get angry about or shit up threads over
Im not angry or anything, Im actually intrigued because usually after that much exposure i kinda get what the game is about by osmosis.
But not DS. I saw countless threads, lots and lots of discussion and webms and its still a fucking enigma to me.
Gonna play it soon, its on my pile of shame long enough.

>>716087094
>somebody was nice to me with no ulterior motives? Ohohoho~ how I pity those foolish animals!
Whatever happened to you to turn out this way, I'm sorry. I hope you overcome beign a curmudgeon.

>>716087352
Go be fun at parties.

>Schizopost so hard that Konami fires you and you have to reshape your ideas for a Silent Hill game into this.
Just Kojima things

>>716085623
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/913941-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/reviews/45711
>The plot becomes far too strange and detached from the Metal Gear Solid idea that I've come to know (think of Mario suddenly being the last boss in Sonic the Hedgehog).

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/913941-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/reviews/26563
>There's not much eventual purpose to this kind of storyline--wheels within wheels, plot twists for the sake of plot twists--and putting up with the constant interruptions of Raiden's chattering nanny is patience-trying when (the promise of) great gameplay is beckoning

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/913941-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/reviews/56044
>The story would be more forgivable were it not for the sometimes awkward and melodramatic character development. Despite all these qualms about the game’s plot and characters, MGS2 is something that Metal Gear fans and anyone looking for a thrilling story can’t pass up.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/913941-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/reviews/30978
>This is where I'm glad I didn't put down $300 for the PS2 (as of the writing of this review). I can't help but compare this to the plot of the original MGS for the Playstation, but even on its own, the plot of Metal Gear Solid 2 simply isn't up to par. Solid Snake's adventure in Shadow Moses involved an intriguing story with just enough twists to really get the player excited, agitated, and fully immersed in the game.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/913941-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/reviews/30277
>You see when you start off in the game at the oil tanker the story there is true Metal Gear exploitation. However, when you pass the tanker you then move on to the Power Plant scene. This scene starts off with an above average story, but then in the end the melodrama takes over it all