>OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE on SteamThe Kinofather cooked with this one, apologize.
>caring about steam reviews
Interesting how people who've played the game love it. While the people who proclaim that it sucks did so after watching some footage of it online. Death Stranding is truly an anti-streamer game
>>735609443which wig is this? bodied btw
>>735609708oofff thats gotta hurt!
“So there’s this man and he’s always stopping his heart, which is heart shaped and this man lives by a lake shaped liked a heart and this man’s name is …….heartman, god I’m so smart” - Hideo Kojima
>>735609738Name shape reality and reality shapes namesKojima knows this
Name a bigger midwit game designer.
Kojima has literally never directed a single bad game in his entire 40 year career. Even his weaker games are more enjoyable than 95% of "good games"
>>735609443lol didn't buy
>>735609738"So there's this talking doll guy and his name is... Dollman." - Hideo Kojima
>>735609853>cope.txtDid you buy one of his plastic merch jackets?
>>735609886man his face looks fucked even when they put make up on him and photoshop haha
>>735609886>why did you let RE9 outsell the entire run of my game in just 1 day :'(Poor punishjima. Won't you buy his game at full rrp, /v/anon?
>>735609443>I'm Fragile but I'm not that fragileplease clap
>>735609873Um actually that isn't his name. They just decide to start calling him that after he had an incident that killed his child and trapped his soul inside his kid's toy doll.
>>735609987>>>why did you let RE9 outsell the entire run of my game in just 1 day :'(>Poor punishjima. Won't you buy his game at full rrp, /v/anon?I ALREADY DID WTF
>>735610023How about a $2000 plastic jacket that people online said started falling apart after 6 months? Why not two? : )
>>735610015Sounds kind of rude desu
>>735610059I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR ME TO FIND OUT THIS WAS A THING
>>735610091not a true fan i guess
>>735609738"Die Hard is one of my favorite movies, anyway this black guy name is Die Hardman" - Kojimbo
>>735609673that's called sunk cost fallacy
>>735609443Cinema
>>735609443Played the portable for 5 minutes and realized its the same nonsensical garbage
>>735610115imagine being 65 years old and still can't grow a proper beard. truly punished
>>735610115HOLY SHITI'M NEVER GONNA RECOVER FROM THIS PURCHASE
>>735609708rekt
>>735609886>Create jacket to photoscan for game>Later sell it because you might as wellWhat's the problem with this exactly? RE and DMC did the same thing
>>735610086Thats fucked up
>>735609708Why are the reviews for Crimson Desert so negative?
>>735610198It wasn't actually. It was some chinese taobao brand of rain jackets owned by kojima's friend and they just slapped some ds words on it and put a huge price. total grift that was planned from the start
>>735609443Is it better than the first game?
>>735610245Because it sucks
>>735610245only kojima simps are buying (in small numbers) ds2. everyone is playing crimson desert so of course its more mixed
>>735610151I haven't finished it yet but my thoughts on it so far is that it feels contrived and like his heart wasn't in it this time. I feel like he didn't even wanna do DS2, not long after DS1 he said a hypothetical sequel would have to be a completely different game, back to the drawing board, rethink everything. Now DS2 is here and it's obnoxiously complacent to just be DS1 again but with a few new mechanics thrown in. The world is lacking good vibes, the plot itself feels paper thin and half thought out (why does sam agree to work with drawbridge when he's in the middle of being a suicidal alchoholic? he doesn't even say anything, not in protest or agreement. He had to be convinced to work with the UCA in the first game, and there he actually had personal stakes)The writing on all the preppers you meet is as bland as ever. The UI is still abysmal. It feels phoned in.And it feels like it's trying way too hard to be "wacky" like with the character of Charlie. DS1 pulled me in with its world and characters, as wonky as the storytelling could be. DS2 throws dumb things at me that I feel like would have no place in the world of DS1.
>>735610278Technical aspects just as graphics, quality of life, improved gameplay with more types of equipment, environments etc. That part is basically the first game again but improved.Stuff like story and characters and novelty don't land as well in most opinions
>>735610289Makes sense. There does seem to be this weird cult around him who love everything he does no matter how shit it is.
>>735610245It filters casuals and ubislop enjoyers
>>735610315>>735610324good summaries. it's why i am just pirating later
>>735610342It's literally ubisoft follow the quest marker gameplay
Kojima's asshole getting gaped the last week or so. Probably the worst PC port launch I've ever seen in the past 5 years.
>>735609443>BB>BT>QPID>DOOMS>UCA>MULE>PCC>TIMEFALL>AUTOTOXEMIA>VOIDOUT
>>735610328>There does seem to be this weird cult around him who love everything he does no matter how shit it is.It's called making stuff for an audience instead of the lowest common denominator
>>735610417nice cope. that "audience" is a bunch of midwit redditors who simp for him like it is part of their identity.
>>735609443I'm excited for his next games
>>735609443love him or hate him, gotta admit hes pretty cute.
>>735610459YOU DON'T MEAN THE O.D.?THAT GAME LOOKS TOO SCARY
>>735610459It better be really good to make up for the last 2. He alienated so much of his fanbase.
>>735610496>>735609886kind of like a ugly bulldog with a leon wig on, no?
Not video games
>>735610502Frfr
>>735610525lol his hair does look like a cope version of leon's doesn't it haha
>>735610502>Unreal Engine 5>Graphics actually look goodHow does KJP do it
sex animations
>>735610496In a certain way
>>735610393anyone who cared bought it on ps5 anyway. hope sony paid him a lot because it probably cut sales by 60%
>>735610315Felt the same. Already dropped it. Might come back and finish it in a couple weeks. Having more fun with RE9 atm.
>>735610387Wut, shitters have been begging for navigation aids in the patch note comments since they are too lazy to open the map
why are the reviews for this game so bad?everyone is hating on itapparently the performance is so bad on pc oh wow
>1000 reviewsCan you Kojimjeets fuck off already.
>>735610496>gotta admit hes pretty cute.pffft did you buy the copy of GQ he paid to be in an article in for PR?
>>735610763lol at the shitty photoshop they did on his sunglasses and face. eEen with all those smears he looks cooked.
>>735609708Welp that's it no more pc ports
>>735610763yikes
>>735610763>GQ>it's realhttps://www.gq.com/story/hideo-kojimas-boss-fight-with-timeMan he is even more of a cokesmoker than I thought.
>>735610565holy BOOBA
>>735610565aaahahahahah imagine if she tried to have sex with you lol that'd be super weird if she did that aahahahahha
>>735610858You never could have convinced me as a kid playing MGS that in 20 years its designer would be paying GQ of all rags for a paid PR advertorial to get sales. Unreal.
>>735610858>>735610902have any other game designers grifted this hard? Carmac?
>>735610763Cute unc
>>735610935bit old to be an unc. maybe a gramps
>>735610931Peter Molyneux
>>735609708op absolutely btfo hahaha
>>735609853damn, he has been dyeing his hair too, look at the greys. imagine being that vain at 60 or whatever
This game is so bad holy its worse than ds1
>>735609443Simulatorslop is on the rise across all funding brackets, whether it's downtrodden Russian autists or multibillion dollar net worth individuals making an UPS simulator.
>>735609574>I don't care when it's positive, only when it's negative so I can shitpost in steamcharts threads
>>735611082>suddenly bring dark souls 1 into thislmao fromtrannies are so pathetic it's unreal
>>735609708Ohnononono Crimson Diarrhea bros what went wrong???
>>735611143not him, but kojima has made nothing even close to as ground breaking as dark souls has been for the industry. it spawned an entire genre of games. meanwhile hackjima does a middling stealth game ripping off actors and movie characters to a niche midwit audience, who can't understand why most gamers couldnt give a shit about kojima's slop
>>735611192Gookslop humilation ritual
>>735610315finish the game anon, Kojima never disappoints and the whole ending of DS2 is basically a throwback to all Kojima games, but I would judge DS1 to be notch better in regards to the story, also because it was novel and not known gameplay and mechanics are fully improved, it's a lot of fun to goof around with things you can do, especially the coffin board is so good
>>735611192>comparing 1 week of release sales versus the sales of a great game that has been out for years Kojima simps really are coping and retarded hehe
>>735611196Naughty Dog built their entire career of ripping off MGS1
>>735611196>genrelmao holy shit kys soulstranny
>>735611192>Botted reviews
>>735611220hate how kojima does this "i was just pretending to be retarded XD irony shit because he knows it is mid af but doesn't want to get called out on it by making an actually honest attempt at a good game. somehow capcom pulled that off while still having some fan aspects to it too. he could learn a lot from them but is probably too old at this point.
>>735611256Which game did that?
ds1 is a far better game with better perfromance gameplay and story
>>735611279>the kojimasimp can't into soulskek. casual reddit gamer confirmed
>>735610995>OP btfo>Screenshot shows what OP is stating???
>>735611196soulslike is a made up steam tag it isnt a genre retard.
>>735611329>>735611279>>735611143Found the soulsslopper
>>735610858wtf
>>735609738one time i randomly came across a kojima interview and interviewer was asking about something and he immediately brought trump and american politics into his answer, i cringed really hard, and stopped watching it.
>>735611394ok next cope, kojimasimp? sorry your god's games aren't relevant to anyone anymore
>>735611245Nobody will still be playing and talking about CD within 1 month, shitty games don't have legs
>>735611413yea his TDS is lame as fuck when he is basically also a tryhard wannabe populist as a game designer
>>735609443Death Stranding 1 is already making me nostalgic
>>735611441a shitty game that bodied the game you have simped for over a year. wake up fag
>>735611437I dont even play his games youre just spouting bullshit and getting called out. Fromsoft fans are far more a cult than Kojima fans could every hope to be.
>>735611413Kojima is a westaboo so it's not really surprising
>>735611493>Fromsoft fans are far more a cult than Kojima fans could every hope to be.retard and a cope. kojima is pure midwit cultism
wish kojima let us play as this dope look. sam looking like a janitor most of the game was fucking lame
>>735611493Fromsoftware actually makes good games though
>>735611464Agreed. Haven't given him money in years and watching his simps triple down has been mad funny.
>>735611413>Entire MGS series is spent portraying Trump'like methods as bad>WTF why doesn't Kojima like Trump?It is truly a mystery
>>735611196MGS has been extremely impactful, moreso than the Souls series in an overall sense. We're only more directly feeling the Souls' games impact right now because it's still fresh, whereas MGS has left its mark and changed gaming forever by popularizing stealth games and slower and more methodical gameplay.
>fromsloppers bring up dark souls out of nowheremental patient behavior
>>735609443quite literally the ONLY thing you need to receive overwhelmingly positive reception for a game on steam is for it to both look good and run well with no glaring issuesthe game can be complete fucking buttcheeks otherwise
can't wait to buy it on steam sale in two years time just for my gpu to blow up
>>735611668DS2 PC does have performance issues for people though, so if they fixed those it would be Very Overwhelmingly Positive
>>735611664nah it was bait and you fell for itt. >>735611143 samefag
>>735611664Except you were the one that brought it up
>>735611310DS2's gameplay improvements literally makes DS1 feel like a rough draft, literally impossible to go back to now
>>735609443I will apologize once cross-save functionality is provided. Plus, I am stuck on the PS5 version when I wanted the PC version to begin with but couldn't wait.
>>735611816>I'm an impatient little toddler and that's your faultkeklmao
>>735611816You have to start a fresh save for Wilder difficulty (True DS2) anyway
DS1 and DS2 are his best games since MGS2, but /v/ is not ready for that conversation.
>>735611909>ifunny.co>couldn't even bother at least removing the obvious banner before using it to reinforce his shitpost.And I thought my post was low quality. But no, you're not wrong, I was impatient. But now I'm experiencing stutters when navigating the map and fps drops in the Social Strand Service menu as a result of the March 19th patch on my PS5 Pro which really makes me regret getting it on PS5.
Explain what's actually wrong with an old boomer doing some vanity projects with his celeb friends where he explores some weird mechanics and concepts he thinks seem interesting without sounding unhinged.
>>735612323Nothing, Kojima is a wholesome cute ahh unc
>>735609443Finally got the floating carriers, time to 5 star all of Mexico before proceeding.
>>735610245it's shit
>>735612217
>>735612323NPC's truly just hate the idea that some people simply do whatever the fuck they want. Hollywood used to absolutely hate Citizen Kane too because it didn't follow "proper procedure" (I don't even like the film that much, but Welles telling the studio system to pound sand and just doing what the fuck he wanted was very based.)
>>735612596I thought Citizen Kane was critically acclaimed even upon its release
>>735612482My apologies. If that was meant to be funny I can't imagine how others must feel with such an insufferable sense of humor lol.
>>735612656It recieved a cult following but was largely a flop on release because it was just too different and weird from what people were used to, also a lot of studio heads wanted the film buried because it was largely made outside their system.
>>735612858And also I thought cause the film was boycotted by William Hearst, or is that just a myth
>>735612752>posting cringe while calling out cringe is.. le insufferable!!Sure thing anon, you're the arbiter of what's funny and what isn't after all
>>735612942>posting "cringe">"le" insufferableMm. Yes, very funny.
>>735609708Gookslop BTFO LMAO
>>735609443God I love Kojima
>>735612939Yes the film is a pretty thinly veiled hit piece on William Hearst, who was a powerful man with lots of connections
>>735609443I am a big fan of the first game, but after playing three hours of ds2 I am kinda bored. Does it get better?
>>735613273Yes, it's one of the most mechanically dense AAA games I've ever played honestly, but you unlock it by playing the main story so I would play a fair bit in before you start doing side content
>>735613090>t.
>>735611632>>Entire MGS series is spent portraying Trump'like methods as badTrump literally hasn't done anything an MGS villain has though, which is why he's a boring President. I wish he was half the saturday morning cartoon villain dictator that weirdoes make him out to be. I wish this motherfucker tried to be Senator Armstrong.
>>735609443Kojima please make a movie it would be amazing
>>735613867>I wish this motherfucker tried to be Senator Armstrong.Senator Armstrong revealed his true intentions when he was seeing a new recruit and successor before him, not to the lowly masses that is (you) and your peers.
>>735611650Anon, I don't know how to tell you this, but Fromsoft game design has been affecting the video game industry for well over a decade now, and its influence has only picked up as their games continue to be success after success. Yes, MGS is still incredibly popular and a source of inspiration for SOME individual devs here and there, but it's more of a legend than the almost universal inspiration Fromsoft has become. There's been, what, like two games ever since the original MGS came out a bajillion years ago that LEGITIMATELY tried to copy it? Meanwhile Fromsoft shat out an entire genre that has more and more high quality mimics as time goes on? Yet here we are with... not only zero good MGS/Kojima-like games, but basically zero attempts period. I LOVE Kojima's stuff, but c'mon now. You're being disingenuous.
>>735609708uh oh Crimson Desertsisters...
>>735614028If GTA 6 isn't competing, RE9 is GOTY
>>735613741You know, I think what your problem is, is that you don't understand the art of subtlety. I'd recommend pausing and thinking about what you want to say, then consider if what you want to say is even worth hearing.
>>735614142Stupid machine
Telling an entertaining story is about making logical sense. Its about capturing the imagination and attention of your audience.Yes Kojima shit is weird as fuck. Thats okay. Its just a story. It gave us some of the most memorable moments in gaming history, and I think everyone can respect him for staying the course on keeping it weird for so long.
I feel like kojima is master of smoke and mirrors, like he knows how to present his story so the target would eat it like a feast, while its just an fancy looking mid food.Hes probably still better than 95% of devs, but given current climate its no achivment.I feel like hes ok because i see that he has fun while doing his job and he dont let people tread on his vision.Still i just dont like his stories/games enough to play though them. His characters feel like a tarantios ones, where every one of them needs to be quirky and memorable, to the point where the whole world looks like a circus and it crash the other parts of the story. Some of this stuff is good, funny, even golden, but there should be some balance and kojima have none, its a bit like with gorge lucas, its not that he have to big of an ego, its just no one challanges him/checks him on his shit, because everyone treats him like a master.
Crimson Desert? Oh, you mean overhyped normie game of the month?Reminds me of that Where Winds Meet game or whatever, or that monkey game wukong.If you're even talking about these games, you're basically a ball and gun normie. Nobody with taste gives a shit about Crimson Desert
>>735613972>for well over a decade nowYou do realize that MGS is almost three decades old, right?
>>735614142And I think you're a faggot
>>735614561The funniest part is that DS2 is even a better open world system sandbox than CD. Which is supposed to be the whole selling point of that game
>>73560970820k vs 1k. Wow DS2 popularity so strong. More like nobody even wanted to bother with it. Personally, i think its story was straight ASS. Fuck you kojima, for wasting my time with that garbage writing.
>>735614863Haven't played it, is it better than DS1? Because in DS1 you had a point A and a point B to get to and everything in-between is an obstacle, not a fun world to explore or whatever. Did that change?
>>735614924Not him but no.The traversal is also a lot easier in 2 unfortunately.
>>735609443Replaying the first game and its still really fun, but I have a feeling that even if I turned my brain off and went completionist for the second game instead of rushing the main story, it would still be less fun overall.
>>735614802Now THAT is funny anon, lol.
>>735614924The core game of making deliveries from point A to B is still the same. There's just a shitload more mechanics now. Time of day and weather, improved stealth and combat, more tools, more strand systems etc
>>735611196Thats a pretty good point.
>>735611413He loves the jab too, even though his musician buddy in low roar obviously died from them like lots of people did. He pushes vaccinations twice for no good reason in DS2.
>>735612217That girl has an UGLY face. She is not special.
>>735609443lmao, what a schizo thread... crazy how one man has buckbroken an entire board, stay seething faggots
>>735613273No, I dropped it and came back to it and it felt like a waste of time.
>>735614802Bro you got totally bodied in this exchange. You lost.
>>735615536Sure thing bud
>>735613867>Trump literally hasn't done anything an MGS villain has though, which is why he's a boring President.Extremely funny cope as Trump is preparing to plunge the global economy into chaos for the sake of his Israeli masters and reshaping the Middle East.
DS1 filtered me hard. I wouldn't be able to play 2.
>>735615762>preparing toHuh?
>>735609443I would, but.
It was kind of refreshing seeing Kojima make such a straightforward sequel. DS2 feels like one of his most complete games. Taking what worked in DS1 and addressing some of the complaints like the overly verbose exposition and underbaked stealth/combat
>>735615897>Standard $69.99Standard is 60$ and everything above that is robbery
>>735615852What I'm saying that it'll get way, way worse in the next month if he doesn't call his retarded shit off. Already reading reports that things won't go back to normal until 6 months to a year from now.>>735615943Too bad the story is way worse in this one.
>>735616008>Too bad the story is way worse in this one.I didn't think the story was good in DS1 either, I liked the world and themes, but the actual plot and execution was really bad imo. DS2's story being more "here's the premise and some nice looking cutscenes now go deliver cargo" was a boon for me
>>735615897pirate it you retard
>>735611220>the whole ending of DS2 is basically a throwback to all Kojima gamesHow is that even a defense? Maybe I'm in the minority here but I couldn't care less about la Creativdadverse (having played only DS1 and GZ), with all his retarded ideas, pretentiousness and absolutely horrendous 4th wall breaks.
>>735616274but m-muh multiplayer
>>735616008>it'll get way, way worseThat much was obvious ever since he was voted into office, it's a reflection of how uneducated the average American is
>>735615897>>735616380keysellers dude, that's the whole point of them
>>735616274 The whole Hypervisor workaround is like spreading your asshole to India and China. Unless it's on GoG, I'm not touching it.>>735616412Fanatical just ran out of the standard edition and Greenman is as expensive as steam.
>>735616380After playing offline for 20 hours or so, the only MP feature I miss is having other players' lost cargo for a few extra likes when planning trips. It's not worth it.
>>735616598>The whole Hypervisor workaround is like spreading your asshole to India and China.> Unless it's on GoG, I'm not touching it.
>>735609443it's a shittier game than the first oneeither pciggers have no taste or you're still in the honeymoon phase
>>735616930>i am tech illiterateDon't worry about it anon. Just download it :)It's from cs rin, it has to be safe, it's fine
>>735615489I love the creative father
>>735616598DS2 doesn’t have denuvo you donkey
>>735617035>i am tech illiterateAre you a bot or are you genuinely this fucking stupid?
>>735615489Why did /v/ get buckbroken by Kojimbo so bad
>>735617138>gives kernel-level access to random crackers>calls me a botThis generation is so incredibly tech-retarded, it's actually unreal.
>>735610129Its even better. In one of the end game emails you find out his real name is John McLane. Lord Kojima does it again.
yup it's a bot
Stylish Action MGR spin-off WHEN?
>>735610129>"Die Hard is one of my favorite movies, anyway this black guy name is Die Hardman" - KojimboYou think that's bad? DS2 is set in Australia because Kojima loves Mad Max and became friends with George Miller
>>735612323It really is a mystery. I never understood why Kojima makes so many people in this board seethe. I get not liking a game but the amount of seething he causes is just deranged.
THE GAY SHIT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR MY STORY. DID YOU RIKE IT, ANON?
>>735611690the game runs surprisingly well on low end pcs actually
>>735613273Have 20 hours clocked in and counting so maybe it’s just an unironic skill issue?
Kojima Productions is the japanese Remedy. Making nothing but pretentious flops praised by pretentious faggots.
>>735615489I never really bothered with the MGS games and, frankly, I’m not too excited over OD. But DS1 is my personal GOTD and DS2 is right behind it. Two of my favorite games ever, and I’m not really that much of a Kojima fan honestly, so seeing the hate cult foaming at the mouth over his mere existence always seemed weird to me. I feel like at least half of it is just retards seething that they got filtered by Death Stranding and hate how much others enjoy it.
>>735617915Yes I loved it!
someone should interrogate kojima, saw style, force him to explain DS1 and 2's story from beginning to end from memory.if he fails it means he's a hack and he gets to be killed by saw's traps
>>735609443But DS2 sucks ass compared to 1 lol
>>735609673The hate was so forced that even Videofagdunkey had to go back and admit he was full of shit.
>>735618556Anon the games explain the story to you like a hundred times over, Death Stranding is actually comically literal. Sam Porter Bridges builds metaphorical bridges by building literal bridges. He binds people together with literal rope
>>735618636Lol
>>735618928The point is I want to see if kojima himself knows the story of his own games
>>735618928
>>735609574>caring about Steam charts
>>735611413>i cringed really hardI read your post, I know that feel
>>735618972Did all the people complaining about how DS2 "ruined the tone of DS1" somehow memoryhole this scene completely? DS1 already ruined its own tone
>>735611547The real crime is not being able to unlock or wear the Ludens Suit in any of the games.What was Kojima Productions thinking?
>>735609443I'm sorry.
>>735609673100%'ed it and it was the worst sequel I played since DD2>Lou is actually Tomorrow is actually Louise"Found family" message of the first game becomes some soap opera tier garbage>sorry Sam, I'm dying scene from DeadmanLol not really, he's Red Samurai>Neil was cucking Sam with his whore wife, also she was the BT that touched Sam to blow up their cityWorse flashback scenes, more poorly acted than Mads>RainyHas one important scene, never does anything again>Die Hardman's zesty ass dance sceneSpeaks for itself>robot fight at the endEnjoy watching as you run along the beach! Cool stuff happens around you that you aren't involved in.>WOW NEW MECHANICS LIKE AVALANCHES AND EARTHQUAKESHappens once in the opening and once when you climb a mountainAlso Fragile is the only character that actually dies.Cool stuff happens around you and Sam pinwheels between bitch and cuckhold through the whole game.If you rate this game positively, you are a retard. Simple as.
>>735609853You've never played his early pre mgs stuff I see
>>735618215And this little bitch losing at his gladhander Geoff's show was the most satisfying thing to come out of DS2
>>735620167Metal Gear 1 is very simple but alright, its old and the first one obviouslyMetal Gear 2 is a legit great game, huge improvement.Policenauts and Snatcher are awesomeAdmittedly I haven't played Penguin Adventure, but I don't think Kojima directed that one
>>735620108>he played DS for the story
> Finish raid on bandit camp> Emerge from forest area just as the sun is setting> Make my way over to the new bunker while https://youtu.be/_5kbepgHWaE?si=_CIeHTFS4Ovw74JO playsComfy
>>735609443As the zoomers would say>midwitcore
>>735620886Calling Kojima's work midwit is midwit at this point, you're not clever for pointing out that Kojima made another Kojima game
>>735618928This, I really don't get the complaints from people about the games story being too convoluted and confusing, its pretty much as subtle as a brick to the head when it comes to conveying the story/themes to the player.
>>735620968Apparently I am considering how everyone on /v/ is slurping this garbage up
>>735621031Nobody has ever complained that they're confusing. Nice strawman.
>>735620886zoomers don't say this, it's exactly what a sóylennial like you would say
>>735621531I've met multiple people in real life who've told me the story makes no sense and that its all just crazy imagery with no meaning.
>>735615943I really don’t get the complaints about it. Yes, I did find the first game more special, but Death Stranding 2 is an amazing game on its own. Can’t believe I let the doomposters get to me, again. /v/ was wrong about Death Stranding and they were wrong about Death Stranding 2. But on the plus side, I guess it’s nice that I went into DS2 with lowered expectations only to be pleasantly surprised.
>>735621669>a sóylennialAu contraire my little subhuman
>>735621884Sóy and millenials goes like peanut butter and jelly. The whole meme was invented to make fun of you in particular, do you even know what au contraire means?
>>735621883It felt to me like Kojima said before that it is a sequel that makes you feel nostalgic about DS1 but also it was made for people who weren’t so impressed with DS1 in the first place. It kind of both respects the shit out of the first game and also ridicules it. But it’s hard to deny that the game is fun.
>mfw playing death stranding 2 with 4gb card and it works
>>735609443Is it worth its price or should I wait for a sale? I really liked the first one.
>>735622768If you liked the first one you'll probably like this one. Unless you're hurting for money then its worth buying (and if you are hurting for money, might as well just pirate it and play anyway)
>steal ghost blade from the robots>use against a bandit>realise that you kill people with it and dollman gets mad>but this isn't my sword,dollman
So do the chiral spiders/blobs only go berserk if you step on them directly? I've walked through mobs of them before without setting them off but even then it kind of looks like I stepped on them without them going hostile, its a bit confusing visually.
>>735623321BT slimes only aggro if you step on them or try to steal their shit I think.
>>735621883It's not a bad game and nobody is calling it that. In fact it's a good game. But it really doesn't need to exist, the game brings nothing to the table 1 didn't already do better. It's Death Stranding the Lost Levels.
>>735618740He's such a goober
>>735623534>But it really doesn't need to exist, the game brings nothing to the table 1 didn't already do better. It's Death Stranding the Lost Levels.I don't agree at all. DS2 is a great sequel that build and expands on the original like a sequel should do. It's just pretty conventional. If this was any other studio people would be extremely happy, but since it's Kojima people expect something wild like MGS2. DS2 is surprising in how not surprising it is for a Kojima game, but it doesn't feel pointless
>>735623965This, it doesn't break new ground but as sequels go I thought it was pretty damn good and basically just gave me more of what I wanted from this setting/these characters. Just because its Kojima doesn't necessarily mean it has to be more than just a competent, conventional sequel.
>>735623534DS1 DC was a beta
>>735616930>HypervisorSo imagine the ol' Denuvo kernel-level anti-cheat where a program gets to dictate shit even before your OS gets to?Hypervisor is that but it's pirates doing it
Absolute Cinema: The Game
>>735609443This motorcycle fight is extremely cancerous.
I thought this was a screenshot from Walking Dead.Why is Kojimbo the only one in the industry who can make realistic looking faces
>>735609708Hackjima BTFO
Kojima is just David Cage for people who watch dubbed anime
>>735625925It's pure rng due to the bumps, they can charge a lance attack right after a hill and it just instantly obliterates you because you simply can't see it coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAML03NpxVkKino and Sovl.
Any way to give yourself an s rank? I'm playing the pirated version.
What's with these faggot green beams above other players' stuff? I swear this wasnt a thing before, how tf do I get rid of this
>>735614904Ah yes the writing of crimson desert is so superior.
>>735628351Speaking as someone who owns and is playing DS2 and does not own or plans to pla CD any time soon: CD's plot and dialogue is almost certainly not as far up its own arse as DS2's
>>735627334>the worst song in the soundtrack>kino and soullol
>That scene when Rainy and Tomorrow are singing and Sam suddenly joins in and the atmosphere gets really awkwardHe's so literally me coded
>>735609443i have death stranding 1: director's cut that i havent played yet. i havent missed the boat, have i? i know there's a sort of weird online aspect to it, people making paths and trails and whatnot
>>735628848Bro there is a talking fucking funny doll in the game. I swear you people have no media literacy.
>>735629226No those are still there from previous players. It's not an online game like it needs a "active" playerbase.
>>735629351Structures will eventually degrade due to timefall, but I'm pretty sure you need a fairly small amount of players to reach the max capacity of the map
>>735629080>Sam singing like he doesn't want his parents to hear
Any advice for the 'to the wilder' difficulty? Just got to Australia, and while the rest of the game has been ok, the boss fight was hard as fuck, extremely spongy, I thought I was hitting it's weakpoint (the mouth I assume) but the fight took fucking forever and I couldn't escape those big impaling things it sent towards me and did almost literally my entire HP bar in damage
>>735609708DS2 has absolutely no motion lmao. The first game was entirely carried on the back of it being Slopjima's debut release with a new studio.When DS2 first released and the discussions died off in less than a month, I remember arguing with retarded /v/edditors saying that the 'real' fans were all on PC, that the PC was going to explode and prove it was a misunderstood masterpiece once again.Now the PC release is here and people still don't care.
>>735630317Pressing X while diving makes you do the Venom Snake.
>>735630395I mean press X while aiming -.-
>>735630395I didn't even know you could fucking diveDoing that in tar doesn't fuck you up?
>PC version released last week>Hit new player peak just yesterdayWhat the fuck is going on? Why is it just increasing in popularity?
>>735630317Did you get the level 2 blood grenades and assault rifle in mexico? I'm not playing TTW, but I imagine anything helps in a DPS race
surprised how well it runs on a old ass GTX 1080.
>>735630317Anon... You need to hit the weakpoints on his tentacles. As for dodges, idk, the attacks are pretty slow, so just start running as you see the windup
>>735630881paid shills
>>735609443I could use the hiking simulator for 10 bucks without all the other lame shit he put on top of it.
>>735630317Do deliveries for the western observatory and unlock Battle Skeleton lv 2 or ideally lv 3. It makes it so Sam can take more damage. Also don't forget to upgrade the APAS skill tree
>>735631151Crimson Desert really hired paid shills to shit on Kino Stranding 2? Extremely sad behavior if true.
>Sam, you are part of the Death Stranding, too, on the beach this is a real line from the game
>>735629431Im pretty sure there are probably pre placed stuff so even if it was literally 100% dead there would be fake online players that "placed" shit
>>735630317I feel like difficulty levels make no sense for DS2 waiting on GPU to arrive so havent played it yet but I dont recall first game having them
>>735630625No.
>>735631360>Minus Sixty One
>>735631495DS1 had difficulty levels but it was still pretty easy even on the hardest.DS2's Into the Wilder is the new super mega hard mode that released with the PC version and its not especially hard at all because DS2 vanilla was even easier than DS1. Just as long as you aren't rushing through the main story without getting any upgrades its perfectly manageable if you've played DS1
>>735631705Didn't mean to reply
>>735631360>this is a real line from the gamegood
>Speeding down the ramp of a distribution center>Slam into several porters in the way>HEY MINE'S HEAVIER
>dude it's a great game because Kojombo made it and he's my favourite guy ever I love kojombo I wish he was my dadlol.
>>735630901>Did you get the level 2 blood grenades and assault rifle in mexico?No I basically just beelined towards the game proper
>>735632134Like to be honest I would rather have Kojimbo as my dad than my real one
>>735631131>Anon... You need to hit the weakpoints on his tentaclesYou're telling me to ignore the giant glowing spot that is it's mouth and shoot the itty bitty tentacles it has surrounding it??
>>735632279L2 assault rifle has a grenade launcher that you can mag dump on top of the blood grenades
>>735632323ignore what anon said, he thought you were talking about a different boss that isn't in the game and isn't a spoiler
>>735632323I thought you meant the boss in Australia. The skull is just tanky. Throw grenades and shoot him. Took me a few rifles and like 3 stacks of grenades.
>>735632593I did beat him but I died, was more worried I was doing something wrong, insanely fucking tanky
>>735632134I actually like Kojima because his taste in music and film reminds me a lot of my dad. They are about the same age and grew up with the same media like Mad Max and Escape from New York. My dad liked MGS because of Snake and thought the Plissken reference was funny.Death Stranding as a concept feels like something my dad would come up with. He used to watch me play video games and literally said "Is killing and blowing stuff all you do in video games? They should make something where the goal is to help people!" So now every time I play Death Stranding and help people I think of my dad.RIP
>>735632634I assume that's expected since you can die without the game over screen. No such luck on the next fights.
>>735632134Lacking a father figure = worshiping Kojima pipeline is a real thing. Kojima likes to shove a bunch of really corny life advice into his games that you're supposed to learn in your childhood but I guess a lot of people here never did.Whenever I come into these threads and some anon is talking about how much they relate to Sam because they both have trouble talking to people and dislike being touched, I'm constantly reminded that these people had no father figure in their life. Sad tbqhdesu. Reminds me a lot of Jordan Peterson's community too before that nigga went crazy.
>>735632712I'll drink to your dad's memory anon, RIP
>>735632915>Lacking a father figure = worshiping Kojima pipeline is a real thing. Kojima likes to shove a bunch of really corny life advice into his games that you're supposed to learn in your childhood but I guess a lot of people here never did.Seeing how morally bankrupt the younger generation is turning out, maybe Kojima had the right idea
>>735611632>trump-like methodsuch as? pretty sure trump didn't make a giant bipedal robot yet retard.
Makes me sad this game got upstaged by Crimson Desert. I wish no ill will against other games but would've liked this to get more attention give the community features. GTA6 fucked this year's release table hard
>>735632712Your pops sounds like a good lad. Rip king
>>735633209>but would've liked this to get more attentionI've seen the Crimson Desert threads. I abso-fucking-lutely don't want that attention
>>735632915Sam isn't a bad character to relate to though since he overcomes his fears and has a family
Another flopjima special
>>735609443It's easy to hit that rating when you sell approximately 20000 copies.Everyone already played it on ps5. This is exactly why Sony abandoned pc. Nobody buys games
>>73563353957 600 peak for a year late PC port is bad? That's about what Spider-Man and God of War did iirc
>>735633539>consumerist slop sells more than a high IQ hiking simulatorok
>>735633539That's better than the first game though.
>>735634017
>>735610130What's the sunk cost fallacy after a year? This isn't retail WoW. We're talking about a single player game people play once and either like or dislike. This isn't a game that started out good and turned to shit 15 years later. THAT would be a sunk cost fallacy.
I'm waiting to finish the first one which I'm playing now, but I bought it because I generally enjoy Kojima games and Death Stranding Director's Cut (PC) has been fantastic so far . >>735609886While I'm thinking of it, one thing that is sort of annoying is that it seems that the stupidly overpriced but neat looking Bridges ACRONYM jacket never seems to get restocked and it doesn't look like he partnered with someone else to make some new DS2 attire. You'd think making new versions or restocks for the PC launches would be worthwhile. I hear the quality of the original DS1 jackets and the Fjallraven backpacks were high end which, if I was going to pick up something that was "subtle" vidya related they seemed to do right havingvidya related writing and in-universe Bridges labeling, but no actual real world advertising shit on it like the name of the game etc.
>>735633539It's genuinely concerning how pervasive chart watching and numberfags have become not just on 4chan but everywhere in video game discussions online
>>735634589I've seen people talk about fucking shareholder meetings in Marathon threads holy fuck these people have turned into soulless jews.
>>735634589It's the new metatranny obsession now that speedrunning isn't hitting like it used to anymore
>>735610245because it's a soulless game made for soulless folks
Did anyone think that a lot of people buy the game without writing a review? Its sales may very well be fine, and even the original DS and its Director's Cut didn't sell immediately in one huge turd like console types expect, but rather it went on to sell a fuckload over years and Kojimbo said multiple times that PC had the best long term sales as well as community shit both in-game (most people on the multiplayer) and apparently the photo contest monthly thing which for some reason the devs really put a lot of stock in. I expect that DS2 will have the same process and , as a direct numbered sequel will always have a slightly lower initial playerbase because only those who bought and played the previous game will likely pick this one up, especially given the heavy story focus continuity. I'm sure a handful of people will just pick it up to play delivery man simulator and ignore all the rest of it, but that isn't the vast majority. Its the same way that FFVII Rebirth is not going to have people jumping right in the way that Remake would.
>>735634756It's part of why never come to /v/ anymore or 4chan really. It's an endless cycle on here of hype, hyperbole and ragebait. It's not good for the soul, and there are some very damaged people on here
>>735610245zoomers and their 5 second attention span, they get bored because the game is open world and expects you to explore and start slow
>>735634912DS2 will have good legs just like DS1 because it fills an unique niche, there's nothing else like it, which means less competition. Also the game is fucking stunning so if you want a game to throw your new graphics card at this is definitely a top contender
>>735609708>mostly positiveUsed to be mixed on launch so they're doing something right.
>>735619809That's saved for the sequel IN SPACE
Oh fuck off
>>735635029>they get bored because the game is open worldI know this is a Death Stranding thread but people have been critical of Open World games for a while now.
>>735612323The Jew Fears The Samurai
>>735613093Resident Evil is an honorary White Man's Videogame
>>7356132733 hours is about half of Mexico which is just the tutorial level. You're still in Tutorial mode until at least the 2nd boss. So yeah, it gets better but if you didn't like anything now, you probably won't like the rest.
>>735615842Why did it filter you? There are some people who really don't like it, the story, the kojima weirdness etc... but there are others who like all the parts of it, but find the game mechanics itself "stressful". I've run into several of those, especially early on who liked playing, but kinda 'bounced off' because they didn't really understand how to counter a lot of the enemies early on, traversal can be difficult, or the fear (not the actuality, early missions are permissive with ratings) of fucking up and letting things be damaged, forgetting to use container spray (or not realizing the difference betweeen container exterior and damage to the thing inside is different; the latter can't be repaired). I've run into fuckloads of people who bounce off either a BT experience - especially a 'big one' where you get noticed, the dolphin shows up etc... or the MULE thing where you're trying to sneak into/around a camp and being pinged no matter what (hint- if you are carrying ANY deliverable cargo- not equipment or metals/plastics I think those MULE beacons WILL ping you and tell the camp where you are). Note you're nto actually SEEN yet -t hat wont happen until one of them actually takes sight of you but this isn't like a MGS guard, they have relatively long ranged sight if you're not in a high grass area or other hiding. There are ways to escape or fight, and you can just drop your cargo outside the perimeter before it gets pinged (though I don't remember how far you can move before it vanishes/disappears. If you have a bike which you should by that point, you can put some cargo on the bike and park it outside the perimeter). and then walk through without getting pinged, stealthily sneaking up and using the Strand to tie up MULEs, or you can alert and fight them hand to hand but be wary of damage if you have cargo.Anyway, dependiing on why, it may be worth going back; later in the game you get more tools.
>>735609443god awful game, retarded writing, references to MG every 5 seconds because of course, cringe scenes, the exact same ending fight as MG4, stupidity everywhere, broken mechanics just get a vehicle and run over everything, done, retarded AI , scooby doo logic oh look at that blonde baby theres no way shes that blonde chick with the powers right?? I mean because there are only 2 blonde people in the whole fucking game. Garbage
>>735635234>GPU One thing that Nixxes does really well is manage to port shit to PC in a way that lets you take advantage of those with a huge fuckk you XX90 GPU but also be perfectly playable with shiny turned on within reason on much, much less.
>>735635817>MG4You mean MGS4. Metal Gear is not the same as Metal Gear Solid
>>735635864OH NO SUCH A MISTAKE!!! thanks anon, you saved the argument
>>735609443>OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE>NO ONE BUYS IThmm, now that's interesting
>>735610315>it feels contrived and like his heart wasn't in it this time. I feel like he didn't even wanna do DS210000% agreed. I dunno what happend, if snoy told him to do it, but you can literally feel it
>>735609443Can I turn off auto requests?
>>735632634Blood Grenades make your gun shots do double damage while also DoT HP from the mist effect. This is your basic combo to kill any BT.
>>735611220>but I would judge DS1 to be notch better in regards to the story,I hope you are wrong, because the story of DS1 was absent for like 80% of the game until the end went it went full exposition dump for like 5 hours straight.
>>735631321I've analyzed no such behavior. I have autism.
>Kojima HATES Metal Gear Solid, it's why he made 4 as a hate letter to the fans, he actually wanted to stop making MGS after 3!>meanwhile Death Stranding DC and Death Stranding 2 are chock full of MGS referenceslol
>connect a new area>a dozen buildings and free vehicles pop up everywhereI know this is the theme of the game, but i cant help but feel that the gameplay would be more fun if i was playing offline.
Had to double check to make sure im playing on the "ultra-hard" difficulty. So far the game is just as much of a cake walk as the first one.
>>735637467>Kojima HATES Metal Gear Solid, it's why he made 4 as a hate letter to the fans, he actually wanted to stop making MGS after 3!He doesn't hate it, he was just sick of it, MGS4 was a game he didn't want to make. Peace Walker and MGSV was basically him trying to give a new spin on the franchise because he felt it had gotten stale
>>735637829Boss fights are dogshit with the new difficulty sadly
>>735636197It tells me it was bought only by those who were already fan and having played it, this makes sense.For a niche game to remain niche no matter how many A's it's got might be a lesson to be learned.Kojipro might cry but i don't. Thank you for the game. Maybe i'll develop my own game one day.
>>735638012Bosses are fine if you complete standard orders and level your shit, unlike previously getting upgrades and better tools actually matter
>>735638012Difficulty is an enhancer of game mechanics. If a piece of gameplay isn't fun to manipulate then making it hard only reveals it further, if it's fun to do then pressuring the player reveals that instead.
>>735609443It is very easy to have positive ratings when the only people still buying your garbage games are gullible cultists tricked by your massively inflated, delusional ego.
the game would be massively improved if environmental wear and timefall dealt double damage to gear and triple to structures
>>735637749Would be interesting to know how the whole online infrastructure actually works, I wonder how many servers there are and how it decides where each players stuff goes
>>735609443Halfway through the decade and we already have a GOTD. Kojima does it again.
>>735638720>is that a game designer trying something weird and wanting people to have fun with it>ahhhhhhh
>>735638720>he's delusional>there is no fun in the game>take him to the /v/ board
>>735639089Mine is full of chinese names for some reason
>>735639089>>735639764Every copy of Death Stranding 2 is personalized
>>735639764Most steam users are Chinese
>>735640042>ying kong i haru smorr pinis
Jordan Peele fucks toddlers.
>>735609443>*gulp* Sam I have a baaaaad feeling about this!What is this fucking Scooby Doo? I hate Dollman so fucking much. Stick a fork in you? How about I stick my dick in you? How about I stick you in a jar and cum on you, would you like that you choppy 24fps retard? Fuck you and shutup.
>>735640589Take a shower smelly
Hey great fucking game btw where the button to interact with shit is also the same button you use to climb over railings and fall to your death
>>735618215Death Stranding is unlike anything released in the last 10 years, unlike Alan Walking simulator 2.>>735620203>Celebrating an industry plant that relied heavily on misleading the entire industry about being Indie and has nothing but contempt for the medium by pleasing the same normalfag audiences that love Naughty dog-like games that are apparently poisoning the industry.Gamers get the industry the fucking deserve.
>>735641201they*
>>735615897I bought the deluxe for 15% off
Kekjima
>>735609673I've played 1 and 2First game was great. It was fresh, the setting was interesting, BTs were intimidating, planning paid off and successful journeys felt earnedDS2 is piss, it's literally the same game again only ten times easier, with no story to push it forward except for 3 hours of anime tacked onto the endFirst time Kojimbo has ever straight up disappointed me
>>735609443Kojima has never made a bad game. Anyone who disagrees with this is doing some variation of coping/seething.
>>735620108>also fragile is the only character who diesZoomers think a story is bad unless multiple important characters are killed off. Why is this? Why are zoomies so very miserable?
>Game where the whole gimmick is crossing terrain>No Metal Gear mech walking vehicleONE JOB KOJIMA
>>735609708>22k mostly positive>2k overwhelmingly positiveIs this supposed to make Kojimbo look good, somehow?For reference, the MGS3 HD rerelease garbage from aug 2025 has 7k mostly positive. All this says to me is that the people who liked the dumbing down of MGS with 5, really loved DS and being able to do even less - they can't wait for more. If they do overwhelmingly enjoy it, great, but I think it's shit and boring and the reason why he had to test it on MGS5.
PSN Connection STILL isn't working. I might uninstall the game. I'm convinced sony banned my steam tag due to me always criticizing Sony censorship policies.
>>735641514>It was fresh, the setting was interesting, Yes.>BTs were intimidating, planning paid off and successful journeys felt earnedNope. What a clown.
>>735641514DS1's story was also gay, stupid and emotionally manipulative; I'm sorry it took you until DS2 to realize
Wasn't the original story in Death Stranding 1 that Lucy committed suicide or died in child birth? Which was much more impactful narratively. Then in 2 they're like actually she was a cheating whore?
>>735641870Didn't ask Tony Macaroni
>>735641870First hour of Death Stranding>BTs are an existential threat, don't breath near them, don't get caught by them. You are better off stabbing yourself to death with a knife than getting caught by themHour 2 of Death Stranding>Blast BTs with piss
>>735636273you can turn off any apas unlocks by clicking the selection button on them again after they're unlocked>>7356415142 is on par with 1. your life just sucks now
>>735611298The thing is he's never pretending, his games are fully 100% sincere, he's actually just a college freshman philosophy major dude whoah bro at heart and he's desperate for people to "get" his gamesThis is why his themes are so hamfisted, why he will beat you over the head with a metaphor in a cutscene and then have a character monologue the explanation of it immediately afterwards, there's nothing ironic or tongue in cheek about it
>>735642216Nah I've played plenty of sequels since DS1 which have differentiated themselves enough from previous instalments to be interesting/entertainingDS2 feels identical to the first game only everything is handed to you on a plate in the first hour so you don't even get the satisfaction of progressionI enjoyed DS1 but DS2 is 40 hours of my life I'm never getting back
>>735609708Nobody cares about your AI sloppa, Black Pearl. Maybe fix the mobile version of Black Deserts Google Play achievements.
>>735609708Game with zero cohesion Vs Game with an actual vision.But hey who cares, millions of cattle bought it.
>>735610059Wait, is that the ACNM or whatever the fuck Jacket? I bailed when I saw the price, but good lord the quality is that bad for that price?
>>735642523>The thing is he's never pretending, his games are fully 100% sincere, he's actually just a college freshman philosophy major dude whoah bro at heart and he's desperate for people to "get" his games>This is why his themes are so hamfisted, why he will beat you over the head with a metaphor in a cutscene and then have a character monologue the explanation of it immediately afterwards, there's nothing ironic or tongue in cheek about itAnd that's a good thing, Kojima wears his heart on his sleeve, while most people go through life as cowards, afraid to show any sign of passion or their true self in fear of being ridiculed. The reason Kojima has a career that has lasted 4 decades and people love working with him is because he puts himself out there, he's not afraid to experiment and try shit, he's a doer.He may be easy to clown on, but the truth is he took destiny in his own hands and won at life, bigly
>>735643172based and chadpilled
>>735642070Hauling the first game up a fictitious pedestal. They're doing exactly what i knew they would do but it's annoying me more than anticipated.BTs were a joke then and they still are. Their design problem is fundamental. You can't blast then with piss in DS2. You start DS2 already knowing how to play and, lacking any self reflection, you misremember and misattribute everything. It's just classic. I criticize DS2 for tonally being all over the place and for not improving the BT mechanics. Arguments about the traversal being lenient are correct: the cliffs are steeper and taller than ever but there are gentle slopes around them so it's not a bother. Dev cowardice for sure but i was never bothered by cliffs in DS1 either and neither were you.The map contains more vast and flat plains but the map is larger than DS1's map. Online players flattening the terrain with their paths increases the flatness by a lot, this factor is not negligible. I want the map be even bigger because i'm here specifically to take a hike.Something i found myself doing in DS2 that i hardly did in DS1: chaining ropes to climb huge cliffs, sometimes 3-4 ropes in a daisy chain. Then i see anon telling me the terrain is worse.DS1 bikes were obtained early and so were blood grenades or bola guns. DS1 didn't hold anything back when it came to negating its own mechanics.DS2 copies all of the good and all of the bad of DS1 but it does not copy its soul. It has a different soul and players feel a breakup with their old love, their criticism is mostly irrational.
>>735643172I feel like the older I get, the more respect I have for him, even if his ideas are retarded at times
>>735643797Death Stranding is clearly a game for old men.
>>735643748the hate of a cynic smitten with a concept
