Stop making me get on the Magellan and watch cutscenes about useless or conniving women. I just want to haul cargo.
gato...
>I think I will do some delivery orders others couldn't >let's see what cargo the entrusted >95% is for Lone CommanderPeople really don't like delivering to that nigger
>just want to plant ladders from coast to coast world wide >forced to *boss battle* >*boss battle* takes away my ladders ):<
>one of the best movement models in the entire medium while hiking>one of the worst movement models in the entire medium while shootinghow does he do it
Uh what is this Licky Stick the musician gave me?
>>735529506He'll text you later. He says it's just a good luck charm. I think the name is a Japanese-ism.
>>735528669If you have DS1 on your hard drive does anything carry over to DS2?
Can someone honestly explain what these games are about?I played the first one and it is just some asshole walking around with boxes on his back
>>735529869No save carry over on DS2, unfortunately.
>>735529898>Can someone honestly explain what these games are about?Kojima enjoyed the feeling of seeing how many grocery bags he could carry with as few trips as possible and decided to make an entire AAA game out of it
>>735529898>I played the first one and it is just some asshole walking around with boxes on his backNo, you didn't. And there were plenty of discussion. Go to YouTube find out, if you really care.
>>735529898Supernatural post apocalyptic setting where you have to deliver packages to remote human settlements and get them to join a logistics network in order to rebuild America
I think the DHV Magellan is the most disappointing and underutilized aspect of this game, before release I thought it was gonna be bringing back more MGS Motherbase shit into DS but its more just a Private Room that you can move around and fast travel in
>>735530068So its like a future Fed Ex simulation game?
>>735530096Motherbase shit? I mean it would be cool if the inside was walkable
>>735530265AAA Eurotruck Sim + MGSV basically
>>735528669yeah
>>735528793The only road that goes there is meant to be opened up very late game is why. It links up with the tar lake side
>>735528669It's worth it just for the cat!
>>735528793I've been picking them up. I think people are just scared of BTs but you can skip them by hugging the mountain next to him
anyone on TTW use this?
>>735528793Unfortunately, he has two very good guns, which are tranquilizer pistol and sniper rifle. The rifle has a shortcoming because it has no suppressor, but the gun has one, which is great. The fourth unlock is the same rifle, but LW (lightweight), which can be easily carried. Anyway, he really is badly located, that's why people avoid him, and the BTs don't help either.
into the wilder difficulty mission no.17- take grenade pistols. extremely effective. disregard all firearms if you're using a controller.
>>735528669I've never played a game as ludonarratively dissonant as death stranding>sam you gotta save the world sam, you gotta connect australia>also sam please give a shit about all these cutscenes with ninjas and barefoot slutsi genuinely wish kojima would shut the fuck up and let me do deliveries in peace, the story gets in the way of the fucking game 100% of the time
>>735530840Why get tranq pistol when I already got silenced machine pistol earlier?
I saw a fish in the river. Can I catch it?
>>735531451That's not ludonarrative dissonace, that's just silly shit. What the story is about is largely what you're doing in the game. Kojima is pretty consistent with his autistic stick vs rope shit
>>735530096On the topic of MGSVisms, I loved that Kojima brought back animal collecting again.I really enjoyed trapping species for the conservation platform. Now I can do it again.
>>735530970Level 2 blood grenades are great for this as well if you unlocked them in Mexico
>>735531782i didn't. i failed at everything until I scrounged and scraped for the blood grenade spawns on the map itself. I brought two chiral carriers and a bunch of assault rifles into battle which didn't work at all and caused a lot of anger and suffering.
>>735531451>ludonarrative dissonance is when your boss isn't slavedriving you 24/7 until you're physically and mentally unable to perform at even half capacity, like a good capitalist peon should be
>>735529506just a display item for your roomidk why they're called licky sticks/neburi-bashi specifically, but they're chopsticks and the Japanese word for chopsticks is a homophone for "bridge"
i just pirated this and started on the wilder difficulty. kept getting seen from halfway across the map then getting killed because I can't manage this movement system while trying to shoot or melee, and then seeing my cargo get damaged in a fight makes me want to reload anyway. i started over and just put it on story. fuck it.
Is Australia real bros?
>>735531584Maybe it's lethal? I dunno, I didn't get that gun earlier. That tranq pistol with the Lone Commander was the first pistol I got in the game. I guess rushing Mexico was a bit of a mistake, but it's not like the Bola Gun didn't and isn't serving me well
>>735532014you belong on reddit
>>735532028no australia was an extremely long viral marketing campaign for death stranding 2
>>735531641>>735531886>unlock magellan>it can carry cargo and teleport everywhere you want>so logically we should use it for standard deliveries right?>UM B-BUT SAM YO-YOU'LL GET LESS LIKES BECAUSE....BECAUSE YOU JUST WILL OK :((((((lol
>>735532014>put it on annoying difficulty setting>wtf this is annoying im just gonna watch the cutscenes
I am about to start playing. Brutal or normal?
/v/ is a wilder board
>>735532086The tar messes with the cargo iirc
>>735532086>people care more about the delivery guy when it's a person doing the delivery instead of a machineit's literally part of the lore
>>735532050>the first pistol I got in the gameBro it was like my 5thMachine Pistol (MP bullets so same as shotgun or assault rifle damage)Silent Machine Pistol Haser or the taser which also disable vehiclesGrenade Pistol which shoots grenadesTranq Pistol
>>735528669El gato negro
>>735532086You were already called a retard once for saying this in a previous thread, I don't get why you tried again
>>735532107kek yeah
>>735532191The Maser is so good. Yeah, forgot that one. I really like the Bola Gun, though. Works wonderfully at sending BTs to shut the fuck up, for a little while, at least.
How to do the star gazing thing?
>>735532148How much more difficult is it? I LoLoL the first game but don't want to play where I get one shot all the time.
>>735530840At 5* you get the SL LW Tranq Sniper from him which is silenced. It only comes with the 6 round mag and 6 spare rounds though.
>>735532086>YOU'LL GET LESS LIKES BECAUSE....BECAUSE YOU JUST WILLyeah man you're getting paid in social media engagement, driven by how badass people think you arethey don't give a fuck about (you) if you just teleport or have a robot deliver the stuffyou lack a human soul
>>735532315Yeah, I had to check the wiki. The layout was blocking 5 star items, that's why I didn't see it. Good to know, though. I'm really close.
>Getting filtered by Wilder difficultyHow20 hours in, havent failed a single delivery, getting Wilder rank 9 times out of 10, died only once on the bosses so far. Are people just bumrushing the main story?
BRAVO!!!!
>>735532607Maybe. Fighting the octopus boss might be a nightmare with only lv1 blood greandes and lv1 assault rifle and shotgun. I however had grenade launchers and good rifles and mowed him down
>>735532191Forgot. It was my 6th pistol. I had the Big Bore Handgun earlier too
>>735528669What was the name H.P Lovecraft gave to his cat?
>>735529037working as intended, DS1 was about building connections, 2 is asking should we have done so in the first place
>>735532658I cant believe Kojima would sink so low as to reference his previous games. Im literally shaking rn
>>735532297so far the only truly bullshit part is the Cliff-style bossfights, the regular bossfights like the big BTs and mechs are fun but the le military spirit realm fights i had to do on mnk because the shooting is just so fucking bad in urban cqci haven't been oneshot by anything but i have been twoshot by one of these regular bosses
IT'S TIME
>>735533123you beat the game, might as well quit now
>>735533180Everyone who finished the first game knows the real connections were the zipline networks we made along the away.
>>735528793I really like the few orders that I've done for him but he's so far out of the way that it feels inefficient to do when I have to zip back and forth between other places. Honestly typing this out, those orders were the only fun missions I've done in the past 12 hours, everything else has just been a bunch of boring ass flatlands. Maybe I should go back up there for fun.
>>735533014ok I can handle a couple bullshit bosses if the rest of the game is fair enough. Wilder it is.
>>735533697yeah i've been locked into it from the start, i always felt Very Hard was too easy in DS1 and wilder feels a lot closer to what i wanti've actually fallen over a couple times, it's great
>>735533180The autism starts now kek
>>735528793He's one of my faves to deliver to because no one else will. I make the arc sweeping around towards his place and pick up every one I can find. I don't like to drive through the BT area so I always wnd up wheezing my way through with a tower pack, fully loaded cargo carrier, and carrying shit in both hands. He must shit his pants with excitement every time he sees that tower of boxes wagging around in the air from the other side of the ridge.
>>735534153He's a pretty weird dude, basically living on a battlefield where his mates died.
this game is literally tenchi muyo
>>735528793I don't mind it because he's hot in a Tim Pool (non-balding) way.Supposedly, he's one of the Developers for Stray (the cat video game) and Kojima somehow roped him into doing facial scans despite him being a private person.I built the road up to him nearly, not the last little bit but you can get off the road and hit him from the back (*pause*) and it's so much easier than going up from the "the Government" even if it's a bit longer.I finally got a road nearly up to the Musician as well from where you continue after the second knot (near the animal farm) but I'm starting to run into resource exhaustion from doing the road AND monorail since it seems nobody else that I'm linked to is doing the work on building these up.
Is he supposed to represent gamers who just want to kill and blow shit up? He likes using video game terminology and even makes fun of Sam's "hippie-dippie network". Not unlike gamers who make fun of Death Stranding for being a walking sim. Are we the bad guys?
Today I spent a couple hours delivering online cargo in Mexico. I wanna five-star all the Mexico shelters first before going back to Australia, and I also happen to find Mexico to be extremely comfy. Not as comfy as the Eastern Region but still good enough. This game is so fucking comfy bro
>>735535315I want to go back to MexicoI literally want to GO BACK
>>735535080The other thing is that the Inventor being in the middle of the lake AND not being able to jump off the zipline (if it's the monorail version) is such a troll move by Kojima. You either wade through with tar up to your dick or you ride a vehicle and hope timefall doesn't kill it, your cargo, and speed as you scan fast (with the reloaded scan skill) to drive through the yellow.Then you start to rank him up and he becomes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL2gc1Xe9GII had to laugh.
>>735535395But you can jump off the monorail onto his island.
>>735535315Five Starring like the southern three knots is nearly impossible unless you spend hours doing lost cargos and praying someone entrusts things before you unlock Standard Orders.I had to go to unlock the Standard Orders to finish those up, personally.It's funny: You can four star all the preppers easily with nothing but Lost Cargo and some Standard Orders (maybe) but then you run into brick walls getting the fifth star on some of these assholes.Some are an extra 1000 likes, others are like 3000.
To the WILDER
>>735535442Yeah, if you have that built already. I only got part of it built since I need to finish the bit that goes to the "second" knots' finishing point (IIRC) but I did built the rail over him so I was like "ok, let's see if I can zipline like DS1's zipline" and NOPE. you can only jump off at certain "link" points. Which is like "what is the point? I'm already nearly at the stopping point.
>>735533180>he didn’t autistically walk all across America building a zipline network just to zip all the way backngmi
>>735535172I like to think him making video game references is just a nod to how Troy Baker has an extensive career in videogame voice acting. He did it in the first game too. Constantly saying shit like “game over” and “no restarts”
This is as addicting to me as DS1 it's 6 am and my hands are shaking
>>735535467I did unlock standard orders. As soon as I unlocked course charting I took the Magellan back to Mexico to finish up those orders.
>>735535656Anon, watch out you don’t turn into a MULE
>>735532273Take a bath.
>>735532607If you don't know you get level 2's from those preppers, you'll run into the boss with level 1's and that can be a smidge annoying to deal with.It's doable (just fire with grenades clouds active) but it's a "wall" because the game doesn't have you fight in tar before that point (the only "combat" scenario before that point is the MULES [whatever they call them now] and that's only if you go in guns blazing) and even THOSE aren't in tar.So you're having to adjust to fighting in tar, learning the "dodge while holding a weapon" system and firing on a bullet sponge all in one battle for a tutorial/opening hours area.
>>735532658>MGSV thematically so successful its players develop genuine life long phantom pain>i'm afraid it's been 11 years
>>735531584Long range sniping, you can hit someone, scoot and have the guards come toward where you last fired.It's not the most amazing thing that the game tries to hype you for, but it does have some use if you're wanting to draw attention away from the base to grab something like the "tar drugs" one of the side missions wants you to do without knocking everyone out in the process.
>>735530096It's funny they gave it a reason so you don't have Fragile jumping everywhere and Kojima even gave THAT a lore reason for how much players abused her to fast travel.
>>735535748He's too far goneWe have to dispose him
whats the best way to get to and from the inventor? i tried to build a bridge but its not long enough>inb4 keep playing until unlock better stuffsmy autism wont let me do that
>>735532658kinography
>>735536260Jump off the monorail while riding over it
>>735536343kojima is a genius
>>735536343I can't believe that's seriousI can't believe Kojima would be so corny to mention KojiPro like that
>>735528669Garbage
>>735536343absolute cinema
>>735536260>>735535395>>735535442>>735535467It's a troll. You either do the monorail (and built it up so you can do that), wade/drive through (managable but annoying) or wait for the proper ziplines.
Let me interrogate you:Are you enjoying the new game systems, items and structures?Do you like the map?A short thought about the cutscenes?What about the music?How does it feel to clear a bandit camp?Would you consider the game to have soul?Who is favorite prepper?
I'm waiting for the complete* game to be less than 100 bucks*missing pre-order™ bonus
>>735536260Go over the tar, there's a path between his place and the mine.
>>735537226YesYesWomen have never been more accurately annoying in a video gameFine, I liked the first ones soundtrack moreDepends what you use, and which banditsYesBokka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfgneqccAuUdear god make it stop im cringing to fucking death here
>you can use the strand mid combo now Holy shit
>>735537226Hell yeah. As many anons have said, this game is a huge QoL improvement over the original. Kinda. It’s alright. Feels like a huge circle with a bunch of random obstacles thrown here and there. The Central and Easter Regions in the first game felt more consistent. Kojima tries too hard. I thought the first game’s tone was better. The music is noticeably different but still very good. Very rewarding. I find myself clearing bandit camps just for fun sometimes. Less so than the first game but still very soulful. Haven’t unlocked all of them yet so I can’t say.
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How is the new difficulty level? The only thing I'm concerned are the boss fights.
what the fuck lmao
I just the Porter backpack keychain accessory. Does it mean other players or the NPC porters appear on maps?
>>735539254
>>735539254its a treacherous run that one
>can't pick shit up driving a truck but can shoot >remember about the sticky gun>can't use it while driving
Explain to me the ludonarative need to make train travel an unskippable 10 minute cutscene in which nothing happens. And I'm okay, I'm a pirate, I have a cheat engine x4 speedhack. What about the steam players? And consoleplebs?!
>>735540010Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ9vkt7BHYI
>>735540294My wife
>>735530681There's a dirt road off to the side, by the mine, but I guess normalfags are too retarded to explore
>you firthy GAIJIN, you desire to CHEAT an order with the teleporting ship? You wirr be severly punished! Give him a you didn't beat the game icon!Kojima... I'm sorry... but the Pekora route needs building... And it's so aids...
>>735539916 sticky cannon is a truck addon and it automatically picks up shit. I raid survivalist bases for resources with it.
>>735539679>>735539741fuck it I'm breaking the cycle
I'm so fucking comfy bros
>>735537226>Are you enjoying the new game systems, items and structures?Yes the sticky cannon gives me life, the mines are a godsend and I love rescuing animals. Also the curving ziplines are busted.>Do you like the map?I was liking it a bit less than the UCA until I got to the desert which is a fun challenge where you have to catch dunes at an angle to climb them with a vehicle. Though I haven't gotten to the mountainous area.>MusicI miss low roar but Woodkid does food work>clearing bandit campsFinally feels rewarding, they have more resources to steal and stay down for a while. Same applies to BTs>Would you consider the game to have soul?Very much so, the teleporting hot springs show that Kojimbo hasn't lost his touch.>Who is favorite prepper?The pioneer is the only one that cusses like a real Australian, Pizza Chef and Pekora are up there too.
A flaming dolphin fell from the sky directly hitting Sam and insta killed me.I call bullshit. I can't dodge meteors Kojima
>>735541168The pioneer's a good zoomer. The two brainrotted faggots are found later.
>this fucking retard is responsible for letting me get killed via mole mine and fucking up ordersPekora....
keptyouwaitinghuh
>>735541156>floating carrierscan't wait to get my hands on those bois
Finished making the road to West Fort CityAll is well
>>735543114I finally finished the desert road. It's so good to have it.
>>735543114Playing offline, so there was a bit of grinding, but the Mining Station made my life vastly easier.
>>735543204On Mexico? Can't remember if there were roads to be made there tbqh
>>735543250In Australia. There's a big desert towards the Motherhood anon.
>>735543442Oh, I see. The map seems to be larger. I'm about to fight the giant mech squid, the second boss, so I haven't seen most of it yet.
>found a non-melanistic white kangaroo hopping in the desertYOU'RE MINE
>>735543209Nice, I'm playing online but refusing to use any roads or bridges
>>735538980still way too easyim playing offline to make it harder but even then theres still way too many supplies littered on boss fight arenas its literally impossible to soft lock yourself out of finishing one
I gotta ask, has anyone noticed performance issues with navigating the map since update 1.013 on PS5? I've been experiencing stuttering while navigating the map in the pause menu, on the PS5 Pro the fps drops to 30 in the Social Strand Services menu.
>delivered all of this to the lone commander>got 800 likes and a tiny wee bump on the starssome tough bastard
>>735533307I have 1200hrs on DS1 through 8 playthroughs, every time doing all 540xLLL.Ziplines are lame and gay. Only building them is the fun part >OMG I get to click button once every 15seconds until I arrive at my destination. AMAZING!
>see golden redditlings move around and vanish the instant you get close near the other swarms of tar beats>snipe one>pops out 400 chiral crystals>achievement popsKino
>>735543763I'm kind of doing the same, but after four-staring the region, or the initial region, I decided to make the roads just accelerate the five star. After getting the floating carrier I'll slow things down a bit. Being able to carry more by myself is going to be great. I'll try to put more structures around, too. Right now I only used three or four generators, that's it. No bridges whatsoever.
>>735544209Kojima should put you in the next game as a porter prepper stuck on a silo, the delivery addict, a porter denied his packages
>>735544258Isn't it nice how the game allows for people's playstyles and personalities to shine through? I always make extremely tough long distance deliveries to rebuild roads as soon as possible so I can hop by and drop materials as well as do rapid delivery, some people don't use roads at all, etc. it's great.
>>735544151Also that dude eats sleeping pillsI think I delivered five or six packages of it to him so far
>>735544209a MULE made this post
>>735544359Sandbox is as sandbox does. Yeah, it's great.
>>735543209Yep, as is tradition. First playthrough. TTW - offline, I want to build and manage the entire network myself. Second playthrough I will go online aka turn on easy mode.
>>735533307Ziplines are cool for small targeted deliveries, but hauling 3 tons of assorted cargo around the map picking up even more as you visit different locations - now that's the stuff.
Lone Commander has a bunch of shit scattered throughout the region. I'm going to do a sweep soon. There is probably stuff for the musician in there. >>735544465>Second playthrough I will go online aka turn on easy mode.For me only after I purchase the game lolI'm playing offline because I have a pirated copy
holy shit
>>735544769Australians lost to this btw
>>735544749Forgot pic>>735544684Definitely. NTAThen offloading your backpack when you are height-constrained with the floating carriers, only to raid a MULE outpost, steal their truck, sweep the area for stuff and drive into the horizon with a bunch of shit kek
>>735544769I ran over an animal with the trek >:It was probably a small rat or somethingDidn't even see it and only realized when I saw the message "100 likes removed for killing an animal" or somethingsad, now I'm extra careful with my surrounds when in it
>>735544879>surroundings
>Rainy and Tomorrow are doing the geta divination>Sam tries at the end but his boots don't come off>WhateverNorman Reedus you're a good actor.
>boy I sure do love being at high altitude with a full battery and perfectly intact cargo...
>do delivery to new base>SAM COME ON BOARD THE MAGELLAN>no deliveries to take on at the place im atwhat the fuck is this pacing dude let me play the game.
>>735545178how the fuck do you even deal with these faggots? i just threw a grenade on the ground and waited in the cloud til they killed themselves
This is bait.>>735544879grim>>735545178>driving towards the dowser>spot a huge flock of these motherfuckersscary. managed to avoid them though.
>>735545205It's a bit weird but the best way to counteract it I found is >Do main missions aboard the Magellan until Tarman says "shit's fucked mate" and it can't move anymore>You now have free reign
can i change charlies voice after setting it the first time?
>>735545303>Not choosing the dulcet tones of Tommy Earl JenkinsNgmi
>>735545629i did, i want to change it
FUCK Sam
Tip for all hoarders: Don't kill yourself collecting everything in the early game, later on you unlock a sticky gun attachment for the pick up truck that makes picking stuff up way faster
>>735545629Who?
>>735545918DON'T MIND IF I DO
>>735545303No, it's not a choice anyway, picking any other option has Charlie say "wrong answer" and you just go back and pick again until you choose DieHard-Man
>>735543952Stop playing in performance mode and you won't notice any map drops. Genius.
>>735545178SKREE MF
>>735546362why the fuck
>>735544879so apparently they also cross roads. almost ran over this bugger. off to the animal shelter he goes.
>>735546741Just like real aussie wildlife.Can't drive from one town to another without passing 20 pancaked kangaroos and possums on the way.
>>735546682you'll see why
What is the difference between the Porter and Servicemanship stat?
>>735547005good service is different from just getting the job done
>>735546830Everybody who was even slightly interested in DS already saw that cutscene. The real reason is Kojima didn't want to pay voice actors what they're worth ($0) to record hours of additional dialogue for a gag.
>>735547173i didnt
I already hate Australia
>>735547005One of them is online package delivery.
>>735547282You don't hate Australia enough
>>735546741>so apparently they also cross roads.And I thought I was safe with my newly rounds built. Fuck>animal shelterWell, that's new. Are you saying I can capture them like Pokemons and perhaps clear, at least the roads, from their presence? Nice
>>735537226I am completely against "clear the bandit camp" shit being in the game. These were an obstacle in the previous game, not an end in itself.
>>735547323Probably Portering because my Servicemanship is my highest stat and I'm playing offline
>>735547367I did not expect them to add JRPG slimes
>>735547323I thought Bridge Link was online stuff
>>735529898IF you ever wanted to work for the enclave in Fallout, that's what DS1 is about, you walk around with cargo to deliver internet 5.0 dongles that route 3d printers through the after life for 0 latency on orders from mask wearing sociopaths who harvested fetuses from braindead women to use as routers (they're the good guys, their logo is a spider web over the continental USA but they have a president girlbossAlso check out how many celebs Kojima got to scan for his game, you can experience it vicariously, digitally because you will NEVER EVER meet mads mikkelsen or the negro actor or a half-Japanese model, or anyone really.
>>735547196The dance was spammed pretty hard, no idea how have you managed to miss it. The Oshii pizza scene was also up there.
>>735547674Wait a minute there is post apocalyptic wasteland gameplay?Can you kill raiders and shit?
>>735548069Yes, but if you kill them their body turns into a ghost soul nuke after 24 hours if you don't cart it to a disposal facility and incinerate it.You are strongly encouraged to subdue them non lethally.
>>735548119>You are strongly encouraged to subdue them non lethally.Or just avoid them. Having said that, by subduing them anon also means shooting them and knocking them out with non-lethal ammo, which is basically killing them with extra steps, for a time since they will respawn eventually.
>>735548069it's apocalyptic, so much so that the USA has shrunk like 80 times and now resembles iceland with some canyons, mountains and craters, everyone except assbandits who steal fedex packages lives in bunker and communicate via hologram doorbell.You can only beat them up because if you kill them you have to drive them to a crematorium ASAP.The story in 2 is genuinely retarded and feels like a parody of itself, also instead of focusing on traversing trechearous terrain there's more focus on mowing down niggas with NON LETHAL heavy machineguns and NON LETHAL KO rocket launchers but also 3d printed robots from afterlife that can be blown up with LETHAL rocket launchers, guilt-free.
>He doesn't 4-5 star each person he unlocks while also building the roads, monorails, and minesI know this is an action game and not a strand type game but COME ON ANONS. GET THOSE FUCKING PACKAGES OUT THERE!
>>735548338>it's apocalyptic, so much so that the USA has shrunk like 80 times and now resembles icelandI always wondered why the fuck they set the first game in the US when they clearly wanted to set it in iceland and had no interest in actually using US geography or weather.>The story in 2 is genuinely retarded and feels like a parody of itself, also instead of focusing on traversing trechearous terrain there's more focus on mowing down niggas with NON LETHAL heavy machineguns and NON LETHAL KO rocket launchers but also 3d printed robots from afterlife that can be blown up with LETHAL rocket launchers, guilt-free.Yeah it honestly ruined it.The mules in 1 were fine, a little bit of combat, but the focus was on cargo carrying, and the enemies were trying to steal your shit, not kill you.2 was so ridiculously easy and had no challenge other than combat, it gives you vehicles 20 minutes in and immediately ruins itself as a result.
>>735548491Don't mind if I do.
>>735548491>>735548740
>>735547674>they're the good guysThe President introduction scene was extremely funny to me. >erm, Sam, you didn't trust UCA, but this isn't UCA anymore, we're a privately owned entity, you can totally trust us
>>735548491chill I'm working on it
>coffin boardBros I am in love
>>735548608Try playing a game before writing your analsis of said game.
>>735549142I finished both the week they came out, brownoid.
>>735547282nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>>735549179You failed to notice the mules were also trying to kill you or that DS1 was also ridiculously easy.Why is it set in the US? Well whatever am i right, clearly you lied about wondering about it at all.Your post wasn't an argument or a complaint, it was machine tier gobbledygook same as the post you replied to so: Bark Bark to you too.
Yeah Im thinking Kojima is back
It's so good guys. Get it NOW.
The game froze for like half a minute during asian rain chicks introduction cutscene and then when it unfroze the cutscene started playing sped up. Then when it ended my Sam tried to choke himself out by covering his face despite me not pressing anything
>>735550572OUTAM I
>>735550219somehow concurrent numbers peaked in last 24 hours.
>>735550767This is what armed survivalists see when I get an order that covers their territory.
>you can use the coffin board to travel on the coast
>>735550219Since the game doesn't spell it out word for word.The answer to "should we have connected" is don't trust the ideologues.
>>735551405Why does referencing anything that happens post 2016 comes of as unbearably cringe, gay and retarded, is it the end of history at work?ZERO VOIDOUT POLICY
just pirated this and played for like an hour and I don't really know what's going on. I pirated the first a while back and same thing happened .
>massive sandstorm in the distance
i feel like shoes should degrade 3 or 4 times faster than it currently isi have way too many sandalweeds in my inventory that i never got the chance to use
>first game theorizes that the death stranding and the damage it did were at least connected with the fact that everyone was relying on phones and AI and not personally connecting with each other enough>first thing America does after Sam reconnects the chiral network is hand everything off to an AI systemI'm gonna be honest I don't think America deserves to live.
>>735552210>second thing America does is name the AI system AIPAC
>>735552289APAS, also the company isn't UCA related.
>>735539254Unrelated but is there any way to bring up people’s pfps as opposed to those creepy white Sam BTs? I kinda miss how the first game showed you other people’s pfps, made it feel like they were actual players as opposed to just usernames
>>735551547I think the world on-the-air seems so embarrassing because we talk too much and run out of things to say, the value of words has crashed and won't climb since talk keeps on being wantonly emitted.Our heightened state of hyper communication is physically inhuman, we're clearly going nuts and it could be simply dialed down. Is each individual supposed to control his own intake of data or is some overarching body supposed to control it for our sake? Don't know. Death Stranding 2 displays personal responsibility as the best solution but disciple is instilled by authority so does it make a good point?
>>735552750Discipline comes from authority of those that before you had personal responsibility born of discipline imparted from them by those with authority. Listen to your parents and try to be the best you can seems to be the intended message. I agree with it personally. Control that which you can and all.
>>735529898>death god is born to humanity>starts scheming to cause human extinction>becomes president>invents the idea of forcing braindead women to give birth to children>this summons ghosts>ghosts are made of anti-matter>based soldier man rescues his son from evil government laboratory>death god president feels remorse>but the apocalypse is in motion>when people die they summon ghosts to eat their body>this causes anti-matter nuke to go off>chain reaction killing majority of humanity>in the meantime humans figured out how to use purgatory to make the internet 2>start connecting the united states to the internet 2>all part of death god's plan to finish human extinction>also humans started going crazy about delivery drones>so it became mandatory to make humans deliver packages in person>and then deliverymen went crazy with power>president sends one deliveryman to finish building the internet 2>this deliveryman was the first half-dead baby saved by the based soldier man that the president raised as her own son>he kind of fumbles through eternally stalling the apocalypse by giving death god president mom sister a hug>decides to live in the woods>america gets taken over by israel>they go forcibly recruit MC to force australia to join the internet 2>his rival villain wants to restart the apocalypse out of revenge edge>his plot is undone by a gay black man some strong women and a few possessed inanimate objects
I will say, Sam's harem is significantly superior this time around.
>>735552906Indeed, the loving parents within the family but what of all those people who will not have good parents. The system breaks for them and in turn they break the system so it's not a pragmatically functional system.
>>735551128
>>735551908There's an upgrade that gives you weather prediction, almost reliably. I didn't get it yet because I want things to remain a little chaotic.
>>735551128lmao everyday is lethal ammo day
>>735553171>what of all those people who will not have good parents.Look at Sam, his mom lied to him his entire life, he was a half dead corpse baby with scheming bastards all around him that wanted to use him. He didn't have good parents. His dad got merked by feds and he was used as a tool, and yet he became a wonderful dad. Why? Because your parents aren't just your mom and dad, they're everyone you learn from. Which is what I think Kojima is trying to say with the beach. It's a simple message overall, take the good, leave the bad. Higgs couldn't leave the bad and that's why he became the Joker.
>>735530808I have no idea how to use it. Already beat the game and the secret boss so I have nothing to use it on
what do you call this style?
>>735553461
>>735553461Neo-egyptian techwear poncho
>>735552750I meant things like covid being fake and gay, because if it wasn't, people would've gone extinct both due to incompetent psychopath governments and contrarian schizoids doing the opposite of whatever is actually a good idea, now alluding to anything about comes of as clueless and retarded (cronos new dawn) or ZERO VOIDOUT POLICY>>735552329Automated Public Assistance Company>>735553461Edgelord Chuuni TechwearMy parents are too rich to let me become a school shooter.
>>735553461From evil jack sparrow to heartbroken diva.
>>735553461"Peruvian Archao-Futuristic Swath"
>>735553461That's pretty generic haute couture
>>735550572I'm conflicted because Tony Hawk Proskating across the continent at Mach 10 is as fun as the game gets but it also means that as soon as a region is on the network all environmental challenges become null and void.
>>735551128kek
I love Mommy Fragile so much bros
>>735553461It's crazy this is his best look but he only wears it in one cutscene
>>735552210I found it funny how Kojima treats technology and AI. I can’t tell if he’s anti or for technology. Half the mails in the first game were about how AI is bad and will never surpass humans, then in the second game the first thing they tell you is humans have been replaced by AI
>>735553342To further elaborate I think in general Higgs represent the extremist sentiment that he's rightly pissed about humanity and he thinks shit's too fucked to save. While Sam manages to get past that and see the good in people and the worthwile connections he formed.
none of you get it shut the fuck up and carry the packages
>>735553461>gets the shit kicked out of him by Sam>boils in purgatory doing nothing but seething about SamHonestly, this is pretty tame all things considered
>>735553935He is actively changing his opinions to be a strange ally to the modern day mainstream political opinion.
>>735553935He said his piece in MGS2 but he likes tech. He just doesn't want it to replace real human contact.
>>735554106>He is actively changing his opinions to be a strange ally to the modern day mainstream political opinion.I don't really see this desu. His opinion seems to be the same one he had in Sons of Liberty
>>735553578Any crisis is two fold. What it is and what it's used for.In covid i saw a grand attempt at steering the entire world in unison in a novel way, dozens of forces pulled in various directions. I used those times to played Death Stranding and FF7 instead of working so it wasn't stupid.
>>735549624I can honestly say you are the lowest IQ anon I've ever seen on this website. Thanks for the laugh.
Tie up your backpack by performing a rope takedown on it.
>>735555278I wish Sam would perform a rope takedown on me
>>735555448>Sam Porter Breaches, let's face the Higgs Bosom together and i'll show you both why they call me Die-Hardman>i heard Deadmam had no bitch shouldn't we call him>very perceptive Sam, he's become obsessed by Cliff Hung, your good advice giving daddy so he'll be right happy to fight alongside the YMCA
>Go back to Mexico and start doing standard orders to rank up the facilities>Get that one mission to remove a bunch of explosives>I remember Death Stranding 1, I just clear out the camp and bring them to the nearby tar pit>Shit, there's a lot more explosives than I thought>Well, I guess I can still make it in one trip>Trip became literal as I fall over in the town and take out half a block>Mission Failed Successfully, the explosives are goneI wish I didn't overthink it and just shot them with a sniper rifle from the bridge.
no fucking way australian santa claus
>>735557268Look down you fool.
>>735543114This road was already built when I put this knot online, I'm so fucking pissed about gaystation and pc servers being shared
>>735557452I was on a cliff when it appearedwhere is my fucking free chiral crystals MAN
>>735557268its actually spooky as hell
>>735557846Is this real? Can deliver your packages on my PS5?
>>735528793Dumb niggers don't know you can easily drive up the hill in boost mode with the tricycle. Use can use the wheelie to climb rocks.Also I grenade bombed all the BTs there. Easy.
>>735558139I wish there were way more weird "7 rumors of the school" type shit in this ghost game. This, the lord of the lake, the headless rider, the pizzaman conspiracy, those were my favorite parts of the game.
>>735528669be honest, do i need to play DS1 before playing this? i'm compelled but i don't want to play a 100+ hour long prequel first...
>>735558384You can finish DS1 in about 30 hours just doing the main deliveries and going at a normal pace
>>735558384Yeah, but DS2 is just more of DS1 with slightly better graphics (and I mean that in a good way) so if you like DS1, you'll enjoy DS2
>>735557846I agree that I get irrationally angry seeing roads get built for me. Like, I’m just trying to take my time with deliveries, and this fucking game just decides to rob me of the greatest fun in the game - building roads. One day I’m gonna replay DS2 offline so I can build every road myself
>>735558384Not really. If you’re worried about lore and context, there is a “…and on the last episode of La Creatividad…” in the main menu, and characters ingame will often lecture you about shit you already learned in the first game anyway. All you need to know is that Higgs is a yandere for Sam. That being said, DS1 is an incredible game and I still insist that you play it at some point in the near future
>>735558384Yes, you will not appreciate the evolution/changes to gameplay as much. You will also get the story/ideas better, maybe. Recaps aren't the same.
>>735528669I just beat it. So fucking boring. Everything story wise falls flat. I definitely only forced myself to the end because “kojima”. At least I just rushed the story and the world still has delivers to do, but I’m not jumping back into it anytime soon. Its just bland.
>>735537226>Are you enjoying the new game systems, items and structures?very much>Do you like the map?yes so far, although i'm only on chapter 6not quite as flat and empty as i was led to believe>A short thought about the cutscenes?a step up in cinematography and direction, half a step down in writing>What about the music?9/10 even though i'm not a huge fan of woodkid's lyrics>How does it feel to clear a bandit camp?very good>Would you consider the game to have soul?yes>Who is favorite prepper?golden fist
>>735557846Yeah, I've seen people complain about that. Too much stuff was already built because it used servers from the PS5. Some anon posted a picture of a road on the first day with like 150k likes or so.
>>735552404i linked my PSN account but it didn't cause any avatars to show up
>>735558313You can actually avoid all the BTs by going west on that hill. There's a path that makes you encounter BTs only at the top of the mountain, the whole path cleared until you get there, and they stay mostly confined to your right.
>>735558194I think so yes>>735558582>>735559582Not only that but as soon as you link up a region you immediately see level 3 structures with a billion likes all around. I tried the limited option for what appears online, but it removes absolutely all online structures and signs, and also removes online participation from monorail tracks building but I think that one may be a bug because road participation is still a thing on this mode. It's either get everything or nothing, it fucking sucks
>>735559709Kojima can't hold himself. He has to make ninjas/samurais. kek
>>735537226It is like 1 but better, however I dislike that structures are barely worth upgrading, most of it just increased durability shit.Yeah the map is fine.Drag on for a long time but I'm already used to Kojima's koolaidMusic is neat, fits the theme.Combat is vastly more varied and fun in 2 so feels great.Yes, it oozes with it.Why my wife Pekora of course.
>>735559574Any Love of Any Kind is so preachy i can't listen to it.
>>735537226>Are you enjoying the new game systems, items and structures?Yes, but there is too much manditory action/combat for me. Not what I tend to enjoy in my strand type games.>Do you like the map?Double yes, object improvement in every way and most maps going forward (knock off games) should take notes in doing what is basically a small donut like structure.>A short thought about the cutscenes?What they did to bring back Norman Reedus with a funky fetus was poor story telling. Made it to 'The Doser' prepper and I'd say it has non-existant pacing for specifically Sam's interests (being Lou). All the new characters I do like. Fragile is hit/miss and Higgs is a double kino.>What about the music?Classy, I find myself jamming to it more than Low Roar.>How does it feel to clear a bandit camp?Not so good. Stealth really isn't fully there and it feels like a discount MGS V in my opinion. They really wanted you to run in and mag dump fuckers into the dirt.>Would you consider the game to have soul?Getting Ground Zero vibes take that as you will.>Who is favorite prepper?The Bokka's dumb ass, easily. Strongman at F1 is my second favorite.
>>735558384DS1 is the better game.
>TTW difficulty>clear first survivalist camp>furtively take out most of them>only 2 left>time to run in and punch them >lol, lmao, remaining survivalists said>get hit by one grenade from the one who had grenade launcher>a hair away from dying Good lord
Shit boy i'm back in business.I'll deliver anything you can think of anywhere on the map.Reply with a load and a location. Awaiting your orders now.
>>735559709Like kurosawa I make mad filmsOk i don't make filmsBut if I did they'd have a samurai
>>735529998Fuck you buddy I tried for 3 fucking hours to like this shit and it really is just walking around with boxes on your back.
>>735560260Could you please deliver this very special cargo to the vtuber's shelter?
>>735560250ludo
>>735559784>road participation is still a thing on this modeYeah, it’s bullshit. The worst part is that is also the case for the first game as well. You can disable shared structures in the settings but the game will still build the roads for you. You’d have to disable logging in altogether in order to stop the game from building the roads
>>735537226>Are you enjoying the new game systems, items and structures?Yes, DS2 in many ways feels like KJP doing what they couldn't do for DS1 due to budget/tech. It's a very iterative sequel, which is rare for Kojima>Do you like the map?One of my favorite open world maps ever, not even joking. It's very memorable with so many beautiful locations. Only complaint is what many are saying, it's too flat.>A short thought about the cutscenes?They're well directed and nice to look at, Kojima dialogue is Kojima dialogue, but he seems to have listened somewhat to the complaint that DS1 droned on too much, which is appreciated. It's snappier paced and you're playing the game much faster>What about the music?Nothing quite hits the high of Low Roar or Asylum for the Feeling. But still lots of great tracks. The original score is great, very good ambient music. Play with headphones if you can.>How does it feel to clear a bandit camp?Alright, combat and stealth is definitely improved from DS1, but it absolutely still isn't the draw. It feels kind of like a ghetto MGSV, I miss going prone, can't wait for Physint.>Would you consider the game to have soul?It's soul overload. It arguably has too much soul. If you hate Kojima soul this certainly won't change your mind>Who is favorite prepper?PekoraHonestly if you love DS1 then you'll most likely love DS2, because its more Death Stranding. I've heard some people say they find the story disappointing, but I wasn't big on the story in DS1 anyway, I just like the premise and world and DS2 is more of that.
>>735532326>Likes are really important and being liked is all that matters>Absolutely nothing else matters besides people liking meAnd you have the gall to claim others don't have a soul.
>>7355363431 also has a line where Sam praises Norman Reedus out of nowhere just because.It's notalent hackfraud writing.
I only had 1 piece of road completely built for me
>>735537226I haven't played it because I can't bring myself to keep playing 1. It just fucking sucks.
>>735547367The spider one is cash
Do the structures of players you made a strand contract with still show up if playing on online limited mode ? That may solve my issue with structures being either 6 billion likes structures or nothing
>>735560509On it. Let me pick up 20 more grenade packs.
>>735553461>what do you call this style?
>>735561232Based
>>735537226>Are you enjoying the new game systems, items and structures?More of the same with streamlining.Too much shooting.>Do you like the map?Wish the terrain was more challenging>A short thought about the cutscenes?Baffling, abysmal, at a loss for words>What about the music?Dogshit, Kojima's trash taste in music with cameo celebs>How does it feel to clear a bandit camp?Like far cry 3, with deliveries>Would you consider the game to have soul?No, it's the video game equivalent of a fat indian jerking off on omegle in early 2000's, pure self indulgence of an exhibitionist with no impulse control
>>735532215>/v/ is one person
>>735539679CARGO DAMAGED.
>>735543209>Using the small mine>800 chirals>for such a paltry mineISHYGDDT.jpgThe mine north of the road you completed into the network deadzone is superior.
>>735545178Someone call Jiub, we have a TarRacer problem in Aus.
>>735552329He doesn't know
>>735547437You just fill your Pokedex. They're still out there in the wild since there isn't "one ofs" for each of them. Killing them is -100 likes. I roadkilled one I didn't see.
toasterbros hows the game going for you?
>>735556776Dawg you can just shoot them in situ and leave
>>735553275Does it? I just got the weather upgrade and it seems as useless this time around as the one you get from the weather station in the UCA.
>>735559709What an absolute waste.
>>735561576>>800 chirals800 chirals for 1.6k ceramics now that is upgraded to max
>>735528669built 4 roads last night, can't be bothered by cutscenes. keep on keeping on, lads
>>735561993You still get more from the north mine. It's a better value proposition for such a trade off.
>recommended specs list windows 1909 as minimum required version>can't launch game without 20h2Bravo kojimbo>>735561732My pc isn't exactly a toaster but it's the same one I played DS1 with and it runs great, some slight stuttering here and there but nothing major. But it's the first game I have to use upscaling of any kind to get a good framerate, I have everything on ultra except for gay tracing options which are disabled. Solid 60-80 fps on 1440p, DLSS quality option. i9 9900ks and 3090, 64gb ram probably ddr4 I don't remember. You'll have to crank down some settings if you're playing on a proper toaster but I think it'll run, the game is pretty well optimized like the firsttl;dr if your pc can run DS1 then it most likely can run DS2
>>735561725Good to know. Yeah, I killed one, too, but not on the road. Couldn't see shit either, it was night, gotta be more careful. >>735561914Yea, APAS stuff, Weather Analysis Display is the name, costs 20 points.
>>735562118I didn't know there was another. It's not like it shows up on the map. Most of it is locked to me. Still, pretty sweet, but the hit on chirals is fucking real. I know that the more you have it, the more lighter your cargo gets, so it's a pretty hefty trade-off, but I wanted those roads anyway. I'm definitely going to be more conservative in the next map. Can't get enough chirals crystals.
>>735561390And THAT's how you smoke out a rabbit.Mission accomplished.
>>735561732My i5-8400 runs it just fine so the CPU hardly does anything.
>>735562365find BPAS asap for the chiral crystal passive
>>735537226yes, I really enjoy the new systems. roads are still the GOAT thoughI like the maps and I love the new weather events and day & night cyclesthe cut scenes are incredibly short in comparison to the first one. the beginning of the game was ABSOLUT KINO, but everything after that was not that impactful desu. I liked the dollman dance lolgiving us FUCKING FINALLY a music player is a game changer, I LOVE the score. loved to hear low roar in it toobandit camps are much bigger and more complex. you need to acutally use the watchtowers and be cautious. still a lot of funthe game is really soulful. but I gotta admit, I didn't want a second game. it diminishes the ending and the struggle of the first one, which I adored. I really hate the retconning about the death stranding & timefall still happening...I don't have one yet. building roads takes time
>>735562632Didn't know about that either kekThanks, though, just checked the wiki.
>>735562723what reconning?
>>735563085i built all the roads offline in the last game, but this game i've been having a harder time giving up my crystals, since theyre endgame ammo too
>>735563129DS1 ends with sam and lou outside the pod in the rain and a normal rainbow. there is no more timefall and no death stranding happening anymore
please no spoilers but: did anybody else not get that impacted on lou's ""death"" at the beginning? it's so nonsensical... what even happened? why is fragile alive and where is lou's body supposed to ended up?
>that smile tomorrow does when being officially accepted in the DMV MagnesiumAnons weren't kidding about 3 autistic girls
>>735563731Well, I'm trying not to spoiler, but I was incredulous at what they were trying to sell me as a twist all game long. Especially after 1 actually had a pretty good twist.
Kojimabros... he sold us...
Good evening I HATE BATS
>>735563943yeah, I have very similar thoughts and sentiments about it. I'm fairly early storywise, but I already can tell this story won't be as impactful & intriguing as the first one
>>735528669Does anyone know if the Strand online connection on the PC version is crossplay with the PSN users?
why does nobody have avatars? are they all from psn? what about the steam players? I'm confused
>>735564010I was playing the PS5 version when this dropped. Swaped into it for the final missions which made it very amusing as the big red ROG logo was in the focus constantly in the last few cutscenes
>>735564289i linked my PSN yesterday and i still have 0 avatars
>>735563492a singular instance of normal rainfall is enough to assume the death stranding was over? amelie herself says all she can do is postpone the last stranding in the end cutscenes.
>>735564468>all she can do is postpone the last stranding in the end cutscenes"it could be a 100 years or a 1000"this game takes place 11 months later...look, funnily enough, my own interpretation of the ending was a dark one: it's not over, it just changed. still, part 2 is incredibly similar to part one in structure and even in story beats. not complaining, but I was bummed, kojima didn't just make a new game or one set in the same universe but with new characters. that's all. can't wait for OD
Can you not get the monorail going from a knot city ?
>>735564671It's honestly crazy to me that the person who made MGS2 could make such an incremental sequel. Still worth playing, it's a fun game and the story beats aren't bad or anything, but it didn't feel like this game needed to exist.
>>735537226Since you asked, I will just repost my reply from yesterday."I was gone buy this for PS5 and would have borrowed my m8s console.Then I saw the flat map and MGS focus with stupid boss fights and constant combat.Now, after playing the "free" version for a couple hours and doing the first few deliveries until the first Boss.Every delivery had an enemy camp in the way, 3 human, 1 bt and then a boss.The first item unlock I get is an LMG, replacing the 2 ARs that I started the game with.Meanwhile the environment sucked and I could pretty much just walk in straight lines from one place to the next.This isn't the death stranding I enjoyed, this really does feel like MGS5.5Its the stuff I played DS in spite of got worse, the things I liked are gone and the wonky shit hasn't changed.Guess I am glad that the MGS people got a game they enjoyed.Thanks Kojima..."Also listened to the new Soundtrack playlist, big meh from me. Low Roar dying really killed it.
>>735564835>Still worth playing, it's a fun game and the story beats aren't bad or anything, but it didn't feel like this game needed to exist.my thoughts exactly
>>735564779Facility features from the terminal
250.000 Likes from players. No road cheese, 0 bullshit structures.Hello and welcome to my youtube channel today i tell you all about Jesus Christ versus Christianity.
>>735565173Thanks
>>735565265Based no road enthusiast. Shan't build and shan't use em.
>>735529949shame, it would be cool if you got to revisit the UCA after beating the story maybe in the director's cut
I like how DS2 went full EVA
Are there any landmarks like the mountain in DS1 with a Torii gate that plays Asylum for the Feeling?
>>735566160theres a torii gate in the voidout crater adjacent to the mountain in aus
Im playing the pirated version and I have to say that I miss the online component
>game purchased: pc, non deluxe>online: enabled>difficulty: to the wilder>structures and signs from players with over 500k likes or uselessly placed at shelter and distribution centers to farm likes: dismantled on sightyep, it's ludokino time
>>735566853Keep on Keeping on
>>735566853I regret not buying vanilla, bought the deluxe edition without really even looking at what was in it like a fucking retard, some of the dumbest and most overpriced DLC extras I've ever seen
y'all think ds2 will get a ds style directors cut release?
>>735567156Nope, this port was largely outsourced to another studio unlike the first game. DS2 clearly didn't move the needle for Sony in terms of sales because people who didn't like the first game didn't show up for the second, KJP is all in on Physint
>>735567156It'd be cool but what would they even add this time ? DS1DC happened because there's a lot of things they couldn't include in the original release due to time, things that were in the artbook and other extra stuff like racing.
>>735567156unlikely due to >>735567451but i'd like to see them add a "to the wilder, to the wilder" difficulty that does nothing other than doubling the damage of timefall and environmental wear-and-tear on gear and structures and limiting structure sharing to players who are also on this difficulty settinggame would be pretty much perfect then
I'm almost 60 hours in and didn't find a single hot spring. Just got to heartman's lab. Am I rarded?
>>735567707ttwttw sounds incredibly kino>>735567405didnt 505 do the directors cut port?
>>735567762There's one near the junkyard, pretty much on the way between preppers, reasonably hard to miss and another one in the mountains with a prepper like 50m away. That one is impossible to miss.
>>735567762there is 9 hot springs in aus
>>735568114505 is just a publisher, not a developer
oh i see, nixxes did the port. at least it wasnt blupoint lol
does changing your like icon actually do anything?
>>735532989>defending poor writing because it says Kojima on the boxDon't be that guy Anon.
>>735569372>miscontruing a post to sow discord like a niggerDon't be that guy Anon.
>>735553461The Zestiest Little Faggot in Texas.
>>735563731I found it amusing because before the game released there were people questioning how Sam was going to travel with Lou on his chest the entire time, without getting Lou injured since he wouldn't be in the pod.
>>735570871i kinda hoped it was baby on chest the whole game, the tiny portions you get to play with lou in the harness are so funny. shaking the baby makes it look like a doctor seus character
do we know much at all about the previous death strandings mechanism of action? the games talk about how extinction events and entities come about to dethrone the current dominant species, maintaining a cycle of evolution and change. do you guys think the previous death strandings had BT issues (corpses going necro, thus making BT in the shape of that entity that then seek other members of said species) with solely the dominant species at the time? i ask because i shot a kangaroo in the face and then wondered why animals dont go necro. the simple answer could probably be ha and ka yada yada, animals aint got a soul, but i wonder if BTs in the form we see them in game are exclusive to the stranding we as sam are living through
>shot at a golden slime by the animal shelter>bandits below instantly triangulated my position and started lobbing spears
>>735561732I have an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and a Radeon RX 7900 XT that are both like three years old and I get a consistent 50_FPS at high settings. Not very impressive, I know, but good enough for me
>>735567451gimme a ghost mech walker gear and a ghost mech parasite suit that runs on tar as endgame content. and a tomorrow expansion set in 1:1 scaled japan.
>>735563492Agreed. I thought the first game had such a wonderful ending. Amelie fucking off and making the timefall (and presumably everything else related to the Death Stranding, including chiral internet fuckery) go away sounded like a fresh restart for humanity. A perfectly bittersweet ending, and the last few frames before it cuts to black, you hear Sam sigh, and you listen to one of the most kino credits themes ever made me cry like a bitch. DS2, as good as it is, feels like it just steps all over that and prolongs the story. I guess it’s worth it because the sequel is really fucking good but, man, DS1 on its own is such a wonderful game>You can take my heart>Hold hold it together as we fall apart
>>735572751They just saw you.
omnireflector looks a lot shinier in ds2
>>735564671the last stranding is game over for humanity, not the same thing as the current state of the world.
>>735572421Interesting question. Now that you mention, animals seem to die a lot yet you never see any animal BTs. Right in the opening of the first game you see all those birds and that buck die and yet it’s never addressed whether or not BTs came out of them. I guess you could either consider it a plot hole or go with the “dethrone the current dominant species” thing since it’s consistent to the canon and the nature of the death strandings and the kas and has or whatever. Also, stop shooting ‘roos
>>735573783a fully charged battle guitar shot may have been excessive, i will admit, but it was getting too close to the dhv magellan. i had to defend myself.
>>735573783another thing, how did koalas fucking make it this whole time through the death stranding? theyve got like 100% infection rates for chlymadia, and face extinction by 2050 in our timeline. did they fix that? do koalas not have chlymadia in kojimas world? we may never know
>>735574436Koalas are so weak timefall killed their BTs and they came back to life.
>>735574803KEK
>>735574803lol
>>735532707Pff I had smoke grenades packed and lvl1 assault rifle and half a silent machine pisol. Still easy. All you gotta do is drop all non weapon cargo and learn how to dodge. It's not even that tanky if you land shots. The 1st boss was harder because they don't even give you a chance to fabricate items plus you don't got shit or know the grenade + gun trick.
>>735576927you dont even need to use the dodge, just spacing and running in a given direction is enough to evade every attack in the boss fights, save for one of the fights on the beach
>>735532707Do blood grenades work on all bosses? Just killed Snake and blood grenades working on skeletons I could understand (but not accept, they aren't BTs, why the fuck should they care?) but blood damaging humans - that's extremely retarded. Also hearty kek at la Kreativad reusing DS1 story beats pretty much 1:1.
What's the distance limit on ziplines? Been using it a bit but haven't upgraded them at all.
>>735564225Sadly, it is. You'll find a ton of stuff once you unlock things, this was the case within hours of launch.
>>735578685>Do blood grenades work on all bosses?"Does not effect Mechs" "Does not effect humans" "Does not effect BTs" will list what doesn't get hurt by what.
>>735574436Death Stranding happens before 2050, after all. Kojima predicted COVID after all. :p
>>735579127300m at level 1, 350m at levels 2 and 3.
>tfw never setting a route for any orders
>>735580090based trailblazer
>>735580038Thanks. I looked it up too but I swear to god some ziplines were going past 350m but I might just be delusional.>>735580090I like the concept but the execution is kind of ass because the map is deceiving. Also the ergonomic of having to hold inputs is so ass but that's a given since this is a console port after all.Same goes for the request supply feature. Only exists to clutter the sandbox.
>>735573325couldn't have worded it better, anon. I fully agree.DS1 made me cry like no other vidya ever could.
>>735580090I only set a marker and pray to Jesusman that I arrive at my destination. Works like a charm.
>>735580090I used to set routes sometimes in DS1 but I mostly avoid doing so in 2 because the pixel map makes it ass
>>735580393>>735580819i don't understand, the map in 2 is better in every single way
>>735581259Agreed. DS1 didn't have elevation, if I remember right. 2's is a 3D map. The "pixels" suck, but it's manageable to eyeball your distances and the route system at least gives an idea of any sudden drops/climbs that prevent you from easily going somewhere in a direct line.Nearly done 5-starring all the porters in the "second knot" of the second map, but god I hate how insane the 5-stars get after how fast 4 stars is able to be gotten. I don't know if the PC ports "standard order refreshes in 6 hours" is broken, but I have WAY MORE than 6 hours in-gameplay time since I've gotten it and have yet to actually get refreshed standards to finish the last 3-4 preppers up.
>>7355813901 had elevation but you could only tilt the map like 15 degrees each way so you couldn't really see shit
>>735581259For me it's just the pixel aspect of it, I really don't like it, other than that it's a fine map
>>735560995This post is so shit it should be on "Shitposts with Norman Reedus"
>>735550858Is this the power of Strands?
>>735536343What is with Kojima and this book? It's been like 15 years since development of MGSV started and he's still fixating on it.
>>735583568>What is with Kojima and this book?It's a very "visually striking" book, invokes powerful imagery in your head. It's an american classic for a reason, very epic and beautifully written. It makes sense why Kojima loves it since he's a very "big feels" guy it also carries his flair for autistically in-depth descriptions where you're probably gonna really bore a large chunk of the audience
>>735584130>spoilerI enjoy both Kojima and Melville, so this checks out.
>built all the monorail>started building streets where the network is not connected yetsomeone stop me
>>735584130>that spoilerI expect Kojimbo to learn of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion" soon.Though reading his essay book, he's big into Columbo (or was as a kid/1970s), so who knows with all his lore shit.
>get to motherhood and need to solve the passcode>was skipping every charlie convo because the dude talks way too much for shit that can be shortened into 2 sentences>no data entry for it tookojimbo still being pretentious huh
Final fight against Neil ruined the game for me. Dragged on for too long. 2/5
>>735588330>Not finding the Codec code on the back of the boxSASUGA, STEAM-PORTSAN.
>>735588535I DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT PUZZLES IN MY ACTION GAMESI also lost 3 animals in the process. now I have to go back to find the quokka again fucking hell
please tell me eventually I unlock the thingy that lets me have destinations always visible on the hud without opening the compass every 30 seconds, its getting on my nerves, I know it was a collab item in DS1 with cyberpunk but i can't be arsed to keep bringing up the compass so that the waypoint remains visible REEEE
>>735588330its in the facilities tab of the corpus
>>735528669You better not piss tar on my sheets you little shit.
>>735588875>waypointsHuh? AFAIK they do stay visible.If you're talking the preppers and other shit: Sadly (unless it's unlocked late game), no. But it's not that big a deal. You eventually start to memorize the route you're taking.
>vtuber shelterI have never cringed so fucking hard in my life, how can people willingly engage with this shit. I can handle everything kojimbo games throw at me, but not this
>>735588882yea I already found it. was it supposed to be my birthday or something? cause it's off lmao.>>735588875yea this shit too. the game literally spams you with the most useless notifications and info but the most important shit it just refuses to show on screen. so close to perfection but alas.>>735589056I unironically prefer this to the earbleeding forced English of that Japanese actress or whatever from the last game. Holy fuck that was actually awful.
>>735548801>those roads you have to build near The Commander. Fucking hell! I could build the whole network over again with that amount of materials.
>>735550572A fun thing you can do. Go out in a field somewhere with a coffin. Then fall asleep next to it.
>>735589149 its the date you put in at the beginning of the game anon
>>735589165Yeah, it was pretty bad. The mines don't really give enough so you're having to trek between them with the truck and the truck is so slow.
>>735589292I don't even fucking remember. I'm just here to deliver shit. I'm basically ignoring most of the Kojimbo bullshit because I remember it being the least fun part about the last game.
Holy fuck those ghost blade enemies fucked my shit up on TWW.
>>735589420>ignore story>bitch when you're lostyou reap what you sow i guess man, keep on keeping on
>>735589718same, i died three times in a row lmao
DS1 did not force you talk to lilith so much
>>735589816lilith?
>>735589729look man I'm still somewhat following the story and watching the cutscenes that matter but what I'm not going to do is listen to charlie yap for 5 minutes over shit that can be explained in 2 sentences. Also the same "you did it Sam! now go get a rest and go do another mission when you wake up" convo for another 5 minutes. literal filler shit like when you immediately know when a sponsor segment is coming up on a youtube video.
>>735588979no I mean in DS1 you unlock a thing that lets you look at your destination, press a key and you consume a little battery to keep the destination visible at all times, in DS2 it keeps disappearing unless you bring up the compass and it annoys me
>>735590106 i'm all for taking the game at whatever pace suits you but at least skim the text before you skip it so you're not missing out on stuff. you can find the birthday you set if you open the sss from the ring menu, go to bridge links tab, and click on your profile, and then go to activity records and press shift
>>735589718>>735589786>get hit once>almost dead>panic>not even enough time for blood transfer to initiate >deadTerrifying desu. I found grenade launcher on weapons to be very effective. Trying to fight them with an electric rod wasn't the brightest idea
y'all do the headless rider fight on TTW yet?
>>735590327Put a waypoint on it?
>>735590843they still disappear unless you bring up the compass every few seconds
>>735590424Does missing out on the passcode for some one time puzzle really count as missing out? Just do it while I'm delivering or organizing shit instead of holding the gameplay hostage just to force MMO tier budget exposition goddamn.
