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Death Stranding |OT| Peace Walker
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yeah, I know, but why would he call his son that? He seemingly was told that he could take him home someday and there is no reason why he should refer to him just as a bridge baby
It was unclear to me who actually named Sam 'Sam,' especially since he never used that name during the prior cutscenes. Also, Bridges Baby is less Bridge Baby and more Baby of mother named Lisa Bridges, which IIRC is how newborns are typically identified before naming?
Is there a reason to use backpack upgrade space on utility pouches? They only do Blood Bags, right? By default you can store 4 and so far that has been twice as many as I've ever needed? It feels like I should use all that space for 'nades and an extra battery but I'm curious if they can hold other things or if I'll need more than 4 bags at some point (in Ch. 3 now).
Speaking of the extra battery, does just installing it make it active? I don't notice much of a difference since I've installed it.
Speaking of the extra battery, does just installing it make it active? I don't notice much of a difference since I've installed it.
I think most of us our really enjoying it, sorry you didn't.
It has major pacing problems like the story in MGSV.
Even more so then that game honestly. At least MGSV dumped lots of tapes on you that you could listen to while browsing upgrades or running around in the world. Death Stranding has the interviews, but none of them are voice acted. You have to do a lot of idle reading if you wanna stay attached to the world.
yeah, where the Name Sam comes from is unclear, Amelie called him Sam immediately when the baby arrived at her beach.
But Lisa Bridges was Cliffs wife and Sam is his Son, so its kinda strange to me that he doesn't already have a name for him (or doesn't call him Sam if the name already is decided upon. It didn't seem like he was told upfront to not get attached to his son or sth. like that). I mean, would you refer to your son - whom you have probably been expecting for several months - as BBQ of Doom Baby?
But Lisa Bridges was Cliffs wife and Sam is his Son, so its kinda strange to me that he doesn't already have a name for him (or doesn't call him Sam if the name already is decided upon. It didn't seem like he was told upfront to not get attached to his son or sth. like that). I mean, would you refer to your son - whom you have probably been expecting for several months - as BBQ of Doom Baby?
That didn't affect my enjoyment or my investment. Once it cooked it kept cooking.
The game generally has pacing issues, that's indisputable.
Remember, technically BBs aren't born yet, right? and most folks name a child after birth? maybe they/Cliff were waiting?
Having 95% of the story be told in cut scenes where one character just dumps expository dialogue on you, repeating the same thing 3-4 times, sometimes in back to back scenes is awful story telling. Not to mention the story doesnt change or do anything unique or different with its themes from the first couple hours of the game till its last.
The world is incredibly creative and interesting. The actual story being told is not, and is told in one of the worst ways possible. As others have said, its written as if derek zoolander is the target audience.
I just got to chapter 4 not to long ago. The game throws some things at you in such a way that blood bags become a lot more useful and necessary depending on your playstyle.
The extra battery activates immediately. If you're wearing any exo legs you'll see that the guage for the battery usage will have increased.
Well, slap my ass and call me Derek Zoolander then. I loved it and it affected me considerably. if that makes me a dolt that makes me a dolt.
Speedrunners will just find a way to speed air launch similar to Breath of the Wild :P
How many prepper deliveries should I do? I haven't done many but I know doing them can get me stuff. I'd love to know if there are any I should absolutely do.
I also heard the dudes on the Giant Bombcast talking about some line in the game that was just apparently... bad or something, and I'm curious what they were talking about, but without spoilers. What chapter does it take place in?
I also heard the dudes on the Giant Bombcast talking about some line in the game that was just apparently... bad or something, and I'm curious what they were talking about, but without spoilers. What chapter does it take place in?
yeah, I don't want to say that you are wrong. Maybe it's just that every. single. Name. has at least one metaphorical meaning and not having some kind of final A-ha moment with the BB acronym (especially as even fucking "Cliff" gets a metaphor) seems like no-brainer ;)
Oh I'm with you there, and I'm really just speculating wildly since it wasn't addressed whatsoever (unless I missed it lol). Yay Kojima!
I found the utility pouches particularly useful in later combat-focused chapters on hard. But honestly one battery plus a boatload of grenade pouches will serve you well for a vast majority of the game.
I saw a bridge built in a totally pointless spot for absolutely no reason, but it made me laugh so I gave it as many likes as I could mash out. And I can mash really fast.
there is a lot of stuff i have yet to wrap my head around.
-The death Stranding and the initial void outs are two events right?
-And did the first voidouts happen when the EE was "awakened" by the seperation of Amelie and Bridget or did they "just occur"?
- what exactly did the broken dolls do? Questions!
Another masterpiece by Wacky Expositionman
-The death Stranding and the initial void outs are two events right?
-And did the first voidouts happen when the EE was "awakened" by the seperation of Amelie and Bridget or did they "just occur"?
- what exactly did the broken dolls do? Questions!
Another masterpiece by Wacky Expositionman
Just hanging around the beginning of episode 3 and seeing the dynamic change of the geography on a massive scale over the past few real-life days, in hindsight it makes sense that Sony let the review embargo drop a whole week before release. It would be impossible to appreciate otherwise. Even then, it makes me wonder how many players and reviewers actually hang around, revisit, or help develop the infrastructure of an area versus just rushing to the end of the story. This seems like a core part of the gameplay that could be easily missed, like playing Destiny without ever joining a raid.
I have more questions now than I did before and all of yours are included in that lol. Was Mama dead the whole time, hence being cold? What's the deal with the usb sticks or whatever? Did Cliff really love the history channel or something? Why does timefall immediately become harmless water?
Yeah this has definitely reminded me of an even more extreme issue of the MGS5 faults. Chapter 3 is incredibly long even mainlining it, let alone getting caught up in side content/roads and all that, but this is a massive stretch of Sam not uttering a word and just being talked to via holograms.
It sounds like I'm near the part where it's going to just hit me with a barrage of cutscenes, but that pacing is beyond whack if I'm about to suddenly get hours upon hours of it. It took me well over 30 hours of nothing really happening to get there.
the complete mama story was cringe to me...easily the low point for me so far
I wondered this too. How the hell is their experience comparable to launch players, and not to mention the reviewers who didn't even complete it.
Please tag your spoilers with Chapter number or something to set expectations of what's under it.
Review codes reportedly went out like 3 weeks in advance and were very plentiful in an attempt to help drive home the importance of the online world building aspect
It's based on region though, correct? There's no way that environment is comparable to what we're seeing now.
As far as I understood/interpreted myself:
- mama was dead/not truly alive/her soul already moved on and her body was just kept alive by the connection with the child
- the USB sticks are just trinkets from the old world I think
- Cliff was a Soldier and probably had a strong emotional connection to war in general, so his beach somehow got entangled with all those other fallen soldiers' beaches from history.
- timefall itself was never really explained. If it is a side effect of the last Stranding, stopping that event probably also stopped it. Maybe timefall is actually the water from the beaches (which have time altering properties) that gets somehow brought over to our world. No idea tbh ;)
- I also read the theory that the voidouts and beaches are the "intended effects" of an EE and the BT stuff only started when Amelie resurrected baby-Sam and thereby opened up a rift between the world of the living and the dead. I have no idea if this is supported in game though.
- mama was dead/not truly alive/her soul already moved on and her body was just kept alive by the connection with the child
- the USB sticks are just trinkets from the old world I think
- Cliff was a Soldier and probably had a strong emotional connection to war in general, so his beach somehow got entangled with all those other fallen soldiers' beaches from history.
- timefall itself was never really explained. If it is a side effect of the last Stranding, stopping that event probably also stopped it. Maybe timefall is actually the water from the beaches (which have time altering properties) that gets somehow brought over to our world. No idea tbh ;)
- I also read the theory that the voidouts and beaches are the "intended effects" of an EE and the BT stuff only started when Amelie resurrected baby-Sam and thereby opened up a rift between the world of the living and the dead. I have no idea if this is supported in game though.
lol fuck me the Mario reference and then the rocky and apollo run across the beach killed me 😭😭
Im not calling you or anyone who enjoys names. I was just saying thats how it was written. That doesnt mean you cant like it, im glad you do.
Right, and it's weird to me because Kojima I believe said the sparse story of MGSV was intentional. He said Death Stranding would be different and much more story focused, but I'm getting the opposite reaction. I've played 40 hours and i'm in chapter 5. The story feels so far in the background at this point. I heard it gets way more story intense at the end, but that's not a great way to keep intrigue and character engagement.
I guess. I imagine their world probably wasn't as exhaustive as what people are seeing now but from the reviews i've seen most reviewers had experiences where they "got" what the online aspect set out to do and not feeling like it was half baked because they playing in a smaller pool of people but i do wonder how many people enjoyed the game enough that they'd jump back in to see how much things are different beyond just a cursory glance
Well you could just skip all the road building and just do Sam's orders, you would complete the game in less than 30 hours.
How flexible is the save system? I've heard about very long quests and even longer cut scenes.
Can you pretty much save at any point? How about them cut scenes? "Save points" there too?
The reason I ask is I rarely play games for more than say 30 minutes at a time.
Can you pretty much save at any point? How about them cut scenes? "Save points" there too?
The reason I ask is I rarely play games for more than say 30 minutes at a time.
still can't believe that is an actual line in the game
|OT2| Super Princess Beach
|OT2| Super Princess Beach
I agree, you should be ashamed... Did you just kick the package to its destination?
You can save pretty much anytime pretty quickly unless there's a nearby threat or you're in the middle of a transition or cutscene.
Thank you. And are there really hour long cut scenes? I remember reading this in the review thread and then some people saying it was exaggerated.
Not that I've seen but I haven't finished it yet. I think I'm about 85-90% complete? Episode 10/12.
The engineer immediately comes to mind. What you get from him is a game changer. Especially early on.
Not sure about the line thing
I got some equipment from him I think.
Power and speed legs