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New Death Stranding Screenshots Courtesy of Kojima
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Damn. I love a good fishing minigame. Enjoying it in FE3H at the moment. So good.
Never been so excited to trudge across a barren wilderness........it will great to play something genuinely different for a change.
im genuinly so happy that even now this close to launch the game is essentially still a mystery.
too often do we see too much in games and movies before launch that having a new IP from a studio filled with talented people while everything still being a mystery is amazing and a breathe of fresh air.
too often do we see too much in games and movies before launch that having a new IP from a studio filled with talented people while everything still being a mystery is amazing and a breathe of fresh air.
Well you just named 5 different area themes so I guess it's safe to say there will be multiple environment types. Not to mention those are the only ones shown so far (remember when Nintendo fans thought Mario Odyssey would only have two levels because that's how many were in the trailer?)
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Same
I really wanna explore that environment more than the others shown
Also urinate, lets not forget about the important stuff here
😂 Agreed. It's hard to get amped from all this talk. They've yet too show what will make the game fun to play
When MGS3 came out I would say it was clunky controls. It was fixed in future releases but yeah.... wasn't fun trekking through the jungle/forest with that overhead camera.
Game looks stunning. It is like looking like a window.
RDR is slow because it is clunky as hell mechanically. Other open games like Metal Gear Solid 5 or Days Gone go for the whole "slow immersive gameplay" yet they feel much better compared to RDR.
As long as the game feels good even though it is slow then it should be fine. RDR however fails at making the game feel good to play.
There is slow yet smooth games and there is clunky slow games.
RDR is slow because it is clunky as hell mechanically. Other open games like Metal Gear Solid 5 or Days Gone go for the whole "slow immersive gameplay" yet they feel much better compared to RDR.
As long as the game feels good even though it is slow then it should be fine. RDR however fails at making the game feel good to play.
You got it the wrong way around - his heart works for 21 minutes before stopping, then he spends 3 minutes dead (not enough time for the brain to decay, but enough time to do a small bit of searching in Hades) before being revived.
This game looks great, but it does nothing for me. Everything I've seen just looks so boring. I'll wait for reviews.
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Yeah, asynchronous multiplayer
Thought this was common knowledge by now lol
No, but the game has asynchronous online. Kinda like souls games where players can leave messages and you can read them in your game world, also in Death Stranding players will be able to see vestiges of other players, but you cant play online with them. I think the idea is the ability to help eachother but without being in the same game world. But this will be an optional feauture.
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Everything here points to a tedious gameplay loop given how large the environments look. Hope Im wrong.
That's really great to know, I love when you don't have a minimap or any other UI on screen so you can just focus on the world itself.
Oh it definitely will be for some, I can already hear Jim Sterling, his stans and Kojima haters decrying this as the "ultimate walking simulator"
But Kojima has never made a game with bad gameplay yet so I'm very hopeful it'll all come together.
Ah, you're right! Welp... so much for that idea then! XD Still... I think that would have been a clever way to go about it. Totally up Kojima's alley, I feel.
If you thought MGS5 had an "empty" world, Death Stranding is probably going to drive you crazy.
Fortunately, those folks were wrong and this looks great.
Fortunately, those folks were wrong and this looks great.
That's a very interesting take on the game loop & exploration. Is this your personal theory on how traversal risk/reward will work?
A large part of the gaming demographic wasn't around for that switcharoo.
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No, this is from what Kojima has personally described in interviews but also what he showed us in the E3 2018 and recent Release Date trailer.
Can not wait for this. Also something tells me what we've been shown is only the surface of what this game is going to offer and that's actually what fascinates me the most. Not knowing what we're in for, and what spin or twist Kojima is going to throw at us with the content of this game.
It's based on all the gameplay shown. Different traversal tools, with specific length and height limits. Cargo management and balance mechanics. Different means of transport (ie bike, automated drones, by hand, backpacks). Gear that improves your balance, speed, etc. Enemies that mutate the terrain.
Traversal here is an actual gameplay system, not just the thing you do to get to the gameplay/action
That I understand. I just didn't realize it has been laid bare to such an extent. I'm still looking at everything being show and thinking "This looks amazing! I don't understand it all but I can't wait to play."
This is a much more concise way of articulating what I've been trying to tell people whenever the topic of how the game plays and the supposed mystery of its structure came up in conversation. We dont know everything, but the gameplay footage shown and Kojima's statements give us a pretty clear picture. It's actually what has me most excited.
I think some are expecting a more traditional Kojima experience though, and I dont doubt they'll be disappointed with what will end up being an evolution of MGSV.
It won't be slower and clunkier than RDR2 if the latest trailer is anything to go by.
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I've said this before, but I feel the whole "Social Strand System" Kojima is pushing in this game is very reminiscent of MGSV's Nuclear Disarmament in the sense that players around the world had to get together to accomplish a single goal without ever crossing paths. Only this time, players are coming together, connecting and CONSTANTLY helping each other through strands despite yet again never crossing paths. It's stuff like players trading supplies with one another, sharing safe houses or trailblazing and coming up with safe paths to avoid confrontation with enemies.
These here are Kojima's own words back in April at the Tribeca Film Festival
