I say this for everyone that played this game but there is absolutely no better feeling than when someone else’s zipline connects perfectly within your network. The fact the game even lets you create proper infrastructure is incredible
I got so addicted to setting up a zip line network in the mountains I loved maintaining them as well so they were always good to use for people just such a fun and addictive gameplay loop man what a strange but brilliant game.
Really thats the best part about this game? The only way you'd know that someone used your zipline is by some text on the side of the screen and for all you know it couldve been a bot, unless you 100% trust the developers to run a dedicated server that will keep running in +10 years time. But i guess that must be some really exciting text huh. Also as far as i know you cant 3d print ziplines and roads, let alone the other things that make up infrastructure like electric poles, pipelines, seweres, railways and water supplies. But maybe thats just me.
@@morgannyan2738 what it really sounds like is you watched the Death Stranding review from Matthewmatosis and are just regurgitating points he made there, but that's just me
Another impressive coincidence is that in Danish “strand” literally means beach. And considering Mads Mikkelsen is Danish, I can’t imagine that coincidence being lost on Kojima… making strand essentially have at least three meanings: stranded alone, connected by a strand, and a beach/bridgeway.
Strand also means beach in English. Like the term "stranded" specifically means to wash up on a beach though we use it more freely now. It is just a verb that came from the English noun "strand"
In English the title means dead are stranded on a beach. A very literal title. And Germanic languages tend to have such “coincidences” where words mean the same thing, as they all have the same base.
@@Nagad420that's the Saxon word I'm pretty sure, which were the Vikings given a part of France, who later invaded england with William the conqueror. So I guess it is kinda the Danish word since they were originally from Denmark
One day I saw a guy with a Bridges sticker on his notebook and all I said to him was "Keep on keeping on". He instantly knew what I meant and it was cool sharing a moment where we both had this shared understanding of a different world and all the hazards in it
@@arielle452yea me and my wife share a thing about this game. I try to touch her and she doesn't let me and blames her haphephobia and I go to bed alone 😢.
I just started playing this a few weeks ago (literally just beat it a few hours ago) and I also fell head over heels at the exact same moment. New number 1 favorite game. Can't wait for DS2 next year
I like to think Die Hardman was named that way because he was named after the greatest romance, drama, action, intrigue, thriller, and Christmas movie of all time, Die Hard.
Can i just point out that this game was release just as the world was gripped in COVID. The message of this game hit me harder during those times. The lock downs, the social distancing everything. Kojima has the timing of a saint.
Yes it was incredibly surreal playing both Pathologic 2 AND Death Stranding alongside each other right in the eye of the covid storm. Synchronicity at its best.
I'm happy I never had lockdown. I was still working every day. And partying every Friday 😂 Still never get any vaccine and not planning to. But i know some people was in worst countries and was actually believing this show and lost a lot.
@homeoffice3524 you spitting in the face of people who lost cherished family members due to it is truly the duality of man. We can be so good and yet so bad without even getting how we are affecting people around us
Ashen Hollow put out an hour long video, Wendigoon released a 5 hour analysis and now Gingy comes in with a massive death stranding video?! What a lovely week.
thanks for the recomendations :D always on the lookout for more video essayists.. too bad there is no common terminology which helps searching them out!
Honestly this game coming out during the pandemic was such a wild thing. The game came out during a time where these messages of connection were most important, and I am so curious as to where the sequel will go with these ideas. Death Stranding is a fantastic game, and while I can understand people not liking it and even hating it for the issues it does have, it is still an unforgettable experience and honestly one of my favorite games of all time.
The reason the drawn heart is important for the voidouts and heartman is because it's originally the symbol for a couple or "two hearts conjoining". Meaning, it's another symbol for connections.
I like how during the Higgs fight, it's really easy to take him out with just the rope and standing out in the open. "Stick vs. Rope" was pretty much a hint on how to make the fight easier instead of trying to match him in typical combat
Doesn't he shoot you dead if you stand out in the open? I literally just did that fight on Very Hard and the only way I could survive was to sneak up on him over and over
@JohnSmith-tk7nt when I walked out into the open he would run up to me and I would just keep doing rope counters. Been a while since I last played but I did 100% it. Maybe he has fazes during the fight where he changes his tactics
I will die on THIS hill* you were using present tense during that declaration and it’s also something that you actively believe in. For example if a soldier were actively standing on a hill before their death they wouldn’t say “I will die on that hill” while referencing the hill they are currently standing on. In addition if a soldier was standing on a hill they knew a battle would be on in the future they still would not say “that” when referencing the hill that they believe they will die on in the future.
Did everyone just miss that Amelie's name is the most egregious play on words in the game? In her final credit monologue on the beach she says that her name comes from French "Ame" meaning soul and "Lie" because she doesn't exist.
Also how you need Bridges to continue walking past Cliffs or something like that. Ironically the only "main" characters name in the whole game that means nothing afaik is Sam
It's only just now occurring to me that while I heard plenty of criticisms and complaints about this game, I've literally never heard anything about the story of this game, which so far I find absolutely fascinating.
maybe because the gameplay is the thing you''ll be doing the most, you know the entire reason you buy a game? the story is just some pretentious nonsense, not even Kojumbo himslef knows what it is about.
@@morgannyan2738 Plenty of us actually buy games for multiple reasons, a big one being the story. Even if Kojima doesn't "really" know what it's about, that doesn't take away the value and entertainment of the way people interpret and analyze a story- I certainly enjoyed this video, which is doing just that.
@@morgannyan2738 what an overly generalized, self-assured take. You'll be surprised to know, there are MANY reasons people come to games, and whether someone agrees with you or not, the fact still stands that many people do not also. I buy games for an experience. Many games with "solid gameplay" become a weak experience, as they're just following the mold of other games almost to an exact script. It's boring, it's monotonous. As pretentious as Hideo Kojima often comes off in his visions, and deliveries of said visions, I can respect a man who genuinely tries to do something different, whether I end up liking said game or not. THAT is an experience, and Death Stranding certainly gives the player a unique one. It's also why the indie scene has become so beloved. Devs that aren't following a mold, prop out constantly from the Indie scene, and are doing things for the love of the medium, probably one they themselves grew up on. Again, a solid gameplay loop is fundamental to a game, yes, it wouldn't be a game I'd consider "good" without that, but having a good gameplay loop doesn't make the game itself good, if everything is just a pale immitation of something that came before it, with no intention of being interesting. See practically any recent Ubisoft title since Far Cry 3/4's era of their titles, or 90% of these "Open-World, Mechanics Checklist Sanboxes" that are constantly being churned out by tonedeaf developers/publishers, who forget that games are more than just "a quantity of content". THAT'S why I respect Death Stranding as a title, despite having my own grievances with it. It's going for something new, even if it doesn't always stick the landing. In many ways, Metal Gear Solid was doing the same, back in the late 90s when it released.
@@morgannyan2738 you do realize that the whole point of art is to be interpreted right. Just because kojima doesn't know the exact meaning behind the work doesn't mean the work doesn't have meaning to other people. But I guess it's hard to see through all of your patronizing cynicism
Never played the game but the part where you said people can help each other really intrigues me. It almost seems like it subconsciously brings out the best side in you that just want to help others. That is genius, nice kojima
Oh it definitely encourages you to help complete strangers online. You'll find yourself actively fabricating equipment with the sole intention of putting it in share lockers for someone to benefit from. From my own experience, I had it myself early on when I got to an online postbox and someone had left a pair of high end boots just as I needed to replace mine. Boots which wouldn't be available to me for another while. So in return, I went out of my way to complete 51 sections of road and a zip line system that covers both sections of the world. Make a point of leaving non lethal weapons, and floating carriers outside of the MULE areas to help other players clear the camp and collect material. I genuinely love the way it's built up it's community.
i think the goofy names are reasonable if you consider the whole premise of the game being rebuilding america using historical means like courier services and such, like there were many civilizations and cultures that only used last names to differentiate who had which role, like smith or brewer or archer.
@@muttipi That'd be almost valid, if they didn't have the character basically stare into the camera and scream at the audience why he was called that towards the end of the story.
This is the most incredible game I've played in the last 20 years of gaming. It moved me, shocked me, and stayed with me. Death Stranding changed me. It's left a permanent mark on me. I'll always remember the importance and intricacy of connection. And how connections affect the world.
It’s very rare these days for modern games to actually make me FEEL something In this case Death Stranding made me feel gratified, scared, thrilled, confused, deeply-saddened, nostalgic, exhilarated, relaxed, heartbroken, and seen.. amongst many other emotions. I completed the game 3 times over and yet I still find myself coming back. I wonder what’s in store for DS2…
This is one of my “retirement” games. In 70 years when I’m allowed to retire, I’m going to have at least three or four years to catch up with cool games like these before I die. Going to be so much fun.
'In 70 years when I’m allowed to retire' is so grim holy shit. What a crazy world we live in. But ye, it might sounds dark but i would recommend not waiting to do things for 70 years in case something happens, you never know o.o Live life now before the choice gets made for you.
Yesterday is a memory. TODAY IS A GIFT! TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY. So sit on your vergil chair and DO IT TODAY. I say this as a person who nearly could've died, got crashed and fell off the bridge. Broke both my arms and left shoulder, and crashed the back of my head, lost some memories because of this. It was a miracle i survived 2 and a half years ago. I've recovered well now and living life to the fullest as I can everyday, helping others, loving myself, appreciating life, gaming. Please do not wait for tomorrow. If you can, do it today.
I've always feel that this game in reality is about Kojima after his fallout with Konami and how he could his life back together thanks to all the connections and friendships he made during his career. Is a love letter to his friends, to thank them for their support, and that's why all of them they show up one way or another in the game.
I had a different experience with the trek back across the country after the “boss fight” I had built a nice network of roads and zip lines on the way, and the trip back made me so glad i had.
i think one of my favorite bits of this game was about a week after i finished it i went around the mountain (i planned on platniuming it) with the ziplines and connected as many together as possible as to almost make a spider web across the whole thing, made it so you can get from a small outcropping behind the mountain base all the way to the evo-devo biologist then back to the timefall farm all with ziplines and then i spent a couple days making myself my own little outpost and upgrading all that stuff to level 3, it was all a great time imo
I did the same thing! Got rid of all my other buildings and constructs, because of how many other players had theirs up. By the end of the game, I had 80 ziplines all across the maps. I could be anywhere in about 1-2 minutes flat. One of the easiest games to ever get platinum.
In the directors cut where you discover the Abandoned Factory. I can't believe no one is talking about this, but the flowers at the end of that scene are called Blue Birds - acronym: BB, which is also the one used in the game to define Bridge Babies ! They're an indirect reference to the dramatic Boss' sacrifice in Metal Gear Solid 3. Those were white lilies though, shaped similarly, but different flowers. And it was still an almost maternal sacrifice for her pupil, Naked Snake. Within the Death Stranding universe, as you know, Coffin (Fragile's mother ) formed a rebel group opposing to Bridge's cruel BB research and actual children sacrifices. She also revealed in the hologram record that she urged Peter Englert (a.k.a. Higgs) to protect her daughter, as she considered him as a son, Fragile's brother! This is a quite shocking revelation, as neither Fragile nor Higgs ever saw this message it all grows even more dramatic. Fragile and Higgs thought that Coffin left, suddenly and selfishly. They didn't know she was trying to save the BBs. Higgs, unaware of this fraternal duty, and defied by Amelie, will nuke Middle Knot city. He will betray Coffin's will forcing Fragile to sacrifice herself and heroically save South Knot City. In the final message left for Fragile, Coffin said: "My daughter. My sole remaining glimmer of hope. Our future may be broken, but it's not beyond repair. Futures are fragile things, but my daughter's made of stronger stuff. She has what it takes to pick up the pieces and put them back together again. I hope. I pray” Fragile's uniform also became a lot more blue at the end of the game. You already know that the inverted rainbow in Death Stranding is missing the colour blue because its reality is fragile and cracked, missing the tranquillity of the blue to create harmony in the world. You've also seen that the game is filled with references to America's origins and spiritual Native American themes (e.g., the dream catcher). Another prominent Native American symbol (e.g., in Navajo, Cherokee, and Iroquois) is the bluebird totem, considered a symbol of HOPE, LOVE, and RENEWAL, announcing the Spring season, a new hopeful future through familiar love. Thus, I confidently believe this was the reason why the delicate / "fragile" Blue Bird flowers were chosen by Kojima for that colossal cutscene at the end of the Ruined Factory! May you all keep on keeping those radiant connections, porters! Peace ✌🏼💙🐦
You did a great job with this entire video. One tiny nitpick is you breezed over the end when Lou comes out of its pod, cuz that sh*t was so damn emotional. That was the heaviest moment for me, I thought Lou was actually dead, and could not believe it when she came back. It was beautifully paced
I'm just gonna say this, i didn't know Lou was a girl before watching this video lol. Maybe because i'm not American, but i thought Lou could be a boy's name. 😅
I've always love how i feel not alone in a single player games I've always dislike multiplayer games especially competitive one since i feel awkward and it's just not my thing, but Dark Souls messaging and Death Stranding _strand-type_ mechanics really fits right in my heart. Like those moment you shout and other Sams would shout back. Snowy mountains feel so lonely at times and shouting always reminds me how i'm not alone there. Also shout out to Low Roar, RIP Ryan Karazija, you'll be missed.
Been waiting for this one. Kojima has such an interesting mind with creating stories and even just game concepts in general. Death Stranding and MGS are both some of the most batshit crazy stories of any game series I’ve ever played and it’s both hilarious and amazing
@@usernameRika you aren’t aware of the greater Drakengaard universe The weirdest things about Kojima is his stuff get surrealistically true. Death Stranding started calling out a lot of the themes brought up in Covid
@@Menukilike the mgs themes of war being a means for economy or more like a natural disaster, or the more times goes by the less actual humans are involved in these wars, those theme brought by kojima aren’t new by any means, but the way he choose to talk about it through video games is brillant, Kojima’s games are what made me interested in geopolitics, movies and try to think a little more « outside the box » !
this game is definitely a mixed bag gameplay wise but it was relaxing and pretty meditative at times, although i preferred the deliveries/traversal to the combat. the story was very engrossing and i really loved the characters, world and lore. even sam with his fear of being touched was interesting. the moment where “don’t be so serious” plays was one of the most memorable moments in a game for me, much like the first ride through mexico in the best red dead redemption game. i am a sucker for music sequences like that i guess
the weather station is worse than you think, the weather never changes. when playing a story mission no-matter what you do there will be a storm blocking your path, and if you are doing side quests the weather just never moves. I once hid under a rock for a storm to pass and waited a real life hour and the weather never changed.
should have hid under a shelter lol or just went around it, I’ve found sometimes even when the game wants you to go thru BT, you can still just avoid them altogether
Regarding the question of why fragile didn’t die in time fall. She was wearing a tank top which covered her organs and if time fall returns to water after hitting something then her core body and organs are all probably the same age as her face. Only her legs and arms would be aged.
It's happened He's actually made a "strand-type" story analysis In all seriousness, this game benefited heavily from hindsight. In the years after the game came out, I think we've come to more deeply value the connections we've made, and that makes the game's themes resonate more.
I feel like it’s also worth mentioning that DS2’s reveal was during the perfect time. It’s as if Kojima intended to reveal the next game once people started understanding death stranding for what it is.
I think part of the problem was that at the start of the game those who played the game first where kind of doomed to not fully understand nor like it as their was almost no other player builds for you to interact with so you really couldn't see the community part of the game till years latter
i played The Tomorrow Children that game did the theme of connection better than Death stranding did, and you didnt need to understand a convulated story to truly ''get it''
@@morgannyan2738 comparison is the thief of joy, let people enjoy things without you bringing something completely different into the picture to point at where it may or may not excel
Actually the controversy around the game made multiple reviewers, like act man, straight up lie about the game and make it look a lot worse than it actually is.
I love this game so freaking much. This is probably the only game I've ever played that made me cry at the end. The BB theme is still in my playlist and I occasionally return to it.
I have played through this twice. Love it. Especially the way music cues start in certain areas. And both times, I made sure to get my highways built and lay down some useful ziplines for others.
This is a great video. I just finished the game and wanted a bit more context/analysis to make sure I really understood everything I had just played. Thanks for all the effort you put into making this
I've played this game during quarantine and I really felt the connection, I had a lot of time obviously so I really appreciated most of the details. It felt refreshing in the beginning and I enjoyed the gameplay loop
Man watching this made me realise how different my play through was from you. I almost had none of the frustrations you had with missions except the last mission where you have to travel from one edge of the map to the other
I’m so glad to hear that you ended up liking the game. It was such a unique experience, and it makes the sequel even more enticing for me. You summed it up so well, especially some of the tricker aspects that might stump others. Great work!
Gingy, I’d like to inform you that you have inspired me to experience Death Stranding for myself. And it was the first game in a long time that a game had me glued to it until 100% completion(seriously it took like 2 weeks, I’d play all day sometimes without even noticing). It gives me hope for death standing 2 and I hope Kojima and his team can hook me again! Thanks for the content man, look forward to new vids!
I find it interesting that Higgs during his boss fight, in one of his moves, he hugs Sam. Is that since he's borrowing Amalie's power is that she took brief control of him to hug Sam? I know I might be reaching but this game is interesting to dissect and look at all the thing it offers.
Played it twice, platinumed it twice, read the books, and I still think about this game all the time. It obsessed me just as much as Bloodborne did, which is saying a lot. I understand why many people don't find this game attractive at all, but to me it's almost perfection.
I played this game during the height of lockdown. Playing a game about isolation of humanity hits PRETTY HARD when you yourself are isolated and wanting to contact your best friend but can't because of a world ending event.
The world didnt end, so it wasnt a world ending event. I would go as far and say it wasnt even an event that warranted the extreme actions that were taken.
@@Buffaloguy1991 No, not really. infact, things are basically exactly the same as they were before at this point. The economy has suffered, but overall nah. You're being extremely melodramatic, the black plauge was a "world changing event"
Mama and Lockne, basically one being in two bodies ( small correction there ) and the one handing the baby back to Mama wasn't her soul ( technically yes ) it was Lockne. Also one cool detail that was subtle and im glad you touched on is that when they become one, her eye color changes!
1:09:10 given how Amelie seems to innately understand her purpose as an EE, maybe the previous EE’s also had an understanding of death and what they were to do despite being animals
So Amelie is the only EE cognitively aware of her true purpose, as opposed to the previous EE's that operated entirely on instinct. At least, that's my interpretation.
@@dem4xedBut then again, we have no concrete evidence against it. Maybe the animal beach is different to the human beach and when the Death Stranding occured there was the animal version of Heartman's cutscene where all the cats, dogs etc run into the water. Or it could be a formless thing of pure energy since animals wouldn't have a concept of what death looks like
@dem4xed EE's are their own beach. I theorize the first 5 Extinction Events were caused to spark evolution. Once enough humans had beaches the final EE could cause the final steanding.
It was a bit surprising to hear this as a plot hole. I always just assumed animals have a different form of consciousness and so what they conceptualize as a “Beach” is completely different from humans, but pretty much acts the same in terms of extinction. I mean animals die, so they still have to interact with the Land of the Dead. Most animals have an awareness of death as well, even if it’s instinctual rather than sapient. Given the umbilical cords present on animal EEs it’s undeniable they have a relationship with the afterlife, but it’s degree is also undeniably different than beings with higher consciousness like ourselves which is why we don’t know it. The hypothesis that they are except from Beaches and the afterlife entirely was speculative and not a definitive fact in the story as well.
Not sure if anyone explained this, but the implication is that only EEs have Beaches. Amelie broke the laws of nature by granting Repatriation to Sam, which in turn caused access to the Beach across spacetime. Her actions, motivated by guilt, rewrote the way the universe works which accelerated her role in bringing the Stranding. It's why her beach is likened to the heart, fueling the other beaches.
This was a great breakdown and analysis of the story. I've watched so many of these kinds of videos, but your pacing, voice, and insight felt fresh and unique. Specifically as you dove into the more real-life similarities or analogies like the egyptian callbacks.
This game had some weird timing, I was playing it during the pandemic, when "connections" gained more meaning and I could see these connections having an impact during my playthrough. Loved it from start to finish.
The Igor death scene will always be one of my favorite cutscenes. It's just such a cool intro, all the worldbuilding and terminology reminded me so much of "The Matrix" and why I fell in love with that franchise too. Stoked for the sequel. This game also dropping months before COVID was such a fucking trip, Kojima is a prophet disguised as a game dev lol. I fell in love with the soundtrack so much I started using it during my runs and lowkey pretended I'm Sam making a delivery. This game legitimately is a masterpiece even though people think that's someone being sarcastic whenever it's said. Haven't played a game this immersive since, what an experience. Great video!
Also the fact that at the very end with Lou, you use the gear Igor left in place to traverse the environment at the start of the game to get to the incinerator. You use his ladders and climbing anchors to get there. It's a nice little reminder.
@@joshmclovin to be honest, I only just got around to finishing it so it was fresh in my memory. With so little gameplay at the end, the little bits there was, were memorable 😅
I'm pretty sure the reason why Fragile didn't die in the Timefall is the same reason why only some of Sam's hair turned white instead of all of it. The Timefall effect only seems to apply to whatever it comes into contact with, and doesn't seem to penetrate super deep before the Timefall turns back into regular water...Or else machines would break immediately when timefall touches them and effects more delicate components, rather than rapidly rusting before breaking. My interpretation of it was always that Fragile had just extremely old skin from that situation, maybe some very aged muscles. Hence why she can still walk around without moving like she has arthritis. The reason she acts like she's not got much time left might just be that she doesn't have long before her skin will die, or become riddled with cancer, due to localised extremely advanced ageing.
So glad to have found someone who summarized this story and helped fill in some of the blanks I made.. amazing work, I'm going to have to check out more of yours lol...
From what I recall about the weather, it was either always the same in certain areas or it was inevitably pre planned to trigger for certain parts of missions. This was without fail, if I remember. I remember spending a lot of time trying to figure out what the point of the menu etc was since it was always the same regardless.
Basically this. Also the weather only really mattered if you played on the hardest difficulty, and even then, nothing a can of spray or a timefall shelter couldn't fix.
A lot of this game feels…partially finished. Like the ideas are there they’re cool but almost like they ran out of time to complete them to their fullest. I’m hopping the sequel will be a more complete version of this one.
I have an immense respect for Hideo Kojima and his works. I call him the most insane game developer as he creates stories and experiences that nobody would dare to try in this age of hands on, 60-100 gigabyte goliath gaming experiences. He breaks the mold that we've grown accustomed to with the most batshit, feverish yet unforgettable concepts in different ways. Anyways uh, I hyperfixation rambled on enough 😅. Great video Gingy!
An amazing video with some insightful information on the world and details of it. Having played through it a couple of times I knew most of this, but the Higgs pizza delivery and his Pharaoh cloak design was actually new to me. All in all, I quite enjoyed your analysis of the story.
first game in a while that made me actually not get bored, people say they find it boring and what now but for whatever reason but this game gave me the most fun, im now currently playing it for the first time and man am I loving it.
Thank you so much for brining this game to light! It was absolutely amazing and there aren't enough videos that explain how complex and unusual this story is, keep up the great work!
That part where you talk about Lucy and Higgs's backstories was a mindblown moment for me. As someone who played through this game without reading any of the emails or text material you picked up, hearing you talk about all this backstory while being 50mgs of edibles high I thought I losing my goddamn mind and made me wonder if I completely missed an entire sections of the game that explained that if I had wiped them out of memory.
I've been a fan of your content for a little while now and I'm beginning to appreciate your videos more and more. Getting insight into these games that I would never be able to complete myself (I get bored) and learning about the stories behind them in this format is quality.
Storywise, all I can say is that Kojima does what Kojima does best in a true Kojima fashion, lmao I always like his way of storytelling. He make a convoluted story, scrambling it like an egg, scatter them all over the place for us to piece them all back together at the end to make sense, but JUST when we think it's the end, he twist our ankles with a small but impactful details. Dude's weird I tell ya, he don't play by the book, but in a good way, lmao.
I really liked the strange goofy naming conventions in this game. The world is supposed to be scattered and disconnected so everyone using these weird pseudonym names fits perfectly. Using your own name is an opening for personal connection and it makes sense that people in the narrative want to keep it to themselves. Also cause Kojima is a goofball lmao. God I need to replay this game before 2 comes out
Great vid! I really liked how you explained the function of the Princess Beach part in the story. I could never put into words why despite it being cringy, it was clearly fully intentional and was there for a reason but I was never able to articulate why.
I just finished the part yesterday where Mama shows us her ghost baby and talks about being trapped under rubble for days surviving off of rain water and the cries of her newborn. (😿) Thank you for the cliff notes. I started this game a long time ago and recently got back into it so I needed some background to flesh out missing information. Like I told my wife about fragile being old from the neck down and she told me we already knew this. I was like, wait... I don't even remember anything about the beginning of this game. Thank you
Been playing Returnal in my free time on PC. The gameplay alone sold me but the story is quite good too. Very mysterious, might be worth talking about it.
Oxytocin is also released when you hug somebody. In a world where people are stranded, one of the first missions is to deliver chemicals that produced during physical contact. I think that's super cool.
I LOVE this game, when I first got it I was excited like never before...it wasn't what u expected it to be but what I got was still incredible and such an EXPERIENCE that you'll won't find anywhere else on any game exclusive. This will go down as one of my favorite games of all time.
@@morgannyan2738I find it so funny that you were so offended by death stranding you had to reply to almost every comment. Brother go something else, i promise you with my entire soul and heart not a single entity in this universe cares about YOUR opinion on games. You really overestimate your own taste and importance
@@MrLolMachine11 and yet here you are commenting on my opinion, seems like you do care and got offended for someone else having a different opinion. Also learn how to speak English.
39:29 people don't realize this is a callback to Metal Gear Solid 1, where a bomb is placed in your inventory without any notification. If you don't see it and get rid of it, you will just randomly explode with no explanation.
in the first few hours of the game, there was a giant hill you had to climb up, when you hit the top one of the many amazing sound tracks kicked in. this game is truly one of a kind.
@@morgannyan2738 you know you could just write a comment in the video section about how you don't like the game. You don't have to go to everyone's comments and s*** on them
In my opinion, the delivery missions were the best part of the game. Yeah this is what divides people, but they are why I still play the game even after beating the story and maxing out every prepper star rating. I love the feeling of getting kitted up, loading cargo and setting out on my own into the frontier to deliver stuff. Especially in the mountains, where pathfinding becomes a lot more difficult and you need to be creative about it. You do need to get into the role playing aspect of it to get something out of the deliveries, I think.
The Craftsman is actually really useful to have, as he will gift you Custom Hematic Grenades which pack a real punch. They can take down gold BTs with one hit, and multiple BTs at once. I've taken a giant BT down with a single custom hematic grenade. The Engineer will gift you Power Legs, the Chiral Artists mother will gift you Chiral Boots which will last you forever, the Junk Dealer gifts you Chiral Ladders and the Collector will gift you the Backpack Cover which you'll certainly need when you head up to Mountain Knot City. Never underestimate the preppers.
Wow Gingy, this just showed up in my algorithm. What a competent and in-depth analysis. It's criminal that you don't have more subs, you now have one more in me. I hope your videos find their way to others too.
What strikes me most of the the course of this analysis was that the game was designed with an artistry first mentality. This probably explains all the pacing issues and the moments where a character was suddenly possessed by the lead designer. The underlying message was the point of the game, and not the other way around. This is the exact opposite of how most games are developed now-a-days, where the end goal is making money, so the story serves as little more than the fish hook to drag the player in and fork over the money.
In heartmans flashback it also shows his family going into the water from the beach where he loses them. So I think its safe to say they are not on any of the beaches anymore.
Anyone noticed the games characters translate well to the wizard of oz? You have a character that very literally has to travel from east to west making friends along the way. It starts with your mother (wicked witch of the East) dying and sending you on a quest to get your sister (wicked witch of the west) Sam is Dorothy who is a repatriate and dooms. His red skin represents the ruby slippers and his ability to come back from the dead represents their ability to send Dorothy “home” Deadman is the scarecrow (brain) Searching for knowledge and information on the death stranding and trying to understand. Heart man is the tin man (love/heart) trying to find his family and reconnect to them. Die Hard man is the lion (courage) Hides behind a mask and is trying to find the strength to lead his country and reconnect. Higgs is the Wizard (Deception) You think he is the main source of the death stranding but it’s actually Amelie. Fragile is Glinda the good. She has magic powers but is your true ally and wants to help you. The BTs are the flying monkeys. BB is Todo. Your companion through the story. I dunno that’s all I have so far but if you guys find more connections please add!
I like the game enough to get the platinum on PS. Although the gameplay is put to debate if you like it or not, the story is good. and don't forget the music. one part of the game when you on a delivery walk the camera is zoom out and the music start to play feels epic to me. I appreciate this story video because i can recall the story again. Since, to be honest Death, Stranding is not a game you might want to play multiple time. So thank you.
as a 40 year old avid gamer i have a preaty good list of my favorite videogames ever. i noticed that i tend to chose based on levels of nostalgia. Death stranding is one of those such games that made it to that list of favorite games, because its mega nostalgic for me. Helped by the fact that came out during the pandemic thus having all those weird feelings from that time aggregated to it. along side death stranding i have games like mass effewct triology, final fantasy 8, blade runner (the game), Skyrim, Warcraft 2, Diablo 2, Bioshock Infinite, SUper mario land, sonic 2... these are all videogames that give me such a strong feeling of "home", that sometimes even just hearing a bit of music or something gives me the chills. loved death stranding for it.
I’m slightly disappointed you didn’t include Diehardman’s speech to Sam at the end of the game. It’s really well-acted and changed my perspective on the guy
Death Stranding is absolutely amazing! It is so fresh, creative, the world is so detailed, amazing performances from the cast, the story, vibe, truly no other game quite like it, Hideo Kojima is a true creative genius.
Are we forgetting that Die-Hardman isn't because he's really hard to kill, but a nickname given to him by Cliff because his real name is; *JOHN MCCLANE* Also, fun fact, people's obsession with cargo in Death Stranding is a sort-of real thing. Back in the 1940s during the pacific campaign, sometimes military cargo planes would be shot down or they'd dump their cargo. Small islands with tribes folk who have never seen the outside world would end up with the cargo and worship it as gifts from their deities. Cargo Cults are fascinating as hell and it lines up near-perfectly with the world of Death Stranding.
I spent like 8 hours building an elaborate zip line system through the mountains and I know only 1 or 2 would have gotten it on their side but I tried to make each on optimal and easily connectable to another person without the others. I was basically done. I know I had a few things with a tons of limes and I really felt good knowing I helped. Especially charging stations that played songs I thought would be good in the area. Game only got better in my mind the further away I got from playing it. (I won’t play it again other than to see if people voted up my stuff)
I did enjoy my time playing this game. I found the gameplay to be relaxing in a way. I loved creating new routes to get from A to B. It was cool how people could contribute to creating routes together too. I do understand this game isn't for everyone but I really liked it
this game came at a chapter of my life i will never be able to recreate, meaning my experience with this game cannot be replicated. i was able to physically and emotionally put my time into it and appreciate everything it offered and i wouldn’t have it any other way. i walked away with a great appreciation for Hideo Kojima
Another cool thing is that the chiral crystals shape is based on chirality, the great design of mirroring images like your hands and more of a chemistry thing. A cool small detail that I barely understood after a friend explained right handed and left handed molecules
I liked Heartman a lot because when I got to his lab was when the story really started to click with me, and I liked him as a character. He has some comment about mankind and fire or something that made sense to me.
The weather station is basically useless. You can access the weather forecast for a couple of in game hours in the map view, but the timefall is literally always in the same spot, though the edges sometimes move around a bit, but not enough to care. It also shows wind, but it's the same story. I really don't know why the weather station actually exists unless there were plans to do a more detailed dynamic weather system.
I remember building a huge system of ziplines up the snowy mountains. I had to in order to do a few timed deliveries.. after of course trying to improvise with what was around and failing a few times. This system of ziplines was pure ass to build but I have no life, so, I was the perfect man for the job. My zipline system got about fifteen thousand thumbs per branch... I can't tell you just how much pride I took in knowing I helped some other people out. It felt really good to know I had an impact. I wonder if any of you rode my network.
