AWOOOOOOOOO!
Time to try and ignore this thread as I get drunk on a game for the next two weeks.
Maybe itās because so many people are playing at the same time, but Iām finding the structures and repairs by other players a little too helpful. I never really have to use a PCC because there are high-level structures all over the place. And when I reached the point where I could start repairing roads a bunch of them popped into existence right away.
It is funny the way other players use ladders to block roads, though.
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you may consider playing offline. iām considering the same thing. the game actually has multiple tiers of online connectivity so you can keep the social elements without getting lv3 timefall shelters and generators every half-kilometer
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anyway, so iāve played maybe 15-20 hours or so. i think my file is 23ish hours but some of that is idle time.
game absolutely rips! gorgeous, atmospheric, enjoyable.
spoiler below
i was not expecting lou to die like right at the beginning, tho i did suspect that might be an element of the game. but damn they ripped that band-aid off quick, huh
i love the weird new shit
dollman - yes
fragileās neck-hands - yes
george miller and his tar cat - yes
mother fucking Charlie - mother fucking yes
the bokka gushing to Sam about The Man Who Delivers is delicious
the opening sequence slaps. i love the area near samās shelter, that geography just immediately sucked me in
I almost mentioned the thing you spoilered because I have some questions about it but I figure it might become more clear later exactly whatās the status of that character. (A Beached Thing? A hallucination?)
Also, remember when Disaster Report 4 came out and people complained about how, in classic video game style, you sometimes canāt progress until you talk to the right person to trigger the next part? That wasnāt a big deal to me but I mention it because Iām noticing a fair amount of it in this game.
I keep trying to explore but hit a dead end until I do things in the right order. Most notably in the beginning of chapter 3, where I wandered until I learned I had to go back to the starting point for a cutscene. Then I wandered again until I learned that I had to go back to the starting point again because Iād failed to accept an order after the cutscene.
But overall, this so far is one of those sequels that gives you more of the same with refinements and new surprises, in the best way.
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there are two dialogue tree options i didnāt select that i couldnāt go back to - if anyone tries these, lemme know what happens. these both occur in the first two chapters. spoiler potential is very mild here
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what happens if you tell Fragile you canāt go to Mexico in Chapter 1?
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when meeting Charlie, what does he say if you tell him you trust Deadmanās voice the most?
I made the āwrongā choice initially for both of these.
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The scene rewinds and brings you to the choice again. You can then refuse again and it rewinds again but in a different (and comical) way. Itās ultimately a āBut thou mustā thing.
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He doesnāt let you choose any but the right one. He gives an excuse for why you canāt choose each of the others.
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for 2, i went Heartman > Lockne > Die-Hardman, so I didnāt get to hear the excuse for Deadman. do you recall what it was?
It was something like āIsnāt it a little soon, since he just entered his beach?ā
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two notable differences from the first game iām clocking thus far
- vehicle handling still isnāt perfect, but it is significantly improved over the first one. you get way better feelings of gravity and momentum here
- packages seem to damage more easily here on Brutal than in the first game on Very Hard. this is a positive change since the first one was a little too lenient about damage
I live for likes from george miller. my psn name is swell-mobsman if anyone wants to form a Connection
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Itās great when you capture a 'roo and it just huffs and puffs in its cage the whole time.
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cheese curdman lives
i have been insistent on making DS1 the first Kojima game i ever play but maybe ill make it the sequel because thats even more amusing to me for reasons that probably only make sense in my head
idk if this tweet has already been seen around here but it gets a chuckle from me every time:
[Hideo Kojimaās next game, released in 2024]
Nice to meet you, Mr Wayman. Isnāt it fascinating how we drive on parkwaysā¦ but park in driveways? My nameās Drive Parkman. Use DRIVEs to neutralise parkers. Hold L1 and press X to drive your PARK. This is called the DRIVEWAY system
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i went ahead and spoiled myself, and i havenāt touched the new game so iām going off vibes but itās gotta be some Fall of Hyperion shit right? Tomorrowās gonna be Lou from the future after she grew up on the beach or something. i guess you could also say some FFIV shit
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General Theme Spoilers from Chapter 2 onward:
I feel like they could do moreā¦anything with this being the FOURTH time Sam has lost his family. (wife/kid, mom, mom/amelia, lou.) That hasnāt been really acknowledged in the text outside of he is numb to the whole thing. Sam you really need to get over the death of your child for Death Stranding 2.
And hey if people are nice enough to you youāll get over your fear of people touching you. BOOO TO THAT!
Every time he lays down and makes a face because of some shoulder pain I hoot and howler.
Iām worried unlike every previous Hideo Kojima project they did blow all the setpieces on the trailers.
Outside of the wildfire that was incredible.
If I could hate VTubers it is now more because one of Pekoās stupid underground mines killed a bilby AND emu was hauling.
When she said āhaha I guess I overdid it.ā I yelled YEAH YOU DID.
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