Holy Shit Death Stranding is beautiful nonsense

[HardcoreRetro]

Death Stranding is for people that like Journey.

The band or the video game?

[kingv]

You climb a mountain, don’t stop believing comes on. Except it’s not the regular version, it’s the one with the Filipino front man.

[Trent Dole]

Sure, and put this version of The Final Countdown in the game too

[kingv]

It just fucking starts ripping out of the speakers as you make a delivery

[bork]

Sure, and put this version of The Final Countdown in the game too

[Bebpo]

I totally forgot this game came out today since I've been in media blackout since the first trailer. Never even remembered to pre-order the physical version lol

Just picked up the digital version, will check it out tonight.

[toku]

Sounds like simultaneously the best and worst game to try to play while off an edible.

[thisismyusername]

I chug 6 cups pf coffee pretty much daily, so I can relate to drinking 6 cans of Monster energy. 

Coffee isn't on Energy Drinks level dude. Yes, they both have caffeine in them, but Energy Drinks have like 10mg more? And then a shit ton of sugar in them.

[BisMarckie]

A cup of coffee has slightly more caffeine than a can of monster energy

And lol at drinking non sugarfree energy drinks

[BlueTsunami]

Y'all making me want to get this right now even though I'm going through Outer Worlds

[TVC15]

Kojima won.



It’s like I’m feeling the shame of my words and deeds painfully in my intestines.

[toku]

You really respect auteurs that bring you on a journey unwillingly tvc

[TVC15]

I’m willing to suffer the inevitable voidout in a few hours.

[kingv]

For men of taste that appreciate MGS4, where will this rank?

[Nintex]

Finally got around to watching the Quick Look and Yikes.

The game really is just a walking simulator with inventory management and dialogue that is in general just a bit too long.
Kojima wasn't lying when he said it was a new genre. Also it's the usual Kojima nonsense but this time the tent poles of the (cold) war and AI are gone so he can just focus on Norman Reedus' bodily fluids.
But again, like Sutherland in MGS5 the main character hardly speaks which is weird as these people talk at him at length.

I can see this being 'fun' for 2 to 3 hours but at 10 or 20 hours in you'll probably start to rethink your choices in life.
Such as, do I want my virtual Norman Reedus to piss sitting or standing and what does it say about me as a person.

[nachobro]

For men of taste that appreciate MGS4, where will this rank?

it sounds like mgs4 but if 1-3 never existed

[TVC15]

For men of taste that appreciate MGS4, where will this rank?

Maybe it will rank well if you really liked the shitty and boring chapter 3. The key word when describing the gameplay is boring. I accidentally mistyped “gameplay” as “tameplay” at first there and that may be an accurate description. The elderly could play this without blood pressure worries.

[TVC15]

It bad

[BisMarckie]

90 minutes in and Kojima is laying it on extra thick

This is just complete nonsense, but so far I absolutely embrace the nonsense.

[Bebpo]

Things I like in life:

Walking sims
Nonsense
Kojima Nonsense
Easter Eggs in Kojima games

Hoping I'll enjoy this. Then again I hate MGS4 and long cutscenes so idk.

[TVC15]

I learned to love vomiting so anything is possible. I still miss that burning at the back of my throat from acidic wear and tear.

[thisismyusername]

Such as, do I want my virtual Norman Reedus to piss sitting or standing and what does it say about me as a person.

Sitting, it's better for the bladder and lets you unload your load before reloading your load to walking sim more.

[bork]

He shits all over this (boring, repetitive, etc.) then says it's a 7/10.  Can't figure out if that last part was a joke or not. 

[chronovore]

After watching the Tim Rogers review I'm all the fuck in

Encountering Tim Rogers media should never any kind of positive reaction. "Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

[TVC15]

I’m not going to be able to tolerate this gameplay much longer.

[thisismyusername]

I’m not going to be able to tolerate this gameplay much longer.

https://twitter.com/willmenaker/status/1192924642782142464

Patch for NuFedEx (AirFedandBreakfast?) oversight and terms of use, when?

[TVC15]

Goty

[BlueTsunami]

After watching the Tim Rogers review I'm all the fuck in

Encountering Tim Rogers media should never any kind of positive reaction. "Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

But that so describes...

...me.

[TVC15]

After watching the Tim Rogers review I'm all the fuck in

Encountering Tim Rogers media should never any kind of positive reaction. "Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

But that so describes...

...me.

You are a lot like Benjy.

[toku]

I’m not going to be able to tolerate this gameplay much longer.

https://twitter.com/willmenaker/status/1192924642782142464

Patch for NuFedEx (AirFedandBreakfast?) oversight and terms of use, when?

https://twitter.com/willmenaker/status/1192938355425792000

[BlueTsunami]

After watching the Tim Rogers review I'm all the fuck in

Encountering Tim Rogers media should never any kind of positive reaction. "Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

But that so describes...

...me.

You are a lot like Benjy.

I am the inverse if his verbosity

Lord save.me

kojima lift me

[bluemax]

This game starts by asking you to confirm your birthdate and then tells you something based on your astrological sign.

[EchoRin]

Things I like in life:

Walking sims
Nonsense
Kojima Nonsense
Easter Eggs in Kojima games

Hoping I'll enjoy this. Then again I hate MGS4 and long cutscenes so idk.

You and me both. Though I didn't hate MGS4 aside from I think it was chapter 3 (the one where you meet up with Eva), I was not down with how anime the cutscenes got. And yes I was slobbering all over how codec and cutscene heavy MGS2 was. I mainly thought MGS4 was the weakest of the Solid series up to that point. Haven't played 5 yet actually, so yeah.

[bluemax]

Sub 10 minutes to the first "playable" section, and then right back into an extended cutscene.

[bluemax]

This game uses Likes as a currency. Filler approved.

[benjipwns]

It even takes Likes away like the tyrant bork. Kojima did his research.

[TVC15]

This game starts by asking you to confirm your birthdate and then tells you something based on your astrological sign.

atramental sale confirmed

[kingv]

I just started this.

And we have a chick with a pretty face and an old body. Goddamn cougars.

[bluemax]

Sub 10 minutes to the first "playable" section, and then right back into an extended cutscene.

I'm back in cutscene land and according to the summary at the end of the last playable section I had 7:27 seconds of game played. On the up side I've seen almost everything from all the old trailers.

It's been almost an hour since I started.

Gotta love the explanation for why everyone appears to be "crying".

[kingv]

The cutscenes so far are an enjoyable mess.

Of course I have only played like 10 minutes of actual game so far.

[TVC15]

I see Kojima recently learned what oxytocin is since the game can’t stop mentioning it

[kingv]

Total guess at this point.c but 30 minutes in, I’m betting that Sam Porter Bridges was a bb unit

[TVC15]

Alright, I’m not wasting any more of my Friday on this subpar-even-for-Kojima trash when I have Disco Elysium to get back to. Just need to get a lil more bakey

[bluemax]

This game just took a fucked up turn, ha.

"You're on the clock. But also we are gonna give you a big speech that takes up time!"

Kojima has a more positive view of the American Presidency than most Americans.

[kingv]

Bridget Bridges... is that her name, 😂

[TVC15]

This game just took a fucked up turn, ha.

"You're on the clock. But also we are gonna give you a big speech that takes up time!"

Kojima has a more positive view of the American Presidency than most Americans.

Yes, the great tradition of the American Presidency...

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Where the presidency passes on to the princess upon the monarch’s death

[close]

So glad that’s being preserved.

[kingv]

I do enjoy watching him bust his ass and then apologize.

[bluemax]

He doesn't seem like the type to call himself Sammy-Boy though. Or to say Keep on Keepin on.

[bluemax]

Also this game borrows so much from MGS UI design that it should be a crime, seriously holy shit 

CODEC

[benjipwns]

[bluemax]

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A trophy for pissing, of course.

[close]

[kingv]

Amelie should have had big natties.

[benjipwns]

I don't know about how well this engine lends itself to modability or anything but the PC version of this could turn out to be very interesting depending on what people can get their hands on. I could see like a year from now a bunch of websites doing "the PC version of Death Stranding has become totally crazy" articles. And Giant Bomb doing a video where Jeff is loving it all.

[Bebpo]

Part way through ch.2 and to my surprise totally loving this. Zero complaints outside text size being too small.

Enjoying this more than MGS4/5 so far.

[bluemax]

I don't know about how well this engine lends itself to modability or anything but the PC version of this could turn out to be very interesting depending on what people can get their hands on. I could see like a year from now a bunch of websites doing "the PC version of Death Stranding has become totally crazy" articles. And Giant Bomb doing a video where Jeff is loving it all.

It's a proprietary engine made strictly for one console. I can't see it, unless they purposely make it that way.

[bluemax]

Last names in this game are... weird.

[kingv]

They are super on the nose. The entire game is super on the nose.

But then again, so is every other kojima game.

[kingv]

Knots is clearly a reference to dog knots.

[kingv]

They should have made it so you could rip cigs while chugging monster

[bluemax]

3.5 hours, still feels like I'm in tutorial land.