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Death Stranding launches on November 8, 2019 (Release date trailer) [New Footage in Japanese Trailer]
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the focus on America is kind of weird though for the context of this game. this is a world wide event, why should Sam give a crap about saving America instead of all of humanity
Excited to play a Kojima game without the legacy of Metal Gear hanging off of it. The past, present and future worlds (and maybe the moon) are free to explore, guys!
I really want to be excited by Death Stranding, but after every trailer I see I just feel sort of left cold by it. It's a mix of not knowing what the hook is, or forming a strong enough idea about the gameplay -- all the while there being a rather self-important veneer to the whole thing being a bit off-putting. I mean, look, it's Kojima, so I know the game will *probably* be unique and a wild ride, but right now I just feel like the trailers all agree this thing is damned important and awesome, but every slice of gameplay I see, insofar as I can accurately pinpoint as gameplay, leaves me scratching my head and asking "But why?"
Based on what they have shown thus far? No. We'll see if things improve though.
We've seen WW1, WW2, and Vietnam so far right? I wonder how many wars they plan on depicting. American Civil War? Korean War? Iraq? Afghanistan?
The rain seems to be at least 1 way. Be really cool if every time it rained they started fucking with you.
i mean MGSIV won GOTY on Gaf...twice. MGSV for all of its many issues was also well received.
maybe just maybe...people liked those games and thus are hyped for this because of that?
People need to stop acting like Kojima's last two games were hated by more than a vocal minority. He's being treated like he's Inafune or something.
The moment you realize that many of the so called disasters around these parts aren't the massive flops people act like they are is the moment you should realize why people are hyped for things.
This idea that everyone is this jaded person who hates more things than they like in the name of being critical is the norm clouds so many of yall view of the world.
Except Phantom Pain is one of the greatest games of the generation. So why don't you let people appreciate his work?
Apparently it was for a few minutes after this went live and then it was all gone. At least for Best Buy and GameStop.
Doesn't feel as ambitious as MGSV to me but it's understandable now considering it's a fraction of MGSV's development time.
Maybe because he's American? We always start at home right?
yeah lets ignore the external causes as to why MGS4 and TPP ended up like how did because kojima
A good portion of MGSV Dev time wasn't even for MGSV but the Fox Engine it was built on.
So you want people who are excited to instead have a measured approach to the trailer/game? If it ends up being bad, then it's bad. Not really a big deal aside from being disappointed. It's not the end of the world. MGS V had a pretty disappointing story, but the gameplay was incredibly fun.
That would be fantastic. It would give a great reason to do a recon run first. Take almost no baggage and as many weapons as you can, plan your preferred route while equipped to deal with any enemies or BTs that may appear as you do that, then go back and do a package run with no space for any weapons or even melee fighting, and execute it perfectly.
You dodged the bullet of best stealth game in a open world. The gameplay in MGSV is one of the best this gen. MGSV story is the only weak spot, the game is amazing. Loved it.
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I honestly don't think any of us is ready for next gen if this is what late current gen can pull off.
My god..my undies
Your opinion isn't everyone's. The only Kojima game to disappoint me was MGS 5 TPP and even still it was a good fucking game, just lacking in a lot of places I didn't expect (good boss fights, characters and moments). That was a very unique situation and If he and his team got to finish it, it'd have probably been my favorite game ever, surpassing MGS3.
Is it weird that the most interesting part of the trailer for me is when Norman Reedus spawn a mini ladder?
Everything about this is super rad and bizarre a Kojima as fuck trailer. I wonder how much gunplay there will be, it looked like Sam was firing some sort of carbine at one point. Could this have full on MGSV-style combat on top of UPS simming and ladder building? There's almost too much going on to speculate, and I know better with Kojima.
Can't wait.
Can't wait.
he is directly tied to the united states, heck the president might even be his mother in law, giving him direct funding (bridges might be a family name) Bridget Bridges (kojima is very literal and weird with his names and why Fragile refers to sam as Sam Porter ... bridges) His wife on the photo who is pregnant might be the presidents daughter
No, I didn't.
My point isn't the walking/biking or whatever. How I get from point A to B isn't the problem, all trailers is good on showing the world travelling.
My point is, if it's a open world game, it need to be diverse and fun to do things in it specially when everything is so empty and traversing the world has such a big role in this game.
Life's too short. The hype cycle is always the best part of even great games. Just enjoy the ride.
Thank you much for your breakdown, it truly went over my head and you explained it so well. Cheers!
How being another MGS4 or MGS5 is a bad thing? Those were really good games, mostly aclaimed. They had issues of course, but in the end they were well received .
Nothing really in that collectors edition seems worth it tbh. I don't really want to own that baby bridge artificial womb, lol.
Nov 2019 is sooner than I expected, how time flies. I've had Death Stranding preordered since February 4, 2017 according to Amazon. Hyped to see what Kojima comes up with. I don't need to understand the premise, gameplay, or impressions of others. I'm diving in to see for myself.
I mean, that's why I've posted multiple times about wanting to see longform gameplay. The concept isn't enough for me
MGS4 and MGSV are the only Kojima games I've played, and I absolutely loved 'em. And Death Stranding's heavier sci-fi slant is even more up my alley.
So uhh... all aboard the hype train, choo choo!
Besides, hype isn't necessarily the same as getting your hopes up with unreasonably high expectation. I learned my lesson on that one in the PS3 era.
PC version hasn't been mentioned since Sony got involved. So you can either be hopeful and take them not straight up saying it's not coming to PC as a sign it is or assume it's not based on it being a fully funded Sony owned I.P, using one of their studios engines. Up to you really, none of us know for certain at this point.
There's no "we" in your opinion, especially when you're stating a minority opinion about universally acclaimed games like MGS4. 94 metacritic is bad now. Whew lord some people on this forum seem to have absolutely nothing better to do with their time besides be negative about positive things like edgy brahs.
I will keep things a touch topical but here's my speculation:
- If we look at the more normal version of Mads, who I think is a scientist linked to the BB project, we see him through the eyes of BB (and as aforementioned, the first BB).
- I think he was or belonged to the group of people who used the BB tech for the first time to travel to the other side/Hades. It was there that he got caught or trapped whilst violating the rules of life and death. Given the images of the babies, I think the BB he used to crossover failed and so he tried to recreate it and suffered multiple failures (those broken toy babies). Being the only living entity in the realm of death, I think he eventually psychologically got corrupted becoming the first living dead. The real question then becomes, is his character naturally immortal (unless killed)?
- That analysis video I spoke of in an earlier post makes me wonder that being the first living dead who is in possession of his fundamental mental faculties, is he now a mission from entities in the underworld?
- Finally, (if you have seen stranger things, then you know that hubris and curiosity do not mix) I wonder whether the experiments that doomed Mads to Hades also left a door open that eventually grew and spread across country as intersecting points in realities. If so, then why could Mads not simply come back through one of these intersections? Was he trapped far away from them?
- One of the most fucked up things that game can propose pertaining to BB (again as seen in the trailer), that the babies may not be fully human but rather synthetic and that those broken babies with nails in the head are failures or cast away shells for when (according to that analysis video) people use them to come to the land of the living.
Indeed. Given the game takes far in the future also makes it possible that we may see fictitious wars.
For real MGS 4 and MGS5 were both fantastic games. Like the worst you could say about MGS V is that it wasn't very "Metal Gear" which eh... I personally don't agree with but like goddamn. The man has had a pretty solid track record.
