Death Stranding

The Phantom Pain

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Hhmmm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt6vMgc_dpI

That will be hard for me. I like doing all the side missions first and then leaving the main story for as late as possible. I'm always way OP in RPG campaigns because of it.

It seems like Death Stranding is the type of game where you have to micromanage it in order to have fun.

JimBurnley

is there any spoilers in that video or just general tips?

Grumpypants

JimBurnley wrote: »

is there any spoilers in that video or just general tips?

No, they chopped it up nicely and just talk over it. And say that when you get to the screen that says "do you want to stay and finish more work or move on?" To move on, you don't lose access to the area and can come back later.

billybonkers

So whats the deal with all the bad guys we saw and the gold mask dude etc?

Seems like everyone is just talking about delivering packages like its some sort of postman simulator....

I'm so confused

B.A._Baracus

billybonkers wrote: »

So whats the deal with all the bad guys we saw and the gold mask dude etc?

Seems like everyone is just talking about delivering packages like its some sort of postman simulator....

I'm so confused

Basically so much of the actual gameplay was never shown up until recently and review embargos were only lifted a few days ago. So people are just talking about what kind of game it is now that we know.

As for the story? I too would like to know if it's good or not.

Grumpypants

billybonkers wrote: »

So whats the deal with all the bad guys we saw and the gold mask dude etc?

Seems like everyone is just talking about delivering packages like its some sort of postman simulator....

I'm so confused

An Post the video game.

riclad

I watched the giant bomb quick look,
it looks boring , walk around, climb a mountain, drive a truck,
it looks like future postman the video game .
The combat is basic and too easy.
kojima needs an editor and someone to say we need good gameplay with enemy ai that is challenging
and a good story .
This might be a good game to watch on youtube or twitch maybe .
i would not pay 10 euro,s for it.
I think he,s a great video game creator ,
if he sticks to the genre of miltary combat action thriller .
I Like all the metal gear games he made .
This game looks weird, pretentious and it looks as if he wanted to make
a game with actors he likes ,but its completely different from metal gear.
the story is too weird, it looks boring to play, and too easy.
Some average games are ok to play because the combat and weapons
are good to play through .
I think he really wants to make film,s at this point ,
but he cannot get the money to do so.
hence the long cut scenes .
Look at the giant bomb quick look, its mostly gameplay .
This might make a good tv series on netflix if he had a good editor
and scriptwriter to help him .
All the metal gear games had a good story and interesting
combat ,this looks boring,tedious and too easy .
You cannot sell a video game on just the story,
if the gameplay is mediocre .
In a age when theres plenty of high quality free to play games and free pc games .

Zero-Cool

If you have Days Gone, you can get free death stranding related dlc including a BB gas tank which i think is the coolest dlc I've seen all year.

https://twitter.com/BendStudio/status/1192492150480502784?s=19

OptimusTractor

Just thinking that Kojima completely missed a trick not setting up his own delivery service for physical copies.

B.A._Baracus

So I've been reading that as time goes by the landscape of the game is gonna change ... You can still play "offline" (and not see that) right?

goon_magee

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

So I've been reading that as time goes by the landscape of the game is gonna change ... You can still play "offline" (and not see that) right?

I've not played it but I'm pretty sure you can ignore the online functionality. I think that would kinda be missing the point of the game though.

Grumpypants

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

So I've been reading that as time goes by the landscape of the game is gonna change ... You can still play "offline" (and not see that) right?

It changes as you use it and from the weather. If you walk or drive a path a few times you will start to see it change into a natural path. It's pretty cool.

Rain is called time fall. If you are stuck in it everything starts getting old really quick. Your truck gets all rusty and turns into a banger if you spend too long out driving in a shower.

Others can build things that you can see and use. If you don't like it you can dismantle it and it will just be removed from your game, so there is no trolling.

You can play it offline but i don't see why you would. Finding the stuff people left is half the fun. A big part is contributing to shared lockers, leaving helpful equipment etc.

Do you have to have a subscription to play online?

Zero-Cool

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Do you have to have a subscription to play online?

Nope, confirmed you don't need PS Plus to access online features.

Sephiroth_dude

According hakoom , it's about 150 hours to get the plat 😱

goon_magee

I can already tell I'm going to really enjoy this. The controls, the sense of weight in everything you do, the world building...it already feels like something special.

The Phantom Pain

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

According hakoom , it's about 150 hours to get the plat 😱

That's tame in comparison to something like Red Dead or Witcher.

tuxy

goon_magee wrote: »

I can already tell I'm going to really enjoy this. The controls, the sense of weight in everything you do, the world building...it already feels like something special.

The wide variety of missions, it's got a bit of everything.

goon_magee

I have the baby monitor on beside me to listen in on my son, suddenly heard a strange crying noise and assumed that's where the noise came from...got extremely anxious/confused as the crying coming from what i assumed was the baby monitor, sounded nothing like my son.....All good though, I can confirm it was the BB crying through the DS4 and my son's nursery is not in fact haunted.

Time to go to bed I think. Mistaking game features for a real life ghost baby home invasion is not a good sign.

Potential-Monke

Wait, there's crying baby noises? I'm out!

B.A._Baracus

Grumpypants wrote: »

It changes as you use it and from the weather. If you walk or drive a path a few times you will start to see it change into a natural path. It's pretty cool.

Rain is called time fall. If you are stuck in it everything starts getting old really quick. Your truck gets all rusty and turns into a banger if you spend too long out driving in a shower.

Others can build things that you can see and use. If you don't like it you can dismantle it and it will just be removed from your game, so there is no trolling.

You can play it offline but i don't see why you would. Finding the stuff people left is half the fun. A big part is contributing to shared lockers, leaving helpful equipment etc.

Interesting.
I guess I should of added to my question. Like it seems a really cool feature. But what if someone bought the game in a year say. Would the landscape just look totally built up and not "bare" like it is now.

Probably a silly question...

Zero-Cool

Good question. I'd say it's like when you log in, the game looks to put on a server with people who are on a similar chapter to make sure nothing is too different. Doubt there will be a lot of people on each server as it would be ridiculous to have 100's ladders lying around. Would be interested to know the tech side of the sharing feature.

Also, i too have to listen out for baby crying on a monitor, not looking forward to wondering if that's the monitor or joypad. Finally, baby gone to sleep, time to relax and put on a game where I'm minding a baby....

60 in Argos for anyone interested, got mine reserved.

bigphil2

Played the 1st 75 mins last night.. Its full on Kojima,whether you like that or not.. It looks stunning too.. cant say if i like it yet as its 80hrs long ive heard so well see after getting a bit more into that Post-apocalypse-Man Pat gameplay Loop..

How Soon Is Now

Is 60 euro the cheapest in stores for this?

Rob2D

I played a bit too. It's seems pretty cool so far. Reminds me of those old obscure 70/80's sci fi movies that were just really weird. Mixed with what seemed like eldrich horror at times.

Having to manage the load on your back to stop it tipping over is funny.

Retr0gamer

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Wait, there's crying baby noises? I'm out!

I'm getting Yoshi's Island PTSD

Zero-Cool

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'm getting Yoshi's Island PTSD

As long as it's not like Max Payne nightmare baby crying level. Jesus!

Zero-Cool

I saw this on Reddit last night, people buying copies of the game for strangers to build connections. Pretty cool.

https://twitter.com/teejaye84/status/1192503500258734080?s=19

bigphil2

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Is 60 euro the cheapest in stores for this?

if you arent in a hurry for it..

https://www.thegamecollection.net/death-stranding-ps4/?sqr=Death%20Stranding&

B.A._Baracus

bigphil2 wrote: »

if you arent in a hurry for it..

https://www.thegamecollection.net/death-stranding-ps4/?sqr=Death%20Stranding&

Interesting. Do they deliver to Ireland? or have to parcel motel it?

Exclamation Marc

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Interesting. Do they deliver to Ireland? or have to parcel motel it?

They deliver to Ireland for £4.

My go-to retailer for nearly every game purchase.

Mr.Fantastic

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

They deliver to Ireland for £4.

My go-to retailer for nearly every game purchase.

Simply games and Base.com usually have good deals too.

Base can take a while though up to 5 working days.

SomeSayKos

Started late last night, so i got to play for around 15 mins and watched an hour of cutscenes. Loving it!

My only quibble so far is that the font size is tiny in the menus. cant read it from my couch. Loving the tone and atmosphere of the world so far though. Can't wait to have some proper time with it this weekend

How Soon Is Now

SomeSayKos wrote: »

Started late last night, so i got to play for around 15 mins and watched an hour of cutscenes. Loving it!

My only quibble so far is that the font size is tiny in the menus. cant read it from my couch. Loving the tone and atmosphere of the world so far though. Can't wait to have some proper time with it this weekend

Crap I had this issue with another major game before think they actually patched it at some point!

How far back from the screen are you?

klose

Picked it up in argos, they have some new really strict id policy so unless you're going grey and wrinkly bring your id!

Zero-Cool

SomeSayKos wrote: »

Started late last night, so i got to play for around 15 mins and watched an hour of cutscenes. Loving it!

My only quibble so far is that the font size is tiny in the menus. cant read it from my couch. Loving the tone and atmosphere of the world so far though. Can't wait to have some proper time with it this weekend

I can't believe small text is still a thing near the end of 2019. Should be mandatory to include a bigger font size.

SomeSayKos

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Crap I had this issue with another major game before think they actually patched it at some point!

How far back from the screen are you?

Im around 15ft away from the screen, but it's a big screen and hasn't really been an issue for me with any other game. It's grand, just a minor annoyance. I suppose when people are making the games they're right in front of a monitor and don't consider how that text is gonna look from a couch.

How Soon Is Now

SomeSayKos wrote: »

Im around 15ft away from the screen, but it's a big screen and hasn't really been an issue for me with any other game. It's grand, just a minor annoyance. I suppose when people are making the games they're right in front of a monitor and don't consider how that text is gonna look from a couch.

I can't remember what game I had this issue with but until they sorted it was bloody annoying!

Hopefully it's not to bad cause I ain't moving the sofa ha!

B.A._Baracus

One of the first games I found that did the annoying small text was Dead Rising 1 in 2006.

Retr0gamer

They had an excuse then as they weren't used to HD graphics and most people on SD TVs were using garbage composite cables instead of s-video or RGB scart.

F1ngers

SomeSayKos wrote: »

My only quibble so far is that the font size is tiny in the menus. cant read it from my couch. Loving the tone and atmosphere of the world so far though. Can't wait to have some proper time with it this weekend

I'm having no issues reading the text and my eyesight isn't the best.

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

One of the first games I found that did the annoying small text was Dead Rising 1 in 2006.

I remember that, this is not even remotely close.

SomeSayKos

F1ngers wrote: »

I'm having no issues reading the text and my eyesight isn't the best.

Well that's put me in my place!

blaa85

The text is absolutely tiny at times on menu items on 4k 55" / ps Pro. I find myself having to lean forward at times.

The text thing becoming pretty common and is a big pain in the rectum

skerry

Had the same issue with Outer Worlds recently, tiny text and had a sit forward to read it. Weird design choice.

So, have many on here been playing Death Stranding today. I'm more interested in opinions from actual gamers than magazines. Has anyone who had voiced concerns about the game and bought it anyway been swayed?

Grumpypants

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Interesting.
I guess I should of added to my question. Like it seems a really cool feature. But what if someone bought the game in a year say. Would the landscape just look totally built up and not "bare" like it is now.

Probably a silly question...

Not at all, it is a mental game to explain:D. Like trying to explain how great the walking feels until you play it. You can't wrap your head around why walking with stuff on your back feels great.

When you start the game you are offline and alone, so everyone starts from the same point regardless. Even when you do join the "network" later and see players' things, there isn't a huge amount of stuff. I think it is also linked to your rank to avoid getting too much help. .

Here is an example. I started and walking was hard, I was piled up with boxes and wobbly. I went to cross the river. You run out of stamina in fast water and I lost my footing. I slipped and lost all my gear. It floated down the river a bit. I got out and ran down the bank and fished it out. Next river same thing. It was a right pain.

But when I got to the location and got to open up the network and I could see other players' items. On my way home I came across a ladder Yongyea had built across the river, so I could just run across that and stay dry. I gave him a few likes for that. Later I was going up a hill and found a good way to climb so I set a sign saying there was a climbing route here. Put up a ladder and a rope down the other side to help people get over. The next day I had a few players like that.

That's how it goes. It is a light touch "helping", that just makes things a small bit easier. you work as hard for others as you do for yourself. I spent 6 hours getting materials to build a road network to get from one end to the other.

In my menu, there is a list of Players I have interacted with. If you see ones that like your work or you liked theirs a lot you can make a "strand". The more you help people and do missions the more you can rank up and get more strands. I'm 167 and have I think 37 strands.

I can now borrow bikes from the shared garage, I can leave items for others to deliver, or if I am going to X building I'll check the locker and bring the parcels for 4 or 5 friends.


Plus on top of that the rain destroys stuff, so it will break down over a few days.

It's layers and layers of complex ideas, built on top of great mechanics, in a beautiful looking world.

SolvableKnave

Grumpypants wrote: »

Here is an example. I started and walking was hard, I was piled up with boxes and wobbly. I went to cross the river. You run out of stamina in fast water and I lost my footing. I slipped and lost all my gear. It floated down the river a bit. I got out and ran down the bank and fished it out. Next river same thing. It was a right pain.

But when I got to the location and got to open up the network and I could see other players' items. On my way home I came across a ladder Yongyea had built across the river, so I could just run across that and stay dry. I gave him a few likes for that. Later I was going up a hill and found a good way to climb so I set a sign saying there was a climbing route here. Put up a ladder and a rope down the other side to help people get over. The next day I had a few players like that.

That's how it goes. It is a light touch "helping", that just makes things a small bit easier. you work as hard for others as you do for yourself. I spent 6 hours getting materials to build a road network to get from one end to the other.

In my menu, there is a list of Players I have interacted with. If you see ones that like your work or you liked theirs a lot you can make a "strand". The more you help people and do missions the more you can rank up and get more strands. I'm 167 and have I think 37 strands.

I can now borrow bikes from the shared garage, I can leave items for others to deliver, or if I am going to X building I'll check the locker and bring the parcels for 4 or 5 friends.


Plus on top of that the rain destroys stuff, so it will break down over a few days.

It's layers and layers of complex ideas, built on top of great mechanics, in a beautiful looking world.

That has piqued my interest for this more than anything else has that's been put out.

How Soon Is Now

Ya its great to actually read real experiences about this game because so much conflicting things been wrote online it's so hard to actually believe what's what.

Went out and bought the game on my break there so hopefully get time later to jump into it.
It's long long time since a game has got my attention in a unique way like this one!

Really hope all the moaning is just from people looking for something that was never there anyway!

Zero-Cool

Sony Playstation Ireland giving away a PS4 Pro and copy of Death Stranding. Just have to comment Norman Reedus to enter.

https://www.facebook.com/112781868780241/posts/2654286927963043/

gizmo

Grumpypants wrote: »

Really interesting stuff...

So out of curiosity, do you think the shared universe aspect of the game, or even the game itself, will become less interesting a significant period after release?

It kind of sounds like if one comes to the game later, they're going to be less likely to be able to rank up if there are significantly fewer players there to interact with their creations.