Death Stranding - Kojima at it again

[DarkCrisis]

I have just started playing the Director’s Cut on PS5 after putting off playing the game since it was originally released on PS4.

 

I have never got into a Kojima game before and I thought I would bounce off this game within a few hrs based on the reviews/videos I have watched of it.

 

I am so glad I gave it a go, 7hrs in and I’m loving it, only on chapter 2 so my feelings may change but getting to drive a bike after spending ages delivering on foot was such a rewarding experience.

 

I’m also quite intrigued by the story and looking forward to seeing how it progresses.

[Number 28]

Can somebody answer conclusively...is the Wind Farm job a stitch up? By that I mean,

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do you ALWAYS get caught by a BT, dragged along to face the lion boss? I started this again at Christmas and got within 30ft of the Wind Farm entrance and Sam just fell over a tiny rock and got caught. I'm thinking by that point the game wants you see all this clever shit with the oil and the trees sinking into the ground, and forces it upon you no matter how skilled you are at avoiding it. Maybe I'm just unlucky/crap, but it's very suspicious.🤔

[Ste Pickford]

On 29/12/2022 at 12:34, robdood said:

Finally getting round to starting this properly thanks to epic games and my shiny new pc.. 

 

I can't seem to log into the online servers though.. Just me? 

Same here. Started playing for the first time just before new year, and always had the offline error message.

Jumped on for half an hour yesterday and I seemed to be online, so I guess someone has come back from their christmas holiday and plugged a cable back in.

 

I'm not very far in (I've found a motorbike, but not got it working yet), but enjoying it immensely so far.  The walking and balancing is really enjoyable and interesting, and hilarious at times.  The story sections seem fascinatingly dreadful, and I don't know what to make of them.  It feels like all sorts of random imagery has been shovelled into the game, and it's maybe all nonsense, but I woke up the day after playing for the first time after having a restless night's sleep, full of scary dreams featuring imagery from the game, so it's having some kind of effect on me.

[Mogster]

22 hours ago, Number 28 said:

Can somebody answer conclusively...is the Wind Farm job a stitch up? By that I mean,

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do you ALWAYS get caught by a BT, dragged along to face the lion boss? I started this again at Christmas and got within 30ft of the Wind Farm entrance and Sam just fell over a tiny rock and got caught. I'm thinking by that point the game wants you see all this clever shit with the oil and the trees sinking into the ground, and forces it upon you no matter how skilled you are at avoiding it. Maybe I'm just unlucky/crap, but it's very suspicious.🤔

I don't think I got caught this time around, but I could be misremembering.

[Alex W.]

I don’t recall having to do that, although it was a bit of a slog getting there.

[Kayin Amoh]

Nah, you don't have to face a BT at the wind farm. You'll have a rainy stealth section, but only get dragged if you're caught.

[RubberJohnny]

The only super consistent one I think is on the road to the incinerator that separates the two halves of the maps, I think it's to make building your zipline network harder before you do the mountains section.

[deerokus]

This game is just perfect on deck.