Death Stranding 2 pre order trailer - June 26 release

another FedEx simulator?

I was the biggest Kojima fan until I played the first one. Loathed everything about it except the soundtrack. The writing was absolute shite and it makes me think that Konami had a lot of guys keeping the whackier Kojima material in check

quote:

---

That frick had better let me queue up the soundtrack after I beat the game this time.

---

Kojima said you’ll be able to play music whenever you want throughout the game.

I got it day 1 and enjoyed my time with it but never went back and touched it. This one looks like the triple downed on the craziness. Looks like there’s going to be more variety in gameplay.

quote:

---

I wonder if they will expand the online connection because it was cool seeing other players’ creations to help travel easier

---

I wonder the same. I think i was lucky playing it after it was free on ps5 because people had alresdy covered the most ideal spots for bridges and such.

Also since you played on release im not sure if you followed all the stuff added in the directors cut

quote:

---

What it adds across all platforms:

* 9 new main missions which includes 3 story missions, 3 porter carrying rescue orders and 3 vog-preserved resources orders
* 40 new side missions which are order no. 600-639
* 1 new location the Ruined Factory area available in the eastern region
* 1 new facility the firing range with 28 drills
* 1 new highway Route 41 which can now be built in mountainous areas
* A racetrack on the central map that can be build after completing order no. 35 and reading the e-mail after that
* Mounted Machine Guns in enemy camps from episode 5 onwards that you and the enemy can use
* Upgraded melee system with new moves (Body Slam, Drop Kick, Knee Strike)
* New mechanics: Strands can be used to tie down cargo, you can pick things up from the ground while on the bike and one floating carrier can be taken with you on a zip-line
* New delivery equipment like Support Skeleton, Cargo Catapult, Jump Ramp, Chiral Bridge and Buddy Bot
* New backpack equipment like Spare Ammo Pouch (Lv. 2), Stabilizer (Lv. 3) and Extra Battery (Lv. 4)
* 3 new vehicles which are the Roadster, Roadster Long Range and Reversed Trike: Transporter
* 1 new weapon which is the Maser Gun that can be unlocked in episode 2 by plaing the new story missions
* 8 new songs
* New music from Ludwig Forsell for enemy fights, BT fights, pizza delivery, racetrack, firing range etc.
* 2 new nightmare cutscenes in the private room
* Ability to revisit boss fights in the private room
* Ranked boss battles, drills, orders and racers with leadeboards
* The ability to add friends as strand contracts after reaching Bridge Link Lv. 10
* DualSense support
* Improved water effects
* Route planing tutorial in episode 1
* Updates, improvements and additons to ui, compass mode, fast travel, tips, options etc.
* Backpack Patches, BB Pod Colors/Customization, Buddy Bot Colors, new holograms, new interview data etc.

What it additionaly adds on PS5 over PS4:

* 60fps
* Very Hard difficulty
* Keyboard and Mouse support
* Ultrawide option which is still 16:9, but has the FOV like using ultrawide on PC
* Half Life content and missions
* Cyberpunk 2077 content and missions

Here is the full list and how to unlock the new content:

[LINK /)

The new content is integrated into the core game and you entounter it while playing through the game so it is best experienced to start from the beginning.

---

quote:

---

Roadster, Roadster Long Range

---

For someone who sucks at racing games, these were such a pain to get.

Kojima bothers me because he is the Japanese version of a weeb for American bro culture and portrays it through a fanboy lens in virtually all his games.

Like someone said above, Death Stranding made it pretty clear his editors at Konami probably worked pretty hard for their paycheck. He suffers as a writer from something called page turner syndrome where he (seemingly) writes key moments with no context and connects them together in some form or fashion to make some lick of sense. This can either be absolute genius or in Kojima’s case absolute shite.

Probably play it way down the line when it's 20 bucks or whatever. I don't have a parasocial relationship with Kojima.

Well frick. I gotta finish the game i started in 2021.