Topic: Death Stranding OT

The Collector's Edition contents looks well made.

Arrrghhh I'm really hyped now. I ordered my copy from very this morning. Fingers crossed its here on Monday! I'm going dark from this thread until it arrives.

@KratosMD you've summed it up pretty well there, I've made several trips and I really don't see myself getting bored with this at all. If anything I've been more engaged on every journey on this game than I ever have in an open world game. With you really having to pay attention to the landscape as you work your way through, now all of a sudden things like rivers aren't just there to look pretty but a challenging obstacle that you have to think about when trying to cross.

The social aspect is great as I'm seeing lots of signs and such appear all around and today its giving me notifications of of others using my bridges and such. I like how outside of the first city there is already a distinct path forming as players are heading out on their adventures and I'm curious to see how far this element goes.

I truly believe we will be looking back at this title in a few years as perhaps the first that really changed how open worlds are created and this sense that the world itself can be the challenge

The UI and feedback after missions is all pretty obnoxious I think, but maybe it’s deliberately supposed to be a bit overwhelming. I don’t really pay attention to any of the post mission info.. at least not yet.

Glad people are enjoying it! Ended up taking it back though, put about a dozen hours into it and just didn't click with me. Story is super intriguing though, game play just wasn't fun to me. Same feeling I got from the Uncharted games and Last of Us. I wanted to get through the story to see where it goes next, just don't want to have to play the game to get there. Some very creative stuff going on though, Kojima really is a mad scientist in some regards.

I'm hooked on this one, My first Kojima game and i absolutely adore it, will be fighting the wife for the t.v. Later. Built my first stretch of road and fabricated a reverse trike last i played. Love the social aspect also as i've completed a few unfinished structures!

I'll be honest even with the countless reviews I poured over, the many videos I've watched and not to mention all these lovely first impressions from all of you whether it be KratosMD's high praise with almost childlike wonder and awe or redd214's dismay at the gameplay...

... I still have no idea what to make of this 😂

Which I guess is actually a good thing.

I've written off plenty of games by word of mouth, videos and such. So something I HAVE to just experience for myself is certainly doing something... whether good or bad I dunno.

Keep the impressions coming guys!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I was exactly the same, go look at my initial comment on the review page and at the time I had no intention of playing this game, yet now I don't want to play anything else.

For me it's the best game I've played this year (and I loved The Outer Worlds). Its also the most subjective in terms of what the player will get out of the experience and I'm not sure many people will truly know until they play it.

One way or another this is likely to be the freshest gameplay experience and the most divisive for some time

@KratosMD How difficult is it to build those structures yourself?

I was kinda bummed seeing various bridges and ladders on my first mission, I kinda want to do that myself.

KratosMD's posts almost make this sound like a sort of deconstruction of the open world genre.

What I'm wondering is if the game will be too easy for me once I get to it, since I'm not playing at launch. With millions of people playing and building structures, is every relevant environmental challenge going to be addressed soon?

@KratosMD Alright, that seems smart, design-wise. Reminds me of Hollow Knight and how it restricts access to the map for a new area until you explore it and find the cartographer.

Sounds like you're really digging this game.

Does it really make a difference if you deliver lost cargo at a terminal or the "wrong" station? You get less points I presume? But the lost cargo just randomly spawns on the map, right?

@KratosMD I see. So it's there to grind exp if you really want/need it. I'll pick stuff up if I have the space for it, but I've delivered wherever I was heading so far.

What’s in the packages you deliver? Do we ever find out? Or is that part of the story intrigue? Like maybe it’s a twist that you’re delivering illegal goods the whole time and helping supply some enemy force or something.

Is there a way to hide from the timefall? I've found no caves so far, except for the one in the prologue.

Are the orange zones similar to the corrupted zones in Horizon? Like, can you clear them of enemies?

@Octane The game advises you to move to an area with no Timefall, so think you just need to get the heck outta there. I did find an overhang that shielded me from the rain, but I don't believe it stops, so ended up waiting for 10 minutes with no end in sight.

@Shellcore lol, that's good to know. I did find another cave in the meantime, so there are definitely ways to shelter, but if it doesn't stop, there's really no point in doing so.

It's funny how often this game reminds me of Horizon, I wonder if that's due to the engine, or just similar game design. Hiding from enemies in tall grass feels a lot like HZD. Even some of the enemy movement, so I wonder if they share a similar rig or something like that.

Your experience on Wind Farm looks like mine. Except that I managed to flee from the BTs. They dragged me out of my bike but I kept running and jumping to green spaces and they were gone after that. However every time I go back there, I find BTs. I don't know if I get into battle with them and kill them, if they're gone for good.

For those who haven't played it yet: The game feels Japanese, complex RPG (kinda), menu-heavy, sim-like. It's a game that requires a bit of strategy, a lot of reading, experimentation, gear and item management, and journey management. I'd say it's some sort of Japanese science fiction journey-delivery simulator.