Quick Look: Brad and Jeff Show off Death Stranding for 20 Minutes (and Then 10 More)

Less than 2 minutes in and most theories as to the general GB sentiment toward DS have been confirmed

Only here for the technical analysis. Really good technical analysis, very deep, a lot of technical information, analysed from a position of supreme knowledge of technics and analytics. Monstrously energetic technical analysis.

Those cans look real. Who needs next gen anyway??

Ok. Changed my mind. Shared world concept looks cool. Rest of it looks dumb as shit.

Hey Jan and/or Jason. If you guys say there is a 20 minute time limit for video coverage, we trust you. We don't need a countdown timer on the screen the entire time.

Mods for the PC version should solve a lot of the game's criticisms, I think.

Still have to purchase and see for myself...but wondering if by the end this will be another devisive one for GoTY talks or if it's just a lock for a Fetch Quest lifetime achievement award.

Thanks guys. Just like the game, there were many emotions in play while watching this video. Glee, Confusion, Anger, Sadness and Joy. But i can say that i respect the hell out of this video and have never quite seen anything like it. The technical aspect video was Audacious with a capital A. Thank you for this. (It was actually a ton of fun to see you guys go through the hoops :D)

Also, keeping that pizza horizontal is an interesting objective to deal with. I do wonder if this game has like a crazy lategame twist to it or something. Or at least moments where the storytelling & the gameplay merge closer together than having to make deliveries from terminal to terminal. The gameplay looks fairly far removed from the story so far, in a similar way that a lot of MGSV missions felt removed from the overall story. But when you see cutscenes from this game , it's clear that they have put a ton of work into that aspect of the game. I also thought the menu's , camera treatment & the beeps and boops were not too far off MGSV. Once this reaches the PC it will eventually cross paths with me, that's for sure.

What even is this game?!

It's a walking simulator!

*drives everywhere*

I think that the random/out-of-context GB quotes Twitter account is going to have a field day with the things said in videos pertaining to this title. This might even eclipse the Killzone video with Vinny's perfect animations :D

I'm with Jeff, the BB stuff is unbelievably distasteful. Kojima at his worst.

I'm still curious about this, though. Probably not enough to pick it up at launch, but maybe next year when the PC version drops.

Metacritic 84

Great video, guys. Looking forward to when the embargo lifts so we can read Alex's review and hear everyone's thoughts on it.

@conmulligan: although I don’t know the spoiler In question I do think a lot of people these days tend to conflate “disquieting” with “distasteful”

Microsoft buys Obsidian (The Outer Worlds), meanwhile Sony just foot the (probably) massive bill for Kojima's "Art House" flop. No wonder Sony didn't object to a PC release, the need to minimize their losses.

I hope Sony learns from this blunder, and those responsible get demoted.

Brad fronts like he doesn't know if he likes this game, but he's glowing while playing this in a way he hasn't been almost all year

so if you are playing disconnected is the game broken? Is it connected only game?

If I ever suspected that gaming would ever take such a dark turn that Brad would just be sitting there listening to a baby cry on his controller IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMEPLAY (59:20) I think I would have taken up soap whittling

@humanity: I definitely mean distasteful.

@conmulligan: well now you’ve got my attention if you wouldn’t mind spoiling (in spoiler tags) what it is?

Random technical thing:

Sometimes when I start this video, I get another audio track (or maybe another video stream?) playing simultaneously either in the background or in a spot I can't see. I'm viewing it on a chrome browser with no adblock or script blockers.

@zinkn said:

Because lots of people are extremely curious about it and they’re providing a service by discussing it. They may not like it but it’s what the audience wants.

Progress? By doing things that other video games have done, and have done better (including games by the same man who is largely responsible for the design of this game)? You must define 'progress' differently than I and a dictionary would.

man this looks bad. don't really get the "appreciate this is made" crowd, just seems like a way to be favorable of a kojima game when you don't think it's a good game.

So, Death Stranding must take place in the Idiocracy world (or at least be adjacent to it) with the rain being converted into Monster energy drink, giving plants what they crave: electrolytes.

I'll wait for PS+

Hideo Marenghi.

This game seems to be exactly what I predicted it would be, and that's a great thing.

@deckard: I don't think that's necessarily true, Death Stranding is still a very unique game from everything we've seen, whereas Anthem looked generic SciFi shooter from trailer one.

I don't think Death Stranding would have reached this level of hype if it wasn't Kojima, but the only reason people had any expectation/hope for Anthem either was because it was BioWare.

@humanity: Sure thing. From Rob Zacny's review:

Maybe it's less crass in context, but I doubt it.

@binarygod: Why are you so aggressive? Just chill out, I'm not hurting you in any way shape or form.

I think that's more for the guys recording than the audience dude. Brad even refers to looking at the timer early in the video.

@deckard:

I'm trying not to prejudge this game but that is my impression too. Kojima's name has people actively looking for reasons to enjoy, like, or at least appreciate what looks like a relatively mediocre offering. One the one hand its an approach that more gamers should give to games that interest them rather than writing off games wholesale real fast, on the other hand, its really dumb that a dev with a cult following gets this level of leeway while other, likely better games, come and go. The controversy sells though so I understand why they are going deep on it.

@deckard:

I'm trying not to prejudge this game but that is my impression too. Kojima's name has people actively looking for reasons to enjoy, like, or at least appreciate what looks like a relatively mediocre offering. One the one hand its an approach that more gamers should give to games that interest them rather than writing off games wholesale real fast, on the other hand, its really dumb that a dev with a cult following gets this level of leeway while other, likely better games, come and go. The controversy sells though so I understand why they are going deep on it.

That sounds like Kojima being overly optimistic that the twist ending is some profound thing that he does not want spoiled.

@greektrojan: You can like and appreciate multiple things at the same time.

@conmulligan: oh I thought there was more to it than that. Well I guess we all have different thresholds - thanks for the info though, the lore of the game seems fascinating.

What will the experience be like for people that pick up this game immediately vs those that don't. I wonder if the online components will simplify the experience for later players. The initial trailblazers will have to have a more difficult journey ahead of them, but perhaps they balance how much is shown in your local game to keep things balanced to a certain degree?

So many questions about this game...

Death Stranding is the Deadly Premonition Pre-Sequel.

I think it was the CNET review that boiled it down to a sort of Stockholm Syndrome game, which, I feel I could be into.

The embargo's video time limit seems utterly absurd when everything in this game seems to take forever to do.

@deckard: I don't know man, Anthem got a lot of attention because of who made it too, but wasn't interesting in concept or execution. That's the impression I got anyway.

This technical analysis puts Digital Foundry to shame.

"The Gran Turismo of walking sims." - some other review. Seems about right.

Based on the first 10 minutes of this video alone, I'm sold on the game.

Whether or not it will be fun or enjoyable....

The coverage of this game has been fascinating. I probably won't play it anytime soon, but damn do I want to hear people talk about it.

Some serious backlash going on with this game already, apparently with dozens of people who haven't even played it yet.

Man this 20 minute of gameplay shit is terrible. Game companys need get thier heads out of their added.

Don't have a ps4 atm, so this will have to do. Real excited to see what the crew thinks about this.

So far my favorite quote comes from Tim Rodgers who said, "with Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima has finally made a game that is like eating 60 pounds of vegetables at gunpoint". Kudos if you think this game will be for you, but for the way too many people I've seen go "I don't like what I've seen but I HAVE to KNOW" just stop yourself. You KNOW, you just don't want to be right.