Dissecting Every Frame of the Death Stranding 2 Trailer

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  • čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
  • Hideo Kojima’s long awaited Death Stranding 2 just dropped a nearly 10 minute gameplay trailer during Playstations ‘State of Play’ Event. I went frame by frame to bring you as many details as possible.
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    @t-l-g-t-w (Note - January 2024: I was right.) Death Stranding 2 Reveal Trailer - Analysis and Explanations
    00:00 Intro
    00:40 Fragile, The Captain, and the Cocoon
    09:40 BB & the beep beep
    10:16 ON THE SHIP
    14:31 ON THE STRAND
    17:40 ON THE BORDER
    20:17 ON THE EDGE
    22:53 ON THE ROAD
    25:32 ON THE DRAWBRIDGE
    26:21 ON THE BEACH
    28:08 BB ROLLS HIGGS
    20:07 Sam's Shelter
    30:30 BB & SAM IN THE SNOW
    31:18 FRAGILE SMOKE
    32:44 LAST SCENE
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Komentáře • 217

  • @xjrodx
    @xjrodx Před 3 měsíci +98

    The shoes young Sam is wearing in the kitchen scene when the toy bumps into his foot, those are the same type of shoes snake wore in metal gear solid 3, Vietnam jungle boots :)

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Nice catch homie!! We just bought the MG series...

    • @jreed2688
      @jreed2688 Před 2 měsíci

      I noticed that they were jungle boots but I didn’t think about MGS3 at all.

  • @hyperia6684
    @hyperia6684 Před 3 měsíci +34

    During the fight sequence, Higg’s first guitar rift (28:55) sounds exactly like the beginning of “BB’s Theme”, you can hear “See the sunset” through the electricity.

  • @ahigherlevel4559
    @ahigherlevel4559 Před 3 měsíci +55

    Here's my theory: when you combine the reveal trailer with this trailer, it will make sense. If you remember from the end of the first game, Lou comes back to life in Sam's hands outside of the BB pod holding Amelie's Quipu after Sam burns the cuffs in the incinerator. This plays a very important role in bringing Higgs back to the world of the living since he was stuck on his beach and left to live in exile bc of Fragile's decision (where we heard her shoot, but never actually saw it). Essentially connecting him to Amelie (the same way it did with Lou) who's Ka is still on the beach preventing the final death stranding apocalypse. So in the DS2 reveal trailer, you see Fragile playing with young toddler Lou and then subsequently escaping who I believe are APAS henchmen bots that are after that Quipu (to help revive/power Higgs' body that was recovered from his exiled beach as they carried his red coffin up to a structure of what I believe may be a beach/drawbridge crossing). In doing so, the likelihood that Lou was killed is high, but only her Ha. My guess is that Lou somehow reconnected with Amelie on the beach and was able to cocoon her after subsequent years that passed there to be later found by the Captain and Fragile after long searching for Sam through their travels in the Seam. This makes sense for two reasons: 1. If the Magellan is able to cross into the tar and to the other side on the beach, it makes sense that it could also travel into the Seam. Remember that being on the beach and being dead on the beach are two different things. And with Fragile being the commander of the Magellan with her jumping abilities due to her DOOMS, she was able to find dead Sam when they were both blue and welcome him onto the ship so they can travel back to the world of the living, the same way the group did in the first game. 2. Lou (Cocoon girl/Elle Fanning now grown up but still connected to the beach with strings) needs her Quipu back to fully come back to the world of the living since she's not a repatriate like Sam or have DOOMS like Fragile. So Sam must connect all the places that Higgs has tainted since his return and prevent a second death stranding while simultaneously trying to save Lou's life again by getting back her Quipu. With the help of the talking puppet whose knowledge of those areas are going to come in handy as a helper of sorts, perhaps instead of Die Hardman/Mama/Deadman in your ear every so often as they were helping Sam in the first game. That's my current theory at the moment. I'm very much looking forward to how expansive and open world this game is and can't wait to traverse it all as I did the original game. 👍👍🤙

    • @angryspongebob3640
      @angryspongebob3640 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Fragile says also her funds comes from a private entity, well, we hear that a second time in the trailer when Higgs talk about the entity who made the final decision about something (killing Lou? bring him back to life? Sacrificing cliff and his mother? incinerating BB28?). Maybe the corporation that's above Higgs is the same private entity funding Fragile's Drawbridge, making a plot twist for Sam and a potential source of conflict in-between fragile and him. I say that because there's the shot with sam getting out of a facility with the Magellan in the background, all Red lights and lots fire, and in a clear attack stance, Sam's expression clearly show that he sorta despises or is in conflict with Magellan's crew in this shot. Red people also looks like priests, maybe Higgs will be leading a fanatic group as in Far cry 5 instead of terrorists like in DS1?
      The robot dog has a laser dick too.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Yeah because Amelie's beach was supposed to be closed, except he is still there. Oh man thats really good!! Why do you think Lou isnt a repatriate? wouldnt she have gotten that when she got the quipu??

    • @ahigherlevel4559
      @ahigherlevel4559 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@moxiewatts Louise was never a repatriate. Sam was. And since Sam was the one who gifted Amelie the Quipu, it was a direct link between the two of them. Amelie combined all the beaches according to the end of the first game to her beach, and when Louise died after being taken out of the pod, she immediately went to Amelie's Beach. In that instant and eternity of limbo stop time, Amelie in her infinite hindsight knew that Sam needed his Louise back. As soon as she picked her up, babies love to grab things so it's plausible she actually grabbed the Quipu off of her neck while instantly transferring her Ka back to her Ha. Higgs most likely caught wind of this and wanted to replicate that beach travel to escape it, essentially leaving a leak in the tightly locked seal Amelie made so the Death Stranding would be contained and held back, but it's slipping from her grasp somehow and appearing once again in Sam's world. That's my best guess. 👍

    • @ahigherlevel4559
      @ahigherlevel4559 Před 3 měsíci +2

      ​@@angryspongebob3640@angryspongebob3640 The only decision that Higgs spoke about was here 27:25 referring to the "rope" (as his strand representing Sam in the first game bringing people together, even tho you can clearly see Sam's Strand still hanging off the clip lol) being traded for a "stick" (the gun Higgs caught him holding literally red handed 😂, which represents Higgs in the first game separating people from each other). The only mention of the incineration of BB-28 was at the end voiced by Deadman for sure. There very well may be a connection between APAS and Higgs but I believe it might be a forced one. Whereas APAS existed before Higgs' return, something must have happened to sway them into collaboration. Possibly a forced one, but not by Higgs' DOOMS because he didn't showcase any which leads me to believe he's almost if not completely stripped of it. And in the shot with the robot dog, you can clearly see a border behind the bots indicating they are at the Mexico border, possibly at an APAS weapons distribution center since that's where Higgs is getting his "fruits", or he could be just simultaneously raiding it at the time Sam is there with the Magellan that his bot goons are raining fire on. Still unclear and just my speculation based on the trailer. But yeah, the dog peepee looks like it can pewpew 😂

    • @nickjklol
      @nickjklol Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@ahigherlevel4559not to be rude or anything, but what exactly about what you're saying doesn't make Lou a repatriate? She was restored by Amelie in the first game, the singular known cause of repatriation. All the indicators lean towards it - and there seems to be some anomaly occurring surrounding Lou that likely stems from what happens in the fringe edge case of a BB, technically being neither alive or dead, becoming a repatriate.
      It also seems incredibly unlikely that an infant baby ripped the necklace off of Amelie. The Quipu was definitely deliberately sent back to Sam.

  • @EJ_Crough
    @EJ_Crough Před 3 měsíci +38

    I’ve been replaying death stranding directors cut and “same as it ever was” is a line Sam says to Amelie when her and diehard man are trying to convince Sam to reconnect the country in the beginning of the game

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +3

      OMG I NOTICED THAT TOO! I'm watching my friend Banuune play it, I heard it and audibly gasped.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +2

      You think it means that he really is in her body and has access to her memories? thats what im thinking

  • @mhosni86
    @mhosni86 Před 3 měsíci +31

    I think the puppet character is modeled after Fatih Akin. German/Turkish director. He was credited at the end of the trailer.

  • @carryingfire286
    @carryingfire286 Před 3 měsíci +39

    One of the main themes I’m seeing here is that this game will be sort of the “inverse” of the first.
    Remember Kojima explaining the theory of rope/stick. Rope/Strand is a tool used to keep something important close/make a connection. That was the theme of the first game. Then he went on to explain a stick is something used to keep unwanted things away.
    There’s are many references to the stick this time. Higgs straight up says “looks like you traded your rope for a stick this go around”. The Drawbridge motto is “Both stick and rope” and beyond that a drawbridge is literally a bridge that can sever itself in half to cut a connection.. the opposite philosophy of a standard fixed bridge.
    Also the game logo itself is the inverse of the original games logo.
    I think this game is going to be very similar to MGS2 in terms of what it was in contrast to MGS1, how self aware it was and the meta narrative being told.
    I’m really excited for this one.
    Great analysis btw!!!

    • @hotcoldman77
      @hotcoldman77 Před 3 měsíci +8

      Beautifully said fellow porter.
      Also the games colours (for marketing at least) are all red hues as opposed to the first which was all blues

    • @carryingfire286
      @carryingfire286 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@hotcoldman77 good catch there too!

    • @madhatt3r93
      @madhatt3r93 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Same as it ever was (how this game parellels mgs 2)

    • @meatwadisgod
      @meatwadisgod Před 3 měsíci +4

      I think it's telling that Higgs is yet again doing meta commentary about the game's dominant mechanics and how they match up to player expectations. In DS1 he had lines like "aren't you getting tired of the grind?" and "don't you want a game over?" He's a fourth-wall-breaking gamer doomer (and boy do I love how much Baker hams it up to sell those characteristics).
      It's no secret that Death Stranding didn't sell particularly well relative to its budget or what Sony likely expected so this trailer almost lampshades it by leaning more heavily into combat. The armory is introduced right away and later we have Higgs emphasizing it further. This could easily be an MGS2-style bait and switch to toy with player expectations, but it wouldn't surprise me if DS2 really does place more emphasis on combat.
      That being said, I don't think the core mechanics of traversal, deliveries, infrastructure, etc. are in jeopardy seeing as we have new vehicles, biomes, and weather events. Personally that's all I could ask for.

    • @carryingfire286
      @carryingfire286 Před 3 měsíci

      @@meatwadisgod no definitley not. All the core gameplay will be there but DS1 was the rope game and DS2 will be the stick game is my hunch. Agree with what you’re saying 👍

  • @stormmeansnowork
    @stormmeansnowork Před 3 měsíci +27

    Really not surprised that Higgs survived. If anyone knows Kojima and his writing, you cannot take what the characters said as fact unless it is shown visually on the screen. In this case, Higgs was never shown to be killed during DS1 on the beach (although I need to admit that I still don't fully understand how the beach works)

    • @swanclipper
      @swanclipper Před 3 měsíci +3

      Show.
      Don't Tell.
      Tenet of story telling in motion pictures.

    • @fireteamblue
      @fireteamblue Před 3 měsíci +1

      And we’re being shown Higgs “in control” of Amelie’s body and he’s referred to as a ghost?

    • @LoveSeeker81392
      @LoveSeeker81392 Před 3 měsíci +5

      We knew Higgs wasn't dead though. Fragile says she couldn't kill him.

    • @arizeta3540
      @arizeta3540 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@LoveSeeker81392 true..Higgs only stranded on the beach...

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +3

      We knew he wasn't *actually* gone

  • @grassmanhyd0
    @grassmanhyd0 Před 3 měsíci +36

    One of the best trailer analysis I’ve seen so far on DS2

    • @user-vz4sh7sx1q
      @user-vz4sh7sx1q Před 3 měsíci +2

      like 3 currently available XD

    • @ahigherlevel4559
      @ahigherlevel4559 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Honestly loved every second of this synopsis. Her attention to detail and humor and candor was exactly what I had hoped for. It was an automatic like and subscribe for me 👍👍

    • @jeffreyramsaur796
      @jeffreyramsaur796 Před 3 měsíci +1

      This one is much better then gamespots analysis imo

  • @zwick6890
    @zwick6890 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Bad guy’s guitar plays BB’s lullaby when it shoots at big robot

  • @JumboStiltskin
    @JumboStiltskin Před 3 měsíci +9

    “Pathetic Guitarist! Where’s the rest of your band??”
    Calling it right now - Higgs is going to have some associates who have weapons modeled after other types of musical instruments. Likely a Bassist, Drummer, Keyboardist and Vocalist. These will be some of the main bosses of the campaign.

    • @JumboStiltskin
      @JumboStiltskin Před 3 měsíci +3

      Also - the puppet hisses at Liquid Higgscelot…which makes me wonder if he is possessed by the spirit of the captain’s Cat?

    • @Vordabeatzz
      @Vordabeatzz Před 3 měsíci +2

      I find this more of an insult. But who knows what Kojima came up with.

    • @JumboStiltskin
      @JumboStiltskin Před 3 měsíci

      @@Vordabeatzz I thought the same at first, but usually the bosses In Kojima games (thinking MGS series) have a theme of some kind. Beauty and Beast Unit for example. DS2 seems like in some ways it may be a middle ground between MGS gameplay and DS1 gameplay, so that’s why I considered the possibility

    • @bravingbrivatebrian
      @bravingbrivatebrian Před 3 měsíci +1

      I mainly hope the boss battles can live up to MGS boss battles they were so iconic and the gimmicks were so fun I feel like DS1 was sorely missing that

  • @blacksand.
    @blacksand. Před 3 měsíci +6

    Higgs has seen old classic movies from our time, like Brandon Lee's The Crow : make up and guitar and the fact that he's back from the dead

  • @ahigherlevel4559
    @ahigherlevel4559 Před 3 měsíci +6

    If you notice under most of the shots where the Magellan is shown from the outside, there is a pole with a blue light on it, much like a sensor pole but slightly different. My hypothesis is that Sam must travel to these remote locations and either plant or connect these poles to the network in order for the Magellan to be able to access that location possibly from the beach and how it might rise up in that location as a hub for Sam to rest or re-up on gear / vehicles. That's just my guess.

  • @kenjohns1982
    @kenjohns1982 Před 3 měsíci +8

    The first 4 notes that Higgs plays on the guitar is the opening riff to Baby's Theme. That's all I can think that you missed that I knew about.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      I thought that was obvious XD
      I coulda mentioned it

  • @mark84g5
    @mark84g5 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Just discovered your channel, this was a very in-depth and excellent breakdown. Bravo!

  • @briankeebler4634
    @briankeebler4634 Před 3 měsíci +4

    One thing to add is that when "the Captain" puts his arm in the ship controls, some tar begins to float from his left ear. Could be something to do when they submerge.

  • @nekochan1692
    @nekochan1692 Před 3 měsíci +13

    I missed Ds long analysis videos 🤓 feels like 2016 again 😃

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I never played then, only recently :)
      but yeah i love this IP so so SOOOOOOO much already

  • @forresthouku2445
    @forresthouku2445 Před 3 měsíci +2

    As far as the sword, it is probably a vibration blade or directly superheated, explains the robots getting incinerated and the heat waves during the electric slide slo mo

    • @Callsign_Neuro
      @Callsign_Neuro Před 2 měsíci +1

      A classic kojima-verse weapon. A High Frequency (HF) blade is much cooler than a Lightsaber!

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci +1

      fuckin sick man im hype

  • @sotografik
    @sotografik Před 3 měsíci +6

    THIS is a “deep dive” so many channels have never played death stranding and are trying to act like they have.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +3

      tysm i try to bring as much substance I can to what I write. I don't want to waste your time or my own

    • @sotografik
      @sotografik Před 3 měsíci

      Thanks for your input and your perspective. Some really great insight and also your humor is spot on. Looking forward forward to more analysis on DS when the next trailer (and final?) trailer drops.

  • @davidsky3536
    @davidsky3536 Před 3 měsíci +4

    22:43 And at the rear of this BT snail, we can see it attached with a bunch of destroyed cars and construction wastes, which strongly resembles the river spirit/河の神/god of river before getting into the bathhouse in Hayao Miyazaki's movie "Spirited Away".

  • @Glenn_in_progress
    @Glenn_in_progress Před 2 měsíci

    Your analysis is well edited and explained. Is practically a art. Thanks

  • @jesush.christ8261
    @jesush.christ8261 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I'm really hoping those are water physics, that land slide too tells me there is absolutely gonna be environments changing with the weather as you go on. I'm so fucking excited for this game

  • @edgarpadilla8239
    @edgarpadilla8239 Před 2 měsíci

    This was great! Enjoyed the commentary and you pointed out a lot that I missed. Definitely subscribing! Keep it up

  • @otomatonesattheendoftime2396
    @otomatonesattheendoftime2396 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I just noticed that when higgs shot his guitar lightning at robot samurai bb, it plays a guitar version of the bb theme for a moment

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      yes! I thought it was obvious, i shoulda mentioned it

  • @MixQQQ
    @MixQQQ Před 2 měsíci +1

    Such a big Kojima, Death stranding, and Alberto Mielgo fan, and you saying that they (might) beworking together literally almost gave me a heart attack.

  • @pwncakes420
    @pwncakes420 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I think the SAT thing is referring to Oxygen Saturization. Cause it has a % and looks liken 02 written tjere.

  • @ShipwreckYT
    @ShipwreckYT Před 2 měsíci

    You have such a comprehensive understanding of the imagery, and I loved the research you put into the Buddhist imagery. Intriguing!

  • @jeremcclain
    @jeremcclain Před 3 měsíci +2

    So, the wealthy benefactor is going to be Higgs?? Maybe he will use Sam's extending the network to ship arms, and maybe he is a good guy??

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      thats what ive been thinking.

  • @TheRah1980
    @TheRah1980 Před 2 měsíci

    Great video. I’m so hyped for this game! You only added more hype. Thanks 👍

  • @alephnole7009
    @alephnole7009 Před 3 měsíci +2

    2 things that stood out to me where the white elbow cover on Ellie Fanning's character that's specifically covering her left elbow.
    Same spot where Lou has the birth mark.
    And paying attention to when Sam does and Doesn't have the Q-pid.
    Which is different now and shaped like Coffins.

  • @zeroDOLLARg-Ro
    @zeroDOLLARg-Ro Před 3 měsíci +2

    Rope for a stick? To me that insinuates that there's going to be more guns and combat this time

    • @texastiger903
      @texastiger903 Před měsícem

      That's what I thought too. I'm hyped for this game bro

  • @gary.420
    @gary.420 Před 3 měsíci +3

    6:10 the liquid that fragile pours is just saline solution, basically sterile water with a tiny amount of salt, It's pretty common to use those bottles during surgery or in the ER to clear debry away from wounds, or to wash away blood and stuff, they could also pass it through an IV line with medication or just to keep the patient from going into hypovolemic shock from lossing too much blood/fluids.
    Also the color of IVs tend to vary a lot, but most i've seen are different shades of blue as well, so probably nothing to do with the chiral network, but with kojima you never know. 👀
    Love the analysis btw pretty in-depth.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I didnt know if the clear liquid was somehting else as it easily wipes away the tar, but that def makes sense.
      Yeh i might be off base with the IV but like you said we might not know 0_0

  • @gojiiiiii
    @gojiiiiii Před 3 měsíci +1

    GREATT ANALYSIS LOVED ITTTT!! Also you're so funny help I haven't chuckled so much in one video in a while😭

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      glad you enjoyed, im always surprised when ppl find me funny

    • @gojiiiiii
      @gojiiiiii Před 3 měsíci

      @@moxiewatts well you are very funny just so you know and thank youu for all the effort put into videosss I hope it gets more recognized soon!!^^

  • @Gridania
    @Gridania Před 3 měsíci +1

    @27:23 Talking Heads - Same as it ever was. I knew what the reference was immediately when Higgs said that line. The title of the song, Once in a Lifetime, about moving water under the bridge. You are the first person to make the connection. Subscribed!

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      Sam also says the same line to Amelie in the presidents office at the beginning of DS!
      also thanks! I like researching :)

  • @derricktiffin
    @derricktiffin Před 2 měsíci

    Good lord, you are so like myself with your artistic gravitations.

  • @SimonRevengers
    @SimonRevengers Před 3 měsíci

    Great job! Love your voice!

  • @quantictoaster8773
    @quantictoaster8773 Před měsícem +1

    I've watched countless reviews and bro yours is just so cool lol u are perfectly professional about putting the scientific references about the medical stuff in the video but there's also jokes and like random nice commentaries, thanks a lot for the whole thing :] really great to watch!

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před měsícem +1

      Thanks im gonna go back to Death Stranding when I am done ranting my face off about Elden Ring glad you enjoyed homie! :)))

  • @Chudlyfudly
    @Chudlyfudly Před 3 měsíci

    Great video. Reminds me of Yongyea back in the days of MGSV and DS1 analysis

  • @madhatt3r93
    @madhatt3r93 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I HAVEN'T EVEN NOTICED THE PYRAMID, it's crazy that it's in every gameplay shot 😭 and the connection with the portal is fascinating too, maybe that's where the portal from the first trailer is, the one in the desert with cultists?
    OMG I THINK THAT AMELIE TOTALLY IS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO LOU'S SOUL! I have a whole theory about it, but that would be too long 😅 like I think that Amelie infused Lou's soul with a part of hers to both bring Lou back and to have a sort-of second chance at life as a normal human being. First it was Amelie looking over Sam when he was a child, and now Sam has to look after quasi-Amelie. Higgs would want Lou dead because he wants to rid the world from any piece of Amelie to take over as her as a new ee. So we have Higgs trying to look like Amelie but not being her in spirit, and Lou, who is partially Amelie in spirit, but doesn’t look like her (because she doesn’t look like anything at all, she's a ghost). They also both have an angel motif, Higgs calls Amelie "our sweet little angel of death" in DS1 and Lou has her little angel wings. Amelie is the angel of extinction and Lou is the angel of protection. They also have opposite color motifs, Amelie has a red dress and Lou has a blue shirt. There's a bit more but like I've said, I don't want to get in too much detail and bore people 😅
    I think that Elle Fanning has allegedly said in an interview that none of the theories about who her character is are correct- her being adult Lou is most popular, so I'm assuming that's not the case. If I had to guess, since she emerged in a cocoon from tar, maybe she's another "part" of Amelie, only this time she's more of a physical aspect? Like maybe "parts" of Amelie started to emerge from the tar, and due to tar being like primordial soup, these parts are being reborn as people who look like Amelie? Given by her poster, it seems like she doesn’t know who she is, so maybe she is a new human based on Amelie's blueprint?
    I know I sound like a broken record, but what if the squid creature is somehow a manifestation of Amelie? Like maybe she evolved into something like that due to being stranded and presumably surviving the extinction? We can see the tentacles in Lou's pod (and Lou has a part of Amelie's spirit) and Elle's character has the sucker pattern on her arm (she represents Amelie's body). Tentacles have this symbolism of reaching and grabing, look at old maps that represent land-hungry empires or propaganda as octopi trying to grasp as much as they can. Maybe being isolated changed Amelie physically and crushed her mentally, and now she wants to grab as much of the world as possible to destroy it due to connecting it to the chiral network through Magellan?
    Kojima has done his adaptation of Moby Dick, through mgs v. I really hope that he's not re-threading old inspirations, at least not to a large degree- I want him to expand into something new. The voyage of the Beagle talks about Charles Darwin's voyage through archipelagos mostly around South America, maybe that's a clue that the game will take place there?
    Love your channel, I needed someone who is geniuinely fascinated by this universe and its lore and knows what they're talking about ❤

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      Could you share that Elle Fanning interview~
      I seriously love this theory and want to look into it deeper.

    • @madhatt3r93
      @madhatt3r93 Před 3 měsíci

      @@moxiewatts Maybe her interview on Kojima's podcast, brain structure? That's what people are saying at least 😅

    • @jayjenzo2786
      @jayjenzo2786 Před měsícem +1

      Also octopus have singular independent brains in each tentacle and the magdellagen whatever its called has an octopus logo. Maybe each tentacle represents a part of Amelies being and they are all connected in some way

  • @grifteredge
    @grifteredge Před 3 měsíci

    Thanks for the great analysis.
    @ 20:13 I think Sam is walking out of a prepper bunker. There's a weapon deactivation pylon in the ground under the Magellan.
    @ 30:44 Notice that Louise is facing forward in the same position you'd mount a BB pod.

    • @grifteredge
      @grifteredge Před 3 měsíci

      Just noticed a few things, @ 22:57 droplets of tar start rising out of the captain's hair after he plugs into the ship.
      The following relate to the BB pod:
      @ 14:52 BB pod is online, mounted to but not connected to Sam via the umbilical and blacked out (indicating there's a BB inside).
      @ 27:54 BB pod is online, mounted and connected to Sam via the umbilical and blacked out (indicating there's a BB inside).
      @ 28:02 BB pod was online, mounted and connected to Sam via the umbilical and blacked out. It remained online and blacked out after the Higgs/Amelie mashup completely disconnects the pod from Sam. (You'd think the jolt would wake up the BB. Sam just had to tap on it at times in DS1 to wake BB up).
      @ 35:21 BB pod is offline, completely disconnected from Sam but not blacked out with a clear view of the pod being empty. The pod then comes online with the interior lighting up again with a clear view but still shows empty.
      If the Louise is dead in the first 3 scenarios, who is the BB in the pod?

    • @grifteredge
      @grifteredge Před 3 měsíci

      One last thing (I promise), @ 10:30 when Fragile is giving Sam a tour of the Magellan, specifically the armory, (I'm making the assumption that this is in the beginning stages of the game). There are already weapons that seem to be available for use. This wasn't the case in DS1 at the beginning. I'm wondering if these are all weapons that a player had already accumulated by the end of DS1 and is now also available to them at the beginning of DS2. If a player is coming into DS2 without playing DS1, would the armory be empty?

  • @unknowboy7189
    @unknowboy7189 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The puppet was the most intriguing thing for me when higgs is playing with him and he changes for that creepy face and start hissing was very strange.

  • @daniejbb
    @daniejbb Před 2 měsíci

    "It's drip or drownin and I ain't drownin" agreed it appears to be some sort of primordial drip

  • @mikejurkowski
    @mikejurkowski Před 2 měsíci

    The tar cacoon seems to be very similar to the Stillmother tanks from DS1. Maybe BTs somehow entered our world through a Stillmother and this is the aftermath.

  • @RigorMortisRape
    @RigorMortisRape Před měsícem

    Surprised nobody noticed that Higgs’ little riff during his very first guitar attack sounds exactly like BB’s Theme from the first game.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 18 dny

      i noticed but i didnt say it because i thought everyone noticed. shoulda said it

  • @furyrust
    @furyrust Před 3 měsíci

    Can you provide more details about the specific DC server? Please share the invite link. Thank you.

  • @user-zq7pc1hl5d
    @user-zq7pc1hl5d Před 3 měsíci

    Just a thought, but I think the themes of puppetry will play into the story in that we will find out that this mysterious benefactor that funds the Magellan will end up being the same person behind APAC (and possibly the voice we hear saying that bots can handle deliveries). We will, in essence, be a puppet to their plans for the majority of the game. It's possible he was responsible for bringing Higgs back, and killing Lou, which is why Higgs alludes to the answers we seek bringing pain, as we'll essentially learn that we were helping the person that killed Lou all along. The hands around Fragile's neck might by symbolic of this in a way, as the way they cover her mouth could be meant to imply that she's being silenced by her own tools (her benefactor).
    I also feel like wings will play a symbolic thematic role, as we see Lou with wings both as a baby and as a BT, and the tar-cat also has wings. I think wings could possibly symbolize a natural opposite to the theme of puppets. I have a hunch that Elle Fanning is playing an adult Lou, which would make her transition from freedom (having wings) to bondage (having puppet strings) all the more tragic.
    I also have a feeling that there will be multiple open worlds this time, and the DHV Magellan will travel through the Seam to access them. We see Sam and Fragile as blue because they're likely in the middle of transit via the Seam. Mexico will probably be the first open world, like a tutorial area, and then after that Fragile will say "we need to hook everyone else up, just like Mexico"

  • @samcorbett8783
    @samcorbett8783 Před 2 měsíci

    The reason people are calling the puppet "Mimir" is because of a character in the new God Of War games, who is named Mimir. Kratos (GoW protagonist) literally cuts off his head and hangs him from his belt (MUCH like Sam was going to do originally before the puppet said "really sam? Your bottocks? How about shotgun?") In fact, I think that entire part was meant to be a funny little nod at the God Of War games. The God Of War games are also part of the Sony Interactive Studios so it really checks out

  • @cdrom887
    @cdrom887 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is such a deep scifi explanation for reincarnation

  • @zeroDOLLARg-Ro
    @zeroDOLLARg-Ro Před 3 měsíci

    Good job on this video. I know it probably took a lot of work

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      Always, but I love giving y'all every bit I can find.

  • @ahigherlevel4559
    @ahigherlevel4559 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Although we still (probably) won't be able to look down the sights/scopes of the weapons Sam uses, the improved ability to equip and immediately aim at enemies as shown when Sam shoots the suspended robots is quite exciting. But not as exciting as the ability to detach the backpack... like what?! C'mon, that's cool 👍 I'm assuming that backpack accessories/covers will also be present in this game as in the last, but not necessarily shown due to keeping it basic for the trailer. And as far as the vehicles, the tire treads do look more detailed and as much as I'm hoping for added traction in rough terrain or even upgradable tires, it seems that traversing on foot will remain to be the truest experience of gameplay as in the original.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +2

      bro and honestly im thankful for it because i get motion sickness EZ

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +1

      omg i did kinda glaze over that whole part with the backpack

  • @matthewnichol6185
    @matthewnichol6185 Před 3 měsíci

    I can’t express my love for this game to people, I wish I had someone as hyper fixated to this game as I am.
    Also this is the best analysis video I have seen for the second game, I will be looking forward to watch more videos like this

    • @KabbalahSherry
      @KabbalahSherry Před 2 měsíci

      I'm obsessed w/the game too! The 1st teaser trailer for the sequel, was legit the main reason for finally breaking down & buying a PS5 😅 lol
      I didn't really see a need for it until I saw the sequel would be a PS5 exclusive! My husband & I both got our PS5s for that reason, and are currently enjoying the Director's Cut of the 1st game, while we wait for the sequel to arrive.
      Counting the Director's Cut, I've played the game 7 times, since launch! And I'll probably play it at least once more before the sequel drops. It's my favorite video game EVER.

  • @davidsky3536
    @davidsky3536 Před 3 měsíci

    13:41 I think Diehardman could be the "bigshot" donor, as was possibly hinted at the end of Death Stranding 1, when he kneeled down in front of Sam and made a very emotional confession, he cried out the word "Atonement". In some way, this could be a way for him to make up for his regrets about shooting Cliff Unger. Also, Fragile may have met Diehardman face to face, but that doesn't mean Diehardman has to reveal his identity to make the donation. He may very well be behind the donation without telling Fragile who he is, and that is how he keeps it secret, just like he always did in DS1: by wearing a skull mask all the time, until the end.

    • @davidsky3536
      @davidsky3536 Před 3 měsíci

      But yes, it could totally be someone unknown, someone Sam hasn't met yet, and this can be associated with what Fragile has said later in the trailer: "A lot has changed after you left, especially within the UCA."

  • @cavero9995
    @cavero9995 Před 3 měsíci

    On the left side of the scanner (at 4:29), below the letters TMR, a primate's face appears. This is probably a coincidence, but with Kojima you never know :D

  • @trishrolt722
    @trishrolt722 Před 2 měsíci

    17:51 I don't think it's Mexico. In the recent HideoTube episode, Kojima mentions that DS2 takes place on a new continent (although not specifying which one). While footage plays of the new landscape, Fragile says "Just like with Mexico {implying that they're not in Mexico} they want to bring new regions into the network."

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      Nice catch! Yeah TLGTW also said it is likely South America, because the timefall wouldnt allow for flight still.

    • @trishrolt722
      @trishrolt722 Před 2 měsíci

      @@moxiewatts But what if the Magellan allows them to safely cross the Pacific?

  • @EtherT
    @EtherT Před 3 měsíci +1

    A drip or drown reference in a Death Stranding CZcams video?! *subscribes*

  • @meelwallace521
    @meelwallace521 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The blue IV just indicates the size of the IV. Blue = 22g Pink= 20g Green=. 18g (largest)

  • @moxiewatts
    @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +4

    If you guys like this you'll love my BB theory!
    Consider checking it out~

  • @olcountry8432
    @olcountry8432 Před 3 měsíci

    I love the no cab truck. Just looks fun

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      i hope he is less forgiving with the mechanics

  • @EpicBlakMan33
    @EpicBlakMan33 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
    Good work Moxie!

  • @asyrap6299
    @asyrap6299 Před 3 měsíci

    Idk if it means anything but the scene where Fragile is giving Sam the tour of the ship, Sam is the only one who's breath you can see especially when he talks. This isn't the case for Fragile the entire scene which I found interesting, not sure what that entails

  • @huafelszellem2664
    @huafelszellem2664 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Something never said (I guess) is the relation of the marks the coccon girl have on her arm with the shapes of the octopus suction caps on its tentacles. It makes sense considering in one of the scenes the capsule where is BB lou emerges an octopus tentacle. Maybe this is the prove Lou and the coccon girl is the same person.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      like....her Ka turned into a octopi, and is like gripping for the body? or like, awakening it?

    • @huafelszellem2664
      @huafelszellem2664 Před 3 měsíci

      @@moxiewatts Maybe... only Kojima knows what his mind is planning on this 😅

  • @olcountry8432
    @olcountry8432 Před 3 měsíci

    The range is in Death Stranding Directors cut

  • @lukehighwalker8932
    @lukehighwalker8932 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Higgs went from dark grimm to full edgelord

  • @TrumpCardMAGA
    @TrumpCardMAGA Před 3 měsíci

    as a DS nut, and a full on Hideo Kojima fanboy I know how much he loves to hide things in plain sight so Ive been paying pretty close attention to the trailers but this vid shows me i barely scratched the surface. I'm also a fan of the Dark Souls/Elden Ring games and really enjoy the vids of lore and speculations by content creators, I really believe Death Stranding deserves just as much lore and speculation vids in mass. So seeing how knowledgeable this video is with the worldbuilding about the stranding. the beach, and the mechanics of interacting with it all is a deep dive i can really enjoy.
    EDIT: I swear I wrote that all before the Caelid/Bloodborne jokes, that's some real Jungian synchronicity going on...

  • @Raiden_revenge
    @Raiden_revenge Před 3 měsíci

    does anyone know the song that starts at 30:45?

  • @Grawbad
    @Grawbad Před 2 měsíci

    Legit most excited to toss off the backpack seemingly pretty easily. 25:40

  • @stitchoooalphaomegaxxx9534
    @stitchoooalphaomegaxxx9534 Před 2 měsíci

    “Samazon prime baby” lmao 😂

  • @user-cz7jl7ip8n
    @user-cz7jl7ip8n Před 19 dny +1

    They predicted the future
    👍👍

  • @cdrom887
    @cdrom887 Před 2 měsíci

    The hall with the “immersion bath” is actually the shower…just not frosted

  • @beebeesbakery3146
    @beebeesbakery3146 Před 2 měsíci

    Imma say it, the magellan looks like the head of metal gear rex

  • @Betapvnk
    @Betapvnk Před 3 měsíci

    I think the guitar is an homage to Electric Dragon 80,000 V

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I'm not finding what you are referencing, how can i google it

    • @Betapvnk
      @Betapvnk Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@moxiewatts my bad it’s Electric Dragon 80,000 V a Japanese electro punk rock movie starring the villain from Ichi The Killer. It’s one of the greatest trailers ever

  • @geraldmcfadden2270
    @geraldmcfadden2270 Před 2 měsíci

    Higgs is also wearing Amelie’s neckless because he pops out of her coffin? Have they merged into one body?

  • @quinniwe
    @quinniwe Před 3 měsíci

    The newest Hideotube episode confirms and denys alot of the stuff here

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      IKR i watched it live actually~ it came out a day or two after this video.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      for some reason i woke up at like 2am.

  • @Adaeva_
    @Adaeva_ Před 2 dny

    If I am not mistaken, the lady from the cocoon has an Elle Fanning's face!

  • @shipovnik89
    @shipovnik89 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Your "weird looking pyramid" could possibly be Popocatepetl or Orisaba.
    Edit. Still it doesn't look exactly as said mountains

  • @Clapperofcheeks5000
    @Clapperofcheeks5000 Před 3 měsíci

    7:59 is it not injection marks from tha injector thing showing that some sort of cycle is happening that’s why they jump back, no

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      wait i dont think im getting your point and i read it three times. can you elaborate?

  • @Oyimsbaba
    @Oyimsbaba Před 2 měsíci

    Do you play the last of us?
    I’d love to hear your take on 1 and 2

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      I heard a lot of people fucking loved Last of Us. rn i have the MG series, cyberpunk, and final fantasy VII to play
      def need to add this to the library when i get paid

  • @nicksantos43
    @nicksantos43 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I'm so glad im not the only one that caught the reference to Mimir in GoW when Sam goes to hang him by his butt!

  • @thefridge8615
    @thefridge8615 Před 2 měsíci

    27:21 is not a reference to Talking Heads is reference to United States and his democracy.

  • @lakitira
    @lakitira Před 3 měsíci

    It’s not a pyramid in Mexico, it’s a volcano

  • @ardent9422
    @ardent9422 Před 3 měsíci

    My theory is that Elle Fanning is Lou, she either gets kidnapped as a baby and k*lled or it happens at some point in the story, then she's reborn on the beach, they go there in the ship, find her and bring her back to the real world, it's her that they're cutting out of the shell. When Sam and Fragile have blue skin they're the world of the dead, there was a scene from the first game where Heartman is on the beach watching his family go into the water among other people, they all have blue skin like Sam and Fragile do in this trailer, but Heartman doesn't and h'es pulled back into the real world when his heart is jump started. I think the ship can travel through the tar to the world of the dead and back to the real world.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Love this idea! I'm not sure if it's the world of the dead or the seam, or if they are one in the same.

    • @Clapperofcheeks5000
      @Clapperofcheeks5000 Před 3 měsíci

      Did Lou not have Willy when he pissed on deadman’s face though

  • @what76485
    @what76485 Před 2 měsíci

    It’s Higgs body in the cocoon. But he’s not in it. Lou is.

  • @Betapvnk
    @Betapvnk Před 3 měsíci

    The puppet will be the nightmares of a lot of younger brothers 😂

  • @wowomg1980
    @wowomg1980 Před 2 měsíci +1

    As Xbox owner I’m totally cool with first party titles going multi platform (Xbox is a mid tier PC anyway) as long as Sony does as well. I do wanna play the first one and I hope it does come to Xbox

  • @servancastillo986
    @servancastillo986 Před 3 měsíci

    i don't think Alberto is working with Kojima on this btw

  • @chunxofun1333
    @chunxofun1333 Před 3 měsíci

    The person never met “face to face” is beached

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      so beached and not in the seam? and are you talking about Elle?

    • @chunxofun1333
      @chunxofun1333 Před 3 měsíci

      I’m not to sure to be honest but it almost felt like when they “played” us with Higgs it’s someone we don’t want to know is beached

  • @evanbelisle8464
    @evanbelisle8464 Před 3 měsíci

    I wonder if George Miller plays the captain or if they just used his likeness. They used Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn’s likeness but used different voice actors.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      Charlie has a theory its to cut down on the price of dubs in the final thing. In my experience, dubbing is something that is done over and over again down to the last second. the audio is almost never completely perfect.
      Time in the booth is a lot of money for these big name actors. So Charlie is probably right.

  • @ryansantiago1304
    @ryansantiago1304 Před 3 měsíci

    does anyone have a clue to what higgs fighting song is

  • @what76485
    @what76485 Před 3 měsíci

    They did catch fragile with Lou in the first trailer right? So maybe it is Lou when they finnally get er back

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      I think lou is on the beach, thus she is able to connect through the network?

  • @saooran7364
    @saooran7364 Před 2 měsíci

    I refuse to play that game if I'm not surrogating a Noman Feetus.

  • @what76485
    @what76485 Před 3 měsíci

    Someone needs to tell fragile that you don’t shake babies. You don’t shake babies.

  • @datboi7116
    @datboi7116 Před 3 měsíci

    I didn't question it in the first trailer but; why is Fragile skin young again?

  • @peteypaul7877
    @peteypaul7877 Před 2 měsíci

    Bb28 was incenerated years before sam and lou met ? 34:40 mark. Are they saying that they dont know where bb/Lou actuall came from?

  • @tdya1
    @tdya1 Před 3 měsíci

    Rhe captain looks like a robot

  • @crimsonhawk4912
    @crimsonhawk4912 Před 2 měsíci

    For a moment I thought the narrator was the chick from " Truth Stream Media"

  • @nickdaring
    @nickdaring Před 3 měsíci

    👍

  • @JanaBuvari
    @JanaBuvari Před 2 měsíci

    huh... i noticed literally 1% of these things

  • @t.j.mendillo7940
    @t.j.mendillo7940 Před 3 měsíci

    This is NOT a gameplay trailer. Why do people misuse the word “gameplay trailer” almost all the time. A gameplay trailer means a trailer that shows gameplay in it. This is not that.

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      it was just what it was officially called

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci +1

      DIDN'T YOU SEE THAT ONE PART RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
      THAT WAS REAL GAMEPLAY

  • @rgm4646
    @rgm4646 Před 2 měsíci

    clearly whatever he thinks of Kojima is adding it to the game lol

  • @fkn.cursed
    @fkn.cursed Před 3 měsíci

    the puppet aint dedmann?

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 2 měsíci

      no it is a different actor. Deadman is still in it! He is at the end of the trailer.

  • @Dante-uj5pc
    @Dante-uj5pc Před 3 měsíci +1

    You’re pretty good (wink). Regarding Higgs’body, it looks like a robot. He has the same body as his AI bodyguards, notice the intestine box?

    • @moxiewatts
      @moxiewatts  Před 3 měsíci

      i dunno if they are intestines or sea creatures...