I Played 55 Hours Of Death Stranding Director's Cut, Here Are The Differences (Review/Overview)
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If Death Stranding wasn't your thing before, the Director's Cut won't change your mind, but newcomers curious to try it or veterans looking to dive back in, this is the best, most feature complete, and definitive version of Death Stranding with some neat enhancements and additions.
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[BIG BOSS]
- Charlie Galvin
- Devon B
- Jonathan Ball
- Liam
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- Gerardo Andrade
- Joe Hunt
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Meh, the first was trash, this new version is no different 🤷🏻♀️
The snow mountain zip line I remember spending 3 hours putting that up because to make that delivery was so hard. And I did not want anyone else to have to go through what I went through.
Same.
If it was your stuff I used then thank you... So freaking much. ♥️♥️♥️
You sir are a legend!
Scaling peaks of the mountains just to get that optimum zip place placement. and using other players zips to fill in the gaps. Death Stranding at its best.
👍🏼✌🏼”I did no want anyone else to have to go through what I went through”
The game really changed my perspective on civilisation. You don’t really grasp how great roads are until you try to traverse a world without them.
Humans carve the world with infrastructure. It is such aa effective portryal in death stranding roads.
We stand on the shoulders of giants. Thats why respecting your elders is important
You could honestly say that about everything. We don't know what we have until it's gone. We take everything for granted. That's why if a nice well placed solar flare or something sends us back to the stone age. Humans would go crazy and it would be like Mad Max.
@@tommynobaka I agree that we should be grateful for the sacrifices and hardships our ancestors went through to make the world as it is today, but I don't believe we should unconditionally respect every old person.
@@S1D3W1ND3R015 True, but saying “we take everything for granted” just doesn’t click. It’s too broad of an example. You have to focus on a specific detail for it all to become apparent.
Suddenly you start to really think “hmm, I took roads for granted. Do I take running water for granted? What about food? Shelter? People?” The point starts to really hit home when you have a concrete example. Just saying “we take everything for granted” is too low resolution to pack a punch.
I remember being scared of BTs when starting the game and by the end, I was just running into them, throwing blood grenades like a maniac to get some materials
Shit fam, I'd tactically invert the big bts just to get rid of the group for ease of travel after a certain point
Did you kill mom issac?
lol. same here too. :)
Sam will call you out on being a coward if you sit still too long in BT country.
I cut the cords
I spent 8 hours straight playing this game then went straight to my job as an Amazon delivery driver. FML.
atleast there are no ghosts out their in real life.
Keep on Keeping on!
Keep on, keepin’ on, Chan ‘Porter’ Xavier!
@@yogeshkandare3214 Not yet, at least
@@yogeshkandare3214 Covid ghosts.
Just started playing this. About 25% in so far. I had slept on it for 2 years because of the hate it got, biggest mistake of my life. Game is a masterpiece
Yup easily one of my favourite games of all time, I hadn't loved a game in a long time when I got immersed in Death Stranding.
People really need to stop being damn sheep’s
Just stop following social media altogether…
@@585totodamgood We need to start being sheep?
@@leaf241 You know what I damn meant.
@IV CYAN to each their own. I get it as to why the game is boring to people. I personally can’t tell why I like it. Before I knew it, i spend 70 hours in the game and I still haven’t finished it. It is a really relaxing game though. Maybe that’s why I like it.
I'll never forget Skillup finding Yongs bike during the review period 😂
did he lose the bike because skill up took it?
@@andrewramirez9727 he could've just left it there. It's hard to say you lost something because other players will always get stuff to their destination
@@andrewramirez9727your vehicle's will only appear in other worlds if you've travelled too far away from it and it's considered "lost". It's likely that Yong took his bike somewhere and changed his strategy and left the bike behind so it appeared for someone else to take
I love the game. My points for the newcomer if they want to play:-
1)Relaxing.
2)Breathtaking graphics.
3)slow and steady.
4)make your own game. (The way you want to travel or do mission)
5)Positive Community.
6)Intriguing story.
7)Kojima
☝🏽😏🎯
The fact they didn’t add a music player blows my mind. Everyone I know says it should of had it.
Yeah it should be the way it was in mgs5
That people dont understand silence its part of the Journey and the game place music perfectly for you to feel at ease, having music 24/7 would ruin the experience of the game
Sucks but I just am gonna use Spotify tbh
Eeeh there is a music player in your room. If you mean outside anytime then if you have even played death stranding you would know that music comes on in certain parts of the world when you get to it like reaching the top of a mountain and slowly witnessing the beauty on the other side while 'asylums for the feeling' by silent poets kicks in as you traverse down it. Having music on 24-7 is not an option one should even consider
@@nightking5907 I'll be real, I've platted Death Stranding and beaten it like 3 times, so I totally understand that Kojima wants the experience to be a certain way for at least a portion of the game. However, the ability to only listen to this astonishing soundtrack in your room, which you stay in for MAYBE 30 seconds at a time, is just not any fun. The fact that it doesn't even stay on when you come back is just the cherry on top.
I think it would make a lot more sense to have the mobile MP3 player maybe be something you get as a reward for reaching a certain level with some NPC. It would fit the game's reward structure for equipment. There were just so many points in the game where I REALLY wanted to just pull up my cufflink and turn on some Low Roar while traversing a specific area. If there is scripted music, then the devs can turn off the MP3 automatically and gray it out in the options.
Not like the music ever triggers right anyway.
7:50 I personally liked that feeling of hopelessness the game gave me on this first delivery. Yes, after many hours you start to really know the land & the better paths to take. But that first time you look at the horizon and think "this place is BIG." and get lost in it, was so so good
The classic version is much better. The Director's Cut is basically the Catering to Noobs version. I'm glad I didn't waste money on the upgrade.
@@CeceliPS3 "for noobs", bro talk about delivery like it's a sport lmao. Most people just find it annoying, not hard dumbass.
@@CeceliPS3 can't believe there's actually "human" like you who gatekeep a walking simulator.
@@ronny584 Imagine being someone who identifies as a noob and gets super triggered when reading that word to the point you need to make 2 separate comments to lash out... oof what a noob lmfao
@@CeceliPS3 ain't no way you're unironically using the term noob in 2023 bruh 💀
One of my favorite games of all time. The soundtrack is phenomenal as well. As soon as the opening song began I knew I was in for something special.
I'm trying to like it but holy fucking frustrating lol only 2 to 3 hours in though and not giving up yet
@@travisdouglas5510 I don’t like it, I just find it too boring 🤷🏼♂️
@@somewhere8538 I just bought it and everyone says it get better so I'll at least give it a couple more hours before I give up on it. The new weapons look cool so I'll at least get that far.
@@travisdouglas5510 Did you continue playing it? How was your experience with it?
I got stuck on a really annoying part to where all my stuff was breaking because of the rain and I had all those creatures blocking my path so I just restated (possibly at a easier difficulty). I ended up turning it off again and haven't went back yet. I also work 63 hours a week so my time is precious lol
I'm still salty they didn't bother implementing the mp3 player while traversing the open world. Doing cargo runs while tuning in some Low Roar is definitely something a ton of players have been hoping for. I mean if Big Boss has one, why can't good ol Sam have one too?
Or you could just turn on music on your phone and wear headphone . I mean what difference ?
@@goblincomic4522 well then you wouldn't hear the actual game audio
It’s gets emotional and beautiful, almost cried and I heard some do 😭
Goblin, the “difference” would be we would ONLY hear music and no sounds from the game if we went by your ridiculous suggestion.
How stupid are you?
Yeah a post-game mp3 player would be awesome, I felt like that was almost a given they would add one for this version
I am a Kojima fan, however, when I discovered what this game was about, it was a hard pass for me. I couldn't fathom enjoying a game just delivering packages over and over again. When the Directors Cut was released, I gave it a second look. With recommendations from trusted reviewers (Yong Yea and Skill Up), I took a chance and made the purchase. I have no idea how Kojima did it, but he did do it...he succeeded in making a game about delivering packages very compelling, engaging, engrossing and fun. I am still in awe that I love this game as much as I do. I can even go as far to say that it's among the best experiences I have ever had playing a video game. However, I can't pinpoint precisely what it is. I believe it's the sum of many things that make this game a truly unique and immersive experience.
I'm even enjoying the less-than-challenging aspect of the title. It seems it was intentionally designed to be an easy game, as it's focus is meant to be about the journey and experience; not about any hard goals or accomplishments. This, to me, is very refreshing. Many people tout about pushing quickly to the 3rd chapter. I don't agree. I think this game should be slowly savoured, explored, and enjoyed from the beginning. This game is CHILL, and it's awesome. "Keep on keeping on..."
They captured the enjoyable essence of hiking very well with this game. I enjoy walking very much because its low impact exercise while easy and safe enough to enjoy your surroundings and allow your mind to wander while you do it. Hiking is a step further where you occasionally still need to pay attention and make an effort to overcome an obstacle. But theres a balance between the two. Combine that with the satisfaction of completing tasks and receiving praise from both real and fictional people, and you get a very interesting experience.
It's because the walking mechanics are so well refined. There aren't many games that make it feel like a struggle to traverse a river, navigate rocky terrain, or climb a mountain.
Coming down that hill at Port Knot City after going through all that BT hell, almost brought a tear to my eye bruh. 🥲 lmao And omggg that ending. I don't wanna give away spoilers, but I see why Mads Mikkelsen took the award for acting. Although I DID feel that the man who played Die-Hardman was overlooked. He did better than Norman Reedus I thought. But oh well...
Such a good story. I didn’t want it to end. I was so invested. “See the sunset, the day is ending”. The music, the atmosphere. The story story sits with you well after you finish the game.
Lmao yeah real work of art! Lol
OMG coming down that hill to Port Knot City after going through all that BT hell to get there, almost brought a tear to my eye. 🥲 And then after you've relaxed there... that's when Higgs shows himself for the 1st time, in a truly incredible cutscene. This game is a masterpiece, I don't care what anybody says. I've never played another game like it. It had a profound affect, to be sure...
I spent well over 120 hours on this game, I repaired as many structures that others had created and built roads, zip lines , everything! As tedious it was I still enjoyed it
Its the simple gestures in the game that really gripped me.
The first time I fell over and got swept away in a deep stream, I recovered, went back up and left a 'deep river' sign.
I was passing my own sign a few days later and noticed all the likes on it, realising I had aided people at that spot.
So weird to get that feeling of genuine appreciation from complete strangers.
Every time I’d boot up the game and see “____ used a road you build” it made me feel so good. I think that really what elevates a game for me. 💖
This game was so relaxing. Even though sometimes it got annoying.
The grind is annoying (and can be boring as f). New gear and new parts of the map are always the highlight.
YongYea, i have a question. Its strange but i guess i just want your opinion. I want to play DS again but i dont have a ps5, would you say its still worth playing the ps4 base game again for all its qualities or i buy a ps5 and DS (cant afford it). Do you think the base game is good enough by itself?
Me: *See's yellow in Yong's thumbnail*
"There's a glitch in the Matrix"
Whoa.
That's rasisist!
I’ll never understand why they didn’t think to release a free demo of this game. There’s probably so many people out there who would actually like this game if they gave it a try. But having to pay money to play it when they’re far from guaranteed to enjoy it is enough to make many people not risk it. It’s definitely not for everyone. But then again, no game ever is.
Personally, I loved it, platinumed it and will happily platinum it again if I can. But I would never implore anyone to buy it outright. Find a way to try it first before handing over your money.
I think the issue with that is that the demo would almost certainly consist of the worst parts of the game, the beginning. Death Stranding's got a gameplay loop that only really reveals itself after several hours of play when you've grasped the basics of movement and traversal, and _then_ can start playing with the toys to make that process more interesting.
A free trial, where you play a certain part of the game would be good, short and simple with a video towards the end showing some further content would be best.
Agreed. This game is just built different, and very much not for everyone.
Steam refunds don't really work well as a demo here either, since the gameplay lends itself to being meticulous, and you can't really properly do that under time pressure. The mass of front-loaded cutscenes don't help either.
Then again, I can also see how it would be hard to turn any area of this game into a demo and have it feel like a good representation, because of how the story/journey is set up. I would almost advocate for, like, a stand-alone side story where you play as some random porter in a small sandbox area with only basic equipment. But that would be a hell of an investment for just a demo.
There should be demos for every game, people have the right to know what they're getting into. It helped me alot during the PS3 era
Id try it if it had a free trial. I think its boring as hell as of right now
I can't wait to play this tomorrow.
I loved the original and all these new features are just gonna make the experience that much better
tomorrow *it's* in your hands
Me too bro,only 10 for upgrade.
@@cellardoreproductions when ya get the gravity gloves everything is in your hands
@@TristanTheVRGamecat xD
pc player here, game still hold up? just got it today
i was really on the fence about this game when it first came out but after about an hour and a half with it i really enjoyed it. its weird, it has the odd Kojima touch to it, something about it just makes it compelling to play? maybe its the challenge of the journey from point to point and its interesting characters? i also like its very Post apocalypse Iceland feel as well.
“Connections…bridges…connections, connections, bridges… connections connections connections bridges bridges bridges connections….”
That was all I got and it was irritating. “We have to reconnect” yea Kojima we Fucking get it. Stop beating it into our heads
This is like a game of logistics where you you are always problem solving and trying to find the most efficient methods and routes to deliver the most of amount of cargo to a given destination. I think that's what makes it compelling. I personally very much enjoyed building structures to make the routes easier and seeing the all likes other players give which meant it was also helping other players.
Yeah, I think I get what you mean.
Hard to describe, but it kind of feels like Kojima's games are always tacitly deconstructing themselves, in a way that most conventional works are really not expected to (more "self aware", is another way of putting it) - with the casual 4th wall breaks and the embrace of certain types of "campiness" (i.e. "The thing that's happening on screen here is stupid - You know it, and the director knows it - But it's also kind of cool so let's just roll with it. Y'know, just work with me here."). The "dialogue" between the author and the player has a very different tone, like he's inviting you to think about/riff on the game as you're thinking within it/playing it.
Takes some getting used to, and it's very much a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing even then, so I completely understand why certain people don't like it. Even though, personally, I'm very happy that this game exists.
@@Jim87_36 It wasn’t made for non-intellectuals…
@An A. Nobody thinks he's god, we just like his style. It's not pretentious either, Kojima's games use the fact it is a game to tell a story you can't tell with a book or movie. It's not other people's problem if you can't appreciate or understand his work. Kojima's games are art, not a commodity.
I played over 200 hours of the original (screw you, people NEEDED that zip line network..!) and the visual differences are stunning. Looking forward to the rest of the review.
AH your one of those who don't do timed delivery with zipline
@@Hitman2b cries in 6 min delivery from engineer to weather station
I remember being like “I’m gonna help all those lazy fuckers who can’t even walk, and build them a fast travel to each point with zip lines” then I never got any likes, so I just gave up on being nice
@@thenickstir805 How was that a hard delivery? I am playing through right now and just did this delivery yesterday with the higher difficulty on for legendary ranks and extra timed delivery likes. I drove using the roads until your about to cross the river towards the Cosplayer. I drove up the river and drove over a bridge I built that takes me to the eastern base of the hill down from the Weather Station. I made it in 5 mins in a truck. I still haven't built a single zip line yet which I feel will be needed more for the snowy mountains when I start traversing them.
So far I love the concepts introduced in this game. I would love a survival rpg based on the physics engine of this game. I love exploring on foot in the fast open areas.
@@neroblackstone4350 I have zips all the way from the engineer to mount knot. Over a week I got maybe 40 likes
I just want to be able to listen to the music while I'm out in the world.
Low roar is something else man. I've been listening to them ever since I played death stranding.
You could just find the music on your phone and play it? Then you don’t even need to be limited to the music in the game???
Spotify
@@TheAvesMYSTR yeah but it ain't the same as an in game player
@@arturius9715 I think its blocked while playing the game
I learned I can pop a wheely with my motorcycle, buy pulling back on the steering stick. Which is very useful, for "curb" hoping rocks and boulders. I figured this out about half way through the original game.
I bet you haven't tried climbing the mountains backwards on a bike. You gonna be surprised.
@@andrejspecht8217 No, I have not tried that. Nor thought of that. I have tried going up some very steep hills facing forward. And then couldn't go any further, and then go downhill backwards, slowly and carefully. I once tried that with a truck full of cargo with terrible results. The truck didn't keep traction and ended up sliding down, gaining speed. Then crashing into something damaging my cargo.
I also destroyed a bike, coming downhill and off a cliff with great height.
I'll have to try that.
I appreciate this comprehensive review Yong, you do this game a great service 👍
I've platinum'd Death Stranding on PS4, but seeing small features such as the cargo catapult, the trailer on the motorcycle, and even the buddy bot with its ridiculous AI, im still heavily excited to dive into DS once more.
Basically Death Stranding: Substance/Subsistence.
The lack of skateboard minigame makes this association disappointing.
@@AusSP also way less content than subsistence
@@ryanadams2610 I was a bit annoyed with the lack of content but if it's only a 10 dollar DLC for owners unlike the 30 dollars I originally thought it was going to be, its not bad. Granted I wanted more story not a shooting range and racing mini games 🤦♂️
This DLC doesn't feel very Kojima with these gimmick add-ons, this might have been a Sony request above all I think.
@@OSeanSanO well to be honest if you look at his other work he has no idea how to handle dlc or any in game monetization.
@@ryanadams2610 any in-game monetization came from Konami's direction, especially with MGSV
MGS1-3 I'm pretty sure never had any DLC other than the subsistence re-releases, but thats not add-ons or DLC. I don't remember if 4 had any monetization. But I'm still pretty sure that was all on the Konami side of things that he had to coordinate with.
Yong: “It’s like factorio”
My mind: “ *E X P A N D* “
" B O A T "
The zipline and road networks must grow
Except its not at all like Factorio :/
Nothing like a casual existential dread to start a game review.
Just like one of the themes the game has!
avatar bro?
Profile pic looking SUS 👀
It's comforting that we all feel the same though.
@@clydu91 yg
I really enjoyed Death Stranding. My wife learned what the ending was the same day I STARTED it, so she held that over my head for a few months. What I remember most fondly about this game was about a month straight where I would play the game every Friday night, with a mug of Madagascar Vanilla Rooibos Tea, and a pint of double cookie dough ice cream. Waiting until the temp was just right to eat a spoon of ice cream, and melt it with the tea. I spent 2 hours trying to find the collector. Good times. Might be time to toss Kojima a lil more cash lol
My girlfriend always schools me when I eat tea with cold chocolate because it's so bad for the teeth; but I agree, I played Sinking city with said items and somehow this make the memories much more fond and enjoyable :D
@@georgek8182 Maybe even grade S!!
this sounds like a KILLER combo, will try it when I play Death Stranding! food always enhances memories man
@@BespokeSlipp I mean really any ice cream is fine, I’ve recently switched up the double cookie dough, for Sea salt caramel, it is equally good, better in some ways.
Good breakdown.
One thing you missed was the new missions from “your friend J” which unlock a few new compass features.
14:12 Actually, you can use the jump ramps when on foot too! It'll support you until you land (kind of like the hover pack unlock), so you could use it to jump off a huge cliff and take no damage.
It works with any vehicle and on foot.
combined with the speed suport and de "jet pack" i don't rememer whats i't call, you can go to the moon whit 1 jump
Risking your life avoiding those creepy stranded, while repairing/repaving roads for easier delivery of needed goods and equipment was crazy addicting for me, I always had that "a few more feet" mentality the whole game. 👍🏿👍🏿
I never expected to enjoy this game so much that I'd get a platinum trophy from it.
I got majority of the trophies by just playing the game and enjoying it, would you say it’s a tough platinum to go for?
Been awhile since I even thought of this game but have been wanting to play it again.
@@prvk3 It's tough if after a hundred hours into the game and realize you need to complete premium instead of standard deliveries so you end up doing everything all over again.
There’s just something about this game I can’t get enough of it’s so cozy and relaxing for some reason
It’s a breath of fresh air when all we get are action packed games.
I thought this game was $50 for the directors cut, even with the PS4 version, but after hearing it’s $10 to upgrade, I’m definitely going to buy it.
It’s still a gross precedent to set. We already own the game on ps4, and payed for the new console. Why should we have to shell out another ten dollars just to get the upgraded version? It’s predatory, and can’t be forgiven for any game. I looked down on it for ghost of tsushima, and I’ll look down on it for this too. Them squeezing an extra ten bucks out of people who already own the freaking game is dirty.
@@AesirUnlimited this one is way more justified considering all the content its added.
@@AesirUnlimited dude chill, unlike Ghost of Tsushima, this game is $10 for both the upgrade AND DLC, which it’s fine if it includes the DLC. Even though Ghost of Tsushima is great, it was $10 for JUST the upgrade and then $20 for the DLC, THAT I don’t agree that they should do, but in this case you buy both for just $10, which on the DLC alone would be fine, so getting both, at least for me, it’s the cherry on top. If they made the upgrade free and the DLC $10, I would have still bought the DLC.
@@jjnet123 no it isn’t. They’re essentially charging players for what amounts to a free content update. Except it’s not free. It’s predatory, and shouldn’t be acceptable to anyone.
@@Javier64691 it isn’t a dlc though, basically nothing is new. It added a bunch of new gimmicks, sure. But to consider the new content dlc is very disingenuous. It definitely isn’t worth 10$ for an upgrade. People who already own the game on ps4, and actually managed to get a ps5 as well shouldn’t be punished by Sony by being charged another 10 dollars after already giving them the money for a game AND a brand new console.
It sounds like this game will get easier the longer you wait to play. I kinda like that idea.
Pretty much like the original..
So, like most games. Games i.e. Monster Hunter, Borderlands, Starbound etc..
The opposite was true for the original Death Stranding game, because they started making you apply what you learned, you know... like how video games are usually designed where the game got progressively more difficult. One of the final levels had my heart racing the entire time because of how dangerous they made the level. Remember, dying isn't the best option in the game because you may lose precious cargo, but there are dangers worse than death in Death Stranding.
I'm definitely going to pick up this Director's Cut. I haven't played the original and given it's such massively divided opinion, some people think it's the worst game ever made while others think it's a masterpiece, I'm looking forward to making my own opinion and see what side of the fence I land on.
Yea man. Recently picked up a second hand copy to do the same thing.
I was not into it unfortunately.
@@Kyle_00 read my short thoughts on it I just posted. I think you'll enjoy it
Finally someone who actually has the right mindset
@@user-ye7lp9lg1c there's a truck in the game
I noticed a cargo carrier can now be towed with the motorcycle , that is a awesome addition I didn’t know that was included !
the hasan kahraman side mission was insane
hahaha nooo wayyy!
I'm glad that Kojima can finally make his game without being held back by Kojima Productions
Lol, you stole that joke from SkillUp.
Such a beautiful game, and the initial struggle just makes you appreciate the game so much more as you get through it. Building the roads, and life becoming easier. Enjoyable. The story… Classic Kohima.
I’m a first timer on Death Stranding DC on PS5 and I’m quite disappointed in myself for avoiding this game before. I’m finding myself completely drawn to the story and gameplay and just do not wanna put the game down. I just got the bola gun and loving it 🔥
I think its better to first experience the games after they run at 60fps. I didn't try Ghosts of Tsushima until PS5 and I'm happy I did. :)
@@dizzyd1975 yea GoT runs like a dream on ps5 😃
I'm so excited to jump back into this game!
I started playing right around the time the director's cut was announced. Plus, my birthday is this saturday. Thank you Mr. kojima ☺️
In this Saturday go to your safe house in Death Stranding and u might see some surprise thing!))
@@kooler1994 yes you’re right I think I got something on my bday too. It was a really cool concept to have in a game
Happy birthday for Saturday
@@kooler1994 I get more birthday goodies besides the director's cut? Amazing! I hope that the director's cut doesn't alter my game so much that it's a completely different experience, but I'm only in the middle of chapter 3
Playing this game fresh during this pandemic feels pretty scary and damn real.
Yes man, I'm always dodging ghosts on my way to work with a baby on my back...
Im interested to replay it on a much harder difficulty. My first playthrough turned into a cakewalk. In the mountains I had a zipline network connecting to every point so my feet never had to touch the ground
I might impose a “no zip lines” rule for myself. I played on hardest difficulty and this was still a game breaking feature for me.
Same! But it’s so much fun to zip around haha
I played it on the hardest difficulty ,its easy too. Only the bossfights are somewhat hard.
@@jonahmarlow3991 that does makes it really easy, but some deliveries are too heavy for that so if you're looking for an s delivery, the zip lines wont' help you if it has a time limit
Playing on Very Hard does definitely improve the game for experienced players. Don't expect to be dying left and right, however BTs will become very bulletspongy forcing you to prepare a lot if you intend to fight one, and timefall absolutely rips through your packages, so you really don't have time to mess around on Very Hard when entering it.
Dem, already 2 years since the launch of Death Stranding!?!? Time sure flies... seriously, it feels DS is still a new game that has just been released...
I’ve never played any other Kojima game and took a huge risk with buying this when it first released but was completely blown away by it. I’m glad there’s new content to come back to. Also did I see you using a Zipline with a carrier? I don’t remember being able to do that before so that’s nice, correct me if I’m wrong.
W8 until they announce the metal gear solid 1 remake for ps5 ….
…u thought death stranding was gud, u will be blown away by one of the games that put playstation & konami on the map….
i wish i cud see ur face wen u fight “psycho mantis” with solid snake (the hero of mgs)….
that boss fight will blow ur mind with its “breaking of the 4th wall”….i hope u have a suikoden or castlevania save file on ur ps5 wen u do fight him…..mgs fans will get the reference…lol
Wish these features were available for the PC version. Don't know why they've limited it to PS5.
Sony is desperate to recoup some cash death stranding was given an insane budget and it flopped really hard
Plus: sony dosent have anything for ps5 other than re-releases
@@ryanadams2610 Death Stranding was a financial success. It didn't reach numbers like other AAA releases but it was definitely a financial success.
@@theblackswordsman9951 no it wasn't it flopped so hard sony sold the publishing rights to 505 games for the pc release it might have sold decent on pc but sony didn't get that money. And even if you combine sales figures it didn't sell enough to cover its cost making it a flop
@@Ceece20 honestly just watch the cutscenes on CZcams it not really worth getting.
@@ryanadams2610 In May 2020 Kojima said it had made enough to recoup development cost and turn a profit. That was before the PC release which made $27 million as of December 2020. They'll have made a lot more since then. While that may not be good for Sony (and they don't need the money anyway lol), it is a success for Kojima Productions.
The best way to enjoy death stranding is to try to understand it. I loved, and I am thinking of playing it again, but alas, my time is extremely limited, I might just load up my save file and continue from there doing side quests and work towards some trophies.
Worst fucking game I ever bought on my ps4
@@cat11112222 i am sorry you didn't enjoy it. I hope you bought it physically so you can sell it and get some of the money back. At least you tried and that's commendable.
@@cat11112222 DS is my 2nd favorite game of all time, after peak WoW, but I respect that you gave it a shot with your hard earned money instead of spouting off negative sentiments and copypasta from echo chambers. cheers
@@Outplayedqt thanks. Game just isn’t my cup of tea probably the worst game I bought in like 2 years. HOWEVER I got a refund for it and bought persons 5 which is waaaay bettee
@@MihaiKrieger I did play station said no but I told the support this game is trash and they refunded it lol I’m deadass. I refunded the game for either final fantasy 7 remake or persona 5
I bet you've got warm arm pits, yong. Anyway, good vid as always mate 👍🏼
LOL 😂
Excuse me, may I be informed as to what the fuck?
Well I’ve heard weirder compliments 🤣
What?...
why?
What.
I can't wait just to play it with the haptics and triggers
And now I have and have to say amazing , the triggers for balancing weight is great and adding the power skeleton for example lessens the effect , I was amazed after first mountain delivery and sam stood there shivering and I felt every move through the vibrations, hearing the snow crunch from the controller is great the controllers just full of life with this one
Didn't know you did in-depth reviews. This was an interesting change of pace.
Yong, you should make a video about an important subject, that is a problem for the whole videogame industry: License expiration, the videogame industry has so many problems, that people forget about this.
Dead by Daylight has DLC for the series Stranger Things, but the DLC is going to be removed from the game in November.
This is a small part of a much bigger problem, it's 2021, and there are still games and DLC removed from digital stores because they are based on a license like a movie, show, cartoon, comic, sports league or celebrity, or has licensed music included, and when the license expires, the game goes away, and this isn't a problem of "physical vs. digital" because GoldenEye 007 cannot be sold again anymore too, the only way to play that game without pirating is finding the original N64 carts, and those are not going to last forever, Rare is not even allowed to make those reproduction carts.
While copyright laws are a big mess, and they need a reform, the real issue is that videogame companies refuse to pay more for a permanent license, where even when the license expires, they are still allowed to sell the game, they just can't make another game, when Hollywood studios makes movies based on properties they don't own or use licensed music, they can sell that movie forever even when don't have the rights anymore, the movie rights to Ghost Rider are no longer owned by Sony, they can't make a third Ghost Rider movie, but can still sell the other two.
3:21 YOU CAN EXPAND YOUR BIKE STORAGE!?!? TAKE MY MONEY NOW!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the video. I’m just recently became interested in this game after watching the DS2 trailer at the game awards
Dude you broke down literally everything. Your reviews are better then the “professionals”. Top 3 gaming channels on YT
He takes the time needed. There's a reason his reviews aren't 3 minutes
@@poopikins I can trust his opinion on games because I know he’s played the hell out of it and tried all different scenarios
I remember watching your review when the game came out because I was really excited to play it, but I didn’t know who’s review to trust. I bought the game on release and loved it ever since; thanks for the stellar review once again.
The novelization said Sam takes days to weeks to reach his destinations. I was hoping Kojima would go insane and make that a reality in the game. Like a super hard mode where it literally would take Sam days to reach different locations on foot
Can you picture how much extra vstorage that would take.
@@stevemclovin1566 a lot but Kojima would MAKE IT WORK KOJIMA IS GOD KOJIMA IS GOD
Can you imagine how huge the map would be?
Both parts of the book are amazing. I loved that read. Even after playing the game a ton. Very well paced and a really engaging use of narrative.
It Should take days/weeks, even with driving. The United States is huge. Going from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains would take a while even on tne road.
So there's only one new area? What about those bits in the trailer with the flower field and that old lady in a photo with a kid?
Part of that small new area.
To me this game was a bait and switch. Because in the first few trailers we saw unimaginable things that looked like a story driven cinematic horror game like no other. People were hyped! Expecting a new Silent Hill or something. And then the walking came. And the packages and talk about people playing together... People started to get worried - is this a walking delivery simulator?
Sure, new things need to be experimented. But in your first studio game??? This should have been a side project. Yes, a lot of people liked it. But think of the number of people who got put off about it. No matter where you land your dart - you will hit something. But the goal is to hit the center of the target.
Don’t be sour cuz u didn’t get it
@@jonahmarlow3991 I liked Death Stranding but I respect his/her opinion. And I can understand it. It's more than ''I didn't get it''.
This was a bait and switch for me too. The premise looked so interesting. The world war trailer with Mads Mikkelsen and zombie soldiers etc, weird invisible monsters, post-apocalypse, time-travel. All that in the end for a game that's basically, but not really, Snowrunner :D I got DS for free and I have played maybe 20 hours and disappointment made me quit. I have easily over 100 hours on Snowrunner and I still fire that game up every now and then. SR just got it right with making the whole world a big puzzle and challenge for you to conquer.
MGSV was also another bitter disappointment. Gameplay was amazing, but it just didn't feel like Metal Gear anymore. The story was told so poorly imo, but I still played the shit out of that game. That's how good the mechanics were.
I think it's time for me to stop expecting anything from Mr. Kojima, and maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised one day.
What a rant. Sorry :D
This game with co-op would be so much fun
Glad i picked this one up from epic games for free, I’m enjoying it so far, couldn’t get the director’s cut tho so I’m here to find out if it’s worth it.
I feel like Hideo Kojima has foresight or something like that. He made a game about delivery that, as people pointed out, after the whole pandemic thing, really brings a whole new appreciation to the game.
Kohima did an interesting interview at the Game awards on exactly that, he basically predicted the world of today and was shocked it happened so soon haha
How the hell are you still talking white beard?
Thanks Yong, solid take. Can’t wait til the upgrade unlocks!
I like games that don't hold my hand, but tedium early on combined with getting caught by timefall rain, and bandits with no protection or useful weaponry was a one-two punch and really out me on the fence about it. If it even slightly makes the beginning more approachable, I'm in.
At the start be sneaky, don’t run in there like a maniac. At least at the beginning of the game,m.
The first part of the game was the game teaching you without holding your hand. Take your time traversing that first map because you'll learn a lot there. Try not to blaze through it.
To be fair, timefall only destroys the boxes for delivery. The item inside is fine, the box is just soggy and less resilient.... i.e. it lowers defense, doesn't do damage
Loved, Death Stranding. I just need 2 more trophies to Platinum the original game and am looking forward to the Directors Cut.
Would love to replay this game especially in this version. Unfortunately that'll take a bit more time seeing as no stock nor budget for a PS5 at the moment in my area.
Till then, I'm hoping to see some unique takes on deliveries once this comes out. That end-game jetpack thingie is a bit of a cheat item a la bandana and I love it!
Buddy bot is good for transporting materials from mule camps or from remote shelters to more convenient locations. The film director is out in the middle of nowhere and has a mission to transport something like 6k ceramic to lake knot. It's one of the best ceramic generators in the game but that area is both really out of the way and filled with ravines so being able to have a buddy bot complete that delivery of screen or just move his crafting supplies to a more convenient location is super helpful.
I put over 100 hours into this game and built no roads or bridges for anyone. I loved making my own paths and figuring out how to get to every prepper by truck consistently and now I have a good route to every place. I prefer offroading or hoofing it through the snow and tough terrain compared to driving from place to place on paved roads or using ziplines.
I'm glad it's there for people who do like that, but for me Death Stranding was a mostly solitary experience and I loved every second.
Thing is, the game was most interesting to me when I was having to walk with a limited exoskelton and ladders and grappling lines and pick my way across the broken, dangerous landscape. That's the most unique part of the game, the traversal mechanics and planning a route and guessing at a loadout/supplies, at their best.
Adding in all the extra bells and whistles to make traversal easier always felt like it was actually degrading the most interesting thing. I never even used the zipline after the first required one to build as why would I want to zipline over the terrain of a game about having to traverse difficult terrain. It'd be like paving all the roads and adding freeways to Mud/Snowrunner. Sure you could build in upgrade systems to the game and make them a dangled carrot in front of the player and have that your gameplay loop. But then you remove the actual challenge and unique aspect of the game (traversing the difficult terrain) simply for the typical video game upgrade/unlock progression treadmill.
Man I loved this game so much.
On the original version, there were numerous times where a bridge or ladder left by another player at a key location bailed my arse out. I would take what I thought was a shortcut, say down into a gorge or something, only to find myself in a very trecherous, precarious location with no obvious footpaths. Then I would spot it - a ladder that had been propped up against a boulder, a bike left behind from another player with the message "feel free to use," and so on.
And I would definitely pay it forward, navigating through some awkward terrain and laying down shortcuts. Felt really good helping others out.
The points you got from leaving stuff made it all worth while. Fake internet points? Gimme! It just felt nice being in a game where people were all working to a goal, and being helpful. Completely different than most games!
I started this game at launch and put like 30ish hours into it but got side tracked and never came back until earlier this year and man what a difference timing can make when playing a game. Playing a game about reconnecting a isolated world through rebuilding with a community and cooperation is compelling in the current state of the world. This is now one of my all time favorite Playstation games and I can't wait to jump back in.
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Two years and still the same joke, huh?
@@StarDiamond3 just let him have the feeling he fits in. this meme culture is all about making the same jokes over and over and over and over.
And the delivery will cost an extra $10.
@@ronaldcharan2705 *cries in living in a 3rd world country where we get railed by import and shipping rates more expensive than the item*
It makes me happy knowing there are people who truly enjoy this game. Dunkey shat all over it but to each their own, thanks for this review!
FYI the jump ramps are maybe BEST suited for on foot travel. Pair them with a speed skeleton and/or level 4 stabilizer. you can almost jump zip line distance in the right mountain top. lvl 4 stabilizer is a sleeper. I get people not wanting to give up their backpack battery but in late game, with online players, roads...theres a lot of power to charge. the flying jumps are insane
As soon as i unlocked ziplines i built a giant network that connected every prepper, knot, and distribution center. Also everyone puts a zipline south of mountain knot in the wrong place. everyone puts it at the very top of the mountain directly behind heartman's lab. Instead put it about 300m east of that spot and you'll be able to connect a zipline right in front of his front door and another zipline that can reach the top of the mountain across the lake.
Personally i was fine going through the the early chapters. I like being as prepared as i possibly can before moving on
Managed to grab a used copy of this for $5 and with the directors cut upgrade being $10 this was a steal! Can't wait to finally give this game a shot.
"MASER gun"
*Stares blankly for a moment*
MASER is what LASER was originally called when it was discovered that microwaves could be amplified via a lasing medium like a ruby. Effectively an invisible beam of radiowaves that could flash-boil water inside something living, or at the very least cause severe burns depending on how powerful it was. Only when we made the discovery that visible light was part of the electromagnetic spectrum did we find out we could use any wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum for LASER technology with an appropriate lasing medium used for the amplification process. These were not... non-lethal ESD guns.
Thank you for taking the time to explore the game again and list all these new features! Great channel! Since I don’t own a PS5 (and don‘t believe it actually exists, since nobody is selling it 😂), this isn‘t for me at the moment. But I loved the base game and can recommend it to anyone who is tired of standard open-world formulas and just open for something fresh.
Was planning to play DS during christmas again, seems like the directors cut is actually worth a buy
I bought it for $20 at best buy and so far it's well worth it (I'm on episode 2)
This is exactly what I did 😂
@Mello The Gamer I got both the directors cut and base game for free from epic games store 🧍🏽♂️
One of my favourite games ever
I got this on steam. I never played the original release, but watched jacksepticeye play it. Now I'm playing it in 4k on PC and enjoying how simple it is and enjoying it more then some of my online friends. the Directors cut being released is the main reason I got my gaming PC built, even if it is more powerful then what is needed for the game.
small detail , you can actually use the speed ramps while using a skeleton to jump waaaaaaay down a mountain with no damage taken by you. Not sure if it works without a skeleton but i was wearing the terrain skeleton at the time.
Was waiting on a good reason to replay this masterpiece again. Thank you
I bought it on ps4 when it was announced there an upgrade to ps5, I paid 8 bucks for the ps4 version so 18 bucks overall and honestly this is the most excited I've been for a ps5 game in a while.
So this game is basically Kevin Costner's "The Postman", but in the cyber future.
Now we got Bridge Baby (BB), Big Bridge (BB) and Big Boss (BB). Time for Big Booty (BB).
"Sam brought BB across the BB looking for some BB only to find BB."
Time to experience the magic of getting to port knot city all over again.
I played the standart edition on pc and didn't really like the game. It's something new and I can see why so many people like it but it just wasn't for me. The gameplay was too repetitive imo and I'm glad they adressed that with the director's cut. What ruined it for me were the constant 4th wall breaks and way too many twists and turns at the end. I wished the story would have been more focused. Beautiful landscapes though, loved taking screenshots everywhere.
4th wall break?
@@redskin122004 I don't remember any aside from annoying our Delivery Guy until he punches the camera.
@@redskin122004 It's been a while since I played the game... I mean the winks into the camera and gestures like thumbs up by Heartman, especially when you meet him in his house. Stuff where characters address the player directly, not the protagonist.
thats just kojima style ur talking about though lol. if u dont like that style u probably wont like many of his games.
The thing is that the concept isn't exactly "new" to be honest. It is a very niche genre though. If you're a fan of games like Freelancer, Elite or even Euro Truck Simulator, chances are you'll get addicted to this game.
As for the story, that's pretty much Kojima's signature.
Ah, an directors cut by a game made by Kojima (no one really holding him back) but this is the true vision of Kojima that Kojima stopped Kojima from executing.
I think Kojima said publicly that he was unsure of the “directors cut” name. He said he refers to it as a “Director plus”. Getting additional content, different modes of transportation for veteran death stranding players to experiment with.
He just likes to be called "director" , the man is a movie fanatic
I recently finished the original PC version of this game, and as a result, have been drinking Monster alot, I bought a replica Q-Pid and I wear it everywhere I go, and I listen to the Low Roar tracks made famous in the game. They just put out a new album, but it doesn't resonate with me as much as the stuff that was added to DS. Hell, I even fired up VorpX and tried playing Death Stranding in VR. Because of my increasing fanhood of the game, I wanna go visit Iceland. Iceland is not only where the landscape is ripped straight out of (The Beach is one of the famous Icelandic Black Beaches, in video game form... it's a photorealistic copy. Nothing has been changed and i feels like you are actually there when you do a side-by-side photo comparison) but is also where Kojima visited IRL and where Low Roar is based. One of my dreams is to be cremated and have my ashes scattered at the real life Beach.
That’s some hardcore fandom right there. Respect.
My biggest gripe with Director's Cut is there is still no way to get the original Porter Tutorial outfit that you lose after the first couple of hours. I love the look of that basic Porter outfit and once it's gone, it's gone.
Thing I'm most jealous fabous YongYea having is that original HUGE Metal Gear Rex figurine, I love that thing, and the BB Lou baby next to it. Those are both so beautiful
Loved the game, but never got to finish it. I held out for a ps5 version. So glad I waited. I'm 100% here for this. I get why it's not for everyone, but if you're the type of gamer that will like it, you'll appreciate how amazing it is. Props to Kojima for making something so unique and beautiful.
I just discovered that the speed jump ramp can be used on foot! If u pickup some speed & jump off of it u will launch & the extreme action appears & u will do a badass somersault & flip. Tried this off of a cliff with the backpack thrusters & it was probably the most exhilaration I had in the whole campaign 😆😆😆
Man the zip lines were my favorite I remember on PS4 I met some guy because I kept seeing and using his stuff in my world and he was doing the same thing with my stuff in his world so we got together and build a hole system of zip lines that can take you to every single delivery point in the hole game all of them connected it made it so easy to make so many delivery’s because we were both going for the platinum
You said that you had a better experience all around because this time you knew what you were supposed to be doing.
As someone who will be playing the game for the first time, I was wondering if you could give some tips on how to get the best out of it the first time around?
E.g. what players should look out for to avoid tedious tasks and build the right infrastructure and whatnot.
Don't bother! Graphicly Fantastic..Ends there.. Boring AF 👍
Just Play and enjoy. Like tv series and movies now. There’s no mystery. People need markers. Tips and constant confirmation and participation trophies
The first area has a trike but it is the only vehicle you get until area 2. If you wreck it you will be spending the rest of area 1 on foot.
You can quickly load items onto a vehicle by approaching the vehicle with items in hand(holding L2 for left hand hand and R2 for right hand) and dropping them where they would go. You can also remove items this way eliminating the need for menus for low cargo hauls.
When fighting humanoids you can throw cargo (preferably destroyed cargo/ fodder) at the humanoid by perform an attack then releasing the cargo before the attack follows through. This full sends the cargo into their face and allows for a free followup knockout punch. I know there will be more combat added but this will never get old.
Never assume you've planned for everything, bring extras even if you're sure.
Experiment with your pee both weaponized and naturally. Your pee can be a powerful tool.