How do you all feel about the announcement of Death Stranding 2? Did you love the first game as much as I did or is it a reason for you to dive back in and possibly give it another chance? Let me know! Also, don't forget I'm still doing my full God of War Ragnarok playthrough over on my reaction channel Robinoyo so go and check it out! Thanks for watching :)
I love a lot the first game, but It won't be called DS2 and maybe it's another style of gameplay since people want to shoot and use swords to kill things in games and cried about DS1.
I'm curious what was Kojima's original idea for DS2. In Game Awards, Kojima said he already wrote the story for DS2. But then re-wrote it completely, due to the pandemic.
He said in his podcast that it was because after experiencing the pandemic, the story didn't make to much sense anymore. So now the new story it's what happens after people connect, what comes next. "Should we have connected?" Just like how people connected during and after the pandemic. Also he said that the second game was planned (though of) when he was still making the first one.
@MythicalSalmon - Yeah that question of "Should We Have Connected" intrigues me. I can't help but wonder if Kojima saw how stupid & idiotic some people behaved during the beginnings of the pandemic, and perhaps it made him question how people "connecting" to spread disinformation, only made things worse. I mean, there was people dying as early as in their 20s & 30s from the virus, during in the early days of the pandemic (before a vaccine was developed)... but then you saw a lot of people that didn't care about all that, and were protesting for places like Applebee's or their nail salons, to open back up again. 🙄 Idiots. He said the pandemic happened, and it made him change up his story ideas. I can't help but wonder about the cult in the game, and what their mission/directive is... This game is gonna be WILD. 😅🎮 I can't wait!
@@KabbalahSherry Interesting Point. Kojima has touch this kind of topics before in Metal Gear Solid, especially in MGS 2 and Revengeance. It won't be surpising if he goes with those topics again in DS2
Very excited, loved the first game. Going for the platinum was such a fantastic experience, truly felt like I was building something. I hope people will be a bit more open to DS2, people claim to want new experiences in gaming but then scoff at the SECOND STRAND TYPE GAME?? hahahahaha Ty for the vid Robin
There's definitely a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to people calling for innovation but only buying the same old, though it's of course also perfectly valid if they don't want the type of gameplay that DS brought
@@RobinGaming Innovation can be brought while being fun and engaging. Death Stranding, in my opinion, lacked those elements, but I hope they could improve upon them in the sequel!
Hahaha so true. It looks absolutely incredible, and I love how even tho I'm obsessed with the first game I'm so utterly confused about what's happening in this one, guessing what's going to happen in DS 2 is gonna be almost as enjoyable as playing it, just like the first game.
Something I haven't heard anyone talk about yet is that Fragile doesn't have the old body from being drenched in timefall when she rides on the unicycle. This entire trailer is so different from the first game that it's almost like a fever dream. But I loved DS1, I'm so ready to love this one too!
There are three ways to explain the Fragile situation: 1. It is a dream 2. It is in the past 3. It is in the future and she healed I may not know which one it is but it is reasonable to assume that maybe Kojima is misleading us.
I am BEYOND hyped for this. Loved the first game, and am super excited for DS2. Probably my most anticipated game atm. However, i gotta say, after the recent passing of Low Roar, part of me is kind of worried for the music in the sequel. Low roar's music played such a huge role for me in DS1, it added to the atmosphere and general vibe of the game, and whenever it popped up randomly during a delivery it heightened the game's quality for me SO MUCH. It just fit the world Kojima made so perfectly. I really hope the music in DS2 lives up to that.
NOOO not Low Roar too!! I didn't know this!! Lemme fckn guess he was j a b bed too, of course a lot of people will willingly deny this but how many young people "died suddenly" now?!! I'm getting really angry 😡🤬 wtf...
I don't think you should pay attention to what the reception is or what other people are saying about it you should just focus on how you feel about the game and if you're hyped behyped and enjoy it don't let others influence you either way
I don’t think it’s BB in the trailer because we don’t see Fragile’s deformed skin (unless it’s miraculously healed); could be a part of the game in the past prior to her having her skin damaged
I assumed it was a flashback from before the events of the first game becuase of her normal skin. The napkin saying Louise makes this scene highly contradictory though. I did notice the baby has costume angel wings and the B.T. baby that forms in the pod has little flapping angel wings with the same shape. So if that is Lou she becomes a BT and then later her BT becomes . . . an Octopus?
@@Orain88 - No, that tentacle scene is probably just from a nightmare that Sam will have down in his Safe Room. 😄🐙 I wouldn't worry about Lou turning into an octopus or something lol
Nah, it shouldn't be for everyone. That'll make it worse. Half-assed mechanics thrown in to appease CoD casuals? No thanks. Make it even weirder, more walking mechanics! 😆
Robin your reviews are absolute peak. Im glad i found this channel, finally person who has experience in gaming for many years, making reviews based on that. From what i saw, you dont really have script what to review on every game, but you are just telling us how you feel about the game and trying to understand what it is about and i love this approach. I watched your review on A Plague Tale Requiem, which is my most favourite game right now, and i was so impressed by it, i agree literally with everything you said in these 33 minutes. Your content has huge potential and you should continue doing it! Thank you
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the kind words. As far as the style of videos: I've done it all haha. I made many videos for which I prepared and read from scripts I wrote, did regular discussion videos, and this format right now is kind of a hybrid. I do write down points I wanna address, but my commentary itself is practically unscripted, yet I also edit some parts so they flow a little better. I like it because it allows me to upload videos that don't take super long to produce while still feeling high quality. Glad to hear you enjoy them!
My brother bouht me this game and I tried playing it at I hated so much the controls, that I gave up. Months later I forced myself intro trying it more, and then this becomes one of my favorite games of all time, only losing for Red Dead Redemption 2.
Personally I think this game will be more action oriented rather then focused on delivering packages. He said “should we have connected” meaning something bad is going down. Kojima is def taking into consideration the feedback and might focus more on action/combat and linear design rather big open levels. Also higgs return as the big bad will be awesome because I love his character. Also I’m praying cliff makes a huge return.
Noooo I like "big open levels" though! 😩🤷🏻♀️ Traversing that incredible map was a major part of the experience & I LOVED that. I'm going to be sooo disappointed if it just becomes a typical shooter like so many other games. We've played games like THAT to death already. Why can't people have been content w/trying something new?? It's fine if the game wasn't for everybody... but that doesn't mean they need to ruin future experiences for the rest of Us! EDIT: I'm hoping that DieHardman makes a return again. His character was AMAZING. 🥹 He gave an incredible performance...
Well if that is the feedback he's taking then this game is screwed, since the first one would have been miles upon miles better if there was no direct combat in it, and he had focused on polishing the traversal mechanics, made a bigger open world and adjusted the difficulty curve of the environmental factors. It would be the equivalent of turning doom into a platformer.
Used to like anime. Can't stomach it anymore. Except the movies like Spirited Away, Ghost in the shell, Ninja Scroll, Animatrix etc.. which I love. The serial stuff like One Piece can stay far away from me lol As for DS2... can't wait, most anticipated game currently by far
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the boss fights were terrible in Death Stranding. It just felt soulless which the first Metal Gear did as well. I think Death Stranding 2 will set the standard for the series and what a sequel to DS2 would end up as. Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake on MSX set up for MGS series: According to Paul Soth of GameSpy, the game surpassed its predecessor Metal Gear in every way. In addition to praising the gameplay, he also praised the game's "gripping, well written storyline" for its "rich characterization" and its "same quality of storytelling that made MGS so compelling." I think Death Stranding 2 will hit the same high bar. Kojima is really good at executing sequels and that's what he shown with MGS series on PlayStation with Solid Snake's story. The first Metal Gear on MSX got a score of 79%. Far from perfect just like Death Stranding. Polarized the audience. Back in the 80's it was not received well from everyone to not kill the enemies and just infiltrate the base and escape from guards to face mercenaries in different areas in the base. Death Stranding's BT fights were really bad executed. Kojima needs to replace them with humans and background stories to get to that "rich characterization".
As a uber-fan of Death Stranding, and Kojima in general, I would not enjoy a better combat system, I would rather the social aspect be expanded more, the core concept is very cool, but Kojima and his team can do better, I know they can.
Sounded like a DS2 was always planned with Kojima saying he had the story for it written *before* the pandemic. Which was just months after the first games release. And they never built the engine from the ground up... they used the Decima Emgine that Guerrilla Games gave them. It was an already existing engine that KojiPro just made tweaks to.
This is one of those games I had 0 interest in for a long time based on what i saw and heard. Eventually it was available for free on psn so i randomly gave it a try. I played it long enuff to get into the story ad was able to watch videos and stuff while playing it. The thing about this game it REALLY opens up later on in ways I honestly assumed it didn't. Guns, trucks, motorcycles, blood grenades and bullets, tranqs, bolas, etc... I was always a big fan of anime and i still had no interest. THe story is very odd and the marketing portrayed a weird story and only the beginning of whats allowed in the game, walking... But it's so much more. It's a great game.
Good writers always write the sequel to their novels. You could tell major thought was put in to DS with the tons of emails etc. It was expected. As well as, you start working on that at the same time. Not a Kojima fan boy but played MGS when it first came out knew who he was. However he is an artist. Artists paint different pictures and I’m glad he is doing that. We as gamers should allow the devs to paint the pictures they want instead of demanding they paint the same picture (game) and express the creativity they have.
Even though I really didn’t enjoy death stranding except for the story, I will still buy and support it because it’s something different than the AAA recycled trash we always get. Was so pumped for the first one but it just wasn’t a fun game to me. The gameplay loop got boring as hell and became a slog fest. I wasn’t enjoying myself and forced myself to finish it. It became a chore to play which I guess was kind of the point, but it was repetitive as hell
After how let down I was with death stranding 1, no way am I getting the sequel. Unless it's not a strands type game with just delivery, then maybe people will be interested. But seeing as I guess people loved that boring gameplay loop then yeah I guess a sequel was justified. Really wish kojima would make something more mature yet enjoyable to play.
After seeing all the Game Awards trailers, this is definitely my most anticipated game of next year. Sure, Starfield, Spider-Man 2 and Jedi Survivor are up there. But those games all feel familiar in one way or another. I would never go back and play DS again, but I loved playing it despite the convoluted story and some other issues. I would happily play a sequel. My first thought was: I didn’t know that I needed this in my life.
curious that your apparently the first person to do anything with this game, must mean your a god gamer i bow down. lol sounds condescending when you constantly put yourself as better or faster than others who went through the same game lol.
I'm one of those that dropped it early. I wanted to get back into it but life happened and other games came out. I'm definitely gonna try it again but at least my expectations are set now going into it.
I still didn't play the first one and its on psplus now.. i heard there is a lot of grinding in the game. Thats why i didnt feel like playing it. Is it really good ? then i might start it. there is no new good game to play now.
I think Death Stranding would be a powerful franchise if they ever figure out how to do Procedural generation with the Decima engine. The game is all about trekking from location to location; climbing, crossing whatever obstacles lay in your path. What if your environment changes every 12hrs? It would mean the same routes you created before no longer apply, and you have to once again plan your routes and decide careful what tools to bring.
Dog gone it now I need to buy a PS5 for sure because I got to play this. I already have an Xbox series X and it's my favorite thing ever. And I didn't think PS5 would have any exclusive games that I would need to get it for. But I did get a PS4 just for death stranding one
Why would you buy a PlayStation 4 when the PlayStation 5 is almost entirely backwards compatible with it as such would have been an overall better purchase
One thing I feel comfortable betting on with DS2, is that it will be much more action based. I can't see this game recycling the traversal aspect of the first game. And I am perfectly fine with that.
A few things that I also want to mention: -Sam's age. Has he been unwillingly exposed to timefall? Conversely, Fragile seems to have her young body back? Perhaps a positive side effect of her being a repatriate? -Kojima said he changed the story so he doesn't predict the future again. Perhaps that's why it feels inconsistent with the first one? What did we miss? Dangit 😞 I need to know...
Robin it's so good to hear your voice again regarding the God of War video you just uploaded and now this! I'm truly amazed at how much our opinions line up about gaming. Uncharted is STILL peak gaming for me. God of War: Ragnarok does have some bloated elements but overall I don't think they worsen the sum of its parts. Lastly, the way you describe how DS1's gameplay loop is addictive is exactly how I would describe it too. It's strange that I found myself being pulled back into a seemingly boring game, but that's just it -- there's enough there that it's not a boring game, but something greater, deeper, and more meaningful. I am excited for the ways Kojima and company will innovate on this established IP, I don't have any other points to add to what you've already said; again, it's just nice to hear your opinions on current gaming culture. I feel like we're a niche group of gamers who are constantly searching for the next compelling narrative and not just a simple pastime. Anyways, hope your holidays are great this year and thanks for the last 14 years of greatness! Keep 'em coming!
Appreciate it a lot man! I'm hoping to become more consistent again on this channel moving forward. Glad to hear you enjoyed the recent talks about GoW and DS!
Im super excited for the sequel. You touched on this, but I really hope they make the game harder. I loved playing through the first but it became way too easy to just pack the truck until it was full and then drive to deliver everything. I also never died until after beating the game, doing it just to see what would happen
I played Death Stranding the day it came out and beat the story in January 2020. Then I took a break and went back to it in November/December of 2020 for the platinum. Then I took another break and went back in February 2022 and finally earned the platinum in March 2022 after more than 150 hours of gaming and I must say it was one unforgettable ride. If you have not played Death Stranding go play it now. I can’t wait for Death Stranding 2.
I love the first game but it seemed very self-contained. I didn't expect a sequel but I'm eager to find out what new story Kojima has to tell. If he didn't have something worthwhile to share, I doubt he would be making a sequel.
DS was a great experience brought down by a little bit too cryptic dialogue and exposition and weak combat. Still fun for sure. Will need to hype up for this sequel.
I loved Death Stranding, 100% it on PS4, then bought it on steam and 100% there. And then, I 100% it again when Director's Cut came to steam. After the third time, I was a little burnt out at the end. But after a period of not playing Death Stranding, I always miss it somehow. Recently I've 100% Snowrunner on steam playing co-op with my brother, and it actually fixed my itch of being a delivery man. Great game! Amazing vehicle and terrain physics! When speaking of physics, I hope DS2 actually have good physics, tumbling down when walking could look very cheap. And driving vehicles off-road was a pain to witness. I really hope they double down on the mechanics of the game. And make it harder so the game actually punishes you. The voidout concept in game was really cool, and it felt like a missed potential in DS. I also witnessed it after completing it, by manually triggering it. Cool to see the crater but there wasn't really a consequence after that. The crater dissappeared anyways after a while if I remember correctly. But yes, I do love Death Stranding even though it has it's faults. Can't wait for the sequel!
look I'm a diehard Kojima fan he is literally the greatest game developer of all times in my eyes and i won't even consider Shigeru Miyamoto or Hirononu Sakaguchi being above hin despite me deeply respecting them but i don't really need more walking in games (i know Death Stranding has a rewarding feel to it upon completing deliveries i platinumed the damm thing online so i played quite a lot but i'm not really all that excited to walk and walk and walk again that being said maybe he can make it more fun through the Dualsense controller)
Got DS on launch as it was one of my most anticipated games of 2019, played it for a few days and dropped it as I wasn’t enjoying it, and I disregarded the game for 2 years until the director’s came out and I fully played it and finished it in 1 week. And it’s now one of my favorite games from last gen ( and currently replaying it) It’s funny seeing people who hate on DS cause I was one of them. The game needs to be experienced, not just played God bless Kojima for gracing this medium. We need him more than ever
Death Stranding 1 was amazing to me I respect people who dont like it but for me it just clicked. The story and world is very intruiging and bizarre and cool and the gameplay was just an experience like it felt so calming but dangerous at times. One crazy moment I had was that I left a human body laying close to BTs by accident and after like 30 mins the world got incinerated and I had to go back to an older save to get that body and go burn it. Its those crazy bizarre things Kojima does that its crazy that he even can get a big budget for an idea like this. I do hope they do more actiony gameplay for the sequel though. Im sure Kojima has some cool ideas
I have a theory that we're now beyond making delivery (probably there's still a mechanic for it but not the main gameplay), if you watch the end of the trailer, you'll notice that the enemies henchmen is not human, it's robots.
Just a heads up, Kojima productions didn't make an engine from the ground up. They used an existing engine for Death Stranding called Decima Engine. I also very much enjoyed my time with Death Stranding, it definitely isn't just a walking simulator, elevating the gameplay from the first one I think would have to include force feedback from the Dualsense controller or something like that. The narrative of that first game however I thought was very much lacking and bordering on mediocre sometimes. I do think the directing and cinematography are on point but that narrative really needs work. The uncanny valley of the main cast also I think needs improving.
True, realized afterwards that I hadn't thought that through. But they did help improve on Decima apparently. I'm sure that's on ongoing process though.
but what happened to Fragile aged body ? In the first game she had her whole body aged from Higs tortures . Is she self healing because now she's become a repatriot?
The cult is actually walking through SNOW at the beginning of the trailer. Not a desert or a beach filled with sand. That is SNOW. 😏👌🏼❄️ What this means, I don't know. But I don't think the cult is able to go to Beaches like Amelie & Fragile could. However, my thinking is: Louise might be a repatriate now. And her "Ha" (body) and her "Ka" (soul) might be separated, due to Amelie bringing Lou back, as she had done for Sam, all those years before. The cult's objective might be to combine the two together again... just as that will be the objective of Sam & Fragile later as well. Both groups will be racing against each other, to try to do the same thing. And this would go along well w/the theme of "Drawbridges", or whatever. We don't know what consequences there could be, from doing this action. Hence the question that was asked: "Should We Have Connected?" I also notice on the character advertisements, over a picture of Elle Fanning, it asks the question "Who Am I?" I think that she is an adult Lou, and I think that the cult has been in possession of Louise's physical body the whole time... and Fragile, has her soul, in a pod. I think we'll see the cult kidnap Louise at the beginning of the game, and knock Fragile out. They'll think that she is dead... but she will only have lost consciousness. Anyway, I think she will wake up, and go back to her shelter, and discovered that Lou's "Ka" has appeared in her old pod. Flash forward 20yrs or whatever, and Fragile has been searching for Sam the whole time, and finally finds him. Maybe Fragile has heard news that Louise's body is still alive, and that she has been raised by the cult, and is with them, and she needs Sam's help to reunite Lou's body w/her soul... before the cult can do it. That's what I've theorized so far! 👊🏽😃 I'm so excited for this game to come out! I'm so happy that he is making a sequel! I hope there will be at LEAST 3 games set in this universe! DS is one of the greatest & most unique games I have ever played in my life.
Robin, what did you think of The Game Awards of this year? I thought it was pretty decent but I was upset A Plague Tale: Requiem didn't win anything. I think it should have won the Best Music in my opinion.
GOW Ragnarok musical scores blows the others away. Bear McCreary literally composed for AMC's The Walking Dead Season 6-8 and no soundtracks can compare to that.
I didn't watch it, just checked out the trailers for the stuff I found interesting afterwards. Judas, DS2, and a couple other other things look sick! But the fighting over awards and all the industry celebrities are not really something I can say I care for much anymore tbh. Shoutout to Bill Clinton kid though, that moment alone probably still would have made it worth it to do a live reaction hahaha!
@@DarkAttackYT A whole lot of battle orchestral scores are amazing. You are bad at sensing scores. The same can be said about A Plague Tale "Oh I ONLY remember the menu theme."
A Plague Tale Requiem is 80/100 range Metacritic. Game Of The Year trophy is for those in 94-97/100 range Metacritic, like Elden Ring and GOW Ragnarok. Get over it. The scores are literally on Metacritic.
Go for platinum trophy and you'll find out it isn't a walking simulator. You have to build tons of things and lots of puzzle solving to find out best routes
@@scottnukend The game's nothing but go from one place to the other plus the occasional graphically impressive cutscene, some minor combat and that's basically it. There's nothing fun and engaging about it
How do you all feel about the announcement of Death Stranding 2? Did you love the first game as much as I did or is it a reason for you to dive back in and possibly give it another chance? Let me know! Also, don't forget I'm still doing my full God of War Ragnarok playthrough over on my reaction channel Robinoyo so go and check it out! Thanks for watching :)
Yo Robin Why did you interrupt the game awards by going on the stage at the end?
I love a lot the first game, but It won't be called DS2 and maybe it's another style of gameplay since people want to shoot and use swords to kill things in games and cried about DS1.
@@YourDearEnemy Had to give a shoutout to my guy Bill
I'm curious what was Kojima's original idea for DS2. In Game Awards, Kojima said he already wrote the story for DS2. But then re-wrote it completely, due to the pandemic.
Yeah I honestly take statements like that with a grain of salt but I wonder how much he ended up changing in that case!
He said in his podcast that it was because after experiencing the pandemic, the story didn't make to much sense anymore. So now the new story it's what happens after people connect, what comes next. "Should we have connected?" Just like how people connected during and after the pandemic.
Also he said that the second game was planned (though of) when he was still making the first one.
@MythicalSalmon - Yeah that question of "Should We Have Connected" intrigues me.
I can't help but wonder if Kojima saw how stupid & idiotic some people behaved during the beginnings of the pandemic, and perhaps it made him question how people "connecting" to spread disinformation, only made things worse.
I mean, there was people dying as early as in their 20s & 30s from the virus, during in the early days of the pandemic (before a vaccine was developed)... but then you saw a lot of people that didn't care about all that, and were protesting for places like Applebee's or their nail salons, to open back up again. 🙄 Idiots.
He said the pandemic happened, and it made him change up his story ideas. I can't help but wonder about the cult in the game, and what their mission/directive is...
This game is gonna be WILD. 😅🎮 I can't wait!
@@KabbalahSherry Interesting Point. Kojima has touch this kind of topics before in Metal Gear Solid, especially in MGS 2 and Revengeance. It won't be surpising if he goes with those topics again in DS2
Probably something about masks, spreading an infection across America, and people refusing to use their brains and dying for their stupidity.
Very excited, loved the first game. Going for the platinum was such a fantastic experience, truly felt like I was building something. I hope people will be a bit more open to DS2, people claim to want new experiences in gaming but then scoff at the SECOND STRAND TYPE GAME?? hahahahaha
Ty for the vid Robin
There's definitely a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to people calling for innovation but only buying the same old, though it's of course also perfectly valid if they don't want the type of gameplay that DS brought
I also earned the platinum for Death Stranding after more than 150 hours of gameplay.
@@RobinGaming Innovation can be brought while being fun and engaging. Death Stranding, in my opinion, lacked those elements, but I hope they could improve upon them in the sequel!
Aah... thank god, Someone is taking about Death Stranding 2.
I thought I was the only one who is happy to see the teaser.
Hahaha so true. It looks absolutely incredible, and I love how even tho I'm obsessed with the first game I'm so utterly confused about what's happening in this one, guessing what's going to happen in DS 2 is gonna be almost as enjoyable as playing it, just like the first game.
Something I haven't heard anyone talk about yet is that Fragile doesn't have the old body from being drenched in timefall when she rides on the unicycle. This entire trailer is so different from the first game that it's almost like a fever dream. But I loved DS1, I'm so ready to love this one too!
Interesting
There are three ways to explain the Fragile situation:
1. It is a dream
2. It is in the past
3. It is in the future and she healed
I may not know which one it is but it is reasonable to assume that maybe Kojima is misleading us.
I am BEYOND hyped for this. Loved the first game, and am super excited for DS2. Probably my most anticipated game atm.
However, i gotta say, after the recent passing of Low Roar, part of me is kind of worried for the music in the sequel.
Low roar's music played such a huge role for me in DS1, it added to the atmosphere and general vibe of the game, and whenever it popped up randomly during a delivery it heightened the game's quality for me SO MUCH.
It just fit the world Kojima made so perfectly.
I really hope the music in DS2 lives up to that.
I think SYML would be a great option
NOOO not Low Roar too!! I didn't know this!!
Lemme fckn guess he was j a b bed too, of course a lot of people will willingly deny this but how many young people "died suddenly" now?!! I'm getting really angry 😡🤬 wtf...
Yeah I def feel that too, but Ima guess we still are gonan get silent poets back an Ludvig is back
I kind of don't think the DS2 stands for Death Stranding 2. Otherwise they wouldn't have only put DS2
Haha interesting, yeah they did say it was a working title so that implies they plan on calling it something else.
*_I loved DS1. This announcement + Ken Levine's new game were the best things shown at the awards show_*
I don't think you should pay attention to what the reception is or what other people are saying about it you should just focus on how you feel about the game and if you're hyped behyped and enjoy it don't let others influence you either way
The game engine was already there even before the first game, both D.S. games will be using the Decima engine, the same engine the Horizon games use.
I’m calling it now… BB is Amelie reincarnated 🫣
Gotta drop everything I’m doing when this man uploads…
I don’t think it’s BB in the trailer because we don’t see Fragile’s deformed skin (unless it’s miraculously healed); could be a part of the game in the past prior to her having her skin damaged
Yh heard this theory before which is a possibility too. But why would the BB be older and outside of the pod? Makes it seem unlikely to me.
It is the same BB. If you pause at the right moment you can see the name ‘Louise’ under the babies napkin
Flashback
I assumed it was a flashback from before the events of the first game becuase of her normal skin. The napkin saying Louise makes this scene highly contradictory though.
I did notice the baby has costume angel wings and the B.T. baby that forms in the pod has little flapping angel wings with the same shape. So if that is Lou she becomes a BT and then later her BT becomes . . . an Octopus?
@@Orain88 - No, that tentacle scene is probably just from a nightmare that Sam will have down in his Safe Room. 😄🐙 I wouldn't worry about Lou turning into an octopus or something lol
Nah, it shouldn't be for everyone. That'll make it worse. Half-assed mechanics thrown in to appease CoD casuals? No thanks. Make it even weirder, more walking mechanics! 😆
I learned that age has accelerated my aging process. Feels bad.
Crazy thing, time.
Robin your reviews are absolute peak. Im glad i found this channel, finally person who has experience in gaming for many years, making reviews based on that. From what i saw, you dont really have script what to review on every game, but you are just telling us how you feel about the game and trying to understand what it is about and i love this approach. I watched your review on A Plague Tale Requiem, which is my most favourite game right now, and i was so impressed by it, i agree literally with everything you said in these 33 minutes. Your content has huge potential and you should continue doing it! Thank you
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the kind words. As far as the style of videos: I've done it all haha. I made many videos for which I prepared and read from scripts I wrote, did regular discussion videos, and this format right now is kind of a hybrid. I do write down points I wanna address, but my commentary itself is practically unscripted, yet I also edit some parts so they flow a little better. I like it because it allows me to upload videos that don't take super long to produce while still feeling high quality. Glad to hear you enjoy them!
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Death Stranding Is About Helping Others!!!! When U See What U Can Do To Help People That Are Following In Your Footsteps, U Fully Understand!!!
My status was unfucked as soon as i saw this announcement.
How is Fragile's body young again?
My brother bouht me this game and I tried playing it at I hated so much the controls, that I gave up. Months later I forced myself intro trying it more, and then this becomes one of my favorite games of all time, only losing for Red Dead Redemption 2.
Personally I think this game will be more action oriented rather then focused on delivering packages. He said “should we have connected” meaning something bad is going down. Kojima is def taking into consideration the feedback and might focus more on action/combat and linear design rather big open levels. Also higgs return as the big bad will be awesome because I love his character. Also I’m praying cliff makes a huge return.
Yep. Sounds awesome.
Noooo I like "big open levels" though! 😩🤷🏻♀️
Traversing that incredible map was a major part of the experience & I LOVED that. I'm going to be sooo disappointed if it just becomes a typical shooter like so many other games. We've played games like THAT to death already. Why can't people have been content w/trying something new?? It's fine if the game wasn't for everybody... but that doesn't mean they need to ruin future experiences for the rest of Us!
EDIT: I'm hoping that DieHardman makes a return again. His character was AMAZING. 🥹 He gave an incredible performance...
Well if that is the feedback he's taking then this game is screwed, since the first one would have been miles upon miles better if there was no direct combat in it, and he had focused on polishing the traversal mechanics, made a bigger open world and adjusted the difficulty curve of the environmental factors. It would be the equivalent of turning doom into a platformer.
@@marcogianesello6083 I see that perspective.
I’ve got one thing to say about the Amelie/Higgs situation... liquid Ocelot
I miss these unique, innovative games. Death Stranding 1 is one of my favs.
Pragmata!
Used to like anime. Can't stomach it anymore. Except the movies like Spirited Away, Ghost in the shell, Ninja Scroll, Animatrix etc.. which I love.
The serial stuff like One Piece can stay far away from me lol
As for DS2... can't wait, most anticipated game currently by far
I didn't play the director's cut.but to my knowledge bb28 is related to Fragile and I think Character.Lea.is.playing is Lou
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the boss fights were terrible in Death Stranding. It just felt soulless which the first Metal Gear did as well.
I think Death Stranding 2 will set the standard for the series and what a sequel to DS2 would end up as.
Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake on MSX set up for MGS series:
According to Paul Soth of GameSpy, the game surpassed its predecessor Metal Gear in every way. In addition to praising the gameplay, he also praised the game's "gripping, well written storyline" for its "rich characterization" and its "same quality of storytelling that made MGS so compelling."
I think Death Stranding 2 will hit the same high bar. Kojima is really good at executing sequels and that's what he shown with MGS series on PlayStation with Solid Snake's story.
The first Metal Gear on MSX got a score of 79%. Far from perfect just like Death Stranding. Polarized the audience. Back in the 80's it was not received well from everyone to not kill the enemies and just infiltrate the base and escape from guards to face mercenaries in different areas in the base. Death Stranding's BT fights were really bad executed. Kojima needs to replace them with humans and background stories to get to that "rich characterization".
0:00 Herro erewyone. I'm back!
Death Stranding was stupid. Ya, it was completely different. That don't mean it's good.
I thought Troy Baker's character wasn't Higgs, Troy is playing a different character.
As a uber-fan of Death Stranding, and Kojima in general, I would not enjoy a better combat system, I would rather the social aspect be expanded more, the core concept is very cool, but Kojima and his team can do better, I know they can.
Sounded like a DS2 was always planned with Kojima saying he had the story for it written *before* the pandemic. Which was just months after the first games release.
And they never built the engine from the ground up... they used the Decima Emgine that Guerrilla Games gave them. It was an already existing engine that KojiPro just made tweaks to.
Hoping to see all of the cast from the original but that they just weren’t announced.
This is one of those games I had 0 interest in for a long time based on what i saw and heard. Eventually it was available for free on psn so i randomly gave it a try. I played it long enuff to get into the story ad was able to watch videos and stuff while playing it. The thing about this game it REALLY opens up later on in ways I honestly assumed it didn't. Guns, trucks, motorcycles, blood grenades and bullets, tranqs, bolas, etc... I was always a big fan of anime and i still had no interest. THe story is very odd and the marketing portrayed a weird story and only the beginning of whats allowed in the game, walking... But it's so much more. It's a great game.
Good writers always write the sequel to their novels. You could tell major thought was put in to DS with the tons of emails etc. It was expected. As well as, you start working on that at the same time. Not a Kojima fan boy but played MGS when it first came out knew who he was. However he is an artist. Artists paint different pictures and I’m glad he is doing that.
We as gamers should allow the devs to paint the pictures they want instead of demanding they paint the same picture (game) and express the creativity they have.
Even though I really didn’t enjoy death stranding except for the story, I will still buy and support it because it’s something different than the AAA recycled trash we always get. Was so pumped for the first one but it just wasn’t a fun game to me. The gameplay loop got boring as hell and became a slog fest. I wasn’t enjoying myself and forced myself to finish it. It became a chore to play which I guess was kind of the point, but it was repetitive as hell
I never played death stranding 1, seeing DS2 made me download DS1 straight away
After how let down I was with death stranding 1, no way am I getting the sequel.
Unless it's not a strands type game with just delivery, then maybe people will be interested. But seeing as I guess people loved that boring gameplay loop then yeah I guess a sequel was justified.
Really wish kojima would make something more mature yet enjoyable to play.
As a 500 LoL porter, I am super involved with DS2 (working title).
When I saw the trailer, I downloaded ds 1 and start playing it again
How you don't have a million followers is beyond me. Great video.
DS didn't build an engine from the ground up, they used the Decima engine from Guerrilla games
After seeing all the Game Awards trailers, this is definitely my most anticipated game of next year. Sure, Starfield, Spider-Man 2 and Jedi Survivor are up there. But those games all feel familiar in one way or another. I would never go back and play DS again, but I loved playing it despite the convoluted story and some other issues. I would happily play a sequel. My first thought was: I didn’t know that I needed this in my life.
Many of us are excited but don't expect next year or even 2024
Starfield? Really
@@theghostofsparta4528 It could just be Skyrim in space, but I HOPE it’s way more than that…
curious that your apparently the first person to do anything with this game, must mean your a god gamer i bow down. lol sounds condescending when you constantly put yourself as better or faster than others who went through the same game lol.
😞 ugh I need to fix my ziplines on the snowy mountain. It helps a lots of people last time I've logged in. It must be rusty by now
The cult is living in the world, right? So if they want Amelie to end the world wouldn’t that mean their end?
After the announcement of the 2nd one. I begin my 3rd playthrough of the game no problem.
I'm one of those that dropped it early. I wanted to get back into it but life happened and other games came out. I'm definitely gonna try it again but at least my expectations are set now going into it.
I still didn't play the first one and its on psplus now.. i heard there is a lot of grinding in the game. Thats why i didnt feel like playing it. Is it really good ? then i might start it. there is no new good game to play now.
I think Death Stranding would be a powerful franchise if they ever figure out how to do Procedural generation with the Decima engine. The game is all about trekking from location to location; climbing, crossing whatever obstacles lay in your path. What if your environment changes every 12hrs? It would mean the same routes you created before no longer apply, and you have to once again plan your routes and decide careful what tools to bring.
Please cover news surrounding about the uncharted reboot leaks.
I wish this could make people think of Death Stranding differently and actually give it another chance. It's such a special game.
Dog gone it now I need to buy a PS5 for sure because I got to play this. I already have an Xbox series X and it's my favorite thing ever. And I didn't think PS5 would have any exclusive games that I would need to get it for. But I did get a PS4 just for death stranding one
Why would you buy a PlayStation 4 when the PlayStation 5 is almost entirely backwards compatible with it as such would have been an overall better purchase
Hey Robin, I'm curious about your opinion regarding The Callisto Protocol. The reviews really threw me off big time...
Avalanche Reviews has you covered
My man back with a banger! Love it!!!
One thing I feel comfortable betting on with DS2, is that it will be much more action based. I can't see this game recycling the traversal aspect of the first game. And I am perfectly fine with that.
That'd be so fucking sad
Its set during the events of the first game just a parallel universe
I absolutely loved Death stranding!
combat was great, just clunky.
I don't why more people haven't noticed. But fragile's skin is is no longer aged drastically.
It is flashback
17:54 fragile is holding lou you can just see the top of the hair
What music is playing from 15:00?
A few things that I also want to mention:
-Sam's age. Has he been unwillingly exposed to timefall? Conversely, Fragile seems to have her young body back? Perhaps a positive side effect of her being a repatriate?
-Kojima said he changed the story so he doesn't predict the future again. Perhaps that's why it feels inconsistent with the first one? What did we miss? Dangit 😞 I need to know...
Robin it's so good to hear your voice again regarding the God of War video you just uploaded and now this!
I'm truly amazed at how much our opinions line up about gaming. Uncharted is STILL peak gaming for me. God of War: Ragnarok does have some bloated elements but overall I don't think they worsen the sum of its parts. Lastly, the way you describe how DS1's gameplay loop is addictive is exactly how I would describe it too. It's strange that I found myself being pulled back into a seemingly boring game, but that's just it -- there's enough there that it's not a boring game, but something greater, deeper, and more meaningful. I am excited for the ways Kojima and company will innovate on this established IP, I don't have any other points to add to what you've already said; again, it's just nice to hear your opinions on current gaming culture. I feel like we're a niche group of gamers who are constantly searching for the next compelling narrative and not just a simple pastime. Anyways, hope your holidays are great this year and thanks for the last 14 years of greatness! Keep 'em coming!
Appreciate it a lot man! I'm hoping to become more consistent again on this channel moving forward. Glad to hear you enjoyed the recent talks about GoW and DS!
@@RobinGaming So excited to hear that! I always look for your videos!
Im super excited for the sequel. You touched on this, but I really hope they make the game harder. I loved playing through the first but it became way too easy to just pack the truck until it was full and then drive to deliver everything. I also never died until after beating the game, doing it just to see what would happen
It won't be called DS2 and maybe it's another style of gameplay since people want to shoot and use swords to kill things in games and cried about DS1.
I played Death Stranding the day it came out and beat the story in January 2020. Then I took a break and went back to it in November/December of 2020 for the platinum. Then I took another break and went back in February 2022 and finally earned the platinum in March 2022 after more than 150 hours of gaming and I must say it was one unforgettable ride. If you have not played Death Stranding go play it now. I can’t wait for Death Stranding 2.
I love the first game but it seemed very self-contained. I didn't expect a sequel but I'm eager to find out what new story Kojima has to tell. If he didn't have something worthwhile to share, I doubt he would be making a sequel.
The best thing about death stranding was the soundtrack so many good songs
Apparently low roar is dead...😞 I just found out in the comments. Howwww...
@@-Batman- the lead singer died yes
Did this outsell Days Gone, which isn't getting a sequel ?
Over 10 million copies sold with almost all of them being full priced unlike Days Gone that got heavily marked down due to its broken launch state
DS was a great experience brought down by a little bit too cryptic dialogue and exposition and weak combat. Still fun for sure. Will need to hype up for this sequel.
Great analysis! I'm sooo ready for another couple years of DS speculation and theories
Hopefully not just as many years though 😅 I'll be ok with a maximum of 2 years this time haha
@@RobinGaming wait you guys think it's gonna take this long!! I was super ready for it to release on 2023.
IF you look close, it is MGS 2
I loved Death Stranding, 100% it on PS4, then bought it on steam and 100% there. And then, I 100% it again when Director's Cut came to steam.
After the third time, I was a little burnt out at the end. But after a period of not playing Death Stranding, I always miss it somehow.
Recently I've 100% Snowrunner on steam playing co-op with my brother, and it actually fixed my itch of being a delivery man. Great game! Amazing vehicle and terrain physics!
When speaking of physics, I hope DS2 actually have good physics, tumbling down when walking could look very cheap. And driving vehicles off-road was a pain to witness. I really hope they double down on the mechanics of the game. And make it harder so the game actually punishes you.
The voidout concept in game was really cool, and it felt like a missed potential in DS. I also witnessed it after completing it, by manually triggering it. Cool to see the crater but there wasn't really a consequence after that. The crater dissappeared anyways after a while if I remember correctly.
But yes, I do love Death Stranding even though it has it's faults. Can't wait for the sequel!
The zip lines are my favorite structures to build. I'm still hoping Kojima makes a fantasy jrpg.
look I'm a diehard Kojima fan he is literally the greatest game developer of all times in my eyes and i won't even consider Shigeru Miyamoto or Hirononu Sakaguchi being above hin despite me deeply respecting them
but i don't really need more walking in games (i know Death Stranding has a rewarding feel to it upon completing deliveries i platinumed the damm thing online so i played quite a lot but i'm not really all that excited to walk and walk and walk again that being said maybe he can make it more fun through the Dualsense controller)
Got DS on launch as it was one of my most anticipated games of 2019, played it for a few days and dropped it as I wasn’t enjoying it, and I disregarded the game for 2 years until the director’s came out and I fully played it and finished it in 1 week. And it’s now one of my favorite games from last gen ( and currently replaying it)
It’s funny seeing people who hate on DS cause I was one of them. The game needs to be experienced, not just played
God bless Kojima for gracing this medium. We need him more than ever
Looks like they left BB behind after Fragile repatriated. I think Higgs wants the necklace.
Death Stranding 1 was amazing to me I respect people who dont like it but for me it just clicked. The story and world is very intruiging and bizarre and cool and the gameplay was just an experience like it felt so calming but dangerous at times. One crazy moment I had was that I left a human body laying close to BTs by accident and after like 30 mins the world got incinerated and I had to go back to an older save to get that body and go burn it. Its those crazy bizarre things Kojima does that its crazy that he even can get a big budget for an idea like this. I do hope they do more actiony gameplay for the sequel though. Im sure Kojima has some cool ideas
Theres something about a Kojima game that gives you that vibe which only he can produce.
I have a theory that we're now beyond making delivery (probably there's still a mechanic for it but not the main gameplay), if you watch the end of the trailer, you'll notice that the enemies henchmen is not human, it's robots.
Tomorrow is in your hands
we back in the rabbit hole
If the DS was ended then how is that Black water thingy is still there from which the Drawbridge machine emerges??
Can’t wait to get lost in this world again. It was such a surreal experience playing this during the pandemic
Just a heads up, Kojima productions didn't make an engine from the ground up. They used an existing engine for Death Stranding called Decima Engine. I also very much enjoyed my time with Death Stranding, it definitely isn't just a walking simulator, elevating the gameplay from the first one I think would have to include force feedback from the Dualsense controller or something like that. The narrative of that first game however I thought was very much lacking and bordering on mediocre sometimes. I do think the directing and cinematography are on point but that narrative really needs work. The uncanny valley of the main cast also I think needs improving.
True, realized afterwards that I hadn't thought that through. But they did help improve on Decima apparently. I'm sure that's on ongoing process though.
agreed, won't expect so soon. im so hype when the rumor he working on horror game.
I loved Death Stranding and i will love Death Stranding 2 too 😁🔥.
Amelie is Bb
I never got into the first. I tried to for days. To each their own
but what happened to Fragile aged body ? In the first game she had her whole body aged from Higs tortures . Is she self healing because now she's become a repatriot?
A theory I saw online was Sam transferred her age to him (hence how much older he looks).
@@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT interesting
I don't think the baby in the teaser is Lousie (B.B). Elle Fanning is going to be Louise.
It's hard to see but on the bib it says "Louise"
hyped af, hope we get it at least in late 2024
The cult is actually walking through SNOW at the beginning of the trailer. Not a desert or a beach filled with sand. That is SNOW. 😏👌🏼❄️ What this means, I don't know. But I don't think the cult is able to go to Beaches like Amelie & Fragile could.
However, my thinking is: Louise might be a repatriate now. And her "Ha" (body) and her "Ka" (soul) might be separated, due to Amelie bringing Lou back, as she had done for Sam, all those years before.
The cult's objective might be to combine the two together again... just as that will be the objective of Sam & Fragile later as well. Both groups will be racing against each other, to try to do the same thing.
And this would go along well w/the theme of "Drawbridges", or whatever. We don't know what consequences there could be, from doing this action. Hence the question that was asked: "Should We Have Connected?"
I also notice on the character advertisements, over a picture of Elle Fanning, it asks the question "Who Am I?" I think that she is an adult Lou, and I think that the cult has been in possession of Louise's physical body the whole time... and Fragile, has her soul, in a pod.
I think we'll see the cult kidnap Louise at the beginning of the game, and knock Fragile out. They'll think that she is dead... but she will only have lost consciousness. Anyway, I think she will wake up, and go back to her shelter, and discovered that Lou's "Ka" has appeared in her old pod.
Flash forward 20yrs or whatever, and Fragile has been searching for Sam the whole time, and finally finds him. Maybe Fragile has heard news that Louise's body is still alive, and that she has been raised by the cult, and is with them, and she needs Sam's help to reunite Lou's body w/her soul... before the cult can do it.
That's what I've theorized so far! 👊🏽😃 I'm so excited for this game to come out! I'm so happy that he is making a sequel! I hope there will be at LEAST 3 games set in this universe! DS is one of the greatest & most unique games I have ever played in my life.
Robin, what did you think of The Game Awards of this year? I thought it was pretty decent but I was upset A Plague Tale: Requiem didn't win anything. I think it should have won the Best Music in my opinion.
GOW Ragnarok musical scores blows the others away. Bear McCreary literally composed for AMC's The Walking Dead Season 6-8 and no soundtracks can compare to that.
I didn't watch it, just checked out the trailers for the stuff I found interesting afterwards. Judas, DS2, and a couple other other things look sick! But the fighting over awards and all the industry celebrities are not really something I can say I care for much anymore tbh. Shoutout to Bill Clinton kid though, that moment alone probably still would have made it worth it to do a live reaction hahaha!
@@YuuPS801 Name one song that is as good as GOW theme. That's the only one I remember the most.
@@DarkAttackYT A whole lot of battle orchestral scores are amazing. You are bad at sensing scores. The same can be said about A Plague Tale "Oh I ONLY remember the menu theme."
A Plague Tale Requiem is 80/100 range Metacritic. Game Of The Year trophy is for those in 94-97/100 range Metacritic, like Elden Ring and GOW Ragnarok. Get over it. The scores are literally on Metacritic.
I finished the director's cut last night and oh my god what a great story! the ending made me cry. super excited for ds2
I just hope they don't make it a walking simulator sprinkled with some basic combat again
Go for platinum trophy and you'll find out it isn't a walking simulator. You have to build tons of things and lots of puzzle solving to find out best routes
@@scottnukend The game's nothing but go from one place to the other plus the occasional graphically impressive cutscene, some minor combat and that's basically it. There's nothing fun and engaging about it
Death Stranding SUCKED & glad I didn't get it & almost fell for their okiedoke!
I definetly needed a sequel wanted to understand more about death stranding world