I have it cranked up and the last 2 nights I have ended up with a headache after playing lol.
I don't understand this mindset going into a game.
there is different tastes, of course...but then there is delusion 
W wife. Congratulations brother! I say go with normal and see if it's too easy raise the difficulty, if it's challenging go a difficulty lower
Well said
I think he has less boundaries than most videogame storytellers, if you ask me dude need a couple of editors to keep him on a leash.
I'm the gaf resident failed comedian so i appreciate that
I don't know man. I'm a huge film and music buff and if I only watched movies by "cool" people, I'd have like 20 on my shelf. You also have to remember that, at least in my opinion, most creatives like Kojima don't take themselves nearly as seriously as the press etc. typically interpret them. This is a dude who literally includes piss and shit jokes as gameplay mechanics in almost every game and what not. I truly believe his games have much more whimsical fun elements in them than this "serious pretentious fartist" image that's been created. You watch any interview with the dude and he seems like a jolly and excited kid. He always talks up his staff and what not and people like working with him.
Can you be the brother I never had?
The same mindset that gave us the entire Ground Zeroes story in trailers years before release....
That's because he had "goddamn cottonmouth" drinking monster energy all the time!
Not sure if this final trailer was edited by Kojima himself, but Koji Pro released a similar one for the DS Director's Cut (albeit a bit shorter than this one for DS2). It's still one of my favorite trailers in recent memory.
Even if you dont like Kojima's writing, his visual world building in Death Stranding franchise is absolutely S tier. Up there with any Fromsoft game. If there was no tangible story or dialogue in Death Stranding, the game would still completely work, imo. Just through visuals, the game world feels fully realized and unique, similar to Bloodborne or Elden Ring
I've played the original twice (the second time more recently), and I still don't really understand the metaphysical stuff Amelie monologued about for an hour at the end.
Yeah, I did the exact same thing. I did not really care about the singular beats of the story either. I just played it from the perspective of having to connect the world through deliveries. It surprisingly doesn't feel like i missed out on anything playing DS1 that way. I am sure it will be the same for DS2. I still watch all the cutscenes because they are visually amazing
So there ARE people out there who see it the sameI don't know man. I'm a huge film and music buff and if I only watched movies by "cool" people, I'd have like 20 on my shelf. You also have to remember that, at least in my opinion, most creatives like Kojima don't take themselves nearly as seriously as the press etc. typically interpret them. This is a dude who literally includes piss and shit jokes as gameplay mechanics in almost every game and what not. I truly believe his games have much more whimsical fun elements in them than this "serious pretentious fartist" image that's been created. You watch any interview with the dude and he seems like a jolly and excited kid. He always talks up his staff and what not and people like working with him.
To be clear, I'm not a mega fan or anything. Just coming from music and film "scenes", the actual interview etc. Kojima just seems like a silly dude who likes to have fun and throw all his artistic whims at the wall and go for it. I can respect that aspect greatly in an age of Ubisoft Blockbusters and McSlop AAAA. Anyway, not a defense force here at all just my $0.02. I wouldn't let Kojima's image deter you from trying a unique, new experience. Maybe you'll really dig it....maybe you'll hate him even more after lol
Digital for life. I aint dealing with that shit anymore since the ps4 era
