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[Draugoth]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Please be PS5 Pro optimized

 

[amigastar]

That's good. Action like Sex sells.

 

[TheRedRiders]

Please be PS5 Pro optimized

PS5 Pro launching late this year, DS2 likely launching Q1 of 2025, strong chance of day and date Pro version.

 

[nowhat]

I think the fighting sequences were the weakest part of DS. The most ingenious part (and it took me a long while to grok this) was the "asynchronous multiplayer". Finding a random ladder that someone put out there, just when you were about to give up, or driving back to the east coast towards the end of the game on a highway that you helped also to build (but didn't do yourself, by any means), was an experience I haven't had elsewhere. I hope the sequel doesn't forget that aspect.

 

[balls of snow]

Metal Gear Solid movement and gunplay is back on the menu boss.

 

[Alebrije]

Yes, this is what part one needed , good to hear more action Will be there, just imagine if it has just half the options of MGSV

 

[Aion002]

 

[Nankatsu]

Plot twist: game wants to focus on creating awareness against violence, therefore no violence at all.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Kojima needs better focus trimming down his 5-hour cut scenes.

 

[Hudo]

I still want Kojima do a Dune game.

 

[Audiophile]

I'm fine with them tightening up the "stick" gameplay and increasing it a little. But I'm there for the struggle and the tension/relief cycle of the "rope" gameplay. The simulated loneliness, the atmosphere and the gamified traversal are what do it for me (as well as the organisation of cargo). They also need to tighten up the interconnected part of it with other players; where the building of roads etc. feels more organic.

Planning and executing followed by the sense of accomplishment once you've weathered literal storms and arrived at your destination in good stead is what it's all about imo.

While it's my fave game of the last gen; a large chunk of the story I can take or leave, but it does have a heart (just the simple walk at the end and the final scene with BB was wonderful) and the batshit nature of it is what it is.

 

[mortal]

Cool. I just hope they strike a nice balance between the action and the quieter moments that made the first game so unique.
As a sequel, it has to bring something new to the table, but just don't go changing it up too much to appease people who didn't like the game at all.

 

[NeonGhost]

Please be PS5 Pro optimized

Please ps5 pro be real

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Give us MGS 5 movement / controls and this is a easy 90+ MC game right there.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

This was already foreshadowed in the trailer but good to have confirmation

 

[SlimySnake]

I always laugh at people who complain there was no action in death stranding. There were like dozens of guns in that game. Kojima even had to release this poster to show that you dont have to play the game passively.

I was a killing machine by the end of the game. you just have to use non lethal rounds against human enemies to ensure you dont have to clean up the mess but other than that, the guns work the same way. against BTs, i was use RPGs like i was rambo.

 

[Luipadre]

Please be PS5 Pro optimized

Its a no brainer. Game coming way after the pro

 

[Luipadre]

Kojima needs better focus trimming down his 5-hour cut scenes.

No. I like those cutscenes

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Sounds awesome to me.

Death Stranding 2's only major flaw was the combat was basic and not fleshed out.

If they can strike a better balance of action combat in addition to the traversal mechanics it will be even more incredible than the original already was.

 

[Connificent]

Basic combat is a decima curse

 

[Kerotan]

PS5 Pro launching late this year, DS2 likely launching Q1 of 2025, strong chance of day and date Pro version.

More violence and ps5 Pro is all I ask.

 

[jroc74]

I always laugh at people who complain there was no action in death stranding. There were like dozens of guns in that game. Kojima even had to release this poster to show that you dont have to play the game passively.

I was a killing machine by the end of the game. you just have to use non lethal rounds against human enemies to ensure you dont have to clean up the mess but other than that, the guns work the same way. against BTs, i was use RPGs like i was rambo.

Exactly, lol.

And I barely used guns. I was stealth most of the time.

 

[Blood Borne]

Is PS5 Pro all but confirmed or it's still speculation?

 

[Mexen]

Traded in his rope for a stick this go-round

 

[skit_data]

I thought the combat was unexpectedly solid in the first, I can imagine it getting great with some more attention put towards it.

 

[StueyDuck]

I'm down to clown with a bit of kojipro violence. If there's any developer that's thread the needle between no kill and regular stealth runs it's them

 

[Bartski]

not sure if I like that. I never used lethal methods in DS1 except against bosses and I thought they were kinda redundant. I'd love to see more ways of fighting against the terrain which in DS2 will be dynamic

 

[YukiOnna]

As long as it doesn't overtake the main journey aspect of the game and is just an option, sure.

 

[mckmas8808]

Metal Gear Solid movement and gunplay is back on the menu boss.

THIS! People act like this guy didn't make Metal Gear games

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

i just want a more sophisticated system for claiming and cave exploration.

 

[Clear]

THIS! People act like this guy didn't make Metal Gear games

Yep, and it makes sense to reintroduce those elements now the "strand game" formula has been thoroughly explored in the first entry.

 

[Audiophile]

i just want a more sophisticated system for claiming and cave exploration.

Full-blown spelunking could add another layer of "struggle" to the game. Would also be awesome to have large open cave areas that you reach, further adding a sense of relief or accomplishment at various stages on larger expeditions.

Potential for some beautiful sites too as well as integrating water as another hazard or traversal challenge...

 

[lughnasadh123]

I really enjoyed tying someone up with a bola followed up with a battletoads boot to the head.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Full-blown spelunking could add another layer of "struggle" to the game. Would also be awesome to have large open cave areas that you reach, further adding a sense of relief or accomplishment at various stages on larger expeditions.

Potential for some beautiful sites too as well as integrating water as another hazard or traversal challenge...

Yep, YouTube has been recommending these kinds of videos

 

[ungalo]

Sounds like an admission of failure. He didn't succeed in making a game solely based on walking and fighting the environment.

Hope it's better than the gunfights in the first game.

 

[Audiophile]

Yep, YouTube has been recommending these kinds of videos

Man that stuff gives me anxiety. Watched the video on the Nutty Putty incident recently...

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Man that stuff gives me anxiety. Watched the video on the Nutty Putty incident recently...

Yep, I have seen that story on the Scary Interesting YT channel, 'Cave Exploring Gone Wrong.' I don't suffer from anxiety, but it's definitely scary

 

[Puscifer]

Yes, this is what part one needed , good to hear more action Will be there, just imagine if it has just half the options of MGSV

It was there, you just had a choice.

 

[Xtib81]

There was absolutely no challenge in the first game, the mules were just not a menace at all and the BTs weren't really a problem after the 10 hour mark.

 

[EverydayBeast]

 

[Dacvak]

I just hope the pacing is improved in the second game. I'm still early on in the first one, but I can already tell that parts of this game are gonna be a slog. Or at least that's the impression I've been given.

 

[March Climber]

Sounds like an admission of failure. He didn't succeed in making a game solely based on walking and fighting the environment.

It sounds to me like people constantly whining and begging, wanting him to be typecasted into to making a specific type of game when he keeps trying to make other types of games and experiences.

I guess people just want Death Stranding Stealth Action, then OD Stealth Action, then Physint Stealth Action