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[Topher]

It's the OG game ^

Right, but I'm just trying to figure out what the difference is between the og Steam game and the DC. Folks are saying the stuff that is being highlighted was already in the base game.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Maybe Sony paid Sony to block the game going to gamepass?

I mean it's literally their IP so they should have the right to do that if they wish.

 

[Mr Moose]

Right, but I'm just trying to figure out what the difference is between the og Steam game and the DC. Folks are saying the stuff that is being highlighted was already in the base game.

This stuff:

We are introducing more weapons, equipment and vehicles, a variety of new modes, missions and areas to explore, expanded storylines, and enhancements to the UI. We will also be adding new online features including Friend Play and Leaderboards, more news on that coming soon!

 

[JaksGhost]

Original game have all of these...

That's what I was thinking. The added content from other games was exclusive to the PC version as well as ultrawide mode until the Director's Cut release on PS5.

 

[Topher]

This stuff:

Ah....ok. Thanks. Knew I was missing something.

 

[nikolino840]

So what's different about the Director's Cut?



Is it going to be on xCloud?

From digital foundry:

the original Death Stranding port's 'default' graphics settings effectively delivered PS4 Pro quality to PC, with only limited upwards scalability. In the case of the Director's Cut, default now delivers the same improved visuals as PS5, which basically means that draw distance has been pushed out a touch while everything else remains much the same.

 

[Orbital2060]

Its a silly name anyway. Kojima made the game with total freedom then release a directors cut? lol

Kojima said he didnt appreciate calling it a DC, because there was nothing missing or cut from the game they made. So the base game should be just fine for new players.

Hideo Kojima doesn’t like the Director’s Cut title for Death Stranding PS5 | VGC

The game’s creator says it implies his original vision was edited…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Kenneth Haight]

such an amazing game, the more people get to play it the better.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Conveniently ignoring the part where MS themselves mentioned the blocking part in an official response to regulators…

If they mentioned it in their response to the regulation authority then it has happened, at least once. Doesn’t mean all games are blocked of course.

The only games Sony probably blocks are those they either helped co-fund or have a marketing deal with and thus would also have Right of First Refusal to option when the time comes for that game to go to another platform's service.

In other words, nothing controversial, malicious, or under-handed. It's literally part of Business 101, almost every company does this type of stuff and will enact their Right of First Refusal when the opportunity comes. MS made it sound like Sony does this with games where neither of those criteria are at play but that is very likely not something which happens and if so, it's on MS to provide actual proof. Just saying it does in a court statement, with no proof, means nothing.

 

[nightmare-slain]

no thank ye.

if you want to bore yourself to death then by all means download and try it.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

no thank ye.

if you want to bore yourself to death then by all means download and try it.

 

[Chukhopops]

The only games Sony probably blocks are those they either helped co-fund or have a marketing deal with and thus would also have Right of First Refusal to option when the time comes for that game to go to another platform's service.

In other words, nothing controversial, malicious, or under-handed. It's literally part of Business 101, almost every company does this type of stuff and will enact their Right of First Refusal when the opportunity comes. MS made it sound like Sony does this with games where neither of those criteria are at play but that is very likely not something which happens and if so, it's on MS to provide actual proof. Just saying it does in a court statement, with no proof, means nothing.

You have no idea what the extent of this policy is and just use your own bias to say it « probably » stays within a perimeter you find acceptable.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t - until we see what was redacted in the documents they provided to regulators we cannot know. I doubt MS would lie to regulators (the only entity in the entire world they are afraid of) so we know it happened and that’s all we know.

Also the RE8 contract was never confirmed real of fake, but it’s clearly not a game co-funded by Sony (don’t remember who had marketing rights).

 

[Kagey K]

Xbox stays getting the leftovers

Lmfao. You seen that PS+ extra list?

Pot meet kettle.

 

[Ribi]

are people really excited to walk around for hours.. AGAIN?

 

[nightmare-slain]

it is the most mind numbing game i've ever had the displeasure of playing. sit down.

 

[Kagey K]

no thank ye.

if you want to bore yourself to death then by all means download and try it.

Yeah “free” is still too much for me. I think somebody would need to pay me.

 

[DenchDeckard]

not the directors cut.....lmao.

 

[Ribi]

it is the most mind numbing game i've ever had the displeasure of playing. sit down.

You just dont understand STRAND games!

 

[nightmare-slain]

You just dont understand STRAND games!

it's A HIDEO KOJIMA VIDEO GAME!

 

[Dlacy13g]

So what's different about the Director's Cut?



Is it going to be on xCloud?

You know.... I don't actually know. I assumed but it may not in which case I will just install it. That said, I do like having a cloud play option to "test" a game I may not be sure I will want to play. Hopefully it is cloud enabled.

 

[squidilix]

are people really excited to walk around for hours.. AGAIN?

People are excited because is Death Stranding on Xbox Game Pass, but not on Xbox but who cares? It's the same, Sony is doomed

Just see Aaron Greenberg pic

Just a console wars...

 

[Hendrick's]

Maybe. Maybe not. We have no idea what was redacted.

We just know Sony blocks games for Game Pass, and likely does so as often as is possible.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

You have no idea what the extent of this policy is and just use your own bias to say it « probably » stays within a perimeter you find acceptable.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t - until we see what was redacted in the documents they provided to regulators we cannot know. I doubt MS would lie to regulators (the only entity in the entire world they are afraid of) so we know it happened and that’s all we know.

Also the RE8 contract was never confirmed real of fake, but it’s clearly not a game co-funded by Sony (don’t remember who had marketing rights).

"I doubt MS would lie"

Hoo boy . Also obfuscating things or being intentionally loose with answers doesn't count as lying, legally speaking. The questions are still being answered, just at the bare minimum.

The redacted documents can say anything, but I highly doubt they'll reveal some conspiracy of Sony doing something that could easily get labeled as anti-competitive. The entire industry has Nintendo's 8-bit antics (and Microsoft's antics in the PC space in the '80s and '90s) to look to and say "Yeah, we're gonna avoid that BS".

For RE8 Sony had the marketing rights, so of course they wouldn't let a competitor get the game on a competing service to undercut their attempt to drive sales of the game on their own platform.

 

[RiccochetJ]

Definitely worth checking out if you haven't played it before. I had a lot of fun even though I'm not sure how far I made it into the game. I swear I spent 30 hours in the game helping build out highways and shortcuts to delivery areas instead of actually following the story.

 

[Ribi]

it's A HIDEO KOJIMA VIDEO GAME!

Most exciting thing hes done since MGS is shoot the former Japanese Prime Minister

 

[Javthusiast]

I love this game and am happy for new pc peeps to be able to try it out for "free".

 

[nightmare-slain]

I love this game and am happy for new pc peeps to be able to try it out for "free".

i paid for it and tried it. shit sucks yo.

 

[Javthusiast]

i paid for it and tried it. shit sucks yo.

Sorry. Not everybody was born with good taste.

 

[nightmare-slain]

Sorry. Not everybody was born with good taste.

you're right. plenty of people out there with awful bad taste.

 

[Topher]

We just know Sony blocks games for Game Pass, and likely does so as often as is possible.

We know this is part of the marketing deal for RE8 as is more than likely part of any marketing deal Sony is going to pay millions of dollars for. So saying they block games as often as possible is really limited to how often Sony engages in marketing deals.

 

[DeepEnigma]

We know this is part of the marketing deal for RE8 as is more than likely part of any marketing deal Sony is going to pay millions of dollars for. So saying they block games as often as possible is really limited to how often Sony engages in marketing deals.

Into the void, my friend.

Into the void.

 

[Topher]

Into the void, my friend.

Into the void.

 

[adamsapple]

From digital foundry:

the original Death Stranding port's 'default' graphics settings effectively delivered PS4 Pro quality to PC, with only limited upwards scalability. In the case of the Director's Cut, default now delivers the same improved visuals as PS5, which basically means that draw distance has been pushed out a touch while everything else remains much the same.

The official website says it will have all the same features as the Steam and EGS editions.

I'm guessing just the new content is what is still restricted.

The version you will play on PC Game Pass will include the same features as the Steam and Epic Games Store editions

We'll find out for sure in 2,3 days anyway.

 

[Chukhopops]

"I doubt MS would lie"

Hoo boy . Also obfuscating things or being intentionally loose with answers doesn't count as lying, legally speaking. The questions are still being answered, just at the bare minimum.

The redacted documents can say anything, but I highly doubt they'll reveal some conspiracy of Sony doing something that could easily get labeled as anti-competitive. The entire industry has Nintendo's 8-bit antics (and Microsoft's antics in the PC space in the '80s and '90s) to look to and say "Yeah, we're gonna avoid that BS".

For RE8 Sony had the marketing rights, so of course they wouldn't let a competitor get the game on a competing service to undercut their attempt to drive sales of the game on their own platform.

So is blocking other services for third party games anti-competitive or not? You say on one hand that yeah of course it happens and it’s normal and on the other that the documents prove nothing and it would be anti-competitive otherwise.

Is it also normal that the agreement requires the publisher to reveal how much MS offered to get the game on the service? Cause that’s in the leaked agreement but surely this is also completely in the spirit of fair competition.

Again, you have nothing factual, just an opinion that MS lies because they are bad and Sony cannot do anything anti-competitive because they are good. It also remains to be established that companies other than Sony do block other sub services.

 

[MacReady13]

Best Deal In Gaming™ Keeps On Keeping On™ getting better.

The game that almost everyone who wanted it owns it by now (on PC, PS4 or PS5) finally comes to Game Pass! Great get guys and gals! Welcome to the 3 year old party!!!

 

[64bitmodels]

Fuckin finally, I always wanted to try this game despite half of the world population viewing it with the kind of disgust a pastor seeing 2 gay men making out in a church would have

 

[Salz01]

Is this a true statement?: “Death Stranding is a walking simulator”

I haven’t tried the game, but seen people say it is. So its deterred me from purchasing it.

 

[64bitmodels]

Is this a true statement?: “Death Stranding is a walking simulator”

I haven’t tried the game, but seen people say it is. So its deterred me from purchasing it.

It's a walking simulator but from the looks of it it isn't just holding up on the analog stick for 20+ hours

 

[adamsapple]

Is this a true statement?: “Death Stranding is a walking simulator”

I haven’t tried the game, but seen people say it is. So its deterred me from purchasing it.

It's a walking simulator, but probably the highest budgeted one so far. There is combat but its low priority and in most cases you can avoid combat altogether.


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[DeepEnigma]

It's a walking simulator, but probably the highest budgeted one so far. There is combat but its low priority and in most cases you can avoid combat altogether.


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It's more of a sneaking sim in those moments, but when the game opens up, especially online with the networks people provide and build through the "strands" ... there is very action game elements.

 

[adamsapple]

It's more of a sneaking sim in those moments, but when the game opens up, especially online with the networks people provide and build through the "strands" ... there is very action game elements.

Yeah the game has a lot of social gathering elements that may or may not be to everyones liking. I'm not gonna lie, when I played it, the game became a REAL slog when you get to the snow mountains, the story was the only thing that primarily kept me going through the second half of the game.

True story:

Spoiler

The game came out right as I had my firstborn and the baby thing had its hooks very firmly in me.

 

[rofif]

It's a walking simulator, but probably the highest budgeted one so far. There is combat but its low priority and in most cases you can avoid combat altogether.


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I wish it was a walking sim!
There is resource managment
survival
combat
stealth
vehicles (few types)
suits
and building and tons and tons of stuff.

The game got more mechanics and gameplay than most your other games... it's just not a shooter. It is a game that has shooting

 

[adamsapple]

It's a walking sim with extra steps

 

[rofif]

It's a walking sim with extra steps

Well you can say that.
I really wish there was "no enemies" mode... so I can JUST walk

 

[64bitmodels]

It's a walking sim with extra steps

A WALKING sim.... with extra STEPS.

I should give you gold for that one

 

[DeepEnigma]

It's a walking sim with extra steps

The marvelous bastard made an epic troll theme into a game with a damned good story/reality/mechanics.

 

[00Magnum Gaming]

but I thought sony blocked games from coming to gamepass? Gary Whitta said so

Do you read? Sony doesnt have PC publishing rights. Its not a Sony decision

 

[Mr Moose]

It's a walking sim with extra steps

And piss grenades.

Do you read? Sony doesnt have PC publishing rights. Its not a Sony decision

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

 

[Hendrick's]

What's up next on Phil's shelf?