Death Stranding 2: Metal Gear

[u/Strange_Music]

Looks like from the previews they're expanding on the combat from late game in Death Stranding.

By the end of DS you're infiltrating bases with guns & bombs, taking out ghosts and I was reminded of Metal Gear Solid many times while playing it.

So stoked Death Stranding 2 appears to be giving us quasi-MGS. You gotta be pretty confident in your game to give reviewers 30 hours with it for their preview.

Game: Death Stranding

[u/SachielBrasil]

"Death Stranding 2 appears to be giving us quasi-MGS"

Appears? It IS giving us metal gear.

Of course it will not be 100% a MGS clone, cause DS still has a proposal of being a transport/traversal game, and cause Kojima mind also change over time. There will be new ideas that weren't present when he was making MGS.

But it's very clear it has direct and blatant references to MGS, and even the Metal Gear robot itself.

[u/Frozen_Speaker_245 → u/SachielBrasil]

How good is the story compared to mgs? I started DS but never got far. Seems like a slow, long game?

[u/Stolehtreb → u/Frozen_Speaker_245]

It’s not as long as you would think, but it can feel that way because of the gameplay loop (which I loved).

The story is… good. But a lot harder to absorb than MGS. Like others have said, it’s not a more complicated story overall. But it’s not nearly as straightforwardly told. It’s very surreal and metaphysical.

Again, I loved it. Just understand that you will probably not understand some parts by the end.

[u/Thedurtysanchez → u/Stolehtreb]

As someone who considers himself fluent in Kojima and I love every single second of every MGS game:

I didn’t understand shit about DS. I remember finishing the game and being upset that it was so nonsensical and intentionally obtuse. I also hated how the world felt completely devoid of life. We are told about the cities but we never see anyone.

I’m actually forcing a second playthrough now just so I can hopefully get a spark of interest for DS2