A Story Analysis of Death Stranding

I say this for everyone that played this game but there is absolutely no better feeling than when someone else’s zipline connects perfectly within your network. The fact the game even lets you create proper infrastructure is incredible

I like to think Die Hardman was named that way because he was named after the greatest romance, drama, action, intrigue, thriller, and Christmas movie of all time, Die Hard.

Another impressive coincidence is that in Danish “strand” literally means beach. And considering Mads Mikkelsen is Danish, I can’t imagine that coincidence being lost on Kojima… making strand essentially have at least three meanings: stranded alone, connected by a strand, and a beach/bridgeway.

All im saying is that the second they started playing Low Roar as you're walking during the intro i was hooked forever

One day I saw a guy with a Bridges sticker on his notebook and all I said to him was "Keep on keeping on". He instantly knew what I meant and it was cool sharing a moment where we both had this shared understanding of a different world and all the hazards in it

Ashen Hollow put out an hour long video, Wendigoon released a 5 hour analysis and now Gingy comes in with a massive death stranding video?! What a lovely week.

Can i just point out that this game was release just as the world was gripped in COVID. The message of this game hit me harder during those times. The lock downs, the social distancing everything. Kojima has the timing of a saint.

Honestly this game coming out during the pandemic was such a wild thing. The game came out during a time where these messages of connection were most important, and I am so curious as to where the sequel will go with these ideas. Death Stranding is a fantastic game, and while I can understand people not liking it and even hating it for the issues it does have, it is still an unforgettable experience and honestly one of my favorite games of all time.

The reason the drawn heart is important for the voidouts and heartman is because it's originally the symbol for a couple or "two hearts conjoining". Meaning, it's another symbol for connections.

i think the goofy names are reasonable if you consider the whole premise of the game being rebuilding america using historical means like courier services and such, like there were many civilizations and cultures that only used last names to differentiate who had which role, like smith or brewer or archer.

I like how during the Higgs fight, it's really easy to take him out with just the rope and standing out in the open. "Stick vs. Rope" was pretty much a hint on how to make the fight easier instead of trying to match him in typical combat

Never played the game but the part where you said people can help each other really intrigues me. It almost seems like it subconsciously brings out the best side in you that just want to help others. That is genius, nice kojima

i think one of my favorite bits of this game was about a week after i finished it i went around the mountain (i planned on platniuming it) with the ziplines and connected as many together as possible as to almost make a spider web across the whole thing, made it so you can get from a small outcropping behind the mountain base all the way to the evo-devo biologist then back to the timefall farm all with ziplines and then i spent a couple days making myself my own little outpost and upgrading all that stuff to level 3, it was all a great time imo

I love Kojima's naming conventions. CIA Director Hot Coldman is a legendary name and I will die on that hill.

You did a great job with this entire video. One tiny nitpick is you breezed over the end when Lou comes out of its pod, cuz that sh*t was so damn emotional. That was the heaviest moment for me, I thought Lou was actually dead, and could not believe it when she came back. It was beautifully paced

This is the most incredible game I've played in the last 20 years of gaming. It moved me, shocked me, and stayed with me. Death Stranding changed me. It's left a permanent mark on me. I'll always remember the importance and intricacy of connection. And how connections affect the world.

It's only just now occurring to me that while I heard plenty of criticisms and complaints about this game, I've literally never heard anything about the story of this game, which so far I find absolutely fascinating.

It’s very rare these days for modern games to actually make me FEEL something In this case Death Stranding made me feel gratified, scared, thrilled, confused, deeply-saddened, nostalgic, exhilarated, relaxed, heartbroken, and seen.. amongst many other emotions. I completed the game 3 times over and yet I still find myself coming back. I wonder what’s in store for DS2…

Did everyone just miss that Amelie's name is the most egregious play on words in the game? In her final credit monologue on the beach she says that her name comes from French "Ame" meaning soul and "Lie" because she doesn't exist.

I had a different experience with the trek back across the country after the “boss fight” I had built a nice network of roads and zip lines on the way, and the trip back made me so glad i had.