Kojima Productions isn't a studio known for churning out a great number of games, but it still manages to grab the attention of the gaming world thanks to its ability to provide truly unique experiences. Death Stranding was a good glimpse of the innovation the studio is capable of, and it appears that developers are interested in taking things to the next level with the upcoming projects. Furthermore, the studio will be embracing the world of film, which is unsurprising, as Hideo Kojima is a lifelong movie buff . Though there likely won't be any new game releases from Kojima Productions this year, games can look forward to plenty of updates regarding the many projects in developm

If Death Stranding 2 wants to build upon the greatness of the first Death Stranding game, then it should include more combat levels, and segments where the player has to survive and fight their way through to the next part of the mission that they are on. It tests both character and player in their skills to fi

Cliff was the father of the first Bridge Baby, who just so happens to be Sam Porter Bridges , the very man he has been hunting. Although Cliff’s role as an enemy is over, perhaps there is room for his future by using the past. It would be great to see more of Cliff through flashbacks, and how he helped develop Sam’s baby m

There's something inherently terrifying about the concept of an apocalypse . It's the end of all things; the cessation of the human race, and in some cases, life itself, on a global scale. However, where video games are concerned, the post-apocalypse is one of the most tantalizing, exciting settings to explore, and in the last twenty years or so, players have relished the idea of journeying through the end of the wo

There’s an abundance of inventions in video games, and many may have audiences scratching their head at the practicality of their usage. Whether it’s a gun that shoots lethal music, or a gun that’s attached to a chainsaw. Some games can be entirely wild and campy, and that’s what makes them so brilliant and

Like most sequels, they exist to continue the story and to implement changes to the game. Death Stranding 2 has the great potential of being a superior game to its predecessor. There are many things Death Stranding 2 could and should improve from the first 'Strand' type g

In the horror-strewn world of the DC Wasteland, players were introduced to 3D renderings of terrifying, mutated creatures. They were forced to explore a world devastated by the nuclear apocalypse, with a threat looming around every corner. There were dark subway tunnels, densely packed with rasping ghouls, and abandoned buildings occupied by bloodthirsty raiders just waiting for the opportunity to take chunks out of an unsuspecting explo

While Sam’s "fetch quests" may feel arduous from a gameplay standpoint, with some treks easily taking more than an hour, they do not approach the time required to cross the real-world USA on foot, which is generally estimated at about six months. The altered geography of Death Stranding’s America is a result of the Timefall, and synchs well with the game’s themes, while the smaller map size, of course, is simply a necessary compromise to making it a playable game. Traveling through the dangerous landscape feels like a struggle, and reaching a destination feels like an accomplishment. The official Death Stranding novels describe most of Sam’s deliveries as taking days or weeks to accomplish. This means that the game presents an abstracted and compacted snapshot of Sam’s experiences, as opposed to a literal simulation of walking across the

It's a game that simply has to be experienced to be understood, as the base story itself is relatively confusing and ambitious. In the world that the player explores, they'll have to contend with time-traveling rain, invisible, demonic creatures, and human enemies that relentlessly chase the protagonist down, eager to steal his cargo. There are some incredibly unique features in this game, such as a baby secured to the player's chest that acts as an early warning system for the invisible creatures. When disturbed, the baby cries through the DualShock 4's built-in speaker, making for an insanely creepy experie

In Dying Light 2 , darkness plays a huge part in the game's inner mechanics . When players are exploring the open world at night, they'll be sitting on the edge of their seats, barely able to see what's going on but knowing in their hearts that they're surrounded by danger. There are close-quarters environments, thick with powerful, infected creatures, absolutely littered with jumpscares, that players simply must expl

Death Stranding 2 Beginner Guide Stranding's unusual depiction of America proved to be prescient in a number of ways. A country that many of its citizens perceived as invincible was proven to be just as vulnerable to disease and contagion as any other nation, and a country that proclaims itself to be "indivisible" has never been more starkly divided. Civil liberties such as reproductive rights for women, once thought unassailable, have been stripped away, and still more hang in the limbo of future jeopardy. In many ways America has become just as strange and alien as the unrecognizable landscape of Kojima’s game. Some think that poor vehicle options like the Reverse Trike highlight the worst Death Stranding elements the sequel doesn't need or can find ways to fix, but the struggle of transporting goods across the strange landscape was central to the game’s experie