Death Stranding - Heartman Explains The Beach // Heartman Origin Story

[@ItsDanbo]

What if, You wanted to go to heaven, but Kojima said, BEACH?

[@qubrinformoush5199]

Lol

[@Noxiefy]

There is heaven, beach is purgatory and you are not supposed to linger there.

[@1vaultdweller]

If god was Kojima, the heaven would be sea, hell would be land and in between would be the beach

[@JohnDoe-qu2dr]

@@1vaultdweller I am convinced.

[@fressejetzt840]

There is no kojima it is all in your head

[@glicko1952]

When Sam said " *Yeah boyee* " I felt that

[@thehelldoicallthis9241]

18:00 I love how this game can just break the 4th wall so casually

[@ilyaalexandrovich917]

just with 👍

[@matheusjingga3903]

What if you wanted to go to the heaven But God said "ADMINISTERING SHOCK, STAND CLEAR"

[@unidentifiedgodofdankstruc1510]

YOU FOOL YOU FELL FOR IT THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK

[@penguin9941]

Wait this cutscene was 21 minutes? Felt like 5 to me I was so captivated

[@Slipspace-rupture]

I've felt this way with every cutscene

[@baitposter]

I also found this out to my dismay, because the PS4 Share button caps video length at 15 minutes or so. I misjudged how much time I had to save this scene

[@javiergza5731]

You are still on the Beach...

[@gjd4809]

@@baitposter it can take videos with the length of 60 minutes

[@baitposter]

@@gjd4809 Wish that was the case when I was playing PS4 games en masse over a year ago

[@Ancor_Vantian]

Heartman is listening to Frédéric Chopin's Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Funeral March. Seems fitting.

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

@@FoxtrotWasTake musical history.

[@rvanhees89]

Purcell would be apt too :)

[@lostarchdragon507]

It's also his ringtone when he calls Sam's codec.

[@GrimBirthday]

@@FoxtrotWasTake Anyone with a brain cell knows it as funeral march it only takes a google search to sound smart.

[@DoberHeart]

I love that the video is 21 minutes too 😂

[@VideoGameSophistry]

HOLY SHIT!?!

[@AdultToons]

Too bad he won't see the last 31 seconds of it.

[@anikisnek5497]

@@AdultToons first 31 seconds* He was dead in the beginning :D

[@rahimizailanni]

dammm true

[@kagome2540]

Surprise!!!! 😂

[@boggo3848]

This segment of the game was mindblowing to me, so unexpected and I love Heartman's groovy bachelor pad.

[@CloudandZack1st]

My favorite part about this scene is that Sam reset's Heartmans hourglass @21:05

[@ilyaalexandrovich917]

and does yeah boyeee

[@Krieze_Gamer]

So basically Death Stranding is "Us" living with the constant fear of dying that's why we stay on the beach bordering life (shore) and death (water) and those going in the water are people who died and moving on.

[@blair5475]

Yes

[@MegaRussian12]

14:25 Breaking the 4th wall like a pro

[@ilyaalexandrovich917]

👍

[@Efra-]

The one gripe I had with the story was Heartman not getting any closure. Just stuck on his endless search for his family on the Beach. Edit: I finally got the "What became of Heartman" interview. He gave up on his search and decided to move on. Also met a Hispanic woman named Samantha.

[@SeraphimRoad]

maybe DLC?

[@Jonas-ob2sh]

Maybe that was the point?

[@Efra-]

@@Jonas-ob2sh I figured it was intentional and that's fine, it makes it a little more realistic that not everyone gets to their goal. I just didnt like it that's all, especially since almost every other character got some sort of development/closure. Deadman made a connection with Sam and BB, Fragile got Higgs, Mama reconnected with Lockne, etc.

[@orfelutoli9265]

@@Efra- Well, to be fair, the guy would have to look through approximately six trillion beaches in order to find them (assuming that every person, excluding other lifeforms, has a unique beach). Heartman probably understood the futility of his search from the very start, deep down, but kept going on in an attempt to cope with his sudden loss, and the resulting trauma and grief.

[@happyraider815]

@@orfelutoli9265 just curious. where did you get that numbers? what are the basis from your estimates?

[@ffnendhgrgd]

Cool how Heartman became death-obsessed, with skulls and a general dark atmosphere, but it's subtle.

[@Lili-rf9fp]

As a Cardiac nurse, this is interesting because typically shocks are only given when you're in a shockable rhythm. So, the standard asystole (flat-line) that most people associate with being dead wouldn't be medically corrected with an AED like Heartman's is. It's probably just videogame magic, but if Heartman's heart doesn't flat-line and goes instead into these other rhythms, then what is the marker for death as far as going to your Beach is concerned? IRL you can have 2 patients with the exact same heart rhythm, can shock them both if the medication doesn't work, but one can be awake and talking to you while the other is completely unresponsive. Obviously, the awake person wouldn't go to their Beach while the unresponsive person would be considered dead. Give us the deets Kojima D:

[@BM-yy8db]

@@HouseHoldAdventures it's Kojima. Of course we do

[@jchanel04]

@@HouseHoldAdventures The man goes for military training with his co-workers to design mechanics in Metal Gear. Yeah, we definitely do.

[@abeld94]

Good analysis, actually he already died in the game. But he returned from the beach (he explained that in the game), so maybe he has already a shockable rhythm. That´s why he "discover" this way to go to the beach

[@WildRon]

21:15 he just have to do it, didn't he? lol

[@mellennia9]

If cliff were to see that....Hartman too...🤣

[@bluBound]

21:20 I just caught this till now

[@MrVince329]

Yeee boyeeee

[@sirthomastwostep6317]

When I saw it, I was pretty sure it was a done deal.

[@vsaucenou323]

Top ten quotes from video games Number 1: *Yeah Boyee*

[@s0nnyburnett]

7:50 His glasses actually have proper optical effects, the blurry background of the crater is in focus.

[@Ingtizzz]

Damn how’d you even spot these?

[@ZombryaTheDark]

3:46 that scene was beautiful. The camera work and the soundtrack. Gotta get this game

[@sendylie1774]

Heartman: "My body may be present, but my soul is on the Beach. I'm already dead..." Sam: "NANI!?"

[@catherinerose7330]

The saddest part is that there's no way he'd find his family again, because they already passed to the other side

[@TheBinarySon]

I don't get it. Why is he searching for his family when they were clearly walking in the water to move on to the afterlife?

[@jakobatredies1114]

Avoiding acceptance.

[@wabolicyri2143]

he has no choice he dieing regardless

[@SeanHenderson]

Human beings that die en masse get entangled. I think they're going to their own beaches.

[@MultiMercian]

I love how people try to make sense of all this XD

[@brycesmith2375]

TheBinarySon seams are when beaches become connected, seams are also found under the water of beaches which is why Sam is always seen drowning. HeartMan has a special connection to people’s beaches so he could theoretically find them if given enough time.

[@kevinhvincent]

The end was great lol

[@yourneighbour5738]

21:16 ＹＥＡＨ　ＢＯＩ．

[@TheKnightDrag0n]

7:29 So the beach is what one would call a limbo.

[@dojofox5372]

Idk even know what this game is but this by far one of the most intriguing and coolest characters I’ve seen in a video.

[@JCDenton2012Modder]

It's just that... this can't be good for your brain. All of these cardiac arrests.

[@---zq1cz]

After death you have 5 mins before your brain has no oxygen. Same with all your cells. He's only dead for 3 mins at a time every 21 mins so his body still functions normally.

[@littlekitsune1]

Well he's ultimately trying to die, so...

[@sloppypotato00]

it's just like sleep but your heart stoped

[@rvanhees89]

@@sloppypotato00 The Ultimate Power Nap

[@nitishaggarwal3739]

If some one doesn't like or stand this cutscene, then this game is not for them seriously, this is not anyone's average game, this is work of pure art So just mind before calling it a walking sim Or if anyone have played and understood Kojima's previous works properly, only they can understand the depth of this game Or anyone with a great and thorough perception

[@Honeysmile13]

Heartman we love you, but give up your search on that accursed beach and continue on amongst the living

[@cnma_scopes2601]

he simply cant, his body wont let him, its because what happened to him and his heart, so even if he wanted to he simply could not which is pretty sad

[@user-ue9kl1jt4x]

If I was in his position to be honest... after all my work was done I just end it because I would not be able to deal.

[@fressejetzt840]

He is in a Game stfu

[@brainblox5629]

@@fressejetzt840Sakurai: " this is not how you are supposed to play the game"

[@Mrz_gotban]

I love how yall comment like he's a real character that can see this 😂

[@Captpolak]

I love Mama, Lockne, and Deadman but Heartman is by far the most dedicated character in the game going above and beyond. Thats why he's my spirit animal.

[@IronVigilance]

Okay so Heartman dies 60 times a day. He has died approxamately 218,549 times. This means that he started doing this approximately *10 years ago*

[@MrEp5]

Indeed, the cosplayer says, it has been 12 years since i had a live audience!

[@PatchyE]

He didn't say it's one of the first voidouts. The Engineer said he was born in the bunker and never seen America and he is apparently older than 10 years old.

[@AB-vp9mi]

It wasn't the first voidout that took his family out, was it? The first voidout happened in a hospital when the doctor tried to do a caesarian on a brain dead mother with a child of 7 months. Heartman was on a Hospital when his voidout happened, but he died due to power failure...

[@coptecheca8290]

This is the man who truly took dark souls to heart. To die and come back...again...and again...and again...

[@JonathanXLindqviust]

Heart attacks hurt like hell. It's pretty much the second most painful thing a human can experiene, since it is the most important muscle in the entire body you have an absurd amount of nerves there to tell you if there's ever anything wrong. Cause yakno, if something is wrong with yer heart your body kind of wants you to stop doing whatever the hell you are doing and just stop. The most painful is, in theory, your back and lower back being tortured. This because, once again, your spine is important as hell. As such there are recorded cases of people dying from the pain/shock that to much trauma to the back area can cause say from whipping. It basically just overloads the nerve-endings etc. to the point that they burn out and the body gives up.

[@slop4683]

How far would you go to reunite with the ones you love most- to avoid an eternity in loneliness and isolation. Cardiac arrest must seem inconsequential by comparison.

[@---zq1cz]

I have scoliosis which is causing sciatica! at first for a few months I hated the pain but after a year of no pain meds or anything I have come to accept that at least in still walking!

[@random_fustf733]

Oh cool. The cutscene was 21min, just like the time that Heartman can live before every one of his cardiac arrests.

[@林振华-t4v]

Funeral march from Chopin... Interesting it weight down the mood when heartman is about to come back.

[@djnosleeves85]

such a fitting song when I first heard that i was like kojima you genius

[@arclightsama_]

absolutely my Favorite character on the game , you can feel his wisdom & knowledge & sadness in his words & voice .

[@friday3001]

Lol at the end of the video

[@Brandonian]

This game was a masterpiece if I ever truly had to define a game. This game was truly a wonder. I was captivated every step of the way and played it for days upon days on end. Best outbreak activity I have ever done.

[@yourneighbour5738]

❌ Send her to the ranch ✅ Send her to the beach

[@TheMajorHunter]

Heartman is probably my favorite character in the whole game

[@RobleViejo]

7:24 "The beach is just a corridor" So... Why do you keep looking for you family there? They re NOT there. To be a scientist this one slipped his logic

[@spartan456]

Because Beaches also exist as a kind of multiverse. He briefly explains this. Since his Beach is connected to others, and Beaches are effectively a multiverse, it's entirely possible he may very well run into a Beach where his family is present and he will have an opportunity to see them again.

[@touko_nanami]

Maybe that tiny speck of hope overpowered his acumen as a scientist. His desire to see his family again is stronger than his adherence to the scientific method

[@edwardmakabling418]

Video is 21 minutes long and his heart stops every 21 minutes.. nice kojima..

[@Headset537]

Somewhere in that scene where they walk onto the beach, I hear Pirate's of the Carribean music in the background.

[@danshiba1498]

The irony of this video being 21 minutes I imagine Heartman can watch this once a trip

[@JakeHunter2010]

Well it wouldn't be a Kojima game without some side characters with weird and usual afflictions. #jakehunter88

[@GoGoTomoko]

true

[@clickpause8732]

“Just like one of my Japanese animes.”

[@ApologyforPepology]

While I like the sequence at 15:20 from a visual standpoint, was it explained why Heartman is more aware/confused than the other dead people there?

[@SariennMusic73]

I assume because he wasn't fully brain dead. Just heart stopped. The others there were 100% dead as a doornail. Heartman was just dead as a door, so his swung back open when his heart was restarted.

[@nickd1978]

They died in the voidout. He was "dying" but not dead. You can survive cardiac arrest (which he did), you can't survive a giant anti-matter explosion.

[@reubanrajan2679]

This game is so high quality regardless of the unorthodox gameplay

[@icantthinkofaname1009]

The visual style at the beginning, especially the purple lighting, is so incredibly similar to Nicolas Winding Refn’s post-Drive visual style. That has to be intentional.

[@EdTowel-ww7yh]

How would you even sleep if you were dying and reanimated twice an hour?

[@lifeispain404]

he doesnt look like he sleeps at all

[@ericnick4498]

He doesn't

[@EdTowel-ww7yh]

@@ericnick4498 you will die if you don't get any sleep. At best, you'd go insane.

[@kyledilbert6424]

He probably goes to sleep, dies, and then gets woken up by his defibrillator..that or he has a function that makes his revival more subtle during the night so he can still sleep.

[@slevscythe]

Yeah boyee!

[@helghastslayah1367]

218549/60 = 3642 days = 10 years

[@franz4486]

Actually, (218,549 x 3 mins) ÷ 60mins to get hours ÷ 24 hours to get days ÷ 365 to get years = 1.24 years or 455 days :)

[@helghastslayah1367]

franz del rosario What about the 21 minutes?

[@franz4486]

@@helghastslayah1367 oh. I only computed for the total time he was searching. But yeah, now that you mention it, it would add up to 10years. Kinda weird though since he looks the same from his flashback. ;)

[@ekx5120]

"Agog". Nuff said. From the beginning, I strongly believed Heartman would turn out to be a villain, or at least, an anti-hero. His interest in the Death Stranding seems unnatural and over-the-top considering all the deaths and pain it has caused. He was the only one who seemed OK with the situations. He cared too much about how the DS could help humanity evolve, adapt, etc. Classic well read, British, (how did he get there?!), tech-loving, pseudo-villain motives. Even his ringtone screams "BAD GUY". But after his backstory is revealed, he turned out to have one of the most tragic stories, in my opinion at least. His story is easy to relate to, compared to having two souls trapped in different bodies, or being made from dead parts (?!!) I kept waiting for the final betrayal but he is truly a good guy. Second most realistic character (ALL THINGS CONSIDERED) after C. H. "Most convincing", let's say.

[@frostywuff]

Yeah boyee is my favorite part xD

[@codyrisling1718]

This fucking game has me tripped..Best it 3 days ago and have spent three days on KZbin watching videos and what I can to piece together what I just did...still only understand someone died and went void causing others to die and a huge mass explosion happened and now we are here..

[@boredom120]

Love the DJ part followed by a deadman's thumb up.

[@patlabor-ingram]

yeah boyee

[@JohnSmith-n7r]

i just ran the numbers, 218,549 times to the beach and back. each time takes 3 minutes. So hes spent around 455 DAYS of his life searching the beach.

[@gaming-oyvinator]

21 minutes in that world is 9 minutes in the real one.. so in order to hear how they talk, we should set playback speed at less than half?

[@samgreenblatt7074]

Did Heartman ever find his family? It kinda felt like that point was just brought up and dropped for no reason.

[@fiercedeity1906]

Sam Greenblatt there is an interview that tells us that he quit looking for them and found a woman for himself

[@anaklusmosgreek3198]

Brain Damage just aint a thing in this universe is it.

[@Wello789]

Brain gets damaged without oxygen after 5 minutes, not 3. I know people who have been 7 minutes without air and no brain damage (they drove a car into a lake).

[@boggo3848]

Funny you say that because brain damage plays a big part in the story in the form of stillmothers.

[@WardNightstone]

whenever you notice stuff like that Ciralium is the answer

[@dman0331gmodgames]

Darkest Argentum ciralium is definetly the “quantum realm” equivalent

[@connvexus2463]

@@Wello789 Yeah but it happening every 21 minutes would make him a fucking mash potato

[@herbieoseguera347]

I've always loved the intro to the vids

[@rouge939]

Love this whole sequence. Only Kojima can pull off cutscenes like this

[@JohnSmith-n7r]

no high or alcohol buzz will match the first time playing this game! no guides all blind. Man what a time to be alive! Heartman has to be my favorite.

[@doorstuck706]

I DEFY YOU, HEART MAN.

[@alexisdesf]

I tell someone to tell me what happens in the dialogue if I actually get to die 218.550 times before speaking to Heartman

[@MrJeeni007]

The story is sick af

[@1vaultdweller]

Nah, its religious bs

[@1vaultdweller]

@Berserker Afterlife isnt a scientific theory, duh

[@1vaultdweller]

Berserker Its a big religious story yes

[@TheVirginityThief]

@@1vaultdweller How's it religious?

[@1vaultdweller]

@Berserker No I watched cutscenes. Why would I play a walking simulator?

[@jefthereaper]

I hope DS2 will shed more light on everything. I've been wondering how the "beach" works in itself. What happened to those you see walking into sea? When Sam enters the "sea" he floats underwater, lost and unresponsive until he repatriates. So its my belief (though of course I can't prove anything) that those who are trapped on the beach enter the sea, are the one's that get stuck and become BT's. They are stuck in the "underwater" part like Sam, but can't repatriate, nor can they swim up to reach the beach again. They are stuck there and their existence in this state is what we perceive as BT's in the living world. The real question remains, if the stranding was not happening, what would it take for a soul to move on to the higher plane? Would they instead have to walk away from the sea and move beyond the dunes of the beach? What even is beyond the Beach? (I doubt its heaven and hell) The weird part is Heartman in his flashback got dragged away from the beach and ended up in the land of the living again. So perhaps the only way towards the next world is instead crossing the sea without going under? What more I want to know about the beach experience from Heartman's perspective. Its been stated that every beach is unique, but to what extent? Are there beaches that don't even resemble a beach at all? How radically different can they get? We have already seen the war-zones, but what about other types? There is already contradicting information, saying that every beach is unique and only for one person. Yet Clifford Ungor's Beach has sucked in other souls as well. And Heartman has a cut-scene showing him and multiple people on a singular beach. So its possible that beaches get intermingled.

[@ethanpearl9011]

I like that the player in this is wearing the otter hat

[@Monarch_Prime]

The man who dies and dies again

[@everforward5561]

Why does he even bother? Wouldn't his family have crossed to the other side by now? People may come and go from the Beach, but nobody comes back from whatever exists after.

[@spartan456]

The thing about Heartman's Beach is it's connected to other Beaches. He also briefly explains that it's theorized that Beaches are a kind of multiverse. In other words, an infinite number of possible eventualities exist in an infinite number of possible Beaches. Since Heartman's Beach is connected to others, and there are theoretically an infinite number of Beaches with an infinite number of eventualities, then it is theoretically possible (although statistically infinitely impossible) that he might run into an instance where he can see his family again. It's an absolutely futile search and he probably knows that, but he doesn't want to spend his time doing anything else.

[@Sonoch]

the whole cinematic is 21 minutes, cool

[@Hatecrewdethrol]

2:36 to 9:15 was a VERY fast 21 minutes

[@liminalb1rds158]

His heart is literally heart-shaped bruh

[@see_vaa]

the poor man in all the game

[@neeshpines5108]

Heartman: I die 60 times a day for 3 minutes just so I can find my family in the afterlife. So I can pass on with th- Sam: Yeah boyeeee

[@sevnsecn]

There names are like rappers names, there real name doesnt matter at all

[@binhanjustbinhan9141]

Why it quite sound like Ajin ?

[@MV-eh3xf]

This is how I live....This is my life... FELT THAT!!! 🖖🏽

[@soakingbook]

A non-necrotizing corpse would be a necrophiliac's dream.

[@mrmofo36]

how does a guy with such a condition end up living out there alone in such a sweet pad. eh dont think about it

[@chloemcholoe3280]

where does he actually explain it i think i missed it

[@TimothyPingus]

so what was up with the old woman who poked him

[@saylosrelyks8645]

If any other game dev tried to do this they would fail and it would be cringe, only Kojima can make someone give a thumbs up to the camera complete with likes and a little heart and make it funny and entertaining.

[@audriellaaudrentia3598]

Lmaao.. 21:17 😂😂😂😂

[@muhrizqiardi]

Anyone know the classic music that are playing on the records?

[@jewiesnew3786]

I dont know the first one, but the other was Marche Funèbre by Chopin.

[@csdrew22]

Chopin's funeral march, third movement of his sonata in B flat. When Sam walks in the A section is playing and when Heartman fucking dies the B section starts playing. All of Sonata 2 is an absolute banger, definitely give it a listen as well as his 3rd Sonata.

[@ugoeze7360]

Yeah boyee

[@jinkazama1272]

someone please explain the last scene?

[@Kaldortangerine]

I’m sorry Kojima, I’m stealing the explosion in he head of the story teller

[@NeverDaudIt]

This guy is the real MVP

[@SolracNexus]

I have an exam about extinction next week, luckily heartman just gave me a crashcourse. Here's one for you "👍"

[@madscientistshusta]

This should have been a movie

[@bug534]

Dyionisis Yhe horned one nah you wouldn’t get the same isolated feeling same has during the story

[@rebelmouth9349]

Amelie developed high level DOOMS specifically because she spent so long on the beach. If this was the case, how come Heartman had no dooms? Why does does heartman give up on his quest because "beaches are unique to each person", when the entire reason he started traveling to the beaches was he experienced the same beach as the void out victims? If Heartmans heart deforms specifically due to repeated cardiac arrest, how is repeated cardiac arrest not causing further ailments? This is why I hate Kojima's writing. It fundamentally contradicts itself and then uses BS throwaway lines in text exposition hidden in your emails to try and wave a wand at plot holes.

[@SeminarioMAE]

What piano song is playing in the background?

[@swooquix1837]

Funeral March

[@SeminarioMAE]

@@swooquix1837 Before Funeral March

[@Evil_Wizard]

7th? I dunno man what does it matter...

[@THEHOMEBOY88PODCAST]

4:10

[@isabellasevillaaguilera9679]

I just love the character names :>

[@ranoonsumer5110]

You did not distinguish between myth and history. Too late. It will be some modifications.

[@guccifon2920]

Princess Beach

[@boom91602able]

This story is fucking awesome. Well worth playing a walking sim

[@anthonyclark9591]

You mean "Post-Apocalyptic Delivery Sim"

[@Danuke708]

I can't wait for more wacky stuff in 2nd game❤

[@mazamatov]

damn, Heartman is a classy boy; Chopin FTW