Nerd³ Plays... Death Stranding

[@feralgrin]

Imagine that high-centered vehicle tipping over in the rain like that. Shocking.

[@Brad_Evans92]

“ I properly got kojima’d there “ just the intro and I’m already in bits 😂

[@michaelmcdermott4385]

Dan, I doubt that you will read this, but I just wanted to say that I love the recent content. I used to watch every day, so much so that literally some of your British vocabulary and saying made its way my own. I saw when KZbin became a struggle for you, and you had a difficult time feeling like you had to constantly produce more and more, regardless of your own physical and mental health, and at one point, turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism (if I remember right). You pushed yourself too far, for the sake of your viewers, and the all-powerful KZbin algorithm, and took a break from KZbin, proclaiming that you thought it was over... that your KZbin success was ended. Recently, with the financial support of Patreon, you have been able to make KZbin videos for fun again, and it really shows. The old Dan's humor is back, and each video is so fun to watch because of that. I am really glad you didn't burn yourself out a few years back, and have been able to return to the joy that games bring you. Just know that we are all appreciative of the content you put out, and that we support your channel no matter what direction you decide to steer it. The channel is as good as ever, and I know that long time 'procrastinators' will always keep coming back to your videos.

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

Well said.

[@camdenkalteren6264]

couldn't have said it better

[@michaelmcdermott4385]

@@SonOfMuta If I remember right, a couple years ago, after doing a once-a-day upload schedule continuously for months, he suddenly went dark for like a week or two, and then had an explanation video where he said he'd been drinking. Only time I've ever heard him reference it, and it's been so long, I might be remembering wrong as well.

[@Distruptor18]

Stop it, you're making me tear up

[@thelittleatari9664]

as far as I remember, from his tweet about it anyways, it was one day of drinking to get over a migrane. Lets not bring the guys past into the future with him shall we?

[@ScarfKat]

such a fricking breath of fresh air to see someone play this and not complain because it requires you to take things slow

[@lachlankelly9438]

I mean he does take things slow enough but also understands that games are better when you play by mechanics that are supposed to be used.....however you can tell the second he said "so I suppose your suposed to take this game slow and scan lots." Internally his just thinking "WEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

[@arvokimchi9666]

Does anyone else desperately want a NerdCubed completes series of this or is that just me?

[@camdenkalteren6264]

holy fuck, yeeess

[@peachulemon]

On everything good in the would I want a completes series, I really wanna see dans reaction to some of the shit in the game cause it’s mind fuck sometimes

[@kshiteej7575]

That would take ages of videos then if he does only half an hour ones

[@dandydolphin64]

Just you...

[@arvokimchi9666]

@@kshiteej7575 No harm in a little wishful thinking

[@cmseff]

Is no one going to tell him that Igor is the NPC from Corpse disposal that died in the cut-scene with the giant BT? No one? Fair enough.

[@onyx15939]

What?

[@vitalik38815]

@@onyx15939 What do you not understand?

[@cmseff]

@@onyx15939 the 'person' who placed the ladders & rope. The name / image of them is the same guy from the Corpse Disposal Team. The one who went floating up into the air & was eventually consumed by the giant 'bad monster thing'.

[@fv2977]

Guillermo del Toro/Deadman says his name at 31:00

[@ShougoAmakusa]

He'll find out when he meets his brother later

[@theautisticguitarist7560]

Before: "This probably won't be THAT weird." Now: "Is that Guillermo Del Toro in a red leather trench coat?"

[@sanddry738]

*looks at sky in a certain scene* “Wait is that a... AM I IN *spoiler*?!?!” And somehow it makes sense... somehow

[@CodOfAges]

@@sanddry738 What scene are you talking about?

[@sanddry738]

@@CodOfAges SPOILER The scene where you look up and see WWII Planes and tanks when time gets all screwy

[@CodOfAges]

@@sanddry738 Ah yeah, those scenes were amazing. It confused me so much in the trailer but it somehow made so much sense with context.

[@jonsmith2832]

Nerdcubed, the man who can make walking around for half an hour entertaining.

[@jonsmith2832]

@Rain In July bikes are just walking with wheels.

[@terrydevlin3486]

@@jonsmith2832 someone's never heard of rollerskates

[@cameronshepherd5433]

theirs a bike car zip-line and many other forms of movement and mgs5 combat as well as fast travel

[@kodaxmax]

you say that like it isn't entertaining, despite the most popular game in the world being hours of holdin mouse 1 while staring at a crappy 16 bit texture repeated indefinitly

[@jonsmith2832]

@@terrydevlin3486 Is it a type of dance that the young people do?

[@potatosordfighter666]

"Everyone complained when I did it!" That made this video OMFG. Dan is a youtuber made just for me and I'd never give that up for anything

[@Ooffoop]

W-why is the nerdcubed pf next to your name?

[@potatosordfighter666]

@@Ooffoop I'm a channel member. I pay $5 through YT to support this amazing content.

[@Crezeulb]

@@potatosordfighter666 why not support Dan using Patreon? He gets a bigger cut from there than he will from youtube and you also get access to Patreon only content

[@MasterDracoDeity]

"What is this game about?" sums up Kojima pretty well.

[@kodaxmax]

"connecting humanity" -Kojima with a smug smile.

[@victoriousone4867]

God I forgot how much I love this game. Confusing as hell but so, so good. It's nice to see someone actually just go along for the wild ride and not immediately get mad that it's hard and slow.

[@Buzzardonic]

The "Speak now" for corpses is called a wake - the idea is that you stick the corpse in a room and have a party, and if they aren't all dead the party will hopefully wake them up

[@Dolthra]

That's also why you wait a few days to bury someone (well, it was, now it's more of a logistics thing). Victorian Era medicine combined with rampant alcoholism and general lack of bodily care meant that people could seem dead for a good day or so before they would wake up, and you'd rather not be buried when that happens.

[@ElectromagNick]

@@Dolthra You'd be buried with a rope tied to the church bell, so if you up vurried you could ring like hell and wake the dead- er, town to come save you. Or was that a myth?

[@DerplingKing]

Sailing ships used to stitch dead sailors into their hammocks and would put the last stitch through the nose to wake them up if they weren't dead.

[@rw9222]

@@ElectromagNick not a myth, they're called safety coffins. You could probably still get one.

[@danielmatthews9201]

Ngl loving that he's bringing back "hello procrastinators*

[@oneofmanyjames-es1643]

I've read plot summaries and watched videos about it and I still don't know what Death Stranding is about. I do know that one of the main characters is called 'Die Hardman', but that just tells me I'm in a Hideo Kojima game

[@johnathonjoevis4691]

theres deadman, diehard man, heartman, yeah. Kojima.

[@joeburnett9496]

How much do you know? Ive got a fairly firm grasp on the main story but small details, havent a notion

[@draycen7242]

Basically you're the postman and deliver parcels in the apocalypse walking through lovely scenery and every now and then a death monster who causes a death explosion.

[@draycen7242]

This isn't a knock on the game. I think it's good and innovative. But it's not for everyone

[@joeburnett9496]

@@draycen7242 aw 100%. Personally i loved the game, including the gameplay, but i will admit it gets repetitive and tedious by the last couple hours

[@coryhaught51]

"haven't seen troy baker in a game since his cameo in the last of us 2" i appreciated that joke thoroughly

[@LewdDude-oo9si]

Same and what a great game 👍

[@amyshaw893]

I have literally less than zero idea what just happened

[@Budder99]

Ikr, fucking wierd

[@pmarreck]

Must be a Kojima game

[@brendandaly3861]

Walking simulator except it’s not free and there is cut scene

[@kodaxmax]

it's simple, you play as sam who is afflicted by MUTE brought about by exposure to BTs, Spawned from corpses. Due to his compatriots trait he's immortal due to his soul being able to move between the beach and earth. So because sam is son of the estranged president of the united states, he is tasked with reuniting humanity and rescuing his sister from the beach, by traveling to all the outposts and linking them to the Chiral network, which abuses the beaches extra-dimensional properties to act as a super internet. During this expedition he must also avoid porters who have become addicted to porting. isn't it obvious?

[@kodaxmax]

@@user-co2ps4yo7k indeed :P also i got it wrong anyway. replace "MUTE" with "DOOMS"

[@JammerLamma]

The dangling strings on the title screen spell "Eat Standing"...

[@phantomkitten73]

Or if you don't count doubles, it's "Eat Sting"

[@F1fan4eva]

Luke Cave wouldn't go well in rimworld

[@Codingale]

@@FluffyToaster621 *Always Late has went on a food binge. Final straw was: disturbed sleep x1*

[@snark4611]

19:06 underrated moment, the game shifts into Sams point of view, you get to see how terrifying it is for him to be touched, from his perspective his mother becomes just as horrifying as the the BT's

[@javiskii]

I'm really confused about what this game is supposed to be, but they sure find many ways to show the main character shirtless... I approve

[@adamstringer7092]

It's more or less Lovecraftian horror meets Eurotruck Simulator. It doesn't make much sense to me either but it's an interesting concept.

[@Ryan6.022]

@@adamstringer7092 holy shit that is the most concise and accurate description I have heard.

[@joeburnett9496]

To put it VERY basic: there was a giant voidout (explosion) that wiped out the entire country, introducing the BTs (souls that are stuck between life and death). People shut themselves inside and but cities underground to lrotect themselves from timefall, and used bridges and other companies to deliver necessary good and resources to sustain them

[@iamjames8200]

It takes it self waaaay to seriously imo

[@joeburnett9496]

@@iamjames8200 i loved the story, but there were bits i thought it did too

[@cammackk]

Gotta love that nice free breath, thanks Dan

[@satisabli]

''Once, there was an explosion...'' ''Once, there was an explosion...'' ''Once, there was an explosion...''

[@daggern15]

And there was supposedly a script writer. I know, I'm shocked too

[@Insertfunnycomment]

@@daggern15 The repetition is kinda the point though?

[@romankaplan666]

Kerbal Space Program be like

[@l01230123]

@@Insertfunnycomment But why understand when you can complain? :^)

[@daggern15]

@@Insertfunnycomment I know. I was just making a joke

[@3HeadedBoa]

The Living room thins is kinda right. I was called the Death Room where a body would be laid to pay final respects. But a there was a time where we let bodies be to see if they were alive. It was called a Wake. We still have a wake but is used to be before the burial so they can see if the person wakes up while they all ate and talked about them.

[@auffq]

One of my forgotten memories.. Just that intro brings me nostalgia, so glad you still call us procrastinators. Oh the nostalgia! You were literally my childhood

[@IHDHI]

AND I WOULD WALK 500 MORE

[@HeavyMetalMan3]

Can we please talk about the fact that his mom's name is apparently "Bridget Bridges"

[@fv2977]

Bridget's full name is Bridget Strand. She adopted him when he was very young. His birth mother was called Lisa Bridges.

[@sierra1513]

@@fv2977 I know it's been two years but spoilers lol

[@dragmire3D]

Whoa, deja vu. I just woke up with the worst headache... I swear I remember seeing this video before. In fact, I remember playing a drinking game where I take a shot every time I was confused. ... Weird.

[@Omegapork]

I really want this to become a series. Watching you make sense of this nonsense was endlessly entertaining

[@Venial_Sundew]

I really missed the "HELLLOOOO PROCRRRRASTINATORRRSSS", my life was so empty without it

[@valk7722]

the one person i have been wanting to watch play this game

[@cameronirle2892]

We need a completes series for this dan may be the only person that can make fedex simulator watchable

[@8cto289]

15:33 the fact the baby gives you a thumbs up turns the scene from utterly disgusting to slightly funny but still utterly disgusting

[@adm0iii]

I gave this a like, so that's even more disgusting.

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

No purposeful spoilers as I've never played the game. My friend described the ending as "You do deliveries for the president but the president is actually a beach and there's another beach and the beaches are God"

[@andrew_cunningham]

That's not the ending it's the whole game.

[@salamanda550]

I think Kojima needs like, *all* the therapists

[@tropicalvikingcreations]

Would love to see more... Also the double jump is more of a long jump for clearing small gaps and rocks. However it can affect momentum a little but you need to be moving forward so doesn't work out you're just falling. However holding towards rocks and holding climb can sometimes save you but you will likely take damage. Don't go into deep water with cargo or it's bye bye cargo lol

[@VoidplayLP]

"aww, not jim sterling" yeah too bad its just guillermo del toro

[@therandodudesgibbs6881]

GTA5 has a nerd cubed reference on one of the arcade machines

[@peepooh9813]

Where can I find this arcade machine?

[@matthewblunderbuss4545]

Your making videos again like the old days and it makes me so fucking happy.

[@Mysenhoffle]

Ah yes, my favorite Kojima game, Norman Reedus and the Magic Fetus.

[@captainplut007]

can you do a completes of this? I can't bear to watch anyone else play it, but you make this super enjoyable

[@Albert_YTC]

I’ve played the game to completion it would be 1000 episodes long

[@Some__Guy]

So THAT'S why there was a Castle Super Beast podcast with the title "S-Rank Your Mother's Corpse for America." Probably should have actually listened to it.

[@cryaesthetic3603]

I feel like only you could possibly make a walking sim really entertaining for the entirety of a half an hour video

[@weirdworld3874]

The death room Influenza was rampant after World War 1 and many people lost their lives. Not having the means to bury bodies immediately, and wishing to take the time to mourn, bodies were often stacked in an unused part of the house - typically the Parlor, as most people were not entertaining during these horrible times. Introducing the living room When things started looking brighter after the influenza outbreak subsided it began to feel morbid to call this area the death room. Ladies Home Journal - THE magazine of that time - said that with the inevitable return to the socialization and happiness of the days before the outbreak, the death room should be ‘livened’ up and therefore the term living room came to be.

[@Jorge-wg9tq]

"So yeah i carried the thing" -Everyone

[@dgervs]

I watched an 8 hour video explaining this game and I still don’t understand it

[@PHANTOMCOWGIRL]

I actually really liked seeing just this much of Dan playing. Pays a good amount of attention and seems to definitely enjoy it. If all the blue moons align, I'd totally watch a completes of this even if I've already watched a different one

[@ry4n813]

Now we know what December 2020 will be like. Good luck

[@danieljones361]

One of my favorite games! Recommended to anyone who loves slow-burns

[@stratboy9]

I hope you do a like, 5 hour video of just you playing and chilling out. Would be nice to see with a game like this.

[@tylerberesnikow7237]

We need a Death Stranding "road" trip, capital knot to edge knot on foot, no online structures.

[@jonsmith2832]

Please stream the rest of this game.

[@tigerbattle]

Honestly I don’t think a stream would be good for this type of game. I watched a video about this a few weeks ago and they said something that I 100% agree with. It went something along the lines of “Death Stranding isn’t a good game to stream because it needs the player to slow down and stop to take in the information they were just given and in a live stream setting where you have to pay attention to the game and look at chat going ape shit there isn’t the space to slow down.”

[@jonsmith2832]

@@tigerbattle What if Rebecca dealt with the chat?

[@tigerbattle]

Jon Smith Dan would still have to pay attention to Rebecca and the chaotic energy of the chat would just resonate through her anyway

[@martingarricks6209]

Nerdcubed will have a resurgence one day. I swear by it.

[@MainMythLegend]

I would totally like to see him do a complete series on this game

[@samliedtke578]

I feel like I’ve just been gaslighted into pretending this isn’t the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.

[@F1fan4eva]

I want Dan to do a Let's play on this... Nothing too frequent... Once every few weeks is fine. I bet you on completion, he'd still be like, "what the fuck is going on "

[@ZoeBateman]

Surprised Dan didn't even say anything about the character name "Die Hardman" but I guess that must be a very normal kojima type name

[@deemcgann1695]

That car looks like something dan would build

[@gestaposantaclaus]

That’s the dead guy, that’s what happens when people die and aren’t incinerated.

[@spacebroom1909]

This video is the only reason im not dead, Thank you Dan.

[@jammy_2371]

Hang in there

[@43games]

I would love a completes series of this. Also, loving this NerdCubed renaissance

[@dutchwhofian3234]

hes been tasha yared is my new favorite quote

[@gameswithabasementdwellerw6202]

This game is such a fever dream.

[@jessicadurham]

Guenuenly stopped breathing at the beginning until I realised I'm a patron.

[@W0lF3y6]

"Just because of the way we edit this its gonna look like f***in insanity" is... is it not insanity?

[@DrFrankenMax]

The actual story makes way less sense than Kojima's company logo.

[@DevyKins]

How come everyone hated it? I never got into Kojima games.

[@MikeJProto]

@@DevyKins The story by itself was promising, but the whole game is just delivering god damn packages..

[@DevyKins]

@@MikeJProto Oh so that's why people call it just a walking sim

[@zakethekid1333]

@@DevyKins its a type of game for a very specific type of person. Personally I absolutely adore the game but it is quite literally a mail delivery simulator in a weird world with some combat

[@Phirestarter88]

Really want to see a full let's play of this! Should I check out his twitch?

[@IHDHI]

34:59 Poznan is a Polish city.

[@adm0iii]

Is it really shiny?

[@IHDHI]

@@adm0iii Not really.

[@ewanhudson6571]

Completes Series of this! I want it soooo bad!

[@shaneedwards596]

so basically Death Stranding boils down to essentially a Postman Simulator

[@crimsonrose4648]

At the beginning with the allergy thing as someone with mcas all I could think was "oh mood, big mood" to him reacting to seemingly nothing.

[@oodie6284]

I’d pay for an entire plays series of this.

[@itstripp21]

28:58 "speak now or forever rest in piece"

[@justingasparino9204]

Holy hell hello procrastinators is something I didn't think I'd here again. I wasn't expecting that power

[@ayyylmaooo]

God I need a completes series of this

[@somborn]

More like watching 30 minutes cut scenes. And nice you got a copy just on time.

[@ShadowAkatora]

16:58 - *puts on eyepatch* "President of what?"

[@danielbackhouse1199]

'He's fallen in the water' - Was that a Goon Show reference?

[@sinkpisserpro]

when you said subscribe now and your next breath is free, I gasped, and then gasped again... well it funny before I wrote it out.

[@ShadowWolfe]

Dan: Ayeee, we made it to the title sequence! And now we know what the game is about. Me: This.... this game is about something?

[@g1od]

This intro is what im going to show people when im explaining Kojima to them.

[@MrSimonPlays]

So... holding your breath makes the BTs unable to hear you. Nevermind the LOUD ASS SCANNER AND TIMEFALL ALL AROUND YOU

[@joshuaamador-coppin155]

PLEASE DO A WHOLE SERIES TO THE END THE STORY OF THIS GAME IS TO DIE FOR

[@astropgn]

It would be nice if he made the complete series for this game!

[@bgezal]

Having seen the Jacksepticeye completes on this I know Dan would love to finish it. It's just a shit ton of lore in the beginning that has to be consumed. Then onto the courier life and boss fights.

[@therandoguy3807]

haven't watched in years and I was like trying to remember your name and I typed I cubicnerd then just gave up and typed prison architect walkthrough nerd

[@april5054]

14:52 Now _that's_ a deep cut of a reference.

[@michaeltorruella188]

Anyone else think the multi-liking mechanic was just a bug they never bothered to fix so they made it a feature?

[@figwasp6101]

I want more of this from this person

[@Aidvvn]

Do a complete series on thissss

[@asianboooyyy1463]

Please make a completes of this

[@bencollier8354]

I'd like to see Dan play this fully.

[@TheSynrgy1987]

Can picture the Storyboarding sessions when they're plotting this out.

[@sacmaps]

Never thought I'd heard a Goon Show reference here. Beautiful.

[@shaneedwards596]

Corpse Disposal Team... must really be a dead end job eh

[@thenewajontheblock]

No I want my next breath to be a monthly subscription license based spiel! DAN! :D :P

[@Ewtube101]

Wow I was not expecting anything from this game how did I miss this

[@GreggyBoop]

Please, oh please, will you play more of this? Not laughed so hard in a good while!

[@stitch626123]

Dan you are a mental, corpses used to be left in the parlor for several days for friends and family to pay their respects, As this changed, in no small part thanks to the funeral industry it got changed to living room, as it was for the living, and the dead were shipped of to a funeral home.

[@gfunkin3d]

I would very much like a series of you completing this game please?

[@ODIR]

once there was an explosion -

[@McHeisenburger]

And I _still_ have no idea what this game is about.