We Aren't Meant To Be Alone. The Lore of DEATH STRANDING! (pt. 1)

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All music taken from the Death Stranding OST.
BIG thanks to channel co-owner Viryl_TV for capturing the footage for this game!
00:00 Chapter 1 - Extinction & Strand
14:38 Chapter 2 - Cliff Unger & BB
32:15 Chapter 3 - The Many Characters
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[@TiptoeTheTank]

Hi, friends. I wanted to leave a personal note with this video. Thank you all so much for your support as this channel has grown. We're approaching the first 100k subs! It's like we're entering the "big" league. You all have so completely changed my life for the better; I can't believe I get to do this for a living! The last few months for me were devastating and heartbreaking. But everyday is a little bit better, a little happier, a little bit more exciting to just BE here. In my darkest times, this channel/community was like a beacon in the night. Truly, thank you for being here. Here's to 100k soon! And the NEXT 100k to follow!!! 🎉 -Tip

[@ForestRaptor]

All the love to ya Tip!

[@charliebee5154]

You've proven yet again that you will make it to 200k by future-proofing this channel. Death Stranding 2 will come out eventually and you will be ahead.

[@ryanedwards7487]

This was not the most fun game I have ever played. However, the lore and story is absolutely gripping. Hideo Kojima hit such a cord with this game.

[@CommentWorthy1]

You do a fantastic job

[@user-wg9eb9in5t]

YOU TAKE SO MUCH TIME OFF MY DAY I LOVE IT!!!!!

[@Viryl_TV]

This game just oozes Kojima, for better or worse. Not for everyone but I quite enjoyed my time with it. Looking forward to the sequel.

[@Loreweavver]

Totally an under rated gem. The game engine and mechanics would have been great groundwork for a multiplayer game where people choose to build their own settlement and the connections they make with their neighbors.

[@x_x_velvy_sk8zx_x581]

I liked it, the gameplay jus wasn't for me honestly, jus delivering packages pretty much, but other than that like your saying, the story idea was pretty cool

[@davfree9732]

I think Kojima needs to be paired with a gameplay expert. Kojima can craft a story and atmosphere… but the gameplay is walking. Mass Effect solved this in 1 and 2 by having sections of no combat where you could play mini games to unlock chests via timed reflex or pattern recognition games. What if every so often the PC got a call for help… ‘I twisted an ankle, my trucks broken down, BT’s have me penned in, etc…’ Now granted that takes away from the isolation nature of the game, but the game already uses NPC porters and keeping them alive and functional could impact on how much other player performance impacts your world state.

[@Loreweavver]

@@davfree9732 i hardly spent any time outside of the opening tutorial 'just walking.' Combat was actually really entertaining after I figured out how to interact with the world and items around me. Only downside was that combat was discouraged save for the last stretch which I accidentally bypassed because I had already built a network of zip lines around the danger zone

[@lostsanityreturned]

@@davfree9732 did you actually play it? Because there was a lot more than just walking, and when you were walking there was decent complexity to the gameplay rather than just pointing a stick in a direction and waiting. Feels a bit rude to suggest he has no gameplay knowledge just because you didn't like a concept.

[@n543576]

The narration in these videos are incredible "But no one knew what happened it didn't save her reputation, it was just a quiet good her name was Fragile but she wasn't fragile". Damn dude, well spoken.

[@iamsobanned]

I was already looking forward to this game before it came out. It came out during what ended up being a low point in my life at the exact time when I needed a game like this. I was trying to get my kids back and rebuild my life. I did get my kids back. I got full custody and we are still rebuilding our lives being haunted by our own Higgs. This is one of my favorite games. I am glad to see you doing a lore video on it.

[@overlordmadness1548]

Finally! A video that actually makes sense of this damn game’s lore. Looking forward to the rest of the parts.

[@marcus_b1]

I've watched a few lore videos but I actually think you make THE BEST gaming lore videos on KZbin that I've heard to date. I grew up around the entertainment industry and I have to say; you have a VOICE for story telling and voice work in general. It's top tier. I don't know what you do professionally, but of you're not actively using that voice you're missing out on a hell of a career.

[@TiptoeTheTank]

Fuck yeah. Thank you! I'm now a full time story teller on KZbin. This is what I do for a living! 😉

[@DiarNoor3]

I finished the game 3 times and had no idea about half of the info in this video. Thank you for making it!

[@Tuaron]

I am still thoroughly confused about so much, but this is the best explanation I've ever seen/heard for most of the aspects of this game. A lot makes some kind of sense in a way it never had for me before, and (having watched the other 2 parts) it really comes together a lot better for me because of this thorough video. The storytelling and delivery of this video is just delightful, though. Thank you for all you do, Tiptoe!

[@megtommy]

Oooo I cannot wait for part 2! Your Lore breakdowns have become my peaceful listening option for getting work done. Cant wait to see this channel grow

[@Raziroth]

Hell yeah! Kojima's games are always so dense. I'm excited to see you give this the breakdown it needs! Perhaps someday we can see Metal Gear get the Tip Toe Treatment...?

[@Viryl_TV]

Nothing is guaranteed, but it is on the list 👌

[@TerryB01]

New day, new series. Yeah :D

[@ComradeMeow]

Quick bit of trivia about the guards at Bridges in the Cliff Unger flashbacks: They're wearing Romanian army uniforms. You can tell because of the camo pattern.

[@EnriqueMaxx]

I've played this game AND watched several other lore videos about it and still had no idea wtf was going on. This is by FAR the best explanation video I've seen. Finally! I had all but given up on it ever making sense to me. If they wouldn't have thrown so many new acronyms and name changes at people during the game it might've been a lot easier to understand 😂

[@squirrelhitscar]

I am so stoked you're doing my favorite game!!!! I've been watching the wake/Control series as my "lore to sleep to" for months! I can't wait to watch this 100 times!

[@DanMarston117]

I have no idea who you are, where you came from or why KZbin recommended me this channel randomly. But I've since binge watched most of your content, I think. Sometimes the algorithm does work. Keep up the cool vids, these are absolute quality!

[@94keno]

Just commenting to feed the algorithm god.

[@snakesnoteyes]

Always stoked for more lore from The Lady of Lore! Thanks for all of your hard work bringing these to us!

[@liaven_]

Already know this is gonna be good

[@aayushsahay5451]

This is the first time I've caught a lady of lore video at launch n I'm so impatiently waiting for part 2!!

[@novemberbravo6194]

I cannot WAIT to watch this when I finish doing some yard work this evening! DS is one of my three all-time favorite games, and even though it's been a couple years since I last played it, I've been considering dipping back into it. This feels like the perfect refresher to prime the pump, so to speak. Thank you for taking the time to put this together, and for sharing your hard work with us! Also, congrats on the recent channel growth! You're closing in on 100k and that's awesome; I can't imagine how good that feels : ) Hope you have a happy Thanksgiving (if that's a holiday you observe) surrounded by people who are dear to you. All the best! -NB

[@viridian_nights]

This is an INCREDIBLE exploration of DS lore. Thank you so much. I really enjoyed it and am so impressed at how you paced it. Please make more DS content.

[@Viryl_TV]

Glad you enjoyed it. You're in luck because there's at least one (possibly two) Death Stranding vids in the works 👌

[@Mitsurugi2424]

You're a brave woman trying to explain the lore of a Kojima game.....

[@genichiroashina1]

Hello miss kojima, Great work mam as usual!

[@yackparano]

what you did is make me want to play it again lmao. you are really good at this, thank you

[@Rupert_Astralnauta]

Let's fucking go🎉

[@jamesabernethy7896]

I found your channel with your HZD videos but only (relatively) recently subscribed after your Project Zero / Fatal Frame videos. I've been rummaging around in your back catalogue and have been watching the Control videos and the one for Prey. I never played Prey but have watched a couple of other retrospectives on it, I really enjoyed your one. I follow several lore and retrospective channels and each of you has your own style and focus. You break things down and present them in a way that is easy to follow. A lot of your personality comes through in your videos and it keeps the tone energetic and light. I don't follow your stream, it's just not my thing. I hope you hit 100k for Christmas. Great channel.

[@KingInfernagon]

Oh boy, its time! I've been waiting for this!

[@Fiszeryk]

Great video

[@idknemore525]

Possibly my number 1 favorite game I've ever played. Thanks for covering it!

[@thewanderingartists]

Somehow Higgs returned.

[@leemckenna8214]

That purple bb pod Givin me flashbacks! ALL PURPLE EVERYTHING

[@splatter_proto]

Oh this is gooood

[@Brunoweee]

THIS!!!! Finally a video that summarizes all those data collected throuhout the game, not just a "THings are weird because they are! Accept it!" Watching now and saving to rewatch when DS2 comes around

[@servancastillo986]

Wow, you have great Lore voice! The issue with long ganes, lore can be forgotten after multiple sessions. The game is huge and I love it. And I also realized how I understood 70-80%, the other 30% was definitely explained here! Awesome video!

[@EequalsMacSquared]

Very well compiled, i learned couple of new things i missed in my playthrough :)

[@sniperfity2327]

WOW thank you so much, i love this game and the emotional backstories for all the characters. nothing will ever get me harder in the feels than that last run up the hill to the incinerator

[@KittVessca1]

I'm so excited for this! Out of everything and everyone I watch on KZbin, you are my favorite! Thank you for everything you do for us! I hope you have a wonderful week!

[@LordMogatron]

I'm glad you made this video. Ever since the birth of my daughters I've had trouble approaching anything involving babies dying, so this is a semi-comfortable way to engage with the game.

[@TiptoeTheTank]

I'm glad it worked for you! I don't even have kids and, man... the stuff with Cliff, the BBs, and Mama even pushed me to tears while scripting. I genuinely have trouble watching Mama's hospital cutscene.

[@IamtheLexx]

This is an amazing explanation of the game, looking forward to part 2!

[@shoresy6943]

I love this vids.

[@yokai333]

Your videos are just a treasure, great tiptoe. Best I've seen and your storyline style of storytelling is amazing

[@davidludwig7501]

Excellent video. Love this game. Such a wonderful experience.

[@redacted8846]

Awesome work. Really loved this game and looking forward to DS 2 and more lore from you.

[@julianyumanji1159]

Please do a part 2! I loved this video and watched it 3 or 4 times

[@Viryl_TV]

Glad you enjoy it. Don't you worry, part 2 is coming 👌

[@phthalojohan]

WOOHOO! My favorite channel explains my favorite game! Thanks for giving death stranding your superior story telling and narration skills

[@sarthakmunda3914]

Wow, there sure seems to be a lot of information and tons of jargon for something that has only happened 5 times in billions of years 😅

[@whatIfindinteresting]

always look forward to your awesome videos

[@chadwolf3840]

I absolutely loved this game and can’t wait for the sequel.

[@NotoriousBlake]

This is a really good video. Thank you.

[@aadipie]

Ahh finally, looking forward to future parts

[@desigamee.2014]

This is some well written explanation, can you make more videos on different games and their IP's

[@thewanderingartists]

She's gonna be writing it again in 2025 for ds2

[@Redeemer8916]

Death Stranding is one of my favorite games of all time. That and Control. You doing the lore for both? That's amazing! And your videos are seriously the best. So easy to follow and smartly arranged. Thank you for doing this long enough for me to discover you and fall in love with your content!

[@RowdyBoy82]

Covering this one is going to be a trip and I'm here for it!!!!

[@ryanedwards7487]

I remember watching Let's Plays of this game during work in 2019 and early 2020 (I own an Xbox so this was not a game I had access to). I remember loving the sequences with BB and Cliff Unger. As a new dad, I really identified with him and his love for his child. I really identified with the character Mama too. The game is so-so, but good lord the themes and lore for this game are just so amazing.

[@LetsShave61]

i should be going to bed but you are good at this. i absolutely love this game. started another playthrough yesterday. will have to hop to it some more tomorrow since its getting too late now lol.

[@michaeltudor]

Great job! I love this game and it's Lore =D

[@ToS42]

Death Standing is such a beautiful and powerful game, and I love that you are able to convey that in the way you speak. I greatly appreciate the empathetic reading over other monotone readings that I've heard.

[@Frizzzzz]

How do you not have more subs i love listening to these stories ❤

[@joshley1320]

I absolutely love this game everything about it

[@mushroom_dinosaur]

I can't wait for part 2! Death Stranding is one of my favorite games and made me cry on multiple occasions. I can't wait for the sequel. ❤❤❤

[@ZionNIndigo]

Great video!

[@Darxide23]

Been gaming since the early 80s and this is one of the best games I've ever played. It's in my top 10 of all time. This video is incredible for explaining the story since even though I know more or less all of it, I didn't have a coherent thread to explain it to anyone. Explaining this game in bits and pieces will never work. This channel is a gem.

[@UsielX]

After watching "the lore of dishnored 1" Im conviced you are the best lore teacher out there. That said, you should definitly go for Deus ex lore. its amazing!

[@Viryl_TV]

Glad you enjoy the content. Though nothing is guaranteed, Deus Ex is on the list 👌

[@Gotohell576]

I'm sure you already have a long list of planned videos but I'd love to see a Drakengard/Nier series in your video style.

[@Viryl_TV]

Though nothing is guaranteed, Nier Autotomato has been on the list for some time. She's hesitant on that one though. One of the few reasons being the amount of times you need to play through it. So it might be one I record for her.

[@Gotohell576]

@@Viryl_TV That's fair, anything involving Yoko Taro gets pretty convoluted. If you do end up playing it I hope you enjoy it, thanks for the reply 😁

[@kn1ght_sta1k3rG]

I'm impressed you were able to figure out the lore for this because I sure as how couldn't

[@azrogthesocial3020]

NO WAY IM PLAYING THE GAME RIGHT NOW, AWESOME VIDEO

[@rochlum]

Lisa’s last name is Bridges

[@ATJonzie]

I NEED MORE!

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

It just now occurred to me that although I know very well what happens throughout this game I'm still watching this in a state of suspense due to your very effective way of retelling things. I'm sitting here leaned forward halfway off my seat when I think to myself, "What a minute, I know what's about to happen so what the fuck??" Awesome!!! I subbed after seeing the Control vids because this channel makes lore so much more exciting to learn! Congrats on being SO close to 100k subs, figures crossed on this channel reaching the other side of that threshold by the new year!

[@Atomy111]

Oh wow i caught this one early :D

[@N7niko]

Just me sitting here consuming all the lore this channel posts. *insert nom nom gif here*

[@Viryl_TV]

[@ariusraygn]

This game actually has such a beautiful and messed up story, I’m happy you’re summarizing it in a digestible way

[@tomdahill1075]

I always enjoy Kojima's games, and I enjoy death stranding, and honestly, I wanna see Mads Mikkelsen in more games, Kojima's games or others

[@faiyoake]

I have to wonder how much of a genuine therapist Lucy was…

[@WeaponsRemorse]

If smoking fentanyl and eating bath salts was a video game

[@RemangGames]

This will help before playing the sequel.

[@faiyoake]

I wonder if cultures that already regularly cremated the dead had less BTs to deal with.

[@sarthakmunda3914]

Umm... So you know there is an Extinction Entity is present at this time, through his connection to the beac, Beached Things can manifest in the world of the living. Then you get the bright idea of bridging all the Beaches, potentially making it possible for BTs in other Beaches using the Bridge to EE's Beach, and manifesting in the real world. Wouldn't that radically speed up the extinction event?

[@DrMDHyde]

Oh boy! Here we go! We continue to drive God further and further away as we sin into deeper and deeper into the depths of debauchery.

[@Eat-Glass]

When are we getting to the part where low roar became the most popular band in America

[@TheDwarvenDefender]

There's some stuff in here I sure don't remember finding. You see, I may have Platinum'd the game, but I didn't do literally every mission and get every single lore file.

[@TonyaSmith-sb2pi]

Damn, what the hell was he on with this depressive story?

[@gagaplex]

There are so many strange premises to this game. It's imaginative, I'll give them that, but also very hard to buy into. And even when accepting the premises, I find it hard to understand many of the characters involved - or their motivations. I'm curious to see where this goes in the following videos/if it makes more sense to me then.

[@Mou5eketeer]

Is Bridget's soul, Amelie, deliberately based on the appearance of Amalie Bruhn, of Myrkur? Because I thought the resemblance was uncanny. Before you even said her name I thought "Whoa, she looks like Myrkur".

[@ccjesper]

Say your Darrel catchphrase

[@Loreweavver]

I thought while playing this there was something deeper at play. I could never tell if they were bugs or features but something about the game made me feel like things weren't as they seem on the surface. It seemed a few times that the game wasn't taking place on Earth but some other colonized planet or on our own moon. Or that the whole thing took place in some artificial afterlife like a man made computer limbo.

[@TheTroutyness]

The baby thing is similar to an ancient Japanese practice and belief.

[@riceniceman548]

Can... C-can you do Warframe next..?

[@Viryl_TV]

She's always wanted to, but it's a massive undertaking. And the lore just keeps getting pumped out. It is on the list though 👌

[@furyrust]

Um... May I ask for Dead Island 2 Autophage lore? Seriously, not the game story but the virus role. ❤

[@nickkelly3199]

Algorithm comment

[@CommentWorthy1]

Side bar. Are you the voice on night vale?

[@TiptoeTheTank]

I'm not. But if Cecil wants to throwdown in a game of storytelling madness, I'm ready.

[@TrickyJebus]

can someone please help put english captions? I would appreciate it so much especially as non native speakers here

[@mytyak07one11]

PLEASEEEE PLEASEEEE DO HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST AND ITS DLC.

[@Viryl_TV]

You'll be happy to know it's on the to-do list when the ultimate edition releases on PC early next year 👌

[@SirCaptAsspull]

I dont have time to watch this now but since you wrote "part 1" in title i figured id come like and say i am personally very here any content into this game... its got a great story and crazy lore but i just was not impressed when it came to game play. 😕 But yeah ill watch anything you put out on this albeit maybe once your done covering it ill come back and binge it all... we'll just have to see how time permits 🤷‍♂️❤️

[@Viryl_TV]

It's definitely not a game for everyone, but I found the story intriguing. She thinks there might be three parts so plenty of time to catch up on them when you have time 👌

[@SirCaptAsspull]

@Viryl_TV nice, good looking out ❤️

[@SirCaptAsspull]

@@Viryl_TV subbed so I can come back and binge your salt and sanctuary/sacrifice vids

[@Viryl_TV]

Heh. Those are so old. It's been sitting in the backlog forever. The lore cuts I used to make didn't include much gameplay, S&S was the first one where it was pretty mandatory. I think I left my first run through any new zone and removed any backtracking.

[@LuizJardineirooficial]

Olá meus amigos e amigas tudo bem com vocês parabéns um feliz Natal pra todos vocês sucesso muita pazzzzzz saúde irmãos

[@gagaplex]

Ugh, I can't stand that "Final Fantasy"-style trope of "there is (going to be) suffering, so let's cause more suffering to everybody to end it quicker" any more. It feels downright cliché at this point.

[@komlat253]

This story makes no awesome sense 😂

[@bennygerow]

I really wanted to like the game, but it was way too many sub plots and exposition, not enough compelling game play. Great looking, great actors, great world building, one hell of a mess of a melodramatic story and script.

[@orphenboy]

I never understood this game, now I understand it better. Still not inclined to play it though.

[@basicsimp8798]

Definitely a bad game for me, nice graphics though and soundtrack