What Caused The Death Stranding? [Death Stranding]

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Hello everyone, and welcome to a video in which I unpack what the Death Stranding is, and what caused it. There will also be spoilers in this video, so please be warned!
CHAPTERS
Intro - 0:00
The Previous Death Stranding's - 1:12
Bridget Strand- 2:37
The Beach - 3:28
Voidouts Part 1 - 4:19
Beached Things - 5:27
Voidouts Part 2 - 6:29
The First Bridge Baby - 7:16
The Sixth Death Stranding - 9:23
Sam Porter Bridges - 11:04
Amelie Strand - 13:06
Ulterior Motives- 15:20
The Extinction Entity - 18:19
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[@xamazingxethanx]

Wow. For the past 23 minutes, I listened to a man speak my language yet had no idea what he was saying. Fascinating.

[@mtmadigan82]

Public school education huh?

[@HeathBlythe]

@@mtmadigan82 Don't be rude. Many great people studied in public school. This story can be misleading with its many avenues of understanding and interpretation. Some of us can adeptly internalize a story easily, some can't. We shouldn't shame the way others are bad at things we're good, as others shouldn't shame the way they're good at things which we're bad at. We're all ignorant in something. If you played Death Stranding, I guess you missed some of the messages Kojima introduced. I suggest you play it again, this time appreciate every mission, every email and interpret their messages.

[@camerontheobalds4045]

@@HeathBlytheI think he’s just being sarcastic

[@user-qs1ds7dq3j]

🤓🤓​@@HeathBlythe

[@MashaRistova]

@@camerontheobalds4045I don’t think sarcasm means what you think it means. That’s not “sarcasm.”

[@strikeforce1500]

Imagine being a doctor just doing your job, try to save a baby from dying, and basically a nuke goes off. That is an excellent way to loose your reputation, lmao

[@GamingHarryYT]

Worth a pay rise though.

[@strikeforce1500]

@@GamingHarryYT the hospital will still send a ridiculous bill lol

[@HitLeftistsWithHammers]

As loose as the particles his body was made of.

[@Gojira_Wins]

Lose*

[@Gojira_Wins]

@@HueyTheDoctor in that context, it would be loosen, not loose. Lose is the proper term, look it up.

[@tashibalampkin8555]

This video was amazing. I have watched a couple of Death Stranding explain videos and this one was the first one where I could finally grasp the plot of the game.

[@GamingHarryYT]

Awesome! Glad it helped!

[@rtuumm]

doesnt that tell you how bad the story was then? that after playing the game, and watching several explanation videos you still didnt get it till now (years later too) ? this is my point. It may be brilliant to some people, but if hardly any understood it after play some 40 hours or more, then doesnt that tell you there is a problem there with the story/plot/ presentation, fluidity of the story? my point is, that it is a well made game, but the story was a mess, hard to understand... and even after understanding it... it wasnt a good experience overall. As well as gameplay issues.

[@FinneasJedidiah]

@@rtuumm hr never said he played it...

[@mr.wiggles362]

@@rtuumm I've always said Kojima is brilliant at creating worlds, depth and complex stories. But, he's incredibly bad at characterisation and story telling. Pacing at times can drag or simply skim over things. He needs to hire good writers to flesh out his ideas and put everything together in a more coherent manner.

[@YoungMachette]

@@rtuumm not bad. Difficult to understand. Just like Tenet, Cloud Atlus, Matrix 2,3, and 4 seem like meaningless nonsense to 90% of the general population. But are loved as subversive deep art by the few. At the very least I can tell you Death Stranding, MGSV, and even MGS4 have made the choice to have an Avant garde approach, potentially lose its core audience to because someone bigger, deeper. It's literally a tale about a man meeting a God and being able to speak and interact with them, And it makes about as much sense as that interaction would to a human. It's a foreign experience being shared with us. That's what makes it difficult to understand. It's a hand shaking a 4th dimensional talon. You have to go along for the ride, and know that Koji Pro had shared "trip sessions' over this insanity and came back with it. And that's why it foreign, but that's exactly what draws me to.

[@tashibalampkin8555]

A part of me likes to believe that Cliff was able to cuss out Bridget on the beach for messing his life, his kid's life, his wife's, and life in general.

[@amberrichards2778]

I walk/run along with this game (in place, I'm not taking my PS4 anywhere), and I manage 10,000 steps a day. It also makes the game way more immersive.

[@psychoticdaizyproductions569]

You walk in place with a remote in your hand? Wow

[@EPICTACO71]

@@psychoticdaizyproductions569 maybe a treadmill?

[@amberrichards2778]

@@psychoticdaizyproductions569 It was hard to focus on the game and my steps at the same time at first but now playing DS while sitting feels weird. I crouch through BT territory and do knee-ups when walking through bodies of water. It's good exercise.

[@chrisbutler6614]

You're actually freaking legendary.

[@psychoticdaizyproductions569]

@Amber Richards I hear you that's why I play Beat Saber. You must be really immersed and that's awesome... you're way more imaginative that I could ever be with this game that's for sure...

[@trippybruh1592]

I think Kojima should help direct a actual good sci-fi series with his writing. I think we all would love to see Kojima's ideas on the big screen.

[@commander31able60]

Kojima's writing is a mess. there's a whole team of people that sort out his jumbled mess of ideas into a semi-coherent story. with MGS it was Tomokazu Fukushima and then Shuyo Murata. Kojima isn't so much a writer as he is an "auteur".

[@weedblaster2125]

yeah there’s multiple writers for nearly all of his games. it’s a bit hard to tell how much he contributes and what he comes up with himself for each project.

[@garou9914]

@@weedblaster2125 apparently he only gives ideas, like the game is his idea it's his vision. Thing is he was never good at making his visions into a coherent story so he needs people to write it for him, he's more like a creative director.

[@ittylink]

Nah

[@garou9914]

@@Anedime yeah but saying that his staff does everything is such a disservice to kojima's incredible creative directing talent; without him none of these games would be as good or maybe even good (story wise). When people say a movie is bad or good they blame/praise the director because he's literally the main reason why it would be either. The director is like the driver, his team is the car, they're both extremely necessary but at the end a good driver can make do with a bad car, but a bad driver would just ruin a really good one.

[@halflucan]

Side Note: The stranding is accidental Amelie has seen Sam many times on the beach before, but at various stages of his life but non-chronologically When she see's baby Sam wash up, she already knows him and heals him without thinking. This baby Sam is the cause of BT's in the world chronologically (but she might be unaware that's the case)

[@KBM-Exclaim]

Pretty sure the stranding happened when Amelie and Bridget separated. As proof, voidouts, like the Manhattan incident, happened well before Sam was born.

[@GiubileiFernando]

@@KBM-Exclaim Yes, she says her beach got connected to beaches of others and presumably to the world of the living because she was still connected to her body.

[@TheEternityForce]

A theory as to why the EE feels a need to destroy is so evolution can proceed When life outgrows the planet, maybe the EE is there to ensure life can continue - like how a forest fire is essential to the forest's health. And if Gaming Harry's theory is fact, then this is the EE's first time as a creature's as complicate and emotional as human, allowing it to push back a natural occurrence because of Sam's love. And maybe the EE evolves as life does, learning with each avatar and reset, and this is the Extinction it evolved into consciousness like humanity had. Even Hartman said that humanity's consciousness has change/shifted with the face to face with the Stranding. And now that dooms has been released into the world of matter, will it carry over to the next reset? Is all of creation on a path when the matter and anti matter realms will be undisguisable? And if so, what purpose will the EE have if death has no meaning?

[@nowiamincollege]

yes i agree that ee actually evolves. like, a dinosaur ee? what the fuck could that thing do? but an advanced human like ee will be smart and has emotion and all

[@biggusotongus1121]

I'm curious whether the 5th extinction was also 'caused' by a meteor in DS' world? Does that mean the meteor was actually a kind of entity or event summoned by an EE through their Beach? Or DS just completely rewrote it with an alternate history version. I wish it is explored more in game, would be fascinating to see how the Death Stranding is incorporated with our actual history, rather than just completely rewriting it.

[@bemindful924]

Science fiction at it's best. Pseudo-science, archeology, anthropology and a distopian future without the usual tropes. It was also uncanny how Kojima predicted the covid pandemic since the game shares similarities. Ironically, the many zen moments the game provides served as a calming experience during the hard lockdowns in the past few years. I also liked the a-synchronous multiplayer aspect where together you aid in eachothers journey. In an era with a plethora of battle royales and recycled tropes, this game was breath of fresh air - on a high budget. Though nor perfect, it has been one of the most profound games I've played in all my gaming years.

[@vincentlaw1415]

I thought about that connection with covid too. Kojima is always ahead of his time, just look at the end of MGS 2, it's uncanny. He is the first one to call out a worrying trend before anyone even knows that it's there. Like people isolating themselves more and more do to social media.

[@magnopere]

@@vincentlaw1415 I always saw it as less of a prophetic things and more the fact that Kojima is extremely interested in the US and greater global culture and has been studying it for a long time. He's very familiar but he has an outside perspective that allows him to judge without as much bias as we would. His interpretations of the future to me are very logical once you think about it.

[@vincentlaw1415]

@@magnopere that's also what I meant, he is just a well rounded generalist, when it comes to the topics of politics, philosophy, technology and science in general. And he ties all these things together to really good science fiction. The point about good science fiction is to make it based enough in factual science, so that most people will never fully understand it anyway, but hypothetical enough so it captures everyones interest and you can pose or try to answer a existential question. Like: What to make of AI once it's there? Because that's basically how reality works for the majority of mankind anyway. The majority doesn't understand science at all neither are they really interested in it, so they just believe whatever science tells them and sounds plausible enough. That's why most people actually can't differentiate good science fiction from actual science.

[@xcyoteex]

And all with no aliens, robots, or AI.

[@ohauss]

“The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is the virus.” Joshua Lederberg, JAMA. 1988;260(5):684-685. doi:10.1001/jama.1988.03410050104039 Scientists have been warning of pandemics for a long time.

[@xcloudx01alt]

Amazing summary of the entire games story. The story is so complex it took me a while to wrap my head around it, but I didn't even make the connection EE was in a different dress, I just thought Amelie couldn't decide what she wanted. Was gripped the whole way through your video, nice work!

[@danieldevito6380]

Death Standing isn't a video game, it's an experience... A truly rare, AMAZING experience.

[@SchlaftaterNrzZz]

Yeah very boring 3/10 because they tried

[@noobgod3216]

​@@SchlaftaterNrzZz it's not for everybody

[@Narblo]

The same experience that being a glovo delivery person on a rough neighborhood. For 5min of gameplay there is 20min of cutscenes, so it is basically an interactive movie. 2/10.

[@sannyassi73]

Literally everything is an experience... I suppose you're right then.

[@nassahrakim8136]

@@noobgod3216 should've been a movie then instead of a game

[@nXGEnTech91]

I LOVED THIS. Such a great analysis of the vastness that is this amazing story. Question though, I always got the impression that Timefall was just rainwater mixed with Chiralium, did anybody else get that impression?

[@biggusotongus1121]

I mean iirc that's exactly the explanation given in the game?

[@AFoxInFlames]

I loved this despite how slow it started but man the characters, the story...it's fucking amazing. I see why Reedus wanted to be a part of this so badly.

[@skeletonsinscarves3965]

this is my depression game and honestly its been the best help ive had in years

[@shanehunt3019]

Honestly I think that the EE is basically a reversed BT. What happens when living cells flow back to the beach. The umbilical cord is key to EE's. Bridgette had a chiral umbilical cord, the other EE's have a chiral umbilical cord. Additionally, Ka don't seem to notice the passage of time being different. EEs do, if the sixth EE is to be believed. Acting completly differently is also in character as BT's don't seem to recognize or act like normal people, even though both halves were. BT's act like Ka that have the needs of Ha, unspeaking and having no personality but having the insatiable drive to "feed". An EE is a Ha that acts like a Ka. A beach entity, but having a personality and thought. It's drive to destroy is probably the Ha's innate instinct to live, thereby wanting to leave the beach. It can most certainly do that but it will cause massive damage on a worldwide scale. Why the Sixth will destroy EVERYTHING is strange though. As BTs were witnessed by early cavemen. Humanity wasn't wiped then. Overall I'm excited for the sequel but they better release to PC. I'm tired of this "wait for a year" crap Sony is pulling.

[@amberrichards2778]

I think the fact that cavemen saw BTs just means that the stranding, the last stranding, has fingers far back in time. Wouldn't be surprised if there existed death strandings in, say, the Dark Ages too, for example. It's not an instant thing, it has effects that stretch beyond the Manhattan voidout.

[@alexkoleen2913]

Well there were other species of humans that did go extinct, "H. erectus, H. heidelbergensis and H. neanderthalensis all lost a significant portion of their climatic niche area just before they became extinct." There were nine different human species, but Homo Sapiens are the only ones that made it.

[@TheMetroidblade]

It doesn’t seem like the others were particularly drawn out though. This one took a lifetime to “reset”. I think they think they held it back so much that it was basically like a flood and would just be a ridiculously huge event.

[@celeste9958]

Maybe the severity of the extinction is dependent on intelligence or scales up each time, humans are way more connected to each other than anything in the past was so the potential damage is way higher.

[@cocolime6496]

i like this theory it explains a lot

[@CChissel]

I love this game, it’s fun to play when you just want to chill and travel/explore and look at the beautiful scenery. Then if you get to feeling up to some action it’s never too far away. This video makes me want to play it now, but sadly I’m without a PC now :(

[@evanbelisle8464]

As crazy as this sounds I can’t believe how straight forward the story is considering it’s a Kojima game.

[@TrueLi0nHeart]

I’ve seen many videos explaining death stranding to some degree but this one was by far the best. Excellent layout of the main points, very structured to and to the point with each topic without over-explaining (easy to do with this story lol), and excellent descriptions of each character and their powers/backgrounds/relevance. This is one of my favorite games of all time, but i find it hard to explain effectively to people sometimes so I always recommend they watch an explanation video (which usually push an hours time), I’ll be using this one going forward. 10/10 Video, love this game and can’t wait for part 2

[@aBANDIT.]

this is one of the few games where i finished it and was awe struck, now i have a good idea of the story and the lore but hopefully this vid can round out all the stuff i might have missed.

[@quinnmclaughlin7537]

Thank you for this 'Cliff Notes' version of this game, the first 20 mins grabbed my attention...then I just couldn't stay iinterested past the 2 hr mark and it's nice to finally get it in a format I can understand

[@tashibalampkin8555]

7:26 I know this a sad character. But I have to say that Mads is one fine man.

[@Kaden10]

Now that I think about it, the briefing at the beginning sounded pretty straight forward, and if there is one thing I learned when it comes to Kojima is that nothing is ever straight forward.

[@mbug7973]

Awesome explanation! I finished the game yesterday and didn't understand the ending. Nice to have a good wrapup!

[@StiffAftermath]

The best story video i have found yet. Very well done! Thank you! Also, the white, black and red dresses of the EE are the steps of alchemy and the purifying of one’s EGO (to either follow the Super Ego or ID in psychology). The dresses symbolize a transformation.

[@roybiggums4609]

Wow this was a very in depth but simple to understand video. Very well done!

[@magnamic5614]

This is one of the most enjoyable games I’ve ever played. A true masterpiece. I still play every single day, delivering packages to get ElieHuang’s numbers of 59+ million likes (trying to reach 100 million, ElieHuang?)…I’m only at 1.3 million (as of this posting). Keep on keeping on!

[@magnamic5614]

@@lostforever773 Since launch I’ve been playing this game. On the PS4 servers, I know of only one other player who plays every single day like myself, ElieHuang (currently sitting at about 60 million likes). Likes are given for each delivery made, item shared, sign liked, zip line used, bridge and road built and many other options. Because I’m addicted to this game my goal is to get 100 million likes which is the goal I think ElieHuang is going for. I’ll probably just keep going beyond that anyway. I just wish Kojima would give PS4 players more love when it comes to this game. Seems like we’ve been forgotten though.

[@magnamic5614]

@@lostforever773 Oh ok. Sorry, wasn’t sure what your comment was questioning.

[@amberrichards2778]

I hope I've used some of your items/structures. I also play every day! Haven't missed a day in months!

[@magnamic5614]

@@amberrichards2778 Sweet! I’m going to check my Bridge Links to see if you’re there (depending on name of course). I added absolutely everyone I could to mine. I’ve wanted try something with someone that I think gives lots of likes. If you asking someone for equipment but max out the quantity then I believe you get, on average, over a thousand like per delivery. It might depend on the type of item though. Shame there’s no way to communicate with linked players in game. Maybe it’s for the better though?

[@amberrichards2778]

@@magnamic5614 my username on there is Iamtheletter13 so if you see me give me a link, I'm pretty early in the game as I restarted and have been playing offline for the added challenge but my online save is still chugging along!

[@CarlosGarcia2]

Awesome video as always. Just wish you did this one sooner. My wife watched me play most of the game and had a lot of questions that I tried to answer but it's difficult since a lot of the lore is in the audio logs and emails that I never listened to or read lol

[@heuvelke1065]

Yeah... its very difficult because you made it difficult. If you did that then you wouldnt have to wish for this video coming sooner. See how you create difficulties for yourself.

[@rsmith6366]

What I want to know is 'why' 'must' the EE destroy humanity? Why is it the EE's decision to make to destroy humanity? What's the reasoning for EEs to do what they do?

[@GamingHarryYT]

Not sure. That’s why I think there’s a higher power than the EE’s. There’s a Death Stranding 2 in the works, so I guess we’ll find out at some point.

[@rsmith6366]

@@GamingHarryYT Like aliens or god-like creatures?

[@steves578]

@@rsmith6366likely something in the afterlife, Amelie (Her EE form) suggest "the universe" doesnt want life to exist and tried to wipe us out on multiple occasions, failing in all 5 death strandings and once again in the final death stranding, we know whatever it is, is something with the power to create EEs and could possibly be linked to the big bang, in fact in documents in the game its suggested the big bang may have more connection to the death stranding than humanity knows. While I have some theories, like Harry says, we'll have to wait to find out what it is.

[@Gilotopia]

For failing to move off planet maybe? Planets are nurseries and must birth new life.

[@nouhorni3229]

regarding Death Stranding and the Big Bang, the big bang in reality is thought to have created slightly more matter than antimatter, they reacted and all matter (and energy) we observe today is the leftovers of that first annihilation. This would mean that the the flow of time, the birth of stars, and of course the emergence of life are all owed to a crucial imbalance at the starting point. Our universe however likes balance and stability. The implication for DS is that the force (forces?) behind the Stranding is inherent to our universe, possibly to the degree of gravity or electroweak interaction, and working towards universal homogeny. Meaning creating a balanced, non-differing soup everywhere, nullifying the consequences of the matter-antimatter imbalance and becoming stable. If such a force existed (, in reality it's called entropy), thinking life would be its only adversary. If the Universe had motivations, erasing life would be pretty high up there.

[@zombiexgalaxie]

Hey great video. I was wondering about the plot of DS. You seem to have summed it up into a short concise video. Great work! & Thank you!

[@camrynhamme]

My take is that when Bridget and Amalie separated so did the EE, Bridget was chose an the extinction entity and when her ha and ka separated they both ended up on the beach. But this, the 6th EE had what all others lacked, compassion, the ability to make a choice, and choose if humanity was worth destroying. With her ha and ka separated it locked out the EE from destroying earth any sooner, and with the network being rebuild the EE would be given an opportunity to cause the extinction event… Sam worked as a bridge to start it when he was repatriated hence why the bts showed up after he was saved by amelie. The EE saw this as an opportunity to bring on the extinction, but through Sam and Amelie’s connection she made the choice to lock out the beach, and no longer allow the bts to cross back over to earth and as well as the time fall. A closed beach means no more repatriation, which is what the BTs are attempting to do. If Bridget’s ha and ka never got separated I very much doubt that the extinction could of been stopped if it remained in Bridget.

[@joshuasmyth3115]

"Prank 'em John!" "Aight you already know." *_falls down a 5 foot drop with a void-out bomb strapped to his back_*

[@superbrown1969]

Great job! I thoroughly enjoyed this lore explanation video!

[@mickeybreg1]

i just finished the game last night and tbh i didn’t fully understand the game. thanks for thoroughly explaining it and making it 100% to me!

[@FamilyForeverGaming]

I donno why this game wasn't more popular. The story. The history. The gameplay. I loved it. Thought it was a fresh new take on basically a mailman lol.

[@groovysnake6664]

Because it's not a good game for streaming, so most "influencers" shit talked it to death, plus it got review bombed on metacritic and people take those ratings seriously for some reason

[@alastor8091]

Because of the bandwagon. Hurr durr muh walking simulator. Literally just a dumb meme. Okay, now that I think about it, it was the games reveal and trailers made it seem like some mother of all games project and the public hyped it to hell only for it to not meet the stupidly ridiculous heights of people's imagination. The game was freaking great, but it wasn't what people thought it would be. Then the meme came about and it was a nice and simple thing to say and, of course, people get off on hating things and feeling superior because "haha I don't like the dumb game and you do. I'm smarter than you. Haha walking simulator." Its cancer.

[@nickgonzalez8591]

I mean even in this review the guy said the first 10 hours were a slog. Maybe people exaggerated a bit but it does seem like a lot of boring tedious walking. 10 hours is a long time to invest into a game before it starts getting good.

[@alastor8091]

@@nickgonzalez8591 if you aren't interested in the story, yeah its a slog. Come into it like an interactive movie, trust me, you'll have all the gameplay you can stomach later. Doesnt make for a good video game, but hey, thats Kojima.

[@groovysnake6664]

@@nickgonzalez8591 it's paced like 2001: Space Odyssey, and a purposeful inversion of conventional single player game structure. It's not so much that not everyone likes that sort of thing, its that critics and streamers didn't even acknowledge how much the game opens up by the end

[@tahsinhossain8028]

Finally! I was waiting for you to pick this game up! I really loved the game and its soundtracks!

[@LeeFevGolf1977]

I was late to this game, kept avoiding it for no reason I can explain. This video is brilliant, I loved the game but couldn't always be bothered to read the emails or interviews so this has helped explain loads, keep on keeping on!..... Think I'll start it again 👍🏻

[@rachelglenn4821]

I think you or the Devs might be wrong about the big five! The first extinction event in rl happened way way before the dinosaurs after the Cambrian explosion and then a few more followed before the dinosaurs

[@importedsausage5593]

yeah its the guy who made vid thats wrong, they explain in-game that the 5 previous death strandings are each of earth's major extinctions, and the dinosaurs were just the most recent

[@redpilledfag]

Great video! I watched the entire thing. I haven't even played the game yet, but the story is just too good.

[@CChissel]

Aw man… the story is best when you uncover it little by little in the game. Should have played it first

[@southernfriedmedia3968]

@@CChissel man i gave up I guess too early when I realized that the entire games is about walking and delivering packages between checkpoints....its overly complicated in an attempt to look futurey.

[@DarknessXevil]

so amelie was an anamoly whose soul and body existed in two different worlds giving her a connection to both worlds. amelie used that connection to create the first repatriate, sam bridges, which resulted in both worlds connecting with each other. as an extinction entity, amelie's goal was to fully merge both worlds through a massive voidout and cause a planetary wide exitnction event. Therefore, that must mean that at some point a dinosaur with malicious intent used supernatural abilities to alter the course of a meteor and have it strike earth causing an extinction event.

[@morgonfr33m4n1337z]

1) The EE was wearing a dark blue dress, making it Red (Amelié), White (Bridget) and Blue (EE). Sam's suit has a similar shade of blue to her dress. The 3 Lisa Wagner characters are literally America 2) What i wonder is why did the Death Stranding begin with Sam's ressurection when BTs were perfectly capable of materializing into the world of the living just by a woman having a miscarriage or abortion. Did the first BT only become possible once Bridget was born?

[@atlasofthedeep]

Access to the beach can only be caused by a connection between life and death. In the game this is most common with the direct connection between a mother and her baby. When Sam was revived for the first time, he became the first full connection between life and death. He was the only real bridge to the beach, his revival disturbing the usual balance. This allowed for BTs to appear more frequently and consistently, as usually the connection to the beach is severed by cutting the connection between the mother and her baby.

[@Ozmaniacify]

Fantastic video, keep em coming :D

[@lehelzelenka207]

Love playing games that makes me feel dumb for not comprehending the story in full! Thankfully there are people who analyse the plot and make these explanation videos!

[@IVEGOTPEEINMYEYE]

I had watched all the cutscenes before playing and still had no clue what was going on. so going in blind is somewhat a given

[@Frankbeatz]

I played through this game 3 times already and haven’t come up with none of that. Thanks for the breakdown. I’m playing through it at the moment and stumbled on this video. This next play through I’m gonna pay more attention. It all makes sense.

[@yanraram6970]

Very good analysis ! Thank you for the video ^^

[@dudemetoo2053]

What a great explanation. Played the game 3 times and was still confused.

[@KemonoPriestessHazuki]

Speaking of Death Stranding, mister Kojima also liked LOW ROAR's music and so their music is in the game. I suggest giving a listen to their newest album! "Maybe Tomorrow..." ❤❗

[@ampersandyyy]

Will definitely give the new album a listen, thanks for the recommendation

[@Tacdelio]

yeah their music is named and on screen for the whole time its played, how could i forget, i guess thats the point lol, soothing music though.

[@w.d.g.]

this is perfect for me. I never have and never will play horror games, i remember any horror stuff all too well. anyway, your videos give me a way to 'see' them in a way far less scary. thanks.

[@TheZombieSaints]

Great story for a game! Great video too! Really well done 👍

[@KabbalahSherry]

Wow, I never questioned whether or not Amelie/Bridget really was the Extinction Entity herself... or if she was just being USED by a much more malevolent force. But now that you have pointed out the "Amelie" in the black dress at the end, I have sooo many questions. 😆 lol NOW it makes sense how Amelie, or rather, "the EE", could return in the sequel. My mind is blown, bro.

[@N0noy1989]

Oooo Nice. I've seen some Death Stranding videos and still get confused. Maybe this is the one

[@GamingHarryYT]

Haha. Hopefully. Very complex game. Classic Kojima

[@StillWeRide]

This video made me appreciate the game even more. I love this game but Ill admit I got lost during the story.Beautiful summary!!

[@illuminus4420]

Thank you for this Friend!✊💯

[@ehrenloudermilk1053]

Sir your content is phenomenal.

[@Tinfoiltomcat]

Crazy how much of this game is based in real metaphysics. You really can't understand it until you go down that Rabbithole

[@LCfreeze]

So Sam’s survival is the cause of this extinction basically? I assumed that things had already been set in motion when the first voidout happened. Also, interesting how they have a term for Sam’s situation (“repatriate”) when apparently it’s a one-off that was created by Amelie. And somehow a lot of people Sam meets know what a repatriate is, though that could be explained by them knowing the president and the story of her adopted son.

[@GiubileiFernando]

It was already in motion, Sam juist changed the timeframe of when and how it would happen.

[@skeletonsinscarves3965]

i'm forever calling cliff dad and noone can stop me i love his character!

[@theblackbaron4119]

Let me guess, your father left to get milk.

[@skeletonsinscarves3965]

@@theblackbaron4119 close, I beat my dad up because he almost killed my mom

[@HyperspaceCafe]

Hideos always on some next level stuff man

[@amswil3232]

VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND AMAZING WORK

[@MGTOW_Modality]

Not knowing where Amelie came from and trying to piece it together for yourself is what would make this a horror game.

[@xcSTRIKERxc]

Keep on keeping on

[@shadowhenge7118]

Once you understand the storyline it feels very lovecraftian in nature.

[@kyle857]

He really messed up the timeliness of the 5 mass extinctions though.

[@datboi7116]

this really helped. I thought I understood things but the little details that I didn't do add up lol

[@rifflerunderhill7006]

Interesting how the Chiralium (a play on Charon, ferryman for the river Styx aka the beach I assume) naturally forms grasping hand shapes.

[@liamzakhaev]

look up molecular chirality, because I do not have the skills to explain that concept

[@Fallenlords1969]

Really enjoyed the game, but I think it is a marmite game. You either love it or hate it. Nice video, makes me want to play it through again.

[@JorgeEscobarMX]

I loved this game, steam restarted my save file and I was mad aboout it at the beggining, but after an hour of game time I took that as a blessing in disguise.

[@thefearofg0ds758]

I feel like Kojima really really fought with himself to not make Cliff(Madds) the main character and story focus. But his drive to do something different made him choose to role with the Sam/delivery system.

[@GamingHarryYT]

I’m kind of glad he did. I loved the Cliff/Sam twist

[@simulacrxm]

Hey if you guys want more Death Stranding content I highly suggest Whitlight's 7 hour long video, one of THE BEST videos on KZbin no joke

[@simulacrxm]

"Sam doesn't shoot her" - Me, a chad, using up all the bullets to no effect

[@ashleycorner2269]

Awesome videos 👍🏻

[@flipcats]

Death Stranding is one of if not the only game that's still stuck in my head for a long time, the good consistent story-telling, world, character and the whole vibe makes it different from any other game. Definitely loved to play this game all over again

[@johntrevy1]

I was hoping that they could keep the MGS story and have it set to a future where nanomachines have gone amok and condensed into Chyrillium, which screws with everything and creates a sort of digital clone of earth.

[@miketran4289]

It was started because Kojima started a cult and they messed around with parallel realities. Open your eye's people, this is the worlds first interactive documentary

[@khalifah_iskandar]

this is a lot to take in . but well served . thankyou good lad

[@germany456]

Great video, make more explanations of everything please

[@christmaldonado89]

I spent 120 hours on this game for the platinum on ps4. Then listened to a 7 hour analysis while obtaining the ps5 upgrade platinum. And I still didnt understand the story. However, your video finally made me understand.

[@boblorde2978]

keep up the good work man really enjoy listening to you

[@TheChazmannico]

I second this

[@jaybristowe2346]

Great video for a recap before DS2

[@3797ID]

Okay now we’re a tackling a game I actually know a bit about, can’t wait to go down this rabbit hole #LetsGetItCracking 💯💪🏽💪🏽🔥🔥

[@AbsolutionArmament]

Just the mention of PT brought back memories of a demo I wish had became reality. The boys and me playing it in a barracks room late at night

[@soul-man]

Well done. Subbed

[@captainsewerrat]

I wish I would have saved the the comment that somebody made when the game first released. He very much knew some obscure-ish greek myth (I believe it was greek) that showed that almost the entire concept and story of Death Stranding was taken from it.

[@graveborne8724]

Great video

[@dazcorupt]

Thanks for clarifying this rollercoaster story ark

[@thehater6189]

Game is very underrated. I never thought id enjoy courrier work. The lore is rich and interesting and it is an excellent videogame because it captures the feeling of accomplishment very well

[@MeggaMann_theBlueLion]

Truly does

[@aniquinstark4347]

I truly don't understand how anyone thinks this is better than MGS3 which is Kojima's best game IMO

[@estoylaroca]

3rd. Haven't watched it in full as of commenting, but thanks for the video as always man.

[@BritskNguyen]

This is the best explanation of this game.

[@gradyallen257]

The only prior knowledge to this game that I have is when I watched like a couple seconds of the trailer and yet somehow this is one of the most interesting videos I’ve ever watched

[@felipefornazier3260]

finally i can fully understand, tks a lot

[@jamesla1015]

I'd appreciate it if you did some more videos on the individuals like you did with Higgs but a realy in depth look ok at cliff unger and how he controls the soldiers

[@swervothegod5728]

Man I absolutely enjoyed death stranding, loved the story and the fear of running into BTs and humans made it more fun, although I didn't like you had to take the dead body to a burning place if you used lethal weapons, it would cause problems in that area of course

[@xcyoteex]

If a Void Out destroys everything, who heard what the doctor said?

[@mugenokami2201]

Cameras with audio

[@xcyoteex]

@@mugenokami2201 But those would be destroyed too.

[@mugenokami2201]

@@xcyoteex the data from them. Like from a cloud type thing

[@xcyoteex]

@@mugenokami2201 This was a live streamed event? Really?

[@mugenokami2201]

@@xcyoteex the cloud as we know it is a massive digital data storage place yes? Does it matter what kind of data is put there?

[@ravendelacroix4372]

Now that death stranding 2 is confirmed we will get more answers to our questions.

[@stelonous]

dear god... there are treatises on quantum physics that are less complicated than this plot...

[@Betapvnk]

Can’t wait for the beach video!!! Remember to read the books

[@devilishsnuggy9697]

Bro I had this on as background audio and I only just realized at 13:10 that this whole time you've been referring to "Bridget's Ka" and not "Bridget's car". Because I began thinking to myself: "Hey I don't remember Bridget ever driving a car... OH WAIT The dude just has an accent"

[@adamplentl5588]

Yeah I'm pretty stoned too.

[@reallyfruity]

This made me laugh out loud. Thank u lmao

[@LouisNothing]

I dreamed of that beach scene with the dead whales when I was a little kid! The peak in the background and everything. It was night and lighting everywhere though.

[@gsofficial]

20:11 is just perfect. He's thinking "Jesus Christ, she's STILL talking?"

[@ahrara.7922]

Best explanation of Death Stranding hands down.