My jaw was on the floor when you jumped to avoid the enemy ping. Hundreds of hours and never occurred to me. Makes sense as they're just using odradek scanners to read terrain like the player

The attention to detail extends to sound design as well. It's like every single material and tool has unique sound effects, and you can literally hear each piece of equipment rattling against each other when Sam walks. Kojima games have consistently had super impressive sound design.

i will never get over how unfair the world treated this game, its a god damn masterpiece.

"Higgs hates cold pizza." Finally, a relatable villian just for me!

There's actually another interesting detail with Mother, it may be pretty well known but I think it still will be worth mentioning it. If you cross a bridge with her ( without a truck ), she begins shaking and later explains that she has a fear of bridges due to that big incident in her past. I feel bad every time I cross a bridge with her because of that :(

One thing I noticed was that on the beach during the final fight with Higgs there's a rainbow in the background that's only blue, which seems to prove Deadman's "No blue in the inverted rainbow" theory correct

Another good one is that certain items you deliver, like the evodevo unit and the doctors medical device are available to be delivered to all other locations after the first mission to deliver them.

i hope more people will eventually appreciate how good death stranding actually is instead of writing it off as a weird experiment

Damn Kojima the details are always priceless. That ear thing was great.

Another detail exclusive to the directors cut version is that if you equip the strand and walk towards cargo you'll be able to tie it down

I can't believe this video doesn't have more views! The editing is great, and I never knew half this stuff in my playthrough where I 5-starred every prepper Keep up the good work! :)

I feel as if most of the penalties in this game, like John McClain feet and blood piss, serve as help more than a hindrance. I’m not saying to hurt Sam as much as possible, but it just feels like Kojima wants players to keep going despite all the crap the player might go through.

Strand type details

Am I the only one who despite not having played death stranding in at least a couple of months, not having any activity with it on KZfaq, and not having even thought about looking it up for a year being busy playing dark souls again... randomly had this recommended to them a few hours after it was uploaded. God damn it KZfaq, now I’m gonna have to play this masterpiece again. I’m not mad... just very confused. Cool vid tho.

Fucking loved this game. I get its not for everyone, but damn it was for me!

In my opinion, the 5 floating figures represent the Big Five. Each figure is an Extinction Entity (EE) from a different era. The 6th would be Amelie, after the actual Death Stranding ends. At least thats how i like to see it. It is also true that, at the end, when Amelie says that you can go back because "you're still connected", she points up to them, and that would explain the friends theory. Edit : Well F me he already pointed it out ln the video

Blood Pee... I dont have words....

As for the 5 figures being Sam's friends, thank you. That's what I've been going on for a while. And I can confirm that the figure in the middle is holding a baby, if you approach the 5 from the side and use photo mode you can make out the model better.

Die-Hardman: “Sam- if you don’t take down that BT, this city is over” Sam: “Ok” *equips urinate*

One thing I thought was very sweet was Mama saying "You're not alone," when you call out.

Also, I never noticed, but Bridget's corpse seems to have a pink teru teru bozu on it, which is a japanese charm to ward off rain.

The sticky-gun -> rope trick blew my mind. First use fo the sticky gun for this gravity-gloves devotee!

I never thought to bathe in the hot spring with Mama or the Chiral Artist, lol. That's a nice touch.

i thought the 5 figures were the 5 previous extinction entities

5:35 when she says she's home alone

SPOILER WARNING (also edited because I just have finished the game) . . . . . . The fact that Bridget's corpse does not go necro has to do with that she has insanely high amounts of chiralium in her body, possibly related to her being an Extinction Entity. Similarly, Mama's body also does not go necro because of chiralium according to Heartman. Note that burning Bridget's corpse immediately causes a timefall because of all of the chiralium being released into air - this is the only corpse seen to do that. Also, notice that Amelie's chiralogram has golden glow - that is a hint related to who she really is and where she truly resides.

Wow, amazing video, good job! Kojima's games always have incredible amounts of detail to them. One thing I noticed was that the Odradek will turn into a baby mobile when you're comforting BB, I always found that to be a cute touch :)

Im surprised how few views a video with this high of a quality has. Good job.

This video should have a million views. The BEST death stranding tips/details video I've seen yet. Just finished my second playthrough and Platinumed the game, still didn't know about a lot of these!

Wow what a fantastic video showcasing this great game, much kudos to you for putting this together! I Can't wait for the director's (plus) cut.

Didn't even know there were Valve-themed items in the game

Incredible details you have managed to find!

Nice attention to detail, and well-made video, thanks.

straight to my DS playlist. thanks.

Seeing sam’s boots constantly being so close to breaking is giving me anxiety

what the hell ? this game really is like a Kubrick film the doll in the throat was disturbing

Fantastic video of details, I've been trying to find others myself. I have something to add if you plan on a second episode of this. The Bola gun can be used against the BT cat to cancel attack animations. I'm not sure if it's a glitch or an intended feature but it makes the Bola gun viable during Catcher fights. I have footage of it happening.

This video needs more views, wonderful presentation!!!

beautifully made video, thank you!!

I noticed something playing today, if you press the attack button just before a mule hits you, you can dodge behind them and counter-attack without even needing the strand. Ah and if people weren't aware, using the strand you can counter attack mules making them negligible threat in one on one situations.

3 years late to the party, but a tiny thing I noticed (or am I imagining it?) is that Sam gets better at whistling the song to BB / playing the harmonica!

Can't believe this didn't show up earlier as I'm a massive DS fan, thank you for your hard work, I'll be enjoying this tonight

Too good! Learned a lot with this one.

I only watched 7 mins and I love this video already. so many details, wooooow. a year later walkthrough I continue to learn a lot of new things about this game and I want to replay it more and more

absolutely incredible i am replaying directors cut and this game surprises me everyday i play it! the other day i let sam sleep and he starts dreaming and saying "Amelie!" LIKE WHAT and I had no idea you could take mama and the chiral artist to the hot springs insane!

Excellent video

Great video. Thanks for documenting.

Hey man, could we get some more videos like these please they are really enjoyable and you have already made two perfect examples

Kojima: "Ok Mr Reedus, in this scene you're doing all the private room stuff we did before but you're drunk this time. Action!"

Great video!

0:53 this happened to me on my first playthrough. Not the ideal way of getting introduced to the concept.

Jesus the attention to detail is mind blowing! I've been playing this game since it came out and I didn't know about 90% of these details!

I look forward to ear damage being carried over into Death Stranding 2.

Great video! Learned a lot even after 100 hours of play

"Bridget doesn't go necro" Those who haven't finished the game: how weird of kojima to forget such a detail Those who have finished the game: oooooh shiiiiiit the hint was here all along!

Incidentally, the song Sam sang while he took a bath is a Japanese famous song.

Thanks much for this video, loved it and learned alot, very well made 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

"Though slight, blood pee can hurt BTs" Blood Pee Percent speedrun lol

Bridget not going necro makes sense since her Ka is already on the beach and her body is "soulless"

Really well done video :)

absolutely insane, i never encountered most of these but the details really do make the game. one of my favorite moments first playthrough was thinking Mama deserves a hot spring break after all she'd been through and didn't realize the game would actually let me do it. only disappointment was that you can't do the same with the NPC porters

This game is a masterpiece

Here's more! Tripping while carrying someone has unique dialogue You can find a unique cargo "playstation' during Higgs boss fight

OMFG the LIFE VEST has me crying! This whole video is epic.

What I love about this game is that it almost can't be spoiled as I haven't played this game and after watching this video I still don't know what happens

1:14 wait dying in the beginning wasn’t apart of the story? My dumb ass sam just lost his footing and killed himself

Well I certainly didn't expect this

This game is incredible. I've completed the main story but I don't remember a lot of what you had in this video so it's clear I have a lot left to accomplish.

Great video, but the biggest news was that the Switch Pro Controller was supported. Nice!

The most strange thing, that (at least on ps4) you can completely ignore the BB mechanics (by muting controller) and almost always get away in clean - game does not punish for that move. Another thing I did really not getting is forgiveness to the player about corpses left behind. I've beaten the game literally messing every human NPC, and was wiped away only once somewhere on the midway to Heartman (or from) into loading screen, where there was a notice that all corpses would be removed from the game. I wish it would've been wiping saves instead, like old Splinter cell game did (after 3 failures if I remember correctly)

Amazing video. I finished my playtrough of DS DC and platinumed it, as I did with the original and I still didn't know a big number of these!

Holy crap that makes me wonder how many mushrooms were from people evading the hunters

Absolute masterpiece

Very well made video. You take notes as you play on a replay playthrough?

Can you do this for more games? This was great!

Greatest video on KZfaq ever.

Finished this game recently… what an experience.

21:54 - "Shut up, Go away!!" -BB.

23:13 The song being sung is Drifters - Ii Yu Dana (Nice Hot Water)

Beautiful editing 5:13

i had almost finished the game before i realized you could whistle or play the harmonica lol. i loved this game so much

This popped up in my recommended videos... Time to install Death Stranding and play it again xD

the hell i've played this game for 177 hours and got the platinum trophee and still didn't know of 90% of these details, great game & great video

~15:13 one must imagine sam happy

I had no idea you could grab a climbing rope with the sticky gun! That would of saved me many annoying moments...

"Sam can call out for help from friendly souls" WHAT THE HELL

Love him or hate him, you can't deny ol' Kojima _never_ skimps on the details, or his quirks and nuances.

I always think that sticky gun is so useful in any situation but when the situation comes i dont have the sticky gun . Smh

Where is the place at the last clip about Higgs not liking pizza?

It's a missed opportunity to have sam be left handed even to the point where certain acitons are blocked if it's unavailable, yet they still make him ambidextrous with guns

33:18 That's such an awkward looking scene lol, like something out of Twilight.

i love this game so god damn much

I have almost 170 hours on this game: I had no idea that you could use Floating Carriers like a skateboard.

Did not know about the blood pee, that is quite horrible next to the feet scene

Good reasons why i like kojimas games

I think there's actually a story reason why the president's body does not go necro, iirc it's the same as Mama's body

I look forward to Blood Pee only speedruns.

8:25 my favorite line in the game, lol

19:57 the game gave us a big spoiler over the next game trailer and we didn't even notice. Also, I love the song

nice video