Play Station Official Magazine - UK (2019-12)

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REVIEW

similar to the ones left by to
human players to make the
world feel a little lived-in).
It’s not just that players can
send Likes to each other for
structures or pathways they
find particularly helpful. It’s
not just that players can return
dropped cargo to their original
owners. It’s not just that you
can pool resources to restore
and maintain things like road
links between key destinations
(which would be a challenge
to do individually as they’re
so resource-intensive). It’s the
small things that are birthed
through connecting with the
worlds of other players.

PEOPLE POWER
As you link the network and
bring the world online one
piece at a time, you discover
mutual points. A safe house
created by another player might
make a midpoint between
pre-existing waypoints feel
less dangerous. And next to it
might be the perfect place to

VERDICT

Above Upside-
down rainbow
all across the
sky. So intense
(and dangerous

• it means
  Timefall).

Right Hold your
breath around
BTs and you’re
harder to find.

Above BTs can only be seen fleetingly,makingthemhardtopredict.

THE OPM BREAKDOWN

build a generator, watchtower,

or bridge. The more structures

pop up in places everyone

deems useful, the stronger

the location becomes – little

pitstops start to spring into

existence just because we’re

all here. It’s the kind of game

where you struggle to ascend

a mountain filled with steep

cliffs, and once you’re there

you drop a climbing anchor

rope to help another player. Not

because you particularly have

to, but because others have

helped you out. It’s a lonely

desolate world Sam traipses

through, filled with danger. But

you’re not completely alone

when we’re all connected.

A lengthy open world experience

that manages to evolve

constantly instead of becoming

dull and repetitive, and a unique

online experience that needs

to be played to be believed.

Get out there and get yourself

connected. Oscar Taylor-Kent

3%Watching

Sameither

shower or do his

business in the

in-shower toilet.

6%Throwing

grenades at

bossBTs over

andover again

monotonously.

5%Tryingto

workoutwhat’s

goingon.

7%Hopping

betweentoo

manymenusto

giveSamthe

perfectloadout

for the journey.

WHAT YOU DO IN... DEATH STRANDING

75%

Walking. Running.

Climbing. Driving.

And so much ofit

surprisingly

engaging.

4% Mashing

the Like button

to help out your

fellow porters.

STAT PACK

Thousand – the

staggering

number of Likes

we’d received by

the time we

finished.

Other players we

connected with

during our

cross-America

delivery trip.

Thanks everyone!

Hours it took

us to reach the

end credits –

though there’s

still much more

to do.

148 100 55 42

Kilometres our

Sam travelled to

complete his

journey. Almost

as much walking

as you do at E3.

He loves to cause

trouble for Sam. And

chewdeliciousscenery.

The enigmatic,

umbrella-toting owner

ofFragileExpress.

In charge of the BBs, but

far from understanding

them.Canyouhelphim?

FRIENDS& ENEMIES

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HOW TO... FORGEA RIVER

1 Being able to cross a wide river easily feels like a real gift. But using a

PCC to make a bridge isn’t just a matter of placing the kit in the right

place. When you select the PPC, you’ll first make only a foundation.

2 As you and other players feed it the necessary materials, it will grow

into a bridge that completely spans the water. 3 Et voilà. You and other

players you connect with can now use the bridge. But the building

doesn’tendthere;morematerials will level it up over time.

1 2 3

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TROPHYCABINET

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BRONZE

Open Sam’s zipper

seam and unleash

nature’s gold nectar for

this one. You know

you’re busting to do it.

SILVER

Keep delivering those

all-important packages

to earn maximum

connection with all the

facilities out there.

GOLD

Earn 20 Legend Of

Legend evaluations with

deliveries. No easy task.

Don’t go punting

anything over a fence.