PlayStation Magazine UK - 12.2019

041

PREVIEW

Strands, sticks, ropes, knots – but

what does it all mean? Well, it’s all

actually simpler than you might

think. With the game releasing not

long after this issue is on shelves,

the mists have cleared over what

Death Stranding actually is – though as players

worldwide help Sam Bridges (Norman Reedus) on

his mission, it will take a little while for everyone

to uncover the best ways to assist each other.

That game-spanning mission sees Sam trekking

from the east coast of a ruined United States to

the west, connecting ‘strands’ (lines of trade and

communication) to ‘knots’ (Prepper stations and

settlements) along the way. We see this in action

as Sam sets out from Capital Knot City to Port

Knot City in order to deliver some sperm and eggs

(for reasons unknown – but it might be linked to

the Bridge Babies for, er, obvious reasons). Making

deliveries gets you Likes, and strengthens the strand

for that location. The sensor hooked up to your

own BB tracks your delivery destinations, including

terrain height, through a compass view. On the map

you can plot routes that have multiple waypoints in

order to circumnavigate tricky areas.

KNOT A PROBLEM

Trekking that distance is time-consuming, arduous,

and dangerous – but made much less so by other

players helping out along the way. As long as you

have an area of the map connected to the chiral

DEATH

STRANDING

Delivering the goods

FORMAT PS4 / ETA 8 NOV

PUB SONY / DEV KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS

“TREKKING IS

TIME-CONSUMING,

ARDUOUS, AND

DANGEROUS.”