Sam Porter Bridges might be the name of Norman Reedus’ Solid-Snake-like gruff lead, but after we’ve strapped a ladder to each of his limbs he might as well be known as Ladderman – in keeping with the codenames afforded to the rest of the supporting cast.
Our ladder-strapped arms and legs don’t allow us to zip around the post-apocalyptic landscapes Doc-Ock-style, but they do afford us a certain mastery over the realistically designed environments. Most of the game revolves around Sam having to deliver packages from one point on a map to another (and mostly on foot, thanks to its unkind terrain).
Unlike in open worlds like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s, where you can sprint easily across Greece, every route you take in Death Stranding has to be carefully considered. It’s fantastic that the open world’s very existence is a key part of the game, rather than it just being somewhere you go to travel between missions. Death Stranding’s one of the few games we’ve played where a river has caused us to stop and nervously consider our options.
ROAD TRIP
In the wake of an incident called the Death Stranding (a series of ‘voidouts’ which instantly destroyed large sections of the country and began to break down the barriers between the world of the living and the world of the dead), survivors have been isolating themselves, losing the benefits of collaboration and of belonging to a larger, more involved civilisation and so hastening humanity’s extinction.
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NOT SO SILENT
With a Silent Hill renaissance on the horizon, the Western developers who worked on the most recent four entries - Silent Hill: Origins, Silent Hill: Homecoming, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and Silent Hill: Downpour - talk to James Winspear about keeping a light aflame while the fog rolls in
Late night with the devil
My, my, what manner of BAFTA is this?\" said Andrew Wincott, slipping into Raphael's dulcet tones with ease as he accepted the BAFTA for Performer In A Supporting Role earlier this year.
NCE BITTEN, THRICE SNEAKY
We base-jump towards our first taste of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, talking with series producer Noriaki Okamura about our hands-on with the remade Virtuous Mission section of the classic stealther.
Crimson Desert
Devils may cry, and so might you after this
Spine
Looking to equal gun-fu classics
Lost Records: Bloom & RageTape 1
Hitting play on Don't Nod's coming-of-age tale
PS5 Pro to launch
PS5 architect Mark Cerny finally revealed' one of the worstkept secrets in gaming history - stick 7 Nov in your calendar
Batman: Arkham Asylum
15 years!? Holy depressing passing of time, Batman!
The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road
Keeping us engaged with the carat-and-stick approach
Alan Wake 2: Night Springs
Keepin' it weird