But not everyone wants to be part of the UCA, and terrorists like the mysterious character Higgs (Troy Baker) will do anything they can to stop its spread. To keep humanity going, the president of the United Cities of America (UCA) wants to connect everyone together using a network that taps into the power of the Beach.

Only certain people who gained DOOMS abilities (think of them like minor superpowers) after the Death Stranding can see the BTs, and there are ways to fight them, but they've already wiped out huge swaths of humanity. When the Death Stranding happened, Beached Things (BTs) began appearing on Earth when they come in contact with the living, it craters the area in a voidout. Over the course of the game, everything is explained very thoroughly Beyond the world of the living is another dimension known as the Beach, and things from the Beach are appearing on Earth, which is causing all sorts of problems. Credit: mashable / kojima productionsĭeath began leaking into the world of the living, and I don't just mean people dying. This Death Stranding began several years before the events in Death Stranding, and it is not good for anyone who loves being alive.Įntire cities have been ripped apart by the Death Stranding. One of the most well-known is that of the dinosaurs, marking the end of the Cretaceous Period and the beginning of the reign of mammals.Īn event known as the Death Stranding marks the beginning of the sixth big extinction. The earth as we know it has already experienced five big extinctions. What is Death Stranding?ĭeath Stranding is a game about extinction. For a game that asks for around 50 hours of your time, this is vital.īut, you, the person reading this, don't want to just know if this game is good. Many games get better as they progress, but of all the games I've played in my life, none have done it as well as Death Stranding, both with its story and its steady stream of new, game-changing items. While Death Stranding nails so many aspects of what makes great games great, there is one thing that blew me away more than anything: The more I played, the more I liked it. The poignant moments in 'Death Stranding' can be devastating.

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