
Following the release however it was reported that the game enforces the 21:9 aspect ratio unconditionally, resulting in slight pillarboxing at all common display resolutions loosely regarded as 21:9 ultra-wide despite their deviations from the exact ratio.


On launch it featured 21:9 ultra-widescreen support, DLSS 2.0, high frame rates and adjustable graphics options, along with a new difficulty and crossover content in the form of quests and items from Valve's Half-Life and Portal series. Similarly to its console counterpart, the PC release was met with critical acclaim as multiple authors entitled it "the definitive version" of Death Stranding. Originally released for PlayStation 4 on Novemto generally positive critics reviews and subsequently announced for PC on the Epic Games Store and Steam with a release date of June 2, 2020, the date was later moved back to July 14. Directed and designed by Hideo Kojima as a departure from his recurring work on the Metal Gear franchise, Kojima Productions built the game on the Decima engine created by Guerrilla Games.Īs of August 2022 the game is available exclusively on the Microsoft Store as other stores instead carry the newer Director's Cut version. The game has Kojima’s originality but also his blunt approach to a realistic horror theme.Death Stranding is an open world action- adventure game for Windows developed by Kojima Productions and published by 505 Games. It also features extreme cruelty and the death of a BB, which is not a spoiler since it is in the trailer.

The developers simply took what worked from the first, discarded what didn't, and then added x100 more emotion into the story. It is unfair to say that DS2 is somehow an extension of the first game. The first Death Stranding was a proof of concept

You still set the progress rate of the game, though the (slow at times) pace may be a little jarring for people who haven't played the first game. Though Hideo Kojima’s first Death Stranding featured a lot of traversals, this game really narrows the unnecessary traveling while pulling the story to the front. With a bit of knowledge, you can keep up with this very complicated story. Namely, who Fragile, Higgs, and Sam are, as well as what a BB infant is and what a Death Stranding is. Unlike Metal Gear 5, where fans of the games had a better experience while complete newbies could enjoy the story, you need at least a bit of information on the previous game with DS2.
