The Minsk and Friends Speakeasy Ep. 006 - Death Stranding
0Today on the Minsk and Friends Speakeasy, Joonatan and Minsk discuss some of Microsoft's game reveals for the Xbox Series X, and then go over Hideo Kojima's newest mindbender of a game, released last year and ported to the PC just recently, Death Stranding!
Shownotes:
00:12 - Intro
01:05 - Our thoughts on Microsoft's Xbox Game Showcase and the Series X
04:30 - Thoughts on Halo Infinite
08:15 - ...and on the other stuff
11:20 - Onto Death Stranding! A word on Hideo Kojima!
19:58 - Death Stranding's unlikely existence
25:00 - Guillermo del Toro is in this! Let's get sidetracked about him as well
28:14 - The equally confusing premise of the game
33:23 - Norman Reedus and other characters
37:55 - The game has plenty of tutorials for you
39:49 - The shared world interaction is the most impressive part
42:32 - Comments on the gameplay loop
47:27 - Critique of the game's stealth
51:17 - The game's interesting take on violence
54:17 - The beautiful presentation
55:46 - The excellent pacing
59:00 - A couple of quibbles with the presentation
1:02:14 - Final thoughts
1:03:30 - What should be Mr. Kojima's next project?
1:05:15 - A short discussion on the tone of the show
1:09:17 - Outro
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