3. Death Stranding
Best Games at Sony’s E3 2018 Conference
Another Sony conference and we still don’t really know what Death Stranding is, but we did get our best look at the game yet. In its gameplay debut we first see Sam, Norman Reedus’ character, speaking to an unidentified female character who says to “come work for her,” to which Sam replies “he makes deliveries, and that’s all.” The following footage shows lush environments, with Sam carrying boxes and packs while he climbs hills and traverses the wild. The trailer then takes a sharp turn into the horrific as the gameplay turns dark and has Sam creeping past mysterious black creatures floating in the sky, with only the robotic light on his shoulder to reveal them.
Cryptic lines of text and dialogue spread throughout the trailer give us tiny hints to the story of the game. Lines that say things like the “Timefall” advances time on everything. The strange baby made yet another appearance as well, during the stealth segment in a tank that Sam straps to his chest. We also got a look at two new female characters, played by Lea Seydoux and Lindsey Wagner, adding to the already star-studded cast of the game. Death Stranding’s first look at gameplay was weird, baffling, and fascinating all at once. We may not know anything more concrete, but boy was it an experience.
