I promise Death Stranding makes sense eventually. It certainly has elements that are weird and out there, but underneath all the dead sea life and ghostly figures with an affinity for black tar, there is a strong and stable narrative that threads each and every moment in the game. The world?s been divided and fragmented by a horrific event known as the Death Stranding, something that effectively thinned the veil between our world and what lies just beyond. Sam ?Porter? Bridges is someone with a unique ability to sense the BTs; the dangerous apparitions that fill the distances between fractured cities. He?s also a repatriate, which means he can reconnect his soul (ka) to his body (ha) while in the Seam, bringing him back from the brink of death. Oh, and there?s also the timefall to consider, rain that accelerates the passage of time for anything it touches. Yes, it?s a lot to take in at first. I was overwhelmed, and that?s not even half of what the game throws at you immediately. Death Stranding?s is a weird world, a beautiful yet mad fever dream with so many disparate parts that it can?t possibly make sense, right" But eventually, it does. The pieces do coalesce in time. See, Death Stranding is both a story about the broader events that have shattered the world as well as a personal story about Sam and the other characters he crosses paths with. That?s an important distinction. Both are so incredibly separate, yet so intrinsically linked.

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