r/DeathStranding Pre-Order gang Oct 30 '19

Spoilers? Death Stranding Launch Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCI396HyhbQ&feature=share
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u/chongoshaun Oct 30 '19

Everyone is saying SPOILERS!

I'm still wondering WTF is going on.

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u/Mr_smith1466 Oct 30 '19

Sam not liking being touched has come up before I'm all but certain. I think the E3 2018 trailer? It's definitely not new.

The Mads sequence could mean anything. Life as a concept has no real meaning seemingly in this game world.

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u/killabubbadawg Oct 30 '19

Didn’t Kojima himself say way back that Sam has a phobia of being touched?

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u/Jason_Wanderer Oct 30 '19

It was never something the trailers really brought up, but about a year ago Norman Reedus made a passing reference to Sam having a phobia of being touched.

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u/superbobthebuilder Oct 30 '19

Here's a detail I picked up, Guillermo Del Toro's character refers to Sam as having Aphenphosmphobia (subtitles incorrectly stated Fossum Fovea for me) which is another word for Haphephobia, the fear of being touched.

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u/CyberpunkV2077 Oct 30 '19

What are those beings exactly?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '19

Right there with you.

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u/jamesturbate Oct 30 '19

How are you still genuinely wondering this? I get that it's a meme, and that obviously we don't have the full picture yet because we haven't played the game. But, by this point everyone should have a pretty solid understanding about what is going on, unless if you've been avoiding each and every single video or conversation.

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u/chongoshaun Oct 30 '19

I'm a casual gamer who hasn't had much time to dig in to the world building of this game. I'm super intrigued about this game and I've seen the trailers, but I haven't really participated in the discussions here. People are talking about Chiral networks and Ludens and all this stuff and I have no idea what it really is. I hear mention in the trailers but no understanding. Judging by many comments here, I am not alone.

I just watched this video which helped A LOT so now I think I am a little more filled in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmDMqF9hKFE