The Vehicles of Death Stranding
Death Stranding is the long-awaited brainchild of the visionary game director Hideo Kojima. It is also a fever dream of metaphors and evocative imagery delivered via a story that involves The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus carrying an insane number of boxes across the entirety of the United States and creating grenades filled with his blood, urine, and feces.
But, sometimes, he gets to rest his weary legs and take a ride on an automated form of transportation. And that’s why we’re here.
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The vehicles in Death Stranding mostly come in two forms. The first is a suitably futuristic “reverse trike,” which takes the traditional three-wheeled motorcycle configuration (one wheel up front, two on the back) and flips it. The second is a generally uninspired cargo truck that looks slightly different based on where it comes from, but more or less conforms to one standard architecture.
The most interesting (and only real-world-relevant) feature of these vehicles is that they’re all completely electric. Some areas are connected to a power grid where your trike or truck won’t use any power, but once you go off the beaten path – which is roughly 90 percent of Death Stranding’s world – you only have so much juice at your disposal. To help make getting from point A to point B a bit easier, you can construct generators that act as wireless charging stations for your ride.
Just like in real life, coming into ownership of a car makes transporting pretty much everything way easier. Just like in real life, your vehicle will take damage if you take a nasty fall or drive headfirst into a rock. Unlike real life, your future-cycle will also deteriorate if it comes into contact with the sporadic rainfall that accelerates the aging of whatever it touches.
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Traffic is frustrating, and driving in the rain isn’t exactly fun, but at least we don’t have to worry about building our own EV charging stations or wonder if our vehicles are about to dissolve if we stay out in the rain too long.
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