A Death Stranding participant simply found that for those who don’t put up sufficient of a battle in its climactic boss battle, antagonist Higgs will pull a Mike Tyson and chew your character’s ear off. It’s not simply an assault animation, both. Once bitten, a great chunk of Sam’s ear is gone for good.
On Sunday, Twitter person naven0m uploaded a Death Stranding clip of themself uncovering the hidden gameplay element in its closing climatic boss battle. In the clip, protagonist Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus) is dealing with villain Higgs Monaghan (Troy Baker) in a knock-down, drag-out battle of fisticuffs. The sequence even has Tekken-like well being bars that seem above the characters, making the strolling simulator’s climactic face-off really feel like one thing out of a real preventing recreation. It’s kinda wild, however then, it’s a Kojima recreation, in spite of everything.
However, for those who refuse to jab Higgs in his very punchable face whereas blocking his assaults, he’ll finally guard-break Bridges and chomp the tip of his proper ear clear off. The presentation and horrifying power of all of it is weirdly paying homage to what clickers usually do to Joel, additionally performed by Troy Baker, if you get killed in The Last Of Us.
In a follow-up publish, naven0m posted screenshots of Bridges’ ear post-boss battle, revealing {that a} sizable chunk of it stays lacking. You can take a look at the gnarly clip beneath.
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According to GamesRadar, the occasion will solely be triggered by gamers blocking each considered one of Higgs’ blows and by no means countering him when prompted. Most gamers would by no means come upon this, for the reason that recreation clearly expects you to battle again, and since Higgs is such a dastardly scamp who can’t hold getting away with extra demonic acts of terrorism.
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Last December, director Hideo Kojima revealed his subsequent challenge was a direct sequel to Death Stranding titled Death Stranding 2, and he showcased a usually weird trailer that includes a noticeably older Bridges, with Léa Seydoux additionally reprising her function as Fragile. While the sport doesn’t have a launch date, it’ll be neat to find if there’s a singular Bridges character mannequin reflecting the attainable final result that gamers received Sam’s ear noshed off by Higgs.