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  • 6/17/2025
Prepare for Sam’s epic journey in DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH with this essential story recap of DEATH STRANDING. DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH is coming to PS5 on June 26, 2025. Pre-order the Collector's Edition or Digital Deluxe Edition for Early Access from June 24, 2025. DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR’S CUT available now on PS5.
Transcript
00:00Once there was an explosion, a bang which gave rise to life as we know it.
00:21And then, came the next explosion.
00:39America was a country. Anybody could go anywhere they damn well pleased.
00:44The Death Stranding poked us full of holes.
00:48And if you were lucky enough to survive, the timefall came and washed you away.
00:54Then those freaks from the beach showed up.
01:00The worlds of the living and the dead all mixed together.
01:08You're a repatriate. That makes you very special.
01:13Folks started hoeing up in the cities. Couriers like yourself got put up on a pedestal.
01:24Sam Porter breaches. The man who delivers.
01:28My name is Fragile. You have dooms like me.
01:33And I can't spot BT's. Just sense them.
01:37Want to come work for me?
01:41Sam, America's last president wants to see you in person.
01:45Amelie.
01:50Amelie.
01:52Under Amelie's leadership, we'll re-establish the United Cities of America.
01:58Amelie went west.
02:00We convinced community after community to join the UCA.
02:04And we left behind people to help them.
02:05But then everything went to hell.
02:08And Amelie was taken.
02:10Homodemons. Militant separatist group.
02:13The people she left behind have been hard at work.
02:16Setting up chiral network terminals.
02:18Bring them online.
02:20Find Amelie. And bring her home.
02:21And bring her home.
02:26Dooms and BB's are a good combination.
02:30Connect yourself.
02:31Granting you the ability to sense BT's.
02:35It would seem the two of you have something of an affinity for one another.
02:42So what are you waiting for?
02:44Put us on the goddamn grid.
02:45Bridge babies are quite literally bridges between this world and the other side.
02:55But BB-28 has been leaning further towards the world of the living.
03:00Towards you, Sam.
03:02That's cause we're partners.
03:08Valid activation key confirmed.
03:11Interfacing with Nod Network.
03:15The name's Higgs.
03:25The particle of God that permeates all existence.
03:36What if the manifestation of beaches and other associated phenomena correspond to extinction level events?
03:45Evidence does suggest that Higgs brought them here.
03:49We've had five mass extinctions each caused by an extinction entity.
03:54And now it's time for number six.
03:57And it wouldn't be possible without a boy scout like you.
04:01You gave me everything I needed, Sam.
04:04A complete chiral network.
04:06Spread all across America.
04:07Dooms.
04:08People like us.
04:10Seize the source of it all.
04:12Extinction is a foregone conclusion.
04:13I had a little chat with Higgs.
04:17Didn't take much to make him talk.
04:19He said it was part of her plan.
04:21What?
04:22She was their leader.
04:23She wants you to go to her.
04:24And talk her out of it.
04:25Here.
04:26Here.
04:27I've been waiting for you.
04:28In expanding the network.
04:29You brought people and their beaches together.
04:30But you also bound them.
04:31To my beach.
04:32Where I opened the gates to the other side.
04:33I was broken.
04:34She was holding you.
04:35You had to go to the other side.
04:36I was broken.
04:37She was holding you.
04:38To make him talk.
04:39He said it was part of her plan.
04:40What?
04:41She was their leader.
04:42She wants you to go to her.
04:43And talk her out of it.
04:44Here.
04:45I've been waiting for you.
04:49In expanding the network.
04:51You brought people and their beaches together.
04:54But you also bound them to my beach.
04:56Where I opened the gates to the other side.
04:59I was broken.
05:00Sure as hell didn't care about America.
05:02Or the future.
05:03But somewhere along the way.
05:04I started meeting people that made me think that maybe it wasn't all bad.
05:10I'm here for you.
05:11Always.
05:22Lou?
05:29I just took your cufflinks offline.
05:34The UCA wouldn't know where you were.
05:39You'd be invisible.
05:47You know what happened so fast?
05:52You were attacked.
05:53You were attacked.
05:56I am so sorry.
05:59Lou?
06:00I am so sorry.
06:01Who and who are you.
06:02They did.
06:03They failed.
06:04I am so sorry.
06:05You're my sister.
06:07That well.
06:08They'll die.
06:09That well.
06:10You do.
06:11That well.
06:12You couldn't stop it.
06:13There's no pretending.
06:15No pretending...
06:16No pretending.
06:17You cut it off.
06:19And that is fun too.
06:21No pretending.
06:22But usually they're hiding somewhere.
06:24No pretending.
06:25Go.
06:26You really wanna try it.

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