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on a journey across North America. A BB nection between cities. The Chiral Ne- and the winding terrain. In terms of ac-
(Bridge Baby) is a foetus that has been twork also allows for the reconstruction tion, you can go in for the kill with more
taken from a dead mother to be used and rediscovery of data that was thought sophisticated weapons with greater
as equipment by Bridge's operatives, to be lost in time, allowing for the redis- damage output, or you can use the logic
giving them the ability to sense and de- covery of human history. of stealth. It's a feature that comes from
tect BTs. Sam also had his own ghosts; he Kojima's other classic—the Metal Gear
suffered from the fear of being touched, «Death Stranding 2: On the Beach» is an Solid saga—but the combat mechanics
and the despair of losing everything was epic and memorable journey. Japanese are identical to its predecessor, but we
too much. But despite this, he survived master Hideo Kojima has created a blo- have a few more gadgets. Our biggest
on two vital missions: to extend the ‘Chi- ckbuster in which players take on the opposition comes from the deadly BT,
ral’ network across America. The second role of protagonist Sam. We've got the unforgiving terrain, unpredictable wea-
was to rescue Bridget's daughter Amelie, luxury courier side of the game, as we ther, and ruthless terrorists.
captured by terrorists who wanted to unite new lands, but this time our boots
destroy humanity. The 'Chiral' Network can rest easier with greater accessibility The logic of building a world as a com-
instantly shares all stored data across the to vehicles. This wasn't the case in the munity prevails, but it also takes on other
entire network, strengthening the con- first game, due to the scarcity of vehicles forms. In addition to the side missions

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