Death Stranding 2 Boss Fights Aren’t Just Skippable–They’re Also Readable

Boss fights in Death Stranding have been comparatively simple, and for Death Stranding 2: On the Seashore, gamers will have the ability to skip them solely. In a brand new interview, recreation director Hideo Kojima spoke a few new function within the recreation that can permit gamers to take away boss fights from the sport in the event that they get too robust and examine them as a substitute.

In accordance with a translation by Genki_JPN on X (through Dexerto), Kojima defined on the Koji10 radio present that “there can be an additional choice on the sport over display screen beneath the ‘proceed’ choice,” that gamers can choose to skip previous these sections and skim concerning the showdown as a substitute.

As talked about above, boss fights in Death Stranding weren’t too difficult if you happen to had the proper loadout. Protagonist Sam Porter Bridges amassed a formidable arsenal of weapons to make use of in opposition to the BT entities–which weaponized his blood and different bodily fluids to hurt them–and close to the top of the sport, you’d acquire entry to a rocket launcher that might be used to take down kaiju-sized BTs.

The latest trailers for Death Stranding 2 have urged that we’ll see the dimensions of those boss fights enhance. One of many new BTs glimpsed is actually an enormous gnarled hand that may outrun Sam, and in one other scene, Sam’s ally Heartman faces off in opposition to a really colossal BT by combining one other BT with the DHV Magellan submersible, creating one thing that appears very much like the Steel Gear Rex mecha. Contemplating that Death Stranding 2 has its personal Stable Snake–sort of–it’s not precisely stunning to see references to Steel Gear Stable in a Hideo Kojima-directed recreation.

Death Stranding 2: On the Seashore launches on June 24 for PS5, and it appears just like the live-action film adaptation of this post-apocalyptic collection might have simply discovered its director.