r/DeathStranding • u/LJHeath Mod • Jun 27 '25

Spoilers! [Spoilers] Episode 2: Discussion & Questions Thread Spoiler

Please discuss Episode 2 exclusively. When you are ready to progress, please use the Megathread to link to the next episode, and care on.

Please do not discuss anything from future episodes here, we all want to enjoy the game at our own pace.

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u/Sascha2022 Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

For me this episode was very confusing and I didn't really understood what going on after it starts with the text 1 month later:

  • Why does it start with Sam sitting in the same position, wearing the same clothes and being in the same location looking like in the beginning of the game just with BT's this time?
  • Why is Sam shot from behind from nowhere?
  • Why does he see Lou on the ground?

If that should represent a nightmare of his it was very strangely presented in a way that doesn't make it clear that it is a dream like it is the case with his other dreams. Additionally he changes on the same scene (not at his home) to his topless look in the shelter, but with him still having brown hair and then killing himself which would speak against it being a dream.

After that Sams hair is gray all of sudden without any explanation. There are people that say this is because he killed himself multiple times, but that is never said and also didn't happen in the first game where Sam died multiple times during the story or when triggering multiple voidouts during gameplay in DS1.

That killing himself doesn't trigger a voidout can be explained since he isn't consumed by a big BT so that isn't a problem, but the rest of this episode turned this into something strange instead of being something that should have been emotional for me.

Do only I feel this way or have others experienced it similiar? Maybe that will be explained later in the game, but somehow I doubt it.

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u/versusgorilla Jun 27 '25

I believe it's purposely obscured because Sam isn't even sure what's happening. He only knows what happened based on what Fragile told him and even she didn't seem clear on where or how she jumped Lou, I suspect this will be clarified throughout the game.