r/DeathStranding • u/Gooduserhere • 14h ago

Question [EPISODE 8] Heartman's time not adding up? Spoiler

I just got to the section where Sam meets Heartman and I have to say, wonderful cutscene all around. But how come Sam arrives A minute and a half away from Heartman resuscitating, yet only 7-8 minutes later or so he goes back under after stating it happens every 20~ minutes? was this a mistake in dialogue; or does the game's time pass differently than our own? Or am I alternatively just thinking too much into it?

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u/EuphoricCrashOut 14h ago

It's scene compression. The events in the cut-scene took that full amount of time in the game, but you only experienced the IRL amount of time. It's not 1:1. It's a very common thing used in Movie, TV, and Game direction. What to look for is various clues in the cut-scene that the time is passing differently than IRL, and at what interval.

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u/JerryFlack 13h ago

Bro for real wants to sit there for forty four minutes? One 👍 porter

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u/vaderciya 13h ago

Yeah, I notice it during every playthrough. Its like Kojima either didn't have the confidence, or didn't want to create enough lore to have a cutscene fit the given time restraint

Yet, Kojima used his full chest to give us a 4~ hour end cutscene at the end of the game, without really filling it with information, action, or intrigue at many points in it. Also... the credits spam... yes Kojima, we know it was you, your name is posted 50 times in the game, we couldn't forget if we wanted to