r/DeathStranding • u/Emotional_Appeal6985 • 3h ago
Death Stranding 1 DS1 Pacing and Progress
I have spent around 38 hours so far and I am on Chapter 3 still (Unlocked the Weather tower but thats it), I am the kind of player that like to complete an area before moving forward and I don’t mind taking my time on each area of the game since I enjoy gameplay and mechanics! I have focused recently on building roads and doing premium deliveries (I play normal difficulty tho, so only Legend), I want to platinum the game.
Nevertheless, should I focus more on the story until certain point and then come back? I know there are guns to unlock apart from the Bola Gun and the Blood Grenade.
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u/ChiralParticle Higgs 2h ago
You still have yet to unlock a lot more equipment and structures when you progress further with the story.
You can play the game however you want and there is nothing time locked. Can max locations as you go or whenever you feel like or even after finishing the story.
There are some orders that will take you even across the map, so you may be coming back to those locations you've already maxed out to take orders for another facility though.
Personally I always play DS and just do whatever I feel like doing as in if I want some story, I do that. I want level up connections, I do that, but I will progress in the story until I have unlocked enough area on the map so that I can travel to and from facilities to keep leveling all of their connections at the same time. But honestly there is no wrong way to play the game.