A Dying Stranding participant simply found that when you don’t put up sufficient of a combat in its climactic boss battle, antagonist Higgs will pull a Mike Tyson and chunk your character’s ear off. It’s not simply an assault animation, both. As soon as bitten, chunk of Sam’s ear is gone for good.
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On Sunday, Twitter person naven0m uploaded a Dying Stranding clip of themself uncovering the hidden gameplay element in its ultimate climatic boss combat. Within the clip, protagonist Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus) is dealing with villain Higgs Monaghan (Troy Baker) in a knock-down, drag-out battle of fisticuffs. The sequence even has Tekken-like well being bars that seem above the characters, making the strolling simulator’s climactic face-off really feel like one thing out of a real combating recreation. It’s kinda wild, however then, it’s a Kojima recreation, in any case.
Nonetheless, when you refuse to jab Higgs in his very punchable face whereas blocking his assaults, he’ll finally guard-break Bridges and chomp the tip of his proper ear clear off. The presentation and horrifying vitality of all of it is weirdly harking back to what clickers typically do to Joel, additionally performed by Troy Baker, if you get killed in The Final Of Us.
In a follow-up put up, naven0m posted screenshots of Bridges’ ear post-boss combat, revealing {that a} sizable chunk of it stays lacking. You possibly can take a look at the gnarly clip beneath.
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Based on GamesRadar, the occasion will solely be triggered by gamers blocking each one in all Higgs’ blows and by no means countering him when prompted. Most gamers would by no means bump into this, for the reason that recreation clearly expects you to combat again, and since Higgs is such a dastardly scamp who can’t hold getting away with extra demonic acts of terrorism.
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Final December, director Hideo Kojima revealed his subsequent undertaking was a direct sequel to Dying Stranding titled Dying Stranding 2, and he showcased a usually weird trailer that includes a noticeably older Bridges, with Léa Seydoux additionally reprising her position as Fragile. Whereas the sport doesn’t have a launch date, it’ll be neat to find if there’s a singular Bridges character mannequin reflecting the doable final result that gamers obtained Sam’s ear noshed off by Higgs.
