"Death Stranding 2" player challenge: Sam doesn't take a bath throughout the whole process and is rejected by his teammates

"Death Stranding 2" player challenge: Sam doesn't take a bath throughout the whole process and is rejected by his teammates

Aug 05 2025

  In "Death Stranding 2", it is no easy task to cross the Australian continent, especially when the protagonist Sam Bridges is carrying a lot of goods forward. Although the game offers vehicles like tricycles and trucks, most players still tend to hike through. This journey is full of dangers, not only to deal with the attacks of BT, ghost mecha and human enemies, but also to face the test of harsh natural environments - perhaps this is why Hideo Kojima added the "shower" function to the game.

After completing each delivery task, Sam is always covered with sweat, dirt, tar or blood, and sometimes even a mixture of these stains; he may also suffer from sunburn or frostbite. Now that he no longer acts alone, he fights with the team, he naturally needs to consider the feelings of his peers - especially for "puppets". However, a player insisted not to let Sam take a bath, and was disliked by all the crew.

  Reddit user ResidentNew8650 shared a screenshot of the game, and the courier Sam in the picture looks embarrassed. The mud left behind by the long journey covered the whole body, blood and sweat glued the hair into strands, and severe sunburn marks appeared on the skin. But the player claimed that they intend not to let Sam take a bath throughout the game.

What is even more surprising is that they have also formulated extreme gameplay that "no bathing, disconnecting the Internet, no use of firearms, no road construction, and the highest difficulty". "Sam really suffered a lot this time," the player described it.

  Even netizens on the forum can’t stand it anymore. Many people asked the player to let Sam take a shower, not only for the protagonist himself, but also for the feelings of the entire crew of the "Magellan". Some players asked directly: "Oh my God...why do you treat our Sam like this?" Someone suggested that Hideo Kojima should design a special plot in the game, so that other characters can force Sam to drag Sam into the bathroom.

Of course, some people joked that perhaps this "sloppy king" look can scare BT and the enemy away, but the cost is too high.

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