10 Unexpected Ways To Master Challenging Video Game Mechanics

7. Retrace Your Footsteps To Avoid BTs - Death Stranding

Ghost Of Tsushima Standoff
Kojima Productions

For many, Death Stranding's central traversal mechanics are so damn relaxing and enjoyable that it's a shame the game has to have combat and stealth at all.

The enemies you'll encounter most throughout the game are BTs, the creepy supernatural entities which will attack you if you're not careful to stealth your way past them.

They can be a major pain in the ass to evade once they find you, and even the rigmarole of stealthing through a horde of them in a BT zone can feel a lot like busy-work.

Yon can save yourself a load of hassle in areas you've already successfully passed through once, though, by scanning the area to reveal the footprints of your previous path.

In some situations you can also see footprints left behind by other players, which may offer the most aggro-light path through a BT zone.

As simple as this might seem, given the sheer amount of information the game throws at players in the early going, it's easily missed or forgotten.

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