20 Craziest Moments In Gaming In 2025
6. Dollman - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Death Stranding was bursting with mind-bending visuals, including Cliff's warped hallucinations, the aging rain, and anything involving The Beach sequence.
However, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach saw all that and said, "Hold my beer." Early on, Norman Reedus' Sam is notified by his superior, Fragile, that he needs to partner up with Dollman. "Dollman" isn't just a fancy nickname, since Sam's new companion is revealed to be a man who is quite literally a doll.
If buddying up with a sentient figurine wasn't zany enough, the developers designed Dollman so his movements resemble stop-motion. For this reason, each gesture, blink, and line of dialogue coming from the minuscule mannequin is accompanied with janky movements, making every interaction with Dollman extra jarring.
Considering how nutty Death Stranding got, fans should've been ready for On the Beach to push the quirkiness further. Nevertheless, having Sam venturing through hostile terrains with a Chucky-like puppet strapped to his body is pretty out there.
Even though Dollman was revealed in trailers, seeing him in the flesh (or the wood) is still a bizarre experience.