Death Stranding 2 is currently generating significant excitement – and not merely due to its peculiar narrative or enigmatic Kojima touches. Instead, it stands as a technical marvel that is impressing PS5 gamers by the droves: The loading times are so brief that they are nearly non-existent.
Kojima must have struck a deal with the devil
The responses on social media are staggering. Gamers are sharing clips showing them being launched from the main menu directly into gameplay within mere seconds:
Death Stranding 2 features the quickest loading time I’ve EVER encountered in a video game.
Don’t blink or you’ll miss it. It’s genuinely instant. #DeathStranding #DeathStranding2 pic.twitter.com/2PWkNN92JI
– KAMI (@Okami13_) June 23, 2025
<pStatements such as "These are the quickest loading times I’ve ever witnessed" or "Kojima has undoubtedly made a pact with the devil" are frequently seen among posts. Users are astonished and thus joke that something isn’t quite right here.
The technology behind the illusion
Death Stranding 2 operates on an upgraded version of the Decima Engine, initially created by Guerrilla Games. However, the true brilliance lies in the synergy between the engine and hardware, as elucidated by the specialists from Digital Foundry in their technical review video.
Death Stranding 2 maximizes the PS5 SSD’s capabilities. The game harnesses the SSD’s high bandwidth and speed to stream data in the background at incredible rates.
Even prior to reaching the main menu, the game begins loading critical game data in the background. Consequently, the actual loading process is nearly finished at startup or after dying before you even become aware of it. Moreover, sophisticated algorithms ensure that only the data currently needed is loaded into the main memory, further reducing loading times.
The loading times of Death Stranding 2 are virtually identical on the PS5 and PS5 Pro and rank among the fastest achievable on consoles today. Whether you are playing on the standard PS5 or the PS5 Pro: Transitioning from the main menu to the game or loading a save file is nearly instantaneous on both systems, with loading screens being nearly imperceptible in regular use.
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