Kojima always gives us a hard time when it comes to porting games from the consoles to PC, and it was no different for their new release Death Stranding.
Issues I had:
1. The game just doesn't start up, It crashes at startup with a Long error message.
2. I tried all kinds of basic fixes out there [Updating the graphics driver, Updating the DirectX, updating the Windows version too] and nothing seemed to work.
My Computer Specs:
Lenovo Y700
i7-6700HQ
GTX 960M / Intel HD 530
16GB RAM
The Fix:
1. Install Visual C++ versions from the links below
>Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019 files from here
Install both the x64 and x86 Version (IMPORTANT)
>Visual C++ 2013
again both the x64 and x86 versions (IMPORTANT)
2. Download the zip file from this link: (updated) (22/12/2021)