Death Stranding

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2355 Ratings

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  1. fps_
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    I completely get the divisive views people have of this game. If you go into it with a preconceived idea of what YOU want the game to be, you might end up disappointed. On the the other hand, if you are open to it, a beautify, atmospheric, melancholic experience awaits. Game play wise, the mechanics and combat are all pretty simple. It's a game you can switch off and play without muchI completely get the divisive views people have of this game. If you go into it with a preconceived idea of what YOU want the game to be, you might end up disappointed. On the the other hand, if you are open to it, a beautify, atmospheric, melancholic experience awaits. Game play wise, the mechanics and combat are all pretty simple. It's a game you can switch off and play without much effort. There were moments in the game where the soundtrack aligns with the landscape and it manages to capture these moments of beauty that shine through the overwhelming feeling of oppressive hopelessness. Those are the moments that made the game for me.… Expand
  2. Edwardtheone
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    The game is very unusual, unlike other games, this is its plus. Kojima is a genius. The music is just as wonderful as the gameplay. The plot is super and very complex. After the game, I watched a review of the plot that lasted 3 hours. A masterpiece
  3. Lestrictgeek
    Sep 4, 2023
    10
    Probablement un des meilleurs jeux auxquel il m'ai été donné de jouer. Une puissance émotionnelle époustouflante.
  4. Preg
    Sep 4, 2023
    9
    This is a very divisive game for sure. That's understandable too. However it was very Hideo Kojima and I love everything coming from that man. Not just because I like the guy but the ambition is always great and I always enjoy the experience.

    The game really starts to open up about halfway through and trying to get perfect runs for everything with the amazing soundtrack is just so    This is a very divisive game for sure. That's understandable too. However it was very Hideo Kojima and I love everything coming from that man. Not just because I like the guy but the ambition is always great and I always enjoy the experience.

    The game really starts to open up about halfway through and trying to get perfect runs for everything with the amazing soundtrack is just so relaxing yet terrifying if you let yourself become immersed in the world.    … Expand
  5. Hiro016
    Sep 2, 2023
    9
    Juro que entendo o pq de tanta reclamação
    Mas esse jogo não foi feito para se divertir
    Foi feito para ser jogado e observado,Como uma pintura
    Jogar esse jogo e achar que vai se divertir é a mesma coisa que ir assistir oppenheimer achando que vc vai dar risada em algum momento
  6. WellEvil
    Aug 26, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game with a huge focus on story, characters, and world-building. I don't remember the last time when the story absorbed me so much. Yes, there are a few bugs here are there, but nothing game-breaking. Usually minor visual glitches.… Expand
  7. ErixKing
    Aug 26, 2023
    8
    Tenia ese estigma de que seria un juego de solo caminar y llevar cosas y adivinen que? si lo es pero, es divertido, no a exceso claro pero mola llevar cosas y mas que nada su historia que esta sacada de un libro de ciencia ficcion muy loca pero que nos tiene haciendo encargo tras encargo para ver solo e que termina. Totalmente recomendado
  8. Tampasco
    Aug 24, 2023
    9
    Simplesmente uma das melhores experiências para se ter jogando videogame, alguns podem te dizer que não vale a pena e que é só simulador do Sedex, se ignorar essas criticas e decidir jogar esse jogo, irá encontrar uma história intrigante e maravilhosa com uma Gameplay que no começo não dá nada, mas no final estará cativado por ela. Além de tudo isso, tem um mundo conectado com outrosSimplesmente uma das melhores experiências para se ter jogando videogame, alguns podem te dizer que não vale a pena e que é só simulador do Sedex, se ignorar essas criticas e decidir jogar esse jogo, irá encontrar uma história intrigante e maravilhosa com uma Gameplay que no começo não dá nada, mas no final estará cativado por ela. Além de tudo isso, tem um mundo conectado com outros jogadores que estão jogando Death Stranding com sistema de estruturas e placas que ajudam nos obstáculos do cenário do atual Estados Unidos pós-apocalítico em forma de ajudar uma comunidade. Lembre-se estamos conectados.

    Nota Final: 9,1    … Expand
  9. Ser3ndip1ty
    Aug 16, 2023
    9
    Masterpiece of game design, and really impressive art work. Some players feel boring, but in my opinion The Old Man And The Sea is somehow duller than A Song of Ice and Fire in some perspectives. For me, the game-play of Death Stranding is not good enough, but it leads me into peace of mind, which is rare and commendable.
  10. Domdom21br
    Aug 15, 2023
    9
    A good game with a amazing story (25% is trash). Im excited for the part 2.
  11. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    9
    Great game and it meant a lot to me. I played it in a hard moment at my life and Death Stranding had a nice touch to things that I was thinking at the moment. At the same time, I really think Kojima has overexposed a lot in this game, to the point that it looks like he underrated the playerbase inteligence. I hope the upcoming sequence don't do it again - even 'cause we already know the setting.
  12. Nardi-Chan
    Aug 11, 2023
    8
    Estou começando o jogo agora, após mais de 3 anos do lançamento, estou achando incrível, é uma experiência única, com personagens cativantes e profundos, como se estivesse participando de uma serie (sendo um personagem), a historia ate onde cheguei é bem linear e cativante.
    Me lembra de quando joguei o fantástico The Last Of Us: capitulo 1(marcante).
    Atualizações de review futuramente!    Estou começando o jogo agora, após mais de 3 anos do lançamento, estou achando incrível, é uma experiência única, com personagens cativantes e profundos, como se estivesse participando de uma serie (sendo um personagem), a historia ate onde cheguei é bem linear e cativante.
    Me lembra de quando joguei o fantástico The Last Of Us: capitulo 1(marcante).
    Atualizações de review futuramente! Espero    … Expand
  13. madikc
    Aug 7, 2023
    10
    Masterpiece. Easily Kojima’s best game, and a triumph of art, writing, gameplay, and technical achievement. It’s rare for a new genre to be born, and with examples like Demons Souls, Monster Hunter, the trend seems to be many critics not ‘getting it’ when they do. That’s fine - just elevates the game’s cult status. If you consider yourself tired of the played out genres (first personMasterpiece. Easily Kojima’s best game, and a triumph of art, writing, gameplay, and technical achievement. It’s rare for a new genre to be born, and with examples like Demons Souls, Monster Hunter, the trend seems to be many critics not ‘getting it’ when they do. That’s fine - just elevates the game’s cult status. If you consider yourself tired of the played out genres (first person shooter, cart racers, the list goes on), you owe it to yourself to give this game a good look. Is it without issues? No.… Expand
  14. Yustan
    Jul 27, 2023
    9
    Симулятор российских дорог, даже с починенным онлайном их никто не делал, кроме меня :D Ну и + физика грузовиков кривая, даже набитый битком он скользит на на подъëмах как утюг Симулятор хотя бы же работает на максималочках с 1660s, сюжет крут, музыка АтлиШнаСимулятор российских дорог, даже с починенным онлайном их никто не делал, кроме меня :D Ну и + физика грузовиков кривая, даже набитый битком он скользит на на подъëмах как утюг Симулятор хотя бы же работает на максималочках с 1660s, сюжет крут, музыка АтлиШна
  15. hrubi
    Jul 25, 2023
    9
    Awesome video game with a very (or too) complex story. It wasn't boring for me I found a lot of challenges on every standard delivery too.
    The soundtrack is oh my god I loved it (Low Roar -> good choice), the graphics is incredible and the actors are perfect. The game length was 55hours for me, but I liked it, only the last 2-3 hours were too... much? Maybe.
  16. CoreGamer1408
    Jul 4, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Free drop on Epic games so yeah thanks. I know what I am getting as I spent 160-ish hours in the PS4 version, but now on the superior PC platform.

    VISUALS: Death Standing hasn't really any detailed environments, but what it does have looks pretty. This is not an eye candy game for sure. Character models and the VA are pretty good. The rest of the graphics, animations and gameplay all have a dated look and feel about them. To the point it made me think of the PS3/360 era of gaming.

    STORY & CHARACTERS. A wild story ride of mad science, unethical experimentation and extinction level events. I like the fact Sam's journey is a representation of America. Both at first broken and disconnected, but then healing and coming together, awh. The game has a ton of unlockable lore, but the general story kind of explains enough of the what, why, where and when.

    USER INTERFACE: Controller works fine for all the action gameplay sections. The delivery menu system and offloading items is a bit slow and clunky.

    GAMEPLAY LOOP: Using new and expanding tech to overcome the terrain to deliver goods intact so America/Humanity can progress and reconnect again. While dealing with the odd bandit aka Mules and the minefield like areas of poltergeist-ish BT’s along the way. While maybe picking up lost orders/gear along the way for the player base and/or NPC’s.

    DIFFICULTY: The weight distribution and terrain mechanics make for tense gameplay early on even when going slow. While tech limits makes for more tense encounter with the Mules aka bandits and BT aka poltergeist minefields. After completion of the tutorial zone the amping up of the expanding tech in the main zone allows the player to dominate the terrain, Mules and BT’s very early on (even on very hard). So gameplay wise this is not a very difficult game for the most part. Even boss fights are fairly easy.

    PLAYER PROGRESSION: Character wise we see Sam opening up over the course of events. After being shut off for a very long time due to a personal tragedy. This game also does really give a good visual sense of player progression beyond the story progression. In seeing new levels of expanding tech/buildings dotted around the landscapes where none was before.

    ONLINE: The strand effect which is basically people (the gamers) who have never met working in tandem consciously and/or unconsciously to create a unified collectivist goal. Nobody seems to get paid money for the work? So in Sam case the labour contracts are for housing/equipment deals. The United States of Communism, oof.

    MULTIPLAYER COMPONENT: Without online and a player base this game would maybe suck due to way more grind for resources and part of the games actual story message would be lost. I would not want to play this offline with no player base for sure.

    CRITICISM: The creator can be a bit obvious at times story wise. The perils of technology of going to far to fast. In what makes up the fabric of society and advancement in civilization. Which is why mission giving NPC's are so named by the job they do.

    Constructing those super high ways was an annoying resource grind, but they do allow for faster smoother travel of larger truck deliveries. So the super highways do save time in the long run and I have spent 160 hours in this game in one run, so.

    The off road driving physics are trash and so is the off road driving collision physics trash. The fact I spent a lot of driving off road early game led to many an ARGH moments.

    Even with auto skip on and button bashing as fast as I can. I still can't skip that spreadsheet delivery data fast enough after each completed delivery. I must be into the hundreds when it comes to deliveries made? All that bookworm delivery data gets so old real fast.

    Oh that out of context with the whole of the game Higgs Boss fight is total left field BS.

    HIGHLIGHTS: Speed exo suit and sticky gun! Never has hording stuff been so fun! Death Stranding is weird and everything feels off, wrong. From a post apocalyptic event rises a dystopian society. With Sam's final act of defiance against the dystopian system creating such a fist pump ending. Finished my 2nd run, but 1st run PC. The games performance was smooth and stable on PC compared to PS4.    … Expand
  17. PUNISHERxNYC
    Jul 1, 2023
    9
    "Death Stranding" is a groundbreaking and immersive game that defies traditional genre conventions. With stunning visuals, a thought-provoking narrative, and innovative gameplay mechanics, it offers a truly unique gaming experience that is not to be missed.
  18. max_gradient
    Jun 23, 2023
    10
    Extremely weird game/settings/characters, but strangely addictive gameplay loop with some very clever progression/escalation built in. I would say this is one of the must-play releases, definitely an experience in itself.
  19. mutexin
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    That's a solid AAA product. I had a lot of fun, even though I found the social interaction confusing. You build something useful to help other players(even where they put a request sign), but nobody uses it(probably because other players built it already several times). This should be improved. There was 1 technical issue: after a few hours of playtime the game stopped loading texturesThat's a solid AAA product. I had a lot of fun, even though I found the social interaction confusing. You build something useful to help other players(even where they put a request sign), but nobody uses it(probably because other players built it already several times). This should be improved. There was 1 technical issue: after a few hours of playtime the game stopped loading textures which lead to massive glitches, so I had to regularly restart it. Also it was disturbing that the game forced me to watch the credits 2 times before the open world ending. So, the game kinda has 3 consequent endings and forces you to watch the credits.
    But everything else was very good. Unique story with deep meaning and encrypted moral, unique gameplay, good graphics, immersive art, professional acting, high quality VO.    … Expand
  20. PatrikPotter
    May 28, 2023
    9
    My Personal review for "Death Stranding" Finished 29.06.2021 on Pc
    The Death Stranding was gameplaywise first 10hours alright, nothing too special but still something kinda new, after those 10 hours it began to bore me and i had to take a break 20hours in the game.
    The gameplay in Death Stranding was 8/10 times boring and not inovative enough, but the other 2/10 times it was actually    My Personal review for "Death Stranding" Finished 29.06.2021 on Pc
    The Death Stranding was gameplaywise first 10hours alright, nothing too special but still something kinda new, after those 10 hours it began to bore me and i had to take a break 20hours in the game.
    The gameplay in Death Stranding was 8/10 times boring and not inovative enough, but the other 2/10 times it was actually good. The Bosses had little to no mechanics and i think those were the places where they could spice things up but they didnt.
    The Graphics in this game were fenomenal, one of the better looking games ever.
    The World of Death Stranding is really creative and something really Unique, for the story goes the same, very interesting and creative story with alot of turns and nice plot twists, i enjoyed every second of the story parts, even though i would like that the story was told a bit faster,i think that the story was very slowly told but other than that very well made by Hideo Kojima.
    Music and Sound system in the Death Stranding were fenomenal, really fit the scene.
    Overall i enjoyed my 41 hours of Death Stranding and i would recommend it to people. The gameplay was a bit bland at times but the Story, the World and the Music make up to it.    … Expand
  21. Hugers
    May 21, 2023
    10
    Величайшая игра 12/10.
    Спасибо кодзиме за проект, надеюсь на шедевральную 2 часть
  22. Flashyboy89
    May 19, 2023
    9
    Such a fresh, unique gaming experience. It is a slow burner which requires patience and the story requires an open mind. I can understand that simpletons and kids will not enjoy this because it is too slow for them, not enough action for them, they don’t understand what the game is about. I only recommend it to open-minded, conscious people who don’t have ADHD. Masterpiece.
  23. juniortiger
    May 17, 2023
    10
    You need check game out one the best game and lot action game and excellent graphic and good music and amazing story and good daY
  24. Anded
    May 14, 2023
    9
    One of the most unique AAA titles. A breath of fresh air after playing ubisoft and rockstar games. Great graphics, memorable world and good game design. There are a few bad thing about this game like cargo balancing being a simple QTE and terrain traversing being way too easy but it is still great experience.
  25. cast1e
    May 13, 2023
    10
    Truly a masterpiece. I've spent nearly 50h in a month recently. Delivering is so interesting and the scenes as well as the plot is awesome.
  26. DeadJotaPe
    May 11, 2023
    9
    A contemplative and immersive game, I was on the back foot before I played, but when I started, I entered the world and fell in love. Do not go in a hurry, you can enjoy every moment, even more so with the wonderful songs that accompany you on the walk. I will always carry this game in my heart, I did not feel lonely, but with solitude. I didn't give 10 because really sometimes the gameA contemplative and immersive game, I was on the back foot before I played, but when I started, I entered the world and fell in love. Do not go in a hurry, you can enjoy every moment, even more so with the wonderful songs that accompany you on the walk. I will always carry this game in my heart, I did not feel lonely, but with solitude. I didn't give 10 because really sometimes the game gets repetitive in the side missions, which are mostly shallow. Also, the soundtrack is 10/10, I'm so proud for this game to present me the Low Roar band to me.… Expand
  27. karahangke267
    Apr 20, 2023
    10
    The most impressive game I've ever played in my life. In the last 2 hours, everything becomes clear. Be sure to watch all cutscenes carefully. I wanted to give 9 points because I encountered a very annoying bug in the last 2 hours of the game and so I had to watch the last 2 hours instead of playing.
  28. mistamiiDE
    Apr 20, 2023
    8
    This special concept makes the game very interesting and somehow I can't stop playing. Monotonous? Yes. Gameplay is a bit monotonous but never boring. It's a kind of "delivering simulator" with some parts of action. These action parts make the game really exiting and challenging and it pushes you to level up for useful items and skills.
    Graphic is great and up2date. Setting is realistc    This special concept makes the game very interesting and somehow I can't stop playing. Monotonous? Yes. Gameplay is a bit monotonous but never boring. It's a kind of "delivering simulator" with some parts of action. These action parts make the game really exiting and challenging and it pushes you to level up for useful items and skills.
    Graphic is great and up2date. Setting is realistc and very atmospheric, but a little bit empty. So developers integratetd a multiplayer part to interact with other players but without seeing them in the world. However it works. Can also be played in singleplayer without these aspects but activated online mode at any time.
    However, I'm sure not to play through this game twice. This game is definitely a developer's masterpiece. Finally someone who dares to break new ground in tripple A category, even if it's not 100 percent perfect.    … Expand
  29. SteraxDE
    Sep 14, 2020
    10
    I love this game. Very good graphics meet an wonderful world, a great soundtrack and a game with a soul. Love it.
  30. Lej
    Apr 12, 2023
    9
    solid story line.

    the best walking game i have ever played.

    rain is bad.

    9/10
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#16 Best PC Game of 2020
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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 54
  3. Negative: 0 out of 54
  1. CD-Action
    Oct 15, 2020
    70
    I approached Death Stranding twice. I spent a couple of hours with the PS4 edition and was fascinated with it. I kinda wish I stopped at that and let the game remain a mystery to me rather than complete it later on PC and be disappointed. There are moments when Death Stranding eludes the traditional 1-10 rating system. There are moments when it sets new standards and becomes a truly special experience. But those are just moments scattered throughout tedious gameplay. Still, it is in my opinion one of those games you simply need to play. [10/2020, p.44]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Sep 20, 2020
    67
    Death Stranding is asking you to find variety in a daily rut, cooperation possibilities for a character who has fear of contact, scientific explanations in clear-cut mysticism. Today, you’re annoyed that the story doesn’t move forward, and you have to trek into the same ghost-infested area as before, but tomorrow you’ll gladly spend a few hours hauling resources for a new highway and feeling good about it. This source of joy is very weird and defies explanation.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    90
    Death Stranding on PC is the best way to experience this journey. Game is much more than a walking Sim, it mixes and matches a ton of brilliant new ideas and game mechanics. It is bursting with atmosphere, and the overall quality of the production and presentation is fantastic. Other than minor issues and some non-consistent storytelling, Death Stranding shows us that boundaries can be moved in the today gaming world.
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