Death Stranding

 PlayStation 4
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7.4

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  1. RedSumo
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Very dull gameplay, feels more like a interactive movie than anything else. Tedious gameplay elements made this a slog. Story is the only redeeming quality. But for a video game, it just isn’t fun, no other way to explain it.
  2. Dethtrooper
    Dec 3, 2019
    4
    Imagine, we are travelling through all USA from West to East, and near the end when we are on the East they say-Sam, now just go back to the West. Just like that without a reason. No vehicles, no power-legs, nothing at all. Just super boring walking for maybe 4-5 hours or so. Because Kojima wants you to suffer.

    Would you like that?)
  3. Makaveli
    Nov 25, 2019
    4
    This game is REALLY repetitive and every time there is a cutscene it has to be try hard dramatic. It's not very good. I was hyped for this game as I love Kojimas games but this one is not so good. I repect change but I dont like doing repetitive things over and over while having to escort a baby around. There are a lot of things that I hate and love at the same time. I mentioned the babyThis game is REALLY repetitive and every time there is a cutscene it has to be try hard dramatic. It's not very good. I was hyped for this game as I love Kojimas games but this one is not so good. I repect change but I dont like doing repetitive things over and over while having to escort a baby around. There are a lot of things that I hate and love at the same time. I mentioned the baby I hate it but I also think it's an interesting idea. I have mixed feelings.. Everyone seems to like the story and the acting but I thought Norman Reedus and couple others were decent.

    . I also couldnt believe the Norman Reedus ads for his show on AMC and Monster Energy drinks... Find it hard to believe Monster Energy drinks would be the last of the franchise wars.
    Kojima is just one crazy SOB, I dont like this game but I'm glade he finally got to make the game he wanted and I'm glad some people are enjoying it.. I work all day and I come home and feel like this game is work.

    The gameplay is also a thing I hate and love at the same time.. mostly hate it though.. I really think the point A and then point B thing was lazy. Seemed to me he focused more on making an art piece instead of a video game that is fun.. This game does have flashes of brillances here and there which make me very interested, once I do get interested Kojima pulls the rug from underneath me.. I want there to be a Death Stranding 2 because I think it's interesting but I would prefer less overly dramatic try hard cut scenes and fun gameplay.. Maybe make Death Stranding a theme name like Finally Fantasy and have a different story each time.    … Expand
  4. Forneray
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    Courier simulator. Argh. Não passarei o pano no jogo somente pq é do Kojima. O jogo é chato. Um simulador dos correios.
  5. theTRUTHson
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    Nice graphics. Good walking simulator. you walk walk walk walk walk walk wa
  6. hiperionsungod
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    movie with an added video game. repetitive game mechanics. Repeated missions. Boring as a video game, interesting as a movie.
  7. Daveisonline
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    This game has absolutely no business being a big budget AAA title. All the reviewers I heard said the game is "Not for Everyone" yet Sony has been marketing it like a Mass Appeal $60 game.

    While the concept of the world is unique and had me invested, the actual storytelling is paced terribly. It took 2 goddamn hours for the plot of the game to actually start. Not to mention the over the    This game has absolutely no business being a big budget AAA title. All the reviewers I heard said the game is "Not for Everyone" yet Sony has been marketing it like a Mass Appeal $60 game.

    While the concept of the world is unique and had me invested, the actual storytelling is paced terribly. It took 2 goddamn hours for the plot of the game to actually start. Not to mention the over the top symbolism thrown into the naming conventions. The main character is Sam Porter Bridges, because his name is Sam working as a porter for the company Bridges, a company who's motto is connecting people. Outposts are called Knots, and your goal is to connect these knots with a massive data connection called "Strands". Its so obnoxious that it delves right into being pretentious.

    Gameplay is not much better, the core gameplay loop revolves around getting one "KNOT" to another, with your main obstacle being the terrain. Thing is if you carry too much, you're more easy to lose your cargo just from stepping on a small rock. But if you travel light, you'll end up being forced to make repeated trips. And the actual trecks themselves are BORING! The only time something interesting happens is if you walk into what's known as BT territory; where Ghosts wander the ares, but it's painfully easy to avoid them. The other main enemy are MULE's who will frequently attack you, yet the combat comes down to easy button mashing to make quick work of them.

    Whenever you do beat a quest though, the game is eager to shower you with hollow praise, no better than a gatcha game that throws confetti everywhere to make the players feel like they're accomplishing something. All in all, this game is nowhere near as profound or innovate as it's director Hideo Kojima is propping in up to be.    … Expand
  8. Friendzie
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    If you made the same game on a lower budget, and your name wasn't Kojima, would anyone play it? I'm not here to hate on the man, but this is the kind of narrative you would expect to see at a avante garde film festival. Nothing wrong with that, but gameplay clearly takes a backseat to the concept. If there were something that could have been done to make the game more fun, it wouldn't haveIf you made the same game on a lower budget, and your name wasn't Kojima, would anyone play it? I'm not here to hate on the man, but this is the kind of narrative you would expect to see at a avante garde film festival. Nothing wrong with that, but gameplay clearly takes a backseat to the concept. If there were something that could have been done to make the game more fun, it wouldn't have been done if it interfered with Kojima's artistic vision. That's a problem for me. Maybe some people are into games-as-cinema, but essentially the gameplay is that I'm spending my time balancing a giant backpack for 20 minutes trudging from place to place, often with very little happening. As you get farther in, you get attacked more, and maybe it gets more intense when you reach areas beyond where I've seen. In any case, enjoy the sounds of a screeching baby strapped to your chest when you do encounter some danger. And don't expect a deep combat system.… Expand
  9. H310
    Dec 8, 2019
    4
    Boring. Extremely boring. Nothing interesting to do. Just go from A to B. Worst game of this generation, even worse than The Order.
  10. Kakashi2
    Dec 27, 2019
    4
    The flaws that exist in Death Stranding are very similar to the flaws that existed in MGS5. There are interesting ideas interwoven with boring and repetitive game play. Kojima always offers interesting ideas, but his last few games he seems to have grown comfortable with boring segments within his games. Here is a little summary below.

    Pros: Beautiful music Interesting ideas and    The flaws that exist in Death Stranding are very similar to the flaws that existed in MGS5. There are interesting ideas interwoven with boring and repetitive game play. Kojima always offers interesting ideas, but his last few games he seems to have grown comfortable with boring segments within his games. Here is a little summary below.

    Pros:
    Beautiful music
    Interesting ideas and themes
    Interesting characters

    Cons:
    Game play is tremendously boring and monotonous
    There isn't enough variety    … Expand
  11. zetabosio
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    The story is interesting, but the gameplay its so boring, and the melee fights so bad, that the game suffers a lot from that.

    Next time, spend more time in making a good gameplay and less in cinematics...
  12. YoSahop
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Definitely should have taken the previous reviews into consideration & especially with IGN. It takes a very long time to do anything in this game as far as it being very repetitive. Definitely a title you should buy for $20 when it drops to that price. Graphically the game looks awesome, but does that make it a fun game? It feels like a chore and I hate chores that I don’t have to do.Definitely should have taken the previous reviews into consideration & especially with IGN. It takes a very long time to do anything in this game as far as it being very repetitive. Definitely a title you should buy for $20 when it drops to that price. Graphically the game looks awesome, but does that make it a fun game? It feels like a chore and I hate chores that I don’t have to do. Definitely an underachiever in gameplay.… Expand
  13. maxyps
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    Extremadamente repetitivo y aburrido. Cinematicas muy largas que no tienen coherencia con el gameplay.
  14. HSuke
    Jan 15, 2020
    4
    You know all those boring fetch missions that you hate doing in other games? Death Stranding is nothing but fetch missions. It's so tedious to move around and deliver items. The story makes very little logic sense. The combat is absolutely dismal with the dumbest AIs who have horrible pathing and just sit around waiting for you to shoot them. It's a badly-designed game with a AAA budget.
  15. robomartion
    Aug 10, 2020
    4
    Waste of time!!!!! Zero reason for exploration. Would probably be better as a movie, but an odd and strange one at that with dialogue akin to the Room.
  16. Jach
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Just like many said, it was hyped as something but turned out to be something else. Even worse, the gameplay is boring and frustrating (deliver this, deliver that and hold R2/L2 otherwise ...).

    I never thought Kojima would do something like this but he did
  17. jddutra
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Interesting story bits here and there....but not a good game... Nobody bats 1.000 and this is a big whiff for me. Walking simulator to deliver to a hologram, cut scene, then do it again. If this game was on steam for 60$ by an indie developer, it would have nothing but negative reviews.
  18. MarquisDeMizzle
    Sep 5, 2020
    4
    A beautiful game utterly ruined by pointless and lengthy cut scenes and some of the worst controls in video game history. In a word, clunky.
  19. MacheteDontText
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    Dont expect the story to make sense at any point. Starts off great, very well presented, hooks you into the game, bearing with the unique but shallow gameplay, just to let you down at the end. I expected something smart and entertaining and I was fed utter **** posing as art instead...
  20. KB5K
    Dec 21, 2019
    4
    I think Metacritic must be broken. You see, at the time of this writing, Death Stranding is scoring an 82%, which would indicate that this is a good game. And there's simply NO WAY that's even close to resembling reality.

    Here's a spoiler-free checklist for you: **Endless fetch quests? Check. **Lots of walking over large featureless unpopulated spaces? Check. **Ridiculous, pretentious,    I think Metacritic must be broken. You see, at the time of this writing, Death Stranding is scoring an 82%, which would indicate that this is a good game. And there's simply NO WAY that's even close to resembling reality.

    Here's a spoiler-free checklist for you:

    **Endless fetch quests? Check.

    **Lots of walking over large featureless unpopulated spaces? Check.

    **Ridiculous, pretentious, and impossible-to-comprehend story? Check.

    **Gameplay mechanics designed solely to aggrivate the player? Check.

    **Shameless in-game corporate advertising? Check.

    **Poorly designed, ridiculously detailed in-game menus that you can BARELY read because the print is so small? Check.

    **Most of your time spent managing inventory? Check.

    **Meaningless collectibles (e.g. "memory chips" that let you read factoids about random real-world things like motorcycles, action figures, and Kojimas favorite movies)? Check.

    **Not really exciting, not really scary, not really interesting--but generally just a depressing atmosphere? Check.

    **Seemingly endless amounts of cutscenes, even when performing routine actions? Check.

    **Artificially extended game length (Example: "Sam, before you can continue the main quest, you need to help these 5 meaningless NPCs with their fetch quests!")? Check. Another example: you're also forced to run around in circles throughout an empty environment during the credits for 30-40 minutes while the plot is explained to you -- because the plot is convoluted nonsense and Kojima *knows it -- and because it adds 40 minutes of "gameplay."

    **Generally BORING? Oh yeah, that's a check.

    Come on, Metacritic. Do better.

    This game is a 5 out of 10 at best. There are some good qualities: The graphics and acting are great. It's well-optimized on the PS4 and my experience has been entirely bug-free, even after playing through the entire game and completing almost all of the side quests it . It's ambitious and strives to be artful and make a deeper statement about humanity. But that's the most it has going for it.

    One could forgive poor gameplay if there existed an interesting and engaging story. One could forgive a poor story if there existed fun and interesting gameplay. However one cannot forgive an absence of both.    … Expand
  21. KamikazeSAT
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    SEDEX simulator, you feel like a postal worker. I don't understand how Kojima had the courage to publish this game...
  22. Chronos1
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    Be honest would people love this game so much if it was somebody else besides the massively overhyped kojima that made this game?? because i really dont think so.. I watched all the cutscenes and the gameplay is non existent.. not even close to worth $60
  23. Sky-Line___
    May 24, 2021
    4
    What a waste! The cast looked incredible, cutscenes/cinematics were looking sharp, but then comes the reality. How boring is this game? It’s incredible. Walking, walking, walking, stressing yourself over an unnecessarily complex inventory. That’s about it. And it is such a shame because the story and the universe behind this game were so interesting.

    Another terrible disappointment, but    What a waste! The cast looked incredible, cutscenes/cinematics were looking sharp, but then comes the reality. How boring is this game? It’s incredible. Walking, walking, walking, stressing yourself over an unnecessarily complex inventory. That’s about it. And it is such a shame because the story and the universe behind this game were so interesting.

    Another terrible disappointment, but the worse thing is knowing that it could have been very good if the gameplay was more than walking and reading annoying menus. Technically it is also doing a fair job. A real pity.    … Expand
  24. quake2th
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    Another waaaay over hyped game pushed by Sony and released in an unfinished state to capitalize as much as possible on pre-orders and first month sales.
    When this will ever stop?

    No Man's Sky apparently did not teach people anything.
  25. dape
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    + Graphics are amazing

    - Pacing is to slow - Fetch quests are base of game (the same quests we loath in normal RPGs) - Story is weird. It makes no sense on many levels but interactions between characters stand out as something totally unrealistic. - Most of game mechanics exists to be annoying not fun, and make slow and boring parts even slower and more boring I gave up trying to    + Graphics are amazing

    - Pacing is to slow
    - Fetch quests are base of game (the same quests we loath in normal RPGs)
    - Story is weird. It makes no sense on many levels but interactions between characters stand out as something totally unrealistic.
    - Most of game mechanics exists to be annoying not fun, and make slow and boring parts even slower and more boring
    I gave up trying to "play" this after around 6 WASTED hours. If you play games for fun: be warned and Stay away.

    This could work as some indie/alt movie but as a video game it fails. I want my MGS, I want my PT. I don't want this boring %#$.    … Expand
  26. Jack09164
    Jul 10, 2020
    4
    В игре множество различных механик, которые по своей сути не глубокие, и при этом очень плохо друг с другом работают, а некоторые и вовсе делают бессмысленными некоторые механики. В целом, есть несколько неплохих идей и решений, однако, глупейшие геймдизайнерские ошибки сильно обескураживают. Наиграв в эту игру 52 часа и полностью пройдя всю сюжетную линию, понимаю, что из нее могла быВ игре множество различных механик, которые по своей сути не глубокие, и при этом очень плохо друг с другом работают, а некоторые и вовсе делают бессмысленными некоторые механики. В целом, есть несколько неплохих идей и решений, однако, глупейшие геймдизайнерские ошибки сильно обескураживают. Наиграв в эту игру 52 часа и полностью пройдя всю сюжетную линию, понимаю, что из нее могла бы получиться хорошая игра, будь условно тот, кто ее реально развивал и дополнял контентом, дорабатывал механики и сделал меньше душного и бессмысленного гринда, которого здесь очень много и ты практически ничего за это не получаешь. Сюжет здесь явно не сильная сторона, ибо он подается в начале и очень концентрированно в конце игры, а еще сами ходы угадываются за счет многочисленных намеков на протяжении игры. Персонажи раскрыты плохо, мотивация не всегда ясна, а поступки в целом вроде логичные, однако, наполнены абсолютно бездарно написанными диалогами. Единственный кто был хорошо, так это Дайхардмэн. Его раскрыли в конце, но его диалоги были наиболее живыми и реалистичными. Также оскорбляет отношение к самому игроку в игре: тебя будто считают полным идиотом, объясняя элементарные вещи по 3-4 раза, а то и больше, будто ты в первый раз не понял или не заметил какой намек, поэтому этот намек нужно обязательно обсосать со всех сторон, чтобы уж самый "одаренный" понял.
    Если же вас смущают игровые ролики, стриммы или вообще всё, что вы видели, то не стоит приобщаться к игре. Если же вас устраивает перспектива узнать весьма неплохо проработанный лор, играть в игру без интересной основной механики занимаясь душнейшим гриндом, то в целом игра может затянуть. Мне лично понравилась как реализована взаимосвязь игроков при постройки некоторых строений. Их, конечно, мало, но реально доставляет тот факт, что ты кому-то помог или кто-то тебе. Это немного добавляет осмысленности к твоему геймплею.    … Expand
  27. willvargas
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    Una pelicula interactiva increíble pero con mecanicas repetitivas, sin justificaciones y hasta con un precio elevado para lo que solo gráficamente y en guión tiene de AAA.
  28. FelicityFenwick
    Jan 5, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can see why this game is appealing to many, but it's not a modern "game" like most would expect. It's got a ton of routine work, it's largely repetitive without a satisfactory return on that work. And it simply is "less than" in terms of what I was hoping for on this first venture post-Konami from Kojima-san. But as EDGE says, this feels like a foundation for future efforts, and if that's the case, perhaps I will revise my score when that next "installment" comes in.… Expand
  29. R6FEDE
    Nov 19, 2019
    4
    The best part in this game? When i sold it, after 30 hours of nothing else but rocks, packages and rain...
  30. Narafed
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Isn't it funny how critics call everyone trolls who don't fit into their opinion box; Ironic. This story is a mess, most people don't want to slog through 20+ hours of bad story to get to decent game-play, and more bad story. The story leaves things unexplained to the point of obscurity, and it makes the game not enjoyable for normal people who don't have some sort of paid critic agenda.

    This game is damn near impossible to spoil though, so at least there is that! Timefall, baby batteries, the last ever FedEx worker in the apocalypse, and all the Monster energy drinks in the world do not a story make if it's just stuff in a video game. The Monster energy drink promos are almost as bad as the advertisements in the emoji movie; are we supposed to believe Monster is the only drink to survive the apocalypse? Monster is in this game so much I thought one of the cans might get up and talk to the player at some point and become a character.

    We need to "rebuild America" in this game because the afterlife is seeping through to our world somehow (how?), and there is rain that ages things. WTF is this story, seriously? It's so convoluted that even the characters in the game are still trying to figure it out, which isn't clever; it's infuriating.    … Expand
  31. dewdar
    Aug 18, 2020
    4
    10/10, a Kojima game, created and produced by Hideo Kojima.A true masterpiece by the man, the visionary, a creator, that will never sellout, brought to you by Monster Energy Drink, just like this review. UNLEASH THE BEAST.

    You're playing as an uncharismatic amazon delivery officer. His notable characteristics are monotone voice that express no emotions, likes to swear because sometimes    10/10, a Kojima game, created and produced by Hideo Kojima.A true masterpiece by the man, the visionary, a creator, that will never sellout, brought to you by Monster Energy Drink, just like this review. UNLEASH THE BEAST.

    You're playing as an uncharismatic amazon delivery officer. His notable characteristics are monotone voice that express no emotions, likes to swear because sometimes it might sound badass, doesn't care about anyone else or the world for the plot purpose, never has a clue what's going on even if the plot gives clear hints, and looks like Norman Reeves. If you guessed Norman Reeves, you're correct... You're playing as that actor from Walking Dead tv series, how cool is that, right?

    Gameplay and plot:

    Your main goal is walking with packages on your suit, receive compliments from the delivery terminal about how amazing is the work you're doing, how they cannot believe you managed to deliver a 5kg package all by yourself, and of course a big thank you with s star sticker on your paints. You're the deliveryman that with powers combined will reunite the country by serving important people of this world, people like: Geologist, Engineer, Doctor, Craftsman, am... an elder? a film maker? amm... a cos-player? seriously? In this dangerous world, every delivery counts, that's why it's important to deliver only stuff that will serve the future of UIA, like... pizza delivery in time, nice.

    The second main goal of the game is to stare at holograms of lifeless corpses that throws at you unnecessary dialogues and obnoxious plot expositions that lead nowhere. Although most of that stuff is just filler that doesn't lead nowhere and makes no sense, its primary purpose is to make you feel smart. Along the way, the game is trying to give you some insight at what new knowledge Kojima got from wikipedia while working on the game. For instance did you know America comes from the name of famous Italian explorer Amerigo? Or that ame means soul in French? Oh, you did? But did you know that Kojima didn't know that? You see, you learned something new. You just got smarter, tell your friends.

    If you like to rewatch pointless long animations then you're for a treat. Standing up with packages, putting down packages, delivering packages, watching car coming out of garage, taking shower, going 1 and 2, waking up etc. All that can be skiped by pressing options, then pressing skip. By the time you're done with the game you'll be wondering how many hours have you wasted pressing buttons to skip those animations. If anyone is calling while Reeves is on a mission, he can't just pick up the phone and be on his way. You see, it's too complex for the legend while walking or driving with those packages.

    The less I talk about the BB mechanics, the better. You'll have enough of that... thing, on your own.

    With all these combined, you get a totally new genre: A kojima game

    Characters:

    Troy Baker - basically he's Ocelot from MGS, except his charisma is replaced with pervert behaviors of an old man that suffers of impotence. He puts Skullface disappointment to shame.
    Fragile - She's Fragile, but she's not that fragile(Genius play on words there, Kojima)
    Die-Hard man - Hologram that reads text from a TV prompt in the present. Wears a stupid mask with no purpose and using his nickname from hotmail era as his name as an official.
    Guillermo Del Toro - Reveals details that mostly lead no where, then repeats stuff you already know.
    That president lady - Kinda spoler'ish*** Two of last episodes she'll be talking more then you gf, so be prepared.
    Mama - I won't be spoiling her, her story ark is great.
    BB - thanks to that thing I'm never gonna have kids, I'd rather die alone... maybe join Bridges or Fragile express.
    Heartman - Worst superhero name and overused "like" joke by Kojima.
    Mads Mikkelsen - He's cool.

    Visuals and music:

    Ok. So for your information this part of review is taken from my review in parallel dimension, so don't be surprised.

    Wow, absolutely breathtaking. Beautiful landscapes. Those bosses, their visuals are creative, unique and breathtaking. The way they die, those animations, I just want to re-watch them again and again. It looks so surreal and yet believable, that I cannot be unimpressed. The way the environment changes from solid to black fluid is

    The music selection here is great. Just like the first announcement trailer, music fits in so nicely it feels like the part of the landscape and environment of the game. When you're walking and the music kicks in while the camera zooms out, is one of those moments you relax and can enjoy the journey, as if you reached Nirvana. Why would Kojima not allow us play music like on iPod in MGS4 or a cassette player in MGS5 is anyone's guess.

    Hours of play: 55 hours + writing this review, because I'm an idiot
    Played on PS4 pro    … Expand
  32. donagher2004
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    Your a postman, that's it a **** postman, this game should be called death postman, I'm 6 Hours in and I don't see myself going back to play anymore, it's just to **** boring.
  33. visiblelight7
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This game's saving grace is it's cinematic cutscenes yet it is not enough to keep me playing through the mediocre gameplay loop .I'm 6 hours in so far. I can't imagine doing this over and over again much longer! It is repetitive just like Phantom pain. I wish the creator would have gone the MGS1-4 route. I have no doubt that Kojima could have created an epic linear 15-20 hours game but inThis game's saving grace is it's cinematic cutscenes yet it is not enough to keep me playing through the mediocre gameplay loop .I'm 6 hours in so far. I can't imagine doing this over and over again much longer! It is repetitive just like Phantom pain. I wish the creator would have gone the MGS1-4 route. I have no doubt that Kojima could have created an epic linear 15-20 hours game but in the end decided to go the open world 80+ hours route padding everything with a main mission that is entirely focused on moving from A to B to deliver packages for 40 hours. To be honest, I don't think he intended this game to bore fans. Why make a game to bore your fans on purpose? But that's what he did in the end. IMO, He's not only a genius but he's also idiot at the same time.… Expand
  34. EpikGame
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    The gameplay, history and physics of the game must be at the same level as the technical engine. The physics of the vehicles and the character are quite bad, the gameplay not very immersive, too many cutscenes to present events such as rain and the system of weight and stealth is not very fine with survability elements being almost non existent, I expected this game to be proactive and notThe gameplay, history and physics of the game must be at the same level as the technical engine. The physics of the vehicles and the character are quite bad, the gameplay not very immersive, too many cutscenes to present events such as rain and the system of weight and stealth is not very fine with survability elements being almost non existent, I expected this game to be proactive and not reactive, everything you do related to breathing, drinking, stealth.. is always triggered by an in game event not by the player itself, in this game I expect that every step or action has his consequences in the future, not holding all the mechanics and running not caring about the environment until the game tells me to do so. I expected much more from this game, it is far from being a masterpiece and needs a lot of fixing.… Expand
  35. dr0nzer
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    Clocked 20hrs and I've had enough. This game is weird and overly complicated for whatever it's trying to achieve, so many menu screens to click through, ui is really messy and unclear, vehicle driving is really clunky, narrative.. just didn't care for it nor knew what it was. The thing that was interesting was the world with the social element... which is the only positive thing I can sayClocked 20hrs and I've had enough. This game is weird and overly complicated for whatever it's trying to achieve, so many menu screens to click through, ui is really messy and unclear, vehicle driving is really clunky, narrative.. just didn't care for it nor knew what it was. The thing that was interesting was the world with the social element... which is the only positive thing I can say about this game in a sea of negatives. I bought it on sale.. glad I didn't pay full price for it.… Expand
  36. wupaz
    Dec 7, 2019
    4
    Really disappointed, the game is very beautiful, but the gameplay is very ordinary, the upgrades are boring. Hideo Kojima has surf on this notoriety, are history is a bag of boring stuff.
  37. irbegui
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    what fun is walking from point a to point b. sarcasm, walking for hours and hours, the worst game of the generation, until fallout 76 is more fun than this incomplete game
  38. agoganjas
    Dec 10, 2019
    4
    the most boring game ever boring story no action at all only the graphics looking good thanks to hzg engine
  39. DulceLinux
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    La música está hermosa y los gráficos e historia están muy bien, pero el movimiento de todo sobre el terreno, parece tan artificial, las cinemáticas están impresionantes pero con errores básicos de animación que para el presupuesto que tiene el juego es patético. Y la jugabilidad también es totalmente aburrida. Esperaba mucho más de Kojima, que triste que ya no sea capaz de siquieraLa música está hermosa y los gráficos e historia están muy bien, pero el movimiento de todo sobre el terreno, parece tan artificial, las cinemáticas están impresionantes pero con errores básicos de animación que para el presupuesto que tiene el juego es patético. Y la jugabilidad también es totalmente aburrida. Esperaba mucho más de Kojima, que triste que ya no sea capaz de siquiera acercarse a lo que era antes. :(… Expand
  40. Jacknew
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This game is very boring, confused and tedious, the main mechanics in the game is just walking, the combats are very simple (if you can find some combat).
    Graphically the game is really impressive and the cut scenes and landscape are beautiful, the sound as well, but the rest is a waste of time and money
  41. KaliperOnFire
    Dec 6, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego en el que la historia y la narrativa son sus puntos fuertes , así y todo la historia y la manera de contarla no me parecen la gran cosa, un gameplay aburrido y repetitivo, por lo que en su apartado jugable es malo.Lo unico que resalto son sus gráficos foto realistas para los paisajes y la elección de buenos artistas para la música pero sacando eso el juego me parece mediocre. Kojima se quiso hacer el raro por hacerse el diferente y quedar como genio incomprendido. En mi opinión este juego como película es pasable de un 7.5 o cercano, como juego es mediocre.… Expand
  42. PandaHerop1990
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    it is a rly board game, all looks rly beautiful and spectacular but a game is for playing and this is closest to a interactive movie to a game...
  43. PeaceMan
    Nov 20, 2019
    4
    The Game looks good but its just a completly Fantasy Game. Nothing makes sence and it feels just like a darker Final Fantasy Game.

    I wont buy it.
  44. NixAlvarito
    Nov 28, 2019
    4
    repetitivo vacio y aburrido con un mundo abierto pobre y que la historia es muy enredada
    no vale la pena, inflaron el juego por ser de kojima
  45. lebigmac21
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    me recuerda mucho a catherine en donde uno lo que mas le interesaba era saber que iba a pasar en la siguiente cinemática, pero con un gameplay tan metido con calzador, llevo 4 horas, es taaaaaan aburrido, no entiendo como voy a llegar a 20 horas para que ahora si venga lo bueno, es una lastima, confie en la prensa de mi pais, que le puso 10, solo gaste 60 dólares, por que no creo que meme recuerda mucho a catherine en donde uno lo que mas le interesaba era saber que iba a pasar en la siguiente cinemática, pero con un gameplay tan metido con calzador, llevo 4 horas, es taaaaaan aburrido, no entiendo como voy a llegar a 20 horas para que ahora si venga lo bueno, es una lastima, confie en la prensa de mi pais, que le puso 10, solo gaste 60 dólares, por que no creo que me guste mas, o que tan siquiera lo termine,… Expand
  46. EternalVayne
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Одна из худших игр поколения и полное непонимание как создается геймплей. Сони могут нанять Кодзиме всех голливудских актеров,но они ни разу не сделают сам игровой процесс хоть сколько-нибудь интересным.
  47. Zhepyr
    Jun 18, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es una mierda literalmente ya mejor no lo termine y lo vendí ates que bajara de precio… Expand
  48. AnibalAlhazred
    Dec 19, 2019
    4
    Si revisan las criticas positivas se darán cuenta que lo mejor de Death Stranding, a lo que le dan más importancia, es tanto a la historia y a la calidad grafica. Esto es muy cierto. La historia te atrapa desde el principio, de lanza un cliffhanger tras otro para que te quede la duda de que significa o que representa tal cosa. Hasta ahí, no hay nada más. El mundo y su diseño es increible,Si revisan las criticas positivas se darán cuenta que lo mejor de Death Stranding, a lo que le dan más importancia, es tanto a la historia y a la calidad grafica. Esto es muy cierto. La historia te atrapa desde el principio, de lanza un cliffhanger tras otro para que te quede la duda de que significa o que representa tal cosa. Hasta ahí, no hay nada más. El mundo y su diseño es increible, pero si la PS4 levanta todo eso es por la simple razón de que se encuentra completamente vacío, no hay nada más que rocas, unos cuantos arboles y algun que otro enemigo en zonas contadas. De ahi en fuera no hay fauna, no hay nada, el mundo no se siente vivo... En el caso de los enemigos, al principio te impresionan y te causan cierto impacto, pero una vez que aprendes a derrotarlos, algo que es muy al inicio del juego, el combate se vuelve algo sumamente tedioso que solo está puesto ahi para ralentizarte y alargar la vida del juego, mucho más de lo que de por si ya te lo alarga, mandandote de un lado para otro entregando cosas, por que si, el juego va de entregar cosas, de ser un mensajero, no haces nada más. Te dan lo tuyo y vas y lo dejas, y donde lo dejas te dan mas cosas para entregar de donde venias, y así una y otra vez. No es un juego divertido ni entretenido, es un juego que te mantiene enganchado a una historia que quieres conocer, pero el gameplay es tedioso, aburrido y extremadamente repetitivo. Yo le tenía unas grandes expectativas, lo esperé desde que lo anunciaron, Hideo Kojima tiene grandes ideas, pero al parecer se le ha ido la holla. Lamentablemente a la prensa experimentada ya se le compra con cualquier cosa, y solo porque es Kojima le inflaron la nota de manera increible. Si este juego fuese de cualquier otra desarrolladora, sería la decepción del año, peor que No Mans Sky, cosa que para muchos de nosotros, si lo es.… Expand
  49. icelit1
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    Uno de los juegos mas monotonos y tediosos que jamas he jugado, para mi una perdida de dinero
  50. FaceMace87
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    What can i say? This game is the epitome of pretentiousness, Kojima would fit right in with
    Gerald and the other fart sniffers in San Francisco.
    The story is very basic but explained in a way that makes it sound super complicated and original, by over complicating a story that has been told many times before does not make your idea original. The gameplay is tedious and when it isn't    What can i say? This game is the epitome of pretentiousness, Kojima would fit right in with
    Gerald and the other fart sniffers in San Francisco.

    The story is very basic but explained in a way that makes it sound super complicated and original, by over complicating a story that has been told many times before does not make your idea original.

    The gameplay is tedious and when it isn't tedious it is boring, systems upon systems upon systems upon systems. There is boot degradation, there is rain that makes things grow old, there is a cargo balancing there are systems to stop Norman Reedus from falling over, it is just system after system after system. None of which enhance the fun of the game, they are just there because Kojima was allowed free rein to unleash and realize every little pretentious whim he had.

    I appreciate what they did with the social aspect of the game but it counteracts the feel of the game. The game is meant to represent a dead world, you are meant to feel alone and stranded. A lone man bringing America back together. That is bit hard to **** do when there are bridges, watchtowers and other **** popping up all over the place.

    The game is slow enough of as it is but then the game throws BTs at you in increased frequency as you play, forcing you to go even slower.

    This game is a perfect example of what happens when you give a guy like Hideo Kojima free rein of a game.

    I will give it a 4 because the graphics, motion capture, story telling (not the story itself) and general quality are average for the AAA market these days but the gameplay, tedium and systems are all below average quality.    … Expand
  51. Mirkito
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego es tremendamente aburrido, la historia solo es interesante después del 50% del juego, pero dudo que siquiera el 70% de la gente que compre este videojuego al igual que yo pueda llegar a pasárselo entero, el juego esta vacío, la inteligencia artificial es malísima, los enemigos finales son un chiste y es completamente insactisfactorio caminar de un punto a otro sin siquiera saber muchas veces el porque.

    Lo horrible: el juego tiene una historia tan compleja que no lo entenderá la mayoría que lo juegue, tendrían que re jugarlo y eso es algo que el 98% que lo haya terminado no lo hará, para entender la historia, un pésimo videojuego que es entretenido si mientras lo juegas estás con un amigo al lado, si lo juegas tú solo mueres de aburrimiento    … Expand
  52. maai
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    se bonito, pero la jugabilidad deja mucho que desear. son horas pesadas caminando para hacer misiones que se sienten repetivio. una lastima se esperaba mas de este juego.
  53. Talisa
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    A game with a interesting story, great graphics, and wonderful music. That quickly gets paved over by the awful gameplay loop, stupid number of repeated cutscenes, and crazy amount of backtracking.
  54. mikeycannon
    Nov 20, 2019
    4
    Seriously though, mario & princess beach? WTF? Did sony really just approve this game?

    This game was made by Kojima, FOR Kojima. Look at the World Tour he was on, the guy was simply fulfilling his life long fantasy of making a movie. Wasted millions on a hollywood cast. Never heard Neil Druckmann, Hermen Hulst or Cory Barlog going on a world tour. The game is not even PS4 exclusive.    Seriously though, mario & princess beach? WTF? Did sony really just approve this game?

    This game was made by Kojima, FOR Kojima. Look at the World Tour he was on, the guy was simply fulfilling his life long fantasy of making a movie. Wasted millions on a hollywood cast.

    Never heard Neil Druckmann, Hermen Hulst or Cory Barlog going on a world tour. The game is not even PS4 exclusive. This is not a game made for us, it is for Kojima himself.

    Giving it a 4 out of respect for the individual developers who worked hard on Kojima's personal vanity project. If this game would have come out by EA or any new developer then god knows how mercilessly it would have been bashed. Its only Kojima's goodwill and fan-base which keeps the score at around 5.

    And yeah, to all those who defend the game by saying how beautiful it is.. Decima was developed as a result of 7 years of hardwork by Guerilla Games.    … Expand
  55. Xplocion
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The good: The graphics are impressive in PS4 Pro. The gag of having Horizon Zero Dawn's mechanical dinosaurs walked around.

    The bad: Boring story (I did see in the movie The Postman by Kevin Costner, 1997, Warner) so you can clearly see where Kojima's “creativity and inspiration” comes from. Boring gameplay. The game has auto-save but does not let you record progress if you are in the middle of a delivery mission. Fast travel points and teleportation do not serve to shorten the path when you have an order to deliver. The weapons arrive already having spent at least half of the game. Fights against bosses and mini-bosses are very simple. The last trailer was deception as it took the best scenes and put them to generate hype, but the result has already been seen that it is not that frantic all the time. The ending is a two-hour video, really? During the game they tell you that "human beings are isolated in cities" you get to the cities and you don't see any humans, do they live in the clouds like the Jetson or underground like the Morlocks? All cities are the same. Sam Porter in the original version without patches had the same balance of a rag-doll, Sam fell by any road that was not minimally level.

    The Meh: the game did not come out and already had a patch that corrects the bad balance of Sam Porter. During the press analysis phase there were mysterious players who could only say that they were Beta-testers or “a control group” since they were putting structures like zip lines, highways, roads, bridges and outpost again and again, restoring them to that did not degrade, but to make a sad camp or tower you require a considerable amount of credits and they made bases and even roads, they were users with many almost unlimited resources to build. Carts, Rover and motorcycles only serve on worlds connected to the Internet where they have created highways or roads    … Expand
  56. kenjirou
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    I bought the collector's edition and it is wonderful (the baby is funny), but not to mention the game... It is much less than I thought, it is extremely boring, I can only highlight music and cinematics.
  57. TooJaded
    Dec 4, 2019
    4
    This is game is pretty to look at but its main game play loop - delivering packages is exceedingly dull. The story has the usual levels of Kojima craziness that led to its narrative failing to land and interest me. Just a little too kooky. Just a little too silly. There is also the issue that you the player have no real agency in this story. You are along for the ride or should that beThis is game is pretty to look at but its main game play loop - delivering packages is exceedingly dull. The story has the usual levels of Kojima craziness that led to its narrative failing to land and interest me. Just a little too kooky. Just a little too silly. There is also the issue that you the player have no real agency in this story. You are along for the ride or should that be stroll. So in a game like that, they story has to be very compelling and a game loop that draws you in. After 5 hours, I can say that Death Stranding failed on both those counts.

    So what we have is an interactive visual novel, mashed up with a walking simulator. A narrative that feels too mercurial to get to grips with that leads to a very unsatisfying and unrewarding experience.    … Expand
  58. DannyPops
    Nov 28, 2019
    4
    I just about lost it when they forced me to ship a person on my back that was capable of walking. This game is pretentious and tedious. Dont listen to the Kojima fan boys, it sucks.
  59. willflima
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    simulador de correios do brasil serio isso?, tive a impressão que os youtubers que acompanho como BRKSedu, Cidão, Gameplay RJ entre outros, estão se esforçando muito pra dizer que o jogo é divertido, sendo que nem eles mesmos conseguem transparecer aquilo que desejam, o Edu tem video de mais de 20 minutos onde tudo o que o personagem faz é literalmente andar e nada mais, o game demorasimulador de correios do brasil serio isso?, tive a impressão que os youtubers que acompanho como BRKSedu, Cidão, Gameplay RJ entre outros, estão se esforçando muito pra dizer que o jogo é divertido, sendo que nem eles mesmos conseguem transparecer aquilo que desejam, o Edu tem video de mais de 20 minutos onde tudo o que o personagem faz é literalmente andar e nada mais, o game demora demais a desenvolver, embora as CGs sejam legais e a historia aparenta ser interessante o jogo torna-se massante e repetitivo demais o que acaba pesando muito na hora de jogar, não há estimulo em continuar e passar por trechos tão cansativos fazendo sempre a mesma coisa… Expand
  60. Deuscriolo
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Death Stranding reinvents how video game design can work. It takes you through an experience you didn’t expect, doesn’t hold back with its design intentions and execution, and takes the gamer through a journey like no other. This is a masterpiece that only Kojima could pull off...
  61. German366
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    No es un juego literalmente es una película, hay muchas cinemáticas que puede servir para tratar de sumergirte pero como una película, el gameplay es muy simple y su juego también solo repartir, un juego que solo lo puede ver bien un fanático de Kojima, es los gráficos son buenos pero nada que no ayamos visto, tenemos sigilo muy poco aprovechado igual q movimiento de combate, con tan soloNo es un juego literalmente es una película, hay muchas cinemáticas que puede servir para tratar de sumergirte pero como una película, el gameplay es muy simple y su juego también solo repartir, un juego que solo lo puede ver bien un fanático de Kojima, es los gráficos son buenos pero nada que no ayamos visto, tenemos sigilo muy poco aprovechado igual q movimiento de combate, con tan solo ver el prólogo cap 1 y 2 tenemos 1:40 de cinemáticas una locura, quieren una película esto es para ustedes quieren un juego y estar enganchado frente a la TV esto no es para ustedes… Expand
  62. Lionheart_Alpha
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    While the cut scenes are long and intricate I still carnt walk for miles just to watch the next one no matter how much I will myself too
  63. D4nt3Soul
    Dec 6, 2019
    4
    Podría haber sido una buena serie o un buen simulador de decisiones a lo Telltale Games, pero se ha quedado en un simulador de Glovo con horas y horas de cinemáticas.

    La música es fantástica, los gráficos están muy bien (aunque no me extraña porque el juego está vacío), pero lo más importante en un juego, la jugabilidad, es una puñetera mierda. Básicamente vas de A a B llevando un    Podría haber sido una buena serie o un buen simulador de decisiones a lo Telltale Games, pero se ha quedado en un simulador de Glovo con horas y horas de cinemáticas.

    La música es fantástica, los gráficos están muy bien (aunque no me extraña porque el juego está vacío), pero lo más importante en un juego, la jugabilidad, es una puñetera mierda.

    Básicamente vas de A a B llevando un paquete, sorteando las dificultades (que tampoco son demasiadas) y ya está, ese es el juego. Llevas paquetes con esperanza de ver pronto la próxima cinemática.    … Expand
  64. MattiusV
    Feb 19, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego que regalado es caro.

    El tiempo que tienes q invertir en el, para mi, simplemente no vale la pena, con el trabajo y las obligaciones que muchos tenemos, no se puede desperdiciar 40 o 50 horas un juego que de las más de 12 horas que llevo jugadas son de lo peor que he visto en mucho tiempo.

    Las mecánicas son horribles y están completamente rotas, el desafío es nulo, el juego es aburridísimo, el menú son lo peor, la historia es de lo que menos puedo hablar, aunque la amenaza es estar a la altura del resto ... muy mal.

    Lo que no se es bajo que autoridad Hideo Kojima se piensa q le puede tomar el pelo así a la gente, no solo el dinero y los 60 pavos q vale, que que ese es otro tema ...

    Sino las horas de tiempo que tienes q invertir en este juego, esta claro que por lo que él logró después, en el último tramo parece que mejora (aunque no pondría la mano en el fuego por ello).

    Si no os queda ningún otro juego importante de esta generación, os sobra tiempo, dinero, y ten mucha gente jugadlo, de lo contrario salid huyendo, podéis hacer cosas mucho mejores con vuestro tiempo que jugar al Death Stranding.

    Yo aquí lo dejo, cero interés en terminarlo y seguir perdiendo el tiempo.    … Expand
  65. TwoBe
    Jan 24, 2020
    4
    A game with a 50% of good ideas and a 50% of bad ideas, all of them, poorly executed.

    Going through the game and trying to finish it was one of the most boring and sometimes frustrating things I ever done. I strongly believe that someone should’ve stood up to Hideo Kojima and told him the truth. The music was great, I loved all the songs. The graphs were astonishing but rapidly    A game with a 50% of good ideas and a 50% of bad ideas, all of them, poorly executed.

    Going through the game and trying to finish it was one of the most boring and sometimes frustrating things I ever done. I strongly believe that someone should’ve stood up to Hideo Kojima and told him the truth.

    The music was great, I loved all the songs. The graphs were astonishing but rapidly contrasted with a messy menu where a lot of things were put together causing the user to get lost and wondering what to do, they tried to alíviate that by adding long descriptions to the settings and features, which made it worst.

    Every time you finished a quest there was a long sequence of boring videos that made me nodded off more than a few times.

    Anyway, I praise that Kojima dared to try to do something different instead of sticking to the convencional and I hope others creators dare to do the same.

    Nerveless, as in the meaning of “trial and error” where you try and face the possibility of error, this was a failure.    … Expand
  66. Seraf7
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    You have to admire the game for taking risks and trying something different. However, risks don't always pay off. This game should come with a warning sign: "if you dont have a LOT of free time don't buy this game" . I really cant see busy people playing this game. I mean if you have one hour per week to play video games then you really dont want to spend that hour on walking or seeing a cutscene.
  67. Dragned
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    Aca va mi analisis despues de jugar 120 HORAS y platinar el juego , Vamos por los puntos fuertes banda Sonora como yo y la gran mayoria la banda sonora es Genial sinceramente se me merece el precio a la mejor del año, luego la historia la verdad me engancho bastante, al principio estas como no entiendo ni jota, pero luego le vas entendiendo y te va a gustando. y por ultimo el gameplay...Aca va mi analisis despues de jugar 120 HORAS y platinar el juego , Vamos por los puntos fuertes banda Sonora como yo y la gran mayoria la banda sonora es Genial sinceramente se me merece el precio a la mejor del año, luego la historia la verdad me engancho bastante, al principio estas como no entiendo ni jota, pero luego le vas entendiendo y te va a gustando. y por ultimo el gameplay... que se puede decir que no se dijo ir del punta A al punto B ni mas ni menos el gameplay al principio es lento va mejorando si poco a poco pero luego se estanca y se vuelve taaaan aburrido despues de terminal la historia quise platinar el juego dios fueron horas desperdiciadas ahi te das cuenta que el juego es vacio el gameplay es muuuuy aburrido los enemigos tontos y sin inteligencia (prácticamente forzaba las peleas para tener algo de diversión) lamentablemente esperaba mas le doy 4/10 por tener momentos que me gustaron pero la verdad, no es la gran cosa.… Expand
  68. stevekenal
    Nov 28, 2019
    4
    Aaaah. Why I have to make a negative review to Kojima? Why Hideo?
    So, after so much secrecy came this! This boring gameplay. The only good is that it gives fantastic messages to the players time to time.
  69. MrRealms
    Feb 15, 2020
    4
    The game is fun and the graphics are something to behold, however its drawn back by clunky gameplay and far too long cutscenes that ruin the flow of the game.
  70. MrInfuse
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overhyped and well not much to deliver gameplay is repetitive and boring but not as boring as the world… Expand
  71. dangyosabyss
    Nov 21, 2019
    4
    First and foremost It is a walking sim. The presentation and actors are great and the world looks beautiful but there is very little actual gameplay fun to be had here. Hideos intentions are honourable verging on sickly but the point persists that video games must be fun and there is very little to be found in DS. This is exactly the kind of bloated movie with added game that konami cannedFirst and foremost It is a walking sim. The presentation and actors are great and the world looks beautiful but there is very little actual gameplay fun to be had here. Hideos intentions are honourable verging on sickly but the point persists that video games must be fun and there is very little to be found in DS. This is exactly the kind of bloated movie with added game that konami canned him for. In no way is it acceptable to have to skip the same 4 cutscenes every time just to shower. I would urge players to note the amount of times they have thought 'just let me play the game'. And from past experience we know that games that do this lack gameplay - MGS4 for example. At this point Hideo should just go and make movies because the severe amount of bloated pointless garbage in this game renders gameplay an afterthought. It is charming: the cast are great and a few terrible lines aside its a fairly solid (sorry) story. But it is a lot less smart than it believes itself to be. It is everything questionable/bad about Hideos games and please note i am saying this as a fan of 20years and having completed DS and nearly Platinum'd it. It is blatant that Kojima has played and attempted to ripoff games like Journey and Firewatch. DS is a big budget faux-hollywood version of these games. Isolation is a theme throughout but upon beating the game it feels more like an excuse for foisting an empty world on us. I will never condone konamis practices but after experiencing DS i can understand why they kept tabs on the Kojimaisms in all the games hes released. This is not an MGS2-esque prophecy that will be relevant in a decade - it is a knee-jerk pander piece trying to cash in on modern political paranoia. What many will refuse to admit is that after making a series based on the Patriots system of control you spend DS building one yourself amid claims that it will 'bring da people togevur'. The formula for the gameplay we do get is 'Go from A to B dodging ghosts or humans - meet thank you hologram - rinse and repeat' and it is not good enough. I cannot tell you how many times my thumb ached from holding the same direction for minutes on end. A total lack of dynamism. It is honestly an amazon simulator and any majesty the world had evaporates when you can build roads through it. I have lost a lot of faith in my usual trusted reviewers because theyre calling this game a 9+/10 and that is nowhere near true.
    Hideo is a genius and the world sorely needs his games. But this is barely a game. I think we have reached the point where he should just go and make movies because this game is an afterthought attached to one.    … Expand
  72. nintendofanboy2
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    I wanted to love this game but unfortunately this is the most boring game I ever played . I did get it at GameStop so thank God I can return it. For those who love this game please seek help.
  73. Akira83
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Juego con buenos gráficos pero muy lento y aburrido no era para nada lo que esperaba,además dede serlo muy carobien para el juego que es
  74. luis2667
    Dec 7, 2019
    4
    aburrido, mas de 25 horas desperdiciadas, eso si, ojala kojima hubiera hecho esto película, por que si le hubiera salido bien, pero como juego deja mucho que desear, una jugabilidad aburrida, un mundo muy amplio si, pero nada trascendental, the legend of zelda breath of the wild usa un mundo abierto igual de grande, con muchas mas posibilidades, mas diversión y sobretodo unas mecánicasaburrido, mas de 25 horas desperdiciadas, eso si, ojala kojima hubiera hecho esto película, por que si le hubiera salido bien, pero como juego deja mucho que desear, una jugabilidad aburrida, un mundo muy amplio si, pero nada trascendental, the legend of zelda breath of the wild usa un mundo abierto igual de grande, con muchas mas posibilidades, mas diversión y sobretodo unas mecánicas excelentes, este juego de kojima es una decepción, si gana algo en los game award aparte de actuación, seria vil estafa y una compra total de los jueces y medios por parte de sony… Expand
  75. andrexlu
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Juego aburrido, mecánicas de juego regulares. En fin, creo que el fin de un videojuego es divertir, y este juego no lo hace. Debió haber hecho una película en vez de un juego.
  76. Andrewarrrr
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Jogo mediocre, muita cutscene, fisica escrota, história chata, falta de ação e entrosamento na gameplay.
  77. Exploding
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Vanity project of a pretencious narcassist made with critics in mind and not gaming community.
    Plot of the game once get to it might be very confusing at first but then it becomes clear it's just fluff filled with plot holes. On top of that we got very bad writting, that can turn all important moments in a cringefest, i'm not sure whether it's bad translation or exact intend of Kojima. We    Vanity project of a pretencious narcassist made with critics in mind and not gaming community.
    Plot of the game once get to it might be very confusing at first but then it becomes clear it's just fluff filled with plot holes. On top of that we got very bad writting, that can turn all important moments in a cringefest, i'm not sure whether it's bad translation or exact intend of Kojima. We get ourselfs some one dimensional side characters with such a creative names such as Deadman, Mama and Fragile which if anything sound like a names for bots in multiplayer games. And yes their names do hint their motivations. What? You thought the characters will have real names or at least misleading nicknames? Too bad, this game was only made to look intelligent, but in reality it's pretty straight foward with it's ideas and intents to the point of explaining us everything before the said things are even properly introduced to us, we don't get time to learn about the characters, we already know everything we need to know about them, making any interactions with them look trivial.
    Of course critics will give it high scores, most of them are already well paid by the creator and those who got confused by the plot will simply give it high rating to make sure community isn't pissed off and doesn't want them be fired or something(example: several years ago some reviewer gave GTA V 9/10 and fanboys wanted that reviewer to be fired good times really...)
    Gameplay wise it's very weak, repetive almost identical missions, any obstacles encountered in the game are way too easy to avoid and defeat, making presence of BT's and Mules look pointless. The world of the game is an empty void.
    Graphically looks a lot better then loads of crap that was Days Gone but it's not saying much or anything for that matter, it looks alright at best and painfully medicore at worst with reused environment. The game was promising with Kojima's first attempt to make video game on his own, but it feels like Kojima just surrounded himself with yes-man and ignored every single flaw of the game, he even went so far to call it a new genre while in reality it's just another linear sandbox game.
    Video games can be an art but they should be cohesive as games before anything else, otherwise we'll be getting vanity projects with out any substence.    … Expand
  78. sndesign
    Dec 12, 2019
    4
    I don't get it. The first few hours were amazing. I was so onboard with this game. But the next 30 hours have been tedious, pointless and empty. I just hate playing this game. I can't see how anyone could enjoy this. Sorry... I have tried so hard to like it.
  79. Voracity
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    No e un juego para dirvertirse sino para aburrirse como nunca al inicio y luego de una 25 0 30 horas ponerse un poco interesante in dejar de ser aburrido, siento lástima por quien lo compre esperando algo innovador que emocione y divierta, no lo encontrarán en este juego pero para las peronas que disfruten de las películas se le es recomendable con el modo fácil porque el gameplay no vale nada
  80. SHANJIJI
    Jan 7, 2020
    4
    行业的反面教材，宣传很大但是内容一般，剧情比较糟糕，游戏邀请了一堆明星来起到推广作用。和合金装备5一样到处都是小岛秀夫的标记令人反感。场景比较空洞几乎没有能互动的npc，大段的过场也很烦。
  81. Phell
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo está pessimo não tem gameplay e só ficar e ficar andando toda hora! E quando penso que havera alguma coisa que vai me chamar atenção no jogo, não aparecer Cutcene! Tudo bem que todo jogo tem Cutcene mais esse jogo é quase o jogo inteiro… Expand
  82. StopRussophobia
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Meh Game
    Kojima isnt genius anymore I guess MGS5 was his mistake too.......
  83. Danieleitor777
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Aburrido como una carrera de caracoles, voy corriendo a venderlo antes de que se devalore
  84. sensity1213
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Another borning walking simulator, bad combat and a mediocre gameplay system.
  85. LysanderD
    Nov 13, 2019
    4
    "Сэр, в ваших катсценах геймплея не обнаружено"

    Скучно, уныло, однообразно. Но местами красиво. Лучше сходите в кино - выйдет дешевле, а впечатлений получите не меньше. Забавляют попытки изданий и рецензентов приплести этой игре некоторую "элитарность", мол она не для всех, не каждый поймёт и тд. Типичная картина, когда явно проплаченным игровым изданиям(просто посмотрите сколько    "Сэр, в ваших катсценах геймплея не обнаружено"

    Скучно, уныло, однообразно. Но местами красиво.
    Лучше сходите в кино - выйдет дешевле, а впечатлений получите не меньше.

    Забавляют попытки изданий и рецензентов приплести этой игре некоторую "элитарность", мол она не для всех, не каждый поймёт и тд. Типичная картина, когда явно проплаченным игровым изданиям(просто посмотрите сколько бабла сони потратила в этом году на "рекламу") необходимо хоть как-то высосать оправдание для, по сути, отсутствующего геймплея и объяснить зачем он такой получился.    … Expand
  86. Ririna
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Death Stranding is a marvellous graphical achievement but it is also tedious, dull, anti-climatic, boring and most of all a gigantic monument to Hideo Kojima's ego. For the good or the bad, it is more Kojima than any other game developed before. Packed with a bunch of great actors, but also no actual well written characters for them. Mediocre storytelling a lot of monotonous traveling, aDeath Stranding is a marvellous graphical achievement but it is also tedious, dull, anti-climatic, boring and most of all a gigantic monument to Hideo Kojima's ego. For the good or the bad, it is more Kojima than any other game developed before. Packed with a bunch of great actors, but also no actual well written characters for them. Mediocre storytelling a lot of monotonous traveling, a fantastically gorgeous post-apocalyptic continent that barely resembles America to earn Facebook likes. Drink Monster and unify society. An Experience only Kojima can bring us, and absolutely his Magnum Opus.… Expand
  87. reynelsoir
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    La musica en escenas es muy buena parece una pelicula, los graficos excelentes por no decir que son de 10, no se nota el downgrade con los trailers, pero en cuanto a jugabilidad eres un repartidor que no me divierte ir de un sitio a otro superando obstaculos durante el camino, en algunos casos te toca ir con sigilo pero es así, hay poca emoción en las primeras 4 horas de juego, luego estáLa musica en escenas es muy buena parece una pelicula, los graficos excelentes por no decir que son de 10, no se nota el downgrade con los trailers, pero en cuanto a jugabilidad eres un repartidor que no me divierte ir de un sitio a otro superando obstaculos durante el camino, en algunos casos te toca ir con sigilo pero es así, hay poca emoción en las primeras 4 horas de juego, luego está lo de personlizar tu gorra, los paquetes y las puntuaciones por las entregas, no es un juego para todo el mundo que vienen y le colocan un 0 así por que si, solamente por que odian a kojima el juego simplemente no me gusto , tiene elementos muy buenos pero no son muy bien aprovechados un ejemplo es al salir de la zona de paquetes al rotar la camara por la linea azul se siente el sonido de las montañas y del otro lado rotando la camara no se siente.… Expand
  88. Churritosensual
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Although the game has its good points, it is very boring, it has exaggeratedly long cinematics to the point of giving you the feeling of watching a movie, the gameplay is very wasted, in the end it is a bittersweet encounter since good details that end up overshadowed by how bad the game is
  89. Masterblaster82
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Para ver filmes, vou no Cinema! Pelo menos durante as Cut cenes, da para jogar qualquer coisa na Switch.
  90. Felipe96
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    O Kojima enganou a todos. Vendeu um filme disfarçado de jogo. Com esse jogo, a gente aprende a nunca confiar em notas altas de jornalistas!
  91. smee_
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Is a very monotonous game, it has great music and world detail, but no more. The story is compelling but not enough to compensate for the immense boredom.
  92. CarnivoreX
    Nov 17, 2019
    4
    Tried to like it, REALLY tried, but could not. Boring. Beautiful, but boring. This is not a "game".
  93. JVilda
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Nothing extra funny. Super long cinematics, boring gameplay. Action is absolutely awful. 4 points for graphics
  94. Achievement
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    I'm not a professional reviewer just a gamer giving a review.. so I played death stranding last night for a few hours and then played a few more today.. the graphics and sound are top-notch everything just looks and sounds great.. but the gameplay is really.... really boring I spent about 45 minutes watching a cutscene...then played for a while and then more cutscenes. and I shouldn't beI'm not a professional reviewer just a gamer giving a review.. so I played death stranding last night for a few hours and then played a few more today.. the graphics and sound are top-notch everything just looks and sounds great.. but the gameplay is really.... really boring I spent about 45 minutes watching a cutscene...then played for a while and then more cutscenes. and I shouldn't be complaining because I'm a huge fan of story in video games. but this is just too much plus you have to micromanage your baby and the way you walk it's just not very fun to play... So pretty much it's just not a fun game to play very disappointing… Expand
  95. Turin_Vidsmidr
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    A game where the gameplay is actually tedious meaningless 0/10 fetchquests is not playable.
    Your successes, failures, deaths, decisions have 0 impact on the story.
    They should have just made a movie. If you want a real intense survival horror with dark atmosphere and philosophy involved then just play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly. It's even free.
  96. Chatzo
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego tiene muy buenas cinematicas y la historia parece interesante pero la verdad me quede dormido mientras jugaba. Le he intentado varias veces darle una oportunidad pero me aburro.… Expand
  97. yomi_
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    The biggest waste of a budget this size in video game history.

    On a surface level the game is fantastic; beautiful presentation, sound design, and an amazing cast. Unfortunately, judging this product as a video game, it ends up being a mediocre, cheesy, and pretentious science-fiction drama. The game play mainly consists of the parts of movies you don't get to see, like if The Lord    The biggest waste of a budget this size in video game history.

    On a surface level the game is fantastic; beautiful presentation, sound design, and an amazing cast. Unfortunately, judging this product as a video game, it ends up being a mediocre, cheesy, and pretentious science-fiction drama.

    The game play mainly consists of the parts of movies you don't get to see, like if The Lord of the Rings films happened in real-time and you had to experience and endure every single step Frodo took, just for the sake of world building, immersion, and realism.

    Underneath the melodramatic, over the top and sometimes downright silly story and frustratingly dull game play there is a decently touching narrative if you have the patience and will to push yourself through, but the eight or so hours of somewhat interesting fiction do not make up for the forty plus hours of arduous gaming.

    We all knew this would be an incredibly polarizing title and in a sense maybe Kojima accomplished exactly what he wanted in making such an ambitious project that will spark more discussion and debate than any video game in the past decade or maybe ever.

    I respect the effort, resources, ambition, and scope of this project. I believe this is a necessary and important game within the confines of the modern video games industry, and I really hope this manages to inspire more creativity, risk-taking and passion from developers.

    A decent overall experience, but a poor video game.    … Expand
  98. Kojimalover
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Es una pena que unos gráficos tan sobresalientes y una historia abstracta tenga una jugabilidad tan sosa y poco interesante, es un video juego no lo olvidemos.
  99. Nicj
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Delivery simulation boring empty sorry Kojima is not enough for this game cut scenes and story
  100. Nenad222
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    It is fantastishe! I like collecting the rocks! Feck yeay!
    so fantastishe!
    Too cool for playing! I like to play with my dog to!

    He likes it a lot!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 111 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 111
  3. Negative: 3 out of 111
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Mar 18, 2020
    100
    Death Stranding is creating a new game genre and therefore paves its own path towards more interactive experiences. It is a brave work thanks to its novelty, which fortunately is not a bragging right for its creators, as it may have seemed, but an exceptional title that will reward the brave who play it. [Issue#299]
  2. New York Daily News
    Mar 18, 2020
    80
    This game does manage to be fun, even if it is one of the heaviest experiences of 2019. Everything from story to gameplay is begging to be dissected, filled with imagery and symbolism -- just like so many Kojima games before this one. Entering Death Stranding, it’s likely that we all thought Kojima’s calling card was lengthy cutscenes and stealth and action gameplay.
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  3. Carole Quintaine
    Jan 29, 2020
    100
    Death Stranding stands as a powerful author’s game which drives a strong message of how our over-connected society is evolving, and how we can help other players. Unlike many AAA games, it shines on a truly spiritual level. Well written, engaging and visually magnificent, it offers, despite some pacing flaws, an astonishing solo game with elegant multiplayer elements. A unique representation of Hideo Kojima’s talent.
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