Death Stranding

 PlayStation 4
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  1. 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.
  2. Nicj
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Delivery simulation boring empty sorry Kojima is not enough for this game cut scenes and story
  3. 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!
  4. Camad
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Boring is the only word I could use to genuinely and honestly describe this game to the average consumer. Upon closing the game after about a 20-hour stent, I had to ask myself if I did gain any enjoyment from this game. I did, but not enough that I could call the game "fun".

    Fun is relative of course, but this is the perfect game to test exactly how far your limits on the concept go.    Boring is the only word I could use to genuinely and honestly describe this game to the average consumer. Upon closing the game after about a 20-hour stent, I had to ask myself if I did gain any enjoyment from this game. I did, but not enough that I could call the game "fun".

    Fun is relative of course, but this is the perfect game to test exactly how far your limits on the concept go. Are you truly willing to wade through 5 Hours of walking, delivering and walking again to find those moments where the action picks up and the game seems to begin? If not, this game is not for you.

    But when the music rises and the sprawling landscapes are laid bare in front of you, the game is pleasant, enjoyable but fun? That's the judgment that the individual must make and not simply read or watch online. I didn't talk much about gameplay here but that's mainly because the "game" very often forgets it too.

    Death Stranding is exactly what you expect from a Kojima game. It's confusing, beautiful and massive. But whether it is fun, is subjective, completely depending on taste and preference. For me, it was not an enjoyable experience, the limited fun I had didn't make it up for its large patches of boredom. Some will love it and some will hate it. Its a game to be experienced and talked about, not played.

    4/10    … Expand
  5. just_2_geeks
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Death Stranding is on one hand a great experience and on the other a seriously lacking game. I won't go into the story for fear of spoilers and also it is probably the biggest joy of this project in finding out about the world and the story yourself. What I will say is that watching these cutscenes was actually the best part of the experience and it was the part I was most worried aboutDeath Stranding is on one hand a great experience and on the other a seriously lacking game. I won't go into the story for fear of spoilers and also it is probably the biggest joy of this project in finding out about the world and the story yourself. What I will say is that watching these cutscenes was actually the best part of the experience and it was the part I was most worried about due to their reported length and yep some of them are long. However a fantastic cast and great acting kept me hooked, even if the script is a bit weak in parts, like seriously hire some writers Kojima.
    The game itself, for me, was really dull and tedious. Yes it had been warned about in countless reviews however experiencing it first hand is something else. It just wasn't for me and the complete lack of variety made it just too much for the length of game it is. I am roughly 15-20hrs in and it's becoming more of a case of feeling I HAVE to keep going for the story than WANTING to and for a video game that doesn't sit right. There are some fantastic ideas here and there are some fantastic elements such as the graphics and environment but it is encased in a solid shell of boredom and repetition.    … Expand
  6. Daviz
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    me quede dormido a la primera cinemática de como 35 minutos y en el poco gameplay que tiene es muy lento como aburrido, lo único bueno que tiene son sus paisajes que son hermosos ojala le hubieran puesto empeño al gameplay como al paisaje y cinemáticas.
  7. PlayS666
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    The game is technically successful with a good script and very good actors. But the gameplay is bad and the game very boring. Take it on sale
  8. NicoVigueras
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    El juego tiene serios problemas de ritmo, la historia no arranca como hasta las 20 horas, el sistema de combate es simplón y repetitivo y los bosses finales son un trámite.
  9. Caydesafe
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    The most boring game in the world
  10. TrueReview17
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    A fetch-quest game and a boring walking simulator. Disappointed, returned this game immediately. It’s just not fun and the story is convoluted and boring.
  11. SIRTFLOP
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    The music at the beggining was intriguing then it became a boring fest. Just walk from A to B and balance your character all the time. There is no fun involved at all. I will return it for a trade in.
  12. Zymlax
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    I play games to have fun.. The delivery system type of game-play is just straight up exhausting, and doesn't compel me to want to do better and most importantly.. HAVE FUN OR HAVE A GOOD TIME.
    Despite Hideo Kojima's fantastic work on the MGS series, his idea are just too convoluted to make into a compelling and engaging game. He would be better off as just as a visual director for future titles.
  13. YotomoKawama
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay Socks, is so boring walk a lot of Time to delivery packages, but the cinematic scenes are wonderfull, so I think the Game Critics gave It a good rating only for the Scenes, not for the Gameplay!… Expand
  14. Ronkayo
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    “TRANQUILOS, TODO HA SALIDO BIEN”

    EUROGAMER devolvedme mi dinero, os hago directamente responsables a vosotros. ¿Qué ha salido bien exactamente? El juego es una paja de Kojima; no tiene sentido en términos de entretenimiento, su jugabilidad no la entiendo, ni los actores ni los diseñadores, no tiene diversión y la misma prensa que tacha a algunos juegos de repetitivos alaba esta    “TRANQUILOS, TODO HA SALIDO BIEN”

    EUROGAMER devolvedme mi dinero, os hago directamente responsables a vosotros. ¿Qué ha salido bien exactamente?

    El juego es una paja de Kojima; no tiene sentido en términos de entretenimiento, su jugabilidad no la entiendo, ni los actores ni los diseñadores, no tiene diversión y la misma prensa que tacha a algunos juegos de repetitivos alaba esta mierda. Luego dicen que los medios especializados que suspenden el juego están buscando notoriedad y yo ahora me llevo las manos a la cabeza.

    Es unir el basto mundo de Zelda Breath of the Wild pero vaciándolo, es la lentitud de Red Read Redemption pero sin posibilidad de que ocurran cosas, es la exploración de los walking simulators pero mal ejecutada.

    Los gráficos son muy buenos y la historia pasable, cringe, una rareza y ya que te has gastado el dinero que mínimo que saber de que iba el asunto, pero ahí se acaba Death Stranding. Estoy seguro que Kojima ha hecho lo que ha podido y en su cabeza este juego era mucho mejor, pero ha salido mal el experimento.

    Pero es que luego están las cosas que no hay donde encajarlas en un juego ni con el guión en la mano: los likes, el mear, la publicidad grotesca, el bebé estresandose, Sam mirándote directamente...

    Como juego le doy un 3 y le sumo 0,5 por la extrañeza y 0,5 porque hay que tener los huevos muy gordos para haber sacado este proyecto adelante

    Nota final: 4    … Expand
  15. stevendavisfoto
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    I wanted to love this game. It's been so hyped, but after playing most of the day today, launch day.

    PROS:
    - Beautiful visual
    - Great music
    - Innovative concepts

    CONS:
    - Slow
    - Repetitive
    - Not enough action

    You're basically a glorified delivery man. It's a walking simulator. It's "meh". Not my thing.
  16. Handheld_Gamer
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its not a game, its a trailer (Movie)!! No gameplay, its a movie!!.. I was expecting a game with an amazing story and good gameplay for a AAA game.. But the story was not that good and what a bad ending!! I am disappointing..… Expand
  17. EntierradeNadie
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Este videojuego a nivel argumental es muy interesante, te deja intrigado por saber que esta ocurriendo, saber porque lloran los personajes y saber que haces cargando con un feto dentro de una capsula durante todo el tiempo. Hasta aquí todo bien, pero la trama se complica cuando te das cuenta que la mayor parte del tiempo es pura y dura cinemática y la jugabilidad escasea mucho.
    Al    Este videojuego a nivel argumental es muy interesante, te deja intrigado por saber que esta ocurriendo, saber porque lloran los personajes y saber que haces cargando con un feto dentro de una capsula durante todo el tiempo. Hasta aquí todo bien, pero la trama se complica cuando te das cuenta que la mayor parte del tiempo es pura y dura cinemática y la jugabilidad escasea mucho.
    Al principio, controlar a Sam (Norman Reedus) se hace algo divertido viendo como se cae cargando los paquetes y tropezando con las rocas que hay por todo un paisaje lleno de montañas, acantilados y ríos sin vida. Pero una vez que llevas más de 10 horas dando tumbos, todo se vuelve muy repetitivo entregando paquetes de un lado a otro en un mundo inexistente de vida, con 5 enemigos que aparecen de la nada cada cierto tiempo (a saber) y que tienen una I.A. muy vacía, más, con algún que otro bug añadido es cuando te llega el gran bajón.
    Te preguntas ¿que clase de videojuego es este? te sientes engañado y así es como me he sentido.
    No hay acción, ni nada que haga sentir que tu tiempo y esfuerzos sirven para algo, ni tan siquiera el interactuar online entre otros jugadores dando 'likes' llega a ser tan divertido.
    Para dar 'likes' ya tengo las redes sociales y para largas caminatas ya tengo los bosques en la vida real.
    Esto no es un 'A Hideo Kojima game' es un 'A Hideo Kojima movie' y aquel que no lo quiera reconocer es porque 'no es inteligente o es tan fan de Kojima que no lo quiere ver'. Muy lamentable todo.
    Un juego que será prácticamente olvidable cuando llegue el año 2020.
    Prefiero rejugar mil veces el Horizon Zero Dawn, que también es repetitivo sí, pero al menos sigue habiendo algo de vida y la acción sigue persistiendo cada 10 minutos tumbando a cientos de máquinas.

    Solamente lo recomiendo una vez que este a mitad de precio o lo pilléis de segunda mano, su precio de salida no compensa la escasa jugabilidad que contiene. Estáis avisados.    … Expand
  18. Bishamon
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    The game Death Stranding has its advantages, it is a graphic component prescribed by lore, and unusual mechanics associated with the child, although the latter can be annoying. But unfortunately in this game, for me there were more minuses than pluses. The gameplay in the game is quite boring, an empty world, maybe it should have been filled with buildings of other players, but there areThe game Death Stranding has its advantages, it is a graphic component prescribed by lore, and unusual mechanics associated with the child, although the latter can be annoying. But unfortunately in this game, for me there were more minuses than pluses. The gameplay in the game is quite boring, an empty world, maybe it should have been filled with buildings of other players, but there are not enough of them. Too many accents on Norman himself, and his inguinal part. The vehicles in the game are terrible. Also, the movement of Norman himself leaves much to be desired, sometimes he easily rolls and climbs up stones that are high, despite the fact that you have a heavy load behind you, and sometimes he falls where you shouldn't, although you have nothing behind.Stumbles out of nowhere.This review turned out to be too long, and I will say lastly that the game has many more minuses, which upset me. But I'm glad that I did not have to buy this game, I was able to play with the help of my friend. Because I would prefer to return the money for it, but after 13 hours of the game, nobody will return them to you.… Expand
  19. Lizardus
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Un quiero y no puedo a todos los niveles: Un Hideo Kojima absolutamente desatado creando el que quizás sea el producto con mas referencias a su " obra " si es que se le puede llamar asi. Un insulto al videojuego.
    Death Stranding no es otra cosa mas que una aberración creada por un director de cine mediocre en el que las mecánicas jugables quedan ya no eclipsadas sino colapsadas por un    Un quiero y no puedo a todos los niveles: Un Hideo Kojima absolutamente desatado creando el que quizás sea el producto con mas referencias a su " obra " si es que se le puede llamar asi. Un insulto al videojuego.
    Death Stranding no es otra cosa mas que una aberración creada por un director de cine mediocre en el que las mecánicas jugables quedan ya no eclipsadas sino colapsadas por un apartado gráfico monótono aunque espectacular y un argumento absolutamente demencial.
    Ya sabes lo que te esperas si eres seguidor de Kojima: Humor japones infantil, giros de guión absurdos, conversaciones metafisicas insustaciales, referencias a otras obras de cine/literatura etc que orbitan en el plagio etc etc.
    En cuanto a las mecánicas jugables el juego sorprende en un inicio para después transformarse en la apoteosis del tedio. El juego abusa y recontrabusa de mecánicas repetitivas donde la estrella es....andar . Su online es testimonial.
    En resumen, una decepción absoluta.    … Expand
  20. Migitdigit
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    Some people may like this game. Some will enjoy the walking and quiet moments. But to me, my opinion I bought it and it is very boring. Games are supposed to be fun
  21. bokerjkm
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    No a really fun game, just a movie more than a game, a good casting, good music, but bad gameplay, really boring, just walking simulator, you just need to send items to another cities(or industries) walking or with your motocycle, but really, boring.
    The online mode(they said would be something new), is just something like Dark Souls mode, you can send messages to another players or build    No a really fun game, just a movie more than a game, a good casting, good music, but bad gameplay, really boring, just walking simulator, you just need to send items to another cities(or industries) walking or with your motocycle, but really, boring.
    The online mode(they said would be something new), is just something like Dark Souls mode, you can send messages to another players or build things to help this player(never staying in the same game of course), just if you are in the way for first time you will find some things like ladders to help you yo cross rivers, for example, nothing new...
    When you see a enemy(no EV) you can kill al the enemies easy with only 3 punches, and i finished the game in hard! Is this a joke? The game is really easy!
    Even when you need walk aside the EVs, if you are walking crouch and slow, is really easy walk around over them.

    This game for me is the worst i ever played for a long time.    … Expand
  22. Jkrv05
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    As all the people are saying the only thing good this game has are the story and the cinematics, the gameplay is Almost inexistent, this is suppose to be a video game not a movie.
  23. Virgilizartor
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    To preface this, just like this game does for hours on end, I've been a fan of Hideo Kojima's work at Konami ever since I was a teenager. MGS has always managed to blow me away with its innovative gameplay, magnificent story telling and great characters. And it all peaked with MGS5 The Phantom Pain, which took the idea of an open world stealth sandbox and absolutely surpassed anyTo preface this, just like this game does for hours on end, I've been a fan of Hideo Kojima's work at Konami ever since I was a teenager. MGS has always managed to blow me away with its innovative gameplay, magnificent story telling and great characters. And it all peaked with MGS5 The Phantom Pain, which took the idea of an open world stealth sandbox and absolutely surpassed any expectations. I put hundreds of hours into that magnificent game. But Mr Kojima's latest endeavour has left me quite disappointed. I preordered it after being intrigued by the cryptic nature of the trailers, the ambitious idea of the "Death Stranding" and the promising gameplay mechanics. But they didn't do much more than promise I'm afraid. When I ask myself what is the thing that bores me the most about games, I certainly think of fetch quests and lengthy cutscenes. Which is unfortunately most of what this game has to offer. I have already been playing for 10 hours and I am afraid I have been driven to a point of absolute boredom where not even the intriguing story will manage to get me back from. After countless quests involving delivering cargo from point A to point B under the guise of "connecting the US", I simply lack the willpower to continue playing the post-apocalyptic Fed Ex errand boy simulator that this game has turned out to be. It is not often that I feel like taking an indefinite brake from a game, especially a newly released one, but alas, I feel like there is nothing more to this game than this cycle of running around, putting down ladders and ropes, sneaking around BT's and delivering items. Also, let's not forget the story which is told through seemingly endless cutscenes that showcase Sam's lack of personality and his little "touch allergy". All in all, This game's greatest issue is the fact it often forgets it's supposed to be a game first and foremost. With a lack of meaningful and interesting gameplay, a severely lackluster MC and an abundance of lengthy cutscenes, this game makes me feel betrayed by the game director I used to adore so much. I must however give some credit for the beautiful visuals, both in and out of the cutscenes, as well as the soothing and atmospheric soundtrack, courtesy of LOW ROAR and Chvrches. However, I bought a game, rather than a movie or a music album, so I must unfortunately give this failed masterpiece a negative rating.… Expand
  24. MedriphonNaruga
    Feb 19, 2020
    4
    Vamos a ver por donde empiezo. Este juego esta catalogado en accion, aventura y sigilo, cosa que no es este juego ni de broma, que tenga partes de X no significa que lo sea, las secencias de accion son muy limitadas, por lo que este juego ya estaba mal colocado de primeras. Es un juego al que le ha pasado la factura del hype y la publicidad abusiva a un producto que no estaba debidamenteVamos a ver por donde empiezo. Este juego esta catalogado en accion, aventura y sigilo, cosa que no es este juego ni de broma, que tenga partes de X no significa que lo sea, las secencias de accion son muy limitadas, por lo que este juego ya estaba mal colocado de primeras. Es un juego al que le ha pasado la factura del hype y la publicidad abusiva a un producto que no estaba debidamente etiquetado, si quieres una historia sobre lineas, tienes heavy rain que salio con 20 euros de lanzamiento dejando muy claro que es una pelicula interactiva, detroit become human valia 70 euros pero daba por sentado que era un juego sobre railes con sus toques de rejugabilidad e historia inmersiva. Pero volviendo con este juego, es básicamente de hacer de repartidor, con una historia sobre la vida y la muerte, en un mundo muy dañado. ¿Es divertido? No, que es precisamente el principal punto de que se consuman estos productos. La historia es realmente confusa y difícil de entender, aunque es atrayente, no lo voy a negar. Pero si un juego falla en su principal misión es que algo va mal. Ahora toquemos el apartado visual, los graficos y banda sonora; y son de lejos lo mejor que tiene este juego, logrando una muy buena inmersion, graficamente es muy bonito a la vista, y las animaciones y ambientacion estan cuidadas con mucho detalle. El mapa aunque enorme, está vacío, y a la hora de explorarlo se puede hacer muy monótono al tener que repetir el mismo concepto una y otra vez; que es ir del punto A al B y entregar la mercancía, ya está. Es básicamente un juego que no invita a ser jugado, y por 70 euros hay opciones mucho mejores en el mercado, que algo haya sido hecho por Hideo Kojima no significa que se una "obra maestra" como dicen en eurogamer. Es un "juego" con un transfondo e historia muy llamativos, pero fallando precisamente en su decepcionante jugabilidad. Tambien tengo que hablar de algunos problemas con el motor de colisiones, que resultan en un verdadero dolor de cabeza a la hora de moverte, sobre todo en vehículo, que al moverte te ralentiza atascandote en toda piedra que se cruce en tu camino, por pequeña que sea. Las misiones son tambien otro problema, y para no repetir, diré que hay un enorme número de encargos que son parte del hilo principal (no son secundarias) haciendo que la historia cueste mucho trabajo escucharla, y asimilarla. Ahora mismo, este juego lo tengo atrancado, y francamente esperaba algo mejor de este señor; dejar de endiosarlo y de venerar este juego por lo que no es, NO ayuda a esta industria en nada, y eso es así, punto.

    Opinión personal:
    Este producto es más una película interactiva que un juego propiamente dicho (y no, no me vale que el juego empiece a divertir a partir de la mitad del mismo) fallando en mantenerte pegando al mando e intentando ver mas. Para lo que trae, 70 euros son excesivos, estoy seguro de que no estaria recibiendo tantas hostias si se hubiera alejado del hype, la publicidad innecesaria, y las altas expectativas; todo ello a un précio más asequible. ¿Merece la pena probarlo? Me decanto por un NO rotundo, pero si te interesa, es mejor alquilarlo o pedirlo prestado, en un juego que a la semana solo servira para acumular polvo en tu estanteria.

    Conlusion: Es un juego excesivamente caro, y que no cumple con las altas expectativas forjadas, muy bonito a los ojos y al oido, pero fallando en tódo lo demás. Si quereis probar este juego, mejor alquilado antes de hacer la decision final, es lo mejor que podeis hacer. Y si eres fan de la saga Metal Gear Solid y querias ver algo de ese calibre, esto NO es para tí, esta demasiado alejado del sigilo y accion tan características de MGS.

    Mi nota: Un 4, ni un punto más.    … Expand
  25. Voidzera_012
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Acho ridículo chamar isso de "obra" o jogo é chato e repetitivo em alguns casos até o gráfico deixa a desejar.... Certamente é uma das decepções do ano
  26. Poneyzada
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Uber Simulator, Sedex, Aliexpress, Uber eat, ifood, MC lanche feliz, Amazon, Frete Grátis, the Walking Dead dlc+ Ark 2.0 petróleo, Olx, homem com BB, BB sinistro.
  27. Mik3Mar7in
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    Jogo com uma ideia interessante para um mundo pós apocalíptico, porem mal executada...
    roteiro expositivo demais, personagens sem profundidade, diálogos sem sentido (como por exemplo num mundo destruído e cheio de "aparições" alguém pedir a entrega de uma pizza quentinha) o que tira demais a dramaticidade da historia! Outro ponto negativo é o tempo de jogo + gameplay, ser longo não é o    Jogo com uma ideia interessante para um mundo pós apocalíptico, porem mal executada...
    roteiro expositivo demais, personagens sem profundidade, diálogos sem sentido (como por exemplo num mundo destruído e cheio de "aparições" alguém pedir a entrega de uma pizza quentinha) o que tira demais a dramaticidade da historia! Outro ponto negativo é o tempo de jogo + gameplay, ser longo não é o problema, o problema é não ter nada a fazer num mapa tão grande, além de fazer entregas!
    O mundo é morto, sem nada, nenhum perigo oou quase nenhum... e quando aparece não há dificuldade! Ou seja, se Death Stranding fosse um filme, seria aqueles Sci-Fi B com o diferencial de durar 6 horas de duração com diálogos explicativos e plot twist pobre!
    Uma pena pro mercado de single player!    … Expand
  28. CrizzDiE
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Is a walking simulator, or Amazon simulator, be careful... Is only walk in all game.
  29. Manchosuarez
    Feb 4, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Increible que este sea el primer juego que me haga hacerle una pequeña reseña. El mayor desastre de Kojima, el tipo ya venia dando tumbos con el desastrozo metal gear solid v, donde kojima demuestra no tener ni idea de como hacer un mundo abierto y con este walking simulator lo reafirma. Un mundo abierto donde tu unica tarea es llevar paquetes de aca para alla, en donde los bugs te hacen romper el juego y saltarte todas las aburridas mecanicas que Kojima quiere obligarte a jugar. Una historia ridicula y pretenciosa que solo una persona con un nivel intelectual muy bajo llegaria a admirar, las peores fisicas que se pueden ver en esta generación junto a otros juegos y sin lugar a dudas el juego mas inflado por parte de la prensa y los horrendos fanboys de la diva Kojima. No le doy un 0 porque hay gente detras de Kojima que trabjaaron duro en esta porqueria.

    Incredible that this is the first game that makes me do a little review. Kojima's biggest disaster, the guy was already stumbling with the disastrous metal gear solid v, where kojima demonstrates having no idea how to make an open world and with this walking simulator he reaffirms it. An open world where your only task is to take packages from here to there, where the bugs make you break the game and skip all the boring mechanics that Kojima wants to force you to play. A ridiculous and pretentious story that only a person with a very low intellectual level would come to admire, the worst physics that can be seen in this generation along with other games and without a doubt the most inflated game by the press and the horrendous Diva Kojima fanboys. I don't give it a 0 because there are people behind Kojima who worked hard in this crap.    … Expand
  30. Samekas
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    You walk and walk, game play mechanics are boring, playing this I feel like I should be doing something with my time.
  31. RxPer86
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay of this video gane is really boring, it's just walk, is true that ni to have balance with the things you put. But this gane is really boring. The final boss y just throwing a suitcase tu the enemy and that is all… Expand
  32. Ravens4lyfe
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    Game is not creative. If I wanted to watch a movie I would go to the theatre. Kojima seems washed up....
  33. Chocoflan
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    A bored walking simulation. Aburre demasiado ese tipo de mecánica sosa y lenta.
  34. CHIEFMEGADETH1
    Nov 11, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. MGS is an awesone series.
    I bought Death Stranding because i had to play for myself.
    Story seems really cool. Graphics are great, atmosphere fantastic. Music is great.

    But what counts is the gameplay.
    And oh my the gameplay is so dull and super boring. So deep gameplay to Kojima is, balancing your packages on your back. Making sure you dont fall over,while you climb a mountain? And rocks and walk through river's.
    I want different games no doubt. But when you take the game out of it. And gives us an annoying walking sim,thats not even fun to walk around. Kojima lost me. This is a new genre aye? Just like farming sim and games like that. Pizza delivery man.
    Played about 4 hrs. I had enough.
    4/10 honest review. So lucky I didnt end up getting collectors edition. Or id be forcing myself to play the game. And like it.    … Expand
  35. Snail1204
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Beautiful game, but very boring gameplay, story was OK but overall the game was a overhyped walking sim, yes it has vehicles and combat but that is a small part of the game and the Cobat was the worst I have seen In a game.
    You can get a job delivering pizzas and experience this but actually get paid for it rather than paying for it.
  36. Pablo_MC
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Repetitivo, entorno sin variables, no dan ganas de seguir jugando después de las aburridas 6 horas de juego y principalmente aunque mecanicamente y en jugabilidad no decae tanto, la principal sensación que me da es el reembolso y el haber perdido 6 horas de mi tiempo en un juego poco logrado.
  37. BabushkaBoi
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    I hoped for this game to be excellent. I wanted really hard to enjoy a Kojima game without the restrictions of Konami. This game sucks. Fetch quests, if you don't like them, don't play the game because if I had to sum up DS I will say describe it as a Twelve hours CGI film with some fetch quests in between. If you're reading this, you must have enough of reviewers calling this game "NotI hoped for this game to be excellent. I wanted really hard to enjoy a Kojima game without the restrictions of Konami. This game sucks. Fetch quests, if you don't like them, don't play the game because if I had to sum up DS I will say describe it as a Twelve hours CGI film with some fetch quests in between. If you're reading this, you must have enough of reviewers calling this game "Not for everyone". This game is only for those who are willing to take every **** with the name Kojima on. The game is in love with its self. There's no way to deny it. The core gameplay is boring and when it's not it's frustrating. There are so, so many parameters that you must check. Vigor, Stamina, Blood, Conscience, Shoes deteriorating, BB's humor, energy left in the battery. They don't make the game better, they're just there to bother the hell out of you. You're left alone in an empty world, a la Shadow of the Colossus, but this version of America lacks personality and atmosphere. Combat is bad but still a little enjoyable in the deep **** that is the rest of the game. The story is **** obnoxious. You are told in the first hours things such as "connect us" but you will never see the results of connecting people. The story is just told and never showed, it's a mistake that every single writer knows, even bad ones. Characters are one dimensional and even the great actors hired couldn't do much about them. The graphics are spectacular and Kojima as the director is amazing but those are the only positive things I can say about the game. It's a real shame because I was expecting this for years, since the first trailer. I will not preorder the next Kojima game.… Expand
  38. AsUI
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    This is not good game, 95% time in game u just deliviring items. 95% of ur time - this is walking simulation and only 5% this is a plot via cutscenes.
    This is not horrible game, cos plot for VG is really good.|
    All world are empty, there is nothing to do, only working like courier by 60$. And this is funny - u pay for working 95% of game time.
  39. SUCRASbr
    Nov 13, 2019
    4
    Gráficos lindos, músicas boas, mas a mecânica lixo, jogo enjoativo e cansativo, da até sono...
  40. Lordsepht
    Nov 13, 2019
    4
    Le jeu est terriblement fastidieux, l'histoire semble interessante et les.graphique sont très jolie mais les mécanique sont fastidieuse au point où j'ai le feeling de rravailler
  41. Kou001
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beautiful masterpiece of what.the.heck. Is going on. It is fun, but nothing makes sense. You have to deliver cargo carefully throughout the game, and if you damage it, then good game to
    You, you’re stuck with the ability to only be able to repair the container and not the inner cargo.— gamers are better off buying the original, classic Paperboy video game than this game.    … Expand
  42. aletdownfan
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    Sigh. Where to start? I‘ve played and finished the entire game and have been an avid fan of Kojima for many, many years, including his early titles like Snatcher, but Death Stranding is a letdown on every level that made the MGS games so good.

    First, the good: visuals and cinematography are good, there’s no denying that. Many talented people worked on this title and it shows;    Sigh. Where to start? I‘ve played and finished the entire game and have been an avid fan of Kojima for many, many years, including his early titles like Snatcher, but Death Stranding is a letdown on every level that made the MGS games so good.

    First, the good: visuals and cinematography are good, there’s no denying that. Many talented people worked on this title and it shows; technically, it’s flawless. I encountered no bugs during my gameplay and controls felt smooth. There are very interesting concepts and themes woven into the story and all the sci-fi elements look great. Some of the imagery and metaphors are powerful and touching. The music is top-notch throughout, both licensed tracks and OST. Good and popular cast of actors, I guess?

    Now, the bad…. we know Kojima’s writing has always been cheesy, but at least his previous stories were grounded in reality. With DS, he had a blank slate and boy his way of introducing a completely new fantasy world is exhausting and amateurish and all the while he’s rehashing many themes and tropes from MGS since he’s apparently not capable of writing anything else. Kojima’s writing is like a lazy college essay: you write as much as you can, as convoluted as you can to sound intelligent but in the end you are saying nothing meaningful - nothing that we don’t already know. This game does not acknowledge or respect the audience’s intelligence and ability to think for themselves.

    I can forgive gameplay flaws in a game as long as the story is intriguing and gets me emotionally invested. This was not the case with DS. None of the characters are interesting, nor could I connect with them on a personal level. It doesn’t help that they’re all friends of Kojima or his favorite actors so it feels more like his personal Hollywood fanfic fantasy, rather than carefully crafted “art” with a poignant message.

    As I progressed through the story I became more and more aggravated at how nonsensical, awkward, and over the top the cutscenes were, and I just begged for it to be over. Kojima is constantly fanservicing himself in his cutscenes and had to throw every whimsical idea he ever had into the game without having an editor look over it (enough people have mentioned the MULEs, for example). The other characters are constantly bombarding you with calls, emails, and other verbose text files that are tedious to read because nothing of significance is being said. At some point I just stopped reading altogether. The worldbuilding is atrocious because the player is constantly spoonfed new information awkwardly which totally breaks the immersion because the protagonist is not a stranger to this universe. The player is not allowed to explore the world and discover it themselves, organically. Kojima sits you down in a chair like a toddler and shoves his “Philosophy” and “Morals” pulp down your throat.

    One of the most fundamental rules of writing is to Show, don’t Tell. Not for Kojima – with him it’s all Tell, and what he shows is often beautiful and flashy, but ultimately hollow, not least because he’s overdoing it with the imagery and it’s often too on the nose.

    He also doesn’t seem to understand that in order to tell a meaningful and thought-provoking story, you do not need billions of dollars or Hollywood actors. He just needed it to disguise how poor his writing is with fancy visuals.

    Overall, even if you don’t mind the repetitive gameplay (or the overloaded menu screens and tiny text that will give you a headache…) and want to give DS a try for the story, I still can’t recommend it. Very disappointed as a long-time fan; I don’t think I will be purchasing another title from KojiPro in the future.    … Expand
  43. Pussidestroyer
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    При всей моей любви к серии МГС я не могу просто врать, в первую очередь самому себе. Итак, сюжет был сильной стороной Кодзимы, однако для меня death stranding казался скучным и предсказуемым, геймплей всегда был не сильной стороной геймдизайнера, тут тоже не особо интересно, звуковое сопровождение конечно хорошее, эмоциональность персонажей чувствуется, мне так понравилось, что всеПри всей моей любви к серии МГС я не могу просто врать, в первую очередь самому себе. Итак, сюжет был сильной стороной Кодзимы, однако для меня death stranding казался скучным и предсказуемым, геймплей всегда был не сильной стороной геймдизайнера, тут тоже не особо интересно, звуковое сопровождение конечно хорошее, эмоциональность персонажей чувствуется, мне так понравилось, что все плачут и часто, я тоже часто это делаю(но не от грусти) В общем чисто субъективное мнение, 4/10… Expand
  44. DiogeneLaerzio
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Terrible videogame, good atmosphere, bland map design, glaringly appalling gameplay, interesting story (a bit too kitsch, but w/e), oscillating characters (the protagonist is terrible, he actually regresses as the story reaches his conclusion, I don't fully understand why Kojima thought that was a good idea).
  45. Derpina
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Good things
    Nice phisics
    Good music theme
    Excelent history

    Bad things
    Boring game u just walk from one point to another, that's it. And of course, hours and hours of cutscenes
    Expensive
  46. Bannedalex
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Lo siento no puedo aprobar este juego. El principio es muy lento, 11 horas dando vueltas y poco mas. Luego si que mejora, pero debes estar mucho rato jugando para que este se vuelva divertido.
  47. Liiriko
    Dec 13, 2019
    4
    Un juego con una banda sonará y un apartado gráfico exquisito pero esto amigos míos es lo mejor que tiene, la historia es muy pero que muy infumable aparte de una constante repiticion desde principio a fin.
  48. Fofi666
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    Boring, repetitive, nonsense game, kojima has to be laughing a lot about us. We bought the worst game pf 2019
  49. xHaganex
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    Starting with the plot, it's not engaging; I usually play games with abstract stories or based in literary works (not FPS) and I find Death Stranding very soulless; the game is very monotonous; annoying cinematics that you can't skip like the BTs encounter; baby starts crying with every strong sudden movement and given the case that the terrain is really steep, the movements are almostStarting with the plot, it's not engaging; I usually play games with abstract stories or based in literary works (not FPS) and I find Death Stranding very soulless; the game is very monotonous; annoying cinematics that you can't skip like the BTs encounter; baby starts crying with every strong sudden movement and given the case that the terrain is really steep, the movements are almost always abrupt so the baby is almost always crying. The bike is not suitable for the terrain neither and the physics are very pathetic, the bike crash even with tiny mounds. I could keep going but I think that's enough.… Expand
  50. adanakid
    Nov 19, 2019
    4
    Snatcher and Policenauts ok, MGS series was great (1-2-3) But this game is not game. Sorry Mr.Kojima this game not have a creative point.
  51. Daniel_espon
    Nov 19, 2019
    4
    Having seen all the reviews I feel like I took a risk when purchasing this game but at the same time I kind of knew I would like it for alot of the reason people didn’t like it, I personally like slow paced movies and tv, so when hearing about its repetitive gameplay i i dove further into my research and i can admit watching someone play it can be boring and feel tedious, but ive reallyHaving seen all the reviews I feel like I took a risk when purchasing this game but at the same time I kind of knew I would like it for alot of the reason people didn’t like it, I personally like slow paced movies and tv, so when hearing about its repetitive gameplay i i dove further into my research and i can admit watching someone play it can be boring and feel tedious, but ive really liked the challenge of the scan system and having to pay attention where i walk, it almost feels as though im in a lord of the rings movie at times because these delivery's feel important. I absolutely love the online component of this game ive already come across alot of help from the DS community and its especially appreciated when im in serious need of a charge or find a short cut bridge across a strong lake. Im really glad picked up a copy… Expand
  52. Macgeekver
    Nov 20, 2019
    4
    Bon soyons clairs.... Il y a certes de bonnes idées.... Mais tout est gâché par une ergonomie absolument indigeste ! Il faut faire des dizaines de manipulations dans les menus alors qu'on pourrait les faire en 3 ou 4. La physique des véhicules est digne de la ps2. Le scénario se veut faussement compliqué pour se donner un genre mais heureusement que les acteurs sont bons sinon ce scénarioBon soyons clairs.... Il y a certes de bonnes idées.... Mais tout est gâché par une ergonomie absolument indigeste ! Il faut faire des dizaines de manipulations dans les menus alors qu'on pourrait les faire en 3 ou 4. La physique des véhicules est digne de la ps2. Le scénario se veut faussement compliqué pour se donner un genre mais heureusement que les acteurs sont bons sinon ce scénario serait presque risible.... Trop de cutsenes inutiles.... On sent surtout que ce jeu a été bien noté pour que dans le futur les testeurs puissent avoir les exclus de tests mais honnêtement ce jeu ne vaut pas plus de de 12/20… Expand
  53. Barkloke
    Nov 20, 2019
    4
    Retarded story, boring gameplay, bosses are a joke.
    The 3D models a ser really good.
  54. Walbatross
    Nov 24, 2019
    4
    Have you ever played Skyrim and you loot everything from a dungeon? Over-encumbered you make
    the long, slow trek back town to sell your wares. Well that's Death Stranding, except walking around over-encumbered in Skyrim is much more fun. You play as Sam Porter Bridges, courier extraordinaire, walking slowly and navigating treacherous terrain while carrying way too much. The mechanics of    Have you ever played Skyrim and you loot everything from a dungeon? Over-encumbered you make
    the long, slow trek back town to sell your wares. Well that's Death Stranding, except walking around over-encumbered in Skyrim is much more fun. You play as Sam Porter Bridges, courier extraordinaire, walking slowly and navigating treacherous terrain while carrying way too much. The mechanics of the game involve you keeping Sam from falling over while over-encumbered from all the parcels he is delivering. The graphics are great but the story is a bit pretentious. I thought this game is awful, I regret buying it. If you are making a decision on which game to get this holiday season please check out the polarized reviews and realize this game is not for everyone. If you are curious I'd wait until the price drops out.    … Expand
  55. Paulbag9001
    Nov 25, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Extremely boring, action consists of walking, keeping yourself steady and falling over anyway!… Expand
  56. Andres0007
    Nov 26, 2019
    4
    Buenos apartados pero se torna repetitivo. No es un mal juego pero se esperaba mas y me parece que se aleja bastante del 10.
  57. Arty_Reinhold
    Dec 5, 2019
    4
    Boy oh boy... Over indulgent and utterly pretentious vanity project. Promises so much and delivers a walking sim with a quasi sci-fi b.s. story. Its like a first year film student tried to shoehorn every concept he thought was cool into one narrative. Creating a meandering, nonsensical mess. The gameplay? Even worse. One of the biggest let downs I've ever experienced in gaming. And can beBoy oh boy... Over indulgent and utterly pretentious vanity project. Promises so much and delivers a walking sim with a quasi sci-fi b.s. story. Its like a first year film student tried to shoehorn every concept he thought was cool into one narrative. Creating a meandering, nonsensical mess. The gameplay? Even worse. One of the biggest let downs I've ever experienced in gaming. And can be summed up in 4 words; FIFTY.......HOUR.....FETCH.....QUEST. With all the wonderful backtracking you might expect. Actually, quite possibly the most backtracking in video game history. Thats kinda all it is.
    Millions must have been spent on actors salaries, cuz I've never seen so many resources/hype/potential squandered in a videogame. On top of that the walking (ya know, the MAIN feature) is clunky and the combat is generic and terrible. Combat = use square to punch. . . . . .thats it. Until you get weapons that you soon realize arent needed. Cuz the AI is some of the worst of this generation and they go down with zero difficulty even on hard.
    So apologists say, 'its not about the combat'... OK well what IS it about? What other gameplay feature do you wanna hang ur hat on? Again..the combat and walking are not good! Lol. So they say 'story'. Its ridiculously bad! Lol. Ok well....'the feeling of bringing others together'. Oh, how could i forget that...we're only reminded of that after EVERY delivery/cutscene and it gets pretty old pretty quick. Ok, well 'helping others through multi player'.. Now that is an interesting feature (although not original) and seems to be the ONE thing that all the fans are clinging to. And will probably be the only feature salvaged from this game and implemented in others. But this alone does not make up for the rest. Not by a long shot. And if thats what makes this game a 'masterpiece', then jeepers creepers dudes...you got a LOW bar for quality in game design.
    I swear i think the pacing was so glacial because someone realized how shallow the gameplay experience was. So they padded it out and slowly added new equipment here and there. Along with overly complex menus/item management. All to give the impression of depth.
    They even implement a Facebook 'Like' system in the game complete with little 'ping' sounds meant to create a Pavlovian response in the player. That actually ticked me off. Dont bypass the player and f with their brain chemistry to make them think they're having fun like some cheap mobile game. Totally classless move. Along with the gross Monster Energy product placement? Yuck. As an experienced gamer I know when I'm having fun/and or being manipulated. And this was the least fun I've ever had struggling through a bad game. Seems to have worked on a lot of people apparently who think this is masterpiece for being 'different'. For them, the isolation and feeling of rebuilding with mellow Pop music was soothing...i was on board with that for the first 10 hours...then it dawned on me that this might be it. And that changed the whole vibe for me. It became more like listening to depressing music my maudlin drunkin Aunt would like, whilst working in an Amazon hub reading instruction manuals. FUN!
    This brings a last gen cult classic, Deadly Premonition to mind. The gameplay in that sucked lol. Almost intentionally, and it was weird as hell. Frustrating as hell too sometimes, bad mechanics yada yada. But its quirkiness and weird story made up for it. Also .. ( and most importantly) IT WAS BILLED AS SUCH. They let you know it was niche and charged accordingly. But Death Stranding is a AAA title with the full backing of Sony behind it that cost $60. Or even more if you went for bundles/stupid gold clothes. And we had NO idea it was basically a walking sim until we bought it. Shameful, dudes. Sony went out of their way not to show actual gameplay for a reason. . Sad state of affairs. Lotsa people feel burnt by this.
    If you genuinely like the game, fine. I can understand how some people would. I wont insult anyone who does. It does look amazing when you view the vistas as a whole. But the environments are COMPLETELY BARREN OF ANY DISCOVERY? huh? AAA title billed as open world, but with no point in actually exploring it. If anything it deters you from exploring cuz ur afraid of running into BTs or wearing your damn shoes out. That was probably the biggest face palm of the game for me.
    Outside the game itself, these fanboys and industry payola types who claim this is a masterpiece and that the rest of us should just 'go play COD' are really making jackasses of themselves. This isnt a 'reimagining' of what games can be..its exactly what they shouldnt be. A product placement incoporating, skinners box of a cash grab claiming to be ART. Heinous dude. Says a lot that they wouldnt and still wont even call it what it is....a walking/delivery/inventory management sim, tacked onto a horribly paced sci-fi movie with laughable and overly sentimental/melodramatic dialogue.
    Looks pretty though!    … Expand
  58. Alx4reST
    Dec 12, 2019
    4
    Terrible animations of hero, cutted, **** slow MO, I hate it, I expect good game, not movie with stupid animations of Japanese style, kurwa
  59. Chetox
    Dec 2, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un videojuego a nivel de entretenimiento y diversión completamente carente de los mismos, un juego tan repetitivo que el mismo se encarga de perder cualquier interés en el por el exagerado aburrimiento por falta de variedad jugable.… Expand
  60. Kstorm
    Dec 3, 2019
    4
    Played through the game pretty obsessively. Had some high points, some fun dynamics, but mainly it felt like a lot of work for no payoff. An actual game based on delivery speed and efficiency in a similar vein would have fit better than the contrived, sloppy, cliched, messy nonsense of a story they slapped together
    I kept waiting for the aha moment, and found myself in the endgame just    Played through the game pretty obsessively. Had some high points, some fun dynamics, but mainly it felt like a lot of work for no payoff. An actual game based on delivery speed and efficiency in a similar vein would have fit better than the contrived, sloppy, cliched, messy nonsense of a story they slapped together
    I kept waiting for the aha moment, and found myself in the endgame just ready for it to be over. Sloppy control mechanics make boss fights a chore, and it's just...meh.


    The story writing was the weakest part. Total sloppy, contradictory nonsense. Wasn't genius or revolutionary, just sloppy and poorly executed. Let's get a Fed ex Zipline simulator and you might have something.

    Primarily the last    … Expand
  61. AmazingPanda
    Dec 4, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros: Beautiful graphics Interesting story Great acting and interesting characters Cons:

    The game trolls you from beginning to end. It’s like a beautiful woman constantly kicking you in the balls. Punishing, repetitive gameplay. It is literally an 80 hour fetch quest designed to be as tedious as possible. Carry your package halfway up a mountain only to be attacked/slip and fall and lose 30 minutes of time. Not to mention having to run around and find the packages that inevitably fell off. And....you do all this with a screaming child. A child that you need to rock and soothe - even during boss fights. I would have gladly paid $5 in real currency to buy an in game Benadryl so the baby would just stop screaming for one goddamn hour. You trek across the continent and make it to the end, only to be told that you need to RETURN TO THE START on the flimsiest of pretenses. In a later mission, you’re tasked with providing medicine to an ostensibly dying character. This medicine is available naturally in the world, literally every two steps in the game. Nobody can be assed to bend down and pick it, so it’s on you to deliver it. Oh, and the container isn’t airtight and must never ever be submerged in water. And the very next Boss you fight is a giant squid who floods the screen and submerges you in water. Then when you finally deliver this all important medicine, turns out the recipient didn’t really need it at all - they just had sunstroke and needed to rest. The typical end exposition by the antagonist is a good hour of cut scene - which is totally to be expected. However, that scene is broken up by forcing you to run in place and exhaust yourself in order to trigger the next part. Best of all, that doesn’t even trigger the scene every time. More like every 3-4 times you exhaust yourself (which takes a good 2 minutes). Like every mechanic in the game, it is entirely pointless and unnecessary. It exists solely to troll and punish you for playing. The main character even asks “Is this a glitch?” during the scene. No, buddy. It’s Death Stranding. If the trophies are any indication, everyone quit playing in frustration after the 3rd chapter. Because each subsequent completion earned me a rare trophy. This game is beautiful. This game is unique. But it is not fun. At all. It isn’t even rewarding in its difficulty (ala Dark Souls). It’s just a long, long slog to watch cut scenes. A more honest name for this game might be Responsibility Simulator. But even that sounds more fun.    … Expand
  62. Nikkdrawsart
    Dec 6, 2019
    4
    I truly don't think this game would be given so many passes if not made my Kojima. The story truly saddened me. I expected so much more, and could've forgiven the monotonous gameplay and boredom, if not for the dialogue and plot. It felt like something ripped from the CW.
  63. Typewriter
    Dec 6, 2019
    4
    Death Stranding is game that is made out of good ideas. It is a game that is built on aiming for greatness. It is a game that does many things that many people love. It is a game that deserves recognition for what it tried to do. But it is also a game that people are not obligated to enjoy despite its faults.

    Death Stranding has a disconnect between its story and gameplay that it never    Death Stranding is game that is made out of good ideas. It is a game that is built on aiming for greatness. It is a game that does many things that many people love. It is a game that deserves recognition for what it tried to do. But it is also a game that people are not obligated to enjoy despite its faults.

    Death Stranding has a disconnect between its story and gameplay that it never tries to reconcile. People worship you for delivering 5 pounds of medicine in a mission that took you 3 minutes to deliver. People will admonish you for things that you have no control over. The gameplay never touches the story and the story tries to use the gameplay as a sort of analogy for the setting and the world it takes place in but it forgets to ever do anything that makes sense.

    The story telling method they chose to go with is meaning through obfuscation. Rather than give you a story and meaning they give you words that have no inherent meaning and then drip feed the proper interpretation of them to you over the course of the game so that you construct the plot yourself as you go. Chiral chiral chiral chiral, good, bad, voidout, chiral, chiralium, beach, beached things, voidout, chiral, bridges, Sam. You start the game with 2 hours of that before the game even starts trying to try and mean anything.

    But then the game grows into something amazing. When you get past the intro and you look past the story you find a game that is a piece of art - where players work together to shape and reform the world for the convenience of each other. It allows you to define your experience and engage in a community art project. For a couple chapters.

    After a few chapters of this interesting concept the game dumps you into a hellish nightmare in which your movement speed is reduced, vehicles barely work, enemies can't be avoided (and are even more tedious than normal to fight) and the only way to progress is by going out of your way to build zip lines so that you can minimize the amount of time you play the game.

    Once the hellscape ends the game dumps you onto exposition lane - a series of 5 chapters which repeat the story to you over and over again, simultaneously summarizing your previous 30 hours of gameplay and force feeding you confusing and nonsensical twists. The game never had anything resembling pacing but in the last 5 chapters all pacing goes out the window completely. The game revels in making you do nothing for a while (literally nothing but walking around an empty environment) because it's trying to convey a message to you about your character that it thinks is more important than player engagement.

    When you finally get to the final chapter the game has you spend 15 minutes emotionally investing you before providing you with a 45 minute cutscene that is comprised almost entirely of cutscenes you've already seen before providing the final shocking twist. It is patronizing. DS does not respect your intelligence, it does not respect your time.

    DS does not respect what you want in a game and instead prioritizes what it wants to be over what it could be. This is not, in of itself, a bad thing. Games are explorations of art and potential and a game deserves to strive for something meaningful. But being art does not put it above criticism. Many, myself included, will not find the games attempt at meaning worth the time or energy investment that it takes to get to the payoff. If the story had been better, less patronizing? Maybe then it would be worth it.

    At its best I felt the game was a 9/10. At its best I wanted to keep playing and do everything. I wanted to explore and to participate in its world.

    At its best I felt the game was a 1/10. Not fun, not meaningful, not worth my time or energy. I stopped playing several times with no intention of coming back but I did eventually force my way through it.

    DS is a game of high potential dragged down by lame executions and poor design choices. It is a game that I want to influence the world, but it is not a game I will ever play again. It is a game that I think everyone should try but that I would never recommend. It is a game that deserves all the criticism it receives and it is a game that deserves all the love that its fans have for it. Death Stranding is a game that will stay in my head for a very long time, but very little of what I think will be positive.

    4/10 - Game of the Year    … Expand
  64. Triplerectifier
    Dec 6, 2019
    4
    How many years have people been screaming and shouting at companies that games with a ton of walking and fetch quests are not fun? So what does Kojima do? A fetch quest walking simulator.
    That's it, that's the game play loop. If a lot of walking, and a few clunky vehicle mechanics sounds fun to you, sprinkle in some cringe worthy dialogue that takes itself way too seriously.... by all    How many years have people been screaming and shouting at companies that games with a ton of walking and fetch quests are not fun? So what does Kojima do? A fetch quest walking simulator.
    That's it, that's the game play loop. If a lot of walking, and a few clunky vehicle mechanics sounds fun to you, sprinkle in some cringe worthy dialogue that takes itself way too seriously.... by all means this is the game for you.

    OH but hey, at least it's got Norman Reedus and his funky fetus.    … Expand
  65. Jarsh
    Jan 20, 2020
    4
    This is probably the most disappointed I've been with a game in years. Like many others, after the cancellation of Silent Hills, I was looking forward to seeing what Kojima would do next. What we got is something that would have been better off as a movie instead of a video game; Death Stranding is proof that Kojima is a wannabe movie director in a game designer's body.

    The most    This is probably the most disappointed I've been with a game in years. Like many others, after the cancellation of Silent Hills, I was looking forward to seeing what Kojima would do next. What we got is something that would have been better off as a movie instead of a video game; Death Stranding is proof that Kojima is a wannabe movie director in a game designer's body.

    The most egregious flaw of DS is the gameplay, and its lack of variety. This is not meant to be an action-packed game, so to justify the utter lack of interesting things happening during your deliveries, Kojima saw fit to "gameify" otherwise mundane elements taken for granted in other games. Now, you must make sure Sam is balanced with rudimentary, occasional inputs and ensure what you're carring isn't too heavy so that you don't fall forward up a steep slope and lose all your packages. Essentially, your means of traversal is the gameplay loop. There is shooting, such as during encounters with MULEs (vagabonds addicted to delivering, for some reason) but these moments are few and far between. DS props up this lack interesting interactivity with additions from other players appearing in your world; for instance, a ladder you set across a river may appear in another player's game, and vice versa. It's a good concept, but not enough of one to distract from the boredom of Death Stranding's frankly samey-looking open world.

    The game's highlights are its BT encounters and MULE encounters, as this is when the stakes are raised forthe durability of your packages. The former is dealt with through certain ranged items fairly easily later in the game, and MULEs can be taken out through stealth, hand to hand combat (which is nothing more than mashing the attack button) or gunning them down. These moments make DS actually feel like a game. They aren't free from criticism either, however. MULEs are supposed to be obsessed with delivering, but you don't ever see them actually trying to deliver anything. I fully expected to see MULEs out in the world, perhaps dying in front of me or already dead, necessitating the player to incinerate their bodies so that a voidout might be prevented, but this never happened. And that's the main issue with DS: not much happens where and when it should.

    As a game, an interactive medium, one would expect the story to unfold through moments of gameplay. Not with DS, the main story beats, character interactions, and narrative progression almost always happen during non-interactive cutscenes. This gives the game a feeling of just putting up with the chore of the main gameplay to watch the interesting story unfold in the game's inner movie. And to DS' credit, the story can be intetesting and it does have some decent characters. But as a game, DS fails. Later in the game, travel is made more convenient through trucks, ziplines, etc. However, this speaks to me as major evidence that the main thing you do in the game, walking, is boring enough that the game eventually rewards you by skipping it.

    Perhaps basing a game around player interconnection is a great idea, as shown with Demon's Souls. Death Stranding, unfortunately, is not the showcase for this idea as it lacks in the very thing it should be: a video game. And I think Kojima couldn't be happier about this, as he edges closer and closer to the world of non-interactivity in Hollywood. If you want to play a good open world game from this year with variety to its core gameplay loop, and an interesting story with good characters, play Days Gone instead.    … Expand
  66. Reghai
    Apr 25, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ce jeu n'a rien de fun et connaît plusieurs problèmes de gameplay, des bugs en tout genre, il est extrêmement répétitif mais c'est bon ça on ne peut pas le comprendre nous simple mortels nous ne sommes pas le GRAND Kojima dommage si le jeu n'était pas à son nom il serait passé inaperçue… Expand
  67. Solea
    Dec 8, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Par où commencer? Je vais suivre le déroulement du jeu. Au début le gameplay est plutôt intéressant, vous découvrez l'échelle et la corde vous traversez le terrain avec ça et ça fonctionne plutôt bien. A ce point du jeu c'est plutôt les cinématiques, Sam et sa propension vouloir nous faire croire qu'il ne veut pas réaliser la quête principale alors que c'est exactement ce pour quoi vous avez acheté le jeu qui vous rend dingue. On a l'impression que ça dure trois plombe. Une fois tout cela passé c'est le gameplay et son évolution dans le monde ouvert qui vous fait tenir. L'histoire est inintéressante à ce point précis. Vous allez découvrir les véhicules, la moto qui n'est pas utile du tout si ce n'est pour jouer sur celle de walking dead puis le camion tout terrain. Forcément quand le but des quêtes c'est d'accepter un maximum de quêtes, donc de kilos, et de les transporter d'un point A à un point B, C puis D. Le camion tout terrain fait sens. Après le terrain se complique, les échoués, des ennemis inutiles là pour vous empêcher d'utiliser des véhicules concrètement. Vous poussera à revenir au gameplay de base, vos boots. Vous poussez le joystick et vous tapoter sur R2/L2 de temps en temps. Vous allez rapidement découvrir les tyroliennes, ça vous fait voyager de 300 mètres en appuyant sur un bouton unique. Super! Le gameplay devient inexistant à ce moment du jeu. L'histoire s'emballe un peu vous persévérez, vous avez envie de finir cette quête inutile jusqu'au bout, d'affronter le grand méchant, de retrouver votre copine/sœur ou demie sœur on sait pas trop et sincèrement on s'en contrefout. L'affrontement est nul, le gameplay n'est tout simplement pas assez profond pour qu'il en soit autrement... Vous allez vous faire des cargaisons d'armes, des quadruples bazooka et de tirer sur un mob géant jusqu'à ce que sa barre de vie soit vide... Le pire dans tout cela c'est qu'il y a une deuxième phase dans l'affrontement ou vous balancer des colis qui ne devraient pas être la sur la tête du grand méchant puis enchaîner des attaques au corps à corps jusqu'à ce que le jeu vous délivre de cette tâche ultra chiante. Vous lache une cinématique ou vous êtes heureux comme dans une série b petite course sur la plage tout sourire main dans la main, vraiment??? Puis ça repart on vous demande de repartir au tout début du jeu après 30 minutes de cinématique...
    Un subterfuge pour voir l'évolution du monde en ligne...
    Ce jeu est une blague, il n'en est même pas un en vérité. Kojima n'arrive pas à se défaire de ses héros qui parle à peine, légendaire et solo. C'est d'un agacement d'avoir un FedEx Snake entre les mains, a croire qu'il ne sait pas faire autre chose...Le gameplay est très proche de celui de MGS 5 au final, il n'a pas réussi son pari je retrouve les armes, l'infiltration ...    … Expand
  68. DanielCox
    Dec 8, 2019
    4
    While visually impressive, Death Stranding is a game that fails to deliver compelling gameplay and a satisfying story. The game forces you to do mundane tasks for over 40 hours and doesn’t reward you in any meaningful way. If you consider your time valuable at all steer clear from this trainwreck from Kojima.
  69. DenysVerizhenko
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    Графика и мир красивые.
    Геймплей скучный и неинтересный.
    Сюжет полный бред. Задумайтесь только о Мулах (Курьеры сектанты чья цель в жизни это доставлять и собирать грузы) ну это же полный бред как и весь сюжет в целом. Очеееееень затянуто. Играл на самой высокой сложности и это было очень легко, игра вообще не трудная как только ты привыкнешь к основным механикам. Не разу не попался    Графика и мир красивые.
    Геймплей скучный и неинтересный.
    Сюжет полный бред. Задумайтесь только о Мулах (Курьеры сектанты чья цель в жизни это доставлять и собирать грузы) ну это же полный бред как и весь сюжет в целом.
    Очеееееень затянуто.
    Играл на самой высокой сложности и это было очень легко, игра вообще не трудная как только ты привыкнешь к основным механикам. Не разу не попался тварям или мулам или террористам кроме тех случаев когда этого требовал сюжет. Напоминаю что играл на харде. Пустой открытый мир. Персонажи никаких эмоций у меня не вызвали. Ближе к концу игры уже хотелось поскорей ее пройти чтобы это наконец закончилось. Все говорят что гениальность игры можно понять только пройдя ее полностью, и что, я прошел ее полностью и как на 5 часу игры так и на последнем остался при том же мнении что игра плохая. Жаль что я не могу вернуть своих денег за эту игру.    … Expand
  70. gintokifather
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    it a great piece of **** very much bugs is a work are a uber eats dealer haha ​​a joke
  71. Devilfanton
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    Good graphics, cinematic booties, but poor and repetitive gameplay, is entertaining for someone who doesn't look for anything other than walking from one side to the other or seeing only the landscapes
  72. Pietrovish
    Mar 22, 2022
    4
    Temo que este juego es muy pretencioso, es poco entretenido, muy repetitivo y sin dificultad... Me gusta mucho Metal Gear, pero Kojima esta equivocado si cree que, por su solo nombre en todo lado, un juego seria una maravilla de juego...
  73. rikiardo
    Dec 12, 2019
    4
    Im very disapointed. Its not a game. Its a movie, and very slow by the way. Im going to start with the positive things of this game. The music is great, beautiful. The actors are great too. They are very talented and very famous. They work is 10/10. Textures and models are very realistic.
    The story and atmosphere are interesting.
    But… the world is empty, there is nothing, NOTHING. The    Im very disapointed. Its not a game. Its a movie, and very slow by the way. Im going to start with the positive things of this game. The music is great, beautiful. The actors are great too. They are very talented and very famous. They work is 10/10. Textures and models are very realistic.
    The story and atmosphere are interesting.
    But… the world is empty, there is nothing, NOTHING. The animations are very good sometimes, but to climb rocks and things like that, they are hard to see.
    The fights with the enemies are badly made and the bosses directly better if they werent. The gameplay is slow, boring and make me desesperate.
    The game cost me 70 euros. I had to choose between Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Death Stranding or Pokemon Sword. I chose wrong.
    I cant understand how this product can have more score than a 5 and I understand perfectly the people who have given less score.    … Expand
  74. ZetaJiffils
    Dec 12, 2019
    4
    Música y gráficos buenos.
    Historia buena, pero no muy bien desarrollada por culpa de "repartir" durante horas.
  75. TergeT
    Dec 12, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Comenzare primero por los puntos, que a mi parecer, son los buenos del juego para luego terminar con los flojos. Todas las criticas dadas a continuación fueron experimentadas en dificultad máxima del juego.

    Pros.
    - El juego gráficamente es muy bueno, uno de los mas exigentes del año.
    - Hay muchos pequeños detalles en el mundo que son interesantes como el desnivel, profundidad del agua, la reacción de la flora a la lluvia y como crece y se marchita, etc.
    - La banda sonora me parece acorde al juego y esta muy bien realizada.
    - Cinemáticas espectaculares.
    - El sistema de construcción en cooperativo online me parece una mecánica bastante interesante y me parece que esta bien.

    Contras.
    - El juego es extremandamente lento, sus mecanicas no varian en todo el desarrollo del mismo, siempre es resolver misiones de llevar paquetes del punto A al B y cuando terminas esa mision ya te aparece otra con un nuevo encargo. Siempre es igual creando una monotonia en el juego que llega hasta querer no jugarlo mas.
    - El sistema de pelea (inclusive en su maxima dificultad) es muy sencillo, con solo hacer un contra ataque con la cuerda a las mulas ya los noqueas, ni hablar cuando podes desactivar sus radares que podes pasar caminando como si no existieran.
    - Tranquilamente en el juego se puede evadir siempre con mucha facilidad a los EV y en el caso de ser capturado, comicamente no es necesario pelear contra ellos uno puede correr y salir del area de batalla que el mini boss desaparecerá como si se hubiese cansado de perseguirte y eso es todo. Resuelto.
    - Las cinematicas si bien son de una calidad excelente son eternas, Muy largas. Inclusive el juego no lo termina resolviendo uno sino que se resuelve con una cinematica de... ATENCION 2:30hs.
    - El juego tiene muchos cortes de cinematicas largas como dije antes y eso hace perderse al jugador.
    - La IA del juego es MUY mala, los EV en dificultad maxima nunca pudieron hacerme daño, algunos enemigos disparan a cualquier lado estando en frente de sus narices y mas errores.

    Es probable que me este olvidando de alguna contra mas pero en general, es un juego que yo creo que primero se realizo todas las cinematicas contando la historia como si fuese un filme (O casualidad Kojima se esta acercando al mundo cinematogrifco en estos tiempo) y luego se adapto el juego en funcion a las cinematicas y no al reves dejando lisiada la parte jugable pero muy bien la parte visual y sonora del juego.

    El juego, como juego nunca me atrapo, nunca me divirtió y nunca me entretubo, Lo senti mas como un walking simulator que como un juego de accion, aventura como esta catalogado.    … Expand
  76. AlexSoftpaws
    Dec 12, 2019
    4
    Boring!!!, but beautiful landscape and music, game mechanics are so boring.
  77. Alen2000
    Dec 17, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jako loše ,to je dosadno i nemaštovito.(very bad)!. Kada u igru ne unesete atraktivnost,dinamiku,napetost onda ste napravili lošu igru što uostalom ova igra i jest.Veliko razočaranje,ne samo u smislu igrivost nego i priče koja je vrlo tanka i na razini drugorazradnih filmova!… Expand
  78. Blancobuffalo
    Dec 18, 2019
    4
    Beautiful and interesting at first. It falls apart quickly, relying entirely on the players willingness to perform chores rewarded only by increasingly absurdly written cutscenes. I finished episode 5 and am just no longer willing to sit around holding the left stick forward.
  79. mad851
    Dec 28, 2019
    4
    Just boring, pretentious game from the most pretentious game creator ever Hideo Kojima, the only good game from him is METAL GEAR SOLID on ps1 the rest are garbage. Do not play this game its a waste of time. 4/10 just for the graphics and the soundtrack.
  80. DigitalExplorer
    Jan 14, 2020
    4
    The game has cool concepts, a great imagination, and breathtaking environments. It’s neat to wonder and learn the reason for the stranding. But, I mean BUT, it’s gameplay is extremely boring, repetitive, and the combat is unrewarding to say the least. I can’t recommend this game as it is exactly what others have said, It’s a hiking simulator. It’s very niche and would only appeal to a veryThe game has cool concepts, a great imagination, and breathtaking environments. It’s neat to wonder and learn the reason for the stranding. But, I mean BUT, it’s gameplay is extremely boring, repetitive, and the combat is unrewarding to say the least. I can’t recommend this game as it is exactly what others have said, It’s a hiking simulator. It’s very niche and would only appeal to a very specific group of people. Watch let’s plays before purchasing to see if you are in this group.… Expand
  81. Pepocool
    Jan 17, 2020
    4
    Mucho hype, y poca cosa. Luego de las obras maestras de Metal Gear, Kojima sorprende con este juego aburrido. Me dormí jugando al menos 5 veces y no es broma. La historia está bien, pero es corta para el juego que es tan largo. El sonido y los gráficos son muy buenos. El mundo abierto, es muy desolado, no hay nada, ni me dieron ganas de explorarlo.
    Me apuré para terminar el juego
  82. tom_harding
    Dec 11, 2020
    4
    Well, what can be said. After reaching the west coast i finally put the game down and just watched a video of the ending. I felt taken advantage of, as though the developers aimed to create an insulting but addictive game play loop where each time you are given a small amount of shallow gratification for hours of menial work. Lets just deliver one more package, maybe I will then reach aWell, what can be said. After reaching the west coast i finally put the game down and just watched a video of the ending. I felt taken advantage of, as though the developers aimed to create an insulting but addictive game play loop where each time you are given a small amount of shallow gratification for hours of menial work. Lets just deliver one more package, maybe I will then reach a 'high' and find something more interesting - instead I felt empty. I'm sure some of the better mechanics will influence future games and the world has to be one of the most stunning realisations of Iceland ever seen in video games but its not enough - the game is tedious and insulting to its players.… Expand
  83. rtronic
    Jan 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego es aburrido, con mecánicas de juego muy deficiente y posee muchos glich, la historia no se termina de entender y las gráficas no son como prometían.… Expand
  84. Fako
    Feb 23, 2020
    4
    Repetitivo hasta reventar, si queres jugarlo prepárate para largas horas de lectura, en este juego todos los acontecimientos ocurren en la misma habitación, con diferentes personajes q te cuentan lo q paso
  85. Nilosperros
    Mar 14, 2020
    4
    Muy reiterativo, al principio entusiasma, pero al final se torna aburrido. Hice poco más de la mitad y la verdad no me dan ganas de seguirlo
  86. jessica_omena
    Mar 25, 2020
    4
    so upset i wasted my hard money on this game super boring story made no sense, walking and carrying packages while trying not ot ruin them .. mines well called it "amazon prime of horrors"
  87. npolite
    Feb 5, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am reviewing this from the harder difficulty level so things may be different on normal. While I really liked the underlying story, the rest of the game is just boring. As others have mentioned you spend more time trying to balance your items on a mostly uneven world over anything else. The sheer level of frustration in this game is enough where I actually regret spending time and money on this. How annoying is it when you have a vehicle with all of your resources only to have it get stuck in a ditch you can't get out of?

    Building the road is a waste of time and even after you build it there are destinations that it is so far out of the way that you spend so much time going around other areas. They couldn't build a roadway across the later part of the mountain??? Also the cargo truck is so ridiculously slow...like who cares about realism...I want to get from point A to B and not have to spend 5 minutes driving to it.

    And that gets me to the mountain. We have these vehicles to get around the area but they couldn't create a snowmobile to get around the mountain? Instead I have to walk like I am in molasses and while in some sections can't recover my stamina because I am mid way through a mission. I ended up falling so many times and losing my cargo.

    I would say avoid this game unless you feel like you want to just be a UPS/FedEx delivery driver in a simulation, get frustrated, and an added storyline.    … Expand
  88. Yigittaskin
    Apr 24, 2020
    4
    Everyting about this game is mediocre. It has any feature that can be considered good. Story and game-play is boring, bosses are crap, charachters are ordinary; plus game contains a lot of bugs.

    I usually complete every game I started, but I don’t think I would be able to finish this game. I am at 5th chapter, but I don’t have any urge to complete it. It is just boring.
  89. AR3D
    May 12, 2020
    4
    Some people will say that the game created a new genre in science fiction and gaming, and they might be right. This does not mean therefore the gameplay mechanics are good/satisfying, that the story is coherent/wel written. This is my review after trying to play the game for about 15 hours but eventually giving up.
    First the good:
    ++amazing cast of actors, that have been skillfully    Some people will say that the game created a new genre in science fiction and gaming, and they might be right. This does not mean therefore the gameplay mechanics are good/satisfying, that the story is coherent/wel written. This is my review after trying to play the game for about 15 hours but eventually giving up.
    First the good:
    ++amazing cast of actors, that have been skillfully scanned and animated
    ++amazing graphics, the interface and world are very pretty
    ++music is great and fits the whole atmosphere of death and taking journeys
    ++first (and hopefully not last) game by an independent game studio started by Kojima!

    Now the bad:
    --- writing: the writing in the game is horrid, props to the actors for greatly performing poorly (and most times corny) written lines. For a game that has a lot of story it would have been a good idea to let a professional English (native or equally skilled) writer take a look at all the writing. Not to mention the contant pedantic in your face lines that feel awkward and stupid. "There is no future without america". We all know Kojima is a fan of the USA culture, but the game feels forced in the way it speaks about it.
    --- gameplay/game mechanics: yes it is a different kind of game and I'm all for new and innovative, but, gameplay wise it feels very artificially filled with unnecessary back and forth, almost unsteerable vehicles, walking mechanics that dont make sense (reedus radomly zways left or right) preventing users from enjoying the walking around. This couldve been removed and the game would not suffer from it. Adding complexity in order to give players something to do while walking is not good game design.
    ---Story and world logic: any good story makes sense in its own world. The whole rain makes you old is cool and innovative but, the world does not make sense when you think about it for more than 2 seconds, the plants grow and die, rocks should decay and most infuriatingly there shouldn't be any buildings standing! How many times has it rained when you reach a brand new outpost? If those building are made of a certain material that does not decay, why not use that material on everything else? Also what happened to planes? They should be able to rise above the rain and deliver goods and everything else? Why not burn people at cities and collect the chiral dust in a container that can be later shipped off site? There are many such gigantic logic holes in the story that I tried to ignore but it was in the end impossible to. Reedus is the last resort of sorts for the unification of USA, so why not put everything into helping him out? There are literary trucks outside that reedus is not allowed to drive, why?
    --UX: yes the UI is pretty, but its incredibly unclear and does not communicate clearly to the player what is happening, specially the deliver menus and world icons.
    -- Player feedback: the game likes to make the player feel like an important part of the world, however the lines are overused and you cant take it seriously after the 25th time someone gives their thanks.

    TLDR: game is pretty, game mechanics are awkward and often make the game unnecessarily difficult and grindy. World/Story logic often doesn't make sense.    … Expand
  90. snorkiss
    Jan 1, 2021
    4
    This game felt like I was working for an insane person who was trying his level best to slowly break my spirit by making me listen to nonsensical gibberish and perform incredibly dull tasks - over and over and over again. Well, it worked. I made it to chapter 7 and decided I'd sooner eat a bucket of glass than continue with this painful journey into mind-numbing tedium. Nice graphicsThis game felt like I was working for an insane person who was trying his level best to slowly break my spirit by making me listen to nonsensical gibberish and perform incredibly dull tasks - over and over and over again. Well, it worked. I made it to chapter 7 and decided I'd sooner eat a bucket of glass than continue with this painful journey into mind-numbing tedium. Nice graphics though, 4 stars.… Expand
  91. only1criket
    Jul 24, 2021
    4
    This game was not fun. I lost interest after a couple of hours. I expected more from a Kojima game but was disappointed, to say the least.
  92. TheFlyinPancake
    Sep 19, 2021
    4
    Alright, I am absolutely in love with the world Kojima has created in this game but holy crap could he make it anymore boring? I found it an absolute chore to go through the story even though after finishing it I find myself looking up some of the scenes. I don't know how you could manage to make a story as interesting as this extremely boring. I got tired of the exposition dumps 1/4 in. IAlright, I am absolutely in love with the world Kojima has created in this game but holy crap could he make it anymore boring? I found it an absolute chore to go through the story even though after finishing it I find myself looking up some of the scenes. I don't know how you could manage to make a story as interesting as this extremely boring. I got tired of the exposition dumps 1/4 in. I can appreciate expositions dumps as much as the next guy but at least give it to us in an interesting way rather than have some guy in a hologram talk for way too long

    The gameplay is literally go from point A to point B and if you're unlucky some of the **** muck people will grab you and drag you 200 meters away from your cargo. A lot of people will tell you there are guns and grenades that surely would make the game fun but they don't. They still manage to make shooting boring. The only good thing about this game is the performances done by the amazing actors who deserved to be in a better game

    Anyway, if you really want to try this game then get it when it's on sale (at least 60% off) or rent it    … Expand
  93. Thelithium82
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Маэстро обосрался! Кадзима был одним из моих любимых разрабов, но выпустив такое унылое и скучное говно, симулятор курьера, больше за свои игры он от меня денег не получит, пока не стрельнет хитом второго мгс.
  94. ceppo_rovente
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    This game is too boring! The fact that is "adding something new" does not justify it's poor gameplay. It is a game, not a movie!
  95. noradx
    Jul 3, 2020
    4
    This game does not deserve such a great hype.
    Most of the time the game, it's story, it's characters and the gameplay are boring.
    The gameplay consists mostly of delivering things from point a to point b. Which isn't very creative. It is a single player game but all other people that are playing it will help you by placing bridges on cliffs for example. It is a social commentary - We    This game does not deserve such a great hype.
    Most of the time the game, it's story, it's characters and the gameplay are boring.
    The gameplay consists mostly of delivering things from point a to point b. Which isn't very creative. It is a single player game but all other people that are playing it will help you by placing bridges on cliffs for example. It is a social commentary - We need each other - But that's the only interesting aspect of the game in my point of view.

    Mainly it is wasted money and time. And I regret that I spended 75€ (that's like 84US$) for the special edition. It seems that a lot of the professional reviews on the internet are paid by the publisher. It's a shame that this happens today. And that's a reason why I don't read most of the game magazines online anymore.

    It's a waste of time.    … Expand
  96. Pizaster19
    Aug 10, 2020
    4
    Way too complex for a game with a very simple premise. Couldn't really follow the story or plot well, introduced segments very poorly. Animations are phenomenal but clues and text is extremely hard to read unless your super close to the TV. Played about 6 hours and bailed. I may get back to it at some point, but I expected an action and adventure game, but instead I got a game likeWay too complex for a game with a very simple premise. Couldn't really follow the story or plot well, introduced segments very poorly. Animations are phenomenal but clues and text is extremely hard to read unless your super close to the TV. Played about 6 hours and bailed. I may get back to it at some point, but I expected an action and adventure game, but instead I got a game like Farming Simulator in a game with Last of Us graphics..disappointed.… Expand
  97. iSnow96
    Aug 13, 2020
    4
    Boring and repetitive + bt's are disturbing but good graphics and characters, deadman is my favorite!
  98. dr_radni_
    Aug 17, 2023
    4
    The story itself is interesting, featuring unexpected twists. However, the gameplay process is extremely boring. The open world is lacking in depth. After playing for 20 hours, I decided to delete it.
  99. Adanelibro
    Jun 21, 2021
    4
    Muy aburrido y una historia demasiado enrevesada pero que realmente no cuenta nada... En fin cuando dejas a un tío como kojima hacer lo que quiera sin límites esto es lo que pasa
  100. thankstowriter
    Oct 31, 2021
    4
    It’s so unbalanced game; I think one junior balance game designer can do better, than the whole Kojima’s team
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Awards & Rankings

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#33 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
82

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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