Death Stranding

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  1. KatyRamos
    Dec 14, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muy repetitivo solo es de ir de punto A a punto B durante mas de 35 horas fue decepcionante. Y la inteligencia artificial ( si se le puede decir asi ) fue nula.… Expand
  2. nasrochakib70
    Dec 17, 2019
    3
    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.
  3. Stender16
    Dec 27, 2019
    3
    Very boring game the Lore is good but the gameplay just sucks, if you are going to buy it to play it you need to see 10 hours or more... No more words for this , don't trust anyone that recommend this game they are evil.
  4. yoyoy325
    Jan 8, 2020
    3
    Tried to like it, REALLY tried, but could not. Boring. Beautiful, but boring. This is not a "game".
  5. TonyD1985
    Jan 17, 2020
    3
    I really enjoy the idea of "bringing people together," the complexity of the story, and a different type of enemy and gaming experience. But that is about all I enjoy about it. I was extremely excited to play and the story seems pretty original. However, the menu difficulty and the lack of explaination of what things do and why youre doing it makes me completely disregard the idea of playing
  6. Erguillermo
    Jan 30, 2020
    3
    Visualmente es muy bueno, pero simplifica mucho los elementos de un mundo abierto para conseguir esta calidad gráfica. El juego falla en su base, es decir, es aburrido y tedioso, rompiendo la experiencia de juego con cinemáticas aburridas que no explican, en el 95 por ciento de las veces, nada interesante. La acción es escasa y simple hasta los límites más tediosos y simplificadosVisualmente es muy bueno, pero simplifica mucho los elementos de un mundo abierto para conseguir esta calidad gráfica. El juego falla en su base, es decir, es aburrido y tedioso, rompiendo la experiencia de juego con cinemáticas aburridas que no explican, en el 95 por ciento de las veces, nada interesante. La acción es escasa y simple hasta los límites más tediosos y simplificados posibles.
    La historia es muy lenta en el desarrollo, invitando a abandonar el juego por aburrimiento.
    Todas las misiones son iguales, ir de un punto a otro para luego ir a un tercer punto para luego volver... En resumen, el juego más aburrido del 2019. Falla en lo más básico, entretener y hay que hacer auténticos esfuerzos por terminarlo y por entender la historia que cuenta, siendo ésta demasiado compleja en su narración, tediosa en su planteamiento y con un final que no termina de desarrollarse totalmente, dejando incógnitas y preguntas.    … Expand
  7. Sargonth
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    ИГРА НИДЛЯФСЕХ!!1 Уныло, скучно, монотонно. Типикал консоле щит. Сюжет оригинальностью и какими-либо твистами совсем не блещет. Геймплей - вообще что-то неверояно примитивное. Слишком много хайпа вокруг пустышки. Игра никак не стоит тех денег, что за неё просят. А Кодзима, оказывается, вовсе и не гений.ИГРА НИДЛЯФСЕХ!!1 Уныло, скучно, монотонно. Типикал консоле щит. Сюжет оригинальностью и какими-либо твистами совсем не блещет. Геймплей - вообще что-то неверояно примитивное. Слишком много хайпа вокруг пустышки. Игра никак не стоит тех денег, что за неё просят. А Кодзима, оказывается, вовсе и не гений.
  8. Birctreel
    Feb 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kojima messed up this time. Even the spoilers on the discord before were much more fun and reasonable than the actual game.
    1. The game has a strong personal style of Kojima, perhaps he would like to control 100% of those characters’ performance, but this only leads to a result, that actors' understanding of the role are not the same as what they behaved.
    2. There's a huge gulf between the game-playing and the story plot. For a long time, it’s almost like "You can be rewarded to play as long as you've done your chores", rewarding some story after a dull (or not, depending on whether you likes to be packhorse or not) play.
    3. What the game was told, is a totally catastrophe, or say, this game has almost no narrative at all. All stories are told by everyone’s "Sam, you need to know this", even about the characters themselves! All the characters, Fragile, Deadman, Mama, Heartman and DieHard Man. Can you imagine a victim dictating her own tragic past? This is stupid.
    4. Character building is also terrible, which is the consequence of poor storytelling. All the characters dictate to the player what they are, and with too many unnecessary settings (like Deadman being a Cyborg, so what?) , it shows that Kojima is trying to instill in the player "what's the character like" Without leaving any space. Oh and besiedes, even the main theme is connection, there is no connection between most of the characters each other. They are just connecting to Sam.
    5. Comparing to others, Sam, however, is not shown much in this game. Too little characterization of Sam, and the lack of describing the relationship between Sam and Emilie throughout the story, leads to a serious discrepancy between Emilie's character and the player's understanding, and so at the climax of the game, I, and many of my friends are baffled by the act we must do to continue this game, by hugging Emilie.
    6. The main story of the game does not exist any choice, with awful characterization lead to an unconvincing end. This makes the game itself like a movie, a one-sided absorption with no way of feedback. A lot of people think Kojima should make a movie for this game, but given those conditions above, the game's narrative skills are so poor that it will turn into a horrible slapstick play.
    7. The world design is cool, and nothing else. There are too many settings are just for settings. In the game, many of the settings are even phenomenal, with no mention of the essence at all. It doesn't mean anything except, wow, this is cool.
    8. With Western-like scene and characters, yet the story is still, after all, a Japanese-style family drama. The grand design is only for a small story, and I have to say I felt wasteful.
    9. A game that makes you think about pain should not be done by making the reader or player experience pain. I'm talking about the beach walk at the end of the game.
    There may be more, but due to my terrible English it’s too difficult to complain.    … Expand
  9. GoPortal
    Jul 14, 2020
    3
    The game contains an excessive dramatic history and a poor gameplay, all together forms a boring experience, the only thing really interesting are the graphics. It's a shame that a game so bad have so many hype
  10. ViperXT
    Mar 28, 2020
    3
    OMG am I ever glad I did not buy this game. A postal delivery game with a very lack luster story and long periods of just walking, even getting to a fast travel spot is a long walk. The controls are clunky at times, with periods of frustration trying to climb over something that should easily be tackled. Graphics a great but the scenery can get boring with a lot of the same colors usedOMG am I ever glad I did not buy this game. A postal delivery game with a very lack luster story and long periods of just walking, even getting to a fast travel spot is a long walk. The controls are clunky at times, with periods of frustration trying to climb over something that should easily be tackled. Graphics a great but the scenery can get boring with a lot of the same colors used throughout. This is going to be one of those love it or hate it games.… Expand
  11. tcost
    Apr 14, 2020
    3
    F. Not in for poor design. Art is great, story interesting, but the gameplay aspect is just weak and not innovative, was expecting gameplay richness, but got a film.
  12. Cracker1789
    Nov 17, 2020
    3
    Death Stranding has an ok story but boy is the gameplay trash. Played through this game 1 time and probably spent a year walking.walking.walking.walking.walking.walking and waking.
  13. gabrielchg
    Jun 9, 2020
    3
    It’s a pointless long game. After pushing myself for 45 hours to finish the game waiting for that plot twist to save the game, it didn’t.
  14. xHARKYNx
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Absolutely boring. Awful clunky 'gameplay. This is a walking simulator no questions asked. The story and characters are utter vile rubbish. I didn't find any of them appealing. Fragile was beyond annoying and I found myself rolling my eyes whenever she spoke and I got so tired of being told to make America whole again. This game has no redeeming features in my opinion.
  15. Vahid_ee
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    The Game Play is something you haven’t seen before but the cutscenes make you frustrated in some occasions
  16. Alenyaka
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    There is a lot of effort and a lack of sense of a good game. There are flaws that make you simply hate the game and honestly quite a few things simply to smooth the hate coming from ex Kojima's fanboys.

    Death Stranding is not a game. It is meant to be a movie, maybe a good one for some audience. Guys, just don't waste your time on it, it doesn't worth it at all.
  17. Kapcake
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    Graphics, soundtrack and story are great but the game is just painfully boring and repetitive
  18. Chase-2200
    Jan 14, 2021
    3
    I absolutely hated this game, I got 10 hours in and I forced myself to keep giving it another hour. I would give game a 0 because of the boring story and the horrible gameplay but I respect that he tried something different with this game. It’s a love or hate situation and for me, it wasn’t love.
  19. NeoXMahi
    Jul 4, 2020
    3
    Death Stranding is a very pretty game, using the Decima Engine from famed Horizon Zero Dawn development studio Guerilla Games. It's a very large uninhabited world to explore.

    The game has very talented actors putting on amazing performances. And the animation to go with those performances is quite incredible. Now, true to form Kojima crafts a story, as he's generally good at doing and it    Death Stranding is a very pretty game, using the Decima Engine from famed Horizon Zero Dawn development studio Guerilla Games. It's a very large uninhabited world to explore.

    The game has very talented actors putting on amazing performances. And the animation to go with those performances is quite incredible.

    Now, true to form Kojima crafts a story, as he's generally good at doing and it twists and turns your brain in a really incomprehensible way as a man that has no conception of the afterlife tried to explain what the afterlife might be. This, is the games strength as it should be, but it doesn't carry the same weight as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. But,bits a valiant effort to do so.

    Where the game struggles, for me anyway, is in the gameplay department. There are gamers that quite enjoy the open-world setting that Kojima and his team have created, but in my opinion, Kojimas forte is certainly his story telling. I think Kojima is best served to sticking with linear gameplay to tell his stories and open world games are not hear suited for his talent.

    For me, Death Stranding felt like the team at Kojima Productions had no regard for the value of my time, that it was like some suck joke to make you wander around and then look at the time and realize you just lost three hours of your life. I was hesitant to play the game because I'd heard it was basically a walking simulator and I didn't want Kojimas reputation tainted in my mind. Metal Gear Solid V had already shaken my faith and I didn't want anymore damage done, but as I played the game, it took me forever to get through it and it felt like Kojimas team just thought it would he funny to make people work their way around the map slowly. Everything feels like it takes forever and Kojima Productions punishes you for not being patient and playing the game by their rules The only other reason I can think of, is that they were really pressured by Sony to get a game done and they had to slap something empty together and this is what came up. They also knew gamers wanted a lengthy experience to "get their moneys worth" and ultimately this is what we got.

    The game feels so lacking and Kojimas potential wasted. In my humble opinion, games like Skyrim and, believe it or not, to this point, Days Gone know how to do open world right. Death Stranding misses the mark and was better served as a linear story based driven game. It's too bad.

    Sony now has an attempt to try and do things right with a disappointing recent set of games, given their reputation in years past and especially on the PS3 where they'd proven they know first-party developers and how to get them to produce, with the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima where, fortunately, developer Sucker Punch knows how to do open world with their previous series Infamous. Too bad Kojima Productions Don't do another open world game, please, MGSV and Death Stranding didn't work. And I think I'm starting to see where Konami was getting frustrated with Kojima and his ego, his name is plastered all over everything, multiple times. I'm getting the feeling he doesn't know the meaning of the word humility. I think that's what frustrated Konami. Proof is in the credits of his last two games. Rather than bundling everything together, he lists didn't title cards for each part of how he contributed to the game, it's pretty messed up, also during photo mode, the title tag bears his name..... Sorry is good, gameplay is not, the gameplay drags on so long, you forget the story along with how frustrating the climbing can be with unresponsive controls. Too bad, I wanted this to be great, I waited so long but, it wasn't.....    … Expand
  20. ItaloKratos
    Jul 30, 2020
    3
    Um asco, zerei esse jogo só pq paguei mesmo, mas uma das piores experiências que tive nos games.. tedioso, chato, combate ruim, único ponto positivo dele é o gráfico
  21. moviesfoodlife
    Jul 14, 2020
    3
    "I think I'll go on a walkabout
    And find out what it's all about
    And that ain't hard Just me and my own two feet In the heat I've got myself to meet" - Walkabout by the Red Hot Chili Peppers Pretty much sums up this game. The marketing for this game is atrocious; it makes it seem like there is more than long and boring walks throughout a beautiful but plain world. Two out of    "I think I'll go on a walkabout
    And find out what it's all about
    And that ain't hard
    Just me and my own two feet
    In the heat I've got myself to meet"

    - Walkabout by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Pretty much sums up this game. The marketing for this game is atrocious; it makes it seem like there is more than long and boring walks throughout a beautiful but plain world. Two out of place combat sections (one of which is the second trailer) are terrible also and are short. If the gameplay was better with these and there were WAY more of them then this game could have been good. I would say that this review is spoilerific, but I don't even know what the game is about AFTER playing/watching THE WHOLE THING (I played up until Chapter 4 when I realized it wasn't going to get better, then I watched Jacksepticeye's series for the rest (which is very entertaining, unlike the game itself)). The game feels like nonsense, just a lot of sci-fi words to confuse the audience into thinking the game is "art". With all of the great games on Playstation (Spider-Man, God of War, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Last of Us Part 2 (had flaws but the gameplay was phenomenal), etc.), don't choose this one unless you have nothing else left. I wish that Kojima put in super-powers or something ridiculous; the map is too big for its own good, it takes forever to go anywhere. I'm mostly left with a sad feeling that we will never get a great game that the earlier trailers hinted at (although all of them are still in the game). One stand-out though is Lea Seydoux as Fragile; I would love to see her in another AAA PlayStation game in another main role. Because of the acting and graphics, I have to rate this game something, but I urge you to stay away.    … Expand
  22. UlukaiUA
    Jun 28, 2020
    3
    Good: atmosphere, story and level design.
    Bad: Gameplay, stealth and physics.
  23. Rocco200088
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    può avere la trama più bella del mondo, una regia mozzafiato, ma a questo punto poteva fare un film il nostro caro kojima, perchè è un film, dove per vedere i vari video devi camminare da un punto all'altro, 0 divertimento e varietà per un gioco che dura svariate ore solo perchè i vari punti sono distanti fra loro e lo spostamento è molto molto lento, 0 appagamento e intrattenimento dovepuò avere la trama più bella del mondo, una regia mozzafiato, ma a questo punto poteva fare un film il nostro caro kojima, perchè è un film, dove per vedere i vari video devi camminare da un punto all'altro, 0 divertimento e varietà per un gioco che dura svariate ore solo perchè i vari punti sono distanti fra loro e lo spostamento è molto molto lento, 0 appagamento e intrattenimento dove le UNICHE novità si avranno saranno modi "più veloci" per spostarsi come la moto o il furgone, molto innovativa la questione che ogni oggetto occupa uno spazio e peso, e innovativo anche il fatto che non puoi correre a caso nelle discese ma devi stare attento per equilibrio ecc., ma basta non ha altro di così innovativo e quello che c'è non basta certo per farti divertire, io l'ho abbandonato quasi subito e l'unico momento in cui mi sono un po divertito è stato andando addosso con la moto ai muli e andare a picchiarli così per divertimento, ma diventa stancante anche quello dopo 3 - 4 incontri sempre uguali, quindi smettetela di chiamarlo gioco, ma definitela come un'esperienza al massimo, un'esperienza in quel mondo post apocalittico o film interattivo che ne so.. so solo che definirlo gioco è una vera bestemmia… Expand
  24. Kiruhalenin
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    После отзывов о том, что игра становится гениальной в конце, я решил ее пройти, прежде чем высказать мнение. Я провёл в игре 44 часа. И ни одна концовка не способна оправдать настолько унылый, однообразный и скучный геймплей. Бегать 30 часов туда сюда, чтобы появилось хоть какое-то развитие событий - это слишком. Что касается сюжета, то он норм. Ровно на три балла. Сюжетные ходы, которыеПосле отзывов о том, что игра становится гениальной в конце, я решил ее пройти, прежде чем высказать мнение. Я провёл в игре 44 часа. И ни одна концовка не способна оправдать настолько унылый, однообразный и скучный геймплей. Бегать 30 часов туда сюда, чтобы появилось хоть какое-то развитие событий - это слишком. Что касается сюжета, то он норм. Ровно на три балла. Сюжетные ходы, которые есть в игре, уже были во множестве произведений. Сюжет неплохой, но чтобы до него добраться, нужно пройти через ад. Эта игра - это высокое искусство в самом худшем его значении. Когда человек видит мазню и боится признаться в том, что это мазня, он начинает искать ей оправдания и говорить, что это шедевр. Здесь тоже самое. Игра была сделана именно для этого. Сделать ее максимально унылой и повесить ярлык «не для быдла». Короч я не понял, я быдло. Больше колзима от меня ни копейки не получит.… Expand
  25. Javierortiz75
    Jul 6, 2020
    3
    Nice graphics and environment but the gameplay is very boring I really think it's a good idea but very bad in the way they make
  26. LALO1829
    Jul 14, 2020
    3
    Mal juego en cuanto a mecánicas del juego, ya que únicamente se basa en caminar todo el rato. Si tiene una que otra cosa llamativa como su música y la ambientación pero un mal juego que ni ganas me dieron de continuar pasandome hasta terminarlo
  27. Fenno91
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Reflection on the game. Premise, I played It with hard settings. Guys, let's face it. The setting, the music, the graphic quality (it doesn't even click to pay for it), the idea of the game, the storyline; all these things are fantastic. Planning the trip is very nice and delivering gives satisfaction, especially for the big plan behind it of course. But what's the bloody reason for having MULI or CA so damn "empty"? Why not add a bigger challenge component to travel and planning? Like "will I get away with all those MULES?" or "let's hope I don't get CA this time". But no, MULES are just dummies to throw puppets at and there's no stealth gameplay done right, and the CA, the CA... total disappointment the CA. They don't even catch you doing it on purpose, and if, out of frustration, you choose to get caught to feel some kind of emotion, you find yourself expecting a boss that calling him blind and with the reactivity of a Baobab would be reductive. Please try to give up the role of kojima fan (which I appreciate, eh!!) and think objectively for a minute. That's a serious shortcoming. A more accurate AI would have made the game extraordinary, imagine riskier trips, where really the organization of the trip would have counted and actually moved the success or failure of the delivery. It would have been a dream to play it. I do not complain about the long deliveries, menus, huge cut scenes, the combat system or the many other things on which many people hate (right or wrong you decide it). I complain about the lack of IA, we are in 2019 for **** sake. I complain that there is absolutely no difficulty in making deliveries. And it's really a frightening sin with enemies that he has IN particular...devised so splendid and… Expand
  28. LuizH
    May 31, 2021
    3
    A intenção com certeza foi muito boa, fazer um jogo diferente e tal, mas na prática, na minha opinião, foi um fracasso.... milhões de cutscenes, e mesmo com a ideia de ser diferente, ainda conseguiram deixar aquele clichê clássico do cara que queria ficar sozinho, mas tem uma missão de salvar o mundo, que ele só aceitou por causa de alguem que ele ama... fala sério ne? e o pior é que tudoA intenção com certeza foi muito boa, fazer um jogo diferente e tal, mas na prática, na minha opinião, foi um fracasso.... milhões de cutscenes, e mesmo com a ideia de ser diferente, ainda conseguiram deixar aquele clichê clássico do cara que queria ficar sozinho, mas tem uma missão de salvar o mundo, que ele só aceitou por causa de alguem que ele ama... fala sério ne? e o pior é que tudo isso, somente pra ficar carregando pacotes de um lado pro outro over and over again... Tedioso demais.… Expand
  29. Invader12
    Feb 18, 2022
    3
    A great post-apocalyptic world but the gameplay is so bad and boring. Completing the plot is enough. Don't try to get Platinum 100% walkthrough, it's a waste of time
  30. MrPajamas
    Aug 6, 2022
    3
    Death Stranding has been a big mystery from the start. According to the trailers, it wasn't exactly clear what it was about and I decided to discover more about this game by buying it myself. Unfortunately, I regret it. After about a month of release, I bought the game and played it for about 10 hours and then stopped because I wasn't enjoying it. I hid the game and let the dust crawl onDeath Stranding has been a big mystery from the start. According to the trailers, it wasn't exactly clear what it was about and I decided to discover more about this game by buying it myself. Unfortunately, I regret it. After about a month of release, I bought the game and played it for about 10 hours and then stopped because I wasn't enjoying it. I hid the game and let the dust crawl on it for years. After a couple of years, I decided to give it another go and this time to the end. Ladies and gentlemen. I've never been more bored with a game than I am here. I've enjoyed some bad games. Mafia III was repetitive crap, but the gameplay was fine. Wolfenstein: Youngblood, which I thought was the worst AAA game to date, at least the gameplay was entertaining. These bad games may have had bad story, repetitive gameplay, but it was action packed and I was quite entertained. Unfortunately, I can't say that about Death Stranding. The gameplay in this game is an unmitigated disaster in my opinion. Repetitive and so boring to boot. The constant walking and delivering packages felt like a side quest. I found it so annoying. Walking long distances and over and over again. Later on in the game you get attacked every now and then, so you have to protect your cargo. You would think that this would make the game more action packed and better, but unfortunately for me the opposite was true. It was all the more annoying because someone was constantly destroying my cargo, delaying me from completing my shipment. Just awful. Playing this game was something terrible for me. It's not helped by the fact that the game tries to be realistic and thus the bigger the load, the more challenging it is to carry, so tripping and then falling was a classic for me after a while. In short, I've never experienced worse gameplay in a AAA title. On the one hand, I admit that this is an original approach. I've never seen anything like it before. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to experience something like this again and I didn't like it. So trying something new here didn't work for me. I'll stick with originality for a while. I grumble a lot about the gameplay here, because I think that's the biggest stumbling block in this game. Other things are better, though. The idea of linking the chiral network with the fact that other players can help you and build you things in the world is a cool idea in my opinion. I've used their builds a few times to make the game easier, or maybe I could deliver a package to someone who didn't finish it. This is where the originality worked out in my opinion and I liked this feature thing. Another thing is the graphics. In a word, wow. Very nice. The characters in particular looked really very good, which enhanced the overall cinematicness of the game. There's another thing that ties into that. Cut-scenes. They look absolutely brilliant. The camera work, the aforementioned graphics. They look very cinematic and very good. I'm going to pick up the story. In a word, WTF. I almost have no idea what I was playing. For me it was pretty **** but on the one hand it was pretty original. Mainly, I think it's that cinematicness and storyline that pulls the whole game together. The cutscenes look gorgeous, the story I sadly didn't get and the graphics look fabulous. ONLY, ALL OF THIS IS OVERSHADOWED BY THE REPETITIVE GAMEPLAY, WHICH IS SO INCREDIBLY ANNOYING, BORING AND ACTUALLY SO POINTLESS BECAUSE YOU MOSTLY JUST WALK AROUND IN IT. Every now and then you'll get a bossfight, which were good, but by the end I was getting quite annoyed and found them repetitive, or every now and then you'll go with a vehicle, like a motorbike, which I didn't find very easy to control anyway. I could swear a lot more here, but I think I've said enough. In my opinion, Death Stranding should have been a movie or rather a series that we would just watch. For example, towards the end of the game it was so incredibly drawn out and pretty much all you watch here are cut-scenes, which of course look great as I mentioned. But then the cutscene ends and it's your turn as the player, and I think that's terrible. Even the music that played here and there didn't save the feeling of the constant repetition of delivering packages and besides, the music could have played a lot more in my opinion. If this had been a series, I think it would have turned out much better. This game definitely deserves a few points for the aforementioned bravura cut-scenes, very nice graphics and originality, which unfortunately as far as gameplay is concerned, I think has been very detrimental. It depends on one side what you want. If you're not exactly a game enthusiast, but rather looking for a proper story, you might like Death Stranding, if you can understand it. But if you prefer gameplay, as I do, I recommend you avoid Death Stranding. Games can provide excellent stories, but they can also be fun gameplay-wise. I'm talking about Naughty Dog or CDPR, for example.… Expand
  31. Basehype9
    Oct 25, 2020
    3
    Superb graphics, Great story and atmosphere, super boring gameplay, didn’t have the urge to finish the game as it was unbearably boring, forced myself to finish it but said that’s enough made though half of the game. Nowhere near msg series , you disappointed me Kojima it could’ve been a masterpiece if the gameplay was not this disappointing. The only thing that I will remember from thisSuperb graphics, Great story and atmosphere, super boring gameplay, didn’t have the urge to finish the game as it was unbearably boring, forced myself to finish it but said that’s enough made though half of the game. Nowhere near msg series , you disappointed me Kojima it could’ve been a masterpiece if the gameplay was not this disappointing. The only thing that I will remember from this game is the junk dealer quest.… Expand
  32. JustMadi
    Oct 16, 2020
    3
    Kojima created this peace of **** instead of silent hill.Plot of the game is good enough: there are a lot of unexpected turns, interesting moments ect.But people have to overcome great distances to watch one cutscene.This games gameplay is bull****: courier simulator.When you walk world creates interesting situations, but it happens so rarely that we can cut 90% of game and nothing gonna change/
  33. FafaCZ
    Nov 30, 2020
    3
    Most stupid game... very monotonous. Only music and world detail are great, but nothing else. I would like to know how the creators came up with the idea of ​​the game... Sometimes I think that they must take pills and drink alcohol together.
  34. Bobby77777
    Mar 11, 2021
    3
    Couldn’t even finish the game. Just got so boring midway, it’s nice graphics definitely fool you into thinking the world is interesting, but it’s empty, you meet 3 story related characters throughout the whole game. There pretty much no cutscenes which just means that you story progression is checklist and you get the satisfaction at the end. It is really going from point A to point BCouldn’t even finish the game. Just got so boring midway, it’s nice graphics definitely fool you into thinking the world is interesting, but it’s empty, you meet 3 story related characters throughout the whole game. There pretty much no cutscenes which just means that you story progression is checklist and you get the satisfaction at the end. It is really going from point A to point B going trough a difficult terrain and avoiding enemies which are pretty dumb and easy to cope with. The story is weird, like really weird. Kojima was on magic mushrooms and he was making this game. Low-key feels like the guy is trying to tell us he was abducted by aliens or smtg. Idk. Waste of money.… Expand
  35. AndresMVega
    Dec 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lo bueno:
    -Un gran contexto muy creativo, las cv, las armas, las reglas que se imponen al jugar, muchas mecánicas para escalar, correr, la moto, el camión, etc.
    -Low Roar

    Lo Malo:
    -Luego de poco tiempo el Gameplay se hace tedioso.
    Después de ver a Heartman el juego ya no tiene nada más que entregar al jugador y desde aquí aun faltan como 8 a 9 horas para terminar, tiempo que no esta justificado ya que seguimos con las mismas mecánicas de escalar y correr, las cv y los jefes siguen sin ser un reto, una gran decepción, nisiquiera supera el apartado técnico que tenía MGS5 porque death stranding tiene peores gráficos...
    -Historia aburrida, mala, con un guión lleno de basura (que la fotógrafa, chatarrero, director de cine, etc...) que después no tiene ninguna importancia ya todo se explica al final con una cinemática malísima que es simple continuismo del MGS3, mismos recursos, el protagonista enojado, el discurso del jefe die hardman (zero), y luego revelando un montón de cosas, muy mal realizado, el único personaje que resulta interesante es Fragile (eva) pero está completamente desaprovechado ya que aparece muy poco, lo mismo con Sam (snake) se queda callado en situaciones muy obvias que el podría solucionar (a cada rato te deja muy descolocado).
    La historia tiene varios problemas, pero el principal es Amelie. Kojima esta vez se arriesga demasiado y destruye todo un contexto que se veía genial, que parecía lo único bueno en Death Stranding, resulta que "Amiele es una entidad de extinción y todos los que están conectados a la UCA se van a morir", ¿no pueden simplemente desenchufar el cable?, al final cambian las reglas porque sí, todas las playas están en manos de Amelie porque hay como una jerarquía y no se que... ¿alguien entiende esta parte?. El juego ya tenía su solidez con un contexto bien logrado y sale este final que no podía ser más ridículo.    … Expand
  36. Maruyama79
    Feb 27, 2021
    3
    Boring.....This is the first time in my life that I abandon a game. Definetly not for me
  37. Davide88
    Aug 6, 2021
    3
    Graphic and style was perfect, even the story was interesting, but you can’t make a videogame with hours and hours of videos, and just a little time of real gameplay that often was very boring. Dear Kojima, if you want to make a movie then make it but this time you had to do a videogame and you didn’t. Very disappointing.
  38. Stratslinger315
    Aug 4, 2022
    3
    Would be a perfect score for me if the decay was not so fast. Trying to play this game 2 years after release and get a platinum is terrible. There aren’t enough active players to help contribute and if you play on hardest difficulty everything degrades too fast. You will spend a literal day of your life in game rebuilding structures so that the next time you play you can do a perfect run.Would be a perfect score for me if the decay was not so fast. Trying to play this game 2 years after release and get a platinum is terrible. There aren’t enough active players to help contribute and if you play on hardest difficulty everything degrades too fast. You will spend a literal day of your life in game rebuilding structures so that the next time you play you can do a perfect run. If Kojima is some genius, I would expect him to have the foresight of player drop off. Some will tell you it’s doable and I won’t tell you a platinum is impossible in 2022, but it isn’t worth it. It’s an amazing idea and I wish they could’ve chilled with the decay do the game could be fun. Shame.… Expand
  39. Renegade_024
    Aug 15, 2021
    3
    Waste of time and money. Looked interesting, possibly compelling. Just endless wandering, delivering packages. Game play is vague and directionless. Stale to say the least. Regret the purchase.
  40. SmartAlec775
    Aug 27, 2021
    3
    The epitome of a walking simulator and one of the most boring games I have ever played.
  41. Ygs
    Jul 14, 2022
    3
    I can't say anything special about the repetitive gameplay without the challenge of walking simulator
    simulator cutscenes
  42. AmoriMax
    Jul 13, 2022
    3
    A história é intrigante, te deixa curioso, mas não é só isso que precisa pra prente alguém, bom na história, bom no gráfico, porém fraco em todo o resto
  43. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    3
    Very Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk Walk
  44. monkey_kaidooo
    Jun 7, 2023
    3
    Não muito o que se dizer, jogo medíocre, bons gráficos, boa historinha... e só! Péssima gameplay, maçante, CHATO! Crítica sem rodeios e sem mimimi. Jogo simplesmente CHATO!
  45. USarmygamer
    Nov 24, 2019
    2
    Fanboys and members of the cult of personality for Kojima aside, this game absolutely sucks. "First ever strand type game" well hopefully its the last. It just isn't fun. Walking and delivery packages until it turns into a terrible TPS? Oh wait, teh story? Who...…………………..Cares? If the gameplay blows in a game whats the point? If you want to convince yourself this is cool, new and groundFanboys and members of the cult of personality for Kojima aside, this game absolutely sucks. "First ever strand type game" well hopefully its the last. It just isn't fun. Walking and delivery packages until it turns into a terrible TPS? Oh wait, teh story? Who...…………………..Cares? If the gameplay blows in a game whats the point? If you want to convince yourself this is cool, new and ground breaking, knock yourself out. IN 5 years this game will be looked at honestly and people will then laugh at it.… Expand
  46. driveboy82
    May 25, 2020
    2
    Gets a grade of 3 for the amazing technical and musical values. The game part though, is broken entirely. People play videogames to abstract from mundane repetitive chores, not to repeat them in virtual worlds. Walking isn't fun and this game's mechanics were basically created around the concept of walking. The menus are confusing and repetitive. Using an item becomes another chore. TheGets a grade of 3 for the amazing technical and musical values. The game part though, is broken entirely. People play videogames to abstract from mundane repetitive chores, not to repeat them in virtual worlds. Walking isn't fun and this game's mechanics were basically created around the concept of walking. The menus are confusing and repetitive. Using an item becomes another chore. The buttons necessary to balance cargo (what you'll be doing mostly) are also used to equip and use items which is simply absurd.
    In short, this is not a game, this is an experiment of sorts. Don't be Kojima's beta testers. It's not worth your time.    … Expand
  47. ChaosSS
    Nov 14, 2019
    2
    The mountain gave birth to a mouse. Even Days Gone are better then that. Epic misunderstending and worst GAME of 2019. So much unlimited money by Sony, free Decima Engine and for what? Walking american truck Simulator? With cheap and stupid story for children? Kojima should retire. And yeah, his fanboy can eat even **** from their GOD.
  48. Apethae
    Dec 27, 2019
    2
    Wanted to like this so much, because MGS:V really surprised me, but it's clear that without someone to moderate his eccentricities Hideo Kojima primarily makes pretentious tedium. I hope for the sake of the company he finds someone who can be a good partner and tone down some of his rough spots. Not sure why so many critics bought into this drek: it may be artsy and high-brow by video gameWanted to like this so much, because MGS:V really surprised me, but it's clear that without someone to moderate his eccentricities Hideo Kojima primarily makes pretentious tedium. I hope for the sake of the company he finds someone who can be a good partner and tone down some of his rough spots. Not sure why so many critics bought into this drek: it may be artsy and high-brow by video game standards, but it's just not fun. The interface is so overburdened it creaks at the seams and every little failure of it costs you dearly, and the basic gameplay loop fails to be interesting in any way. Sad to see so much effort undertaken to polish systems when they couldn't manage to build them on top of something actually entertaining. The story is badly written gibberish with actors struggling to come across as credible given the garbage script they've been handed. If I hadn't bought this at a deep discount I'd be upset - as it is, I just don't really have any desire to keep at it after so many hours of wasting my time. If nothing else, it serves as a valuable indictment of the gaming press - that they could all be so rooked by this and unable to judge whether the game succeeds at the most basic test - being fun to play - seems to indicate something deeply rotten in the games journalism corps. Imagine if we could have gotten Kojima's efforts towards this applied towards a game with a good premise, good gameplay and a less insane story? That's the true disappointment here. This feels like a mobile game someone tried to shine up to about 1000x its worth.… Expand
  49. nermack
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    It's just so boring. I fell asleep while playing. It's a walking simulator and a bad one at that. Only reason it didn't get a 0 is because of the graphics. That's it. Kojima is overrated.
  50. ModdingerZ
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    Lots of boring moments, tedious game, wasted space, is a movie divided into a large piece of clips without connection between them
  51. dskhury
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    One of the most boring games I played this generation. And I say this Ina generation where RDR2 exists.
  52. IzanagiNoGayami
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    One of the worst """"stories""""" I have ever witnessed. Doesn't help that the gameplay, while a promising concept, is terribly implemented and explored.

    Just about everything about Death Stranding is hilariously bad, but that is no surprise considering the magisterial Hideo Kojima never made a game that wasn't terrible and made me want to claw my eyes out. Expect insanely terrible    One of the worst """"stories""""" I have ever witnessed. Doesn't help that the gameplay, while a promising concept, is terribly implemented and explored.

    Just about everything about Death Stranding is hilariously bad, but that is no surprise considering the magisterial Hideo Kojima never made a game that wasn't terrible and made me want to claw my eyes out.

    Expect insanely terrible dialogue. Literally. No hyperbole here. THE worst you'll ever hear in any video game, film or TV show. Even Tommy Wiseau could write a more competent script. Expect demeaning and insulting female representation. But that is no surprise considering it's made by a guy who came up with Quiet and MGS3 boob-cam.    … Expand
  53. Nobilis1984
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    So I think the game is so barren. Sure it looks beautiful and the story is great. But you don't do anything else like running from A to B. It is a postman simulator. The effect of the beautiful Open World has quickly faded away. If Kojima wants to make a film, please do so. But please not a playable movie. This has annoyed Heavy Rain before. Why something like that again?
  54. coolflare
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    Very repetitive game that it becomes not fun. Graphics are nice.. but games aren't all about graphics. Too much cinematics to the point I feel like I was watching a movie and started to nod off to sleep... its better you just watch the cinematics on youtube and save yourself wasting the cash.
  55. kjm1986
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    Not a great game. Kind of boring actually. Too much hype around this makes people look past its flaws. This better not be in GotY converations.
  56. ucavalcante
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    It's a boring game, sorry it's only it,after a very high expectations, the only thing I can think it's about the great days from first MGS.
  57. midipon
    Dec 6, 2019
    2
    It has good moments and an earnest message, but the whole package is boring and about 90% of dialogue is exposition.
  58. maxtillxd
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    Gráficos insano poderiam ser aproveitados pra melhor jogabilidade, vários aspectos poderiam ser incorporados . Estamos com protagonista herói do walking death sem ao menos ....
  59. SilexEco
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    Summary: "Is this an out-of-season April Fool's Joke?"

    Un Walking Simulator de garrafón en toda regla.

    Is an insult to true videogames, seems like a TV series or an enormous film.
  60. rub10
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    Empezare por las cosas positivas, la música, realmente la música en este videojuego es muy buena, diría que lo mejor junto a los gráficos, y se acabaron las cosas buenas, el resto es infumable, consiste básicamente en llevar paquetes del punto A al punto B mientras un bebe llora. Las físicas malas, el gameplay malo y carece de posibilidades, el combate nefasto, el mundo vacío, SiEmpezare por las cosas positivas, la música, realmente la música en este videojuego es muy buena, diría que lo mejor junto a los gráficos, y se acabaron las cosas buenas, el resto es infumable, consiste básicamente en llevar paquetes del punto A al punto B mientras un bebe llora. Las físicas malas, el gameplay malo y carece de posibilidades, el combate nefasto, el mundo vacío, Si realmente kojima quería hacer un genero nuevo de este videojuego, lo único que ha conseguido nuevo es llevar el aburrimiento a un nivel jamas conocido, el nivel kojima. Realmente uno se plantea, valoraran de forma positiva este videojuego a la hora de buscar trabajo como repartidor en una compañía de mensajería?. Aburrido y absurdo. Correos, ya tiene su simulador personal.… Expand
  61. f5inet
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    Es un juego que aburre sobradamente. La mecanica principal del juego es llevar mercancia del punto A al punto B, y el principal obstaculo es el entorno. Las primeras 6 o 7 horas son insufribles, donde estas mas tiempo con el mando en la mesa que en las manos, debido a las LARGUISIMAS cinematicas donde se te intenta transmitir la problematica del mundo en el que te encuentras. Tras esas 6-7Es un juego que aburre sobradamente. La mecanica principal del juego es llevar mercancia del punto A al punto B, y el principal obstaculo es el entorno. Las primeras 6 o 7 horas son insufribles, donde estas mas tiempo con el mando en la mesa que en las manos, debido a las LARGUISIMAS cinematicas donde se te intenta transmitir la problematica del mundo en el que te encuentras. Tras esas 6-7 horas primeras, ya si estaras jugando mas tiempo que viendo cinematicas, pero estas siguen existiendo. El juego tiene un tiempo de juego aproximado de unas 40 horas, pero creeme, si se te hacen largas las 12 horas de un God of War o de un Assasins Creed, no vas a soportar este juego. El ritmo de la narrativa es TAN LENTO que no te entran ganas de jugar.

    Tengo la sensacion que me han vendido una pelicula bluray muy larga a precio completo de videojuego (70€) en lugar de a precio de bluray (20€).    … Expand
  62. Anelist
    Nov 29, 2019
    2
    OMG the boredom , the walking, the cut scenes, posture maintenance. Looked forward to this but i must say its on my top 10 list of the most boring games I have ever tried - ofcoz i did not finish playing it , i quit. It gets a 2 for the graphics & **** thats it
  63. Werepuffin
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    This "game" is a colossal disappointment. I played for five hours last night after release. I have never wanted a refund so bad. I liked MS5 for the most part, but this just nihilistic, boring, weird, and poorly thought out. The most exciting thing about this game was my wifes reaction to Norman Reedus taking a shower.
  64. overtimeneowar
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    malo no, malisimo, aburrido, repetitivo, no por que tenga el nombre de Kojima se supone que es bueno
  65. didigoBR
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    A walking simulator. If was not a Kojima game, if was a common game, I'm pretty sure that the grade would be even worse.
  66. ixMarcel
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    The story and world design are captivating. However, it is absolutely unthinkable to give a director of such standing a pass on what's basically a mechanically-complex cargo carrying tech demo sold as an AAA video game.
  67. GutiOut
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    + Looks good and sounds good.
    - DS is literally the most boring game ever designed (not literally but you understand me).
    Kojima, did you chose the wrong industry ?

    "Everyday is pretty much the same **** boring monotony and it's crushing my spirit" (The Man Who Delivers).

    *If you want a walking simulator this is your game.
  68. the_coog
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    It's pretty, sure. But those cutscenes drag forever. Story is incoherent. Gameplay is lame & repetitive. Everything about this screams narcissism. Art direction is fabulous, but i'm rating a game not a movie. Hard pass! Don't buy this full price!
  69. 1906gumariz
    Nov 22, 2019
    2
    Extremely tiring game, the only strengths of the game is the story and the graphics, but the gameplay is extremely boring and time consuming, which only postpones the conclusion of the story with extremely tedious gambling, to the point of losing the desire to finish the game. after 10 hours of gameplay
  70. Shuffur
    Nov 20, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. - Aburrido, tedioso, físicas malas, lineal, IA pobre, cero creatividad, cero terror, mundo vacío, poca creatividad y originalidad, combates repetitivos, sigilo rebuscado, aburrido y más aburrido. (10 horas jugadas, no pude seguir adelante con el juego) + Cinemáticas y los actores.… Expand
  71. Nyakuya
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    This game has good features, beautiful graphics, and good music.
    Why am I giving it a 2 then?... Because it's REALLY REALLY REALLY boring.
    I played 10 hours of this game and 9 hours I was either watching cinematics or walking from point A to point B to deliver packages. This is like a "Delivery Man Simulator", but with good graphics, features, and music. I can't recommend this    This game has good features, beautiful graphics, and good music.
    Why am I giving it a 2 then?... Because it's REALLY REALLY REALLY boring.

    I played 10 hours of this game and 9 hours I was either watching cinematics or walking from point A to point B to deliver packages. This is like a "Delivery Man Simulator", but with good graphics, features, and music.

    I can't recommend this game... The map is huge but it's EMPTY, there is no life.
    The rewards for delivery packages are "likes" (wich they don't have any use, they are "unconditional love" as Kojima said). And then you get like "xp" that makes you better at delivering more packages....

    I can't recommend this...    … Expand
  72. mariobenito55
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    As many media have said this is a tedious and boring game until at least the first 20 hours, also the bosses are bad and the only minimally salvageable is the narrative.

    Taking into account all these points and knowing that we are talking about a video game it seems quite bad since the gameplay is quite boring that it is the worst thing that can happen to a video game, if this sells it    As many media have said this is a tedious and boring game until at least the first 20 hours, also the bosses are bad and the only minimally salvageable is the narrative.

    Taking into account all these points and knowing that we are talking about a video game it seems quite bad since the gameplay is quite boring that it is the worst thing that can happen to a video game, if this sells it to me as a movie the same would have put more note    … Expand
  73. Allbrans
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    un juego poco interesante, aburrido, solo caminar y caminar, se centra en cinemáticas
  74. Eddyjay
    Nov 12, 2019
    2
    Repetitive and boring. Stealth tactics are useless and you can face an open fight and run for a sucessful attack.
  75. bartcbem
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    Kojima should try to make a movie not a game. The graphics are great, the design and look of the world feels nice, but this "art project" simply fails as a game. It's not fun. And the message that we as people should connect is also pretty straight forward, nothing "deep" as I expected here.
  76. manduoficial
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    Marketing pesadíssimo por parte da Sony para simplesmente criar um jogo completamente vazio. Passe meia hora apenas de um lado para outro sem fazer nada. E olha que achei que era o Sea Of Thieves a maior bomba do ano
  77. GameKiller355
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    He intentado ser lo mas positivo posible con este juego, pero era de lo mas esperable que este juego traiga varias decepciones. Cabe destacar algunas cosas de este juego, como los gráficos y... Pues eso mismo. Después, todo lo que lleva el juego, ya sea jugabilidad, banda sonora, físicas e historia. Todos estos apartados son los que me obligan a poner esta nota.
  78. Paulo969
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    Falo como fã de Kojima desde 1998 com MGS na playstation original. Gostei mesmo do MGS 5 , já esse foi um jogo que dividiu a comunidade mas este death stranding nao passa. Isto já é demencia a mais , e deixa de ser arte fazer as coisas diferentes e passa a ser chato e tediante. Entregas encomendas num jogo em que ate as botas nos pes é preciso gerir porque desgastam..... a serio Kojima?Falo como fã de Kojima desde 1998 com MGS na playstation original. Gostei mesmo do MGS 5 , já esse foi um jogo que dividiu a comunidade mas este death stranding nao passa. Isto já é demencia a mais , e deixa de ser arte fazer as coisas diferentes e passa a ser chato e tediante. Entregas encomendas num jogo em que ate as botas nos pes é preciso gerir porque desgastam..... a serio Kojima? Comprem em saldo a 5€. Talvez a Sony tenha aprendido a nao passar cheques em branco a "genios". Konami estas perdoada.… Expand
  79. JinhoPepino
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    After 5 hours playing to Death Stranding, I can't play anymore. This game is too bored, if you want a challenge or be fun, this game is not for you. If you want enjoy a cinematic experience, you want to relax and watch a lot of cinematics, may be you may enjoy Death Stranding.
  80. drag8n
    Nov 13, 2019
    2
    Good graphics, but the game its a glovo simulator, boring game that makes me want to kill myself.
  81. Jose_Coss
    Dec 7, 2019
    2
    So far, its been the most boring game I have ever played. The graphics and music is good but the rest is lacking a lot. You gonna be doing the same thing over and over, and some missions are long asf. Although the boss fights were amazing
  82. GuybT23
    Aug 4, 2020
    2
    I will be honest, I am 42 years old and I have been playing since I was 12. I like games that have a story but not a story broken up in the eons. I am sorry that such firepower in reference to graphics and music loses all meaning in the face of repetitive missions, not skippable cutscenes, those of history poorly distributed and repetitive too, but what is worse is bureaucracy and theI will be honest, I am 42 years old and I have been playing since I was 12. I like games that have a story but not a story broken up in the eons. I am sorry that such firepower in reference to graphics and music loses all meaning in the face of repetitive missions, not skippable cutscenes, those of history poorly distributed and repetitive too, but what is worse is bureaucracy and the mountain of information on the screen also difficult to read and I see very well, a lot of useless information and a lot of important information taken for granted and not communicated, finally, boss fight badly done boring and annoying, in general the game is annoying and it drags from start to finish with its 2 hours of final scenes. Bad bad.… Expand
  83. MojitoHappiness
    Dec 1, 2019
    2
    Not my type of game. Really boring and slow, had to force myself to at least finish the game. People might love it if they look for a chill time but for me it was absolutely horrible experiance. The amount of walking in this game is way to much for me to handle and not fall asleep. When I was finished for one afternoon I felt like I only wasted my time. Didn't do much, didn't get much,Not my type of game. Really boring and slow, had to force myself to at least finish the game. People might love it if they look for a chill time but for me it was absolutely horrible experiance. The amount of walking in this game is way to much for me to handle and not fall asleep. When I was finished for one afternoon I felt like I only wasted my time. Didn't do much, didn't get much, didn't get to know much. It's made me sick of playing so much I wanted to do everything else such as cleaning or painting my room.
    And in the end I finished the game but also got new paint in my room which is nice so instead of 1/10 I'll rate it 2/10 because the game makes you do productive things instead of playing it    … Expand
  84. BirdSquanchy
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    Okay soundtrack is cool and the story makes you think. But in a game, the most important part is the gameplay: This game is boring, easy, broken and presumptuous. Not only that, Kojima lied to us and marketing also cheated.
  85. Physastra
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    Was hoping it was good, this just proves Kojima needs reigning in by a studio. It’s boring and monotonous. Do not buy this unless you literally want a walking, balancing simulator. Only fanboys are bigging this up. Definitely not worth the money. Graphics are good though.
  86. tridoficzini
    Jan 2, 2020
    2
    Great form, terrible substance. Terrible flow and pacing. Students level storytelling.
  87. loonyever
    Dec 2, 2019
    2
    sin temor a equivocarme este es el peor juego que eh jugado en ps4, hablando de gameplay claro, y siento que estoy siendo generoso en ponerle un 2 pero en fin, no se siente como un juego en si, y si es que es un juego la única explicación es que no este terminado o que solo lo hizo una persona.

    en pocas palabras el juego no esta bien echo, muchas mecánicas implementadas son inútiles,    sin temor a equivocarme este es el peor juego que eh jugado en ps4, hablando de gameplay claro, y siento que estoy siendo generoso en ponerle un 2 pero en fin, no se siente como un juego en si, y si es que es un juego la única explicación es que no este terminado o que solo lo hizo una persona.

    en pocas palabras el juego no esta bien echo, muchas mecánicas implementadas son inútiles, con decir que el sigilo es un chiste en este juego, esta completamente rotisimo, solo con 6 horas de juego te das cuenta que con ir sin cuidado avanzando del punto A al punto B terminas el juego, lo único difícil es aguantar hasta llegar al final de lo mal echo que esta y tener que tragarte todas las horas de cinemáticas de una historia mal contada.

    No era necesario el mundo abierto cuando es un mundo vació, y estoy seguro que hubiera quedado mejor fuera igual al detroit become human, ese estilo hubiera sido perfecto para este tipo de juego, me quedo sin palabras, pero ya lo esperaba, la historia mediana, el gameplay y las físicas son terribles.    … Expand
  88. BloodAndWine
    Dec 7, 2019
    2
    The music is great. The atmosphere is interesting and the graphics are top notch. The gameplay however is tedious and filled with unintuitive menus and annoying mechanics. The writing is some of the worst I've seen in a game in the past 5 years and literally had me cringing frequently. The ending a mess plot twists on top of plot twist. I understand people like this game. Unfortunately, IThe music is great. The atmosphere is interesting and the graphics are top notch. The gameplay however is tedious and filled with unintuitive menus and annoying mechanics. The writing is some of the worst I've seen in a game in the past 5 years and literally had me cringing frequently. The ending a mess plot twists on top of plot twist. I understand people like this game. Unfortunately, I think it is a pretentious and joyless grind.… Expand
  89. MeleeM
    Apr 5, 2020
    2
    Breathtaking graphics cannot begin to compensate for pretentious tedium. With the exception of the seven minutes you actually DO something this should be on tubi.
  90. Mindurbidniss
    Oct 26, 2022
    2
    Just make a movie already! I made it about 2 hours into this before I realized I've only actually been in control about 20mins. Between that and the disjointed, borderline homoerotic nature of the perception of the main character Sam, I realized this game just isn't for me. Journalists will condescendingly tell you "you just don't get it", but at the end of the day this game really is aJust make a movie already! I made it about 2 hours into this before I realized I've only actually been in control about 20mins. Between that and the disjointed, borderline homoerotic nature of the perception of the main character Sam, I realized this game just isn't for me. Journalists will condescendingly tell you "you just don't get it", but at the end of the day this game really is a package delivery sim that plays like a failed art film. It' also exists purely as an ego stroke for Kojima, who inserts his name in the credits at the beginning and end of every scene. Dude we get it, this is your game. I'd rather see the name of the character artists at the beginning and end of each scene because they're the real MVP's. They did such an awesome job at recreating what these actors actually look like that it's stunning, which is why I score it 4 out of 10. This game is also incredibly derivative of the Tom Cruise film Oblivion. From basic aesthetic, to some of the plot and character design. Kojima shouldn't be so proud of stealing. The rest is Kojima fluff wrap in a Prime delivery sim.… Expand
  91. WelDomBR
    Nov 11, 2019
    2
    Quesitos técnicos do jogo realmente impressionam, mas, falta ação no jogo, vários trechos são monótonos e desinteressantes.
  92. pdqstyle
    Apr 9, 2022
    2
    The biggest fall from grace I have ever seen. After the masterpiece Metal Gear games, this is what Kojima produces? I can see why Konami wanted to cut him loose now. He just doesn't have it anymore.
  93. tronkyllo
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    Un walking simulator con delirios de grandeza, cuyo potencial ha sido capado por el ego de Hideo Kojima.
  94. MikeFloresYT
    Dec 8, 2019
    2
    Literally fell asleep while walking... I cant even do that while reading. This game is boring a f.
  95. Sabratha
    Dec 21, 2019
    2
    Kurz und knapp: Schlecht durchdacht und katastrophal langweilig!

    Einerseits mag ich den Grundgedanken ganz allein durch die Wildnis zu ziehen und zu überleben. Andererseits wirken die Spielmechanken teilweise doch extrem aufgesetzt und wirr zusammengeschustert. Obwohl ich Kojima-Spiele kenne und schätze, ist es selbst mir etwas zu viel schräges Zeug, ganz zu schweigen vom unnötigen    Kurz und knapp: Schlecht durchdacht und katastrophal langweilig!

    Einerseits mag ich den Grundgedanken ganz allein durch die Wildnis zu ziehen und zu überleben. Andererseits wirken die Spielmechanken teilweise doch extrem aufgesetzt und wirr zusammengeschustert. Obwohl ich Kojima-Spiele kenne und schätze, ist es selbst mir etwas zu viel schräges Zeug, ganz zu schweigen vom unnötigen Like- und Emotegedöns sowie dem miesen Product Placement.
    Auch wenn die Texturen und Effekte schön anzuschauen sind, wirkt die Welt sehr steril, unglaubwürdig und monoton. Auch das Bausystem ist ziemlich stupide, nicht gut durchdacht und schlecht umgesetzt.

    Für mich ist Death Stranding das mit Abstand schlechteste Spiel des Jahres und definitiv mein letztes Kojima-Game.    … Expand
  96. AlexTkiller
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    Técnicamente es espectacular, y la banda sonora como la historia excelentes, pero estamos analizando un videojuego, y en ese apartado de jugabilidad hay miles de juegos mejores, ni que decir de las misiones de ir de un punta A a un punto B, la verdad estoy muy decepcionado de Death Stranding como juego, no estan para nada a la altura de lo que ves en tu primera impresión.
  97. Ernest_Figueroa
    Nov 30, 2019
    2
    Después de jugarlo completo no hallé nada que me sorprendiera y nada que valga la pena. Apartado gráfico y técnico bueno a regular, la historia es relleno puro y duro, carente de carisma, pudieron resumir las 8 horas de cinemáticas en 2 horas fácilmente. Los modos de dificultad son ridículos, entre normal y difícil no hay diferencia. Los boss o jefes no son un reto en ningún sentido. ElDespués de jugarlo completo no hallé nada que me sorprendiera y nada que valga la pena. Apartado gráfico y técnico bueno a regular, la historia es relleno puro y duro, carente de carisma, pudieron resumir las 8 horas de cinemáticas en 2 horas fácilmente. Los modos de dificultad son ridículos, entre normal y difícil no hay diferencia. Los boss o jefes no son un reto en ningún sentido. El 99% contenido del juego es insignificante para el mismo. Las armas rompen el juego en su totalidad, los enemigos pasan de ser molestos a prácticamente un adorno. Es por lejos el peor juego de este año en mis manos. No lo recomiendo. No se merece un 0 pero si que estuvo cerca.… Expand
  98. kuiriz
    Nov 11, 2019
    2
    6 horas jugando, la verdad no me siento complacido lo acabaré tal vez y lo revenderé a la brevedad
  99. Lujeto
    Nov 14, 2019
    2
    A slow, draining experience that tests your very patients with frustrating traversal, tons of unnecessary micromanaging that no one wants in a single player story driven experience.
    Combat is simple & barebones that loses its appeal rather quickly, BT encounters slows the game to a crawl even further.
    Death stranding is so self indulgent you can feel its “artsy” approach from a mile away.    A slow, draining experience that tests your very patients with frustrating traversal, tons of unnecessary micromanaging that no one wants in a single player story driven experience.
    Combat is simple & barebones that loses its appeal rather quickly, BT encounters slows the game to a crawl even further.

    Death stranding is so self indulgent you can feel its “artsy” approach from a mile away. It’s one of those titles that believes it will become a cult classic in the next 5-10 years. The strength of this game merely comes with the Kojima stigma attached, unique world and marketing, cast. Nothing more.

    I believe that if a game is boring, that’s the worst thing a game can be. death stranding fits that profile to the letter. Gamers avoid this one. Pure triple A Overhyped nonsense.    … Expand
  100. fordagame
    Dec 7, 2019
    2
    Of course this is not game for everyone. The main advantage of it is the quality of graphic and narrative. But while this at least could be a nice story based game for me it is so slow, that I am falling asleep while something actually start to happen. Every single cinematic is having big annoying "emotional" pauses, which should most likely should make you feel something, but I am notOf course this is not game for everyone. The main advantage of it is the quality of graphic and narrative. But while this at least could be a nice story based game for me it is so slow, that I am falling asleep while something actually start to happen. Every single cinematic is having big annoying "emotional" pauses, which should most likely should make you feel something, but I am not playing computer games in order to wait something to happen. Real life is boring enough and has enough waiting for something to happen. I don't know how much free time you need to have in order to pass through 40 hours of cinematic and nothing happening in this game. For me, this game would be much better if it has instead of 4 difficulties, 2 story modes: short which would give player some quicker narrative and would remove 80% of scenes which are showing and saying nothing and original, which will keep the whole experience, for people who want to to watch at monitor 25 minutes and do nothing with controller. In the end I never know which cinematic should be skipped and which one would say finally something interesting, which will expose some lore instead of watching Norman Ridus face and his expressions. I would even say that boring gameplay could be more bearable if it wasn't followed by boring cinematic. To be honest the only reason to give it higher score is because for the past two months we really receive just boring and stupid games. Like people already forget that GAMEPLAY should result in doing something and testing your skills, not pressing L3 + R3 in order to balance like you are playing mobile game and tapping at its screen.… Expand
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#33 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019

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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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