Death Stranding

 PlayStation 4
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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18537 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 4,342 out of 18537
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  1. SuppaKamiGuru
    Nov 13, 2019
    0
    Death Stranding truly isn’t for everyone. A boring, repetitive walking simulator with a confusing and uninspired story. While it may have some positives, they really don't matter if the gameplay is **** Maybe Hackjimbo should just make movies, not scam gamers to buy this movie disguised as a game.
  2. Gor1945
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    Пустой симулятор ходьбы от псевдогения. Который в это раз даже в традиционно бредовый сюжет не смог.
  3. andyzan
    Nov 20, 2019
    3
    Storyline is good, gameplay is boring.... People pay 60 dollars play this game instead watching the CG.
  4. chimeracone
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Beyond boring and extremely tedious. Only positive is that the graphics look nice on occasion, everything else is abysmal.
  5. fernando987
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Un total despropósito. Muy aburrido. Es solo trasladar paquetes. No veo en que forma puede ser entretenido
  6. PaoloFerreti
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Very dissapointed about this. Kojima is not the steve jobs of videogames. A shame for the industry. Kojima you better be a director in movies sector. Am not buying any product with kojima productions emblem
  7. tofecab731
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Damn this game is boring af.
    walk for 40h, balance yourself, make sure the cargo doesnt fall. repeat. wtf is this **** The moments where you can actually enjoy this game is far too overnumbered by how **** and repetitive the gameplay is
  8. HNRIK
    Nov 10, 2019
    0
    Anos atrás, no lançamento do último game da franquia Metal Gear sob as asas de Kojima, houve uma rusga enorme com a Konami, publisher da série. A treta gerou a demissão do diretor, que acabou indo produzir seu novo jogo com a Sony como publisher. Desde então, Kojima liberava em doses homeopáticas teasers desse seu título que, segundo ele, era a criação de um novo gênero, que misturavaAnos atrás, no lançamento do último game da franquia Metal Gear sob as asas de Kojima, houve uma rusga enorme com a Konami, publisher da série. A treta gerou a demissão do diretor, que acabou indo produzir seu novo jogo com a Sony como publisher. Desde então, Kojima liberava em doses homeopáticas teasers desse seu título que, segundo ele, era a criação de um novo gênero, que misturava cooperação online, elementos de stealth, sobrevivência e… entregas.

    Death Stranding finalmente chegou ao mundo e mostra que realmente é um jogo fora do convencional. Entretanto, diferente não é sinônimo de sucesso! Em outra palavras, a ousadia é um elemento que faz criar um hype, como o que foi criado em torno do novo jogo de Kojima, mas o jogador ainda é o grande juiz avaliador, e cabe a ele o julgamento final. E no meu caso eu posso adiantar: Death Stranding não é tudo isso!    … Expand
  9. Godlight
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Massenger man look sick laster kojima u troll damn america people goofy non understand your game nuclear bommer begin your game it shame for u to sony & pc in future same rip.
  10. 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
  11. TitoCosa
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    100% garbage, it doesn't worth even the time you spend downloading and installing.
  12. vladimirr
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    I see now konami perspective on firing this egomaniac,so much money spent on glorified fetch quest the game.I feel bad for sony for giving this man that kind of budget for what?
    Terrible game.
  13. AmiRGaMes47
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Its not even worthy as mgs v! I cant believe this is a kojima game. 70 hs just farming from point A to Point B. Very boring :(
  14. Menhpo
    Nov 12, 2019
    1
    Simulador de caminhadas muito chato. Para isso i trabalhar para os ctt. Next please.
  15. DarthKool
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    Buenos gráficos(Gracias a los de guerrilla), un guion interesante un sobresaliente trabajo de doblaje, pero la jugabilidad es mala, los menus, liosos y con demasiadas pantallas, misiones aburridas, los enemigos son anecdóticos y muy fáciles de vencer, y los bosses, no son nada del otro mundo.
  16. Javier666
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    F@#$k game! looks like a walking simulator and just. Horrible fight, fisics and history.
  17. Ninjaboy23
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Boring walking sim, it's clear now that Fukushima was the one responsible for MGS being good.
  18. Sandbobox360
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Un walking simulator con ínfulas de grandeza, el videojuego no es malo... Pero no deberían venderlo a ese precio.
  19. Coib
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    got bored out of my mind, waste of money
    kojima has lost it, first mgsv now this... it's really a shame.
    Used to be a genius now just a fraud.
  20. jesusfer
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. totalmente tedioso repetitivo a mas no poder. la critica lo a engordado injustamente engañando a la gente e insitandola a comprar esta basofia… Expand
  21. 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.
  22. Gabriel5208
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
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  23. UltimaNyx
    Nov 12, 2019
    1
    I tried to give the game a chance but it wasn't worth the price, the graphics are really good hence the me giving it a 2 but everything else after that falls apart, the menu system is confusing and tedious and it is extremely repetitive, I know mojima is trying to produce something new but it just doesn't work, the obnoxious placement of the monster drink just ruins everything, it seemsI tried to give the game a chance but it wasn't worth the price, the graphics are really good hence the me giving it a 2 but everything else after that falls apart, the menu system is confusing and tedious and it is extremely repetitive, I know mojima is trying to produce something new but it just doesn't work, the obnoxious placement of the monster drink just ruins everything, it seems the game is more of a movie than a actual game.… Expand
  24. Mach1zmo
    Nov 12, 2019
    1
    Good graphic and artwork design. But just feels plain and boring. I ended up getting a refund.
  25. masanlu
    Nov 13, 2019
    1
    Tremendous boring, very nice graphics but really repetitive, good story but tremeeeeeeeendous boring
  26. 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
  27. pedda544
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Empty world, **** gameplay, typical dumb Kojima writing and ofc wanky movement in a game where you do nothing but move from point a to point b
  28. 308_mad_max_308
    Nov 23, 2019
    0
    GREAT IDEA, GREAT AMBIENCE, EXTREMELY POOR DEVELOPMENT.
    This game is ABSOLUTELY BORING, IS TRASH.
    Yesterday, I ended up hating myself for playing 3 hours straight while hating the whole thing about the game. You just keep playing because of the Skinners Box (dopamine discharges in your brain when completing tasks), as you could sickly play Candy Crush for hours without understanding    GREAT IDEA, GREAT AMBIENCE, EXTREMELY POOR DEVELOPMENT.
    This game is ABSOLUTELY BORING, IS TRASH.
    Yesterday, I ended up hating myself for playing 3 hours straight while hating the whole thing about the game.
    You just keep playing because of the Skinners Box (dopamine discharges in your brain when completing tasks), as you could sickly play Candy Crush for hours without understanding why, BUT THE GAME IS IN FACT EMPTY, it not enjoyable to play.
    We all were expecting a great masterpiece from Kojima but he lost himself in the originality of the project, absolutely ignoring the player experience.    … Expand
  29. aizhigalov
    Nov 25, 2019
    0
    Почему это называют игрой? Геймплей отсутствует полностью. 100 раз пробеги из точки а в точку b - это не геймплей.
  30. Solaris123
    Dec 21, 2019
    0
    Hmmm...sorry Mr. Kojima this game is boring and story is not deep and engaging like Metal Gear Solid is my favorite games beacuse Snake ,pure history, character, long dialogs that matter. This game for the industry has nothing revolutionary about it. 0/10
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 111 Critic Reviews

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