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. ExcuuuseMeZelda
    Nov 18, 2019
    0
    FPS, the most crowded genre. to get a good review, you have to innovate. this game does not. it has terrible open worlds, bad controls, and highly repetitive gameplay. its clear that the big critics are corporate first consumer last for giving this praise. just another bad PS4 game.
  2. joash
    Nov 20, 2019
    0
    It's embarrassing for Kojima to state that he invented a new genre of game and it turns out to be a really boring walking simulator (with shameless product placement). Also, don't forget the fact that he blames the audience for don't know how to enjoy his game instead of acknowledging the game's problem. However, if you want to play a walking simulator, just play Journey or Breath of theIt's embarrassing for Kojima to state that he invented a new genre of game and it turns out to be a really boring walking simulator (with shameless product placement). Also, don't forget the fact that he blames the audience for don't know how to enjoy his game instead of acknowledging the game's problem. However, if you want to play a walking simulator, just play Journey or Breath of the wild instead. I starting to realize why Kojima was fired from Konami.… Expand
  3. 1likejam
    Jan 13, 2020
    2
    I largely bought this game based on positive critic review. On the surface the game is narratively and technically innovative, but dig a little deeper and you soon realise its wilfully obscure, repetitive, and contrived. The game has very little logic or sense, and often it feels like this has been done pretentiously. Mostly the game is basic fetch tasks that offer no gratification overI largely bought this game based on positive critic review. On the surface the game is narratively and technically innovative, but dig a little deeper and you soon realise its wilfully obscure, repetitive, and contrived. The game has very little logic or sense, and often it feels like this has been done pretentiously. Mostly the game is basic fetch tasks that offer no gratification over mostly empty landscapes that offer no engagement. The cut scenes are long winded, repetitive, and boring. The game had such potential but ultimately is stunningly dull.

    The only positives I can give is its choice and integration of the music is done very well, the environmental design is wonderful, and the graphics are great. But unfortunately that does not make up for the incredibly boring and confusing game play.    … Expand
  4. JoseofCatarina
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    The worst 60$ I've ever spent, I am beyond livid. I love single player games, and I hate shooters, and I waited for this over-hyped game for so long only to be let down. After playing this game and feeling so bored, I was told "it stops being boring about halfway through" which is an absolute lie, the terrible pacing does NOT pick up. Shame on any critic that's enough of a hack to giveThe worst 60$ I've ever spent, I am beyond livid. I love single player games, and I hate shooters, and I waited for this over-hyped game for so long only to be let down. After playing this game and feeling so bored, I was told "it stops being boring about halfway through" which is an absolute lie, the terrible pacing does NOT pick up. Shame on any critic that's enough of a hack to give this game a good score. I don't know if Kojima productions paid them to lie, or if they're just scared of Kojima fans letting them have it. I can't believe IGN is the only company that showed any integrity with an honest review.
    Today I was on the phone with a representative from Sony trying to get a refund, all to no avail. He also said, they've had a ton of calls asking for refunds since the game released. This game is a terribly mundane walking simulator. Kojima has lost his way, and he's NOT a true auteur like Hidetaka Miyazaki (Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro director)
    Miyazaki is a master of his craft, and Kojima is a washed up, pretentious, has-been.
    1/10    … Expand
  5. Disho
    Nov 22, 2019
    5
    Worst game...movie ever! Kojima should not receive a single award this year. But hey, he put Geoff Keighley in the game, So..
  6. pierrot31
    Nov 9, 2019
    1
    Tres decu jeux moyen , graphiquement propre mais c'est pas non plus execptionnel comme nous l'on vendu la presse videoludique .
  7. Johcker
    Nov 8, 2019
    1
    Gráficos excepcionais, mas é um simulador de Uber Eats no qual você fica indo do ponto A ao ponto B, andando feito um bêbado.
  8. Chataope
    Nov 21, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hate this game so much, cuz it's just a walking simulador and it took so long for anything happen.… Expand
  9. Meisterxplodier
    Nov 21, 2019
    0
    I was hyped for this game since it was announced 5 years ago on Sonys E3 conference. Sadly this game has dissapointed me on nearly all points important for a game. The Gameplay is lackluster, you're always delivering packages and tumbling around the land.

    The story is also a hot mess, you're not interacting with any characters, every interaction happens in movie like Cutscenes. Over all a    I was hyped for this game since it was announced 5 years ago on Sonys E3 conference. Sadly this game has dissapointed me on nearly all points important for a game. The Gameplay is lackluster, you're always delivering packages and tumbling around the land.

    The story is also a hot mess, you're not interacting with any characters, every interaction happens in movie like Cutscenes. Over all a very empty game and one of the worst Sony exclusives(which doesn't say much with their horrible selection this generation of course)    … Expand
  10. Robert1992
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    Crap ill give kojima productions a wide birth next time . His games have been rubbish since mgs 4
    Its become to sci-fi orientated . ( Think of the motherbase and only that inbetween levels expanded upon abit and thats DS)
    I mean there is product placement all over the place.
  11. Churritosensual
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Although the game has its good points, it is very boring, it has exaggeratedly long cinematics to the point of giving you the feeling of watching a movie, the gameplay is very wasted, in the end it is a bittersweet encounter since good details that end up overshadowed by how bad the game is
  12. A0Theron
    Nov 8, 2019
    1
    Me he aburrido mucho con este juego, no hay mucha variedad de enemigos y las misiones llegan a ser muy repetitivas, vale la pena por la película pero como juego no es muy atractivo.
  13. REPOLYUS
    Nov 9, 2019
    0
    A game of **** and frustration of the year. There are no words. Simulator kurera, monotonous gameplay. Kojima what are you doing ****
  14. JustMrFox
    Nov 9, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The baby is neither alive or dead. The game play is just phantom pain with a new fresh face and not much different… Expand
  15. kkkszee
    Nov 10, 2019
    0
    overrated. boring walk simulator . boring quest. boring gameplay. bOrinG EverYthING. just stay away from THIS game.
  16. NikitaRedgrave
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    Впервые согласен с чем-то на такой помойке как metacritic,сюжет полный бред кодзиме пора в психушку,геймплей скучный симулятор ходьбы по пустым локациям,кодзима посмотри в интернете значение слова игра и значение слова фильм и свали туда где тебе место,я хочу играть в ИГРУ а не смотреть на реальных актеров в этом бредовом симуляторе доставки.Впервые согласен с чем-то на такой помойке как metacritic,сюжет полный бред кодзиме пора в психушку,геймплей скучный симулятор ходьбы по пустым локациям,кодзима посмотри в интернете значение слова игра и значение слова фильм и свали туда где тебе место,я хочу играть в ИГРУ а не смотреть на реальных актеров в этом бредовом симуляторе доставки.
  17. wizardmaster
    Nov 20, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. so create 1 km^2 map than copy paste copy paste...400 times.than some of the copies high altitude, some of the lower etc. some of the copies create city,waterfall,r,iver...… Expand
  18. Hayabusa2006
    Nov 17, 2019
    0
    Es una juego sobrevalorado, una porquería aburrida y sin chiste, no entiendo porque le ponen una nota alta cuando no la merece, hay mejores juegos qué han calificado mal
  19. bayramali
    Nov 22, 2019
    0
    This is definitely stealing for your money and time! terrible game for commercial interest.
  20. LuigiCuau
    Nov 8, 2019
    3
    There are developers out there who do their best to put out original concepts, but nobody gives them credit or enough attention, they just get slammed by the media. If Death Stranding wasn't made by Kojima, then you wouldn't be seeing all of these fanboys defending it and giving it a fake 10/10.

    Who didn't see this coming? We saw the 1 hour "gameplay" session, where there was 5 minutes    There are developers out there who do their best to put out original concepts, but nobody gives them credit or enough attention, they just get slammed by the media. If Death Stranding wasn't made by Kojima, then you wouldn't be seeing all of these fanboys defending it and giving it a fake 10/10.

    Who didn't see this coming? We saw the 1 hour "gameplay" session, where there was 5 minutes of gameplay and 55 minutes of cutscenes. If you like boring fun then go for this game if you like traditional fun, you know the only fun I know stay far away from this tedious boring masterpiece.

    I would rate it 3 or maybe 4 considering the graphics and music but it was so hyped up and imho does not deserve the hype at all. Critics who give this game above 65-70 are delusional. Probably same guys who gave Joker 3 out of 10. In any case it's a disappointment. Will finish on Youtube with fast forward of gameplay just for the story.

    In PS4 are a 3, in PC are 4    … Expand
  21. ghostunit
    Dec 8, 2019
    0
    At one point, a character literally sits you down and you do nothing but stare at this character as she rants at you, for 30 minutes straight, the cringiest pseudo-philosophy I've ever heard. And this is preceded by a 10 minute cutscene where they were standing, which was preceded by another 10 minute cutscene...

    This is just the most poorly written and prententious, self-important    At one point, a character literally sits you down and you do nothing but stare at this character as she rants at you, for 30 minutes straight, the cringiest pseudo-philosophy I've ever heard. And this is preceded by a 10 minute cutscene where they were standing, which was preceded by another 10 minute cutscene...

    This is just the most poorly written and prententious, self-important story I've ever witnessed. The dialogue is atrocious, and it goes on and on for what feels like hours.

    The gameplay is terrible too. Yes, this is a walking simulator, and a very bad one at that    … Expand
  22. FreddyCavendish
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Bloated BORING pretentious garbage with TERRIBLE writing, like the absolute **** worst. This hack has been making terrible games for years and it’s now obvious the only reason Metal Gear had any fun moments or good gameplay was because of other people at Konami. The biggest mystery in the gaming industry is how this clown is worshipped by so many. If you read the 100 score professionalBloated BORING pretentious garbage with TERRIBLE writing, like the absolute **** worst. This hack has been making terrible games for years and it’s now obvious the only reason Metal Gear had any fun moments or good gameplay was because of other people at Konami. The biggest mystery in the gaming industry is how this clown is worshipped by so many. If you read the 100 score professional reviews all of them are full of complaints and criticism yet they still give the game a perfect score. Between the completely immersion breaking and downright slimy product placement, horrendously written dialogue, mind numbing tedious gameplay, and blatant celebrity ass kissing (famous directors play key characters and Kojima announced last week he’s making a movie!) stay far away. Do not feed this mans ego any more than it already has been for the past 20 years.… Expand
  23. semrom1998
    Nov 23, 2019
    0
    Я бы не сказал, что игра ужасная. Но она совершенно точно сильно переоценена. И, по сравнению с тем, как её преподносили - то что получилось в итоге - отстой. Так же было с Fallout 76
  24. Daveisonline
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    This game has absolutely no business being a big budget AAA title. All the reviewers I heard said the game is "Not for Everyone" yet Sony has been marketing it like a Mass Appeal $60 game.

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

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

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

    Whenever you do beat a quest though, the game is eager to shower you with hollow praise, no better than a gatcha game that throws confetti everywhere to make the players feel like they're accomplishing something. All in all, this game is nowhere near as profound or innovate as it's director Hideo Kojima is propping in up to be.    … Expand
  25. Luckander99
    Nov 11, 2019
    0
    The most overrated qnd overhyped game of the decade. I really cant understand the critic. The positive points that the quote are linked to another type of media. Really, on a game, who cares to how famous the actor is if they gameplay is terrible?
  26. kuuderelover
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Delusional garbage and budget waste. Sony, please. Stop financing this fraud without talent.
  27. Nicj
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Delivery simulation boring empty sorry Kojima is not enough for this game cut scenes and story
  28. ragran1
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Walking Simulator, Boring Gameplay, Tedious Cut Scenes. A big fail from the overrated kojima x2
  29. kasanick
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Um jogo que você mais assiste CG do que joga e quando vem a parte da "gameplay" da um tédio.
    E a mídia juntamente com os youtubers estão passando o pano bonito...

    Realmente um jogo do nível Kojima.
  30. Markdp1
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Seems to be Another Kojima game about moving cargo around! Total suck feast. Kojima should be ashamed.
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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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