Death Stranding

 PlayStation 4
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7.4

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  1. klebergamer
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Stranded and dead!
    Hideo Kojima is a madman. This game does not make any sense. Actually It's a sin to call it a game...
    Mailman simulator!
  2. Rhinch
    Nov 22, 2019
    0
    The main character is basically silent during all the conversations making him hard to like. It only takes 10 minutes to walk 1/5th of the US but the same amount of time to shower, piss and **** I am still in shock over how bad the combat and boss fights are. Its like playing a really bad mobile game
  3. butthed
    Nov 22, 2019
    0
    It's literally just walking for the whole game, with a pointless story. It's buggy and broken and no fun
  4. 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
  5. madbutnotMax
    Nov 23, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. completely piece of **** ****ty ass gameplay, ****ty ass storyline, ****ty ass dialog, what a watse of time.
    great ost btw.    … Expand
  6. 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
  7. iThunderlord
    Nov 25, 2019
    0
    What a boring game! Its purely a walking simulator where you have to run circles around, picking up and delivering stuff. Graphics is not everything. Games need to have good gameplay as well.
  8. Matheusmvo
    Nov 25, 2019
    0
    *quick disclamer*Ok here i go, i know this isn't going to change anyone's mind but i fell like i should do it, i feel very sad because most of people who rate this game is just saying things like "thash", "it sucks" etc, i think people could be more respectfull and analise the game with better eyes. everyone has it's own opinions about the game, but the way people is saying the game is bad*quick disclamer*Ok here i go, i know this isn't going to change anyone's mind but i fell like i should do it, i feel very sad because most of people who rate this game is just saying things like "thash", "it sucks" etc, i think people could be more respectfull and analise the game with better eyes. everyone has it's own opinions about the game, but the way people is saying the game is bad doesnt match with it.
    -----Game analysis
    The game is beautiful, it's graphics are top! sometimes i just stop in the midle of it look at the enviroment, and yes, it is funny, may not be a call of duty where you turn 360º and shoot people while jumpimp of the map to get the best score, this game it's a lot slower, and it's foucus it's on telling the story, witch by the way it's kind of confusing but that it's kojima intention, it's an interpretative story! there is so mutch games out there that don't really and, it just leave a oppening for the player to interpretate what happend and decide how to story really ended.
    In a world where we are aways at war and separating ourselfs, where violence it's aways the answer just because the person on your side thinks something diferent, have a diferent skin color, o sexuality here comes a games that try to bring us back togheter with all it's metaphors.
    Hideo kojima made a masterpiece here, it' has some problems yes! the story should be a litle shorter, but still a wonderfull story.
    The gameplay of the game it's great! you aways have to know your limitations, and what can you bring to your jorneys, the world is a real challenge, moutains, mules, BTs aways trying to kill you(BTs), or just trying to steel your cargo(mules), when you take all the orders that you can, the map tell you the dangers of each section, and once you deliver your cargo you can change the equipment in the base that you just stoped because now there will be diferent dangers.
    if you like a game that is calm, with a greate story and you don't have to run all the shoot things all the time(something more frenetic), that may be the game for you, but if you are the that kind of person how need action all the time i think you should save your money to buy some other game.
    This is nota game for everyone, but please, just because the game it's not for you, don't say that it is trash or that it sucks, be respectfull, because i'm pretty sure if you think a game is a masterpice you wouldn't like if someone called it trash.    … Expand
  9. aizhigalov
    Nov 25, 2019
    0
    Почему это называют игрой? Геймплей отсутствует полностью. 100 раз пробеги из точки а в точку b - это не геймплей.
  10. Robdsilva
    Nov 28, 2019
    0
    Uma bosta total!! Kojima estava muito noiado quando desenvolveu esse jogo, mais parado que água de poço. Esse nem de graça vale!!!!
  11. brandonn1233
    Nov 26, 2019
    0
    I guess I missed the part that people enjoyed while playing death stranding.. To me it's an overly hyped game that the critics wanted to be good SOOOO bad that they made it good in any way they could.. I would avoid this game with everything if you enjoy playing games for entertainment.. If you enjoy working at trying to make something fun then this games for you.. After kojima turnedI guess I missed the part that people enjoyed while playing death stranding.. To me it's an overly hyped game that the critics wanted to be good SOOOO bad that they made it good in any way they could.. I would avoid this game with everything if you enjoy playing games for entertainment.. If you enjoy working at trying to make something fun then this games for you.. After kojima turned silent hill into a slot machine I knew things were going to head in the wrong direction oh boy was I right… Expand
  12. Mikmo
    Nov 27, 2019
    0
    Simply one of the worst games I have ever seen in my life. There is no fun at all, you just carry stuff from a place to another. Awful gameplay. Dev's shouldn't be allowed to get away with deceiving people into thinking that this is a complete game
  13. DimiXmeister
    Nov 27, 2019
    0
    Симулятор курьера, с наградами в виде катсцен

    Начнём с того, что по началу, когда я только запустил игру, её главное меню показалось мне бедным, и это так и есть: огромная надпись "Death Stranding" и внизу текст с пунктами с синей волной. Всё. Думал: "Ну минимализм, что в этом плохого, Коджимба же гений, ему виднее" Первые несколько часов было интересно, ведь игра наполнена    Симулятор курьера, с наградами в виде катсцен

    Начнём с того, что по началу, когда я только запустил игру, её главное меню показалось мне бедным, и это так и есть: огромная надпись "Death Stranding" и внизу текст с пунктами с синей волной. Всё. Думал: "Ну минимализм, что в этом плохого, Коджимба же гений, ему виднее"

    Первые несколько часов было интересно, ведь игра наполнена катсценами, а ходить нужно на небольшие дистанции, но иногда становилось скучно, но познавать какие-то элементы управления было всё таки интересно, но их тут не так много, чтобы всё прохождение постоянно было что-то новое.

    Постепенно, я стал больше замечать, что игра мне скучна, ходишь из точки А и до точки Б, а в награду дают катсцену. Круто же! В итоге, нам ничего толком не объясняют, и мы вынужденны сами до чего-то догадываться, строить теории и так далее, кроме того, многие сюжетные повороты легко предугадываются, ну и вишенка на торте - сюжет наполнен некоторыми тупыми и необъяснимыми моментами.

    Я надеялся на эту игру, а получился "Симулятор курьера, с наградами в виде катсцен". Видно было сразу, что Кодзима спустил все деньги на голливудский каст, подарочки для блогеров и музыкальные композиции от популярных исполнителей.

    Кстати, поподробнее о подарочках для блогеров: Кодзима отправил четырём летстплеерам специальные АЛЮМИНИЕВЫЕ кейсы, в которых была PS4 pro, оформленная в стиле игры, кьюпид (кулон, который стоит 325$ в оф. магазине Кодзимы и который является самым дорогим сувениром там), контроллер в том же стиле и беспроводные наушники.

    А теперь рассмотрим коллекционку Death Stranding, которая стоит в районе 12 тысяч рублей. В её набор входит: ПЛАСТИКОВЫЙ кейс, изолента (15$), брелок космонавта (17$) и пластмассовая капсула с BB, которая слегка светится. Всё.

    Кодзиме просто плевать на фанатов, потому что ему важнее его Эго, которое он тешит своей игрой, блогеры, которые называют его гением, а на обычных игроков ему насрать.

    И как сказал Кодзима: "Американцы — большие поклонники шутеров от первого лица, а Death Stranding сделана в другом жанре, она выше этого.", так что ребята, мы просто "американцы" которые не на его интеллектуальном уровне. Куда нам, до гения!    … Expand
  14. DeathStranding8
    Nov 27, 2019
    0
    This game is HOT GARBAGE. A huge waste of time. Pretentious and long winded. There is nothing fun or engaging about the game. All the mechanics are frustrating. The story doesnt make sense. And why the hell did Kojima make a 40 hour fetch quest game? Im not joking I now understand why Kojima got fired from Konami
  15. Ales2023
    Nov 27, 2019
    0
    El juego convierte una trabajo aburrido en un juego mas aburrido aun , si te pone el masoquismo y el desquiciamiento este es tu videojuego tambien mencionar que me molesta mucho los aires de grandeza de hideo y los fanboys detras suya
  16. webg3
    Nov 28, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo lixo, se resume a ser carteiro, indo de um ponto A a um ponto B. Nunca vi um jogo tão ruim, me senti um escravo ao carregar as caixas de um lado pro outro.… Expand
  17. Goobys
    Nov 29, 2019
    0
    Самая скучная игра в истории. Если этот высер вообще можно назвать игрой.
    Графика 10/10
    Геймплей не найден.
    Музыка 10/10
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  18. BM1971
    Nov 28, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not worth $60 , spend your hard earned money on something else , "played" this game for about 4 hours and I can't stand it any longer .Will sell on Ebay ASAP .… Expand
  19. Skaramuse
    Nov 29, 2019
    0
    Es la mayor mierda que me he podido echar a la cara, Kojima te hace hacer de cartero en un mundo muerto, horas y horas de pateo aburrido sin nigún tipo de de aliciente de seguir avanzando salvo una historia que cojea por todos lados, y para variar como siempre, la prensa especializada siendo los vendidos sobornados por Sony... pero ya no cuela.
  20. Parachinum
    Dec 7, 2019
    0
    This is truly the future. Amazon has created an unending monopoly; life, death, and all in between are meaningless. Meaningless, save for their use in shipping. You live to ship boxes. What do the boxes contain? It does not matter, you must deliver them. Where are they going? It does not matter, you must deliver to them. You live by the box, you die by the box, and are made man byThis is truly the future. Amazon has created an unending monopoly; life, death, and all in between are meaningless. Meaningless, save for their use in shipping. You live to ship boxes. What do the boxes contain? It does not matter, you must deliver them. Where are they going? It does not matter, you must deliver to them. You live by the box, you die by the box, and are made man by the box. You will carry this box unending. This is the gameplay. Except for when sometimes, there is a boss fight. But they aren't very good. There are no mechanics other than "aim and shoot until it is dead." Clearly, as an American, I am too dumb to understand this, despite it being my national pastime, or at least so says Kojima.… Expand
  21. albertobarbano
    Nov 30, 2019
    0
    Very boring and slow, monotonous and meaningless. I don’t recommend buy this game, do a little research of the game before buying it, don’t get carried away by hype and publicity.
  22. Jcarberry
    Nov 30, 2019
    0
    Terrible walking simulator. If you are a post man or a father then steer clear of this one.
  23. juanluke
    Nov 30, 2019
    0
    Después de jugar unas cuantas horas, me he decidido a levantarme de la silla e irme yo a hacer senderismo. Mucho más divertido y beneficioso para la salud.

    Demasiada publicidad pagada. Hay muchísimos juegos con mecánicas innovadoras de estudios no tan famosos.
  24. xercool
    Dec 1, 2019
    0
    The game is just bad. Boring wasting the time in the sci-if wasteland. Boring atmosphere and dialogs. Better play Mass Effect... this is more interesting. Actually they could do a good game. But it just weird and dumb
  25. adwaitpatil
    Dec 1, 2019
    0
    Total waste of time and money.

    This game is basically a walking simulator and can't even get that right.
    Totally overrated.
  26. Solveiga
    Dec 3, 2019
    0
    Oh my god. You know why its bad, if you don't, read all negative reviews and 99% of them are correct. Just want to add a list of things I think are not mentioned that often, ON TOP of everything else people say.

    - It's not deep like it pretends to be. Well, maybe if you are 12 years old. There are a lot of scientific terms thrown in, and if you like /r/science, Neil Degrasse Tyson and    Oh my god. You know why its bad, if you don't, read all negative reviews and 99% of them are correct. Just want to add a list of things I think are not mentioned that often, ON TOP of everything else people say.

    - It's not deep like it pretends to be. Well, maybe if you are 12 years old. There are a lot of scientific terms thrown in, and if you like /r/science, Neil Degrasse Tyson and generally aware of where physics currently stands, you'll get 4D experience. By that I mean, you'll get tears rolling down your cheeks akin to Sam Porter Bridges when you be reading next email with 'philosophy' about Big Bang, antimatter, Higgs particle, evolution and other buzzwords meaning of which Kodjima has 0 clue about. It's unbelievably bad, stupid and disrespectful to reality. Those concepts are already deep and mind blowing, they don't need bad pseudo philosophical sci-fi wrapper in form of this game to boost their meaning.

    - Again, it's not deep! Even the main idea of uniting people! It's shamelessly USA-centric and very, very, VERY clichéd and naive. We've got civilization wiped out, no roads or infrastructure, only isolated settlements for god knows how long, BUT we still well remember where the border with Canada is and don't give any fcks on how they deal with Death Stranding. It's their business, and we're busy uniting USA because we're cheaply trying to appeal to USA audience, that's where most of the money is. Very, very deep lol. Masterpiece of philosophy.

    - Ok, you already know how boring the gameplay is. But what's especially insulting is that the game seems to be SELF AWARE of this issue, as it makes a lot of subtle jokes here and there about it, about backtracking, 'one more delivery, we promise', and constant verbal reminders on how 'important' it is to do side quests. It's mockery, because they are not important at all.

    - Special word about backtracking, if you're still on the fence and like the scenery, and think 'I might like that, going to new places and enjoying a nice virtual hike' consider this: the game will often send you back where you've been, sometimes so far that it will take you hours of walking to get there. All that through visited areas, all familiar landscapes, BT fields, and all annoying terrain features you thought you've overcome already. And then back again to the forefront. And then AGAIN all the way back. And then again to the forefront. No story-line advancements at the checkpoints, just cheap generic praises 'Thanks Sam! Delivery is in perfect condition!' for countless of hours of this BLOODY backtracking. This is the worst. Everything else that is bad in this game pales in comparison to sheer amount of backtracking you'll need to do. It's not relaxing, it really feels like work.

    - Humor is pathetic. Poop grenades? Pizza delivery? It's not even 12 years old level, it's kindergarden. It destroys the mood. It destroys the lore and this world. Good thing they both are so bad, there's nothing really to destroy. The whole universe is just gigantic plot hole. It just doesn't hold together, don't even try to make any sense of it. Just switch off your brain when you start the game. Why doesn't time-fall destroy your coat? Where can I get another one to cover my cargo? Why doesn't rainfall touch the cities? Why characters can so easily teleport around and yet you need to haul alive people on your back risking your lives? Why can't I teleport my cargo when some items on me teleport just fine? Why do I have my private room everywhere I go? Why is a manual delivery even a thing when the tech around is so advanced? What's worse, the game even gives you walking robots delivering stuff automatically! So it's possible isn't it? Why nobody haven't built any roads before me? Why aren't there any flying vehicles? Any drones? Sure time-fall and stuff, but there's a detailed 100% accurate weather map, surely we can avoid rain with it? Why do I even need a qpid to make the internet with people? Why would people be against this? What is their motivation? What are the disadvantages of being part of UCA? When people are not connected, how do they make delivery requests? So there is some connection? Why do I run 1 mile and the map shows I went from one state to another, 1000s miles? Ok, maybe we should assume I really run for 1 month, but why then I get pizza delivery back to the previous place, so is it really 1 mile and not 1000? How does multiplayer fit into the world? I connect an isolated settlement and it turns out it's full of structures? So has it been visited and connected before? If yes why do I do it again? .... The list of questions is endless. It simply Doesnt. Make. Any. Sense.

    - Again, just to reiterate. All negative comments are correct. It's boring, it's stupid, it's shallow. Don't buy this game.    … Expand
  27. Diego420
    Dec 2, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Aburrido y vacio con historia predecible. No tiene nada a lo que se pueda llamar juego es un insulto que esto lo haya hecho kojima.… Expand
  28. rs44
    Dec 14, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un gioco totalmente inutile dove l'unico obiettivo è quello di camminare camminare nel vuoto con nemici dall ia peggiore di un indie game e con una trama totalmente intricata e per niente interessante. E' un gioco oggettivamente sopravvalutato.… Expand
  29. CPN45
    Dec 3, 2019
    0
    I have no words to describe how awful this game really is. It's completely garage. I don't understand how someone would give this game a perfect score.

    This game has: - Bad storytelling. Very confusing. Bad writing. - Weird characters. - Very bad gameplay. Repetitive and boring walking simulator. - Bad art direction. - Sound doesn't impress. - Music doesn't fit the game. +    I have no words to describe how awful this game really is. It's completely garage. I don't understand how someone would give this game a perfect score.

    This game has:

    - Bad storytelling. Very confusing. Bad writing.
    - Weird characters.
    - Very bad gameplay. Repetitive and boring walking simulator.
    - Bad art direction.
    - Sound doesn't impress.
    - Music doesn't fit the game.

    + Good graphics though.

    … Expand
  30. KJlOyH
    Dec 4, 2019
    0
    This game is not worth the time and money. The gameplay is monotonic, and the story is complicated, tried to make some drama, but it didn’t go well. Also are a lot of documents to read in it, which makes it even more boring. I though maybe there will be good views of land or something like that, but there is nothing but rocks, mountains, snow and rivers.
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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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