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  1. Nov 13, 2019
    0
    Un titulo del que se esperaba mucho, pero que al final entrega poco o mas bien "se la pasa entregando paquetes por que es la unica actividad dentro del juego, Aburrido por lo repetitivo de principio a fin ya que el entregar paquetes es tu unica mision a lo largo y ancho del juego

    Quisiera decir algo bueno y si lo hay , la banda sonora o mas bien los temas selectivos en ciertas partes
    Un titulo del que se esperaba mucho, pero que al final entrega poco o mas bien "se la pasa entregando paquetes por que es la unica actividad dentro del juego, Aburrido por lo repetitivo de principio a fin ya que el entregar paquetes es tu unica mision a lo largo y ancho del juego

    Quisiera decir algo bueno y si lo hay , la banda sonora o mas bien los temas selectivos en ciertas partes que son excepcionales , pero de ahi el resto es gastarse la pasta en una historia carente de logica

    Si este mal llamado "juego" se hubiese clasificado como pelicula interactiva estuviese en el top rank del año, pero su desarrollador quizo sacarlo y exponerlo como lo que no es , "un nuevo estilo de juego"

    Si tuviera que escoger una frase para describir este engendro, serìa:

    Aburrido y Decepcionante de principio a fin.
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  2. Nov 11, 2019
    5
    At first glance, Death Stranding is a beautiful vision. Sprawling landscapes, stylised design by the extremely talented Yoji Shinkawa and a stellar cast. Underneath the surface, what you’re treated to is hours and hours of monotonous walking, frustrating enemies known as BT’s which only serve as an extra factor to soak up some of your time like the productivity sponge that this is. KojimaAt first glance, Death Stranding is a beautiful vision. Sprawling landscapes, stylised design by the extremely talented Yoji Shinkawa and a stellar cast. Underneath the surface, what you’re treated to is hours and hours of monotonous walking, frustrating enemies known as BT’s which only serve as an extra factor to soak up some of your time like the productivity sponge that this is. Kojima was miles off the mark with the gameplay on this. It’s on par with his infamous MGS2 cinematically, but without the incredible storytelling that game sported. With games like the incredible BOTW and RDr2 showing everyone how grand expansive open world games should be done, how can a designer possibly go wrong? There are some positives. The social strand concept is very good. Having a group of people congratulating you on such a well placed ladder is a perverted take on the Instagram generation and as I’ve said before, it’s absolutely beautiful to look at. Please Mr. Kojima;
    Make films. Not games.
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  3. Nov 13, 2019
    0
    This just comes off as a terrible game to me, it's extremely time-consuming but not in a "just one more round" good kind of way, and just ends up feeling utterly pointless.
  4. Nov 13, 2019
    0
    Looks like pr guys generate fake positive reviews. It's definitelly far from 10
  5. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    la verdad que este juego es muy bueno para dormir mas efectivo que un somnifero para caballos. gracias kojima me cago en tu puta madre ;P
  6. Nov 10, 2019
    5
    O jogo é monótono e repetitivo ao extremo. Possui bons gráficos, mas não superam RD2 e GEARS5 nesta geração!
    O que me incomoda é mesmice dos cenários internos das bases. E fora da base é até bonito no primeiro momento, mas depois fica tedioso. Possui em alguns momentos falhas de textura e queda de frame. A parte positiva do jogo são as CGs e sonoridade em geral Faço está observação com
    O jogo é monótono e repetitivo ao extremo. Possui bons gráficos, mas não superam RD2 e GEARS5 nesta geração!
    O que me incomoda é mesmice dos cenários internos das bases. E fora da base é até bonito no primeiro momento, mas depois fica tedioso. Possui em alguns momentos falhas de textura e queda de frame. A parte positiva do jogo são as CGs e sonoridade em geral Faço está observação com base no PS4 Fat. Não sei como está no PS4 PRO.
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  7. Nov 10, 2019
    0
    I consider this game as a huge disappointment, even though I was really disappointed by Kojima's previous work (MGSV) and expected nothing.
  8. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Definitely should have taken the previous reviews into consideration & especially with IGN. It takes a very long time to do anything in this game as far as it being very repetitive. Definitely a title you should buy for $20 when it drops to that price. Graphically the game looks awesome, but does that make it a fun game? It feels like a chore and I hate chores that I don’t have to do.Definitely should have taken the previous reviews into consideration & especially with IGN. It takes a very long time to do anything in this game as far as it being very repetitive. Definitely a title you should buy for $20 when it drops to that price. Graphically the game looks awesome, but does that make it a fun game? It feels like a chore and I hate chores that I don’t have to do. Definitely an underachiever in gameplay. Expand
  9. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    es una pija, dejate que actores famosos es una pija, dejate que actores famosos
  10. Nov 9, 2019
    1
    Tudo o que se faz no jogo é andar e andar, ritmo muito lento e pouco desafiador.
    Focaram tanto nos atores que deixaram a desejar no gameplay. Quase consegue ser pior que Days Gone.
    Desperdício de tempo e dinheiro.
  11. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    My worst buy in years.this game is an uber eats simulator, bad bosses and boring a f.
    If i knew it i would "play" this game in youtube
  12. Nov 9, 2019
    1
    i cannot believe what sheet this fake genius has done here. Not worth the money one bit.
  13. Nov 14, 2019
    0
    OMFG! Fallout 76 is like GTAV compared to Death Stranding. ZERO is the only rating it deserves. But on the other hand maybe Kojima is such a genius that only gamers from 25th century would appreciate this. Why USA looks like Iceland in the game?
  14. Nov 12, 2019
    0
    When you play a game (and i use the term 'game' loosely as you require content to achieve that definition) such as this with a great deal of pedigree, an established and successful game designer and director, i could be forgiven for thinking that the game i purchased would exceed my expectations. This is not a game that exceeds my expectations in any positive way. In fact its a game thatsWhen you play a game (and i use the term 'game' loosely as you require content to achieve that definition) such as this with a great deal of pedigree, an established and successful game designer and director, i could be forgiven for thinking that the game i purchased would exceed my expectations. This is not a game that exceeds my expectations in any positive way. In fact its a game thats filled me with a visceral amount of negativity due to the excesses of a singular man with a vision not in tune with reality.

    The game begins as a boring introduction to an empty bleak soulless world. Its few remaining inhabitants eek a life running from invisible entites and attempting to avert disaster by burning corpses and reconnecting society through the medium of likes. basically its a disaster story in which you play virtual postman to the game world whilst playing dodgems with ghosts.

    The perpetual fetch quest never ceases to brush off the bordom of its basic design. it simply isnt structured very well or structured in meaningful way for the most part. As you complete deliveries you slowly open yourself up to better load outs. The problem is that they dont really add anything in terms of interesting gameplay, alot of it doesnt even build on what you already have its just more of the same. Want to build a vehicle? click a button. want to build a postbox? click a button. Want to load yourself out with gretaer carry capacity. click a button. It never really develops into anything and the mutliplayer aspects really arent all that great. ultimately its very repetitive and even when it is different it stil feels very samey as you do very little different to accomplish the end goal.

    The game lacks any real sense of accomplishment. Pick up a box, hold down a couple of buttons to stop norman reedus from drunkingly tripping over the tiniest pebble known to man and dropping all your many boxes of stuff, that you barely even know what these boxes even contain so you dont even care anyway, drop them off at the next patch of isolated dirt with a 'gram' who blithers on about a plot thats barely explained in a way a sensible human being can decipher ,potentiaily by a 'well known celebrity' who i couldnt care less about them or there endorsement or the designers vanity for that matter. It all just smashes its self together in an awful fashion that creates endless amounts of friction that sets it apart from the shell it should be held beneath in a pathetic meagre fashion.

    After you have tirelessly continued through the tedium and established yourself as the number one postman of america and think this hell has come to an end. Nope its the horror game of the century, not because its content, the existing small amount of content, is scary, but because the very thought of me having to pick up my controller and play another round of tiptoe around a hanging scarecrow, shoot a man with a stick and run around like a walrus on crack through some terrible biomes of snow, grass or rock ,dont get me wrong the world is beautiful to look at it but it has no substance, is not an appealing prospect after 5hrs let alone 20hrs. Its the horror show that keeps on giving and all you want is for this horror show to stop.

    In summary,dont buy it unless you are god-like and have the pateince of angels because this a circus show like no other, a menagerie of pure horribleness that never ceases to amaze you in just how bad it can get. I purchased a game i expected to play, but im still waiting on my virtual post man to deliver, he probably got stuck in some tar on the way here. so i expect to receive the game i expected sometime, maybe never.
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  15. Nov 14, 2019
    0
    New concept game but in game we only run and run game is boring, it is good running sandbox.
  16. Nov 20, 2019
    0
    El juego es horrible, falla en todo como juego ...... no divierte , los encargos son repetitivos hasta decir basta , la historia llega un punto en la que se vuelve la típica ida de olla de kojima. El juego te da logros a casco porro sin ton ni son ... es mas el ultimo logro te lo dan al pasarte el juego y he podido ver que solo lo tiene un 3.8% de la gente .... entonces de donde salenEl juego es horrible, falla en todo como juego ...... no divierte , los encargos son repetitivos hasta decir basta , la historia llega un punto en la que se vuelve la típica ida de olla de kojima. El juego te da logros a casco porro sin ton ni son ... es mas el ultimo logro te lo dan al pasarte el juego y he podido ver que solo lo tiene un 3.8% de la gente .... entonces de donde salen tantos 10 ? de donde ? como podéis opinar y otorgar una valoración si solo somos a día de hoy un 3.8% de los usuarios los que nos hemos acabado este bodrio ? la ultima de parte del juego son cinemáticas encadenadas una tras otra y ya puedes soltar el mando porque te las vas comer sin tener que hacer nada mas. Kojima eres un estafador y jamas en mi vida volveré a pagar por un juego tuyo ....... ahora entiendo por que te tiraron a patadas de konami .... querías hacer estas chorradas y ellos no te dejaban ...... Si estas leyendo esto por favor usa tu dinero en cualquier cosa menos en esta perdida inmensa de tiempo haciendo de repartidor de pizzas (no es broma hay misiones de repartir pizzas en el juego) .... Aléjate de esta bazofia de juego. Expand
  17. Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Great simulator of a delivery man!Big oof, Kojima smoked a big joint for this bad story and all the people increasing his ego applauding this disaster...
    A critic by Hideo Kojima of a game of Hideo Kojima of Kojima Studios
  18. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Que se vaya a hacer cine...aburrido, tedioso, mecanisas obsoletas, misiones sosas, solo se salva la bso...
  19. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Un juego que tiene buenos gráficos pero q no es más que un simulador de andar,aburrido,lleno de cinemáticas sin apenas nada que hacer,llevo 7 horas y jamás me aburrido tanto con un juego,argento confuso,y solo hecho que andar y ver cinemáticas,para esto tanto?
  20. Nov 30, 2019
    0
    Terrible walking simulator. If you are a post man or a father then steer clear of this one.
  21. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    So this is basically too much overrated game with no gameplay inside. Just go beeline from point A to B, watch some pointless CG that pretends to be deep, and repeat
  22. Nov 18, 2019
    0
    this game is stupid

    open world lackly

    walking simulator

    the worst game of this generation
  23. Nov 11, 2019
    0
    Death Stranding is a big TURD that failed to float. The gameplay and mechanics are atrocious. This game just straight up exhausted me, and didn't coerce me to want to play it at all. The story is boring and mundane. If someone wants to pay $60 to get rowe shambo'd in their nuts, then buy this game. Better yet you can buy my game from me.
  24. Dec 20, 2019
    0
    Passando so pra deixar meu zero, ja que o metacritic apagou os reviews negativos que estavam aki....
  25. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    A really bad experience. Very heavy and repetitive gameplay. The only positive note is the truly unique ambientation.
  26. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    El juego es sumamente aburrido, no representa un reto y menos es rejugable....demasidas cinematicas..(en eso me recordo al THE ORDER 1886)...porque en cuanto a gameplay eso de llevar encargos le da razón a los de los memes ya que parece un simulador para quienes trabajan en apps como rappi o glovo.....muy "A HIDEO KOJIMA GAME" Y todo pero es un fail. Solo a los fans de kojima les va a gustar ...
  27. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Seriously walking simulator.stay away from this game. Not worth a penny or your time
  28. Nov 9, 2019
    1
    Most overrated boring game with **** plot and weird gameplay features...
    Pee to get mushrooms,throw **** bombs in ghosts!Wow kojima is a total overdosed junky!
  29. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Llevo 10 horas de juego, caminando por escenarios vacios, llevando paquetes del punto A al punto B, sin más. Buenos gráficos y música, algún que otro detalle interesante, pero lo más aburrido que jugué en mi vida, cero desafío ni en el modo difícil.
  30. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst GamePlay ever story carry babys come on if you carry pitsa its better and xudaio xojima better stay at brazers than take blowjob by sonytaliban Expand
  31. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    El juego es terrible lo lamento mucho pero es la verdad ... Intente que me gustara pero no puede despues de 8 horas del Walking Delivery Man Simulator ... Lento a mas no poder no he jugado yo un juego tan lento, aburrido y repetitivo en mi santa vida, es literal eso el Walking Delivery Man Simulator, es ir del punto a al punto b mientras haces esas misiones pateticas de entregarEl juego es terrible lo lamento mucho pero es la verdad ... Intente que me gustara pero no puede despues de 8 horas del Walking Delivery Man Simulator ... Lento a mas no poder no he jugado yo un juego tan lento, aburrido y repetitivo en mi santa vida, es literal eso el Walking Delivery Man Simulator, es ir del punto a al punto b mientras haces esas misiones pateticas de entregar "paqueticos" escenas extrañas que salen de la nada mientras caminas, la historia empieza interesante pero almenos hasta el punto donde yo jugue dejo de tener tanto sentido que ya ni me interesaba, este juego debería haber sido una pelicula o un anime si acaso no un videojuego ... ¿Esto se supone que es la "obra de arte" definitiva del sobrevalorado egocentrico del kojiman? esta basura ... Por dios cualquier Metal Gear si a eso vamos igual le da 50.000 patadas a esta verguenza ... Al final parece que los pendejos de Konami medio le ponian parado al tipo ... En fin yo me retiro lentamente de este titulo 8 horas 5 minutos no quiero perder mas tiempo de mi vida. Una pena yo si estaba hypeado con los trailers y ver esos graficos (que por cierto ese encanto grafico se va despues de las 5 horas) hasta predije que sería el juego del año ... Nada que ver, ni en mi top 10 de goty este año entra, solo rescato la música mas nada, Kojima debe estar avergonzado de su "obra mas personal" si Kojima y que "las conexiones" un juego de hacer "conexiones" ... Si claro conexiones con el basurero sera. Despues de jugar todos los titulos esperados del año sin duda Resident Evil 2 Remake es el juego del año . Expand
  32. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego tiene muy buenas cinematicas y la historia parece interesante pero la verdad me quede dormido mientras jugaba. Le he intentado varias veces darle una oportunidad pero me aburro. Expand
  33. 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.
  34. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    If you made the same game on a lower budget, and your name wasn't Kojima, would anyone play it? I'm not here to hate on the man, but this is the kind of narrative you would expect to see at a avante garde film festival. Nothing wrong with that, but gameplay clearly takes a backseat to the concept. If there were something that could have been done to make the game more fun, it wouldn't haveIf you made the same game on a lower budget, and your name wasn't Kojima, would anyone play it? I'm not here to hate on the man, but this is the kind of narrative you would expect to see at a avante garde film festival. Nothing wrong with that, but gameplay clearly takes a backseat to the concept. If there were something that could have been done to make the game more fun, it wouldn't have been done if it interfered with Kojima's artistic vision. That's a problem for me. Maybe some people are into games-as-cinema, but essentially the gameplay is that I'm spending my time balancing a giant backpack for 20 minutes trudging from place to place, often with very little happening. As you get farther in, you get attacked more, and maybe it gets more intense when you reach areas beyond where I've seen. In any case, enjoy the sounds of a screeching baby strapped to your chest when you do encounter some danger. And don't expect a deep combat system. Expand
  35. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    This game's saving grace is it's cinematic cutscenes yet it is not enough to keep me playing through the mediocre gameplay loop .I'm 6 hours in so far. I can't imagine doing this over and over again much longer! It is repetitive just like Phantom pain. I wish the creator would have gone the MGS1-4 route. I have no doubt that Kojima could have created an epic linear 15-20 hours game but inThis game's saving grace is it's cinematic cutscenes yet it is not enough to keep me playing through the mediocre gameplay loop .I'm 6 hours in so far. I can't imagine doing this over and over again much longer! It is repetitive just like Phantom pain. I wish the creator would have gone the MGS1-4 route. I have no doubt that Kojima could have created an epic linear 15-20 hours game but in the end decided to go the open world 80+ hours route padding everything with a main mission that is entirely focused on moving from A to B to deliver packages for 40 hours. To be honest, I don't think he intended this game to bore fans. Why make a game to bore your fans on purpose? But that's what he did in the end. IMO, He's not only a genius but he's also idiot at the same time. Expand
  36. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    I was excited for this game with all it's hype. But what a load of BS.
    Sea of Thieves is a masterpiece compared to this boring game.
  37. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    a delivery simulator, everything brilliant was in the trailer, the gameplay is weak.
  38. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un walking simulator o la vida de un trabajador de glovo ( jugadas más de 15h) Expand
  39. Nov 17, 2019
    5
    Genious and primitive in same time. For instance boss fight. Excellent cut-scene and then just throwing granades. No day/night changing, no dynamic weather, no NPC, no physical objects, no interiers. Just great film passages + classic OW go and bring boring activity in empty world. it´s NOT new genre! It´s weak game with great actors and world lore.
    Sorry BB! 5/10
    5/10
  40. Nov 19, 2019
    0
    Trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash teash the most easy game in the world walking and walk and walk with empty world
  41. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    Es una pena que unos gráficos tan sobresalientes y una historia abstracta tenga una jugabilidad tan sosa y poco interesante, es un video juego no lo olvidemos.
  42. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    This game was really boring to play, I had to stop playing it after spending 8 hours on it. I really don't understand what's fun about delivering 'stuff'.
  43. Nov 10, 2019
    4
    + Graphics are amazing

    - Pacing is to slow - Fetch quests are base of game (the same quests we loath in normal RPGs) - Story is weird. It makes no sense on many levels but interactions between characters stand out as something totally unrealistic. - Most of game mechanics exists to be annoying not fun, and make slow and boring parts even slower and more boring I gave up trying to
    + Graphics are amazing

    - Pacing is to slow
    - Fetch quests are base of game (the same quests we loath in normal RPGs)
    - Story is weird. It makes no sense on many levels but interactions between characters stand out as something totally unrealistic.
    - Most of game mechanics exists to be annoying not fun, and make slow and boring parts even slower and more boring
    I gave up trying to "play" this after around 6 WASTED hours. If you play games for fun: be warned and Stay away.

    This could work as some indie/alt movie but as a video game it fails. I want my MGS, I want my PT. I don't want this boring %#$.
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  44. Dec 7, 2019
    1
    El juego visualmente se ve muy bien y sus cinemáticas están bastante bien, el aspecto negativo es que como videojuego no convence y lo que se está vendiendo es un videojuego no una experiencia ni la visión de un director ególatra, el juego es repetitivo.
    Es inusual que el mayor enemigo del videojuego sean las rocas y los entornos Escarpados, nunca entendí como conectar al mundo con
    El juego visualmente se ve muy bien y sus cinemáticas están bastante bien, el aspecto negativo es que como videojuego no convence y lo que se está vendiendo es un videojuego no una experiencia ni la visión de un director ególatra, el juego es repetitivo.
    Es inusual que el mayor enemigo del videojuego sean las rocas y los entornos Escarpados, nunca entendí como conectar al mundo con maletines, tal vez se inspiró en la prensa de los maletines.
    En pocas palabras no es mejor que muchos juegos indies, no es algo con que se pueda divertir.

    baje la nota por la censura y a los usuarios, ya que borraron casi 6000 criticas negativas.
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  45. Nov 8, 2019
    1
    Jogo do carteiro mijão aqui não

    Correios simulator....

    Kojima é meu zóvo, monojogo
  46. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    Solo hay cinemáticas, como todos los juegos de CucarachaStation. Una vergüenza para la industria del videojuego. El poco gameplay que tiene es aburridísimo, tan solo trata de andar y andar. Le pongo un 0 para contrarrestar los dieses, ya que solo son notas falsas de fan boys de Kojima y CucarachaStation que tan solo quieren que sus juegos tengan las mejores notas cuando ni si quiera seSolo hay cinemáticas, como todos los juegos de CucarachaStation. Una vergüenza para la industria del videojuego. El poco gameplay que tiene es aburridísimo, tan solo trata de andar y andar. Le pongo un 0 para contrarrestar los dieses, ya que solo son notas falsas de fan boys de Kojima y CucarachaStation que tan solo quieren que sus juegos tengan las mejores notas cuando ni si quiera se podría decir que son juegos, sino cinemáticas tras cinemáticas. Da vergüenza tan solo pensarlo... Expand
  47. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    A real assessment of a game for a metacritic should be 4 points, but not less than 6.7 Bots will win 10 points each. The game sucks! Tedious without normal gameplay. Just a Kurer simulator
  48. Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This game is simply a walking simulator, you get 90% of the game just walking and nothing more, a bad game. well short of kojima.
  49. Nov 8, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is just as bad like how the reviewers said on their article. Kojimak is a farking liar and cheater. Expand
  50. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    El juego es aburrido, es una basura, ni la historia lo salva ya que me tengo que comer cinemáticas de media hora y gameplay de 5 minutos mega aburrido, ni siquiera puedo llamarlo película interactiva porque tus decisiones no alteran nada
  51. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    la peor basura que visto en mi vida no la quiero ni regalado el señor Kojima deberia retirarse es obvio que ya perdio el toque
  52. Nov 10, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its trash after playing halfway thru the game I gave up and just returned it I never got a sense of enjoyment from it not once even after playing thru some of the ww2 like sections the best thing it has going for itself is visuals but gameplay is bland enemies are a joke never giving you a real sense of danger even the bt's bosses are just grenade sponges I tried to like it hade Hope's that it would get better before I realized this is all there is sorry kojima production it's a no from me. Expand
  53. Nov 25, 2019
    5
    I have just finished playing through Death Stranding. Mostly on hard, but the last few episodes on very easy. Not because the game was hard, but because I wanted to be over with it faster.

    But let's go into the positives. The game has an amazing story, which I lived. I also enjoyed playing the game until the last 15 missions. The last 15 missions however became tedious. Not hard,
    I have just finished playing through Death Stranding. Mostly on hard, but the last few episodes on very easy. Not because the game was hard, but because I wanted to be over with it faster.

    But let's go into the positives. The game has an amazing story, which I lived. I also enjoyed playing the game until the last 15 missions.

    The last 15 missions however became tedious. Not hard, just tedious. All I thought towards the end was: Hopefully it'll be over soon, but it won't. It will be so overloaded with cinematics, and you will spend most of your time watching a cinematic. I spent more time watching cinematics, than playing the game.

    It would have been better to have this as a show with several episodes instead of making you walk, sometimes aimlessly, towards the next episode of cinematics.

    So in conclusion: Story great. Game towards the end is less of a game and more long episodes.

    Edit: I had to retroactively change my review, as I have kept playing to go for the platinum, which I've nearly done. My biggest problem with Death Stranding is the insane amount of cutscenes / cinematics at the end. It is too much and feels punishing. The core gameplay for the big part of the game, which is needed for the platinum, I actually enjoyed. So not as horrible as I initally reviewed, still not recommended though
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  54. Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Summarizing my opinion about the game, I'd say it's not entertaining. The story takes elements from various sources too recognizable and mixes them in an improvised way, for this reason the story is not entertaining, which means that there is no motivation to progress in the game. About the gameplay, must be the poorest gameplay I have ever seen in any AAA game, the missions areSummarizing my opinion about the game, I'd say it's not entertaining. The story takes elements from various sources too recognizable and mixes them in an improvised way, for this reason the story is not entertaining, which means that there is no motivation to progress in the game. About the gameplay, must be the poorest gameplay I have ever seen in any AAA game, the missions are repetitive, that gray world full of rocks doesn't invite exploration.
    I would not recommend this game to anyone, I regret spending 60 dollars on this technical demo.
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  55. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    I wanted to love this game but unfortunately this is the most boring game I ever played . I did get it at GameStop so thank God I can return it. For those who love this game please seek help.
  56. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    this game is a complete joke. i see some people give it 10/10 and then thay write" good atmosphre, good music and good performances but its boring" and im like dude you're describing a movie and not a game you don't see that? kojima was never a game designer genius. miyuzaki is without a doubt and i believe you can see the difference. now lets wait the game that its truly going to changethis game is a complete joke. i see some people give it 10/10 and then thay write" good atmosphre, good music and good performances but its boring" and im like dude you're describing a movie and not a game you don't see that? kojima was never a game designer genius. miyuzaki is without a doubt and i believe you can see the difference. now lets wait the game that its truly going to change the game industry elden ring. Expand
  57. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    The biggest waste of a budget this size in video game history.

    On a surface level the game is fantastic; beautiful presentation, sound design, and an amazing cast. Unfortunately, judging this product as a video game, it ends up being a mediocre, cheesy, and pretentious science-fiction drama. The game play mainly consists of the parts of movies you don't get to see, like if The Lord
    The biggest waste of a budget this size in video game history.

    On a surface level the game is fantastic; beautiful presentation, sound design, and an amazing cast. Unfortunately, judging this product as a video game, it ends up being a mediocre, cheesy, and pretentious science-fiction drama.

    The game play mainly consists of the parts of movies you don't get to see, like if The Lord of the Rings films happened in real-time and you had to experience and endure every single step Frodo took, just for the sake of world building, immersion, and realism.

    Underneath the melodramatic, over the top and sometimes downright silly story and frustratingly dull game play there is a decently touching narrative if you have the patience and will to push yourself through, but the eight or so hours of somewhat interesting fiction do not make up for the forty plus hours of arduous gaming.

    We all knew this would be an incredibly polarizing title and in a sense maybe Kojima accomplished exactly what he wanted in making such an ambitious project that will spark more discussion and debate than any video game in the past decade or maybe ever.

    I respect the effort, resources, ambition, and scope of this project. I believe this is a necessary and important game within the confines of the modern video games industry, and I really hope this manages to inspire more creativity, risk-taking and passion from developers.

    A decent overall experience, but a poor video game.
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  58. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    Why do you think this game is not for everyone? For whom? For the "chosen ones"?
    I spent my money and my TIME on bland gameplay and pathos pseudo-intellectual videos. Kojima does not respect the time of players, preferring "self-expression." He deserves zero points.
  59. Jan 4, 2020
    0
    O que dizer desse jogo? Chamar de ruim é ofender os jogos ruins. Gameplay chato pra caramba.
  60. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    I was waiting for a hit, but got a tedious game with a monotonous plot. Everyone shouted a kojima genius ... Shouted. If not a loyal Kojima fan, then the game received 4 points in total for metacritic
  61. Dec 28, 2019
    0
    A boring video game. If you press and hold L + R throughout the game you will have no problems. You can escape from bosses so they don't represent a problem either. The world is empty, only the construction of the other players gives life to the scenarios but in turn removes all the elements of difficulty that it could have. Exciting graphics and music, but the most important factor in aA boring video game. If you press and hold L + R throughout the game you will have no problems. You can escape from bosses so they don't represent a problem either. The world is empty, only the construction of the other players gives life to the scenarios but in turn removes all the elements of difficulty that it could have. Exciting graphics and music, but the most important factor in a game is to have fun and Death Stranding doesn't comply. Expand
  62. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Art is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes a masterpiece isn't appreciated at the time... but will be forever known as a work of brilliancy in future generations. This is not one of those cases. This is just awful. The real game is just simply too boring for any normal person to endure. The story is confusing. The characters are hard to like. The world admittedly is beautiful andArt is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes a masterpiece isn't appreciated at the time... but will be forever known as a work of brilliancy in future generations. This is not one of those cases. This is just awful. The real game is just simply too boring for any normal person to endure. The story is confusing. The characters are hard to like. The world admittedly is beautiful and extremely nice on the eyes, but doesn't service the gameplay at all. Save your money. I hope Kojima learns froms this experience greatly as a perfect example of how NOT to make a game. Expand
  63. Nov 8, 2019
    5
    Death Stranding was a game I was really looking foward to. But unfortunately, it's not what I expected. Gameplay seems tedious and monotonous at best with desolate environments mostly void of any kind of life which makes for a rather boring experience. The game seems more of an afterthought after Kojima had to change his idea for a new game after having left Konami and not being able toDeath Stranding was a game I was really looking foward to. But unfortunately, it's not what I expected. Gameplay seems tedious and monotonous at best with desolate environments mostly void of any kind of life which makes for a rather boring experience. The game seems more of an afterthought after Kojima had to change his idea for a new game after having left Konami and not being able to continue with the game he was originally working on known as P.T. Expand
  64. Nov 19, 2019
    0
    it’s clear where the “new generation” (mostly watching on YouTube) of gamers came from, who are “bored” in games like -
    RDR2, Horizon Zero Dawn and now Death Stranding.
    in such games - you can drown. for a long time, meditatively and seriously. Absolutely confident, you can not listen to reviews such as - "boring", this is an extremely subjective perception. Kojima, thank you for
    it’s clear where the “new generation” (mostly watching on YouTube) of gamers came from, who are “bored” in games like -
    RDR2, Horizon Zero Dawn and now Death Stranding.
    in such games - you can drown. for a long time, meditatively and seriously.
    Absolutely confident, you can not listen to reviews such as - "boring", this is an extremely subjective perception.
    Kojima, thank you for making such games for us.
    Thank you very much.
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  65. Nov 8, 2019
    5
    Big fan of his early work, Policenauts, Snatcher etc. but Hideo's new entry can't really interrest me. It's too slow, too repetitive and there's too many damn cutscenes. Visually the game looks stunning, and it's an interesting concept, but it doesn't work well.
  66. Dec 11, 2019
    1
    dearth stranding es en el mejor un mal intento de ser único, en el peor es un muy mal juego de acción, mas allá de lo que el juego pretenda, en la practica no hace bien ninguna el combate es insulso y sin sentido, no logra crear un sentido de peligro, la historia es contada horriblemente, tiene demasiadas cinemáticas, la misión de protagonista carece de enfoque, la mayoría de las cosasdearth stranding es en el mejor un mal intento de ser único, en el peor es un muy mal juego de acción, mas allá de lo que el juego pretenda, en la practica no hace bien ninguna el combate es insulso y sin sentido, no logra crear un sentido de peligro, la historia es contada horriblemente, tiene demasiadas cinemáticas, la misión de protagonista carece de enfoque, la mayoría de las cosas parecen alguna clase de broma lo que dificulta tomarse en serio la historia de fondo, la misiones de entrega están hechas para que sean lo mas tediosas posible, los aditamentos que se te proporcionan ninguno son necesarios,en fin tiene muchos puntos flacos pero el mas grande es que las diversas mecánicas no terminan de funcionar bien juntas, no hay sinergia. Expand
  67. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Just a walking simulator. Very, very boring game. I bought it due to the fact that it seemed a master piece but its not. It´s sad but its true.
  68. Nov 17, 2019
    1
    So this is what happens when a producer goes mad.
    AAA beautiful game. Absolutely high-school project level gameplay. Then you see how he defends it in reviews, by attacking American gamers as stupid?
    No sir. I decided to play this over at a friend's house to see if the reviews were 'fair' or not, and could come to no other conclusion. This game isn't a game. It's less interesting than
    So this is what happens when a producer goes mad.
    AAA beautiful game. Absolutely high-school project level gameplay. Then you see how he defends it in reviews, by attacking American gamers as stupid?
    No sir. I decided to play this over at a friend's house to see if the reviews were 'fair' or not, and could come to no other conclusion.
    This game isn't a game. It's less interesting than the games you find on bike trainers.
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  69. Nov 12, 2019
    5
    Es muy lento el progreso y aburre caminar tanto. Parece un simulador de reparto con cinemáticas.
  70. Nov 13, 2019
    5
    After investing hours into this game I can honestly say, "what is the point of this game?" I'm the only one left in the desolate country to carry packages. For a game that is about connection I felt completely isolated. Even when playing on the server it only polluted the world with nonsense. The game is extremely mundane with the same missiona that ot is just shameful this is a triple AAfter investing hours into this game I can honestly say, "what is the point of this game?" I'm the only one left in the desolate country to carry packages. For a game that is about connection I felt completely isolated. Even when playing on the server it only polluted the world with nonsense. The game is extremely mundane with the same missiona that ot is just shameful this is a triple A game. The voice acting is good, graphics are great but recycled. The story is bizarre but takes 30 plus hours just to peel away at the surface. I'm not sure how this is relaxing to play, it stressed me out to the point I diagnosed this game as insanity to continue playing. This game is far from revolutionary, and the best parts takes place in the opening cutscenes. If this game didn't have Kojima name on it, it would have recieved poor reviews across the world. This is one of the blandest open world games I have played. Expand
  71. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    O jogo é horrível, uma pena pra quem gastou dinheiro com esse lixo e tem que fingir que é bom
  72. Nov 10, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O mundo aberto não é explorável pelo tamanho do mapa... Poderia ter recompensas a ser adquiridas e encontrados neste mesmo mundo aberto, pois é muita andança de um ponto A ao B sem nada pra se fazer ou adquirir praticamente, e outra como pode ser tão realista como muitos falam, como o personagem consegue andar com e se equilibrar com um monte de caixas nas costas e até mesmo lutar!? Esquisito demais na minha opinião... Expand
  73. Nov 14, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game extremamente chato, e entediante. Gastei 249R$ em um jogo que provavelmente não conseguirei terminar para manter minha sanidade, bem que me avisaram. Expand
  74. Nov 8, 2019
    1
    Musica impresionante, hermozo apartado grafico e historia realmente interesante.
    Pero falla en todo lo demas, la jugabilidad es tosca, repetitiva y excepto por las areas en las que encuentras EV, es aburrida.
    Recomiendo ver solo las cinematicas para conocer la historia, esto no vale como juego.
  75. Nov 8, 2019
    5
    The game simply lacks gameplay, engaging gameplay, substantive gameplay.
    The presentation of the game is very pretentious, which is a problem I had with the presentation of the story telling of the MGS games. The game does alot of things very well be it all meaningless if you are just watching and barely engaging only doing minimal task and actions.
    I feared this since the release date
    The game simply lacks gameplay, engaging gameplay, substantive gameplay.
    The presentation of the game is very pretentious, which is a problem I had with the presentation of the story telling of the MGS games. The game does alot of things very well be it all meaningless if you are just watching and barely engaging only doing minimal task and actions.

    I feared this since the release date trailer, I had a feeling the game was going to be overly cinematic while lacking gameplay. This is all Kojima fault.... he thinks way too highly of himself and wants to do these over cinematic pretentious games. He needs a reality check. MGS5 was not good and the only MGS game I did not bother to finish. BUT we put the put the blame on Konami cuz there was evidence of bad doing on their part, but people over looked the problem Konami had with Kojima: he was too ambitious, he wanted an bigger and bigger budget, and he was taking too long to develop the game.

    Everyone was supporting and giving Kojim,a all the benefit of the doubt with Death Stranding. Everyone was hype and willing to wait as long as it took, and he failed to deliver. Instead he delivered the cinematic Hollywood movie he always wanted to make. This was an ego project for Kojima. He did not think about the gamers at all when making this game.
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  76. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Buena música, gráficos geniales, pero de historia aburrida, solo eres una mula llevando paquetes del pto A al B. La única emoción las quitadas por otros mulas. Es perder tiempo y dinero.
  77. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Kojima did a bad job on this game there is no gameplay just walk, walk, walk the boring game for a very high price
  78. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    It's very hard to suggest anyone to buy Death Stranding as so many great, fun games are available for purchase at the moment. Death Stranding was never meant to be a game and the lazy and intuitive gameplay really shows. Sam is a total clumsy mess, tripping on the smallest little rocks and spilling his little boxes. There isn't much to talk about gameplay as the whole game is dependent onIt's very hard to suggest anyone to buy Death Stranding as so many great, fun games are available for purchase at the moment. Death Stranding was never meant to be a game and the lazy and intuitive gameplay really shows. Sam is a total clumsy mess, tripping on the smallest little rocks and spilling his little boxes. There isn't much to talk about gameplay as the whole game is dependent on getting from one place to another on foot and delivering crates. The cutscenes should've been cut short and to the point but instead they're long movie style cutscenes and don't make much sense. I'll be playing more but only to see if things somehow get better. Definitely not worth $60. Expand
  79. Nov 17, 2019
    4
    Tried to like it, REALLY tried, but could not. Boring. Beautiful, but boring. This is not a "game".
  80. Nov 12, 2019
    1
    juego aburrido a mas no poder, super repetitivo y sin ningun aliciente a jugarlo. se lleva el 1 por una musico genial y buenos graficos pero si no puedes jugar para eso te ves una peli.
  81. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Lame movie and worst game, make yourself a favor people and do not buy it pls
  82. Nov 8, 2019
    4
    The game is technically successful with a good script and very good actors. But the gameplay is bad and the game very boring. Take it on sale
  83. Nov 8, 2019
    10
    I think it's GOTY for me, beautiful game, good actors perfomance, so many interesting features. I'm a fan of soulsborne multiplayer, and here there is something similar but different, the idea of Kohima about ropes is really working, we build new world together with other players, helping each other. That's great!
  84. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    It’s pretentious and boring. Hideo Kojima swears he’s some kind of genius all the while making the most boring game that consists of nothing but walking for 40 hours. There is NOTHING engaging about the gameplay and the writing is horrid. I just can’t stomach 20 more hours of this game.
  85. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    Worst game I have ever played. How is this even a game? I hope he focuses on movies in the future instead.
  86. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    definetly is boring. Awful character's movements. Too much markenting and advertinsing and the final product is sooo average. Not even in the top 20 of this year...
  87. Nov 8, 2019
    5
    Just really feels like a movie instead of a game. It's a good movie tho, but I'm disappointed by the gameplay. Me and my bro switched playing every 10 mins because we got so bored.
  88. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Boreeeeed the Game is ultra bored. Kojima go to do movies. The ubereats simulator is not fun
  89. Nov 12, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If this is a game on the ground, 7 points. -2 points for polluting the definition of art. Expand
  90. Nov 14, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Разочарование года. Столько шума было, многие ждали эту игру. Но почему я должен платить 60 долларов за стимулятор ходьбы, когда нам обещали новый жанр в видеоиграх? Expand
  91. Nov 8, 2019
    1
    Un juego con cinemáticas increíbles y por momentos te atrapan, una banda Sonora de 10, en cuanto a gameplay, siento que hago lo mismo una y otra vez, la actividad más monótona del mundo, caminar. Al jugarlo sentiras lo aburrido que es, y lo mucho que insultaron a tu inteligencia.
  92. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Porque a galera do Playstation quê empurrar tanto assim esse jogo deplorável e medíocre, que sua única função é andar e escalar montanhas distribuindo caixotes e assistir cenas do jogo. Tô cansado de ouvir: não é pra todo mundo! Sendo que qualquer jogo não é pra todo mundo.
  93. Nov 8, 2019
    1
    This game wants to be everything like Jack of all trades - a walking simulator, an action game, a story driven adventure, a building strategy, a delivery man sim, AAA movie and even Facebook. Yet it fails miserably practically in all of that and also commits the worst sin of video gaming - it is not fun but just tedious chore. Where it succeeded spectacularly is being the most pretentiousThis game wants to be everything like Jack of all trades - a walking simulator, an action game, a story driven adventure, a building strategy, a delivery man sim, AAA movie and even Facebook. Yet it fails miserably practically in all of that and also commits the worst sin of video gaming - it is not fun but just tedious chore. Where it succeeded spectacularly is being the most pretentious and overly ambitious trash in the gaming history. Also it revealed a pitiful state of professional gaming criticism and I will give it one point for that. Many professional critics gave it absurdly high score even when they pointed out the obvious flaws. Only few had a courage to say openly that the emperor has no clothes. Expand
  94. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    I love video games. I love learning how to interact with the little worlds people have conjured up and crafted with love and computer magic. I open with that statement because people were offended when Roger Ebert said that video games aren’t art. Honestly, I’m still not sure if video games are art or not, but Death Stranding is a game that *tries* to be art, but trips, constantly, muchI love video games. I love learning how to interact with the little worlds people have conjured up and crafted with love and computer magic. I open with that statement because people were offended when Roger Ebert said that video games aren’t art. Honestly, I’m still not sure if video games are art or not, but Death Stranding is a game that *tries* to be art, but trips, constantly, much like Norman Reedus’s character in Death Stranding. The term “video games” has the term “games” in it; naturally, they’re meant to be fun. Death Stranding is not fun. In trying to be grand, the minute-to-minute gameplay is dry and dull as bleached bones. Death Stranding is annoying for many reasons, but perhaps chiefly is how it does not respect your time.

    Hideo Kojima garnered a lot of praise for his work on the Metal Gear series, as well as a lot of sympathy for his falling out with Konami, publisher of MGS. I remember reading about the drama when it was transpiring and it looks like a large part of the friction between Kojima and Konami was Konami refusing to indulge Hideo Kojima. Kojima refers to himself as “God” in games like MGS:PW; his opinion of himself is annoyingly, terribly, and of course falsely high. Here’s the rub, though: teams and teams of people assembled the Metal Gear Solid games. People who left Konami have made statements like Kojima is “not actually a writer.” Think of it like Matt Groening and The Simpsons: Groening is often attributed to 100% of the success of the show, but he’s only the creator. Many of the actual great episodes were written by scores of people like John Swartzwelder, and teams of people fleshed out and developed the cast of the show. Groening’s direct involvement is thin.

    Death Stranding is boring, terribly so. I’ve seen YT comments describe this game as “Fetch Quest: The Game,” and I’m inclined to agree. Death Stranding layers systems on top of other systems, but the game never becomes fun: it becomes a gigantic list of menus. Micromanagement doesn’t describe it, it’s nano-management (nano being the prefix smaller than micro: if you didn’t know that, huh, taught you something new today.)

    An attempt to mix up the dull grind of making deliveries and navigating endless seas of lists with tiny white boxy font are encounters with “beached things,” or BT’s, as they’re abbreviated. Now, ostensibly, these sound great on paper. Tense stealth sections where you must navigate a safe path between spooky ghosts. Even the name, “beached things,” sounds cool. But after the second time, every encounter with the BT’s becomes a chore. The BT’s aren’t cool or interesting looking; they’re just black shapes hanging in the air, and, if one of them grabs you, you lose a lot of your cargo, are whirled about the map, to lazily outrun a slow-moving tar creature. It. Is. A. Grind.

    Not only that, but the baby crying through the @#$& controller adds to the tedium. Human beings are programmed to react to the sound of a baby crying. It’s part of our survival mechanism: babies crying pierces us worse than any alarm. So, while you’re busy trying to deal with the BS systems that Kojima should have left on the cutting room floor, you also have to endure the sound of a baby shrieking through your controller’s very loud, very gratingly poor speaker. Who thought this was a good idea?

    Much of the plot is not dumb, not stupid, but *ridiculous.* For example, there are factions of men that live out in the wilderness called MULEs who will attack Norman Reedus’s character for an opportunity to steal the cargo Reedus is trying to deliver. Why? Just to deliver themselves for, and get this: the rush of making the delivery. Yes, really. This raises so many questions. If it’s the end of the world and porters are in high demand, wouldn’t it be better for the MULEs to live close to cities, where they’d be venerated like Reedus’s character instead of living alone out in the middle of nowhere? Would you really risk life and limb just to steal a parcel to make a delivery, which was already en route to being delivered? Would you really isolate yourself from the remains of civilization to live the life of an outlaw, but instead of being an outlaw (stealing, killing, forming a roving gang) you stole packages from lone travellers just to deliver the packages yourself? (Do you see now why I describe Kojima as self-indulgent? I don’t know what to make of Konami, but Kojima really comes off as the type that needs a firm hand.)
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  95. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Симулятор курьера. И да,я специально сделал аккаунт, чтобы написать это.
  96. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    walking simulator2019!!!
    Very very bored
    This is not for me...but...Who is the game for?
  97. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    No recomiendo que compren este juego acabo de tirar 70 euros a la basura. El j"juego" en realidad es una pelicula interactiva con cinematicas interminables el gamplay es escaso y aburrido basicamete lo que haces es repartir paquetes de un lugar a otro y los enemigos apenas y ponen resistencia, a eso sumado que el mundo abierto es vacio rodeado de musgo, un mundo abierto aburrido y tristeNo recomiendo que compren este juego acabo de tirar 70 euros a la basura. El j"juego" en realidad es una pelicula interactiva con cinematicas interminables el gamplay es escaso y aburrido basicamete lo que haces es repartir paquetes de un lugar a otro y los enemigos apenas y ponen resistencia, a eso sumado que el mundo abierto es vacio rodeado de musgo, un mundo abierto aburrido y triste no hay nada con lo que interactuar, el que le ponga 10 a este juego que se lo haga ver, o simplemente es un fantaico, le iaba poner un 4 por la banda sonora que es lo unico bueno, pero gaste 70 euros por eso le doy un rotundo 0 Expand
  98. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Death Stranding contains extremely homophobic and racist undertones that don’t come with any reasoning, it made me extremely uncomfortable while playing it, I don’t recommend at all.
  99. Dec 8, 2019
    0
    What a boring experience. The whole game you just do nothing but moving from a place to another. The story feels bland and useless. One of the worst games I played in my life
  100. Nov 29, 2019
    0
    Самая скучная игра в истории. Если этот высер вообще можно назвать игрой.
    Графика 10/10
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    Музыка 10/10
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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 111 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 111
  2. 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. 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.
  3. 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.