Stranded Deep

 PlayStation 4
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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 107 Ratings

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  1. ParsaGamer
    Dec 29, 2020
    0
    OMG, This game is a piece of S**t, wow, you really dont have a brain do you!, i logged in to my metacritic account after 2-3 years just to submit this review! worst toturial, worst crafting menu, i literally had to search the net for how to craft a coconut flask, and it turns out that there is 3 crafting menu! WHAT THE HELL? am i suppose to just search every damn button and menu to findOMG, This game is a piece of S**t, wow, you really dont have a brain do you!, i logged in to my metacritic account after 2-3 years just to submit this review! worst toturial, worst crafting menu, i literally had to search the net for how to craft a coconut flask, and it turns out that there is 3 crafting menu! WHAT THE HELL? am i suppose to just search every damn button and menu to find something? no searching???? really??? in a 300 crafting S**ty menu that doesn't make sense what is where? Get the hell out of here! FLASK IS A F***ing CONSUMABLE? REALLY? what you consume? the wood??

    AND i can run on water, WOO HOO!    … Expand
  2. mklamt
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    I would like to give a rate 10!!!!
    But there's a bug that doesn't allow me to pick up anything, I can't cut trees, can do anything when this bug appears. It's so sad. The game is good but so many ridiculous bugs.
  3. deplorable
    May 5, 2021
    2
    When you need a tutorial to understand the tutorial. Just terrible basic game design. Shouldn't happen, and early access is no excuse.

    At one stage it wouldn't move to the next one, because i had already built the item but because i didn't "pin" a certain thing the tutorial wasn't clever enough to understand it should move to the next part. Nothing is explained well... and the    When you need a tutorial to understand the tutorial. Just terrible basic game design. Shouldn't happen, and early access is no excuse.

    At one stage it wouldn't move to the next one, because i had already built the item but because i didn't "pin" a certain thing the tutorial wasn't clever enough to understand it should move to the next part. Nothing is explained well... and the controls.... if you're going to play this game. Play it on the PC.

    I don't know who was in charge of the circle inventory. But it's terrible. In fact playing it with a controller bar the movement feels terrible. The control scheme seems to have been designed by a 5 year old who did it before their nap time.

    No wonder this was free on the PS Plus.. because no one in their right mind would willingly pay money for this.. on the console. if you did. Well... i'd be asking for my money back, or not tell a living soul that you did.

    The worst thing is, well the way the tutorial is presented to you. Looks lifted from the PC and then swear, they've photoshopped things like a "R1" button over the top of the PC key to try and make it ft. It looks wrong, and embarrassing. How sony approved this.... for sale... i'll never know.    … Expand
  4. ryckster1056
    Aug 2, 2020
    2
    This the email I sent to Beam Team:
    So Ive been playing your game for several weeks. It has glitched out several times so that it errors out and I lose all progress. This happens mostly when I try to save at my shelter. Lost hours of progress due to this. Then I come to find out that if you repair the plane and stock supplies partially, and come back later, you lose all the items for    This the email I sent to Beam Team:
    So Ive been playing your game for several weeks. It has glitched out several times so that it errors out and I lose all progress. This happens mostly when I try to save at my shelter. Lost hours of progress due to this. Then I come to find out that if you repair the plane and stock supplies partially, and come back later, you lose all the items for good. You cannot go back and battle the bosses again. Very fun game but completely disappointed in the lack of proper programming in a push to release this title. You should be issuing refunds or a fix for this terrible (glitchening) but fun game!!!!! What a waste of time and disappointment to all players. Ive researched this and its a wide spread issue between all game platforms. Shame on your programers for releasing this game with all its problems,,,,,if you ran a beta test, you would have known about this or you probably did and released it anyways…..GREED! I will be adding a copy of this email to all the gamer community threads about this game.

    Sincerely,

    One high dissapointed gamer    … Expand
  5. Xiphos
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    I literally made a Metacritic account for this review. I am never one to write reviews but here I am after spending $30 on this game. After watching the misleading PS4 launch trailer it looked spectacular but never in my life have I been lied to as much as that video.

    Firstly the sensitivity of the screen is abysmal, it takes a full 4-5 seconds to completely turn your character around    I literally made a Metacritic account for this review. I am never one to write reviews but here I am after spending $30 on this game. After watching the misleading PS4 launch trailer it looked spectacular but never in my life have I been lied to as much as that video.

    Firstly the sensitivity of the screen is abysmal, it takes a full 4-5 seconds to completely turn your character around with no option to change the setting.

    Secondly the amount of BUGS and poor game design is unbelievable. Not sure if this was a bad port to the console cause apparently the PC version is good but the console is just utter trash. The game stutters as you walk around and over objects, graphics are appalling, it literally feels like it was made by a group of university students for their final project. The amount of bugs that you will find in this game is just laughable, they are stealing consumers money with the pricepoint of $30. I had a slither of hope that I wasn't making an impulse purchase and now I have learnt my lesson from misleading reveal and announcement trailers that make it look so flashy.

    Thirdly sound is just so recycled, only ever here like 2 different variations of game music and its the same boring crap. I actually play with the game muted its so much better.

    Fourthly the game is just boring, combine all of my points together and its just a waste of time.

    Conclusion save your money until they fix and polish this game up because it is honestly no where near the $30 they are charging you for. It feels like an Early Alpha game or in Beta testing at the least.    … Expand
  6. Loonlamb007
    Apr 21, 2020
    4
    Finally another survival game for PS4. Could not resist buying it. But after 6 hours of gamplay I can not recommend it. Feels like a beta, had a lot of issues / bugs with game mechanics like water collectors that don't do anything, no matter if it rains or not...so what do you do the whole time? Looking for Coco Nuts and drinking it in order not to die on thirst. The whole days!!! DontFinally another survival game for PS4. Could not resist buying it. But after 6 hours of gamplay I can not recommend it. Feels like a beta, had a lot of issues / bugs with game mechanics like water collectors that don't do anything, no matter if it rains or not...so what do you do the whole time? Looking for Coco Nuts and drinking it in order not to die on thirst. The whole days!!! Dont get me wrong. Of course its a survival game, but since you acutally got no chance to explore other island or surroundings, because you are just dealing with hunger and thirst at a very low level without a chance to improve your stuff because the game mechanics dont work properly, I did not feel encouranged to continue. At one point little plants (that I needed to produce ropes) totally dissapeard for days. Its just freaking boring or frustrating and it feels like it still has some very deep balancing issues. Framerate issues as well and lots of graphic bugs. Its an Indie so I dont care for graphics too much. But I really expected a nice Survival Experience like a Long Dark in Paradies. Well... What came to my mind is, that Stranded Deep would probably work way better with Multiplayer - but there is no!!! To me, I'm done with the game, as long as it stays in this Status because I really did not had any fun with it at all.… Expand
  7. kubabooba
    Apr 24, 2020
    4
    This game is clunky. Movement feels stiff and their isn't any way to change sensitivity. At times it doesn't feel responsive. Sometimes the character gets stuck walking over rocks and the screen moves backwards and forwards. The graphics are nothing exciting. The weather effects are dull. You have rain with wind sounds but the trees and your stuff don't react to the wind. The wavesThis game is clunky. Movement feels stiff and their isn't any way to change sensitivity. At times it doesn't feel responsive. Sometimes the character gets stuck walking over rocks and the screen moves backwards and forwards. The graphics are nothing exciting. The weather effects are dull. You have rain with wind sounds but the trees and your stuff don't react to the wind. The waves look cool. Your campfire won't go out in the middle of a rainstorm. Swimming is fine except when you can't swim out of a window inside a sunken ship and end up drowning. You'll make mistakes and fail based on poor game design. It doesn't feel like a survival game. There is no real danger of not having enough resources and dying of dehydration. The game pushes you to move to island to island otherwise you run out of resources. You start off with some rations, you have coconuts, lots of trees, you can build a water mill and feed it palm leaves or whatever. Their is one resource used to make rope which takes forever to respawn. You need a lot of rope. You need it to make tools and to build your raft with the sails and the steering thing. You'll find yourself waiting it out until the plant re-spawns so you can collect the leaves to make the rope. You won't die of hunger because you can just go fishing with a stick.

    After many retries I finally set sail on my raft without a steering thing because I didn't want to wait out 3 in game days for the plant for the rope to re-spawn. So I jumped into the water to then dragged and moved the raft back into the direction of the island I wanted to get to. Getting back onto the raft isn't perfect to the point it's annoying. I got attacked by a shark and gave up.

    It's an interesting game because it has some bosses to fight and an endgame. You have to get to a ship or something and rebuild it to sail away to civilisation. Or theirs a plane, I don't remember. The maps are procedurally generated which is neat. But the game ends up getting boring very quickly. It loses momentum when you have to wait around for the plant for the rope to regrow.

    Who knows if this game is going to get patched. But right now, it's feels like a beta test. In one of my games I had the sound of underwater swimming playing all the time. Even when I was walking around on the beach. But it's clunky. When I set sail the movement while on the ship was jagged. The screen would move back and forth every so often. It's not a smooth experience gameplay wise. The inventory system is also unintuitive. It's annoying.

    This game is annoying.    … Expand
  8. Jstwlkawayldman
    Apr 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler is that this game is a patchwork at best. It's targeting and interaction mechanics are absolutely terrible. This game has a lot of potential, so long as it gets patched and soon. It's a neat premise, although not very original.


    Don't buy this. Not yet anyway. I would have rather spent the $$ on EA surprise mechanics...    … Expand
  9. Crazybpd
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    this game is trash for ps4 users **** this game
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  10. Progressive-T
    May 20, 2020
    7
    This survival game could do with a little polish and there's the occasional glitch (spastic boars anyone?), but it's nowhere near as disastrous as some reviewers here would like us to believe.
    Metacritic is just full of frustrated people who refuse to take the time to stick with a game to see what it has to offer, but instead exaggerate what is wrong with it and slap a zero on it after    This survival game could do with a little polish and there's the occasional glitch (spastic boars anyone?), but it's nowhere near as disastrous as some reviewers here would like us to believe.
    Metacritic is just full of frustrated people who refuse to take the time to stick with a game to see what it has to offer, but instead exaggerate what is wrong with it and slap a zero on it after only a few hours of play.
    In my opinion, Stranded Deep is an enjoyable and relaxing title that is certainly worth a try if you're into this kind of game.
    When the game begins, you are guided by a tutorial to get you going. After that you rely on your crafting menu to give you your sense of direction. For instance, crafting a water still will be one of the first things you'll be wanting to do, as you cannot rely on coconuts too much, not for drinking nor for eating. I read comments on how people say the water still does not produce water, but it needs fibrous leaves or palm fronds to work. The former is the better choice as these leaves reproduce after a day or two. For food you can catch fish, crabs, birds, you can kill boars, snakes etc.
    Around every island you can spot sunken wrecks where you can dive to and collect different materials. Beware though of sharks that can appear at any time.
    When you've built a raft you can go and explore the other islands. The map is a 5x5 grid with 21 islands, 3 boss areas and one area where you need to go for the ending part.
    A tip for when using the raft: make sure to attach an anchor to it so that you can lower it just off the beach in the shallow parts instead of sailing onto the beach itself. The raft will stay in place in the water and you can easily take off again. Otherwise you always have to drag it back into the water and position the nose away from the land, which can be a hassle. Also there are big rocks in the shallows where your raft can get stuck on and that's even more annoying. Just use your anchor not too far out when approaching an island and you'll be good.
    If you want to go faster than the speed the sail has to offer, you can also craft a boat engine or even a gyrocopter, but I find the fuel consumption to be rather high, so I personally stick to using a sail.
    I also recommend saving regularly. You can get poisoned if you're not careful and having to then go look for the cure on other islands when you have none in stock can be a nuisance. A quick reload can remedy that. Also the game can crash now and then, even when trying to save, bringing you back to the Playstation menu.
    In the main menu of the game you can go to cartographer where you have the option to create new islands and replace them with islands already on your map. The advantage is that when you create these islands you can put everything you might be looking for on them. Just create an island with what you need and place it next to your home island, sail over there and collect! Afterwards you can easily replace it with another island with other stuff if you want.
    All in all I find Stranded Deep to be a worthwile survival game which could have gotten a point more if not for some flaws. If you're not a Metacritic crybaby, give this game a chance!    … Expand
  11. Psirhcillius
    Apr 27, 2020
    7
    Update: They added invert Y axis with a new patch, praise be ❤️❤️

    Unfortunately was unable to play much as the game offers no option to invert Y axis on the right stick, and this is not something that can be done with the PS4 accessibility options. I really hope the developer continues to support this game, and hope more they will add some control options. Otherwise I've wasted $30. 4/10    Update: They added invert Y axis with a new patch, praise be ❤️❤️

    Unfortunately was unable to play much as the game offers no option to invert Y axis on the right stick, and this is not something that can be done with the PS4 accessibility options. I really hope the developer continues to support this game, and hope more they will add some control options. Otherwise I've wasted $30. 4/10 trailer looked cool    … Expand
  12. Whatevevevever
    May 6, 2020
    1
    Just bought this game 2 hours ago. The game starts off promising, but trickles in to painful frustration... that’s £16 I will not get back... what a God-awful waste of my money, time, and completely unnecessary stress and frustration that I don’t need on my day off!

    The graphics are good, the controls sufficient, and plot and atmosphere intriguing and interesting. What really broke    Just bought this game 2 hours ago. The game starts off promising, but trickles in to painful frustration... that’s £16 I will not get back... what a God-awful waste of my money, time, and completely unnecessary stress and frustration that I don’t need on my day off!

    The graphics are good, the controls sufficient, and plot and atmosphere intriguing and interesting. What really broke my experience is the damn raft! Hard to move, can’t back paddle, flips over regularly either at night when you are in the middle of the sea by a shark, or randomly when dragging the thing back to the water. Also the days/nights go by fast, and would have preferred longer days, and nights where I get the option of making my character sleep. But no, I have to stay awake in the complete darkness waiting for the sun the come back...

    Only an hour of play and I have already regretted buying this terrible, terrible, terrible game.

    Please save yourself money that could be better spent on other games, groceries, or renting/buying some movies on Amazon!

    You’ve been warned!    … Expand
  13. Jannik-110
    May 5, 2020
    10
    Definitely not perfect, but close enough. For a cheap price this little gem holds a whole lot of hours of gameplay. I got a motorboat, a gyrocopter, and all the food and water I could wish for. The people rating this low, did not spend enough time getting to know the game mechanics. I'm fighting sharks, catching lionfishs, living the life! 30 in-game days in, and still got PLENTY of hoursDefinitely not perfect, but close enough. For a cheap price this little gem holds a whole lot of hours of gameplay. I got a motorboat, a gyrocopter, and all the food and water I could wish for. The people rating this low, did not spend enough time getting to know the game mechanics. I'm fighting sharks, catching lionfishs, living the life! 30 in-game days in, and still got PLENTY of hours to explore this game. Huge fan, thx!!!… Expand
  14. GameRogue
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    This is a pretty bleak game to be honest I’ve spent the best part of 5hrs with it so far and cant seem to source water at all? The system at play seems broken from what I can see but maybe I’m missing something. Most craft items require rope (lashings) to create rope requires fibrous leaves produced by the Yucca plant and palm tree saplings. In the island there is one Yucca tree thatThis is a pretty bleak game to be honest I’ve spent the best part of 5hrs with it so far and cant seem to source water at all? The system at play seems broken from what I can see but maybe I’m missing something. Most craft items require rope (lashings) to create rope requires fibrous leaves produced by the Yucca plant and palm tree saplings. In the island there is one Yucca tree that produces 5 fibrous leaves and approx. 4 palm tree saplings. One rope requires 4 of these leaves and almost every item requires rope. In order to progress the crafting tree to allow the construction of a water trap requires crafting several tools and items most of which require rope from fibrous leaves. By the time the water trap is unlocked there is no more fibrous leaves to use to craft it. In some forums it says these will grow back so I waited 3 days in game for 3 plam tree saplings each producing one fibrous leaf after collecting the first one my knife broke now I have to expel another 4 fibrous leaves for a new knife and nothing from the Yucca tree during this time still as I write this nothing from that tree. The option to sleep away the time is limited so with a lack of resources all I can really do is stand here, wait and hope as the guys vitals slowly drop. I can’t even class this as a game at the min it’s pretty un-fun to play and appears very poorly balanced. Some may say it’s a sim but a balance has to be struck for the game itself to survive on console, I mean anybody buying this at the min on PS4 has to be pretty pissed waiting 3 days in game to craft something only to not get enough resources is not fun at all its among the bleakest experiences I’ve had with a game ever. I am unsure how to progress and assistance from PC users doesn’t seem to cross over to PS4 the in game tutorial is dog **** and the controls are very clunky. Needs work from the dev team to survive as a game outside of the PC world at-least on PC they can fix it themselves on console we are stuck with hope that the dev team see and listen to forums and feedback. I will change this review if that happens but I don’t hold out much hope. Edit .. just through another hour at its ... absolute trash! not worth a buy in this appauling state… Expand
  15. Salty_Neckbeard
    May 6, 2020
    5
    I changed my review to a slightly higher one after learning this game was literally made by two people. This is a terrible, buggy port. Prepare to struggle against the controls for most of the game and when your not doing that you will be trying to find a work around for the numerous bugs that will make an already bad experience much worse.

    The tutorial is too short and gives you some    I changed my review to a slightly higher one after learning this game was literally made by two people. This is a terrible, buggy port. Prepare to struggle against the controls for most of the game and when your not doing that you will be trying to find a work around for the numerous bugs that will make an already bad experience much worse.

    The tutorial is too short and gives you some basics but doesn't tell you key things that you need to survive right from the beginning. Then there are the sharks. Oh my god the sharks. In a game where resources are limited and few and far between you should not be punished with the extremely aggressive sharks that send you flying out of your raft every few minutes early game.

    If you are a masochist this game is for you.    … Expand
  16. iLLeSTxOnE
    Apr 22, 2020
    4
    Really poorly optimised, Runs choppy and controls terrible. I would recommend sticking to the pc version.
  17. Killsonstream
    Apr 23, 2020
    8
    Game is fun. Could be better w graphics and controls. A little to easy. Could use multiplayer or stranded w friend n coop. Would be nice.
  18. 13thfriday
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This game is total garbage .Mud-like graphics, unreasonably hard to find some main resources, very bad control scheme .Everything bores you real fast.Dont waste money & time with this nonsense game.Play ''FOREST'' instead , it's so much better.
  19. Peeto
    Apr 23, 2020
    8
    sadly... this feels like budgeted game, but the price is fair. there are much richer and more AAA quality of survival games. Its pitty, I was quite looking forward to it and buy it day one. I will give it another chance today again, but I think my game is over with this game.. its lower standard than I expected. edit after more hrs in. raising from 5/10 to 6/10 .. there is some joy andsadly... this feels like budgeted game, but the price is fair. there are much richer and more AAA quality of survival games. Its pitty, I was quite looking forward to it and buy it day one. I will give it another chance today again, but I think my game is over with this game.. its lower standard than I expected. edit after more hrs in. raising from 5/10 to 6/10 .. there is some joy and somehow I am comming back even if it is far from perfect. Still worth a try I think. Edit - after another days and app + 15hrs in .... 8.5/10 - it actually has depth, I am comming back to this game and really starts to enjoy it. I am changing my mind, the game is somehow unique and although its not perfect (more tutorial will be fine, or at least more description) it really offers new experience you can not have from NO other survival game. I liked that if I was frustrated, it was because of my mistakes, not the game one. I did not have single bug, created structures are doing exactly what they should (I just did not understand how things works firsts and blame the game that water catcher is not working (it was haha) - creating water is easy once doing right things :) Now I have enough water (how much i want without some effort) and some lower quality of food for every day and doing expeditions to other islands. Oh boy, it actally is GOOD, relaxin, fun , mysterious...! For 20eur definately recommended, experimenting is part of the experience. I am really happy that I did not stop to play early in game, this game offers quite a lot. I am enjoying sunny days in my new safe house and conquering at least for now small creatures and westher. There is a looot in front of me and I can not wait to play again. The game never crashed, never, so its quite done executed. Fps is sometimes and some situatiins lower and stutter here and there for one second and this could be improved, but its not distracting It IS unique, buy it. 8.5/10 It already gives ma back more hours of fun, than several full priced AAA games.… Expand
  20. TheDatenshiMMA
    Dec 10, 2020
    3
    Not going to lie i had fun with it but to sum it all up... i hate squids for ever, the game defy all logic, sun goes down at 6pm in the pacific ? Why i have to farm making objects to get to the right level to fly away from that horrible game ? Why its so clunky ? The island maker doesnt work, too much bugs... stay away from it if you dont want to get addicted to that pile of trash
  21. Kelsonk
    Jul 7, 2020
    8
    This game surprised me. It has good graphics, the gameplay is good (engine can be improved) and in general it can be much more improved. I hope the developers continue with this game.
  22. Proudblkwomixen
    May 4, 2021
    0
    I downloaded this game today on the ps5 as a PS+ member and was excited to play as I am a fan of this genre. First of all I would like to put it out there that I identify as a african American sub male, female dominant, male. I am deeply offended that this game only offers two genders to choose from as gender is a spectrum and two options is not enough for this day and age. This isI downloaded this game today on the ps5 as a PS+ member and was excited to play as I am a fan of this genre. First of all I would like to put it out there that I identify as a african American sub male, female dominant, male. I am deeply offended that this game only offers two genders to choose from as gender is a spectrum and two options is not enough for this day and age. This is unacceptable I just wanted to experience the game as the zer I feel comfortable playing as (a sub male, female dominant, male) only allowing the player to choose two gender is highly sexeist. Beyond that to my horror I found out I was not able to change the race of my character. I am proud to be an African American. My people survived through slavery and oppression and are currently managing systemic racism day to day and refuse to play as a white supremacist. Why did the devs think that only white people can fly in planes and survive on an island. As a full blooded African American sub male, female dominant, male I feel that I too can survive on an island. I hope the developers can stop being so sexist and racists and find it in there hearts to expand their minds and make all people feel comfortable playing their game. Until they do so I am boycotting this game and hope you all do that same.

    PS BLM!    … Expand
  23. Kevchenk0
    May 18, 2021
    9
    One of the most unique gaming experiences I’ve had in a while. Takes me back to the days of my Amiga when I’d get a genuine feeling of excitement from something that felt truly original. This game won’t suit everyone I’m certain but I found it a refreshing play.
  24. gd01skorpius
    Jun 1, 2021
    0
    Just no. The controls in this game are unacceptable straight from the menu and right into gameplay. X (ps4) is used to skip cinematics (good) then X again used to skip hints (usually it's a L1 and R1 in other games but whatever), then X again to start (okay but I had to press it several times after prompted) then the main menu has a strange layout, looking left to right there is yourJust no. The controls in this game are unacceptable straight from the menu and right into gameplay. X (ps4) is used to skip cinematics (good) then X again used to skip hints (usually it's a L1 and R1 in other games but whatever), then X again to start (okay but I had to press it several times after prompted) then the main menu has a strange layout, looking left to right there is your username highlighted as if you can select something else, then all the menu options are to the right... strange but whatever... then the game settings after pressing new game are on the left and your character is on the right.... why the switch? Now for some reason X is used to skip this whole scene and go directly into gameplay, and having been trained so far to press X to do things it's easy to skip right over the gameplay settings so you basically have to restart the game and when you get to the same screen press Square to change things. Finally when the game starts, your 1st person camera movement is incredibly sluggish and lags behind your inputs. When you make it to the progression trigger of the next sequence the change is so abrupt, followed by a loading screen, I though I had died and the game was reloading. From there I'm on a raft struggling with the camera and pop up hints, I finally got an paddle in my hand and rowed to shore, but incapable of exiting the raft. I pressed every button, there was no onscreen hint... but this time I gave up, having zero faith that things would improve from this point. It's like whoever approved the controls had never played a game with a controller before. Also the whole UI felt amateurish. Hate to be this harsh, it's a great concept and I wanted to give it a chance, but first impressions mean a lot.… Expand
  25. PanchoTaffy
    May 8, 2021
    0
    Where to begin? First of all it takes an age for the game to load, which is a shock as the game looks and plays like something you might have seen on the PlayStation 1. The graphics at best are terrible, the sound is boring, the lighting is poor and the animation/movement is jerky and clunky. Even as a free game, this is not worth it. It's a waste of hard disk space.
  26. Steyraus
    May 6, 2021
    0
    Where is PlatStations quality control, this brocken rubish game should not have even been put on the store. The trailers for this game are straight up false advertising. They make the game look stunning, but when you load it up it looks like a badly optimised game from 2010. Full of glitches, esset re use and low frame rates. There is green blocks for bushes and square egdes everywhere.Where is PlatStations quality control, this brocken rubish game should not have even been put on the store. The trailers for this game are straight up false advertising. They make the game look stunning, but when you load it up it looks like a badly optimised game from 2010. Full of glitches, esset re use and low frame rates. There is green blocks for bushes and square egdes everywhere. This game needed more production, its like its some experimental project, worked on by one or two kids after school.
    The game file size is 2 gb. There is no content, its just and over used set of game assets. The gameplay is standard 2005 survivor game , but this was released in 2020    … Expand
  27. jimmylittle007
    May 6, 2021
    0
    Another 'Made with Unity' nightmare. Terrible graphics inexplicably coupled with a terrible frame rate. The UI is super intrusive and makes the already impossible to see things on the ground even more difficult to find, it's poorly designed, clunky and confusing to use. Controls are bad, floaty and unresponsive...even something as simple as climbing is mired in janky animations and pixelAnother 'Made with Unity' nightmare. Terrible graphics inexplicably coupled with a terrible frame rate. The UI is super intrusive and makes the already impossible to see things on the ground even more difficult to find, it's poorly designed, clunky and confusing to use. Controls are bad, floaty and unresponsive...even something as simple as climbing is mired in janky animations and pixel perfect placement. I got this game for free on Playstation Plus, and it still feels like I've been ripped off. If you want a nautical themed survival sim, try Subnautica. It's at a similar price point but miles ahead in terms of quality. There's just no good reason for this game to exist, and even less reason for anyone to play it.… Expand
  28. HappySpaceInvad
    May 17, 2021
    2
    I’m sure there’s a great game in there somewhere, but the implementation is so poor and feels unfinished. Screen tearing, sub 20fps framerate, flickering graphics, crude looking models, unresponsive controls…. and this is on a PS4 Pro. It all looks so awful. I chopped at a Yukka for some fiborous material, and what I saw drop to the ground then started twitching endlessly, unable to beI’m sure there’s a great game in there somewhere, but the implementation is so poor and feels unfinished. Screen tearing, sub 20fps framerate, flickering graphics, crude looking models, unresponsive controls…. and this is on a PS4 Pro. It all looks so awful. I chopped at a Yukka for some fiborous material, and what I saw drop to the ground then started twitching endlessly, unable to be picked up, and visually didn’t look anything like a part of a Yukka. Even as a free PSN download this couldn’t hold my attention.… Expand
  29. NazgulzLegacy
    Jun 29, 2021
    7
    Ladders do t work properly, i get stuck on stuff a lot, this game still needs lots of work.
  30. inmh
    May 6, 2020
    7
    If you liked the Forest, this is a decently similar kind of game.

    Of the positives, the game presents a decent survival challenge- you really have to stay on top of food and water acquisition, and there are limited medical resources if you are, say, bitten by a snake. You also have a number of islands to visit for different resources, and start off with a raft you can use to get from    If you liked the Forest, this is a decently similar kind of game.

    Of the positives, the game presents a decent survival challenge- you really have to stay on top of food and water acquisition, and there are limited medical resources if you are, say, bitten by a snake. You also have a number of islands to visit for different resources, and start off with a raft you can use to get from place to place.

    Some of the other reviews I've seen here criticizing the game have said things that are simply untrue: You can absolutely change the sensitivity of the camera movement, you can get water from a few different sources (it's tricky, though- again, the game is presenting a challenge, and maintaining a source of water and food is part of that challenge), and you CAN sleep for (most) of the nigh.

    Other things, however, are true: The game is glitchy in some places (twice now I've had a boar I was hunting just totally, graphically freak out and bounce all over the place). Hunting land-game in general is a bit clunky, although you don't really have to since crabs and fish are easily acquired. And it is true that sharks can throw you out of a boat.

    I agree the game requires more development, but a lot of the negative reviews I'm seeing here primarily seem to be complaining about the difficulty of the game and the lack of resources- and while difficulty is a legitimate reason to dislike a game, I'm pretty sure that's what the devs were going for in this case.    … Expand
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#2 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Everyeye.it
    May 26, 2021
    65
    Stranded Deep is a naked and raw survival, more suitable for big fans of the genre than for newbies.
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  2. Multiplayer.it
    May 9, 2021
    68
    Stranded Deep does not have content and variety comparable to the most famous survival and overall each of its mechanics is quite derivative.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 4, 2020
    60
    It’s rarely original, occasionally frustrating, and often clumsy in execution, but when it clicks there’s a meditative vein to Stranded Deep’s grind that will make time spent indoors sunnier. [Issue#176, p.74]
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