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Death Stranding Dunkey review
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Now we're making shit up huh
Almost 3 years later and the salt is still flowing
Don't waste your time, I remember that poster from the Days Gone threads earlier this year.
Got everyone in the OT riled up with that "4D chess concern trolling" schtick.
Im saying I never used stamina potions to get places unless I decided to brute force it. They weren't necessary.
I applaud them for honesty, while I think it does indeed look a little boring and pretentious even I wouldn't give it that score. It looks like a 6.5/10 for me. Above-average but an acquired taste to get a higher score.
Yes, but users here told me that playing it is different than watching it and the feeling of serenity and isolation is unique.
It's a love it or get bored from it kinda game.
I don't think that's true of the early to mid game of BOTW at all. I spent tons of time watching my stamina and watching out for footholds where I could recover while climbing mountains.
As you progress, sure, you have lots of stuff that can boost stamina but that's a deliberate feeling of empowerment as you progress.
By contrast, I climbed a massive mountain in chapter 3 of Death Stranding by just holding LT+RT+X without ever having to manage my stamina or watch out for places to rest. The only time I ever find I need to worry about stamina in DS is when I'm crossing a river.
Lol you are full of food and stamina things if you explore even a little bit, i bought a switch for that game, you are talking with the wrong person my friend.
You seems far more salty than me tbh.
No food restores stamina, only crafted shit
Yeah you'll be full of stamina recovering potions if you specifically farm for their ingredients and spend time crafting them
DS is an incredibly well made game with a depth of options and mechanics that we rarely see in today's streamlined gaming world, but the gameplay loop can be laborious as fuck sometimes (and I say this as someone who loves just wandering around and exploring) and the story is peak Kojima unfiltered and unchained.
What DS really accomplishes for me is to showcase just how incredible the Decima engine is.
What DS really accomplishes for me is to showcase just how incredible the Decima engine is.
Agree with him, except the story... not great storywise, but okay.
This should be a TV-Series, not a video game. <- my opinion.
This should be a TV-Series, not a video game. <- my opinion.
Never farmed anything, you have a tons just by exploring the world, the game is not shy in terms of food and shit to mix by any means...
And food or crafted shit doesnt really change the concept of what i was saying.
My point was, why zelda climbing is fun? Or more fun than ds climbing? It's factually wrong and i was originally talking about what dunkey said in his review, it pull me out of every thing he has to say about the game...
Like when jim sterling said that knack 2 controls and combat are unprecise, i can't take seriously someone who said something so factually wrong...
The main problem of the traversal is the total lack of challenge that makes many of the traversal options almost irrelevant, and how the ones that are relevant make the traversal irrelevant (zip lines) which made the game lacks the reward it should have for a game that it's about moving from one place to other. Also, what should be some key and rewarding mechanics for the traversal like the vehicles make the experience even worse because of their poor gameplay and physics in relation to the terrain.
Interrumping the traversal with shit combat that it's just there to make everything slower than it is, it's not a great decision either and just everything more tedious than it should.
I know video games should be experienced, I've been playing them for over 30 years but in the case of death stranding ive seen no evidence of the cut scenes and gameplay really bringing it together.
The 9 hours of cutscenes I watched could be summed up in a couple of sentences. I dont believe I'm the only person who takes issue with the games story and how much it beats you over the head with exposition dumps.
I for one am someone who genuinely believes I'll enjoy the gameplay over the god awful story I witnessed.
People I trust are giantbomb, easy allies, 8 4 play, angry joe, twitch streamer cohcarnage. I actually lean towards dunkey too because he is all about classic fluid gameplay. I grew up on Mario as well.
I'm more with vinny and Brad from giant bomb on ds
I've said it multiple times. I'm glad the game exists. I want more games from kojima just a little more filtered.
As an older geek the tech side of the game, the design, all of that absolutely sings to me.
Sorry if this post comes off as scrappy ivd been on my phone all morning so posts may seem a little short/hot take.
Really appreciate your response
This made me lol. Reminds me of jumping between RDR2 on Xbone and AC: Odyssey on PC. Felt like Speedy Gonzales, and had to shelve AC for a bit because I was jumping off things in RDR2 that killed me.
Highlights your concerns.
you can't have issues...... you never even played the game. your posts are like concern trolling
Unless you do optional content, the route planning/optimizing is only a thing during the first 2 chapters or so. The leg skeletons and later the ziplines are too unbalanced (superior to any other option) that there's no need to plan anything tbh. And if you want to finish some quest fast you always have the bike than can climb almost any terrain if you know how to abuse it. The world design was nothing to write about either, there's dozes of open world games that do it better. I agree that the coop is something really good and unique, but everything else is really shallow (again, I completed only the main quest and about 7-8 optional deliveries).
You can stand still in a river to regain your stamina, so that can also be trivialized.
So I cant discuss issues that I believe will resonate with me.
I cant comment on the hours of cutscenes I watched just like anyone who played the game? There is no difference to watching the cutscenes on a stream than natively on a ps4.
Please do not try and label my points as concern trolling. It is far from that.
Yup. Can't really take Dunkview seriously after he called TLOU characters boring and story generic, and gameplay boring. He has a very specific taste.
Decent list, matches mine. Haven't played Control so I would replace it with DMC V.
Firstly, obviously you haven't seen evidence that the gameplay and cutscenes contextualise each other because you haven't actually played the game, which ultimately makes your points even more amusing.
Also, some of you people you listed enjoyed Death Stranding. But even then, you've listed such a wide variance of outlets that there's going to be lots of contention. A couple from GB disliked RDR2, whilst to you it was one of the best games ever made. Some or many of the outlets you listed disliked Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves, but you enjoyed both.
Point is, rather than solely relying on others to dictate what you do or do not enjoy, or what you may or may not enjoy, perhaps play it yourself before forming such a heavy handed impression, especially for a game like Death Stranding which has been fairly divisive, in that it's had opinions on both extremes (though most reviews are very positive). Based on some of the games you've enjoyed that have been critically slated, you of all people should appreciate that notion.
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Definitely, that's why I'm looking forward to getting it on PC and playing it.
Lol Factually wrong. The mental gymnastics for this game and the need for some people to try to bring down other games to prop up this one is something else
He found it more fun because he found traversing and climbing more enjoyable in BotW than in DS. That's not "factually wrong", that's his opinion
With all due respect, your impression of the game is going to be completely tainted. You've already ruined the story for yourself, and now you plan to skip the cutscenes during your play through which will mess up both the pacing and the context between everything.
This game brings out hardcore defense as well as hardcore hate. It's really something else
Threads like this are when you realise what an insular bubble much of the gaming community is.
I've been a hardcore gamer for over 30 years and no idea who this guy is. Every individuals opinion is just as valid. It's just bizarre to see a 20 page (and counting) thread about his particular review.
I've been a hardcore gamer for over 30 years and no idea who this guy is. Every individuals opinion is just as valid. It's just bizarre to see a 20 page (and counting) thread about his particular review.
I have no interest in the story, its terrible imo.
I'm interested in the gameplay.
Gameplay loop (and graphics) is by far the better part of the game, if you buy the game for that, you are gonna enjoy the shit out of him, in real4k60 frame.
So terrible you supposedly watched 9 hours worth of cutscenes from it....before even playing the game.... lol....
This is it. I kind of dont want the zip lines to be in as surely that defies the point of the game?
It's going to look insane.
This is the epitome of concern trolling. No you can't watch the cutscenes and then bash the game.. 😆 You don't get a hate voucher IOU cause the PC ver ain't out. You have to play the game fam.
like, why would you watch 9 hours of some shit you didn't like? And furthermore, if you don't like what you see, why buy it at all?
...So you can hate now. Lol
(Bro I'm cracking up)
Because I genuinely love mgs. 14 year old me may have enjoyed this story.
How would I know the story was terrible if I didn't watch it to the end?
Never used tha zipline for that reason (and also because i'm a lazy mofo who hate building and repairing shit), just wait the third chapter to unlock some juicy upgrade and you are gonna enjoy the trip a lot.
I'm bashing the story bro.
For the umpteemph time. Im interested in the gameplay..lmao
To me death stranding works completely disconnected.
It's like an indie game of a mechanic. I wouldn't pay full price for it. I see it as an amazing indie game. Looking forward to micro managing my weight distribution and delivering some pizza.
The comparison with Skyrim climbing hurts a lot, but he's really on point for the little that I could play the game.
You do what most people do, play the actual game? You know, the way the gameplay and story is meant to be experienced....
Yup, looking forward to getting into it. :)
I just dont believe this applies to this game. Also with the mixed opinions, and doubt I'm not investing 50 hours to see the story and im glad I didn't. I would have been infuriated at myself. I have a massive pile of shame and this game is not a priority for me.
That's just my opinion.
Anyway this thread has gone on a very personal journey for myself :)
Can we get back to discussing dunkys review?
You can purposely play wrong to get a stupid point across like in this video (placing a ladder in a stupid way like at the very beginning, not crouching while passing under something with a 3 meter tall backpack, hitting every single rock in a path while there are clear ways around them, carrying a bomb in a vehicle over unfair terrain after the game hammers you noless than 4 times about SPECIFICALLY not doing that shit etc.) .
Or you can have fun with the dozens of mechanics.
Random example:
Or you can have fun with the dozens of mechanics.
Random example:
Great review as always
I'm still planning on picking it up sometime, when it's heavily discounted
I'm still planning on picking it up sometime, when it's heavily discounted
I like usually dunkeys videos but this wasnt even remotely funny and i can laugh about a game i like.
I hated the gameplay and my end stats say I fell over once and I only did that because I thought they'd give you a trophy for it. The traversal is surprisingly shallow, hold L2 + R2 and hold forward, don't walk off a cliff. It only got fun once you could build a zipline network and had to scout the best spots to place one so you could literally fly between places.
I've seen pretty big overlap between people who love DS and those who love Control. They're usually fine with either of them winning Goty.
He showed up in my list so I've made contract with him. Hopefully his resort shows up in my instance lol.
That video is incredible. Love it.
I think he just really disliked this game.