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Death Stranding |OT| Peace Walker
- Thread starter Kindekuma
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If the atmosphere and mechanics haven't roped you in yet, you should trade it in.
So far it's been easy but I'm only a few chapters in. Just don't damage goods and I imagine time sensitive actions need to be done quickly.
There isn't any other settings. It's another game with shitty text size. For fuck sake, this is really annoying when games do this.
So I caved and bought the game, and so far I'm enjoying my time with it. I just started chapter 3. The traversal mechanics feel interesting and I was surprisingly engaged the first few hours just trekking here and there with cargo on my back. The BT moments felt tense, and never dragged on for too long which is a positive. I particularly enjoy the planning that goes into delivering your cargo - the selection of what tools go where, which to take with me, finding a good route to take and so on.
Most of the rest falls flat for me though. The music is good in general, although I think sometimes it's a little much. The subtle, poignant score of BotW evoked more in me than the Indie music or whatever it is you get blasted with after finishing a set piece. Not that it's bad by any means but it's just not always working for me.
The story is all right, although it's not gripping me by any means. Worse though, I do not care one iota about any of the characters, and I don't think the game is motivating the player very well trying to 'connect' all of America again, when all you see of America is just one boring hologram dude after another. Why do I care about these people? Why do I care about Amelie? The NPC's letters all sound alike, with the same empty platitudes as if sent from the same person, and anyway except for Sam's shenanigans in his room all the characters have the charisma of a sodden towel. Their looks range from weird to intriguing, but there's just nothing behind it for me.
Buuuut I'm just starting with chapter 3 so there's plenty of time for these things to pick up. And I read already that it's getting better from here on out, so I'm looking forward to that.
Most of the rest falls flat for me though. The music is good in general, although I think sometimes it's a little much. The subtle, poignant score of BotW evoked more in me than the Indie music or whatever it is you get blasted with after finishing a set piece. Not that it's bad by any means but it's just not always working for me.
The story is all right, although it's not gripping me by any means. Worse though, I do not care one iota about any of the characters, and I don't think the game is motivating the player very well trying to 'connect' all of America again, when all you see of America is just one boring hologram dude after another. Why do I care about these people? Why do I care about Amelie? The NPC's letters all sound alike, with the same empty platitudes as if sent from the same person, and anyway except for Sam's shenanigans in his room all the characters have the charisma of a sodden towel. Their looks range from weird to intriguing, but there's just nothing behind it for me.
Buuuut I'm just starting with chapter 3 so there's plenty of time for these things to pick up. And I read already that it's getting better from here on out, so I'm looking forward to that.
Watching Giant Bomb's early impressions contrast with their late impressions makes me really worried about this, and I'm already seeing it here. I am waiting for the honeymoon period to end to see what people think after some time has passed.
Thanks, unfortunately that will limit my playtime somewhat.
Probably not. I did to start with, but they add a lot of weight and you almost certainly don't need them all. I've started rolling with a hook strapped to one hip and a ladder to the other. Everything else is cargo space.
?.... Almost everyone at GB either outright disliked or was lukewarm on the game from the start.
I realise from looking at some videos of where I've got up to that the traversal (at least at the beginning) is even more forgiving than I'd realised..
..going about a third of the pace in general and I kinda dug it? Assumed if I pushed it that I'd fall so just kept slow and steady and enjoyed the walk without pushing or questioning it.
I see people in the intro walk just running around like they would in Horizon, over rocks and large bumps, whatever. Whereas I was scanning every so often at the beginning and then carefully walking and edging my way around the rocks and parts of the landscape. The visual landscape is a great guide to how you can traverse (though the scan looks so cool I can't resist sometimes) and going at it as I would IRL seemed to pay off for me even if I could have stomped and run over most things in half the time.
..going about a third of the pace in general and I kinda dug it? Assumed if I pushed it that I'd fall so just kept slow and steady and enjoyed the walk without pushing or questioning it.
I see people in the intro walk just running around like they would in Horizon, over rocks and large bumps, whatever. Whereas I was scanning every so often at the beginning and then carefully walking and edging my way around the rocks and parts of the landscape. The visual landscape is a great guide to how you can traverse (though the scan looks so cool I can't resist sometimes) and going at it as I would IRL seemed to pay off for me even if I could have stomped and run over most things in half the time.
Looking forward to picking this up tomorrow. In for the ride if I love it or hate it! Kojima first new IP in a very long time is a big deal for me personally.
I always find posts like this amusing. Like ultimately why does it matter either way?
I always find posts like this amusing. Like ultimately why does it matter either way?
They were very excited at the start, Dan, Abby and Alex seemed way into it in the prologue
That's not true at all. Dan was extremely excited for it at the start, which is funny because he's the one who ended up hating it the most.
You won't need to. The worst part of the game is the beginning hours. After that things open up dramatically. So if anyone here is wondering - once you get to Chapter 4 you've passed the so called slog.
The first thing out of Dan's mouth when they were allowed to talk about it on Nov 1 was "it fucking sucks". Abby also mentioned disliking it on the podcast.
I'm talking about the video they made of their very first time with the game. You can find it on their website.
They are excited and into the things it seems to be trying to do, then they skip ahead to the end where they have a different opinion. That's what the other user was talking about
Dan was really excited. I wouldn't say love, but I think they were (with the exception of probably Abby) at least intrigued.
See above.
Because I don't have $60 to just throw around, and given my limited time nowadays, I would prefer to maximize my enjoyment of the 50 hours it would take to complete this? Why read reviews?
How long does it take to get to chapter 4?
I dont even fucking know what this game is. lol. Its like this weird walking simulator.
Yup. Not coming back to this thread...
Yup. Not coming back to this thread...
That's more going to be raging fanboyism than actual reviews. The game's been out for less than a day, and took me just under 40 hours to finish for review.
If the beggining is the worst part, then that was to be some incredible shit because 4 hours in and im good. Just wish the game was a bit harder, because the hard dificult is really easy even with bt in.
Prety much, everybody givign 0 and 10 havent play the game at all.
It's my birthday this weekend, and I got monday and tuesday off as well.
I'm ready to kick some BT ass!
I'm ready to kick some BT ass!
Yeah i guess its hard to judge now because both fanboys and haters.
They did an early & late game impressions video and were very excited going into it. They recorded literally the first time they started it. (End of the video is spoilery obv)
I'm at chapter 3 right now, but man if people are calling that a slog then I'm expecting Mad Max Fury Road from chapter 4 onward.
I still find it hilarious that humanity is close to extinction yet Monster energy drink is still ongoing
I totally understand not wanting to waste your money on something you don't like.
I personally have not cared about reviews for probably 15 years at this point I know what I like and can tell based on videos if the game is for me.
The amusing thing for me is I would argue almost every game has a honey moon period and that you will always get a good percentage that won't like something or eventually won't like something. I also wouldn't use one source as a be all end all for forming an opinion I guess.
