Jeff at least appreciates it for doing something different. Dan is in no way as mature as Jeff in that sense though.
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Death Stranding - Review Thread (see staff post for discussion guidelines)
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Jeff at least appreciates it for doing something different. Dan is in no way as mature as Jeff in that sense though.
Man some if the reviews don't match the score at all. Even the lower scores like GI and IGN feel harsher in text form. How the fuck do you rate a game that you didn't think was fun a 7/10 or a 6.8/10?
After posting the conclusion a few pages back, here is my entire review. It's for Gamer.nl, a videogame site in the Netherlands. The review also appears on Metacritic. I've taken the effort of translating the entire review for you (and was allowed to do so by the editor in chief, of course). Its in quotes so you can expand it as you please, it's quite big. It doesn't have any big story spoilers apart from explaining the setting and early game stuff.
I gave the game a 9.5 out of 10.
Screenshots I took:
I'll be here a lot today to answer questions if needed! Nothing too spoilery of course.
I cannot fully read everything u wrote since it enters spoiler territory for me, but thank you so much for your translation. My question is simple: did you liked the game? Was it a really good experience for you?
where do you see the incosistency? That game was broken and bad, therefore it got a 4. And you never compare games in different genres, ever, which is something a lot of people like to do.
You have a couple of 3's and 6's among a sea of 9s and 10s.
That's not divisive, it's unanimous.
Glad i did not pre order since this really don't seem like something i would enjoy .
Review scores are okay .
Review scores are okay .
Read the reviews, an 83 is of course a good score but read some of the reviews, thats why people's are saying divisibe I think, a lot of reviews point out how it isn't for a lot of people and has boring gameplay but there are also parts that's pull it up like the story.
I don't think the average is reflective of the reviews. A lot of the negative reviews seemed like they pulled back from giving the game a lower score.
From reading a few of the reviews, it seems like some reviewers were a little scared to give a lower score? Some saying they hated it then give it a 7.
because it goes from this:
to this
That's the average score, the actual scores themselves are all over the place. It's definitely not receiving the overwhelming praise that a lot of AAA games typically get from review outlets.
That being said, it's not diminishing my hype for Death Stranding. In fact, it's made me more curious to get my hands on it. It's not often a big budget, highly anticipated title draws such a broad spectrum of critical opinion like this, and I'm really eager to find out why that is.
Well spoilers... if you want to go in blind you cant read the review because I explain the basic gameplay, yes, but Im not spoiling any story beats past the beginning.
It was a spiritual experience for me. That sounds kinda lame but its the first game that gave me the emotional feelings I usually only get from movies or music.
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Yeah the reviewer probably lost half of their brain in some accident lol.
Metro.co.uk and GamesRadar are among the ones that gave it a low score tho?
Inside Gaming review is up. The one and only Lawrence Sonntag gave it one exceedingly cute baby in a jar out of a very ugly baby, which translates to three piss grenades, with the last piss grenade being a bit discolored. Since I've majored in both of these languages, this roughly translates to he liked it, it's very different. It may not be for you, and that is okay.
Millenium 98/100
Jeuxvideo.com 9.5
VideoGamer 8/10
Game Revolution 5/5
Jeuxvideo.com 9.5
VideoGamer 8/10
Game Revolution 5/5
He doesn't know if he does or not lol
Hype reduced significantly.
The boss from TGS looked bad but Kojima said he was one of the weakest so I gave it the benefit of doubt. But according to skillup it's same in general, bosses attacks are too slow and telegraphed, he said he only got hit a few times in the whole game...
I miss the Kojima who did amazing boss fights. PP was so underwhelming in that regard and it seems this game is the same.
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Guys, the Metacritic average isn't representative of the actual reviews. This game seems to be extremely divisive from the reviews I have read. Either you like it or you hate it, no in-between. This just makes me want to try the game out myself to see what I personally think of it.
The Game Informer review is insane in its score, there's basically no positives in the text and it gets a 7/10.
Our spoiler free review. We gave it a 95/100 :)
Reviews are supporting what every one expected:
You either hate it or love it. And I'm still on the fence about buying this game or not. Reviews aren't helping here...they are making the situation even worse.
You either hate it or love it. And I'm still on the fence about buying this game or not. Reviews aren't helping here...they are making the situation even worse.
Cause its early, it took me a moment to translate a conclusion for those that are interested (apologies if a little stilted):
No, Giant Bomb isn't really a review site anymore. It's basically a personality driven game content site at this point.
I love Dan as a personality, but he also can kind of be a dolt at times. One trend in his tastes that I've tended to notice is that he does not like much of anything that takes patience or persistence.
