I honestly never expected this. I kind of thought that the clout of Kojima would put it above Horizon at least (not that a 89 or 84 are low by any means).
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Death Stranding - Review Thread (see staff post for discussion guidelines)
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the narrative is, eh, that if you ignore the bad reviews you will be left only with the good ones? I don't know what the hell is the point that dude is trying to make LMAO
Game sounds best that to watch a Youtube movie than buying it to play. Sadly gonna cancel my collectors edition order. Tried blacking out. Oof
The traversal aspect of DS is probably the only part of its gameplay that looks intriguing to me. You have to properly navigate your environments, whether you're walking or driving. However, I'm also equally put off by the focus on encumbrance. I wish it was somehow designed around traversal without having to mess around with the other thing.
Well that's uh something.
Uhhh both bladerunners are pretty fucking boring lol albeit excellent.
What's with this anyway, I've seen this a lot lately? I mean, you said it, how could it not by default be in your opinion?
There is so much wrong with this. I don't even know where to start.
Don't compare DS a game you haven't played to two great movies, one being arguably one of the best films ever made, and a game with fantastic writing and characters to this kojima nonsense.
Slapping the boring label on those two movies is ridiculous. Even calling the last of us boring by comparison is laughable.
JFC, this is where we are now.
Yeah you might have to look at the review thread guidelines cause wow
This seems like a pretty good result for a first attempt after splitting off. He pretty much had to build a lot of this game and it's tools from the ground up and getting this kind of response.
Woof what the fuck"Great" how Kojima retweets this and all other comments are how IGN (US) never really played the game and is bad and horrible and the usual bullshit.
Thanks Kojima for making their life a better place by signal boosting this crap.
Geez
"Great" how Kojima retweets this and all other comments are how IGN (US) never really played the game and is bad and horrible and the usual bullshit.
Thanks Kojima for making their life a better place by signal boosting this crap.
Geez
I get that maybe Kojima hoped for better scores, but this comes off as petty.
Current metacritic is exactly where I thought it'd be. I still have it pre-ordered despite a PC version coming, and trying to decide if I should keep it is hard. Sometimes reviews complain about things that don't bother me at all. But with this one, I can definitely see being really bothered by the same things.
It's fucking nonsense, is all. People looking for any reason to take issue with what you say.
Also I have asked this so many damn times and haven't received a single response: What is "innovative," "revolutionary," or [boundary breaking] about this game? I don't get the impression at all from the few reviews I've read and the people commenting here, but people keep saying this shit. What does this game do differently that makes it something so different from any other game that precedes it? I'm genuinely curious. As it is, that shit is just hollow praise because no one is explaining what the fuck that even means.
Pretty much. Unless a game is legit broken it won't get a 4-5 from those major outlets. ~7 is probably as low as IGN would've gone for a non broken game.
"Boring" is the short hand many use for narratives that have a slower pace. You've never heard people say Blade Runner or The Godfather is boring? Folks walked out of the screenings of BR2049 I saw saying they fell asleep, meanwhile I just witnessed one of the finest masterpieces of my life. However, to me "boring" does not indicate a bad quality, it simply means a slower pace with less action. The Last of Us is "boring," you send a lot of the game walking, talking, moving ladders, solving rudimentary puzzles, scavenging, and occasionally shooting zombies. It's also exactly why I love it.
We need more AAA experience that aren't afraid to slow things way down.
See above.
Did I say DS was of the same quality as Apocalypse Now? I said, I'm excited for a more "boring" ie slower paced game. We'll see if it manages to reach anywhere near those heights.
Well, OK. Not an unexpected outcome if you ask me. If you have already played a bunch of Kojima games by now you know the guy has awful storytelling skills. What surprised me with those reviews though is that it seems the gameplay takes a backseat somehow. MGS5 had storytelling issues too but the gameplay was enjoyable at the very least. What is expected is that DS seems absolutely wonderful in terms of design and technology but is it enough? Well, not for me.
Maybe to you. Most people tend to like blade runner. I know it's not a blockbuster and the first was a failure initially, but most people tend to like blade runner. It doesn't take some higher thinking to appreciate the movies and games listed. FFS TLOU is one of the most universally acclaimed and loved games I can think of. Jesus the IQs in this thread must be off the charts.
"Death Stranding is like hiking for accountants." hahaha
So here are all the reviews I know of.
IGN US - 6.8/10
IGN Japan - 9.5/10
IGN Italy - 9.6/10
IGN Spain - 8.7/10
IGN South Africa - 9/10
IGN Germany - 7.9
IGN Poland - 7.6
IGN Latin America - 9.8
IGN Brazil - 9.0
IGN Portugal - 9.5
Average across IGN is 8.74
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not only it's childish and a bad look for him, it invites his fans to attack IGN as well.
It seems like most reviewers weren't fans of the actual gameplay. From the few 8's reviews I read, they seemed much more negative than the score.
Is this the new norm, review scores seeming higher than what the reviewer is saying in their reviews?
Is this the new norm, review scores seeming higher than what the reviewer is saying in their reviews?
You're gonna cancel your order of an 85 Metacritic game because it didn't score 5 or 6 points to reach 90?
The game is receiving glowing praise.
People in this thread : Why are so many of these reviews so critical and don't seem to really enjoy the game yet still give it a 9?
Also people in this thread: How dare reviewers give this a metacritic score of 84, it clearly deserves to be 98, this is just more proof that reviewers Just Don't Get It
Also people in this thread: How dare reviewers give this a metacritic score of 84, it clearly deserves to be 98, this is just more proof that reviewers Just Don't Get It
Reminds me of when soccer players get hurt and the magic spray comes out to bring them back to life.
Beyond hyped for this game. The fact that one of the reviews I briefly read stated that Konami appeared to be a "safeguard" against Kojima's crazier ideas is AWESOME. Give me that unleashed Kojima insanity.
You have to have a high IQ to understand The Last of Us, Bladerunner, or Godfather
This is just hilarious. Unreal what people will say in defense of a game they haven't even experienced yet.
God damn man you may not realize it, but you are just pumping yourself up so much. Yes I've heard people call them boring, but the godfather is number 2 on the IMDB top 250, which is largely a what have you done for me lately, MCU, blockbuster fest these days. It's one of the most universally acclaimed movies. It's "boring" because it's extremely long. Hearing people call it boring doesn't make it the majority opinion, and you not finding it boring doesn't make you more intelligent.
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Kojima went full meta.
Your journey is not a pleasant or fun one. It's long, boring, exhausting and thats how the game wants you to feel, that's how the game wants you to create a bond with other players: cooperating to lighten the burden.
It feels like commitment and sacrifice.
A lot of people are looking for a game and aren't willing to put up with that.
Kojima went full meta.
Your journey is not a pleasant or fun one. It's long, boring, exhausting and thats how the game wants you to feel, that's how the game wants you to create a bond with other players: cooperating to lighten the burden.
It feels like commitment and sacrifice.
A lot of people are looking for a game and aren't willing to put up with that.
I tried MGS4 on PS3 and was disappointed.
I tried MGS5 on PS4, didn't enjoy it but tried it again on PC and still found it disappointing.
This game looks to be disappointing.
I've never understood why Kojima is rated so highly based on everything I've experienced from him. Granted I've never played the original MGS titles (despite owning the HD collection somewhere) but it seems his games are always way overhyped but turn out to be disappointing, which is sometimes as a result of over hyping I'll admit, however I've tried some of his highest rated games myself such as MGS4 and MGS5 and got legitimately bored of them and it seems I'm not the only one who feels the same about those games either.
I tried MGS5 on PS4, didn't enjoy it but tried it again on PC and still found it disappointing.
This game looks to be disappointing.
I've never understood why Kojima is rated so highly based on everything I've experienced from him. Granted I've never played the original MGS titles (despite owning the HD collection somewhere) but it seems his games are always way overhyped but turn out to be disappointing, which is sometimes as a result of over hyping I'll admit, however I've tried some of his highest rated games myself such as MGS4 and MGS5 and got legitimately bored of them and it seems I'm not the only one who feels the same about those games either.
Agree with that, that's why I loved Uncharted 2 more than 3
they both had a sequence were Drake was pushed to his limits (the train and plane crash respectively) but the difference of what happened afterwards makes one scenario better than the other
Uncharted 2 has you do a breather level interacting with villagers afterwards and then a platforming level before going into action
Uncharted 3 dives straight back into the action, making the entire plane crash and desert level kinda pointless