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What's the consensus on Death Stranding?
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I cannot get into open world games to save my life, but there was something different about Death Stranding and I was hooked for the entire experience. Incredible game. Loved both the gameplay and the cutscenes. Parts of it even felt like a great Metal Gear Solid game to me.
Can't stop thinking about it still after beating it a month or so back. Favorite game from last year, easily.
That's basically the consensus everywhere
Insanely overrated and a lot of waffle. It tries to be deep but just comes off as pretentious nonsense. I guess that sums up Kojima though...either you love what he does or you don't.
I got a loan of it from a friend to play. So glad I didn't buy it. Would be kicking myself.
I got a loan of it from a friend to play. So glad I didn't buy it. Would be kicking myself.
I liked it but also understand it totally isn't for everyone. I played the hell out of it when it first came out and really enjoyed it. Just recently started playing it again doing endgame stuff, getting all the shelters to full star ratings. I find it a real zen experience now just delivering packages, building things for other players with all my upgraded stuff and fully rebuilt road system.
I wish they gave you the ability to listen to the unlocked songs on a music player while exploring out in the world MGSV style. (Unless I'm missing something). The game even blocks spotify while the game is on. So I cant even queue up the soundtrack that way. Bummer.
I wish they gave you the ability to listen to the unlocked songs on a music player while exploring out in the world MGSV style. (Unless I'm missing something). The game even blocks spotify while the game is on. So I cant even queue up the soundtrack that way. Bummer.
same Boat but glad I did not buy it myself
its easier to be less disappointed when its not your money that went to waste
Is it for people who really like guided games? I hate the make your own fun and figure it out type games
I think the only general consensus that you could find about Death Stranding is that it is highly ambitious, very strange, the writing is sloppy, it looks great, it has some jank, and the asynchronous elements are excellent. Everything else is a huge tossup. It is a very divisive game and opinions swing wildly from person to person (more so than any other game that I can think of) when discussing it. I personally didn't always appreciate every element of it, but it is certainly very interesting. I think it is worth giving another shot, OP.
I have seen this statement a few times now and I have found it impossible to verify. Most of the sites I checked out gave their GotY to either Sekiro, Control, or Resident Evil 2. Is there are an aggregate list of GotY somewhere that I am missing? Or are you just saying that it is your personal GotY?
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I stopped being a dummy and did a search on ResetERA instead of on Google and I found it.
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I stopped being a dummy and did a search on ResetERA instead of on Google and I found it.
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They main story is pretty guided. Go here do that. All the main missions and deliveries to progress the story are color coded. There is one particular moment towards the end of the game where you need to figure something out on your own...but should understand what needs to be done if you were paying attention to the story.
I will say if you are on the fence about playing it or not, I recommend playing it exclusively till you get through it all. Also, don't pay full price. Grab it on sale. Once you are done with it...you probably won't be playing it again. I'm the exception. Haha.
It's a survival game mixed with a transportation simulator that isn't especially deep in either regard, married to the most batshit script Kojima's ever written. Some people dig the minimalism, but I finished the game wishing I'd spent fifty hours doing anything else.
Excellent game worth a purchase. Cutscenes are worth the price admission but the gameplay is also satisfying and layered.
Yeah, the only consensus is that there's no consensus. The game being divisive is the most universal comment I've seen about it; so much so that I don't have a clue whether I'd love or hate it myself.
It wasnt for me personally. I played about 15 hours of it, and i was into it for maybe about 5 of those
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Should have put a poll.
The general consensus amongst critics is favorable (83 opencritic), but it's also very divisive and most people love it or hate it.
I hated it until I got non-lethal weapons. Until then, I found it very overwhelming to deal with the Mules. My biggest criticism is how long it takes to get non-lethal weapons.
But once I got past that (and a few other minor issues), the game went on to be my GotY.
The general consensus amongst critics is favorable (83 opencritic), but it's also very divisive and most people love it or hate it.
I hated it until I got non-lethal weapons. Until then, I found it very overwhelming to deal with the Mules. My biggest criticism is how long it takes to get non-lethal weapons.
But once I got past that (and a few other minor issues), the game went on to be my GotY.
Played for 164 hours,loved every minute......this should show OP there really is no consensus,lol.
Get through the opening hours specifically to around chapter 3-5. The game opens up and comes together a lot more.
The first zone is intended to be a lot more droll to make the impact of the asynchronous collaboration and building up of your toolset in later chapters more impactful. Don't worry about side quests in the first zone, as I don't think there are any important upgrades there at all unlike later sections.
'Beautiful nonsense' is how I sum up my feelings about it. I dropped it once I got past "super slow repetitive invisible footprints" and hit the "balance absurd packages on back" part.
I wish we could see a histogram of this game's review scores. I looked but doesn't seem like MC or OC offer that, just a histogram of where its average falls compared to other releases. It's gotta be one of the widest distributions of any major release ever.
As the statisticians say, it's not about the estimate, it's about the error in the estimate.
For whatever GOTYBlog is worth though, it got the most nods there.
As the statisticians say, it's not about the estimate, it's about the error in the estimate.
For whatever GOTYBlog is worth though, it got the most nods there.
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Seems to be borne out by this thread, as well. I was too lazy to count but it's evident that most people posting in here liked it. Seems like a vocal hate minority situation.
I thought it sucked in all gameplay areas. Gave it close to 10 hours before giving up. It is gorgeous tho.
I played for 2 hours (2 hours of game play) and gave up. I watched the cut scenes online during dinner over the course of a week. On the second day i almost completely forgot the main gameplay loop is essentially walking and traveling. You would think watching these fully fleshed out movie scenes that the gameplay could have been something so much more and that makes you a little sad.
Lol inversely I had a lot more fun with the gameplay and didn't think the story was amazing.
