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What's the consensus on Death Stranding?
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Since the OP and others may be curious to hear more:
From reading/searching through the Game of the Year thread, I noticed a good number of positive comments on how the gameplay loop changes over time, as new mechanics are introduced (I previously posted these excerpts in the OT):
Corporate Clown:
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Big G:
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Miamiwesker:
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Tain:
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Pretty much.
Thoroughly enjoyed my time with it but it's hard to sing it's praises to people who aren't already invested because I know the core gameplay loop isn't easily digestible for most.
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Those are guns? I definitely didnt get that far.
This becomes Death Stranding.
To be clear, I've played Death Stranding for 45 hours and I don't have any guns except the Bola Gun you get early on.
I finished inside 45 hours and I had all the weapons in that picture.
I'm still on chapter 3, which I imagine is the reason.
EDIT: Combat is a very small part of this game. Even if you decide you want to take out a MULE camp, you're done in five minutes without breaking a sweat - and that's just using a piece of rope.
The divisive games are the ones that pique my interest the most. The potential reward of finding a game you may love and that's different from 90% of the games releasing is too attractive for me, even if there's a risk that I'm going to hate it.
So yeah, the best advice is always to try it for yourself, borrow from a friend or wait for a discount and go for it.
So yeah, the best advice is always to try it for yourself, borrow from a friend or wait for a discount and go for it.
Thats a beatiful cover. Is it official or fan made? (Guessing its the latter)
This becomes Death Stranding.
Yeah, the game starts throwing the lethal weapons at you later on.
Official. Kojima posted it on his Twitter a few weeks after the game launched alongside this one
Second best game of the generation after God of War. A truly special game. It's safe to say that there is nothing like it which is rare enough but extremely rare in the AAA space.
These are just, wow. I'd would've taken any of these over the box cover we did get, honestly.Yeah, the game starts throwing the lethal weapons at you later on.
Official. Kojima posted it on his Twitter a few weeks after the game launched alongside this one
It's funny how much crap the game got (and still gets) for its gameplay. To me, it's got some of the best gameplay mechanics this gen. Kojima was 💯 successful in making hiking and logistics mechanically deep and fun to play.
I don't think there's consensus, on the game as a whole, however i think, for those that have played it, that the majority would agree that the game is absolutely brilliant in its presentation, visuals, atmosphere, audio, art...
And as Kojima somehow hinted, it is kind of a new genre. Maybe not to that extent, but it is a really unique game, a very welcome experience, many won't like it, which is ok, myself i wasn't really convinced, so i bought it when i found it cheaper. But i don't know why, but the game is addicting, one more delivery please. I can't even continue the main plot because of that.
And, already said, but the world, while apparently empty, is so well done, that you really feel alone and part of it. And it also does something great, that hopefully more games adopt , at least partially, the way that it handles something so trivial, going from A to B. Walking is not as easy as it seems, especially carrying stuff.
And as Kojima somehow hinted, it is kind of a new genre. Maybe not to that extent, but it is a really unique game, a very welcome experience, many won't like it, which is ok, myself i wasn't really convinced, so i bought it when i found it cheaper. But i don't know why, but the game is addicting, one more delivery please. I can't even continue the main plot because of that.
And, already said, but the world, while apparently empty, is so well done, that you really feel alone and part of it. And it also does something great, that hopefully more games adopt , at least partially, the way that it handles something so trivial, going from A to B. Walking is not as easy as it seems, especially carrying stuff.
Got it since a couple of weeks, in chapter 6 @ 70 hours. Played last night till 3.30 and still didn't want to quit.
Divisive game.
For me it was a great and unique experience, with better gameplay (the loop is incredibly addictive once it clicks with you) than story (which isn't bad but is not that great either).
And it has one of the best open worlds of the generation: i will remember for a long time how relaxing it was to travel through some of the scenery with that soundtrack.
For me it was a great and unique experience, with better gameplay (the loop is incredibly addictive once it clicks with you) than story (which isn't bad but is not that great either).
And it has one of the best open worlds of the generation: i will remember for a long time how relaxing it was to travel through some of the scenery with that soundtrack.
This is wrong. Combat is a small part of chapters 1-3, but what's great about Death Stranding is every chapter introduces brand new mechanics (either through combat or traversal).
Yeah, traveling is so awesome.
With open world games, like rdr2, i always walk around the world from edge to edge. Equipped with ladders and ropes, Death Stranding gives me an euphoric feeling. Music and soundeffects are really good next to offcourse the insane graphics.
The game made walking and fetch quests actually fun and engaging. All the little systems and the way the world is designed just makes something that sounds so mundane actually engaging and fun. It also had a really good story most of the time.
It is hard to know if everyone will like it but I suggest everyone to give it a chance if they ever get their hands on it. The biggest problem is getting people to try it and that's the hardest thing. It costs money to try it out without knowing if you will like it or not.
If anybody can get it from friends then I recommend they do so.
It is hard to know if everyone will like it but I suggest everyone to give it a chance if they ever get their hands on it. The biggest problem is getting people to try it and that's the hardest thing. It costs money to try it out without knowing if you will like it or not.
If anybody can get it from friends then I recommend they do so.
I guess I just stopped playing it by chapter 3, or was it 4? I liked it early on, but every enemy type got on my nerves.
I would have liked it more without the human enemies at least. Because the actual delivering and building mechanics was quite fun.
I would have liked it more without the human enemies at least. Because the actual delivering and building mechanics was quite fun.
To follow up on question of "consensus" (or alternatively 'general opinion', or 'majority view', or something else along those lines) here at Era, as I mentioned in a different thread, a couple of folks posted some interesting stats in the Game of the Year results thread:
But there are limits to what we can say for sure, if we stick to the available data:
Unless we wanted to do something less formal/definitive, like scraping comments from the voting thread, wherever folks happened to mention why they left certain games off of their ballot:
See also:
ResetEra Games of the Year Awards 2019
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Also seems like it was well liked among developers:
- Death Stranding Leads The Pack Of 2020 Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees followed by Control and Outer Wilds [01/08/2020]
- Death Stranding and Control top the list with eight nominations each in the Dice Awards [01/10/2020]
- Death Stranding Voted Game of the Year 2019 by 132 Japanese Developers & Celebs [12/26/2019]
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The good: it's fun and has some really innovative multiplayer systems
The bad: incoherent story, terrible pacing, some aspects of it get very repetitive
The bad: incoherent story, terrible pacing, some aspects of it get very repetitive
If you aren't enjoying the act of delivering packages, I don't think there is anything that would change your mind beyond just brute forcing yourself through the game. I think the story is the worst part of the game and yeah, the BTs sections are just miserable.
Found it incredibly boring, played around 7 hours. Quit and never looked back. Game wasent for me.
Man, I feel this. I've put about 10 hours into it, and I think I'm on the verge of giving it up. I can't grasp what the game wants me to do in the BT areas. I want to press on with the story, but I just don't know if I can bring myself to do it.
The Power Skeleton is a pretty substantial upgrade (I focus on it in this post), and it's one of many progressively introduced mechanics that changes the gameplay loop quite a bit, but then again it does take 10-15 hours to get it. As noted at reddit:
The top response:
The top response:
I got maybe half way through and haven't gone back. Probably just going to sell it, and watch the rest of the cutscenes on YouTube.
I always found that image to be grossly misleading.
This becomes Death Stranding.
I loved the main loop, I must admit the exposition and storytelling of the final chapters really bummed me out, but nothing can take away from the joy of being a spoopy rough rambler and part time yodel delivery driver.