Honest question: when did Kojima start being framed as high art? Whether by himself or other people. At the start of his career he was obsessed with popcorny American action movies and blatantly ripped from them.
Why are you constantly asking for the reviewer to lower the score just for dramatic effect instead of what the reviewer thought the game deserved?
I always take those first weekend impressions with a big grain of salt. A lot of the people buying this game day one had long ago decided to do so.
Reviews have said the game only gets better and that the first part is the worst so?
Becase he is hideo kojim! The mN with the most followers on the internet. He received a prize for that.
It's real, I took the pic myself at the pop-up gallery last Friday. You can read about the event here:
What that blog doesn't tell you is that after your reservation gets read and you get past that nice lit hall with the Ludens statue, the very first thing you see is a showcase of Kojima's conference passes and Death Stranding's pre-release awards:
Not only that, but the gallery's walls were plastered with Kojima quotes.
But what really struck me is that despite the event being a gallery, NOTHING was labeled except for the selfie wall.
So I had no idea who made any of this gorgeous concept art.
Its funny because DMC 5 is like the exact opposite of Death Stranding. PS; everyone play DMC 5.
Also in a game about human connection, I'd have liked a bit more talking to people that aren't holograms,
Have they though? Because all the Giant Bomb and Game Informer people I listened to on podcasts said it only gets worse and the ending is a huge let down.
The negative ones that hated it hated it the whole way through yeah.
No need to encourage bickering between posters.
Idk, it sounds like something he'd say. Maybe not word for word, but the sentiment. Wouldn't be the first time people in general take a shot at American intelligence/sensibilities from abroad.
It'll be super interesting if we end up getting more information about that years down the line. There were a whole bunch of games that seemed to only exist because of Kojima, or had Kojima's imprint on it. He seemed massively powerful in the company. Then he got booted and it seemed like Konami was the evil corporate overlord. Then there were a bunch of narratives flying around that were all totally made up by people trying to push some goofy agenda or another.
