Please sir, just five minutes of your time. That's all we need.
It's not "big brain" at all. It's so obvious I'm surprised you missed it.
what irony
I can't disagree...Well, I kinda agree would be a more suitable statement. Europeans are more tolerant of the weird, bizarre and eexperimental. This is especially true with movies: Tarantino was applauded there way before he got consecrated in the US.
Out of 10, on a 1 thru 10 that is pretty damning. 0 or a 1 should be a game that ships unbootable or damages hardware, etc.
For someone who seems so insistent on making his games ALL ABOUT HIM, Kojima really seems to have surprisingly thin skin. It's a weird paradox.
I'm going to guess Kojima would name you "BrainMan"Couldn't agree more. Death Stranding is a little too dense and cerebral for the "me want shooty bang boom" crowd.
Out of 10, on a 1 thru 10 that is pretty damning. 0 or a 1 should be a game that ships unbootable or damages hardware, etc.
It's real, I took the pic myself at the pop-up gallery last Friday. You can read about the event here:
My post specifically mentioned every single thread with Kojima in it and I absolutely do not need to waste my time going through all the threads including the numerous locked ones to find "evidence" fucking lol. Learn to read and go look into it yourself.
How about Kojima's Boktai, where after defeating every boss you had to slowly drag their coffin back to your home base or else they'd revive?
(For the record, I actually like Boktai, and I actaully like that element of it. I'm just reminded of it here.)
The fact that the discourse around this game (which, 12 hours in, I can't fault one bit) is so focused on 'intelligence' only serves to highlight just how far games and gamers have to go. Both 'sides' of this ridiculous argument should be embarrassed.
I think Death Stranding is wonderful. That has nothing to do with being intelligent, or 'pretentious'. It means I enjoy and appreciate a thing. It resonates, and that's great. I wish my fellow Death Stranding likers could just be happy to enjoy something this much without being dickheads.
The next poster might think Death Stranding is boring, find it frustrating, or heavy handed and self-indulgent. That doesn't make them unintelligent, unsophisticated or only capable of appreciating 'shootbang'. It just does nothing for them. And that should be fine, both to the people who feel differently, and to themselves. It's okay to not like a thing. Trade it in and move on. Be happy for the people for whom it's something really fun or special. Stop being mad at something that isn't for you, simply for existing.
Stop being dickheads. I can't wrap my head around why you would continue to berate anyone for not feeling the same way you do.
Go play your game.
Go play something else.
Because this is fucking infantile.
Stop being dickheads. I can't wrap my head around why you would continue to berate anyone for not feeling the same way you do.
Go play your game.
Go play something else.
Because this is fucking infantile.
Stop being dickheads. I can't wrap my head around why you would continue to berate anyone for not feeling the same way you do.
He's factually wrong. The game isn't more heavily criticized in America than the rest of the world.
Besides the fact that NA didnt review the game any lower then other regions.
Journey got good scores. Gone Home, Firewatch, Disco Elysium, Obra Dinn, The Witness, all good scores. I could go on forever.
I can't wait for Kojima to start making movies and get utterly eviscerated by actual professional film critics that don't have the low standards for story and dialogue that games media does. The shock will be real.
I mean let's not pretend that gone home had to deal with expectations created by MGS games.gone home doesn't have any action and got wildly good scores. there are all kinds of non-shooters that are beloved.
game is boring, some people didn't like it. Stop avoiding criticism.
Funny you say that as they sent DS to some film critics to review as well and from what I've seen they loved itI thought it was pretty clear I was talking about as a writer, but you're right.
To clarify for anyone responding to my initial post, I am comparing their writing chops. They are both over-indulgent hacks obsessed with Hollywood who would be laughed off the face of the Earth if they ever made an actual movie subject to scrutiny by film critics
He has a pretty decent sense of direction and cinematography. The writing, especially character writing, is his Achilles heel.I can't wait for Kojima to start making movies and get utterly eviscerated by actual professional film critics that don't have the low standards for story and dialogue that games media does. The shock will be real.
I'm American and kinda like DS. Fuck this bullshit that wants to gloss over the problems with this game. If you want to make something different then expect divisive reviews. It doesn't.guarantee anything.
I like the desolation and mood, reminds me of Inside. But the menu's, bossfights, and enemy encounters are seriously lacking. Plus about halfway through and the story is not good at all. Let the chips fall where they may and if the game sells well enough, expand with a sequel.
Giant Bomb's review was actually about how the reviewer enjoyed the traversal gameplay most of all and thought the shooting/combat was bad and out of place, as well as thinking that the writing was terrible.Well I'm glad I steered clear of Giantbomb's review. I'm having fun with the game.
Besides the fact that NA didnt review the game any lower then other regions.
This is killing me because I had a professor who was exactly like this.Not only that, but the gallery's walls were plastered with Kojima quotes.
Ah, the legendary Dumbening that happened right before Death Stranding launched.
yikes
I was pointing out a certain trend, not necessarily this game in particular. I happen to agree with the general statement encompassing other art forms. I have not played DS yet, and I have never been the biggest fan of Kojima (the writer, that is; as a director, he is extremely talented, I think).
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.
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.
Well I mean....it wasnt Kojima sooo does it really even matter?, NOTHING was labeled except for the selfie wall.
So I had no idea who made any of this gorgeous concept art.
I don't see anything wrong with this?Hideo Kojima said:"Please do not buy Death Stranding, and instead pre-order DOOM Eternal, coming to the PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on March 20, 2020"