But their gameplay impressions have all been the same tho, so that's irrelevant.
If its MGSV with a better story it's my GOTY. The story was the only thing I didnt like about MGSV.
Please do.
It won't. Nearly every leaked impression is negative or some form of anxiety about boredom.
Not really. One gave it a 5/10, another said it might be a 9 and is currently an 8.
I'm not talking about their individual scores and what they thought of the game as a whole mate, I'm talking about strictly the gameplay in this instance. They've all spoken about the moment-to-moment gameplay and the general consensus is that exploring new areas is cool but the game has you revisiting areas you've been to often and that the gameplay itself can become tedious and repetitive (BT sections). I'm personally fine with this but I don't think everyone will be.
The biggest Kojima Stan in the world literally quit playing because he hated it so much.
Nah. We have some of the biggest death Stranding fans in this thread. I think by next week we will all have accepted the L
Surely they're technically not side missions at all then?
Wasn't Days Gone embargo like the day before release though?
100% Believe, since MGSV did the same thing for padding. Grinding out side missions to unlock main quests.
How many different impressions have leaked? Genuine question. Have there been enough to write the game off this early?
What is a score if not an impression then? Again I also wouldn't call their opinions "general consensus" if one views the game as a 5 and the other an 8. Clear a difference of taste and standards exists between these two reviewers.
I'm just gonna put everything under one big mega post since I've been posting 'em in this thread over the past few hours but I understand not everyone caught em. Take these however you want but they aren't the end all, be all. I'd still wait for reviews.
Days Gone's embargo was set a day before release.
You jump to conclusions quicker than anyone I've ever seen on Era though.
Worth mentioning he never confirmed the cutscenes length, that was just some dude piggybacking off of him, he just said that it was 30% of the game and that the game was completed in 33 hours with no side missions on normal
I don't think they will.
The internal play testers and mock reviewers were all huge micromanagement walking simulator fans.
I'm just gonna put everything under one big mega post since I've been posting 'em in this thread over the past few hours but I understand not everyone caught em. Take these however you want but they aren't the end all, be all. I'd still wait for reviews.
Reminder this is all [Spoiler-Free]
Regarding killing enemies:
If you kill an enemy, 48 hours after death they'll go into necrosis and after that they will voidout, making a fresh BT and a crater. This applies to any enemy that is killed with a gun meaning if you kill an enemy, you HAVE to dispose of their body by taking them to Chiral Crematoriums located high in the mountains and burn their body. The reason they're so high up is because Chiral Smoke is dangerous to go over a city which can cause Timefall.
Mr. Throwaway Impressions #1:
Things happen in Skyrim, BoTW, RDR2 and HZD during your travels. Not much here though. My general impressions: I like the story, visuals and music, basically the whole package outside of the gameplay. Is it an acquired taste? Maybe, but I don't think so. There's only so much walking before it gets old. Motorcycle is cool, I love it but the terrain is not friendly for it
Mr. Throwaway Impressions #2
There are some good memorable missions early on, deliveries that show a connection between people. He liked it a lot. Gameplay might either be your cup of tea or something you hate entirely, depending on what exactly you were expecting with this game. He wasn't expecting much outside of hours of walking, he was right that it's pretty much what you do and thus it doesn't really appeal to him much.
I asked what Mr. Throwaway thought of the gameplay and he had this to say:
It felt tedious. Sam hitches up on a lot of tiny rocks so it breaks the flow here and there, but it's cool to set up ladders and use ropes. Even more cool to see stuff left by people. The walking makes it tedious, timefall are essentially the stealth moments, a lot of the time ur screwed if ur driving cause the weather damages it.
Shirrako Impressions #1
Mr. Throwaway Impressions #3
I wouldn't say the gameplay is the issue. It's the extensive padding done with the walking.
Shirrako Impressions #2
Shirrako Impressions #3
- Pacing is way off. The story is interesting but there's too many gaps in-between. If you don't play this game often you'll forget what happened before the next cutscene happens. Death Stranding is basically 1 hour of cool shit but 4 hours of delivering packages to NPCs
- Open-world is more interesting than MGSV but it has the same drawbacks
- It's fun when you explore new land but when the game asks you to drive back 5km just to deliver a package to a place you've been to before you're like "fuck off"
- All the safe houses look exactly the same, they have the same exact building you enter to connect and all the resting spots are 100% copy and pasted, they're all the same
- The start of the game is a bit of a chore at some times
- The game is not as good as RDR2 or God of War, but it's different. The focus is cooperation and exploration. If you're expecting a third person stealth action game then you're gonna want to refund.
Regarding Side Missions:
Side missions get forced onto you as part of the story
The issue is that people are taking these impressions at face value and making judgements too hastily. It's okay to be skeptical but I don't think now's the time to be coming to conclusions on whether the game is bad or not. I'd wait until embargo lifts and reviewers start talking about the game to start coming to any sort of definitive conclusion. Even then, the best case scenario would be to probably play the game for yourself and see if you like it. Could always rent it.
I'm just gonna put everything under one big mega post since I've been posting 'em in this thread over the past few hours but I understand not everyone caught em. Take these however you want but they aren't the end all, be all. I'd still wait for reviews.
Reminder this is all [Spoiler-Free]
Regarding killing enemies:
If you kill an enemy, 48 hours after death they'll go into necrosis and after that they will voidout, making a fresh BT and a crater. This applies to any enemy that is killed with a gun meaning if you kill an enemy, you HAVE to dispose of their body by taking them to Chiral Crematoriums located high in the mountains and burn their body. The reason they're so high up is because Chiral Smoke is dangerous to go over a city which can cause Timefall.
Mr. Throwaway Impressions #1:
Things happen in Skyrim, BoTW, RDR2 and HZD during your travels. Not much here though. My general impressions: I like the story, visuals and music, basically the whole package outside of the gameplay. Is it an acquired taste? Maybe, but I don't think so. There's only so much walking before it gets old. Motorcycle is cool, I love it but the terrain is not friendly for it
Mr. Throwaway Impressions #2
There are some good memorable missions early on, deliveries that show a connection between people. He liked it a lot. Gameplay might either be your cup of tea or something you hate entirely, depending on what exactly you were expecting with this game. He wasn't expecting much outside of hours of walking, he was right that it's pretty much what you do and thus it doesn't really appeal to him much.
I asked what Mr. Throwaway thought of the gameplay and he had this to say:
It felt tedious. Sam hitches up on a lot of tiny rocks so it breaks the flow here and there, but it's cool to set up ladders and use ropes. Even more cool to see stuff left by people. The walking makes it tedious, timefall are essentially the stealth moments, a lot of the time ur screwed if ur driving cause the weather damages it.
Shirrako Impressions #1
Mr. Throwaway Impressions #3
I wouldn't say the gameplay is the issue. It's the extensive padding done with the walking.
Shirrako Impressions #2
Shirrako Impressions #3
- Pacing is way off. The story is interesting but there's too many gaps in-between. If you don't play this game often you'll forget what happened before the next cutscene happens. Death Stranding is basically 1 hour of cool shit but 4 hours of delivering packages to NPCs
- Open-world is more interesting than MGSV but it has the same drawbacks
- It's fun when you explore new land but when the game asks you to drive back 5km just to deliver a package to a place you've been to before you're like "fuck off"
- All the safe houses look exactly the same, they have the same exact building you enter to connect and all the resting spots are 100% copy and pasted, they're all the same
- The start of the game is a bit of a chore at some times
- The game is not as good as RDR2 or God of War, but it's different. The focus is cooperation and exploration. If you're expecting a third person stealth action game then you're gonna want to refund.
Regarding Side Missions:
Side missions get forced onto you as part of the story
