Not this again, this game isn't a walking simulator. Did you read Digital Foundry's John's post on why it isn't one?
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Death Stranding - Review Thread (see staff post for discussion guidelines)
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Not this again, this game isn't a walking simulator. Did you read Digital Foundry's John's post on why it isn't one?
It is an interesting idea though. Especially with what it's about.Kojima be like: "Let the players design your levels"
But then again, if the core game is about traversing the world and fighting the nature to connect people and in a year you can just wander or drive on a road - will it be fun to play?
- I don't even think they like video games.
- They only like COD and other dumb games.
- They hate Kojima.
- I miss Ryan.
A lot of reviews criticizing the same thing. I have no issue with it being a literal delivery game but if the pay off is hit or miss and the story is up it's own ass I don't know.
Maybe, I don't know. It's not about Death Stranding in particular, they just look like grumpy old reviewers (no offense I hope).
while i liked it, from my experience it felt too much like "budget fallout".
i wouldnt mind if it wins though personally.
I think jedi has a decent chance now, just need to see the reviews for it
Well these reviews were a bummer to wake up to. :(
Still looking forward to it (on pc), the vast majority of games people and websites praise these days are completely boring and/or terrible for me, so this might just click with me even if it doesn't with the general gaming crowd.
Still looking forward to it (on pc), the vast majority of games people and websites praise these days are completely boring and/or terrible for me, so this might just click with me even if it doesn't with the general gaming crowd.
? it IS a walking simulator, in the most literal sense. Most of the game mechanics are tied to traversing and overcoming obstacles.
See the thing is, in red dead all the traversal is literally paid off by dozens of side quests that have cutscenes, interesting dynamic events, reaching new locations etc...
In DS there's nothing as it's just empty, the traversal *is* the point. And it's not meant to always feel nice. So it's why some reviewers hate it, it's because if you don't manage to connect and click with the game, it feels like all you do is a chore with no redeeming aspect to it.
And if you do click you feel the struggle of the character, and you really enjoy the asynchronous coop, and how to make your traversal easier by building etc...
Sounds like Kojima is aiming to be the Kubrick, Malick or Arososky of video games. The gameplay sounds like it would bore me to years but I hope other people enjoy it.
Some reviews are embarassing. The fact that journalists and people want that all games have be "fun to play" is what keep videogames a second tier medium. Basically they want the videogame to be always a toy in the hands of a child.
Yeah, this needs to be heard more.
Most games sound fun when you read the reviews, this isn't one of them (imo and it seems a lot of people's). It has nothing to do with the lack of shooting/combat, if anything the reviews make that sound like that's the worst part of the game. The mechanics of this game sound like they might be fun for a $15 indie game that only last a few hours, but 40+ hours of it at full price sounds and looks like it'll get old.
I know personally I find most open world games to get pretty boring after a dozen hours or so and I largely drop them at that point, or start smashing that fast travel button. A game that puts emphasis on the part of open world games I normally find boring already is not a winning combination.
Looks like a very polarising game. 84 on metacritic and will probably settle on 80 which is decent. But it's not a regular 80. It's a game you'll probably give 1/10 or 10/10. I like the look of it so I'm probably in the latter. Not out for a few days so I'm not sure if I'll get it day 1 yet or in a December sale.
Maybe both of you have internet problems? I always played 1vs1 with no lag but now even 4 player works for me with no lag
As Tim Rogers said "it is the Gran Turismo of walking simulators".
Pretty sure this is sarcasm, but it's like 4am right now and i'm still tired AF.
It's trending upwards on opencritic (86 now), so I don't think meta will go from 84 that it is now down to 80.
reviews are all over the place but I'm seeing a lot of average scores...graphics are getting high praise (especially the character models) but overall it's as I feared regarding gameplay...I took this from one of the reviews which seems to sum it up pretty well...
"The biggest problem for Death Stranding is that the bulk of the gameplay has you manually lugging masses of near-identical crates across the massive map, to drop at identical warehouses for lots of bland holographic side characters...As HUGE Metal Gear Solid and Kojima fans, we were really hoping Death Stranding would be his magnum opus, but overall its story is bloated, lacks his kooky Kojima magic and the overall gameplay just isn't fun enough
There are definitely some really interesting ideas and concepts surrounding the core gameplay – mainly the asynchronous multiplayer, and perhaps this could evolve more once the world has access, a bit like his nuclear disarmament idea from Metal Gear Online...while Death Stranding creates interesting allegories for rebuilding America, connecting with strangers and working together towards a common goal, it's far from an Earth-shattering new genre some have hoped for
Tragically, the novel multiplayer element is underused and under-applied in the overall game.Shop now Buy Death Stranding special edition PS4It pains us to say this, but Death Stranding is more like an elaborate sim for being a one-man Amazon Prime delivery service for the whole of America...despite the beautiful graphics, masterful soundtrack, solid voice acting and fun combat, it's not enough to counterbalance how much of a chore lugging around boxes is"
"The biggest problem for Death Stranding is that the bulk of the gameplay has you manually lugging masses of near-identical crates across the massive map, to drop at identical warehouses for lots of bland holographic side characters...As HUGE Metal Gear Solid and Kojima fans, we were really hoping Death Stranding would be his magnum opus, but overall its story is bloated, lacks his kooky Kojima magic and the overall gameplay just isn't fun enough
There are definitely some really interesting ideas and concepts surrounding the core gameplay – mainly the asynchronous multiplayer, and perhaps this could evolve more once the world has access, a bit like his nuclear disarmament idea from Metal Gear Online...while Death Stranding creates interesting allegories for rebuilding America, connecting with strangers and working together towards a common goal, it's far from an Earth-shattering new genre some have hoped for
Tragically, the novel multiplayer element is underused and under-applied in the overall game.Shop now Buy Death Stranding special edition PS4It pains us to say this, but Death Stranding is more like an elaborate sim for being a one-man Amazon Prime delivery service for the whole of America...despite the beautiful graphics, masterful soundtrack, solid voice acting and fun combat, it's not enough to counterbalance how much of a chore lugging around boxes is"
Hah! That's pretty apt I'd say. Much, muuuuch more expansive though.
No, I dont have internet problems. The netcode is crap and thats pretty much the consensus
Wake me up when the Forza Horizon of walking simulators becomes a thing.
If there was any justice in the world Disco Elysium would take it.
I would like something similar to Boktai again from him, love that game.
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Luigi's Mansion 3 is higher rated than the super-hyped Kojima fever dream.
I love it.
I love it.
If the story is awful and the combat is awful... why would you keep playing? oh yeah it looks pretty..
Yeah, I don't think I'll be buying this day 1.
Credit to Sony for backing this in a major way but I don't have the time to commit to a game that sounds flat-out bad for the first 6-8 hours and that I won't finish for another 40+ hours.
I'm sure this game will hit for lots of people but I just don't think it will click with me.
Reviewing a game like this strikes me as really difficult let alone scoring it on a scale from 1 - 100. By the way Rob's review over at Waypoint is really great but seems to go against the common sentiment.
Credit to Sony for backing this in a major way but I don't have the time to commit to a game that sounds flat-out bad for the first 6-8 hours and that I won't finish for another 40+ hours.
I'm sure this game will hit for lots of people but I just don't think it will click with me.
Reviewing a game like this strikes me as really difficult let alone scoring it on a scale from 1 - 100. By the way Rob's review over at Waypoint is really great but seems to go against the common sentiment.
Seems like most of the smaller/fan websites loved the game!, bigger sites mostly were mixed or disliked it. Crazy ranges
Interesting set of reviews and not that surprising that they're mostly extremes one way or the other.
My impression from them all though is that this game doesn't respect the players time. As someone who doesn't have all that much time to play anyway, I won't be buying it. I'll probably watch the highlights on YouTube or something
My impression from them all though is that this game doesn't respect the players time. As someone who doesn't have all that much time to play anyway, I won't be buying it. I'll probably watch the highlights on YouTube or something
Who gets the credit for that then though? If the exciting part is more production value and placement, it sounds like the credit is belonging to Sony for paying the cheque rather than the game itself.
From the first page and dead on.
I like the range of critical reception. Everybody will have to form his own opinion.
Why waste your time trying to convince someone that comes in this thread to post that?
Some of these reviews are rough. Maybe I'll get the game on PC later if there's some funky stuff that can be moded in.
