The funniest part is that according to his post he still bought the game day 1.I love people acting as if their tastes are universal and acting as if a lot of people didn't already enjoy the game and more won't after launch.
The funniest part is that according to his post he still bought the game day 1.I love people acting as if their tastes are universal and acting as if a lot of people didn't already enjoy the game and more won't after launch.
Pretty great video. It's telling for me at least that every youtuber that I have seen who claims they like this game have to make long winded 30 minute video desperately trying to act like they enjoyed what they played, but the reviews that think the game is lacking are very concise and to the point. I'm might give it a go when it's in the 10 dollar bin and I have a large bag of weed.
I'm interested in a slow journey that allows me to reflect while overcoming dangerous terrain and managing my survival kit. But that intro was literally a dude just running across a big empty field in the most video gamey way possible. This looks less like the environment is the challenge to overcome and more like GTA in the middle of a desert without a car. It just sounds and looks mediocre.
I see what you did there. ;)Cheers for the impressions, Jim. This one is staying in the shrink wrap and being traded towards Last of Us Part II. It's hard to believe so much money and time has been piled into something so painfully dull just to satisfy Kojima's random impulses of excess.
Yeah I'm glad I didn't get it. Between this and a few other impressions that I respect it sounds dreadfully boring. That will have it wait until it's £10 at best.
crazy the PC port is priced at $60 for a release 8 months from now. $20 tops, for me. Oh well, I still put it on my wishlist.
Some games are supposed to appeal to everyone, and they always turn out bland, limp, and soulless.Not every game is supposed to appeal to everyone, so that's fine.
Some games are supposed to appeal to everyone, and they always turn out bland, limp, and soulless.
YeahWas that 7/10 at the end a jab at his Breath of the Wild review?
That's a fair point actually
it's not actually funny its just his opinion
The game will most probably earn way more that whatever money has been "piled into Kojima's random impulses of excess". His games have been guaranteed money makers for over two decades, yet people find it hard to believe they get funded.Cheers for the impressions, Jim. This one is staying in the shrink wrap and being traded towards Last of Us Part II. It's hard to believe so much money and time has been piled into something so painfully dull just to satisfy Kojima's random impulses of excess.
Ironically that video convinced me that the game is totally for me. This is not a dig at Jim Sterling but the way he describes it sounds like it's exactly up my alley.
Does he normally put a score at the end or is that some joke? Because that review did not sound like a 7/10. Lol
The game will most probably earn way more that whatever money has been "piled into Kojima's random impulses of excess". His games have been guaranteed money makers for over two decades, yet people find it hard to believe they get funded.
That was very clearly a joke.Does he normally put a score at the end or is that some joke? Because that review did not sound like a 7/10. Lol
I already have my copy since I was able to preorder it on Amazon for 60 CAD. Also that's the thing. I loved RDR 1 but stopped RDR 2 after hitting twenty hours because everything felt a lot like busywork.I hated rdr2 because I felt it was to sim like and slow, yet I've been loving the first 2 hours of death stranding. It really pulls you into the world and time flies as you are walking from place to place. Really should give it a rent at least to see if you liked it because it surprised the hell out of me!!
Was that 7/10 at the end a jab at his Breath of the Wild review?
I won't get to play this until the weekend, but I always love his Jimpressions; he always has some great viewpoints on games.
See:I wonder if there's people who dislike rdr2 but like death stranding.
I hated rdr2 because I felt it was to sim like and slow, yet I've been loving the first 2 hours of death stranding. It really pulls you into the world and time flies as you are walking from place to place. Really should give it a rent at least to see if you liked it because it surprised the hell out of me!!
Funny? This is a Jim Sterling video though.
Kojima doesn't come across to me as being all that different from someone like David Cage. He is way too overconfident and has an unhealthy obsession with Hollywood and it reflects in his games, which come across as pretentious crap wrapped in half baked gameplay.
I think he enjoyed BOTW but hated the weapon durability.Based on my time so far with the game I feel that those who enjoyed BotW will enjoy Death Stranding. I am one of those people. Jim Sterling is not.
Based on my time so far with the game I feel that those who enjoyed BotW will enjoy Death Stranding. I am one of those people. Jim Sterling is not.
Tiny profit margin? lmao the MGS IP has been the primary money maker for Konami's gaming division for years until MG Survive bombed. DS is also made by a studio of just 80 people with help from GG and a borrowed engine, I wouldn't be surprised if it was also made on a tight budget despite having a star cast. People really seem to overestimate how much KojiPro spends developing their games.His games also cost a shit load to make, which is probably why Konami was getting tired of him. I don't think anyone has ever seriously accused Kojima of making games that lose money, and gamers really shouldn't care if his games only have a tiny profit margin for their cost. That's on a publisher to decide if whatever profit margin his games make is worth it.
Not every game is supposed to appeal to everyone, so that's fine.
I wonder if there's people who dislike rdr2 but like death stranding.
Exactly. I like how he presents this calmly and as his opinion instead of raging that this kind of game exists like some other YouTubers would do. Great video.Fairly reasonable.
He appreciates that the game exists, but he has gripes with the tedium of all the different systems going on.
Tiny profit margin? lmao the MGS IP has been the primary money maker for Konami's gaming division for years until MG Survive bombed. DS is also made by a studio of just 80 people with help from GG and a borrowed engine, I wouldn't be surprised if it was also made on a tight budget despite having a star cast. People really seem to overestimate how much KojiPro spends developing their games.
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dont forget Guerilla Games support and engine stuffInsomniac devs and Bend devs also worked on Death Stranding.
MGS V ended up costing up to 80 million USD (this figure includes FOX Engine as well iirc), Death Stranding didn't cost 80 million, but i don't see it costing less than 40-50 million USD at best.
It's not about overstimating how much KojiPro spends, games are expensive to make in 2019, open world titles are also more expensive and having a bunch of well known public figures is not cheap by any means.