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Jim Sterling's Death Stranding "Jimpressions"
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I enjoyed Breath of the Wild... Death Stranding has like negative appeal to me.
Same here, sounded like all the least liked elements of BotW are ramped up in DS??
Are you playing it currently (Death Stranding) or is that opinion just based on what you've seen online? Just curious.
I've been a Kojima fan for a long time so I knew I was in Day 1. I also enjoy atmosphere & times of introspection in games. BotW was great because it is a very Zen game. DS so far reminds me a lot of that quiet exploration. I also enjoy games where I don't really know what I am getting into or what is possible in game. Straight-forward games hold less appeal for me typically.
Considering this has been happening for a while with Sony first party studios and is their strategy going forward I'm not sure what you're getting at. Sony Bend had to travel down to SSM to use their mocap facilities.
I was really disappointed in BotW and would totally rate it 7/10 myself. But right now I can't believe how much I like DS. I'm shocked I tell you. I really didn't think I was gonna like it AT ALL. But it seems the super slow gameplay is right up my alley. Loving the story, the incredible graphics, music and the cutscene direction. Also as a father my paternal instinct kicked in as soon as BB shows up.
I'll watch the video soon, but I know that I can totally agree with Jim and totally disagree - and I still love him like the big cuddly BB he is.
EDIT - Didn't like RDR2 either.
Gonna go out on a limb and say he probably didn't actually buy it.
In my defense troll posts are getting increasingly harder to tell from reality lately.
Negative appeal means that I'm not touching it based on the coverage I've seen. Breath of the Wild had just enough going for it to keep my attention, this seems even sparser with more cumbersome systems. Most of the people I listen to for opinions have not given favorable ones.
That's so interesting! Its like every human is their own person with individual preferences.
In all seriousness though I do find it interesting to hear about all these divergent opinions about the game(s).
Yup. All the comparisons to BotW are surface-level at best. BotW is chockful of goodies--you literally can't walk 5 minutes in any direction without finding something wonderful to do or see. Even rain is just a matter of finding a dry spot and starting a fire to make time pass, which is something you can do right from the start.
Playing Death Stranding otoh looks like torture from the Twitch streams I've seen.
you're right. i also kept my copy in the shrink wrap and didn't play it but it is certainly painfully dull, i'm glad i have you tubers who can tell me
What am i getting at?
The guy said that only 80 KojiPro worked on the game + GG devs, when we know that also, Bend and Insomaniac devs worked on the game.
Right? Man, what would we do without them? Actually play these games for ourselves?
I've thought this for years now. None of Kojima's games have connected with me since the first Metal Great Solid.
Enjoyed the video, and just further solidified that this game isn't for me. The whole thing sounds like an absolute exercise in frustration and annoyance.
Really?
I really like BOTW; read tons of DS reviews / watched videos and I see very little appeal to the game.
That's where I'm at too atm. Granted, I do think I'll eventually give it a shot when the game's on sale or available on PS+ though as it seems to weird to not at least get a feel for
Man, after all the complaining and excruciating tale of the video i was expecting a 3/10, but he says "can't really recommend it, 7/10"
What the fuck.
What the fuck.
Just my impression so far. Granted I played BotW for over 400hrs. & only have a handful in DS. But the expansiveness, periods of wandering & reflection, & the traversal mechanics are enjoyable to me so far.
I'm particularly engaged with the balance & weight management just because its such an odd & unique mechanic. I bet there is a pretty high skill ceiling for it despite it being something that most people will dismiss as boring.
It's a joke. These videos aren't reviews, he used to do written reviews for years and very, very rarely video ones until he got fed up of the bickering and controversies.
the 7/10 thing at the end is a joke. It's a reference to when he gave BotW a 7/10 and people called 7/10 a "bad" score and assumed that meant he hated it, so it's something he's used as a meme over the years.
The clip of him shaking the baby at the beginning was hilarious. The part of him riding the bike on actual roads looked good. But the rest of it not so much. Just looks like a pain to play
Kojima didn't have a good generation imo, mgsv was vastly overrated by reviewers and didn't deserve the ratings it got. 0-2... damn hopenhe can recover. This was a good impression video btw
It's not explicitly SSM's mocap facility, it's just right next door to them. It gets rented out to all sorts. The Respawn Star Wars game did their mocap there too.
Death Stranding sounds like gaming as art at its highest form, and if I had a PS4 I would buy it just for that.
*sigh*
*sigh*
^
It's the cool thing to do now, soon it's on to the next game. Some people have nothing better to do.
Game is great.
It's not that hard to understand - at least the general setup/world. It's just really cool sci-fi.
True, just like they did with fantastic games like Anthem, Fallout 76 and Metal Gear Survive
I like Jim, but I rarely ever agree with him on anything. I do find his opinions interesting though. It was pretty clear going into this that he wasn't going to like it.
Havent played it yet, but I didnt think RDR2 was THAT annoying. the controls were a bitch but I pretty much skipped all the simulator stuff. Ended up being one of my favorite games.
This game feels like it's way too hard to skip all that
This game feels like it's way too hard to skip all that
There are some grating positive reviews where they try to sell this narrative that the game is objectively good, but "some people wouldnt get it" in a condescending way. Its refreshing to see people saying "I fucking hate it but you know what? You might love this, its just not for me."
He is trying to be the Tarantino of video games, but without any of the subtlety.
So many reasons it's a long game. How would press and community reactive if this was a game at 30 dollars if it was only 10 hours long? Woulds people scream, calling this a AA type game because it's short and cheap? There is no multiplayer, and people still associate time playing again with value. This game also cost a lot to make, with typical Kojima production values and more celebrity work than most games before it. So making it a cheaper game, even with Monster endorsement, would make this a 60 dollar game. So here we are 50 hours or more.
This is it's utter downfall for me. I like a whole bunch of elements of this game but the core time spent to make this game so long, is not remotely a gameplay loop i want to spend dozens of hours on. I think my enjoyment is going to be watching others stream it. I watched a stream last night, and enjoyed it, but after the 4th delivery, when i realized the streamer was going to be walking to x location, I fast forwarded through the buffer. And that's completely fine.
Tarantino is about as subtle as a sledge hammer to the skull.
He lost me with the horse comparison between rdr2 and w3. He states the game play is clearly better in w3 because the horse cant hit a tree (wreck). This was not my feel at all, I much preferred the danger of knowing I could wreck the horse while trying to get away or take a shortcut. Not only was it more immersive, but I find the challenge to be the better game play as well.
lol, I've been playing a couple of hours now and knew immediately someone like Jim was not gonna enjoy it.
Really can't blame him though, I'm really impressed with it, but so far can easily understand why a lot of people who actually play it are going to despise it. For better and worse, this is gonna be one for the ages.
Really can't blame him though, I'm really impressed with it, but so far can easily understand why a lot of people who actually play it are going to despise it. For better and worse, this is gonna be one for the ages.
