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Kojima: Death Stranding Had Stronger Criticism in the US, Possibly Because It Flies Above Shooters
- Thread starter Shakerovic
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Doesn't Death Stranding have action anyway despite the tonne of games now we have which has none?
Haven't played it but its action sections didn't look brilliant and I wonder if it would have taken more balls to have none at all.
Haven't played it but its action sections didn't look brilliant and I wonder if it would have taken more balls to have none at all.
Personally glad to see the end of think-pieces during the glory days of Call of Duty that were all 'actually, these games are intelligent, let me show you'.
I don't dislike COD, but there was a cottage industry for that stuff. People tripping over themselves to simply justify they liked them for what they were.
I don't dislike COD, but there was a cottage industry for that stuff. People tripping over themselves to simply justify they liked them for what they were.
That is true, but the point still stands. Acting like DS got bad reviews because it's not Shootbang McExplosives: The Game reeks of Kojima wanting everyone to love his farts as much as he does.
Not to mention Death Stranding's 6.8 IGN review came from a member of their Australian team.
He's not wrong. At the same time Kojima, just keep quiet. The game will sell plenty of copies and plenty of critics liked it.
He makes it harder to appreciate his (remarkable) game. A lot of the criticism I've seen is from Europe. I don't think it's a nationality thing.
But I think the game is remarkable. And quite smart, too. Not always cleverly written. But it has big ideas and explores them in an interesting, unexpected way.
But who knows. I've been told Heaven's Gate is one of the worst movies ever, but it's one of my favorites
But I think the game is remarkable. And quite smart, too. Not always cleverly written. But it has big ideas and explores them in an interesting, unexpected way.
But who knows. I've been told Heaven's Gate is one of the worst movies ever, but it's one of my favorites
Hmm, I think I see where hes going with this.
Maybe its the fact that Americans have the right to buy and use guns in their country, their fulfillment/entertainment would make them enjoy shooters genres. Whereas us europeans dont see it the same way. Still...interesting perspective of the stereotype.
Maybe im grasping at straws. :P
Maybe its the fact that Americans have the right to buy and use guns in their country, their fulfillment/entertainment would make them enjoy shooters genres. Whereas us europeans dont see it the same way. Still...interesting perspective of the stereotype.
Maybe im grasping at straws. :P
Journey got good scores. Gone Home, Firewatch, Disco Elysium, Obra Dinn, The Witness, all good scores. I could go on forever.
"Cerebral" my ass, maybe it's just boring to some people and Kojima's pathetic attempts at trying to deflect from criticism are only matched by his followers eating excuses like this up.
I agree with him here. You need an IQ of at least 195 to even take a glimpse of Death Stranding's majesty.
Americans with their pitiful education system and low emotional capacity had no chance
Americans with their pitiful education system and low emotional capacity had no chance
I find this particularly funny, because Death Stranding works for me because it feels extremely simple in a very satisfying way. It's dense with tons of systems, but the core gameplay is as basic as they come - point A to point B, and on to point C.
Combine that with the laughably inane & self-aggrandizing story - and it's just a good time.
Combine that with the laughably inane & self-aggrandizing story - and it's just a good time.
Had flashbacks to that Entourage episode where Director Billy is freaking out toward the audience at the film festival when people boo at Medellin
I guess Aussies just don't want to play a game where you have to constantly traverse a vast wasteland where everything is out to kill you.
Too close to real life for them.
The upside-down rainbows don't help either
I really like DS but this neither a true statement, nor is it a good way of dealing with fair criticism in general.
I generally want to like Kojima, but he doesn't make it easy right now.
His games are special, but he is definetly not the visionary genius artist he paints himself as.
If he really makes a movie someday, I hope he is ready for the film critics.
I generally want to like Kojima, but he doesn't make it easy right now.
His games are special, but he is definetly not the visionary genius artist he paints himself as.
If he really makes a movie someday, I hope he is ready for the film critics.
I get that Kojima isn't going to say that his game is bad but erm...saying that the US gamer aren't sophisticated as European gamer because they only like shooters is not a smart thing to say.
And besides doesn't Death Stranding has shooting game play in it?
Ha ha funny, because as a European the game just does not look interesting and Kojima clearly hyped up his game for a delivery simulator.
Death Standing from what I have observed from the reviews is just breath of the wild but what if Link was an amazon courier. 🤣
And besides doesn't Death Stranding has shooting game play in it?
Ha ha funny, because as a European the game just does not look interesting and Kojima clearly hyped up his game for a delivery simulator.
Death Standing from what I have observed from the reviews is just breath of the wild but what if Link was an amazon courier. 🤣
I haven't played Death Stranding, but these weren't mass marketed as AAA games. People's expectations factor in reception.
Death Strandings story and subtlety are on the same tier as a bad anime.
He' s wrong about why but there is something to this. US seem to hate him in particular and seemed like they had their minds mad up from the start. Not really sure how you can call this game boring but love Gone Home or something similar.
True, Kojima being insufferable as always really isn't a big deal.
death stranding is a game where hell sprung a leak and now there are spooky antimatter ghosts that eat people around so mailmen with ghost powers have to carry stuff between bunkers called knots, you play a magic ghost power mailman named Uncle Sam Mailman Connections who was asked by president connection connection to reset the country's router (the router uses ghost wifi) by delivering pizza and drugs and throwing piss at ghosts because your piss is magical and if a ghost eats you your ghost can just swim back to your body like a looney tunes character
e: there are also various evil mailmen, including ones who want facebook likes by picking up packages. the cell phone is shaped like a handcuff
e: there are also various evil mailmen, including ones who want facebook likes by picking up packages. the cell phone is shaped like a handcuff
Death Stranding's design and marketing makes me genuinely dislike Kojima...Dude is too full of himself