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I finally beat #DeathStranding. Took me 92 hours (a runtime of 61 movies.) I was just so engrossed in the world (and the building of a zip-line network...)
Anyway, below is my review: 1/10
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Anyway, below is my review: 1/10
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Some call it "an Amazon Delivery Walking Simulator," but it& #39;s more like an "Amazon Deliverer becomes an Army Corps of Engineers& #39; Ghostbuster, to stop The Third Impact from Evangellion, with his adopted baby/tricorder and band of nutjobs, in world of metaphors/music videos." 2/10
THE GOOD:
It& #39;s a VERY Kojima style story, but I& #39;m a big Metal Gear fan.
Superb world-building that connects nicely to today& #39;s political climate and Covid disconnect.
The voice acting and face capture were excellent.
The music was well-picked and perfect. 3/10
It& #39;s a VERY Kojima style story, but I& #39;m a big Metal Gear fan.
Superb world-building that connects nicely to today& #39;s political climate and Covid disconnect.
The voice acting and face capture were excellent.
The music was well-picked and perfect. 3/10
The weather effects and atmosphere are probably the best I& #39;ve ever seen.
I love how they explain away video game troupes with story: barren landscapes, fast travel, similar looking NPCs, etc.
Yoji Shinkawa knocked the art style out of the fucking park. Very realistic. 4/10
I love how they explain away video game troupes with story: barren landscapes, fast travel, similar looking NPCs, etc.
Yoji Shinkawa knocked the art style out of the fucking park. Very realistic. 4/10
THE BAD:
After you get a 5 star rating from a person, you never have to care about that person again, which kinda breaks the "build human connections" thing.
There& #39;s a few physics glitches that had me almost breaking the controller at times, whoops. 5/10
After you get a 5 star rating from a person, you never have to care about that person again, which kinda breaks the "build human connections" thing.
There& #39;s a few physics glitches that had me almost breaking the controller at times, whoops. 5/10
The dialogue can go from confusing, to really intelligent, to a force-feeding of childlike terms in the same scene.
The UI text was TOO SMALL, even with the patch. I had to use the PS4& #39;s zoom-in disability feature many times. 6/10
The UI text was TOO SMALL, even with the patch. I had to use the PS4& #39;s zoom-in disability feature many times. 6/10
THE UGLY:
I would& #39;ve liked to see a day/night cycle. It& #39;s usually day.
EVERYTHING is a metaphor in this game, from the names of characters, to tech devices, to organizations. Sometimes it& #39;s really clever, other times they& #39;re Dad-joke groaners. 7/10
I would& #39;ve liked to see a day/night cycle. It& #39;s usually day.
EVERYTHING is a metaphor in this game, from the names of characters, to tech devices, to organizations. Sometimes it& #39;s really clever, other times they& #39;re Dad-joke groaners. 7/10
You are spirited away to WW1 and WW2 battlefields, but because it& #39;s an American story, I would& #39;ve liked it if the wars were inside our country... like, the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Alamo, something made up after 2020? Maybe you lose the imperialist symbolism though. 8/10
CONCLUSION:
Just play it.
If you& #39;re not going to play it... or don& #39;t have a PS4 (coming soon to PC) I recommend watching a "Death Stranding full movie" video on YouTube.
Yeah... it& #39;s gonna be like 7 to 12 hours long. But do it.
Or at least watch a full story recap. 9/10
Just play it.
If you& #39;re not going to play it... or don& #39;t have a PS4 (coming soon to PC) I recommend watching a "Death Stranding full movie" video on YouTube.
Yeah... it& #39;s gonna be like 7 to 12 hours long. But do it.
Or at least watch a full story recap. 9/10
I& #39;m now really interested in what Kojima would& #39;ve done with Silent Hill... instead, he built this entire world between the dead and the living.
The game gets my highest rating, "a 1 out of 1."
I guess the last thing is... I want a Death Stranding pachinko machine now... 10/10
The game gets my highest rating, "a 1 out of 1."
I guess the last thing is... I want a Death Stranding pachinko machine now... 10/10
Oh, and here& #39;s my rating at the end.
