Death Stranding reviews

Great one and the most intense one for sure. One weekend in, I can definitely say I like the game. The core game mechanics does feel like a mini-game, but online features and a great story behind it make it a pretty deep experience. Hideo Kojima once again delivered, pardon me for the pun. If you have a PS4, this game is a must-buy.

In Death Stranding you will find a lot of mechanics that have annoyed you before: the world is open, large and empty; there are stamina meters; enforced sneaking sections; there is nothing but fetch quests; and combat is pretty simple. But it works. All these mechanics are polished to the point of shining, and they somehow all mesh together to be a lot of fun. And you are rewards for your efforts. The online and building mechanics make it so that you go from struggling to complete a single delivery at the start to zipping around America dropping off cargo in minutes by the end game – if you are properly prepared. And combat is the same – Sam isn't a solider, and it feels like it. But with skill and preparation there is (almost) nothing in the game you can't defeat – especially if you have done the work to get the multi-fire rocket launcher and are carrying two or three of them. Also, defeating one of the bosses by tying him up repeatedly and kicking the **** out of him is satisfying.

This is not a good game, it's visually amazing and definitely unique. Past that it's nothing more than courier simulator 2020. Death Strandings alot like Inception, proof convoluted is not cool. The story isn't “difficult” to follow but it's definitely so far up itself it can smell what it had for breakfast. I love Kojima, and he's gifted some of the greatest games in history, this isn't one of them. It starts with a 10 hour slog i frustratingly pushed through and only marginally picks up after that. I'm glad i gave it a go, but Runescape is less of a grind than this.

Excellent service and excellent delivery time frame, arrived overnight.

Its a really good looking game with incredible visuals, good acting. That's where it ends. Its boring. Unexcited, and was over marketed to be something revolutionary which it is far from. Kojima has his nose to far up in the sky… That he fails to actually deliver a gripping fun experience which keeps the players engaged. Instead we are left with a mess of a game with very little payoff.