DEATH STRANDING REVIEW ROUNDUP

Death Stranding Review Roundup

1/11/2019

When it comes to a Hideo Kojima joint, some things are always a guarantee. A huge and polished world, great visuals, great gameplay and convoluted, nonsensical stories are all one should expect before booting up any game from the creator of Metal Gear Solid. His latest major project Death Stranding looks to be another sterling example of this mad genius' work but does it live up to Metal Gear series? Is it much more than a mailman/babysitting/walking simulator? Here's the review roundup?

GAMESPOT 9/10
"Death Stranding is a hard game to absorb. There are many intertwining threads to its plot, and silly names, corny moments, and heavy exposition belie an otherwise very simple message. That comes through much more clearly in the game's more mundane moments, when you find a desperately-needed ladder left behind by another player or receive a letter from an NPC thanking you for your efforts. It's positive without ignoring pain; in fact, it argues in both its story and its gameplay that adversity itself is what makes things worth doing and life worth living. It's a game that requires patience, compassion, and love, and it's also one we really need right now."

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DESTRUCTOID 8/10
"Death Stranding is not the overly-strange inaccessible walled garden the marketing has made it out to be. It's weird, don't get me wrong! But anyone with a surface-level understanding of surrealism in art should be able to acclimate to what is essentially a playable Hollywood production."

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GAME INFORMER 7/10
"Try as it might, Death Stranding’s story doesn’t shore up its faults. It’s the normal Kojima mix of twists-and-turns, tropes, and overbearing themes, but at least I like that it explores real-world topics like the theory of multiple dimensions and key events in the history of the planet’s biodiversity. Like Sam himself, I often wasn’t sure why I kept going in Death Stranding. Maybe there was a little bit of pride in another task checked off the list, another job done. Unfortunately, this added up to little reward in the end."

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GAMESRADAR 3.5/5
"There is an okay experience here, filled with a scrapbooking hokum of afterlife mythology and pseudoscience, with a cast of likeable if bluntly literal characters but it’s a game that, ironically, is easily lost in its lengthy delivery."

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IGN 6.8/10
"Certain landmark games in recent years, like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Red Dead Redemption 2, have managed to successfully tread the line between the rigidity of realism and the exhilaration of pure escapism. But much like its stumbling protagonist, Death Stranding just can’t consistently get the balance right despite possessing equally lofty ambitions and countless inventive ideas. There is a fascinating, fleshed-out world of supernatural science fiction to enjoy across its sprawling and spectacular map, so it’s a real shame that it’s all been saddled on a gameplay backbone that struggles to adequately support its weight over the full course of the journey. It’s fitting that Kojima Productions’ latest is so preoccupied with social media inspired praise, because in some ways I did ‘Like’ Death Stranding. I just didn’t ever love it."

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Overall, Death Stranding currently sits at a Metascore of 84 from 71 reviews, that would suggest that Kojima got it right once again. I am personally still not interested enough to pick this game up day one and, might even watch how the story unfolds via Twitch streams and Youtube. For those of you who are the game releases this November 8 for the PS4.

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