Nov 1, 2019
NayutaI mean if you got it pre ordered the reviews ain't changing much unless they saying it's bugged and broken. At the end of the day reviews and first reactions just gonna decide if you buy it sooner or wait for it on sale if you're not planning on getting it day one
I mean I get you on that. But some of the reviews I read were in sense trying to compare it to MGS which is so damn stupid, this is a completely different type of game
- Nov 1, 2019
If I wanna deliver packages to connect the world back while socking niggas out in a game believe me I’m up for it haha
OPNov 1, 2019·1 replySexreviews are mixed lol
84 on metacritic isn't mixed
Nov 1, 2019·editedyoutube.com/watch?v=848Y1Uu5Htk
can't ever trust a journalist's opinion after this
- Nov 1, 2019·1 replyPrinceSzn
84 on metacritic isn't mixed
Are you actually reading the reviews?
- Nov 1, 2019·edited·2 repliesSex
Are you actually reading the reviews?
lmao bro every review worth reading is gunna have the good stuff and bad stuff about the game, but 84 on Metacritic is showing extremely positive reviews
- OPNov 1, 2019UIP
lmao bro every review worth reading is gunna have the good stuff and bad stuff about the game, but 84 on Metacritic is showing extremely positive reviews
Exactly lol
Nov 1, 2019·1 replyUIPlmao bro every review worth reading is gunna have the good stuff and bad stuff about the game, but 84 on Metacritic is showing extremely positive reviews
i get where S***is coming from though because some of these reviews read like it's the most boring s*** ever but then "8/10!" so really these numbers don't have much weight. Plus I could never take gaming reviews seriously because gamers think anything below an 8 is automatically trash tier.
- Nov 1, 2019·1 replyKabel
i get where S***is coming from though because some of these reviews read like it's the most boring s*** ever but then "8/10!" so really these numbers don't have much weight. Plus I could never take gaming reviews seriously because gamers think anything below an 8 is automatically trash tier.
mannnn anyone who has a review quota that needs to be met for them to play/listen/watch something needs to get their ass beat
so dumb 
Nov 1, 2019·2 repliesIn all seriousness now, my views on the game and reviews thus from what I have gleaned are as follows:
A free-reign Kojima project detailing a convoluted plot, centred around a television actor who stopped being vogue 5 seasons prior, with laborious mechanics to drag you across the way. All whilst not fully possessing the charm and charisma to compensate for the above pitfalls.
Now, it's all well and good evoking fresh, unique ideas in video games. Fantastic, even. Philosophical musing, beautiful worlds, detailing small features... We want this in our games. But, it is a video game. The very purpose of this medium is to entertain above all. These features should not be at the cost of the basic remit of a game. David Lynch he is not, Cannes film festival is not the audience.
Accordingly, it's hard to get on board with a video game that doesn't actually want to be a video game. How can you enjoy a game that actively seems to be blocking your enjoyment? This is one of the short quotes from a Metacritic review (it was literally like fifth down):
"An experiment extraordinaire, Death Stranding is a game like no other. Full of repetition and lengthy chores, yet ingenious and philosophical in its own accord. It is a sight to behold, and something you have to dedicate your whole month if you want to witness its true potential."
'Full of repetition'; 'lengthy chores'; 'dedicate a whole month' -- these buzzwords somehow warranted a 90 rating from PLAY!Zine (whoever they are). How does this sound like an enjoyable video game?
It just feels like this pseudo-intellectual gatekeeping is an elaborate inside joke I'm not a part of. You are not a 'fast food gamer' - whatever the f*** that means - because you do not bow to the deity that is Hideo Kojima.
It does not make you a morally superior gamer because you endured 80 hours of filling your backpack correctly to ensure you deliver the fetch quest correctly.
- Nov 1, 2019UIP
mannnn anyone who has a review quota that needs to be met for them to play/listen/watch something needs to get their ass beat
so dumbexactly. i don't think i've ever been interested in something and change my stance on it just cuz of some arbitrary numbers from people. I have to see it for myself. People that haven't even played the game that are so sure it's trash or god tier when it's impossible to actually know that until you've experienced yourself. I don't even pay attention to those people.
i mean if the game is completely broken than yea but I'm still interested in what this game does and the story was always intriguing to me.
Nov 1, 2019Sexreviews are mixed lol
okay nerd
Nov 1, 2019Not even reading the reviews
How dare y'all doubt Kojima da God
Nov 1, 2019Kr0niicJust sat through that ign review
6.8 Jesus Christ.That being said I do get his complaints.... 40 hours of fetch quests he said.... Jesus Christ did you see his fast travel montage how long it took just to travel
Kinda glad ign was unbiased here... seems like the reviewer had many legitimate complaints about the game.... I’m glad I heard them before I dove into this game.
That being said
DAY 1 BUY
I just saw the other IGN reviews and they gave it a 9.8 and a 9.5
I think the American reviewing this one is just a dumbass
They give 9’s to every call of duty as if that gameplay is fun. Walking around the apocalpyse sounds like more fun than shooting people in a war that’s already happened
- Nov 1, 2019
Over 10 publications gave it a 10/10, so plenty of people enjoyed this. If doing fetch quests sounds less fun than pulling a trigger and shooting someone which is the core gameplay of most games that get high review scores then just don’t buy this game
Nov 1, 2019·editedGrenouilleIn all seriousness now, my views on the game and reviews thus from what I have gleaned are as follows:
A free-reign Kojima project detailing a convoluted plot, centred around a television actor who stopped being vogue 5 seasons prior, with laborious mechanics to drag you across the way. All whilst not fully possessing the charm and charisma to compensate for the above pitfalls.
Now, it's all well and good evoking fresh, unique ideas in video games. Fantastic, even. Philosophical musing, beautiful worlds, detailing small features... We want this in our games. But, it is a video game. The very purpose of this medium is to entertain above all. These features should not be at the cost of the basic remit of a game. David Lynch he is not, Cannes film festival is not the audience.
Accordingly, it's hard to get on board with a video game that doesn't actually want to be a video game. How can you enjoy a game that actively seems to be blocking your enjoyment? This is one of the short quotes from a Metacritic review (it was literally like fifth down):
"An experiment extraordinaire, Death Stranding is a game like no other. Full of repetition and lengthy chores, yet ingenious and philosophical in its own accord. It is a sight to behold, and something you have to dedicate your whole month if you want to witness its true potential."
'Full of repetition'; 'lengthy chores'; 'dedicate a whole month' -- these buzzwords somehow warranted a 90 rating from PLAY!Zine (whoever they are). How does this sound like an enjoyable video game?
It just feels like this pseudo-intellectual gatekeeping is an elaborate inside joke I'm not a part of. You are not a 'fast food gamer' - whatever the f*** that means - because you do not bow to the deity that is Hideo Kojima.
It does not make you a morally superior gamer because you endured 80 hours of filling your backpack correctly to ensure you deliver the fetch quest correctly.
Which reviews did you read? Lol cuz the positive ones I’ve seen praised the delivery aspect of the gameplay because of this game’s approach to it and how it avoided falling into the “video game that feels like a movie” trap
I guess we just gotta see lol
- Nov 1, 2019Grenouille
In all seriousness now, my views on the game and reviews thus from what I have gleaned are as follows:
A free-reign Kojima project detailing a convoluted plot, centred around a television actor who stopped being vogue 5 seasons prior, with laborious mechanics to drag you across the way. All whilst not fully possessing the charm and charisma to compensate for the above pitfalls.
Now, it's all well and good evoking fresh, unique ideas in video games. Fantastic, even. Philosophical musing, beautiful worlds, detailing small features... We want this in our games. But, it is a video game. The very purpose of this medium is to entertain above all. These features should not be at the cost of the basic remit of a game. David Lynch he is not, Cannes film festival is not the audience.
Accordingly, it's hard to get on board with a video game that doesn't actually want to be a video game. How can you enjoy a game that actively seems to be blocking your enjoyment? This is one of the short quotes from a Metacritic review (it was literally like fifth down):
"An experiment extraordinaire, Death Stranding is a game like no other. Full of repetition and lengthy chores, yet ingenious and philosophical in its own accord. It is a sight to behold, and something you have to dedicate your whole month if you want to witness its true potential."
'Full of repetition'; 'lengthy chores'; 'dedicate a whole month' -- these buzzwords somehow warranted a 90 rating from PLAY!Zine (whoever they are). How does this sound like an enjoyable video game?
It just feels like this pseudo-intellectual gatekeeping is an elaborate inside joke I'm not a part of. You are not a 'fast food gamer' - whatever the f*** that means - because you do not bow to the deity that is Hideo Kojima.
It does not make you a morally superior gamer because you endured 80 hours of filling your backpack correctly to ensure you deliver the fetch quest correctly.
Yet that’s just this reviewer experience on the game, we are reading HIS thoughts and views, not ours. But In a sense video games are the new movies, but it is a interactive experience from us gamers. I have more to say but I’m driving at the moment lol
- Nov 1, 2019
Why do the reviews on IGN Italy and IGN japan just sound like they were written by more competent writers, is there just better game journalism in Europe and Asia?
Nov 1, 2019It's 2019 and people are actually surprised/complaining about the number of cutscenes in a AAA Kojima game.
Nov 1, 2019·2 repliestwitter.com/Neil_Druckmann/status/1190324794102648832
the closest a game has felt to real hiking. we're saved
Nov 1, 2019GAIGEhttps://twitter.com/Neil_Druckmann/status/1190324794102648832
the closest a game has felt to real hiking. we're saved
Nov 1, 2019·2 replieslol the reviewer who gave it 6.8 is Australian btw
- Nov 1, 2019GAIGE
https://twitter.com/Neil_Druckmann/status/1190324794102648832
the closest a game has felt to real hiking. we're saved
the kings of walking simulators
Nov 1, 2019·1 replyWhen this s*** drop Ima take an edible, blast some Flying Lotus, and completely lock myself into this one.
- Nov 1, 2019XANTA
When this s*** drop Ima take an edible, blast some Flying Lotus, and completely lock myself into this one.
Only way to play it