Have you played the game? While true, you can boil down the game to “you deliver packages” there’s a lot more to it. There’s planning your equipment and weight distribution, evaluating the best route and adapting when something unexpected shows up, the give and take of the social strand system, etc.
It’s for sure not a game for everyone and I don’t begrudge anyone who says they don’t enjoy it but the one liner that pretty much everyone boils it down to does a disservice when describing how much is actually involved
Yes, I played the game. I still have it installed, so I’ll try again.
Some games will hook you from the start and will not let you go until you finish them. Some will have you return even after you’ve finished because you enjoy being immersed in the world.
This one felt like too much like reality to be fun, having to do heavy labour carrying stuff while being punished by black stuff popping up randomly from nowhere…
It probably boils down to personal tastes, I’ve had this issue with some other games like Hellblade, Control, and Prey.
It’s clearly not the grinding aspect because I’ve clocked 350 hours on Skyrim.
It’s really a great ton of fun, but you have to find logistics/transportation/exploration and a little stealth fun. It’s not a “Little something for everyone” type of game. But if you like games like Snowrunner, truck simulators, or Elite Dangerous or if you just have a penchant for hiking/mountaineering, it’s the only real AAA game of its kind and you’ll like it a lot. Also while the story is somewhat nonsense, the worldbuilding and general “vibe” you get while playing it really revolted it above even it’s gameplay.
My take on this game: I don’t understand the hype. You just have to carry stuff on your backpack between places, stumbling like a drunken idiot.
Sorry, I played many games over the years but can’t find anything in this to get me hooked.
Have you played the game? While true, you can boil down the game to “you deliver packages” there’s a lot more to it. There’s planning your equipment and weight distribution, evaluating the best route and adapting when something unexpected shows up, the give and take of the social strand system, etc.
It’s for sure not a game for everyone and I don’t begrudge anyone who says they don’t enjoy it but the one liner that pretty much everyone boils it down to does a disservice when describing how much is actually involved
Yes, I played the game. I still have it installed, so I’ll try again.
Some games will hook you from the start and will not let you go until you finish them. Some will have you return even after you’ve finished because you enjoy being immersed in the world.
This one felt like too much like reality to be fun, having to do heavy labour carrying stuff while being punished by black stuff popping up randomly from nowhere…
It probably boils down to personal tastes, I’ve had this issue with some other games like Hellblade, Control, and Prey.
It’s clearly not the grinding aspect because I’ve clocked 350 hours on Skyrim.
Let me have another go, and I’ll get back to you.
There’s an argument to be made that this is intentional, funnily enough
The entire bar building aspect/async multiplayer is hidden from the trailers. Might not be as fun if player counts are down
Yeah the social world building system was awesome
Gameplay wise, it’s looks fucking boring.
Everything else-wise, this is the probably closest we’re gonna get to Kojima making a film.
It’s really a great ton of fun, but you have to find logistics/transportation/exploration and a little stealth fun. It’s not a “Little something for everyone” type of game. But if you like games like Snowrunner, truck simulators, or Elite Dangerous or if you just have a penchant for hiking/mountaineering, it’s the only real AAA game of its kind and you’ll like it a lot. Also while the story is somewhat nonsense, the worldbuilding and general “vibe” you get while playing it really revolted it above even it’s gameplay.
Hmm, I’ve always assumed I would hate this game, but I love snowrunner and trucking sims. Maybe I’ll pick it up while it’s on sale.
It’s actually kind of funny because that new Snowrunner spinoff game looks to have been inspired by the gameplay loop of Death Stranding too.
They’re adapting the game into a movie, it was announced quite recently IIRC
https://www.engadget.com/a24-will-help-bring-the-death-stranding-movie-to-life-171735945.html
I don’t understand why a movie instead of, at least, a mini series…
I always wished they’d make a Yakuza miniseries. Hopefully this trend of film/show adaptations of video games continues.
Get Uwe Boll on it, stat!