Why Death Stranding Is Unlike Any Game You've Played Before

Death Stranding is finally upon us. The incredible new game from Hideo Kojima launches on PS4 on November 8th and Playstation Access can't get enough of it.

[IRetrouk]

Not long to go now, cant wait to get stuck in.

[ilikestuff]

here’s hoping it’s as good as I want it to be.

[IRetrouk]

Based on this vid alone I can tell I'm going to enjoy it, seems to be plenty to see and do and multiple ways of doing them, guess we find out on friday, eh?

[CDbiggen]

Not long to wait now :-D

[pornflakes]

What i saw in this video was only walking around - i think without all the great cut scenes this game would be a 3/10

[Thundercat77]

Making a review without playing the game and based on a YouTube video.

Insane!

[IRetrouk]

@ thunder, the YouTube vid is actually really good, hes just trolling dude, so much more than just walking.

[IRetrouk]

@porn
So you didnt see the bts? Or the mules? Or the vehicles? Or the camps? Or the safehouses? Or the roads and bridges players build together? Or the combat? You didnt hear the reviewer explain you can use exosuits or vehicles if you want? Then there is the homo demens that we still know very little about, sounds to me like you didnt watch this vid at all.

[Larrysweet]

But to be real hiking is the gameplay all other things just happen along

[IRetrouk]

Its deffo part of it, just not all there is.

[Hardiman]

I'm also excited for the 3D printing! Create ladders, ropes even bikes to used or leave for other players! I think it's cool how DS wants to connect people and create an experience like no other!

[Nikijih]

By all acounts its almost all there is.

Here is how I see your post:
"So you didnt see the obstacles to your hiking? The places you can rest from your hiking? The roads and bridges that will help your hiking? The combat that distracts you from the hiking for about 4% of the game? You didnt hear the reviewer explain the tools you can use for hiking?"

Be honest. This is a walking simulator with a frame. Yes, there is a frame, things to help along or hinder your hiking. But hiking is the core of the experience. Unlike normal RPGs where the hiking is considered a tedious but necessary evil in between the actual gameplay experience, this focuses on the it and everything else is secondary to it.

[IRetrouk]

Yeah a ladder and rope, he also explains that you can use vehicles if you wish, did you miss that?.
So like almost every other game made then? You travel to and from places, using items and weapons to get the job done, calling it a walking sim is straight bull when there is clearly much more to do than just that, but you are entitled to your opinion, isn't gonna change my mind one way or the other, I do love how you throw out random numbers and "facts" about whats secondary etc knowing as much as the rest of us do, this video alone proves it's more than just a walking sim and shows plenty of what is available in the game,, like it, dont, buy it, dont, dont care either way, but talking about a game you haven't played like you have and know how the game is split is laughable.

[IRetrouk]

@ hardiman
Yeah it seems like it's going to be a good feature, but it's just to distract you from the hiking/s

[Hardiman]

This mindset is what's hurting the industry because some actual "reviewers" I use that lightly think like this. Hell some games you can tell they didn't even finish or just rush through to get clicks first.

[PlayableGamez-]

We know DS is unlike any other game before due to the fact that critiics are having a hard time reviewing the game.

Everyone I highly recommend to go watch YongYeas recent video on Death Stranding and look at his face and how frustrated he is trying to explain the appeal of DS.

Pretty much it seems that what DS is to action adventure games is excatly what Joker is to the DCU/MCU.

[ArchangelMike]

"...what DS is to action adventure games is exactly what Joker is to the DCU/MCU"

Well said 👏👏👏

[CorndogBurglar]

Well, the Joker was a terrible DC film. It was a great movie. But a terrible DC film. It was even a terrible Joker film.

So are we saying Death Stranding is a terrible Action Adventure game? Because I don't believe that.

[Hardiman]

I keep seeing Joker as an example but it's not even part of the DCU! It is it's own thing and quite a great film.

Also I keep seeing DS is polarizing but is it really?!?! Because there's like 60+ positive and like 15 mixed. Seems the consensus is positive.

[RavenWolfx]

I had zero interest in this game until this video. He does an awesome job.

[Veneno]

Yes. This is a recommended watch if you're on the fence. It explains the gameplay better than any of the reviewers thus far whose job it is to explain this stuff.

But this guy also works for PlayStation so there's that too.

[OldGuyStillGaming]

My digital deluxe edition preloaded yesterday along with NFS Heat
Seeing Death Stranding already on my ps4 home screen already looks beautiful.
At 9 pm tomorrow I’ll be playing this beauty

[jukins]

Best Buy getting my collectors edition order ready hope it comes early on friday!!

[Hardiman]

You know when it comes to the big games like GOW, Uncharted 4, HZD, Days Gone, Spider-Man, Witcher 3 among others, I'm always so hyped and just can't wait to play them! I try and imagine how the game will play and how the world and characters will be. It feels like forever until it doesn't and it's the day before the release.

Death Stranding is in that same conversation and herd it is two days from release! It's kinda different though because I had no idea what it would be about or how it will play (I still don't really but that's not necessarily a bad thing) and that's made it a different animal. With that said I CANNOT wait to deep dive into it again world!!!!!

[xenz]

I had to cancel my pre-order because of how bad this ended up :-(

[AK91]

People said the exact the same thing about MGS........................... ...AND BOY THEY WERE RIGHT.