Roni
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Death Stranding Review Thread
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You should play the game and find out.
Lionel Richie
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That's much better, sounds he went the idealized route of depicting social media interaction instead of the real life nightmare it is.
I definitely will, just waiting for a price drop.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Don't know if its in here amongst the 52 pages, but Official PlayStation UK magazine gave it an 8.
imsosleepy
Member
''"this isn't a review of death stranding, this is how death stranding convinced me video games have potential beyond belief" ''
uhm... I think this review has 1 massive, massive, massive spoiler in it? Careful with it
I like how she talked about when u enter chapter 3, the map opens up, and kojima reveals his masterpiece. true story haha. Al though I loved chapter 1 and 2 but I can see how many people hated that beginning
but dam i watched jim sterling review before this one. Geezus, this one is already 10000 times better then his shitty clickbait video
This really is one of the best reviews out there
uhm... I think this review has 1 massive, massive, massive spoiler in it? Careful with it
dead mama?
I like how she talked about when u enter chapter 3, the map opens up, and kojima reveals his masterpiece. true story haha. Al though I loved chapter 1 and 2 but I can see how many people hated that beginning
but dam i watched jim sterling review before this one. Geezus, this one is already 10000 times better then his shitty clickbait video
This really is one of the best reviews out there
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Kagero
Member
This guy is great haha! Deserves recognition for this.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I'm at the end of Chapter 2, so without spoiling anything.....what is it about the first 2 chapters that makes you understand why some people hate them?
Ulysses 31
Member
Final verdict's in guys, Joe has passed judgement:
7/10
7/10
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Dr.Morris79
Member
I've clocked thirty three hours, only just finshed episode three! :/
I fooking love this game.
MiguelItUp
Member
I got it on launch day and have been playing it about 1-3 hours every day for the most part. I'm only at Episode 7/8. Not to mention I'm strictly on the campaign and main objectives. I can't wait to finish it. SO CLOSE. I'll be done by next week or early next week I'm sure. Took a week off, so excited.
That being said, I still think it's amusing that there are a number of posters that have posted in this thread only sharing "negative" reviews/posts. Then the others that are essentially just DS haters that have always hated the game and/or Kojima and never cared to play the game in the first place like the posts, lmao. Give up already folks, for as many people that don't like the game, there are double, triple, if not quadruple the amount of people that do. Not sure what your end game is.
OrangeSun77
Member
Dunkey makes the best criticism, I think he is the only one who understands what the core of the game should be and unfortunately, this time Kojima was wrong, especially with those statements about "Americans have no artistic sensibility like Europeans"
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
I can only agree with too much skipping and menus and maybe some story rambling was a but too much at the end... but the game is a masterpiece. Is he supposed to be cynical?
MiguelItUp
Member
Honestly I've only ever thought of Dunkey as pure entertainment. I'm not a big reviewer/journalist chaser to begin with, so I suppose I'm not a good source...
Dunkey is something I've never taken seriously, and I go to him for lols.
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Nemesis Prime
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is it true story is dumped on you mainly at the start and the end of the game? If so that’s very disappointing to hear, sounds like the worst part of MGS V
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MiguelItUp
Member
Eh, I don't agree with that at all. To me the experience feels a lot like an onion where more layers are peeled back as you continue on. You get more of an understanding of what exactly the Death Stranding is/was. Who the characters are, more about their backstories, etc. Nothing has felt like filler or anything pointless to me per se.
That's also kind of weird to me though, isn't that not how stories really work? The beginning and ending are usually the most fruitful portions of a story. But that doesn't mean the things that happen in-between are pointless, shallow, or filler.
LaughingStock
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He is just being nitpicky.
No, that's a lie. The end is very exposition heavy yes. But you have bits peppered throughout the game. I think it was well paced.
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Endless Fluff
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No, that completely depends on how you play the game.
It's true that you can spend 50 hours between chapter 3 to 7 (or was it 8?)..., so you don't really get to see much story progress, but you don't have to. You are not forced to 5 star each prepper, you are not forced to build roads, or waste time with other things. You can set your own pacing and simply follow the story. If you do that then you'll find that the pacing of the story is actually not that bad.
But it does pick up quite a bit with chapter 7 (or 8).
Radical Dreamer
Member
I welcome his video - in the lake of hideo worshipping on this forum some good ol' cynicism is healthy to balance things out. And yeah, I know he tends to over exaggerate problems with games and nitpick.
Reading some posters here claiming it's second coming of christ and revolutionary you can't help but chuckle a bit...
Honestly I from what I've seen (and I've seen plenty of streams and videos of DS) it just reeks of boredom to me. I feel like if this game wouldn't have kojima writen all over it it'd be a laughing stock of AAA games lol (not really but i'd be viewed way differently imo). All in all maybe someday I'll change my mind because I'm gonna borrow it one day from a friend, but still
ExpandKong
Banned
It’s almost like he’s a person with his own opinion
MiguelItUp
Member
Honestly, in terms of more recent impression videos, I think Cohhcarnage's hits the nail on the head. Just in general.
stickkidsam
Member
"Cynical" seems a bit much for disliking the game. Remember that reviewers are just people with their own tastes. Sometimes they just won't enjoy how a game is, especially with something as niche as Death Stranding's gameplay.
I'd say he has pretty well informed opinions on games and he's even put out a decent video on how people should approach game reviews. The dude has his biases like anyone else and is pretty up front about it. Enjoying him for the lols works just as well though.Honestly I've only ever thought of Dunkey as pure entertainment. I'm not a big reviewer/journalist chaser to begin with, so I suppose I'm not a good source...
Dunkey is something I've never taken seriously, and I go to him for lols.
Javthusiast
Banned
Fantastic in depth review. Beware as it contains some gameplay mechanics spoilers from episode 3 onwards though.
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
I always liked the cryptic trailers for this game but the gameplay does look boring.
SleepDoctor
Banned
No score?
Plenty of reviewers shitted on it and still gave it 8s and shit like they're scared of this overrated dude.
"Only im smart enough to know what's going on here" lol.
Plenty of reviewers shitted on it and still gave it 8s and shit like they're scared of this overrated dude.
"Only im smart enough to know what's going on here" lol.
SleepDoctor
Banned
"Be kind to others"... proceeds to throw a tantrum and call Americans stupid shooter fans cuz ign aus gave it a 6.8
Ohhhh the irony
Ohhhh the irony
Birdo
Banned
FranXico
Member
Just like trolls have been repeatedly, incessantly, posting negative reviews and calling them "well thought out and articulate".
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
One of my favorite Dunkey videos, haha.
"You know what isn't badass? Building these villains up forever to be the biggest, most arrogant assholes on planet Earth and then when you finally kill them, it cuts to slow-motion and you're holding them like a baby, reading them their last rites. "
Werewolf Jones
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I'm not giving him a view. Give me a summary.
cookiemuffin
Member
Game sucks
InterMusketeer
Member
"I can only hope that this is the last Strand type game, because it is a complete and utter embarrassment."
Birdo
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Is that a fat joke?
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
For context, dunkey loves MGS and MGSV was in fact even his game of the year 2016. So he is not a Kojima hater or anti-open world games. But for his review he covers:
- Poor traversal mechanics in a game which is 90% traversal.
- The other 10% combat is also poor.
- Nonsensical story that even Kojima admits he doesn't understand.
- Pacing issues where much of the plot development is concentrated in the beginning and the end, with a barren middle.
- And to top it all off you got dialogue such as:
He gives it a 1 out of 5.
Barakov
Member
Best part of this post is that I read this in his voice.
BusierDonkey
Member
Do the vehicles in the game really control that janky? That looked legitimately terrible.
I have working vehicle mods in Fallout that work better than what I just watched, and they were made by one person in a game with an engine that is known for being a jank-fest.
I won't even get into the player character clipping through the terrain in almost every shot of the video.
I have working vehicle mods in Fallout that work better than what I just watched, and they were made by one person in a game with an engine that is known for being a jank-fest.
I won't even get into the player character clipping through the terrain in almost every shot of the video.
TyphoonStruggle
Member
Doesn't she WATCH her boyfriend play games. That's literally Kojima's audience... he wants people to WATCH his games.
Also, I've NEVER seen her be critical of a game. The most I've ever heard is that some game is not for her.
All she does is help you validate your own opinions.
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Gun Animal
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This is like watching a GTAV review where all the recorded footage is of running over pedestrians and going on random shooting sprees. I know he's just trying to be funny, but there's lots of funny to be found in DS's gameplay. Like whipping your dick out and peeing on ghosts to pacify them, throwing cargo at people, the sticky gun, creative use of ladders and so on.
You know what I never tried? Peeing on non-hostile porters. There's a lot of other funny ideas that I haven't seen anyone attempt yet. Would have liked to see Dunkey actually take the time to try something interesting and not just clip on geometry and drop cargo for 30 hours. No wonder he hated it.
You know what I never tried? Peeing on non-hostile porters. There's a lot of other funny ideas that I haven't seen anyone attempt yet. Would have liked to see Dunkey actually take the time to try something interesting and not just clip on geometry and drop cargo for 30 hours. No wonder he hated it.
Codes 208
Member
Tbf AC’s proximity “follow the bad guy” missions are frequent and boring AF
GooseMan69
Member
Ah shit, I loved Death Stranding before, but now I don’t like it anymore because random internet guy said it’s bad.
DogsAndKisses
Neo Member
Bless Dunkey for speaking the truth about this garbage game hipsters are fawning over
Endless Fluff
Banned
He likes to exaggerate problems, which make his reviews funny but rarely represent the average experience.
I've tripped over 3 or 4 times in 50 hours (that is actually being tracked by the game, so you can look it up)... why not more often? Because the average human being learns what he can and can't do... just like he is jumping around on a cliff in the mountains and then loses cargo to apparently show "how bad it is". If you do that, or if you jump down impossible slopes, then you are a moron and you shouldn't play such a game anyways as the game gives you enough tools to overcome obstacles.
If you lose shit in a river then this is entirely on you as well, since the game tells you with bright red dots that you shouldn't cross there... and if you try to cross a river with no stamina, then this is on you as well... again, the game gives you tools to overcome rivers.
His example with the bomb is also extremely stupid. The game tells you to be extremely careful and you shouldn't use vehicles (or if you do, be even more careful)... of course it blows up for him in a vehicle when he's cheesing his way through the mountains.
If you play the game, you will typically not do that... and if you feel compelled to do what he apparently did in the game, then the game is clearly not for you or you are literally too dumb to play it.