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[SomeNorseGuy]

Death Stranding 2 Review - Tied Up

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is fixated on revisiting past ideas, which limits its impact to being a good but not great sequel

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This obsession with honoring past legacy also carries the baggage of some of the series' worst tropes, particularly around the portrayal of women, which the first game was also guilty of. While I can't speak with authority about some of the sequel's plotlines, including one involving a phenomenon around childbirth, some scenes caused an exhausting déjà vu; there's an unskippable photography minigame featuring three women posing in front of the camera, as well as a central character who often takes her shoes off as crew members make a running commentary about this habit. The camera pans during cutscenes aren't as excessive as, say, the treatment around Quiet in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, but it all feels unnecessary. And since you're witnessing photo-realistic depictions of real-life actors, it can slip into being a bit weird

Lol, glad we still got some of these mentally challenged reviewers around. They just can't help but make fools of themselves.

 

[Gonzito]

"Questionable tropes around women"

 

[proandrad]

Exactly the type of person I would imagine writing this.

 

[Connificent]

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Why does that sound like a band name to me? Ha

 

[MondoPentecost]

What does he mean by a loss of friction? Are people slipping and sliding all over the place.

 

[TintoConCasera]

there's an unskippable photography minigame featuring three women posing in front of the camera, as well as a central character who often takes her shoes off as crew members make a running commentary about this habit.

See? This. This is how you sell a PS5.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

The questionably sexist trope of childbirth and motherhood. How does he get away with such blatantly transphobic prooaganda time and time again? Will nobody stop him?

 

[roosnam1980]

 

[Windom Earle]

Nice ad

 

[diffusionx]

as well as a central character who often takes her shoes off as crew members make a running commentary about this habit.

 

[Kacho]

 

[diffusionx]

See? This. This is how you sell a PS5.

how many PS5s did this scene sell by itself

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I haven't played it yet, but..
I'd give it an 8, just because he gave it a 7, then turn it into a 9 because he mentioned "Questionable tropes around women".

 

[Arachnid]

Death Stranding 2 Review - Tied Up

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is fixated on revisiting past ideas, which limits its impact to being a good but not great sequel

web.archive.org

Lol, glad we still got some of these mentally challenged reviewers around. They just can't help but make fools of themselves.

Thank god for the Japanese never caving to this shit lmao. Based fuckers never gave an inch.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Reviewer…

 

[hemo memo]

How about dropping the western-centric delusion and give us an actual game review?

 

[Dynasty8]

Exactly the type of person I would imagine writing this.

Makes total sense now.

 

[GHG]

Exactly the type of person I would imagine writing this.

How the fuck did the mind virus end up making it's way to Argentina?

 

[LordCBH]

So something in this game offended a worthless feminist.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Linking to the article, clicking on it, and even discussing it does nothing but drive up engagement numbers that create more of this type of content. Do what most normal people do and laugh at it while you scroll by and give it no air to breathe.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Exactly the type of person I would imagine writing this.

Yup. There's always some truth in stereotypes. Looks and social media profiles often skew pretty accurate.

 

[DonF]

"Questionable tropes about women" is such a spineless, safe, sentence. Thats not a writers sentence. If your are a reviewer, a "professional" writer, you have to state things clearly, not say "quesitonable". I fucking hate it all around. Coward.

 

[Boralf]

What is the point of this thread? Just culture drama bait to get the same predictable reactions as always?

 

[Killer8]

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Reviewer…

An extremely tough looking lad.
Testosterone seethes from every orifice of his being like mighty geysers reaching out to heaven, offering that surplus strength to fight the evil of the misogynistic patriarchy. He comes equipped with the sandwich of sarcasm, because it's his love language.

 

[AtomicStarving]

Activists doing video game reviews, take all that

 

[Audiophile]

He/him should switch to she/her and go make me a sammich.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Reviewer…

The irony of having a White Zombie patch. A band full of sampled female moans, sleazy "sexist" tropes and violence. But that's different because I approve and I'm the arbiter of morality!

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

If one of the women had a 9 inch schlong, he would've rate it a 10.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

What is the point of this thread? Just culture drama bait to get the same predictable reactions as always?

 

[viveks86]

How the fuck did the mind virus end up making it's way to Argentina?

Viruses gonna virus

 

[OmegaSupreme]

You can tell this guy fucks

 

[kruis]

Reviewer…

I refuse to believe this is a real person. This must be satire.

 

[SolarFry]

How the fuck did the mind virus end up making it's way to Argentina?

It's that thing, the uh, intranet or something.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

How the fuck did the mind virus end up making it's way to Argentina?

If history has taught us anything, it's safe to assume by way of Germany.

 

[Kvally]

I could hate this game, and now I would buy it because of that woke douchebag.

 

[proandrad]

How the fuck did the mind virus end up making it's way to Argentina?

USAID

 

[Rush2112]

To be fair, being a goofball doesn't mean you can't recognize an overrated game for what it is.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

This guy fits right into the questionable trope of the left-wing game journalist.

 

[Braag]

If the body of a woman bothers you so much, the problem is truly with you. Male/Female body and nudity can be used in an artistic form, you see it in modeling and even movies all the time. Yet as soon as you show a little skin in a game, these weirdos come out of the woodwork to say how bothered they are by it. Like their mind veers so heavily into some sick fuckery territory that they can't look at it

 

[yogaflame]

Another woke and lack of common sense crap from an entitled and snowflakes leftist reviewer. Dei at it's worse. If I can only add 3 more copies of DS2 to my one copy of Ds2 this June 26, I will do it to slap to there face.

 

[JimmyRustler]

You know, if you want this stuff to go away you need to stop giving these people clout. No one would give a damn if you would not spread their stuff.

 

[Bond007]

What a joke.

 

[Zacfoldor]

and

Also, I should review some MGS content this weekend. Thanks for the head's up Gamespot.

 

[Cramoss]

as well as a central character who often takes her shoes off as crew members make a running commentary about this habit.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Why do white liberal men (assuming this writer is a white man) hate women? Why do they want every women on earth to be 350lbs and purple hair? These people make me sick

 

[Negotiator101]

Reviewer…

Is that his natural hair colour?

 

[Zacfoldor]

 

[mitch1971]

What's the trope? That they are actually biological females?