You guys are seriously still discussing this? Ffs move the fuck on it’s just a fucking game, people are allowed to like it if they want.
And yes all 3 members here who own the game are apparently enjoying the hell out of it, I don’t give a fuck about metascore or what critics think. 25 hours In and not a dull moment for me. It’s my kind of game, there’s nothing else to discuss.
You can love the hell out of that game for all i care, but that "oh it's just not for everyone and that's why certain people give it a bad rating" notion is only half the truth.
The other half is, that it just isn't the masterpiece of a game you missing out if you don't play it, they make it out to be.
As for ratings, I don't fall into the 0 star group, that's just nonsense, just like the 10/10 reviews. But 6 to 7 sounds about right. It IS a game you can love, if you like those type of games, BUT it also is nothing groundbreaking that needs to be defended at all costs because Kojima made it.
The game offers plenty of room for objective criticism, gameplay being the most obvious one, the other one for me is Kojima and himself.
VG24/7 - 3/5
Death Stranding wields metaphor like a cudgel and beats you over the head with it. Sam Bridges, the man who’s travelling the world to connect people, has aphenphosmphobia – the fear of being touched. That’s just, like, so deep, man. Let me take another hit on this bong.
stevivor - 3.5/10
The problem with Death Stranding is that Hideo Kojima has become wholly self-indulgent, making something I’m sure he considers a masterpiece. Death Stranding is anything but, with its head so far up its own ass it’s almost funny.
Looking back Konami definitely needed Kojima more than Kojima needed Konami, but boy does he need someone to keep his ego in check, keeping him from putting every little idea he's gotten whilst taking a dump into the game.
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They got it right, about a game you havent played a single second of, do you hear how infantile this sounds?
Atleast I expect it with Lion, because he is a stupid clown that I dont take a seriously for a single second.
But its fairly bizarre you are still being this obtuse about it.
You dont want to play it, and its defenitely NOT for everyone, there is litterally nothing to discuss about it further (since you dont want to play it), you admitted it yourself, so what exactly are you trying to achieve here? You trying to spam about a game you dont even play, like is a dogmatic battle of wills?
Fairly bizarre is that you think you have to have played a game yourself to see if it's good or not, do you hear how infantile that sounds? Just as bizarre as the pretentious "oh i get it. It's just not for everyone" you get to hear from Kojima fanboys to deflect all valid criticism off of the game. it can't be that Kojima has made a meh game - No no. If you dare dislike it than because you just don't get it. So lame.