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Death Stranding Director's Cut - Kojima's post-apocalyptic deliveryman simulator
- Thread starter Makabb
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People playing the pirated version, and I can't help feeling they're really missing out. Likes etc. might seem trite, but given the whole theme is making connections, not having the asynchronous multiplayer stuff just feels ... kinda pointless?
(edit: Tbc, I don't really mean the people "demoing" it.)
(edit: Tbc, I don't really mean the people "demoing" it.)
what if I don't like other people
You never interact with them directly.
Well, neither does Sam, right?
this is literally one of the themes of the game
I'm starting to hate this game, the gameplay is so stupid and the useless information is too much.
Could I just have all these delicious cutscences without the game.
Could I just have all these delicious cutscences without the game.
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why not watch the cutscenes in youtube at that point?
Multidirectional
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Just like Kojima, if his writing is anything to go by.
Well, after completing it I'm kinda glad I didn't pay for it.
Graphic and sound are cool,AmericaIceland looks really cool albeit boring.
Story wise it's the usual japanese nonsensical drivel a la evangelion. Completely forgettable and uninspiring, though still better than what we usaully get nowadays.
Gameplaly wise the indirect interaction with other player is cool, but that's it. The rest is one fetch quest after the other, almost without any kind of variation whatsoever. I alnmost had more fun in Flight Simulator.
6/10
Graphic and sound are cool,
Story wise it's the usual japanese nonsensical drivel a la evangelion. Completely forgettable and uninspiring, though still better than what we usaully get nowadays.
Gameplaly wise the indirect interaction with other player is cool, but that's it. The rest is one fetch quest after the other, almost without any kind of variation whatsoever. I alnmost had more fun in Flight Simulator.
6/10
lightbane
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What if I don't want to pay 60 € with DRM malware to boot?
Speaking of: Has someone tried demoing this game in W7?
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New to Kojima games?
I think I'll give up, the gameplay is just not interesting to me. Sad.
Terenty
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Did you make it to chapter 3?
No.
Ol' Willy
Arcane
My reading of the game is that it's an allegory for bringing up children. The constant trekking is akin to the thankless task of raising a newborn, even complemented with the crying of a baby whenever you mess up. An inordinate amount of imagery is devoted to children, birth, and family matters (even if they are not overtly made clear until the very end). The game brings up the issue of low birth rates in a hyper individualistic world several times, although it hides it behind smoke and mirrors of a post apocalyptic america where people are truly divided between subterranean cities that have no connection to each other. Even the extinction event is intimately connected to the umbilical cord - ie. childbirth.
Finished it today and not sure what to think of it. Huge amount of cringe in this game, but some positives too. The art direction is stellar. Shinkawa, take a bow. The music is very fitting, and usually kicks in at just the right moment. The gameplay is quite boring, and it doesn't have nearly as many mechanics as a game revolving around traversing dangerous environments should have. The writing varies from passable to downright awful: the actors do their best to keep the procession in order, but they're not helped by that script. Kojima's 'directing' is hit and miss as well. If something remotely cool happens, you can be sure it will be rehashed several times over before the game ends. The story pacing is pretty wild. The last 10% of the game contain roughly 50-60% of the story, with even the first round of credits being turned into one giant loredump.
But all in all, I'm gonna say this was my favourite Kojima game since 2004.
I still hope he doesn't get his hands on Silent Hill, though.
Finished it today and not sure what to think of it. Huge amount of cringe in this game, but some positives too. The art direction is stellar. Shinkawa, take a bow. The music is very fitting, and usually kicks in at just the right moment. The gameplay is quite boring, and it doesn't have nearly as many mechanics as a game revolving around traversing dangerous environments should have. The writing varies from passable to downright awful: the actors do their best to keep the procession in order, but they're not helped by that script. Kojima's 'directing' is hit and miss as well. If something remotely cool happens, you can be sure it will be rehashed several times over before the game ends. The story pacing is pretty wild. The last 10% of the game contain roughly 50-60% of the story, with even the first round of credits being turned into one giant loredump.
But all in all, I'm gonna say this was my favourite Kojima game since 2004.
I still hope he doesn't get his hands on Silent Hill, though.
Why not? He just dipped his toe into horror genre and made a demo that ended up as one of the creepiest horror games. Silent Hill franchise is dead and has been since Silent Hill 4 so who cares?
Terenty
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Silent Hill no, but proper horror title from Kojima is long overdue
Because he's the antithesis of silent hill story telling. He's incapable of subtlety. It's like getting Tarantino to make a twin peaks episode. It might be good .. if you're a Tarantino fan. Definitely not if you're a twin peaks fan.
It's also a massive fucking slap in the face of the original team. They got the Konami treatment whilst Kojima was still lavished with millions for his last two projects. And they didn't whine about it, either, unlike the latter.
OctavianRomulus
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I know nothing about this game except that it's make by Hideo Kojima and that it's original in some ways. If I get it I kinda want to go in blind but I would like some opinions from prestigious kodexers. I am just tired of cutscene simulators a la Witcher 3, RDR2 and Mafia 3.
Is this worth my 60 smackaroons?
Is this worth my 60 smackaroons?
It is a cutscene simulator with very specific gameplay in between.
hell no. If witcher 3 is a cutscene sim, then this is an outright movie. It has about 11 hours of cutscenes in it.
And it's not like the cutscenes are all that good, either. W3's bloody baron, towerful of mice and carnal sins are all quests that are better than anything DS throws at you, imo.
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