@Th3solution This is my thinking exactly. If you'd asked me halfway through Red Dead II for a score out of ten, I might have said eight or nine. But then that conclusion and epilogue elevated it for me.
I think a game can still be a ten even if the middle does sag a bit, so long as it sufficiently wins you over with its conclusion, which from the review it sounds like it does, and then some. There will be a lot that @LiamCroft cannot tell us, and I expect Death Stranding to get pretty insane in its closing stages. In fact, I'll be disappointed if it doesn't.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
I've been dismissive of the game for the most part but I preordered it today at Gamestop. Thankfully with the buy back promo thing I will lost nothing if it doesn't click with me. Going to take Friday off and really dive into it to form a personal opinion.
@LiamCroft The Death Stranding review was fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to write such an amazing review.
I was worried when I first stumbled across your work. Your a great writer, but I questioned your taste.
Not any more. Fully redeemed and I will never ever question the Metal Gear Survive 8/10 again. (apart from now Obvs).
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Over the last few days and more so than for any other game I can remember, I've poured over many reviews both good and bad and watched a few videos including Digital Foundrys but also rewatched that Kojima gameplay video now with the English subtitles. Overall I've got to say I'm now pretty excited to play it, I think I now understand the "strand" gameplay and truly believe it could transform games in the future, we've seen elements of it already in other games but not to this level. I'm also curious as to how the world will evolve as people build upon it or indeed just how pathways form and clearly there are some surprises being hidden from us.
I can’t wait to see this thread after Friday. When the rank-and-file start to share their experiences, that’s when the game’s legacy will start to crystallize, methinks.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
It's almost here, and at this point, I am at a loss for words to describe my excitement. I've been following this game since the announcement in 2016, I am also going in blind (as in I haven't read any reviews or watched any new footage other than the ones Kojima Productions published on their YouTube channel) and still don't know what to expect, which is very exciting.
I'll see you all trekking across American on Friday people.
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Good luck, y'all.
Sam,
I'm interested to read players feedbacks as well. Personally, I'm not interested in the gameplay since the majority of it is you delivering stuff. I'm not a huge fan of simulator type games. I am however interested in the story and the characters which is why I might get it later down line when it's cheaper.
So I've played a little this morning before coming to work, probably about an hour and a half and a lot of that was cutscenes, I will say that I've not been glued to my TV screen like that in quite some time.
In terms of the actual gameplay almost immediately I was looking at the world differently to any other open world game I've ever played, normally when travelling in these it's a case of where am I going and then heading off in pretty much a straight line, switching your brain off and maybe admiring the scenery. Here I was viewing like I would the real world and thinking about where I am walking, where I'm placing my feet and planning which way to go, for example after picking some extra cargo on the first mission and continuing to my destination I find I'm on the wrong side of what is now a very wide river, so head back upstream for a narrower spot to cross. I'm just at the end of the second delivery quest and its introduced the concept of tools being left behind as I found some useful rope and ladders dotted about and I've really enjoyed these journeys much more than in any other game as just the concept of moving around is much more engaging.
I don't know if I've got my point across but I am loving every second of this game so far
Older than I care to remember but have been gaming since owning a wooden Atari 2600 and played pretty much everything inbetween.
@carlos82 Sounds good! Just got my copy in the mail. But I won't be able to play it until tonight. But I have the TV for myself, so I'm going to play it all night!
I woke up early and spent a couple hours playing before getting the kids up. Not enough to really comment on game play but my goodness this game looks amazing! Better than both Horizon and GOW quite a feat!
The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is the fact that Kojima wants you to know that he made the game, like, every five minutes. Ay first I thought it would make for a good drinking game, but now I'm afraid one wouldn't survive a single play session.
On Episode 3 and loving it about 13 hours play time. Been playing since 8am with a few breaks in between so i think i'll call it a night and jump back in tomorrow.
Really enjoying the early impressions, people. Thank you! Those of us who are holdouts on buying it are eating these posts up. Looking forward to reading more as people get into the meat of the game this weekend.
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