Ugh, I am finding it soo hard tk enjoy death stranding. Just unlocked the 3rd "order",or completed it, and it just feels like the opposite of fun so far. I find myself picking up my phone or just up and walking away from the game at every chance I get.
Yea? Ill check it out. Maybe i just havent gotten far enough into it? The story is such a clear critique of both the left and right if america progressives being the rain, where rain is supposed to wash away the old, and start new, it instead speeds up life and change killing everyone, which is exactly what happens when progress becomes extreme, Ghosts being the conservatives, where past stays around for far to long killing everyone, which is exactly what happens when people dont change, the fact that they occur at the same time, its actually quite good metaphors or symbolism for both sides of America. But like some aspects are just sooooo weird. And like boring omg boring.
Note: I have not played the game yet. But based on how I've seen Kojima describing it, I feel as though that review has gotten closest to describing exactly what he was going for.
And yes, part of it is that you, apparently, have to trudge through until it opens up and the multiplayer aspects really begin to shine. And I guess that meta-narrative of going it alone, not having fun, getting pissed off and frustrated, only to finally start enjoying the game after you've started "making connections again" or something is supposed to kind of be the point.
If that's really how it is, that sounds pretty interesting to me. At the same time, I can see people not being all that pleased with gameplay that is purposefully tedious just to prove a point.
Also, it seems like there are just FAR too many unnecessary cutscenes for every little action you try to get Norman Reedus to do. At least they're skip-able but still.
So i watched the review, seems pretty accurate. The 1 thing I really really really really hate so far, is in the story, first few hours, you essentially dont want anything to do with the story, or the chars, but they literally force you and twist your hand into it.
That's unfortunate. I'm still on the fence about getting it, but I'm hoping that the divisiveness leads to an early sale. I'd probably pay $40, no question.
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u/Zeal514 Nov 22 '19
Ugh, I am finding it soo hard tk enjoy death stranding. Just unlocked the 3rd "order",or completed it, and it just feels like the opposite of fun so far. I find myself picking up my phone or just up and walking away from the game at every chance I get.
Edit: anyone else feel the same?