Stefan Mileschin

Solid 84 score on Metascore

Death Stranding from Hideo Kojima has been officially reviewed and the scores are in. While it was certainly one of the most anticipated games, it got some mixed reviews. While it shows the genius of Hideo Kojima the game fails to deliver, according to some publications, becoming a beautiful but dull piece of gaming art.

Being the first game from Hideo Kojima as an independent creator and under its Kojima Productions hat, Death Stranding promised to bring a whole new way and feel in gaming and judging by reviews, it certainly delivers. The game has been highly praised for its approach to multiplayer with the Strand System, a new take on the open world gaming concept, and more, but tends to be tedious and repetitive, with some frustrating aspects of the game which overshadow the story and makes it seem like it failed to deliver on expectations.

IGN.com probably gave it the worse "okay" score of 6.8, saying that while the game possesses "equally lofty ambitions and countless inventive ideas", just can't "consistently get the balance right". It is not all bad, as they certainly praise the "fascinating, fleshed-out world of supernatural science fiction" with "sprawling and spectacular map", but also say it is a shame that gameplay "struggles to adequately support its weight over the full course of the journey".

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