The game’s opening and closing five hours are a lot heavier on narrative and storytelling than the meaty chunk in the middle, but it never feels like it goes too long without anything eventful or interesting happening. ![]() It’s a slow burn, with more things getting revealed to you gradually and on a constant basis, as pieces of the puzzle slowly and consistently fall into place. Death Stranding’s story covers a lot, and it has a lot of things to say, and for the most part, it does it all pretty well. There’s also a huge emphasis on storytelling, which shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering the mind behind the game. Atmosphere is pivotal in any game that makes use of high-concept post-apocalypse settings the way Death Stranding does, and thankfully, this is not an area the game falls short in. From nightmarish spectres called BTs (or Beached Things), to violent terrorists who will go to any lengths to put a stop to the reunification of America, to poor souls whose minds have cracked in their new, grim reality, Death Stranding’s is a world that is dangerous, desolate, and oppressive no matter where you go. "After a clean break from Konami and all things Metal Gear, and with the reborn Kojima Productions by his side, he returns to the spotlight with a brand-new property in Death Stranding, a game that is cut from a very different cloth from his previous works."ĭeath Stranding paints a very bleak picture of its world, and the state it is in in the aftermath of a mysterious cataclysmic event, and the way it does that is one of the game’s biggest strengths. But though Sam gets roped into events and circumstances far bigger in scope and with much higher stakes than what his day-to-day job entails, what he is required to do even in his changing circumstances is still the same- move from one location to the next as he travels from coast to coast, making deliveries, and bringing isolated people and cities into a network of what the people left in charge are hoping will be a renewed, reborn, and reconnected America. In true Kojima fashion, this setup serves as a springboard to tell a narrative that casts its net very wide, in terms of themes, scale, and arcs. In the wake of a devastating extinction event, porters like Sam have become the backbone of what little is left of society, with people depending on them for deliveries of even the most basic necessities like food and medicine. You play as Sam Porter Bridges, a man who spends his days making deliveries from place to place, in a world where even stepping outside the bounds of what little civilization is left is nothing short of a death sentence. ![]() Now, after a clean break from Konami and all things Metal Gear, and with the reborn Kojima Productions by his side, he returns to the spotlight with a brand-new property in Death Stranding, a game that is cut from a very different cloth from his previous works. For years, Hideo Kojima has been a household name in the games industry, a pioneer of storytelling in video games and the godfather of the stealth genre.
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