Amazing world; Looks stunning ; Planning a route and getting there in one piece feels rewarding; Online features are superbly implemented;

Messy storytelling ; Very uneven pacing ; Inventory management should have been much better ; Clunky combat;

How do you summarise a game like Death Stranding? It’s at once the most boring and bizarrely absorbing adventure you can have on the PS4, an unrelenting slog of a game that has very little respect for your time, but in its quieter, meditative moments, it’s like nothing else. It’s easy to foresee a lot of people giving up before the narrative really starts to unfold, and honestly, there’s little in the story itself that makes persevering worthwhile. Instead, it’ll be a combination of wanting to see every inch of this strange dystopian wilderness, a growing bond with the needy tank baby, and sheer determination to finish the job that’ll see willing players through. Death Stranding isn’t a memorable action game. It’s definitely not a stealth game either. It’s laughably self-serious, hard to call fun, and it will deservedly be the most divisive big-budget title of this console generation. But somehow, this endlessly weird game about walking mercilessly long distances with too much weight on your back is kind of brilliant too, and it’s something we should all be glad exists.

Amazing world; Looks stunning ; Planning a route and getting there in one piece feels rewarding; Online features are superbly implemented;

Messy storytelling ; Very uneven pacing ; Inventory management should have been much better ; Clunky combat;

America is broken, and it's up to you to put it back together again. It's a tall order. A lot of people believe in it, but you're not sure you do. It'll take a lot of lonely, dangerous walks and exceptionally heavy lifting, and it's not really clear what America means in the first place.

Your efforts are rewarded in practical ways as well as emotional ones; driving home the positive impact of what you do for others; Connecting with other players through acts of kindness is a powerful experience that further underscores the game's hopeful message; Each main character's individual...

Higgs is a disappointing villain that serves as a means to an end

Do you like walking Do you like building things Do you like delivering packages Do you like Monster brand energy drinks If you answered yes to all of these than this is the game for you!

Great one and the most intense one for sure. One weekend in, I can definitely say I like the game. The core game mechanics does feel like a mini-game, but online features and a great story behind it make it a pretty deep experience. Hideo Kojima once again delivered, pardon me for the pun. If you have a PS4, this game is a must-buy.

A work of unbridled ambition and imagination but also a pretentious, contrived, and frequently quite dull gameplay experience – Death Stranding is peak Hideo Kojima.

Fascinatingly strange game world and main characters; Solid combat and stealth mechanics; Superb graphics, with excellent voice-acting and facial animation; Interesting online features

The core gameplay loop of delivering packages can be very boring and repetitive; Narrative doesn't align properly with the non-violent gameplay

Nani! Ara, wakarimashita So let's try to understand it together with a full review, shall we While I'll refrain from diving too deeply into the narrative, suffice to say there's a quiet (ha) beauty to it amid all of the "delivery babies that spot shadow beasts" absurdity.

Few games launch with as much anticipation and confusion surrounding them as Death Stranding. The title comes from one of gaming's most celebrated

Even now, after finishing Death Stranding, I can't quite believe it's all over. The bizarre trailers that made no sense at the time; the social media posts; gameplay videos that slowly showed exactly

Incredible story and superb acting; Huge variety in equipment; Great audio and visuals; Lots of great mechanics

Travelling long distances is frustrating; BT encounters lose impact; Balancing can be a pain

Death Standing proves itself as a unique, palpable new IP, filled with rich storytelling both in narrative and gameplay. The beginning of the game suffers from long gaps of time intended for learning the ropes, but the ship rights itself once it finally turns the corner.