Death Stranding Is the Defining Game of 2020 (Despite Releasing in 2019)

Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding is the definitive 2020 game, with its isolation, social distancing, and reconnecting amid societal disaster.

[iplay1up2]

Whatever, over rated just like TLOU.

[purple101]

This may be. But what do you make of ghost of tushima?

[shepherdzeMan]

ghost of Tsushima was a good game, like a well-polished assassin creed game.
although it was nothing compared to sekiro!

[Rocketisleague]

Casual iconic version, what assassins creed always could have been but failed to be

Hopefully Ubisoft are picking there holes.about never going to Japan like fans have requested since AC2

@Shepard 100% fromsoft are the games being copied.from an innovating in terms of gameplay. Sony studios normally.jisy take a formula(Spiderman = arkham, ghosts = AC) and polish it into a quality game.

God of war took.the souls genre gameplay and made a great game out of it. Gow was above ghosts imo

Now...on topic...death stranding ain't no walking sim. It's quite stressful monitoring weather, figuring out best way to go, avoiding the human enemies etc. I'm.enjoying it albeit I take big breaks from it. Music and atmosphere are top quality. More games.should take terrain into account like death stranding. O still.have flashbacks of going sideways up a mountain on a horse in skyrim and being in a blizzard with zero effects of your gameplay.

Why bother doing open world without gameplay implications? To me skyrim was a walking sim. Point a to b to c qith Mediocre combat in between? Hopefully other devs learn from it.

The online component is good too, another inspiration from souls series

[iplay1up2]

I have not played GOT yet. Looking forward to it. Sony fanboys are ridiculous though! They act like children.

[TakeTori]

Nope, pretty underrated, actually.

[OptimusDK]

LOL - you must be joking.

[preciousdeath]

Say what you want about the game (boring, shipping simulator), but the game definitely had an impact on me. The feeling of loneliness and separation is what makes it so applicable in the current times. The soundtrack is utterly perfect to set the mood too. To me, it's another example of games-as-art and just like most art, it's not for everybody.

[Elda]

Well said.

[Elda]

I enjoyed playing it on the PS4 Pro back in November 2019.

[NealGamby]

Go home. You’re drunk.

[Kabaneri]

Boring, tedious, and depressing just like 2020.

[TheOptimist]

Maybe, if you have played what 20 games in 2 years. If you have played more, there are soooooo many narratively complex games.

Go and play Biomass, now that is something that should be a defining game. Made by one person and the game just is sooooo good on a mechanical and narrative front.

[CrimsonWing69]

Are we just pulling games from any time period and saying it’s a defining game of the year?

[1nsomniac]

Currently £16 on pc and I still can’t find it in myself to buy it. I’ll give it a try when it’s free.

[BioShockGX]

Ps5 upgrade when