Do Gamers Want Slow-Paced Games Like Death Stranding?

The success of Death Stranding and other slow-paced titles demonstrates that there is a market for games that do not rely on non-stop action.

[isarai]

Some do, i enjoyed it. Grew to really hate RDR tho, just a game full on inconveniences. Absolutely technical masterpiece, but not a fun one imo.

[Darkborn]

Exactly. I feel like buying a real horse and traveling across the country in real life would be easier than playing rdr 2.

[CS7]

On the flip side I consider RDR2 one of the greatest games I ever played in my life.

Slow paced games get my vote. I love being in another realistic world.

[neutralgamer1992]

isarai

I have not played death stranding but I have played Red Dead redemption 2 and I just could not bring myself to play any longer after playing for 5 to 6 hours. To extend the game length they went out of their way introduce a broken fast travel system. Usually in games when you turn on the Cheats you don't earn trophies but R* went a step further they don't even let you save your progress. Mind you this is something GTA's on PS2 allowed

[4U2NV]

Shhh the rockstar stans can't take a negative opinion on their beloved RDR2 lol.

Me personally I agree, RDR2 was the most overhyped and most boring game I have ever endured through to completion. Watching the same looting and animal skinning animations was just so slow even character movement was a chore. No businesses or anything to run when completed. The game was a borefest in my opinion.

[victorMaje]

I think Kojima's genius is undeniable for having created the world of Death Stranding & everything around it. I think there are many things done right in this game & a fair amount done wrong (UI, UX & some gameplay issues).
Regardless, though I'm still on Ep 6, imho in terms of overall play time I think it could easily be half of what it is & would still make the same if not a stronger impact (not talking story).

[senorfartcushion]

It’s a wonderful game.

[victorMaje]

It is, but I guess some have a problem with me finding it’s not without its issues…on Ep 8 now :)

[senorfartcushion]

Yeah. Every game does. I’d just ignore everyone. This site is very PlayStation-centric. I liked Death Stranding a lot, there’s loads I would change, though.

Enjoy the game :)

[ColtPSSX]

Yeah look at flight sim, that’s slow asf and people love it. I personally couldn’t get into it

[BlackIceJoe]

I'd enjoy a Hobbit or Lord of the Rings game that is slow paced. If you read the books, most of the time the Hobbits are just talking or singing and there is no action what so ever.

[jznrpg]

That would be great

[SDuck]

As someone who loved RDR2, yes please

[BrainSyphoned]

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is top of this list.
Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 365,822) ALL TIME
Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 8,755) RECENT

[BenRC01]

Only game sales answer that question. And according to rdr2, hell yes.

[z2g]

I personally hated death stranding and felt like the only reason it was so hyped was b/c of the fact that it was a weird Kojima ps exclusive in the midst of a polarized console war. People misinterpreted weird and random as esoteric intellectualism and used that pseudo snobbery to make a case to defend it… like letting a brooklynite New York hipster make the wine selection in a sea of bud light beer consumers. But I saw it as just a weird and boring game pretending to be something deeper by way of obscurity and a bunch of people inventing reasons to like it. Rant over.

That said, I ended up loving no man’s sky after it got updated a few times but that had a lot of variety and cool base building stuff in addition to occasional battles etc. , and more recently I can’t stop doing regional cruising flights in ms flight simulator which is pretty chill, but I also realize it’s cuz it’s so realistic and is actual data of real locations that look… almost real. So I think I have to have a good angle if it’s gonna be chill.

[CS7]

Death Stranding was amazing.

The premise was and still is super unique and done very thoroughly throughout the lore, gameplay and story.

Not many games do that.

[pietro1212]

Underneath that weird game with its writing that’s a bit on convoluted l, but it had a lovely. The game depicts the importance of community and coming together as one. I liked DS, but it’s not something I’d recommend to others.

[tronyx12]

Yes

But, slow paced games doesnt mean empty games. Death Stranding may be slow, but I found it extremely engaging. Not having a doted line on the ground and actually having some difference between the terrain was a great.

I actually miss Death Strading traversal in a lot of games I played since, including RDR 2 and even GR Breakpoint.

[Vithar]

I gave Death Stranding a try but sadly did not like the gameplay loop. Enjoyed the story and mechanics but not the deliveries

[sourOG]

It depends on the game. Games that slow the pacing to artificially stretch out cinematic scenes drive me nuts. The slow walk in destiny after you get hurt for example. Where you limp around for 5 minutes. It’s lazy and deserves nothing but shade.

Jurassic park evolution is slow paced and I love it. It just depends.

[AnotherGamer]

No every game has to be all action and flashy. Have ya seen all the train and farm simulators out there? There are people who want a slow experience.

[Christopher]

Only if it's enjoyable. I know a lot of people like RDR2, but the cumbersomeness of the game made the pace worse for me than anything else and I ended up not liking it and quitting after 20 or so hours. Death Stranding? Probably never going to touch it or any game like it. I'll eventually go back to finish RDR2 because I want to experience the story, but, man, it's going to be a hard finish for me and I'm going to have to turn off all "completionist" vibes I typically go in with for open-world games.

[giveyerheadawobble]

It's not just computer games that this question could be asked. It's typical that when anything asks you to pay attention, listen and take in a methodically slow paced narrative that is essential to building atmosphere , most people that lack an IQ tend to get lost and end up giving up on it. Red Dead 2 had a similar issue. For me, the pacing of it is essential. It's needed to let the detail of the world breath and build an atmosphere that very few games (and even films based on the same subject) have managed to achieve. For example, coming across an abandoned cabin in the woods after about 30 hours of play that you never noticed. You break in to find the corpses of what looks like two kids wrapped up in bed. There's a note on the table written by their mother. You read it and it fills in the gaps of what happened there and it tells the story of what essentially was a brutal time in American history where Hollywood had mostly romanticised and glorified. RDR2 doesn't do that. It paints a very stark and different picture of that time and even adds a bit of its own weirdness in there too. The world building in RD2 is second to none, and if you missed the point of that, then that's not the games issue. Its your issue.

[AKS]

I want to continue to see games that do things different instead of sequels that are similar to the previous ten games in a series before it. Many sequels are great, but that's not the only type of game I want. The pacing can vary as long as the quality is high.

[senorfartcushion]

It’s always preference. So yeah.

[Psychotica]

I am not always in the mood for that but in general I find them very relaxing when not in an action event.

[pietro1212]

Som

[pietro1212]

As a fan of RDR2 and Death Stranding, yes.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

It depends on the game? Death Stranding wasn’t as slow paced as some people think. You need to watch every step, because a lot can trip you and send your deliveries tumbling. It wasn’t a game of constant action, but it was a game that constantly engaged.

By contrast, I do as much running in BF 2042 as I did in DS, but I can space out as I sprint across a map to a BF objective, I can disengage from the game for significant periods of time. DS actually doesn’t allow that sorta “break” from thinking as much, so it doesn’t necessarily feel slow

(I also never played on “normal”)

[chicken_in_the_corn]

It seems to have become a trend over the last few years but so few games have pulled it off. RDR2 absolutely nailed it but AC Valhalla and, especially, TLOU2 did't and suffered for it

[F0XH0UND922]

TLoU2 didn't do what?

[chicken_in_the_corn]

Didn't use the slow pacing well. It was bloated and utterly boring

[F0XH0UND922]

That's your opinion. I'm currently on my 3rd playthrough and have no problems with the pacing. It jumps around from time to time but in no way is it slow or bloated imo.

[Knightofelemia]

Depends on the gamer and what they want everybody wants something different every gamer has a game with a certain game style they either love or hate.

[DarkKaine]

Speeeeeeeeeeed