Death Stranding 2 Review - Tied Up-GameSpot

Diego Nicolás Argüello writes, "Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is fixated on revisiting past ideas, which limits its impact."

[lukasmain]

The first game is one of my most favourite games of all time. So it "revisits past ideas" ??? Ok great. Sign me up

[Cockney]

So a sequel giving you more of the same just bigger and better is now seen as negative?
Does this site have a history of marking down sequels because they're "samey"?

[enkiduxiv]

I think it’s helpful to the people who were hoping that it’s not just more of the same. I hated the first game, but saw potential for a sequel that found ways to refine aspects of the gameplay and add meaningful combat. Good for the people who liked it to bring with, but I personally won’t touch the sequel with a ten foot pole now.

[chrisx]

Same here. I finished the first game but this being more of the same, it's a no for me. Good for those who enjoy it but its not for me

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Why is it always Gamespot lol how much traffic do they get these days?

[Flewid638]

Everyone has to like this game? lol

[RaidenBlack]

They were the ones who gave OG CP2077 the low score and called out the bugs (and that review became famous) when every other big sites were handing out 9s like IGN.

[TheColbertinator]

I was hoping to see more 6s and 7s because I love the online drama.

[Alos88]

Pretty petty reason to want that tbh

[Elda]

Anything Sony PlayStation or any game that's exclusive on PlayStaion he/she has something negative to say.

[Eonjay]

Well, it sounds like Kojima wanted that too (although I'm not completely buying his reasoning). He is in the lucky position where he doesn't really need a game to review well.

[enkiduxiv]

Give it a day or two. Day one reviews are largely meaningless.

[neutralgamer1992]

Based on 90 reviews

90 out of 100 on metacritic
91/100 on open critic

There are always few who give these sort of scores to all great games. They don't do it because they had a difference of opinion they only do it to just to stand out and have their name be mentioned

[Flewid638]

Everyone has to like what you like? lmao

[neutralgamer1992]

Actually that was the point I was making but you seem to have missed it. If you buy a product that has 100k reviews on Amazon at 4.8 and you buy it and rate it 1 than something is definitely not adding up

And we have seen this in gaming if a game is getting great reviews there are always few who will rate it differently just to stand out. Not saying it's wrong because it could be difference of opinion

[victorMaje]

1 over 5 would be equivalent to a 2 here.
They rated it at 7 so I'd say you're wrong in arguing they're doing it to stand out, it looks a lot more like difference of opinion, which they're entitled to.

Personally, I usually trust gamer reviews more, as for publications, at this point I definitely trust Gamespot way more than IGN, in anything.

[anast]

This means every Nintendo game should start at a 7 for this site and every Bethesda game. If they stay consistent, I can respect that.

[Elda]

I will be picking up my pre-ordered copy this Thursday.

[FredGarvin]

The Bad:

Questionable tropes around women

[Furesis]

yeah i saw that very strange reason to take off points if you ask me lol sounds like this guy just doesn't like women i guess

[gold_drake]

"revisiting past ideas"

thats not always a bad thing.

[Green-Smurf]

It is if you didn't like the last one.

[gold_drake]

true

[kpgs]

Can't wait for the collector's edition to be delivered tomorrow.

[franwex]

Perhaps the most real review so far. More of the same? The first game is a 6/10 so a slightly improved sequel getting a 7/10 is realistic.

[P_Bomb]

You do know that Gamespot gave the first game a 9/10, not a 6/10. Right?

[Yesyes]

Not to worry, 90 on Metacritic.

[RaidenBlack]

why'd people worry?
if you like a game, play it ... why pop a vein over metacritic score?

[Hereandthere]

More of the same creepy, boring walking and delivering simulator that 99% of the gaming journalist are overrating yet again so they won't upset the god kojima and his puppet sonys #1 fan Geoff Keighley.

[SoloGamer1]

this game deserves at least an 8.5 for just the graphics alone! gaming "journalists" .. ugh

[Ratchet23]

Gamestop did not say the same thing about Mario kart world.
Hypocrites