My favorite genre of games is survival horror. When I saw Dead Space's spiritual successor get bashed with mediocre reviews, I had to try it for myself. And oh my god. If there was a game as devoid of any feelings and actual creativeness, it would be this. Enemies feel bland, and the combat is repetitive. The entire time I never created new weapons. The surroundings look like a ps3 game with really really good graphics. In fact, the graphics is probably the only thing I can positively say about this game, the combat (at times) is fluid, and everything looks pretty real ig. The story is an actual spit in the face, with so many holes and unexplained reasonings that left me taking day long breaks from this game. Don't do it.

I really didn't like Death Stranding when I played it originally. I came back 4 years later, trying to see what people liked about the game.

I loved everything Death Stranding was trying to be, but Kojima just didn't connect and polish everything enough for me to give it anything higher than a 4.

The combat was amazing, the true battle sections were colorful and tasteful. The vehicles were a tad janky, but worked great. Map traversal was awesome, but sometimes a little too "old school" with the trial and error. I loved the horror aspects in particular (survival horror is my jam), and the BT sections were awesome.

However, the story just felt a little disjointed. Like Kojima was trying to tell me something, and I guess he did... just didn't draw out what exactly I need to get out of it. The whole sections with Cliff felt a little out of place, and I don't really like how they resolved his arc. Wonderful character though. Which character I loved through and through though- HIGGS. He was amazing. A thorough villain, and not purposefully evil becuase he likes to go mwah ha ha.

Some of the character development was stagnant for a good chunk of the game, and then immediately went into overdrive (Deadman & Die Hardman). I had no real problem with it,,, but I know Kojima can write better than that.

As a PS Exclusive, I'd tell people to try it out. It's a game you'll either love or hate. I mean, it's not the last of us,,, or snake eater. But it's insanely creative, wonderfully put together, and entertained me from the beginning to end. It's not just a walking simulator... remember that.