A batshit insane sci fi story wrapped in mundane game play. Its a delivery man simulator for most of its runtime. Death Stranding will test your love of the monotonous though its game play since 80% of it is walking or driving from one place to the next. What makes this interesting is the amount of effort put into the terrain design itself since you can easily stumble, fall or break the cargo youre transporting. The game drips you solid upgrades when completing your deliveries including vehicles and exoskeletons. Also, there is multiplayer that consist of making your fellow players life easier by dropping signs, vehicles and even roads for them.

Death Stranding shows the value of people coming together through its story and game play in a wholly unique matter. It is impressive. A shame that the story is told in a overly repetitive and overexposed way. I get that the subject is convoluted and theres a ton of lore to explain, but it couldve been done assuming the player has a bit of brain retention and not repeating concepts right after the scene that explained them has ended. The story badly needed an editor.

Still, its a wholly unique game that will be divisive among people. It asks you to put your faith in while you just walk and administer your cargo load from one place to the next for the nth time.