I never played it and it was in my wishlist for years. But I have a Mac, and consoles.
Soon as I read this news this morning, people were saying it was still on GOG and the Xbox store. Immediately clicked through and it had already been delisted from those stores, like an hour after the notice that it was still up on those.
Shame. Some advance notice would have brought in some not insignificant cash flow, I reckon.
I donāt think it would have, Spec Ops: The Lineās launch saw it earning little the first time around. Plus most people have already seen the best part of the game online, the actual game is fucking ass to play.
You can just watch a Letās Play of the game and have a better experience than physically playing it. Or you can watch Apocalypse Now.
PDP have revealed their new modern refresh of the iconic Guitar controller for use in Rock Band 4 and upcoming compatibility with the Harmonix-developed Fortnite Festival mode.
Comes out later this Spring. It has allegedly 36-hours of battery.
USB-C charging, two note sections to play on, a joystick on the back, a console Home button (depending on your version), a 3.5mm Headphone jack, collapsible for easy storage
Fair arguments. I still think that if theyād just said this was happening and sold the game at five bucks, what, five, ten thousand people might have bought it? Maybe more? Surely many other people had it in their wishlists for a while
Okay so 25-50k isnāt much in todayās gaming landscape, but itās also not insignificant.
Edit: Also, high on my pile of shame is the fact that I still havenāt seen Apocalypse Now. Gargh.
Trailer in excess of 9 minutes for Death Stranding 2. I noped the fuck out as soon as I saw the video length after clicking play. Itās baffling how Kojima isnāt universally mocked in the same way that we all [rightfully] mock David Cage, IMO.
Put me in the āDeath Stranding is boring and stupidā camp.
I played the thing. I didnāt finish it, but I played pretty far into the game. Maybe 2/3rds of it. Enough to make an informed opinion.
And that opinion is MEH.
The mechanics suck. The menus suck. The hologram conversations with NPCs suck. The safe house sucks. The product placement⦠donāt get me started. The stupid baby is annoying. Falling down is annoying. Getting swept up in the gunk is annoying. The music and landscapes are nice, but not earth-shattering like the gameās fans would have you believe.
And like, what, you travel for 30 minutes and thatās supposed to represent 500 miles across North America? Porter-Bridges?? Die Hardman?? Get outta here.
I could keep going with the spot-on, unarguable critiques. Shall I? Stupid game. I think no less of anyone who liked it, though.
Because Cageās are just interactive movies whereas Kojima occasionally throws in some gameplay to redeem himself? I dunno⦠Anyways, introducing Physint! āItās a game but also a movie at the same time!ā
Yeah, it was gone pretty much instantly. I“ve had the game on both Steam and GOG for a few years now fortunately, but it sucks that they gave no prior notice so people could buy it last minute if they wanted to.
I wouldn“t go as far as to call it fucking ass to play (there are worse), but the gameplay certainly isn“t the highlight of the experience. And even if you are refering to the WP scene as the best part of the game, it still has a fair share of memorable moments up its sleeve. Plus the setting is great.
Personally I disagree (with the former that is, I do endorse watching Apocalypse Now), but to each their own.
Nah itās cool, I mean there are worse shooters to play (like you said). I just kind of expected more after hearing so much about it, I got it cheap played it for a bit then just kind of decided to watch the rest of it elsewhere. It was a decent deconstruction of the military shooter but I have seen its tricks done elsewhere better both before and since.
Well I for one am excited!
Yeah, itās kinda needlessly long, but it shows off a lot of the main hook and even MORE weirdness that fans of the first game might like. Also seems quite a bit spookier and horror-focused (WTF was with that tentacle-arm sarcophagus thing?? )
Iām glad to see Norman Reedus back in the starring and playable role. I was worried heād have a much smaller presence this time around and weād focus on a new protagonist, but hey, I guess he really does like working with Kojima on this after all haha
(Plus, damn, Lou the baby dying/disappearing is a great hook for me uuugh whyyy)
Also, glad to see snippets of gameplay in there, I think I remember the original DS didnāt get gameplay shown off until like the 4th or 5th trailer lol. Deserts! Snow! The Moon?? Real-time Flooding??
Looks like weāll be connecting other areas to the UCA, like Mexico. Hopefully Canada is part of that list too? (I hope they drop the āAmericaā name though, feels really strange if theyāre gonna have America take over the world lol)
Also also, lmao, Troy Bakerās villain is doing a joker audition now huh. Honestly I really enjoyed him as Higgs in the last game, canāt wait to see how crazy he gets.
Terrible subtitle though. They shouldāve used āOn the Edgeā like in the trailer. Feels more appropriate for a āan even bigger apocalypse is comingā instead of āOn the beachā lmao oof.
This description blurb on the PS Store for DS2 is pretty wack though
Step by step, legendary game creator Hideo Kojima changes the world once again.
Jeez you guys, I still plan to get Death Stranding when I have a beefier PC because I like to have a cinematic walking simulator after a stressful day of work.
The very same.
Special mention to playing New Vegas without fast travel. Those sometimes long trek have a special place in my heart.
Not being able to play death stranding is my current larger disappointment. I think it could be exactly my thing (even though I have my doubt about the combat and semi-horror part of the game)
If itās been on your radar and youāre interested, I support you trying it.
There are people I respect who really love it. There are people I respect who really donāt love it. And there are people like myself who I donāt respect who also donāt love it.
Is the story good? I donāt think anyone truly knows. But it does take you on a ride and it does demonstrate its creatorās unfiltered creativity. Some people are there for that; me, I didnāt really care for itā the assessment is yours to make.