>walk for 7 hours in an arbitrary direction
>game decides it a time for mandatory spooky stealth section
>another 4 real life hours of walking
>BB does aeughh.waw
>another stealth section
>Norman Reedus says "damn my nuts are itchy"
>after 3 more hours of walking and occasionally falling on your clumsy ass you walk right into a half an hour cut scene that's screams at you "Roooku atu me, i'mu new Davidu Rinchu"
and Kojima boys immediately want part two of this

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Death Stranding. The gameplay is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of the trigger buttons most of the traversal will go over a typical gamer's head. There's also Kojima's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his writing - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Hollywood movies, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these references, to realize that they're not just films - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Death Stranding truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the meaning behind Amelie's existential catchphrase "Like Mario and Princess 'Beach'" which itself is a cryptic reference to videogame classic, Super Mario Bros. 2. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Kojima's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a Norman Reedus tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

2019
>It's not a walking simulator! Kojima-san wouldn't do that.
>Okay it's a walking simulator. And that's a good thing. Americans are great fans of first-person shooters and Death Stranding isn't one, it flies higher.
2025
>Prease buy my shooting game
Early reviews in
>I made it bad on purpose

>>713326607 (OP)
I dunno bout you but I stopped to clear every Mule camp and BT infestation along the way to making my ideal delivery routes. I thought that stuff was fun.

>Written and directed by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Produced by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Starring Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Visual effects by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Explosions by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Sound design by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Localization (Alien Dialect) by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Sand physics by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Dream sequence choreography by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Quantum consultant by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Subtext handler by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>On-set barista by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Facial mocap for the moon by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Knife sound curator by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Eyebrow rigging specialist by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima
>Camera invented by Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima

>>713327704
somehow it's both a walking sim and not.
It's got in depth traversal mechanics but
>you're constantly interrupted by cutscenes
>walking mechanics are trivialized as you progress and build stuff (then it becomes a way more boring driving simulator)
I'd love for an indie dev to make a strand-like that's just focused on the walking, and where the game gets harder as you progress like a normal game instead of putting you to sleep.

>>713328080
>somehow it's both a walking sim and not
Either is or isn't. You can't call COD not a shooting game because sometimes you're walking, running, or watching some cut scene.
Emphasis on walking = walking simulator

>It's got in depth traversal mechanics
Hold the trigger buttons to balance
Vehicles don't require balance
Auto arrange cargo

>walking mechanics are trivialized as you progress and build stuff (then it becomes a way more boring driving simulator)
Totally agree

>I'd love for an indie dev to make a strand-like that's just focused on the walking, and where the game gets harder as you progress like a normal game instead of putting you to sleep.
Yeah it needs to be way more difficult. Like a wilderness survival I reckon.

>>713326607 (OP)
T. Things that didn't happen

>>713326607 (OP)
you forgot
>final boss fight where 2 men that obviously desperately want to make out pretend they're both straight by lightly punching and hugging each other
and i scream kino every fucking time

>>713328473
NTA, but it's completely wrong to say a game has to be absolutely one genre. Cod isn't a walking sim because the walking is mechanically beneficial to the gunplay, same as DS.
Walking sims are purely walking to get to one place. It's like a museum tour versus a paintball match. Myst has never been attributed as a walking sim for this exact same reason too

>>713327765
WOW!

Reminder that it's always morally correct to make fun of people who complain about "mandatory" or "forced" gameplay sections.

>>713326607 (OP)
>>Norman Reedus says "damn my nuts are itchy"
wow, this is brilliant
my nuts were also itchy
GENIUS!!!!!

>>713327765
WOW, KOJIMA REALLY DID EVERYTHING.
HE'S A GENIUS.