GET THE FUCK IN HERE
90 metacritic score from 101 reviews
Has redeemed himself?!
Will it win Game of the Year?

>>713446658 (OP)
>snoy one point bonus
>kojimbo one point bonus
>jounalist mode one point bonus
6/10 game otherwise

>>713446658 (OP)
Kojima is a dumbass and ruined his own game just to be "controversial". These reviewers are all shills and i bet the true score for the game is a five or a six, or something.

>>713447707
6/10 is good

>>713447707

>>713446658 (OP)
I fucking kneel

>>713447707
FPBP, the first game was extremely tedious with a lot of annoying mechanics and aspects. It left no desire for more after the credits rolled. This might be the most unnecessary and unwanted sequel of all time.

>>713446658 (OP)
The Ape is coming. Have your fun while it lasts Kojima and French homosexuals

>>713447707
>snoy one point bonus
Still higher than Bing Bing Wahoo Open World Kart

Looks like Expedition 33 is still on track for GOTY.

i never finished the first game lads

>>713447939
Be real, this shit looks like an actual 4/10. The animations and graphics are so fucking bad and the gameplay looked retarded.

>>713448028
See
>>713447939

>>713446658 (OP)
RETURN OF THE KING

If you actually enjoyed the gameplay of the first one, this one is significantly dumbed down. And yes, the og was already easy.

When will Kojimbodrones learn that games need to have actual gameplay? Unless it's being advertised as an actual walking simulator or something. First game was boring as hell and I'm sure this one will be too

>>713448068
Damn you sound low IQ and 3rd world as fuck.

>>713446658 (OP)
Xbros...

>SEQUEL to a WALKING SIMULATOR
>100/100 GOTY
clown world

>console wars
>le aueteur garbage 99% of this board wont play
>game journalist thread

Can we just move on man

>>713447939
This looks like a Wii U game

>>713448251
>adds more action because of whining retards like you
>it's STILL not enough
Kill yourself nigger.

>>713448028
I bet the game isn't even that good. I bet if i pirated it and played it, it would just be a regular vanilla 7 outta 10 game, like all the others. Also, final fantasy combat sucks fat ass.

>>713448251
Walking and hiking are different

>>713448251
The people who thought that of the first game weren't in charge of reviewing the second this time around.

>>713448404
>Adds a "pretend you won" button to skip all action
>pretending geoff don't deepthroat kojumbles on stage any any chance

>>713446658 (OP)
>journos love sucking Kojima's micropenis
Breaking news

>>713448192
When do you niggas learn that there is more to gameplay mechanics than guns and balls

>Nooo you can't build complex management mechanics around just simply traversing, you Need to shoot dudes all the time

>>713448413
On the other hand... wouldn't it be nice to be able to prove all the shills wrong?
Try it anon. If it's bad there is nothing to worry about.

>>713448156

>>713446658 (OP)
The first game was only a success because of blind Kojima hype and the mystery surrounding what the game was and what it was about. Now that everyone knows it's a boring, janky walking simulator with a nonsensical and dull story no one cares for more. This game might actually flop harder than Borderlands 4 will.

>>713446658 (OP)
Expected, I don’t care

>>713448413
you are correct
it's not a bad game, but only retards think it's anything special

>>713448156
This alone is a good reason to avoid this game, anyone who believes anything these cucks say about video games shoulnt be allowed to breed.

>>713446658 (OP)
I don't understand this thread. Kojima's games are always critical darlings. The specific contention comes from people who consider him an Oscarbait hack. As in employs esoteric design to cover up how superficial/clumsy the writing gets, over reliant on auteur cliches with a proven trackrecord of provoking praise from specific parties, and a flattering rapport with critics that might cause one to question their biases.

>insanely over-shilled game the industry wants to succeed
>they can only warrant giving it a 90
LAUGHTY MEOW

>>713448163
Yyikes!

>>713448808
>the industry wants to succeed
>single player
>no microtransactions
>no season pass or live service garbage
>you pay once, finish it

It's literally all the industry is not trying to push. And hopefully because it's the opposite of all the live service MP flops it will do fine.

>>713448163
In what was the first game even fun? It was pure monotony start to finish. I truly have no idea why I even finished it, I guess I had hoped the plot would become something interesting and profound instead of shallow and incoherent.

>>713446658 (OP)
it'll decay. Interesting that a decent chunk of journos are really into camp Kojima cutscenes though, this is an impressive starting point.

>>713446658 (OP)
Is there a point to having a DS1 safefile that's complete before playing DS2?

Please be specific if it adds anything, either cosmetic or gameplay related. Thank you.

>>713449154
if it were anyone else they would mercilessly rip the game apart for its "camp" but kojima constantly sucks off western hollywood types so the press loves him

It's pretty much a requirement to give everything Kojima shits out a 9/10 just like Tarantino
Yawn

*saves gaming*

>>713448553
No, final fantasy combat doesn't appeal to me, and quite frankly, i get angry every time i see it.

Death Stranding was the first game I played where I went "I don't know if I'm having fun or not." The concept is cool, but it's filled with anti-fun mechanics and there isn't many combat encounters. The lore even WARNS you against killing. Interested to see how this will be...

>>713449210
I don't think the game has even come out yet, how the hell is anyone on here supposed to be able to accurately answer this kind of question..........?

>>713449401
rainbow keep falling on my head

>>713449514
Unfortunately it sounds like they added fun in this one.

>>713449069
Not having fun is part of the fun.

>>713446658 (OP)

I always see a clash of "A true genius in the gaming industry" and "Kojima fans will worship anything he shits out. He isn't as smart as people make him out to be." What's the truth? Maybe somewhere in the middle?

>>713450149
Which really shows how bullshit some of the scores were for the first game. Praising the first game because it was suppose to be intentionally boring and artistic but then give a higher score when Kojima sells out and makes it into a proper action game and removed a lot of the boring shit from the first game. Intentionally boring my ass.

>>713449606
streamers are getting it early and us normies can pay extra money to play it early

>>713450739
>"A true genius in the gaming industry"
People who play games say this.
>"Kojima fans will worship anything he shits out. He isn't as smart as people make him out to be."
Bitter /v/irgins who hate everything say this.

>>713449606
I'm literally playing it right now
t. Ausfag with the good goy 48hr early access

>>713449210
There is now DS1 save bonus

>>713451551
*no DS1 save bonus

>>713448156
>>713448561
>"See that mountain, Lou? You can climb it"

>>713451631
Thank you so much. I haven't beaten the game on ps5 only ps4 and didn't transfer save, but I'm like half way through it now. I just wondered if I needed to crunch in 24hrs to beat it so I can play tomorrow first thing. Now I won't worry. Thank you, kindly!

Soon you'll have to stop the "It's a walking simulator!” cope. People liked DS1 and DS2 is shaping up to be good. You have to accept defeat already, Kojima made a good game and that's that, your bitterness had to come to an end at some point and you knew it.

>>713452274
>there are dozens of us that loved it DOZENS
lol it just looks stupid. I don't like the actors involved, I don't like Kojima's stuff since MGS3, and I don't like games where all you do is inventory manage before going on a long walk. It just looks like shit.

>>713451083
Yeah, but bro, come on......... only total friggin losers literally pay extra just so they can play a game a day before everyone else, seriously, man.. that shit is not winner behavior, honestly, dude..

>>713451551
I'm very disappointed in you. Your heinous behavior makes me sad.

>>713451881
All good brah

>Journalists like Kojima slop
NOOO FREAKING WAY!?

>>713446658 (OP)
Based Kojimbo

>>713446658 (OP)
It'll win Game of the Year because it's simultaneously
>Geoff Keighley looking for any excuse to jack Kojima off
>Sony will want to deflect from the disaster that is Marathon
>$10 says Ghost of Yotei gets weaker reviews than AC Shadows so they can't rely on it and there's no way in a year like this they can justify it being part of the final short list

The game's actual quality, which I can't comment on because I haven't played it because the game isn't out yet, is irrelevant to this topic.
GOTY is never about the actual best game, it's always about the best vibe, the best narrative around the game. So right now the only two games that actually qualify for GOTY are Clair Obscur and Death Stranding 2. DK Bananza could get BOTW/Super Mario Odyssey/RDR2-tier scores and it would never be in serious consideration even if it was far and away the actual best game released this year.

https://voca.ro/1cDyoHiQC5fL

>>713446658 (OP)
I need to know: does the game actually pull a MGS2 and have you play as Tomorrow halfway through?

>>713453281
We call ghost of yotei GOY here, actually, just so you know.

>>713447707
so why first death stranding didnt get these bonus points tendie?

>>713446658 (OP)
ohnononono AAAAHAHAHA

>>713454598
>fewer reviewers

>>713454707
>17 fewer reviews
>better score
wow yeah what a disaster!!

I don't care how good it reviews, the first game (which I got for free) was so boring and pretentious that I couldn't finish it

Grand climax incoming.

>>713455340
Fucking kneel right now. E33 baguettes, tendies and everyone else this is very important, get on your fucking knees right the fuck now. Now say it with me, >KOJIMA IS THE BEST FUCKING GAMES DEVELOPER OF ALL TIME!

I wonder how many of the people shilling this walking simulator will actually play it

>>713455340
Male MC dies, female baby grows up and becomes new MC.

>>713446658 (OP)
>that high of a score
Looking forward to the patch to make the game worse

>>713452274
Except I actually played ds1 unlike you and it was boring as fuck

>>713456278
Even if i own a PS5 i refuse to buy it there, and i even refuse to buy it on my gaming PC either.
I bought DS1 and i completely regretted it after 3 hours of """""gameplay"""", just dropped it

>>713446658 (OP)
>Kojima Redemption A-ACK!

>>713457910

>>713450739
He's not intelligent or subtle, but he makes entertaining games. Not much to be said about entertainment over profit for other devs, even moreso nowadays. Me? I riked it, and will continue to do so. Opinions literally don't matter, just have fun. I would maintain that stance, except most games now are into trying to sell something ideology, DLC, or a rehash of a former game. Kojima is more like Lynch, given unbridled freedom to do what he wants. Controversial, contentious, creatividad. Doesn't deserve to be worshipped, but should give credit where it's due. One of the better directors in video games, without a doubt.

Anyone else just have the urge to just ignore any game mainstream journalists shill like their lives depend on it?

>>713446658 (OP)
>redemption
I say this with my whole chest: Kojima has never made a bad game. Even Boktai is good.

>>713455340
>it's the emotional baggage of the character that weighs the heaviest
I can't take these fucking retards seriously when they write stuff like this

>>713449401
Is that Kojimbo? All Asians look the same to me.

>>713450739
It's not really in the middle, it's actually just the latter, he's the guy that has decent ideas and those ideas need to be filtered through 5 different people before they translate to gameplay
By that virtue he's not an outright bad game dev at all since most don't even aspire to that level of creativity and paint by numbers, he's simply one that needs a team around him to stop him from squirting the paint out his asshole. Without them he's revealed as an ideas guy with the nuance of an elephant.
The bigger issue is the culture of vidya journos who prop him up as an auteur because they're desperate for vidya to be taken seriously and insecure in their hobby.

>>713453281
Why did Sekiro win then?

>>713447761
sybau

>>713446658 (OP)
>Biggest cult leader hack in the world gets his dick sucked every thing he shits out
WOW STOP THE PRESSES, BREAKING NEWS

game seems good but i despise the talking doll, as in utterly despise it

its just mimir from god of war again

>>713446658 (OP)
>>>>>>>

>>713462746
Incredible quotes

Berry gud... Kojima sarr...

>>713447707
Plus an additional bonus from wanting to be kojimbos friend since he hangs out with hollywood people and that's all that these film school dropouts have ever wanted

>>713452274
>Soon you'll have to stop the "It's a walking simulator!” cope
>cope

LOLOL and no sir i will not stop pointing out the shitty boring gameplay.

>>713462746
>it's not fun
>9.5/10

I hope this wins GOTY. I don't care for the game, but if E33 wins cinematic QTE JRPG combat might become the next hype and I really don't want that to happen.

>>713454058
there was an anti kojima and anti white protagonist sentiment at the time among reviewers and "journalists"

>>713447707
Fpbp

>>713462746
Retards like this unironically think rating something highly despite it being self-admittedly boring is a mark of pride that they were media literate enough to get through the annoyance and mundanity
They'd rather do all that than just go
>wow this game's boring and any dev worth his salt would learn to marry the agency and enjoyability of a video game with the themes he was trying to convey instead of sacrificing one at the altar of another
Absolute self-defeating retards who deserve beheading

>>713447707
>snoy bonus
wat? no such things exists unless you're Goy of War IP

>>713465831
>wat? no such things exists unless you're Goy of War IP

>>713465932
>its ok if NiNTENDO DOES IT

>>713465989
>tendie outta nowhere
kek mindbroken

>>713447707
>>713446658 (OP)
If it's published from sony then 90% of the reviews are paid for or from no name "journalist" sites and blogs.

>>713466019
>all the snoy spam
>out of nowhere

>>713448156
>10/10 from some place called "Comic Book"
>iGN Brazil

Lol

>>713466267
>some place called "Comic Book"
holy zoomer alert!

>>713446658 (OP)
Man all of Kojima haters need to take the stick out their asses, he's an artist and not overrated. Maybe he doesn't make games for max fun but they are made for max memorable.

>Man all of Kojima haters need to take the stick out their asses, he's an artist and not overrated. Maybe he doesn't make games for max fun but they are made for max memorable.

>>713454058
because the game was shit lol

>>713446658 (OP)
>lowest score is IGN France
>France
lmao E33 faggots are seething

>>713467180
based frenchies raping the mutts

>>713467180
yep lmao
frenchniggers really are the most cucked europeans right after britbongs and germcucks
all 3 worshipping rapefugee cock instead of making a good non-woke game

>>713450739
he has good ideas but he's very pretentious and doesn't have the best execution. top that off with his controversial writing and boom, you make controversial games.

>>713467074
kojima is a pretentious hack, and all his talent was curated by konami and now i actually think i side with konami on the whole kojima thing because he must have been an absolute nightmare to work with being an out of touch art kid wanting to constantly suggest unfun projects so he can get laid at sundance festival sluts in seatle or vancouver give me a fucking break man holy shit, your a fantasy doordasher wow amazing gameplay so fucking deep....

>>713467848
kojima is the kind of guy you find at pilates and yoga classes so he can "find his center" totally buying into the whole thing its really working for him i hear.

Haven't played the first one and still don't know what the game is about. All the "gameplay" videos I saw are about a dude running around in an empty open world, with a box on his back that he mustn't drop. That can't be fun...right?

>>713468704
you don't get it dude he's an auteur

>>713467376
yeah right lmao sucking Kojima's and Geoff's cuck is much better lmao lol lol lmao

>>713468897
Seething frog called out kek

>>713467180
Yep. They're losing GOTY to the better game and they know it.

Their FOTM slop will just be forgotten.

>>713448163
why is every game Monster Hunter Wilds-ifying right now

>>713470072
Kojima is 61 years old dude, he was barely alive when they finished this game

>>713448163
>they casualized the game

no wonder journalists like it more than the original.

usually /v/ would be up in arms, but this place is slowly turning into Reddit.

>>713447939
I love my Switch 2 but Bananza is a 76 at best, but it will get an 85 due to it having a Nintendo logo on it.

>>713446658 (OP)
why did nobody stop him from naming the game that

>>713448607
If it makes you feel any better, Gamespot got pissed at it and gave it a 7 because it's "demeaning to women" or some faggot shit. They probably got a fat woman to write the review, or one of their many troons.

>>713470319
i am not sure where the casualization maymay comes from when journos are in fact seething its even more ''tedious'' to play than DS1.

>>713461814
Yes would

>>713447939
>French homosexuals
this game literally revolves around you hanging around with a little french baby
the most french shite eva

>>713470416
Why would you want to stop him?

>>713451809
seriously if you can wear babies as armor and deliberately walk into cannon fire i will buy this game right now

>>713446658 (OP)
what redemption arc, he never needed one

>>713448163
https://fr.ign.com/u/critix
The retard that wrote this is only allowed to review sportslop and soulslop. I don't trust him.

>>713448163
>>713470810
>even sportsloppers and soulsloppers are too high-brow for shartjima
kekyboom

>>713470584
false

>>713470072
Money. They're (successfully) targeting the unironic modern audience, who are a bunch of drooling retards who shit and piss themselves and cry that their time isn't being respected if they encounter the slightest difficulty.

>>713446658 (OP)
eat shit faggot, this "game" sucks dicks

>eat shit faggot, this "game" sucks dicks

> posting live photos
ok tr00n

fuck.... should have preordered from Best Buy instead.

So when does it unlock for digital paypigs? I have to close /v/ until the 26th.

>>713446658 (OP)
>it's another amazon walking sim is praised because of muh kojima
look I loved mgs 1-3 but death stranding is probably the least fun game in history.

>>713448156
>kojima's best work
why do they have to lie like this

remind me how the main character can put a 100 foot tower of boxes on his back and not break his spine?

what is the point of a 100 score when this slop is the same rating as Ocarina of Time?

>>713474407
OoT is slop... so its ok?

>>713474148
>better than MGS3
i believe it

>>713474507
MGS3 was always one of the worst Kojimbo games
nothing tops MGS2

>>713446658 (OP)
le no
no no

>>713474640
And that's just critic reviews
Wait until actual consumers get to play that boring shit and it gets 7.x

>>713446658 (OP)
First Clair Obscur and now this. Why is this happening to us?

>>713446658 (OP)
>another 6 years of seething from tendie /v/ermin
thank you KojimGOD for making fun games

>>713474640
it's funny cause e33 deserves it while walking simulator is HIGHLY inflated. This shit is nothing like the best MGS games in terms of fun.

>>713474738
>|woke movie slop| deserves it but |actual video game| is HIGHLY inflated
kill yourselves normalniggers hating Japan

>>713474823
>actual video game
death stranding is my idea of torture, if you were forced to play death stranding 24/7 i'd kill myself.

>>713474713
It's actually crazy that this one PS4 game is so powerful, I loved it immediately but I didn't know it would still cause people to seethe 6 years later.

>>713475014
>walking and deliver pizza/jizz simulator
how did kojima go from mgs3 to this.

>>713473845
Damn, sorry. Hopefully gamestop comes through for me. Too late to cancel?

>>713474713
>>713475014
i live for this kind of kokimadronie seethe

>>713475097
>how did Kojima go from |MEH| to |MASTERPIECE|
pure autism

>>713475097
he invented a new genre
A NEW GENRE!

>>713468704
It keeps you busy with terrain and hazards, so you rarely feel like you’re just pushing a stick forward and waiting. Planning, constantly assessing the situation and altering your strategy, using all sorts of fun tools. Plus you probably do a lot more walking in 40 hours of Fallout than DS

>>713446658 (OP)
>GET THE FUCK IN HERE

WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
KOJIA LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!!!!
AWAWAWWAWAAWAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

>>713476362
ah yes, the most basic fetch quest for an entire game, what a genre.

>>713450739
He's a flawed creative like Nomura. He has legitimate talent in specialized areas and is dogshit in others. Going back to the Nomura comparison, Nomura is an 11/10 character designer who time after time has produced some of the most iconic character designs in gaming. Nomura is also a 3/10 writer and should never be let near the script.

Kojima's strength is he is a professional thief. This is not a derogatory statement. He puts in the work to absorb an insane amount of diverse media compared to a normal person. He then straight up copies what he thinks was cool out of all that media he consumes. Like a typical musician only for cinematography. This is a legitimate skill and why Kojima's presentation is head and shoulders over his peers in the industry. The content may be retarded, but it is always interesting to look at.

Kojima's weakness is like Nomura, the dude cannot write. Even worse and more insidious though he committed the ego sin of claiming the work of others. MGS has markedly more insightful and interesting writing because of Tomokazu and no one even knows his name because of Kojima's stolen valor. Kojima actively cultivates this fraud which is why I and others dislike him. The instant Tomokazu left Kojima ceased to ever write a single thing of interest ever again. What a coincidence.

>>713464159
Anon that is already going to happen whether or not E33 gets any awards. It was a paradigm shift.

>>713446658 (OP)
>90% and it's not even released yet
If I was a Death Stranding 2 fan, I'd be dreading the trajectory.
Review scores only go only down and usually by at least 2 pts so we're looking at a 80 score. (a high 80, but an 80 nonetheless)

>>713446658 (OP)
It's over. It's competing with Pipistrello now... Unironically a fantastic game.

>>713446658 (OP)
ITT: Vidya redflags

>>713480136
Genuinely don't know how or why those coop games get so highly rated
They're fun-with-friends personified, the idea that is held up as a critical masterpiece is laughable

>>713480136
Monster Hunter Wilds should be a 60

>>713481332
It’s just a fun competent game. It’s especially hard to find a game that isn’t bugged up the ass on release

>>713478438
Kojima is the George Lucas of video games

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
It comes out
>Pretend to win

>>713448561
how the fuck this piece of shit game get an 83 metacritic

>>713482886
same way this piece of shit gets 100/100.

>>713447939
You posted this in the last death stranding thread. How badly are you seething right now?

>>713480136
blue prince should win GOTY

From someone who's been playing since the n64...

Death stranding 1 is a 7/10.

Death stranding 2 is a 8/10.

Demon souls and dragons dogma were both 8/10 games.

Maybe death stranding 3 is a 9/10.

>>713476139
4contrarian faggot lmao

>>713484882
shutcho ass up before we rape that old ass unc

۔>>713484882
>reddit spacing

>>713449069
You need to have a certain level of autism to have fun with DS, I enjoy planning my routes I enjoy doing them as fast as possible to get legend ranks I enjoy building structures and I would call all that fun......but I can see why others would just be bored out of their minds

>>713453281
>$10 says Ghost of Yotei gets weaker reviews than AC Shadows so they can't rely on it and there's no way in a year like this they can justify it being part of the final short list
Are you retarded? Shadows had like an 83. the first tsushima got the same "7/10 it's too problematic and chuds love it and it's made by a team of white guys" score from a gamespot faggot that kojimbo just got from them for elle fanning being barefoot in the game, plus that wasn't an isolated score. But the time they released the "directors cut" or whatever for tsushima, public opinion had made it clear people loved the game far more than the faggot critics that kept comparing the fight against the Mongols to Maga, the game had won the people's choice GOTY at Keighley's Game Awards where TLOU2 pissed everyone off when it swept the categories voted on by journos, and the remaster rerelease whatever directors cut got an 88 or 89 on metacritic (even though the DLC is dogshit compared to the base game). If you think Yotei will get lower than an 83 or whatever Shadows got you're actually retarded. The protag is a woman, probably a dyke just like her ugly dyke English VA, the story will be about killing other Japanese, not foreigners, and it'll 100% have faggotry front and center, unlike tsushima which barely had one side quest where a guy vaguely alludes to being a homo living in shame. They could release a game that bricks everyone's consoles and PCs when it's turned on and they'd still get a higher score than ubisofts dogshit yasuke simulator.

Unlike you retards, I haven't forgotten how all the reviews for the first one were blatantly paid for
>death stranding is boring, the story sucks and has no real gameplay.
>10/10 kojima did it again a true masterpiece
It was the "a return to form" of the time.

>>713453281
>Bananza could get BOTW/Super Mario Odyssey/RDR2-tier scores and it would never be in serious consideration even if it was far and away the actual best game released this year
Astrobot won literally last year you retard. If bananza or Yotei somehow hit 95 or more, they're winning GOTY and the French fags will be limited to just score, which is all they deserve. The reason they're frontrunners right now is because of the bullshit "awww muh widdle 30 person scrappy underdog team of ex ubisoft artiiiistes" narrative that's preventing any journo faggot or mainstream shill from actually ripping apart the sleep inducing "listen for the whoosh" parryslop and the garbage pacing of the story to the degree they deserve. It's a weak as fuck year overall, especially GTA6 got delayed since that's the most guaranteed GOTY winner to ever exist. If Bananza or Yotei hit 95 somehow, this faggot French game will end up just like metaphor did - an early frontrunner and eventual loser that deserved to lose all along, that falls on its face at the main event at Keighley's show but then picks up concession wins at the turbofaggot outlets like IGN and gamespot.

>>713493145
The guys did is a millionaire.
He gave his son a small loan to make the game.
Do you understand why the game got shilled so hard now?
Daddy is paying the jeets to shill

>>713474713
Kojimbo should add pekomama in ds3

>>713448217
The game looks like shit. Its okay to admit youre only buying it for loli feet.