Death Stranding
5 entries. 10,233 words.
2019-12
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The Death Stranding Experience – Prologue.
2019-12-30.
I finished the story of Death Stranding over the weekend. It took almost 80 hours over the course of two months. I left a large number of optional tasks unfinished, but I’m hoping to get back and do them at some point. It’s definitely the game of the year for me.
These 80 hours have been quite an experience. I’m very thankful that I’ve been able to play a AAA game with so much originality, because frankly I didn’t think I would ever see one again in my lifetime.
- Consoles
- Musings
2020-01
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The Death Stranding Experience – Episode 1.
2020-01-01.
Previously on The Death Stranding Experience: The Prologue.
As we roll into the second hour of the game, you may have noticed I haven’t talked about Death Stranding gameplay very much yet. That’s because, in the first couple of hours of Death Stranding, there isn’t very much gameplay. It’s extremely cut scene-heavy. (It becomes cut scene-heavy at the end as well.) It’s one of the game’s criticisms, though I personally found the cut scenes riveting so I didn’t mind at all.
- Consoles
- Musings
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The Death Stranding Experience – Episode 2.
2020-01-04.
I had designs on writing at least something about all fifteen episodes of Death Stranding, but I’m getting tired of this already. The problem is that there is so much to go over, especially at the beginning and at the end.
After the last post, I learned what “BT” stands for: Beached Things. That explains everything, right? Some of the terminology in this game feels like translation mistakes that they just stuck with and doubled down on.
- Consoles
- Musings
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Endgame Viable Awards 2019.
2020-01-04.
It’s time once against for the prestigious Endgame Viable Awards for 2019.
2018 Awards 2017 Awards 2016 Awards 2015 Awards 2014 Review 2013 Review This year, I’m going to shrink the size of this post considerably. I didn’t buy or play very many games this year, so there’s not much point in making a huge affair out of it. I’m going to list all the games I bought this year, then I’m going to pick the ones I liked best, and that’s it.
- MMORPG
- Roundup
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The Death Stranding Experience – Episodes 3-8.
2020-01-12.
Previously: Episode 2.
As I’ve moved on to playing the next game in my list, which happens to be Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, a game whose story also requires a lot of processing, I’ve sort of lost interest in processing Death Stranding in writing. But I shall valiantly try to press on and remember some key points.
This post covers Episodes 3 through 8, which represents the vast majority of the player’s time spent in the game.
- Consoles
- Musings