Enough about me, though. What did YOU all think of Death Stranding? Game of the Year? Century? Or did you feel even worse about it than I did? Also, the final outtake is my thanks to you for watching all of my ranting.
I really enjoyed this game and I can see where you are coming from, but if you do give this game another shot I would suggest playing at least to episode 4 and how you feel after that, and you should be really close to it like another hour.
I am glad Death Stranding exists; it's different, I've never played anything like it before. For my first 30 or so hours of this game I actually really enjoyed the mechanics. I'd take my time through the world and have fun just making deliveries; I knew what I was getting into when I bought the game. I also played in anticipation for the cutscenes and was especially intrigued by Mads Mickelson's character. But After those 30 hours, around that bloody snowy mountain bit, I found myself being annoyed at the gameplay and decided to rush through the rest of the game as fast as possible to get it over with. I hated it. And loved it. I'm very confused, just like the internet seems to be.
I haven't played it, but if what you say is true, I think I'll stick to let's players for this one. I've got Nier Automata for my fun gameplay and epic story fix. Actually, that game hammers the "you're not alone" idea way better than this one in just 5 minutes.
Hi Cadds. Thank you for sharing your honest opinion about the game and explaining why you felt the way you did. I can see why other people like the game, but from what I can tell about it, it's not something that interests me either. Personally, if I wanted to play a game where you're a courier who tries to make a difference on a post-apocalyptic America, I would just play Fallout: New Vegas. Thanks for the video.
I loved it. I don't need it to be another bang boom action game. I loved putting on a podcast, going on a long gorgeous yet creepy and weird trek, and then feeling like I've created bonds with complete strangers as I study their paths through an area, leave flags that also help, etc. etc. I understand why it's so divisive and it's... kind of hard for me to recommend it? But I adored it.
@@user-we9pt4xg4j don't know why it didn't @, i guess the mobile website for youtube dosn't support it, but i was talking to paola diego and his "ok boomer" comment.
I really enjoyed Death Stranding, but I don’t blame anyone for not finding it engaging. And yes, asking the player to trek through 8-10 hours of limitations before things open up and truly *click* is FAR too much
I'm on at chapter five myself, and I don't really get what those 8-10 hours of limitations are? I definitely never felt limited, and I also never felt confused.
@@jankbunky4279 For me it's because the prologue and two acts take place purely in a tutorial location where all you can really do is walk and place ladders/ropes, whereas after that point the game opens up with the Social Strand aspect of the game being brought to the foreground.
"If this is what postmen go through every day..." My wife was a letter carrier for 3 and a half years... it is that soul crushing, it is that tiring, and yes people do complain that their coupon booklet is 15 minutes late by calling the office daily.
Wait, people actually call and complain that their mail is LATE? Around here mail arrives whenever your house is next on the queue. It's never the same time every day. I think Karens don't deserve to own a phone.
Kojima is probably in his home shaking his head as everyone gets annoyed by his game. “They don’t get it!” He says with a sigh. “They don’t get it....” Takes a sip of monster. “Maybe one day...” Returns to his dimension... “One day.”
And yet there's articles claiming neither Kojima, his dev team, or even the celebrities know what this game is really about. This game is Kojima's George Lucas moment.
I really want to see what those handful of channels who were making "Death Stranding is a MGS sequel" theories for the last couple years have to say about it now. Probably nothing at all. I cant remember the channel names now tho
Kojima, pre-covid: this is a game where people are disconnected from each other, hiding from an all present, unseeable enemy, with deliverymen as the only hope for the future Everyone: haha, okay kojima
Well to be fair. The game becomes more of a shooter by the halfway point...I don't know if that's 25 hours because I'm still playing but I do know that I found a vehicle at the 3 hour mark not the 6 or 7 hour mark.
@@thstroyur I would say if you make it 3 seasons into something that doesn't catch your attention. You have just resigned to drone through it, or is just using it as background noise.
Do you really think whoever said this was the first to rhyme "reedus" with "fetus", and make a catchy parody title for it? I'm pretty sure that's the only reason kojima thought to have bridge babies in the first place, he'll never admit it, but he was just ataring at his favorite current actors name in an empty room for days and days until....
@@fnafworld3878 incorrect, you should answer “yes” or “no” only to the questions, that presumes detailed response, for example: How do u think player should figure out, that gameplay will change after ten hours?
This is the most intense Postman Pat reboot I've ever seen. Edit: And I've just had my first comment to surpass 1000 likes. Thank you all for liking my dumb comment. You all rock.
Reading reviews for this game is the funniest thing ever. "It was tedious, boring, repetitive and made no goddamn sense for the first 10 hours. The gameplay loop is non existent and it's basically "Norman Reedus delivers stuff and pees" Simulator. 10/10" The first time I read a review like that (there are hundreds), I almost pissed myself laughing :D
Kojima has had worse bullshit in his previous games that had you just as immersed. Plus Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker had more egregious product placement with dorritos, Mt. Dew, and Axe body spray. No one had a problem then.
But it's a JOKE man, Kojima Is having fun can't you have FUN? No, no I can because this game is boring and the "humor" is cringy at worst, Garfield tier at best
@@sirlimen333 not in the slightest, there's borderline objective jank everywhere in this game and a lot of the defense is the ffxiii tactic of it gets much better 20 hours in.
Caddy is only 10 hours in. So unless you were particularly slow or he is particularly fast (which it doesn't sound like from the review). You should be good to watch this.
The hardest thing for people to realize about this game, is that just because there are people that pike it, doesn't mean it's a good game......and this is not a good game.......would have made a good movie though. Kojima wanted to make movies since the beginning, but ended up making games. So it makes sense why it was made. But the people who like the game or don't find it boring make absolutely no sense......
This game could’ve been amazing but there was no one to tell Kojima, “Okay listen I know you have a lot ideas but just pick the *very* best ones because not every idea needs to be implemented.” It was like when Seth MacFarlane made a million ways to die in the west and since he had complete creative control there was no one there to stop him and say that sounds awesome in theory but in practice it’s not gonna be that great.
Genome Soldat I kinda wish Norman reedus would’ve impervise and make scenes better than what Kojima had originally planned. Kinda like how Connor and Hank’s relationship became the best part of Detroit become human because they didn’t always listen to David cage
Or like George Lucas woth the Prequels. Star Wars was good because it was his best ideas, he wasn't directing it, and there were people to tell him "No."
@@Gruntvc but it's funny, because i loved every mgs up to 4, despised ground zeroes and phantom pain, yet am loving every moment of death stranding (even if i found the post-failure to flee bt encounters disappoingly boring) The thing is... I LOVE how he got rid of the core ideas from all the games he took inspiration from, keeping in only the nieche systemic stuff, creating a one of a kind game by nature of it being nothing at all unique... It's basically the opposite of the last of us, which i found disappointingly unoriginal.
@@ThePablosin1 if only holding 2 buttons and running in a straight line flawlessly is the same thing as constantly pressing different buttons and faceplanting after 2 feet.
I already know what I'm gonna wear this Halloween. A Death Stranding costume with a dozen boxes stuck to me with some Monster Energy drinks in each of them. And then make a hundred jokes about both the costume and the game.
Death Stranding, as an idea, seems decent enough. It has the potential to be a good Netflix series, but as a game it's a tad lacking. Wait, you're from Somerset?
like wandering round the same endless corridor for 10 hours would be any better? lol I suppose if you scare easily maybe... I mostly just laugh at "scary" games/films because I know it's all fake and can't actually hurt me.
I actually really enjoy the slowness of the beginning for a lot of the reasons you mentioned. It being so soul-crushing while still being mechanically deep (how to organize your load, working together with strangers to build structures to make your lives easier, keeping balance on poor footing, planning routes through/away from BT territories) kind of drives home the fact that everything in this world is miserable. There's a lot of goofy Kojima bits like the whole Monster Energy thing, and some of the dialogue feels very silly and fourth-wall-breaking just for the sake of being a video game, but that's what I signed up for. A common opinion I've heard about this game is that it's the most expensive niche indie title of all time, and I think that hits it right on the head.
What? Ive never given a game 10 hours to get good.. What the hell is the point? My time is precious if you cant get me engaged in like 2 hours the game gets refunded. Why are people wasting their time (except if its your job to do so) so much? 10 hours of boredom is not worth anything the game han give after, cause the booring isnt gonna end there especially in this game.
Because Kojima's name is pasted on this game. If anyone else released a game this boring it would be ripped to shreds, but since it's Kojima it's "different" and "art."
Because people either enjoyed these 10 hours or not. I know it's a hard thing to grasp but... sometimes, things are subjective. Now I know that this is a little bit too nuanced so I'll give you time to process it.
@@tricksterhuaun but thats not my point if you did like it then fine, but why continue to give it 5 more hours if the first 5 where boring, at what is enough enough?
@@Dracothrope101 Because people either enjoyed those 5 hours or not. And we can keep going down to 10 minutes or even 5 seconds if you want to; but as long as you treat boring as objective, you won't find the answer.
If the game doesn't grab you within the first 10 hours, you probably won't enjoy it after 50 either. The fun in this game comes from the lonely journey, the rare but well placed pieces of music, the inventory micromanagement, the risk/reward of trying different routes and methods of carrying cargo and of course the story. I can definitely see why some people wouldn't enjoy this (it's certainly meant to be consumed in large chunks at a time which people may not have spare), but I feel like going into it with the mindset of "I will give it X hours before I expect something amazing to happen" is the wrong attitude to have
@@jays.6843 I didn't realize games were books. Gameplay is not writing and does not follow the same rules necessarily. On another note, usually slow burn does not mean trash for the beginning then the best thing ever afterwards(like some people want you to believe when they say it gets good after x). I've been burned to many times by "it gets good after x" to trust anybody anymore. Sometimes it is true i admit, but usually it is not.
Because some stories go for slow structures to set a mood or ease the player into the world and keep mysteries around. Not everything has to be fast and snappy.
16:37 I was actually very interested in this part and then Death Stranding comes back and I’m like: “oooookaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy.” 17:13 Great gag though I loved that lmao
As Caddy says... the biggest issue this has is that people think it's an action game. But if you think of it as a puzzle/strategy adventure game it makes more sense. It's more about managing your resources, structures and balancing things as you journey from A to B. If you don't like it, that's cool, but I personally love it. The atmosphere and mood sucked me in so it didn't feel too tedious.
I find that too many games have the problem of a slow opening lately. Take ac odyssey for example, I Iove it but it takes about 7-12 hours of playing to even reach the title. I get story and buildup is important (especially in death stranding) but it doesn’t matter if it takes too long for the game to actually get going and to actually have more fun gameplay But only kojima could make a game about being a postman depressing Edit: hey first time I’ve gotten over a hundred likes cool! (Seriously it was like 3 before)
But... I mean, as soon as you get the bike, for me, that's already the intro finished, and... I loved the intro as well. I Don't Get It. How come so many people had different expectations (same shit happened with sekiro... But here it's even more extreme) and how come those that seem to have my same tastes and likes somehow hate everything i love about death stranding and love everything i find boring. Perhaps "the open world game for people that don't like open world games" was the right guess i had, cause i hate BOTW, the new GoW, rdr and so many other open worlds, yet love death stranding... Which in turn would make sense des gets hated by people that love open world games. Though I can't understand why.
iota-09 for me, I try not to get hyped or expect certain things from games to avoid being disappointed. I really don’t get why people hated sekrio though because of dumb expectations.
There's zero excuse for making a game intentionally bad or boring for the sake of realism. If you intentionally make your game bad or boring, THE GAME IS BAD AND BORING period. Death Stranding is not a video game, it's a bad movie.
This is the games core problem. Kojima is a great writer, and he can make some amazing stuff, but the dude *needs* an editor. Without it, you get far too long, pretentious bullshit like this.
Dapper Changeling I agree, but I’m still enjoying it. I just really hope he works with other people more because that’s when his work truly shines. I think it’s due to the cultural differences in Japan (aka the hierarchical problem.) Japan needs to change that habit imo...
I'm just pausing early into the video to say, 3:35 HOLY SHIT SOMEBODY MADE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS GAME AND THEY KNEW HOW TO HOLD THE TRIGGERS I can see that this is likely going to be a largely negative view, but almost everyone that defends this game knows it's just not for everyone. Giving it 9.5 hrs is more than enough to say "it just wasn't for me." Having finished the video: "You only do things for other players for the sake of getting more likes." Uhhh, nope. I sure as shit haven't been spending time putting ziplines all over the mountain for likes, or delivering lost equipment that I could have easily used myself for them. It's to help people the same way I've been getting helped, like the few ziplines that were already there for me to connect to. For me, I don't find the gameplay boring or tedious, I genuinely enjoy planning my routes, cargo limits, and adapting my plans as things change or I realise mistakes I made initially, and I enjoy simply being able to help others in ways that I could never do in any souls type game. Besides the writing being a bit meh a chunk of the time, I really don't think this game has failed in any other sense, and I really dislike this whole thing where people say it's just their opinion but the language they use throughout makes it sound like everything they say is objective. The game isn't for everyone, it's for those people like me that enjoy the simplicity and often chill gameplay, a very interesting premise, and helping others just for the sake of it.
I was getting a totally separate feeling from this game. I felt connected to the world. Everyone's putting up their own objects. The bridges, ladders, post boxes, generators, eventually zip lines. I felt like everyone was helping me. And I was helping others. Running around really didn't bother me. But I think I'm especially patient. I was in control the whole time.
See, for me, that's the worst part. I bought the game so I could explore and traverse the world, not so I could see how someone built a literal bridge over every single possible threat.
Kojima should really just make movies at this point. He clearly doesn't want to make a fun video game that you play with your hands. He just wants to make a pretty thing that you see with your eyes.
Whenever I hear people say something about "one more hour" or "it gets good 15-20 hours into it" it just feels like they are telling you "just you wait for the Stockholm Syndrome to kick in, you'll be fine then"
Any game that has people saying "Just keep going. It gets good after XX hours" is automatically a fail, in my book. No amount of "artistic integrity" will save a game from being a boring piece of crap. I've had people honestly say "but what if later on in the game it drastically changes and introduces some revolutionary stuff?". To which my response is "Why did it not open with that instead of wasting my time for 10 hours."
It's less of "It gets good 15 hours in I swear." and more so, "This game really opens up more at this specific point, but your time to get there depends on you.". What people are trying to say is get to Chapter 3 as quick as possible.
Honestly I like the game, despite it being the worst Kojima game I have played. I didn’t like the first 2 chapters much, so I breezed through it. Ch 3 and beyond that has been great for me so far. And you don’t like you don’t like it oh well. I just look at the environment within the game as a puzzle rather than an action game. I mean, I hate the Kingsman movies but so many people those movies. I guess sometimes I just don’t like certain things that are popular or not that popular as well.
Best element of Death Stranding's online features, is that other players can leave a messages in the world, stating that you could just instead shoot each other while running around the nuketown in cod.
I get it that people might like the game for the 'hiking experience' and 'it's supposed to feel bleak and hopeless an monotone', that 'it's not a game for everyone' and very 'artistic'. However, are we forgetting this is not a £10-20 game, but a full £40 AAA title? If this was priced as an indie experimental game, I would try it, but this is unreasonable. Those who say that in the future people will think it was an underrated gem etc: by that time the price would have dropped or it becomes so obsolete and expensive that only fans would re-visit it.
And the positive are the correct reviews. No, seriously, caddy's take on it was good too.... The problem is that everything he mentioned as bad/meh is everything i love about the game, and everything he found fantastic i found cool but boring. THAT is why it's not for everyone... Which is also not why, cause i don't understand why i like it and be doesn't, when we apparently like the same things. I don't get it.
Summary of every positive review: game is boring, not fun 10/10. They are just affraid of backlash from Kojima fanboys, or are fanboys themselves like that Kotaku guy.
Positive reviews appear only because: 1) they are just talking about the story or the world, not gameplay 2) they are Kojima fanboys 3) they have never played a good game.
You know what's weirder is the fact that those Delivery suit things in the game.... yeah, they're now real and the look identical to the ones in game.... Death Stranding Predicted Parcel Delivery in 2020!
The biggest problem is that if Kojimas name weren't attached to it, Death Stranding would be universally lauded as a slightly above average experimental game that would be quickly forgotten after a few months. If the emotion you're trying to instill in a player is dread and tedium there's much better ways to do it other than making the gameplay bad to prove a message.
And tons of people are having fun with this game. Also really ironic for the then-head of Nintendo after re-releasing New Super Mario Bros for the 20th time.
A devicive game is exactly what I expected from a game lacking executive meddeling. It is not for everyone and that I think is a good thing for the industry, it makes more creative and weird games possible. In our time where AAA games are all made to be as "fun" for as many people people as possible, so that it sells as much as it can, it can be a whiplash when you encounter a AAA game that is not made with that intention at all.
Jaron Marles not sure you understand how that crash came about, it was because too many games were pure crap and nobody wanted to buy them. It’s fine if the game is niche, not all games have to be niche.
@@jaronmarles941 appealing to less people was not the problem back in the day, it was poor quality. Death stranding is high quality but niche. I do not agree that death stranding like games on terms of nicheness would cause a crash. Only poor quality games would do this.
My fav part of the game is waiting for 3 mins doing nothing but read kojima stupid lore. It's kinda disappointing how kojima can't find a more interesting way to present more lore to us.
21:00 Ah the give it more time excuse, FF13 got (mostly justifiably) raked over the coals for how long it takes to get going and the stigma from that lingers on to this very day, watch Death Stranding get away with using the same crap excuse because it's a Hideo Kojima game! lol
@@popplio7891 I can give you the recent thing, I agree with that. But it does have over an 80 on metacritic. Again I'm not saying it's the best game in the world or anything, but there are a lot of people, critics or otherwise that thought it was one of the best games of the year. I'm more upset dmcv didnt get a nomination more than anything
Its artistically impressive, mechanically solid, and musically inspired. The story is a mixed bag, but it has some amazing moments. But it was prob nominated bc Geoff is Kojima's buddy.
I totally see how everyone feels this way I loved it though that monotony became incredibly therapeutic and I had a weird sense of pride using paths I turned myself. Then when it was time to go somewhere new I was engaged forging those new paths
Interesting.... I just woke up and i had a dream where norman reedus was asking me about my thoughts of the game, and in the same dream caddicarus tried to scare me while i was sleeping... And now i see this video first thing in my sub feed
I love this game- it felt like a nature walk. But there’s ghosts, and some crazy dudes try to steal your shit and they’re usually fine but annoying. Then the terrorists happen. Then the baby’s dad comes back with the milk and a vengeance.
I feel like the only one who is totally sick of running into BT's and MULE's? I just want more deliveries I don't wanna fight the demon ghosts, just let me play Amazon Prime Delivery Man please
The mules you can just run/drive past 90% of the time, and without BT's there really wouldn't be any real dangers in the world. Heck, if you're fast enough you can even just go through BT areas sometimes.
Peter Englert anyone? Also I just finished the game last night at 70 hours in, and it's been an amazing experience. I highly recommend the game to those who enjoy games like Elite--the gameplay is reminiscent to that but on land.
You really struck the nail on the head when you talked about how the game didn't resonate with YOU. You didn't just give a blanket statement and write the game off because you didn't personally care for it. And that actually means a lot when it comes to reviewing. I can absolutely see how this game isn't for everyone. I loved it, and I consider it to be one of the greatest games ever made (and no, I'm not joking). I felt the world that was crafted, the sense of loneliness, the barren lands to traverse, the puzzle like quality of navigating to and from with the least amount of hassle, the asymmetric world building (literally), and the fact that combat wasn't actually the hook of the game - it was just a fall-back for when you got in a situation. My first playthrough, I rarely used a gun. And I do mean rarely. I usually just planned around everything. Then I got the cool Cuff-Link blade thing and started choppin' BTs like no ones business. BUT. I can't say that there were moments where it did indeed feel a little plodding, which may be expected when the game is literally entirely about fetch quests. Yes, this is a walking simulator, but as Tim Rogers said, it's the "Gran Turismo of walking simulators". So yeah, it's not gonna gel with everyone. I don't care for Soulsborne games. I'm not a big FPS guy. I try so hard to enjoy a lot of games, but most just fall flat. But this. This I liked.
I feel like an indie game could have done a better post-apocalyptic postman adventure game. Imagine a 2D game similar to Limbo and Inside where you are a postman in a post-apocalyptic world having to deliver the most important letter or whatever to someone to save the planet.
This video is really refreshing. A negative review of the game that DOES get what it's going for, and tries his damndest to meet the game halfway (heck, Caddy even went so far as to try reviewing it like Truck Simulator) and then explains politely why he _still_ didn't like it
This review actually got me to play the game and I had no intentions to. I’m into kinda dark drama scifi like the stuff Netflix churns out and this is the entire mood of the game. Like down to the production style. They nailed it and I’m enjoying it. Just under 5 hours in so far. It’s a chill exploration game with interesting lore and some light action down the line best I can tell. So far I’ve pieced together the babies represent the line between life and death and work as a portal / midway point between the two so they’re sensitive to the signal the aliens or whatever it is called put off. The invaders (I’m guessing multidimensional) feed off of living matter and that’s why the seeds sprout and go through death / humans experience aging / necrosis. Also I think it’s cool you can passively work with other players by leaving behind ways to get through obstacles. Keep up the great content, dude! 🤘🏻
Honestly, I think the gameplay loop is fine. It can be satisfying connecting everyone and seeing new roads and structures. But, the game should have had a music player when outside. Tying it to private rooms and structures is such a bone headed move. The music is amazing and can make delivering things calming
I share Caddy's sentiments. That's like when people kept telling me Xenoblade Chronicles 2 would get good after the 30 hour mark.. after the 40 hour mark.. after the 50 hour mark. And I was like, if the game doesn't grab me after 10, then why the hell would I keep on playing? A game that doesn't get good till after the 30 hour game, is a game that has failed.
That's me with every mmo in existence. Yet i liked death stranding from the first moment... Until deliveries became so easy due to player-built roads that all i had to do to get them done was holding down one button and wait a couple minutes. THAT is boring, not the trekking delivery parts before it.
@@iota-09 Can you play it offline? I mean applaud the idea of working together as a community, but in a SINGLEplayer game, I want to be SINGLE, I want to be alone, I want to do everything on my own. Otherwise, if I win the game and get high grades because of tools other people left, how do I know if I could have managed without? The whole point, to me at least. with a singleplayer game, is that it's only you and the game, and the only way to beat it and reach the credits, is for you, and you alone, to get good and overcome the trials the game throws at you.
@@PikaLink91 i mean, as far as i know, it doesn't have a drm, though i THINK that you can play it online without ps plus meaning you'd have to disconnect fully from the internet to do so. For me personally it's not even that, i liked most of the interactions i had with other people until about the end of the first big mission (3 consecutive deliveries) at lake knot, reason being the roads, it's not so much other players the problem, but rather the tools you get by having these players help you, tons of vehicles, roads everywhere, materials left and right... And it's in particular the roads that made it boring for me, they remove any travel risk(at that point in the game at least) for anything except main missions* and the game loses all of its depth and engaging...ness. *:Online structures are available only in areas inside the chiral network, which you unlock through story missions.
Here's the biggest critical flaw of Death Stranding's existence: Kojima has had his trademark weird, wild, somewhat thought-challenging and meta-breaking stories done before... in games that actually felt like really damn good games to play and kept you engaged to see what happened next in Kojima's weird mindspace. He's proven he can do it, and just decided not to, and string players along for tens of hours for them to enjoy only half of what made his work interesting.
I felt pretty engaged by the game. Just yesterday I said to myself "Alright let's do some main deliveries." I then spent the next few hours getting materials to build a highway and making a zip-line system to get around a mountain easier while being just as engaged throughout all of that. And at the end I saw my time and I thought, "Almost 50 hours? Damn that's pretty good." The take aways is that fun is subjective to everyone and Kojima aimed for the game to be specific in its gameplay loop and mechanics. I found myself engaged in those mechanics enough to have fun but I understand if others don't.
@@erichernandez1958 Fun is subjective, yeah, but it feels weak saying that. I respect anyone who enjoys the game, but I like cutting into the meat of why a game works or doesn't work, instead of boiling it down to what Dennis said in my replies earlier. lol
Oh and the game does get more manageable over time, you can get better shoes as well as more ways to protect your packages, you can build roads, drive trucks, and make huge zipline networks. If you have more free time these days (everyone does) then I suggest revisiting the game, and taking your time with it. In the end you spent 10 hours on a game that can easily take up to and over 80+ hours for a competitionist (and that's if you rush it). You also seem to have treated the delivery aspect as an afterthought, when in fact you should think of it as the core of the game that every other aspect builds off of. Hell maybe you can appreciate the game and it's message more now that 2020 happened and the world became bricks. Oh and the 6 1/2 hour mark you talked about? That was actually the end of the tutorial area. xD Extra Note: Try dying in one of the random B.T. encounters and see what happens.
I watched a playthrough for an hour, got bored and shit it down so I totally agree here. You are a strong person than me for making it 9 hours in Caddy
I really enjoy the game, but I totally get where you're coming from. You're very good at explaining why you didn't enjoy it, giving a proper describtion of the game's cnotent and how you felt about it. Rather than just go "everything is boring and dumb and what is wrong with everyone 1/10*".
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Enough about me, though. What did YOU all think of Death Stranding? Game of the Year? Century? Or did you feel even worse about it than I did?
Also, the final outtake is my thanks to you for watching all of my ranting.
I really enjoyed this game and I can see where you are coming from, but if you do give this game another shot I would suggest playing at least to episode 4 and how you feel after that, and you should be really close to it like another hour.
I am glad Death Stranding exists; it's different, I've never played anything like it before.
For my first 30 or so hours of this game I actually really enjoyed the mechanics. I'd take my time through the world and have fun just making deliveries; I knew what I was getting into when I bought the game. I also played in anticipation for the cutscenes and was especially intrigued by Mads Mickelson's character. But After those 30 hours, around that bloody snowy mountain bit, I found myself being annoyed at the gameplay and decided to rush through the rest of the game as fast as possible to get it over with.
I hated it. And loved it. I'm very confused, just like the internet seems to be.
I haven't played it, but if what you say is true, I think I'll stick to let's players for this one. I've got Nier Automata for my fun gameplay and epic story fix. Actually, that game hammers the "you're not alone" idea way better than this one in just 5 minutes.
Hi Cadds. Thank you for sharing your honest opinion about the game and explaining why you felt the way you did. I can see why other people like the game, but from what I can tell about it, it's not something that interests me either. Personally, if I wanted to play a game where you're a courier who tries to make a difference on a post-apocalyptic America, I would just play Fallout: New Vegas. Thanks for the video.
I loved it. I don't need it to be another bang boom action game. I loved putting on a podcast, going on a long gorgeous yet creepy and weird trek, and then feeling like I've created bonds with complete strangers as I study their paths through an area, leave flags that also help, etc. etc. I understand why it's so divisive and it's... kind of hard for me to recommend it? But I adored it.
If I wanted to feel like an underpaid, underappreciated low-level worker I'll just go to work
Ok boomer.
I dont get it...
@@Slash0mega He's talking about how Norman Reedus was basically a delivery guy
@@user-we9pt4xg4j don't know why it didn't @, i guess the mobile website for youtube dosn't support it, but i was talking to paola diego and his "ok boomer" comment.
@@paoladiego3725 ok clueless
I really enjoyed Death Stranding, but I don’t blame anyone for not finding it engaging. And yes, asking the player to trek through 8-10 hours of limitations before things open up and truly *click* is FAR too much
a game is objectively bad if it expects you to do that. i don't care what anyone says
@@PlayPodOG i mean there's little thst can be said, that's lack of communication and bad design
I'm on at chapter five myself, and I don't really get what those 8-10 hours of limitations are? I definitely never felt limited, and I also never felt confused.
I still don't agree with your resident evil 2 remake review.
@@jankbunky4279 For me it's because the prologue and two acts take place purely in a tutorial location where all you can really do is walk and place ladders/ropes, whereas after that point the game opens up with the Social Strand aspect of the game being brought to the foreground.
Planet Express: *'Our crew is replaceable. Your package isn't.'*
Yeah, just change "our crew" and "your package" around and you have Brazil's post offices in a nutshell.
That’s a Futurama refrence
Lennox: no words can't explain how many dam monster drink he consumes god Almighty
@DogMe4t it's wonderful day get fucked
Dr fonzworth: "Good news everyone your heading to the plane of Uber eats."
"If this is what postmen go through every day..."
My wife was a letter carrier for 3 and a half years... it is that soul crushing, it is that tiring, and yes people do complain that their coupon booklet is 15 minutes late by calling the office daily.
I see, I will be more considerate next time.
that is so sad im sorry
They’re the real superheroes of the American people
Wait, people actually call and complain that their mail is LATE? Around here mail arrives whenever your house is next on the queue. It's never the same time every day. I think Karens don't deserve to own a phone.
@@PunakiviAddikti people will complain about literally ANYTHING. Some people are just completely oblivious
Death stranding: Gets good after ten hours
Luigis Mansion 3: Gets good immediately when you see toad try to drive a bus.
TBH, I'm surprised the toad can actually drive all the way to that hotel without a scratch on that bus.
@@GamingCreed47 maybe the mushroom kingdom has really good car mechanics.
Toad can reach the pedals? I figured the Karts in Mario Kart had to be custom made for Toad to drive.
@@benpowell-punmaster1214 given Mario Kart, that makes so much sense!
It's basic science.
Kojima is probably in his home shaking his head as everyone gets annoyed by his game.
“They don’t get it!”
He says with a sigh.
“They don’t get it....”
Takes a sip of monster.
“Maybe one day...”
Returns to his dimension...
“One day.”
And yet there's articles claiming neither Kojima, his dev team, or even the celebrities know what this game is really about.
This game is Kojima's George Lucas moment.
Wait, how does he not know? Is that supposed to be impressive?
Kojima: I MUST GO MY PEOPLE NEED ME
(Talks in an unknown language as he boards a spaceship)
Kojima revealing the secret of life and how to get to other dimensions and people complaining SMH
I really want to see what those handful of channels who were making "Death Stranding is a MGS sequel" theories for the last couple years have to say about it now. Probably nothing at all. I cant remember the channel names now tho
"Horny Pizzaman" needs to be Caddy's permanent nickname.
"Horny Pizzaman" needs to be Caddy's legal name
If a goldfish gives me 1 wish it would be this what I would wish for.
Hope the name has a complicated backstory.
What what of Toilet Duck?
Fletcher Reed “Horny Pizzaman” needs to be added to the game in an update.
Kojima, pre-covid: this is a game where people are disconnected from each other, hiding from an all present, unseeable enemy, with deliverymen as the only hope for the future
Everyone: haha, okay kojima
Wow, first of all like you guilty gear profile pic, and what a four shadowing.
What timing!
So it's the equivalent of give it 3 seasons, then you will love it.
Well to be fair. The game becomes more of a shooter by the halfway point...I don't know if that's 25 hours because I'm still playing but I do know that I found a vehicle at the 3 hour mark not the 6 or 7 hour mark.
No, it's more "Get to chapter 3 as soon as possible. The game makes you think you need to spend more time at the beginning but get to Chapter 3."
Because at that point, anyone will like anything
@@thstroyur I would say if you make it 3 seasons into something that doesn't catch your attention. You have just resigned to drone through it, or is just using it as background noise.
played breath the wild for over 9 hours and I didn't like it
Imagine actually having Caddy knocking on your door to then yell "Uber Eats" at you.
I would love that.
BUT IT GETS GOOD AT THE CREDITS SCREEN!
which one though
@@nautilusinthejungle **roll credits**
@@nautilusinthejungle which one?
poor guy🙏
JUST GIVE IT 7 MORE HOURS
played breath the wild for over 9 hours and I didn't like it
"Norman Reedus and the funky fetus."
-Vinny, 2019
Do you really think whoever said this was the first to rhyme "reedus" with "fetus", and make a catchy parody title for it?
I'm pretty sure that's the only reason kojima thought to have bridge babies in the first place, he'll never admit it, but he was just ataring at his favorite current actors name in an empty room for days and days until....
Is Death Stranding the backstory to how Santa delivers all the presents?
You can actually unlock a Santa hat in game, lol!
Yes
@@fnafworld3878 incorrect, you should answer “yes” or “no” only to the questions, that presumes detailed response, for example:
How do u think player should figure out, that gameplay will change after ten hours?
Deaths stranding is basically how my parents and grandparents explain how they got to school
FIFTEEN miles!
@@lydiajulianprower8356 In the snow!
@@zuttoaragi8349 Back in 1959
Uphill both ways
Really? They had ziplines and electric bikes to cruise around in?
Another fun fact about the Wookey Hole Caves: they were used as a filming location for the Doctor Who story Revenge of the Cybermen.
Huzzah! A Man Of Quality~!
Did it have the Mondasian cybermen or the other kind?
@@gothnerd887 its doctor number 4 so yes its the mondas ones.
@@barrybend7189 thank you
Also, the filming went horribly wrong because some helped themselves to some iron age arrow heads left in the caves.
Wait didn’t yoshi’s island do the whole baby delivery thing like 15 years ago
haha Good one haha to bad no ones delivering a baby in this game
More like 25 years ago.
15 years? How old are you, its been longer than that.
@@xKingReyx You're fact checking the wrong thing here consiering the game did get ported to Gba and they made the game on Ds he's not wrong
@@lancecoleman6684
But they are since the original notion of Yoshi delivering a baby was about 25 years ago...
This is the most intense Postman Pat reboot I've ever seen.
Edit:
And I've just had my first comment to surpass 1000 likes. Thank you all for liking my dumb comment. You all rock.
DaneTheDane I'd love a postman pat game could be well cool
@@markwheeler4245 There were two on 8-bit systems... they weren't great :)
James O'Grady yeah but with today's consoles power imagine Pat game now?! Driving round with Jess :) an open world pat game
@@markwheeler4245 They could have made a game of that Kevin Costner Postman film. The book was way better of course.
Postman Pat AFTER THE END!
Pffft
I've seen more intense
Reading reviews for this game is the funniest thing ever.
"It was tedious, boring, repetitive and made no goddamn sense for the first 10 hours. The gameplay loop is non existent and it's basically "Norman Reedus delivers stuff and pees" Simulator. 10/10"
The first time I read a review like that (there are hundreds), I almost pissed myself laughing :D
If we're supposed to immerse ourselves in this world perhaps having immersion breaking product placement wasn't a great idea
Kojima has had worse bullshit in his previous games that had you just as immersed. Plus Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker had more egregious product placement with dorritos, Mt. Dew, and Axe body spray. No one had a problem then.
Eric Hernandez Actually the product placements in MGS games got properly mocked at some points.
But it's a JOKE man, Kojima Is having fun can't you have FUN?
No, no I can because this game is boring and the "humor" is cringy at worst, Garfield tier at best
HA !))) Don't forget all the celebrity faces !
I mean it's based on the real world, just set in basically the apocalypse. Not exactly immersion breaking, but not super realistic.
Death Stranding reviews are exactly like a coin toss - people either hate it or love it
Just like every other game.
I'm in the middle.
Definitely not a game of the year contender.
And no, I don't just play FPS games Kojima.
Loved MGS 1-4.
@@sirlimen333 not in the slightest, there's borderline objective jank everywhere in this game and a lot of the defense is the ffxiii tactic of it gets much better 20 hours in.
I always thought that was intentionally the point of the game's presentation.
It's either
Great
Terrible
Or you're one of the 10 people who find it right in between
I've heard that Death Stranding gets good after a few hours. Well, this video gets good after a few seconds, *_because it's from Caddy._*
And not just caddy...
*Daddy Caddy*
I am a PERSON! And not just daddy caddy, daddy daddy caddy
@@YourHomieFrog and not just daddy daddy Caddy, its daddy daddy daddy Caddy
Rodrigo Coelho and not just daddy daddy daddy caddy, it’s daddy daddy daddy daddy caddy
ok guys, this is getting caddiculous
Question; is this spoiler free? I’m only 25-ish hours into the game.
I’m at zero hour in it
Caddy is only 10 hours in. So unless you were particularly slow or he is particularly fast (which it doesn't sound like from the review). You should be good to watch this.
Yeah
He only played the first 10 hours, so it's safe to say, there's nothing plot related in the video.
I think that it is a scientific fact that anybody that unironically wooshes somebody is a bit of a wanker.
Usually I ask how people can find a game I like boring, but Death Stranding got me asking "How am I not finding this boring?"
For me it makes me feel like I'm doing something for the people, be it delivering stuff, rebuilding roads, defeating both Bt's and Mules etc
The hardest thing for people to realize about this game, is that just because there are people that pike it, doesn't mean it's a good game......and this is not a good game.......would have made a good movie though. Kojima wanted to make movies since the beginning, but ended up making games. So it makes sense why it was made. But the people who like the game or don't find it boring make absolutely no sense......
@@tyzilla358 Can you elaborate on how it is not a good game?
i now want a Death Stranding mod where I play as Postman Pat.
This game could’ve been amazing but there was no one to tell Kojima, “Okay listen I know you have a lot ideas but just pick the *very* best ones because not every idea needs to be implemented.”
It was like when Seth MacFarlane made a million ways to die in the west and since he had complete creative control there was no one there to stop him and say that sounds awesome in theory but in practice it’s not gonna be that great.
Kojima lost that person/people by MGS4.
It's really been downhill for him since then.
Hope he just goes and makes films.
Genome Soldat I kinda wish Norman reedus would’ve impervise and make scenes better than what Kojima had originally planned. Kinda like how Connor and Hank’s relationship became the best part of Detroit become human because they didn’t always listen to David cage
Butterballporkbun The Toymaker I always chuckle thinking about how the only good part of DBH is the part Cage wasn’t responsible for
Or like George Lucas woth the Prequels. Star Wars was good because it was his best ideas, he wasn't directing it, and there were people to tell him "No."
@@Gruntvc but it's funny, because i loved every mgs up to 4, despised ground zeroes and phantom pain, yet am loving every moment of death stranding (even if i found the post-failure to flee bt encounters disappoingly boring)
The thing is... I LOVE how he got rid of the core ideas from all the games he took inspiration from, keeping in only the nieche systemic stuff, creating a one of a kind game by nature of it being nothing at all unique... It's basically the opposite of the last of us, which i found disappointingly unoriginal.
this whole game is just depressing story time with Daddy Caddy
wrong
"Hold the left or right trigger to keep your balance." So it's open world Qwop.
Except it's controllable and the balance problem isn't constant, unless you're carrying half a continent on your back.
@@MementoMori7777 So open world Qwop ?
@@ThePablosin1 if only holding 2 buttons and running in a straight line flawlessly is the same thing as constantly pressing different buttons and faceplanting after 2 feet.
@@MementoMori7777 You're right, the latyer one is actually fun
@@ThePablosin1 only you guys would find getting an aneurysm fun.
i gotta say- the goofy sounds are pure genius. 22:19
I already know what I'm gonna wear this Halloween. A Death Stranding costume with a dozen boxes stuck to me with some Monster Energy drinks in each of them. And then make a hundred jokes about both the costume and the game.
I wonder if the PC version coming in 2020 will be moddable so you can play as Postman Pat...
All pc games are moddable
With the trucks replaced with Thomas the tank engine
@@bdbgh Thomas is a must for every moddable game.
@@jaysefgames1155 Ubisoft would beg to differ.
@@jaysefgames1155 not all let you extract and replace models though.
I'm a delivery driver for a pizza chain, and WORK is actually more fun than this.
Lemme work with you because I wanna zipline and slide down mountains in a pizza box.
Bum
Best comment ever.
Death Stranding, as an idea, seems decent enough. It has the potential to be a good Netflix series, but as a game it's a tad lacking.
Wait, you're from Somerset?
Caddy mentions Wookie Hole and Cheddar Gorge, he mentions being near to them, and they are in Somerset.
Now i'm really wishing we just got Silent Hills..
We all do.
Let it go
like wandering round the same endless corridor for 10 hours would be any better? lol
I suppose if you scare easily maybe... I mostly just laugh at "scary" games/films because I know it's all fake and can't actually hurt me.
@@SA80TAGE nah man pt would have been awesome that endless corridor was just a demo
@@SA80TAGE you prb didn't play pt
I actually really enjoy the slowness of the beginning for a lot of the reasons you mentioned. It being so soul-crushing while still being mechanically deep (how to organize your load, working together with strangers to build structures to make your lives easier, keeping balance on poor footing, planning routes through/away from BT territories) kind of drives home the fact that everything in this world is miserable. There's a lot of goofy Kojima bits like the whole Monster Energy thing, and some of the dialogue feels very silly and fourth-wall-breaking just for the sake of being a video game, but that's what I signed up for. A common opinion I've heard about this game is that it's the most expensive niche indie title of all time, and I think that hits it right on the head.
Death stranding really made me feel like a UPS man
He predicted the future people living in isolation and one person delivers
Luis Suazo right
Not even close. You have to be a brainless idiot with way too much free time and no life to compare Covid-19 to Death Stranding.
Ekkk that’s not very nice 😂😂😂
@@elin111 give a thumbs up if you down voted Ekkk.
@@elin111 Bad day?
I hope you are feeling better now!
What? Ive never given a game 10 hours to get good.. What the hell is the point? My time is precious if you cant get me engaged in like 2 hours the game gets refunded. Why are people wasting their time (except if its your job to do so) so much? 10 hours of boredom is not worth anything the game han give after, cause the booring isnt gonna end there especially in this game.
I fully agree. Time is our most precious resource.
Because Kojima's name is pasted on this game. If anyone else released a game this boring it would be ripped to shreds, but since it's Kojima it's "different" and "art."
Because people either enjoyed these 10 hours or not.
I know it's a hard thing to grasp but... sometimes, things are subjective.
Now I know that this is a little bit too nuanced so I'll give you time to process it.
@@tricksterhuaun but thats not my point if you did like it then fine, but why continue to give it 5 more hours if the first 5 where boring, at what is enough enough?
@@Dracothrope101 Because people either enjoyed those 5 hours or not. And we can keep going down to 10 minutes or even 5 seconds if you want to; but as long as you treat boring as objective, you won't find the answer.
If the game doesn't grab you within the first 10 hours, you probably won't enjoy it after 50 either. The fun in this game comes from the lonely journey, the rare but well placed pieces of music, the inventory micromanagement, the risk/reward of trying different routes and methods of carrying cargo and of course the story. I can definitely see why some people wouldn't enjoy this (it's certainly meant to be consumed in large chunks at a time which people may not have spare), but I feel like going into it with the mindset of "I will give it X hours before I expect something amazing to happen" is the wrong attitude to have
Whenever someone says that a story gets good after x point, I always have to ask: Why wasn’t that point the beginning?
Because it's not up to you to decide. You can only either enjoy it or not as it is, and both are ok.
Because slow burn is a legitimate writing tactic.
@@jays.6843 I didn't realize games were books. Gameplay is not writing and does not follow the same rules necessarily.
On another note, usually slow burn does not mean trash for the beginning then the best thing ever afterwards(like some people want you to believe when they say it gets good after x). I've been burned to many times by "it gets good after x" to trust anybody anymore. Sometimes it is true i admit, but usually it is not.
Because the struggle is the point. How are people this dense?
Because some stories go for slow structures to set a mood or ease the player into the world and keep mysteries around. Not everything has to be fast and snappy.
16:37 I was actually very interested in this part and then Death Stranding comes back and I’m like: “oooookaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy.”
17:13 Great gag though I loved that lmao
Death Stranding makes sense now during Coronavirus. Thanks shipping ppl, i appreciate you.
As Caddy says... the biggest issue this has is that people think it's an action game. But if you think of it as a puzzle/strategy adventure game it makes more sense. It's more about managing your resources, structures and balancing things as you journey from A to B. If you don't like it, that's cool, but I personally love it. The atmosphere and mood sucked me in so it didn't feel too tedious.
I think the best game to compare Death Stranding to would be Desert Bus.
Desert Bus is purposefully boring, so I'd compare it more to Euro Truck Simulator.
Only once you get all the roads built
DESERT BUS: "All I'm about is driving a bus for 8 hours."
DEATH STRANDING: "Hold my Monster."
death stranding's codename was "NEW Super Mega Desert Bus HD+ ", after all
I find that too many games have the problem of a slow opening lately. Take ac odyssey for example, I Iove it but it takes about 7-12 hours of playing to even reach the title. I get story and buildup is important (especially in death stranding) but it doesn’t matter if it takes too long for the game to actually get going and to actually have more fun gameplay
But only kojima could make a game about being a postman depressing
Edit: hey first time I’ve gotten over a hundred likes cool! (Seriously it was like 3 before)
I donno, I would argue it takes allot more effort to make one that is not depressing. Or just leads of cartoonish characters and broken physics
Fair enough
But... I mean, as soon as you get the bike, for me, that's already the intro finished, and... I loved the intro as well.
I
Don't
Get
It.
How come so many people had different expectations (same shit happened with sekiro... But here it's even more extreme) and how come those that seem to have my same tastes and likes somehow hate everything i love about death stranding and love everything i find boring.
Perhaps "the open world game for people that don't like open world games" was the right guess i had, cause i hate BOTW, the new GoW, rdr and so many other open worlds, yet love death stranding... Which in turn would make sense des gets hated by people that love open world games.
Though I can't understand why.
@@iota-09 I'm not sure it was possible to have any expectations for the weirdness presented before release.
iota-09 for me, I try not to get hyped or expect certain things from games to avoid being disappointed. I really don’t get why people hated sekrio though because of dumb expectations.
"Hello this is UBER EATS"
- Caddy the daddy
"The Plot Was Like A Chocolate Fondue For Dessert After A Main Course Of Soil."
Lol! 😂😂😂
"Where's Sherk 2 Man"
- Caddy
Shrek Man, Shrek 2 Man, and Megamind Man.
The holy trinity.
@@walnzell9328 Shrek the third man
@@jakew6162 I didn't mind Shrek the Third. I thought it was a good movie. But a lot of people don't like it.
@@walnzell9328 It's a bad movie but I just want to make this comment
Well i guess I’m “indifference doroitis man”
God damnit, now I want to see the main character replaced with Postman Pat in this game.
This perfectly describes how I feel about the game, the story and settings are intriguing but the gameplay itself is way too dull
The game clearly says "Don't be so serious", so you can't get angry at Caddicarus for making fun of it, can you?
And this is a prime example why 'realism' is a terrible goal to strive for in game design!
@Jaffacus I think realism is best used in alternate history games anyway, such as bioshock or deus ex.
I liked this game, it’s good for some people
There's zero excuse for making a game intentionally bad or boring for the sake of realism. If you intentionally make your game bad or boring, THE GAME IS BAD AND BORING period. Death Stranding is not a video game, it's a bad movie.
@jackthegamer Nah, an interactive movie.
Realism is good for sports games, but ea can’t seem to get that right
I'm convinced that watching a commentary free playthrough of DS while skipping through a lot of the gameplay, was the best way to experience it.
This game no matter what I think about it it really is Kojima unchained. I don't like Death stranding but I respect it.
I can see why he couldn't make mgsv like this... And I'm thankful i skipped on ngsv but got death stranding exactly because of that.
This is the games core problem. Kojima is a great writer, and he can make some amazing stuff, but the dude *needs* an editor. Without it, you get far too long, pretentious bullshit like this.
@@TheDapperDragon this
Dapper Changeling I agree, but I’m still enjoying it. I just really hope he works with other people more because that’s when his work truly shines. I think it’s due to the cultural differences in Japan (aka the hierarchical problem.) Japan needs to change that habit imo...
kudos for having probably the most mature outlook on a game you don't like. Respect to _you_ dude.
I'm just pausing early into the video to say,
3:35 HOLY SHIT SOMEBODY MADE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS GAME AND THEY KNEW HOW TO HOLD THE TRIGGERS
I can see that this is likely going to be a largely negative view, but almost everyone that defends this game knows it's just not for everyone. Giving it 9.5 hrs is more than enough to say "it just wasn't for me."
Having finished the video:
"You only do things for other players for the sake of getting more likes."
Uhhh, nope. I sure as shit haven't been spending time putting ziplines all over the mountain for likes, or delivering lost equipment that I could have easily used myself for them. It's to help people the same way I've been getting helped, like the few ziplines that were already there for me to connect to.
For me, I don't find the gameplay boring or tedious, I genuinely enjoy planning my routes, cargo limits, and adapting my plans as things change or I realise mistakes I made initially, and I enjoy simply being able to help others in ways that I could never do in any souls type game.
Besides the writing being a bit meh a chunk of the time, I really don't think this game has failed in any other sense, and I really dislike this whole thing where people say it's just their opinion but the language they use throughout makes it sound like everything they say is objective.
The game isn't for everyone, it's for those people like me that enjoy the simplicity and often chill gameplay, a very interesting premise, and helping others just for the sake of it.
I was getting a totally separate feeling from this game.
I felt connected to the world. Everyone's putting up their own objects. The bridges, ladders, post boxes, generators, eventually zip lines. I felt like everyone was helping me. And I was helping others.
Running around really didn't bother me. But I think I'm especially patient. I was in control the whole time.
See, for me, that's the worst part. I bought the game so I could explore and traverse the world, not so I could see how someone built a literal bridge over every single possible threat.
Kojima should really just make movies at this point. He clearly doesn't want to make a fun video game that you play with your hands. He just wants to make a pretty thing that you see with your eyes.
Whenever I hear people say something about "one more hour" or "it gets good 15-20 hours into it" it just feels like they are telling you "just you wait for the Stockholm Syndrome to kick in, you'll be fine then"
Time is precious. Do not let anyone or anything waste it.
Any game that has people saying "Just keep going. It gets good after XX hours" is automatically a fail, in my book.
No amount of "artistic integrity" will save a game from being a boring piece of crap.
I've had people honestly say "but what if later on in the game it drastically changes and introduces some revolutionary stuff?". To which my response is "Why did it not open with that instead of wasting my time for 10 hours."
It's less of "It gets good 15 hours in I swear." and more so, "This game really opens up more at this specific point, but your time to get there depends on you.". What people are trying to say is get to Chapter 3 as quick as possible.
As a proud watcher of the entire Donkey Kong Country cartoon series, I can confirm this.
Honestly I like the game, despite it being the worst Kojima game I have played. I didn’t like the first 2 chapters much, so I breezed through it. Ch 3 and beyond that has been great for me so far. And you don’t like you don’t like it oh well. I just look at the environment within the game as a puzzle rather than an action game. I mean, I hate the Kingsman movies but so many people those movies. I guess sometimes I just don’t like certain things that are popular or not that popular as well.
There's probably an alternate universe where Silent Hills was made and this doesn't exist
Yeah, and thats defenitely the better universe.
Best element of Death Stranding's online features, is that other players can leave a messages in the world, stating that you could just instead shoot each other while running around the nuketown in cod.
I get it that people might like the game for the 'hiking experience' and 'it's supposed to feel bleak and hopeless an monotone', that 'it's not a game for everyone' and very 'artistic'. However, are we forgetting this is not a £10-20 game, but a full £40 AAA title? If this was priced as an indie experimental game, I would try it, but this is unreasonable.
Those who say that in the future people will think it was an underrated gem etc: by that time the price would have dropped or it becomes so obsolete and expensive that only fans would re-visit it.
I tend to hear either very positive or very negative reviews when it comes to this game.
and the negatives are the correct reviews
Its a niche game marketed towards the mainstream. So thats why
And the positive are the correct reviews.
No, seriously, caddy's take on it was good too.... The problem is that everything he mentioned as bad/meh is everything i love about the game, and everything he found fantastic i found cool but boring.
THAT is why it's not for everyone... Which is also not why, cause i don't understand why i like it and be doesn't, when we apparently like the same things.
I don't get it.
Summary of every positive review: game is boring, not fun 10/10. They are just affraid of backlash from Kojima fanboys, or are fanboys themselves like that Kotaku guy.
Positive reviews appear only because:
1) they are just talking about the story or the world, not gameplay
2) they are Kojima fanboys
3) they have never played a good game.
You know what's weirder is the fact that those Delivery suit things in the game.... yeah, they're now real and the look identical to the ones in game.... Death Stranding Predicted Parcel Delivery in 2020!
This is the first video of yours I’ve ever seen and you made me subscribe in a matter of 1:32 seconds. Congrats to you sir😂😂
The biggest problem is that if Kojimas name weren't attached to it, Death Stranding would be universally lauded as a slightly above average experimental game that would be quickly forgotten after a few months. If the emotion you're trying to instill in a player is dread and tedium there's much better ways to do it other than making the gameplay bad to prove a message.
"Monster Energy...It Gives You The Strength, And Energy To Throw The Rest Of It Away!!"
Lol! 😂😂😂
Colleen Glanville holy shit every time it’s the same dumbass comment
@@gub4941 nah, fix the first 2 words.
H O L Y S H I T .
JPgamerTV lol
Lmao * I know you guys find me annoyed, but I find this hilarious lol! 😂😂😂
Colleen Glanville it’s all good. Maybe tone em down though.
That is a smooth transition to sponsorship right there.
"if its not fun, why bother?"
-Reggie Fils-aime
Words every game designer should follow
because it is fun
Because theres other ways to enjoy something aside from fun
And tons of people are having fun with this game.
Also really ironic for the then-head of Nintendo after re-releasing New Super Mario Bros for the 20th time.
Jack McMorrow What does it mean for a game to be “fun?”
A devicive game is exactly what I expected from a game lacking executive meddeling. It is not for everyone and that I think is a good thing for the industry, it makes more creative and weird games possible.
In our time where AAA games are all made to be as "fun" for as many people people as possible, so that it sells as much as it can, it can be a whiplash when you encounter a AAA game that is not made with that intention at all.
Yes, totally! I think even those who don't like the game should at least try to see that it's a good thing for the industry.
It isn't good though at all. Appealing to less people means less players. Which means flops, and then the industry will crash. Look at 1983
Jaron Marles not sure you understand how that crash came about, it was because too many games were pure crap and nobody wanted to buy them. It’s fine if the game is niche, not all games have to be niche.
@@tomtom56789 I litterally said that
@@jaronmarles941 appealing to less people was not the problem back in the day, it was poor quality.
Death stranding is high quality but niche. I do not agree that death stranding like games on terms of nicheness would cause a crash. Only poor quality games would do this.
My fav part of the game is waiting for 3 mins doing nothing but read kojima stupid lore. It's kinda disappointing how kojima can't find a more interesting way to present more lore to us.
21:00 Ah the give it more time excuse, FF13 got (mostly justifiably) raked over the coals for how long it takes to get going and the stigma from that lingers on to this very day, watch Death Stranding get away with using the same crap excuse because it's a Hideo Kojima game! lol
ff 13 sucked cause it was a linear game with boring characters
Higgs looks like a character that I used to draw on my mathbooks when I was in a middle school.
Remind me again why this is getting nominated for GOTY?
Because some people REALLY REALLY like it. Different strokes you know
Daniel Canavan-Gosling But should a game be nominated when 1. It’s absurdly recent. and 2. It’s super polarizing to the public
@@popplio7891 I can give you the recent thing, I agree with that. But it does have over an 80 on metacritic. Again I'm not saying it's the best game in the world or anything, but there are a lot of people, critics or otherwise that thought it was one of the best games of the year.
I'm more upset dmcv didnt get a nomination more than anything
Its artistically impressive, mechanically solid, and musically inspired.
The story is a mixed bag, but it has some amazing moments.
But it was prob nominated bc Geoff is Kojima's buddy.
@@danielcanavan-gosling5118 yeah, dmcv was the actual goty, but among those nominations? Death stranding for sure.
The game is almost like an actual Postal job, doing nothing but deliveries day after day. This game is incredibly realistic
Yet it still manages to be incredibly unrealistic at the same time.
This is by FAR, by FAAAAAAAAAAAR the best sponsor transition ive ever seen on youtube. Also first time on this channel, good job!
2:26 I literally died laughing
Well, at least you got better.
11:25 sir, I think you've contracted JonTronitus
I totally see how everyone feels this way I loved it though that monotony became incredibly therapeutic and I had a weird sense of pride using paths I turned myself. Then when it was time to go somewhere new I was engaged forging those new paths
Interesting....
I just woke up and i had a dream where norman reedus was asking me about my thoughts of the game, and in the same dream caddicarus tried to scare me while i was sleeping...
And now i see this video first thing in my sub feed
This was clearly the work of Baddy. He controlled your dream to tell you the future. For EVIL, of course.
14:07 nah bro... He spend 5 hours walking there? I remember only spending like 2-3 from the prologue to this point
I love this game- it felt like a nature walk.
But there’s ghosts, and some crazy dudes try to steal your shit and they’re usually fine but annoying.
Then the terrorists happen.
Then the baby’s dad comes back with the milk and a vengeance.
I feel like the only one who is totally sick of running into BT's and MULE's? I just want more deliveries I don't wanna fight the demon ghosts, just let me play Amazon Prime Delivery Man please
Good lord its the legendary Jim Pickens! Is it true you live under the sea with a hundred french geese? The legends are many
Gotta stick with the roads them
You can plan a route around them.. unless it's scripted.
Don't be fooled! This is a fake, the true Jim Pickens is elsewhere
The mules you can just run/drive past 90% of the time, and without BT's there really wouldn't be any real dangers in the world. Heck, if you're fast enough you can even just go through BT areas sometimes.
Peter Englert anyone? Also I just finished the game last night at 70 hours in, and it's been an amazing experience. I highly recommend the game to those who enjoy games like Elite--the gameplay is reminiscent to that but on land.
Daddy Caddy does Strand Deathening with Norman Fetus
Norman Fetus and his Baby Reedus!
You really struck the nail on the head when you talked about how the game didn't resonate with YOU. You didn't just give a blanket statement and write the game off because you didn't personally care for it. And that actually means a lot when it comes to reviewing.
I can absolutely see how this game isn't for everyone. I loved it, and I consider it to be one of the greatest games ever made (and no, I'm not joking). I felt the world that was crafted, the sense of loneliness, the barren lands to traverse, the puzzle like quality of navigating to and from with the least amount of hassle, the asymmetric world building (literally), and the fact that combat wasn't actually the hook of the game - it was just a fall-back for when you got in a situation.
My first playthrough, I rarely used a gun. And I do mean rarely. I usually just planned around everything. Then I got the cool Cuff-Link blade thing and started choppin' BTs like no ones business.
BUT. I can't say that there were moments where it did indeed feel a little plodding, which may be expected when the game is literally entirely about fetch quests.
Yes, this is a walking simulator, but as Tim Rogers said, it's the "Gran Turismo of walking simulators". So yeah, it's not gonna gel with everyone. I don't care for Soulsborne games. I'm not a big FPS guy. I try so hard to enjoy a lot of games, but most just fall flat.
But this. This I liked.
I feel like an indie game could have done a better post-apocalyptic postman adventure game. Imagine a 2D game similar to Limbo and Inside where you are a postman in a post-apocalyptic world having to deliver the most important letter or whatever to someone to save the planet.
"Hello this is Uber eats"
-Daddy Caddy 2019
This video is really refreshing. A negative review of the game that DOES get what it's going for, and tries his damndest to meet the game halfway (heck, Caddy even went so far as to try reviewing it like Truck Simulator) and then explains politely why he _still_ didn't like it
"Why should you carry on?"
This is the question of the whole game, why connect anything, why interact, why exist?
Read "The Myth of Sisyphus." for some answers.
Keep on keeping on, for we have nothing but empty motivational platitudes with which to justify this empty journey.
I play video games to have fun. Not to see some obscure message that I don't care about.
This review actually got me to play the game and I had no intentions to. I’m into kinda dark drama scifi like the stuff Netflix churns out and this is the entire mood of the game. Like down to the production style. They nailed it and I’m enjoying it. Just under 5 hours in so far. It’s a chill exploration game with interesting lore and some light action down the line best I can tell. So far I’ve pieced together the babies represent the line between life and death and work as a portal / midway point between the two so they’re sensitive to the signal the aliens or whatever it is called put off. The invaders (I’m guessing multidimensional) feed off of living matter and that’s why the seeds sprout and go through death / humans experience aging / necrosis. Also I think it’s cool you can passively work with other players by leaving behind ways to get through obstacles. Keep up the great content, dude! 🤘🏻
Honestly, I think the gameplay loop is fine. It can be satisfying connecting everyone and seeing new roads and structures.
But, the game should have had a music player when outside. Tying it to private rooms and structures is such a bone headed move. The music is amazing and can make delivering things calming
I share Caddy's sentiments. That's like when people kept telling me Xenoblade Chronicles 2 would get good after the 30 hour mark.. after the 40 hour mark.. after the 50 hour mark. And I was like, if the game doesn't grab me after 10, then why the hell would I keep on playing? A game that doesn't get good till after the 30 hour game, is a game that has failed.
That's me with every mmo in existence.
Yet i liked death stranding from the first moment... Until deliveries became so easy due to player-built roads that all i had to do to get them done was holding down one button and wait a couple minutes.
THAT is boring, not the trekking delivery parts before it.
@@iota-09 Can you play it offline? I mean applaud the idea of working together as a community, but in a SINGLEplayer game, I want to be SINGLE, I want to be alone, I want to do everything on my own. Otherwise, if I win the game and get high grades because of tools other people left, how do I know if I could have managed without? The whole point, to me at least. with a singleplayer game, is that it's only you and the game, and the only way to beat it and reach the credits, is for you, and you alone, to get good and overcome the trials the game throws at you.
@@PikaLink91 i mean, as far as i know, it doesn't have a drm, though i THINK that you can play it online without ps plus meaning you'd have to disconnect fully from the internet to do so.
For me personally it's not even that, i liked most of the interactions i had with other people until about the end of the first big mission (3 consecutive deliveries) at lake knot, reason being the roads, it's not so much other players the problem, but rather the tools you get by having these players help you, tons of vehicles, roads everywhere, materials left and right... And it's in particular the roads that made it boring for me, they remove any travel risk(at that point in the game at least) for anything except main missions* and the game loses all of its depth and engaging...ness.
*:Online structures are available only in areas inside the chiral network, which you unlock through story missions.
2:26 "A load bearing AS" OOH, I've got one of them!!
Here's the biggest critical flaw of Death Stranding's existence:
Kojima has had his trademark weird, wild, somewhat thought-challenging and meta-breaking stories done before... in games that actually felt like really damn good games to play and kept you engaged to see what happened next in Kojima's weird mindspace. He's proven he can do it, and just decided not to, and string players along for tens of hours for them to enjoy only half of what made his work interesting.
Yeah, well..that's just like, an opinion man.
@@capitalizingcapitalist1202 b r e h
I felt pretty engaged by the game. Just yesterday I said to myself "Alright let's do some main deliveries." I then spent the next few hours getting materials to build a highway and making a zip-line system to get around a mountain easier while being just as engaged throughout all of that. And at the end I saw my time and I thought, "Almost 50 hours? Damn that's pretty good."
The take aways is that fun is subjective to everyone and Kojima aimed for the game to be specific in its gameplay loop and mechanics. I found myself engaged in those mechanics enough to have fun but I understand if others don't.
@@erichernandez1958 Fun is subjective, yeah, but it feels weak saying that. I respect anyone who enjoys the game, but I like cutting into the meat of why a game works or doesn't work, instead of boiling it down to what Dennis said in my replies earlier. lol
Oh and the game does get more manageable over time, you can get better shoes as well as more ways to protect your packages, you can build roads, drive trucks, and make huge zipline networks. If you have more free time these days (everyone does) then I suggest revisiting the game, and taking your time with it. In the end you spent 10 hours on a game that can easily take up to and over 80+ hours for a competitionist (and that's if you rush it). You also seem to have treated the delivery aspect as an afterthought, when in fact you should think of it as the core of the game that every other aspect builds off of. Hell maybe you can appreciate the game and it's message more now that 2020 happened and the world became bricks. Oh and the 6 1/2 hour mark you talked about? That was actually the end of the tutorial area. xD
Extra Note: Try dying in one of the random B.T. encounters and see what happens.
Watching your videos drunk is strangely soothing and calming.
I watched a playthrough for an hour, got bored and shit it down so I totally agree here. You are a strong person than me for making it 9 hours in Caddy
I tried to watch Jacksepticeye play it and I couldn’t sit through it. Not even my favorite Irish man could make it entertaining for me
@@noahmarshall2380 I watched the Jack playthrough too! I felt so bad but the gameplay just wasn't gripping enough
I really enjoy the game, but I totally get where you're coming from. You're very good at explaining why you didn't enjoy it, giving a proper describtion of the game's cnotent and how you felt about it. Rather than just go "everything is boring and dumb and what is wrong with everyone 1/10*".