I Finally Played Death Stranding in 2025 and I'm Conflicted...

With the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach in 2025, I decided I would play the divisive 2019 original for the first time to see what it was all about. After doing so, I have left feeling incredibly conflicted. On one hand, Death Stranding is an incredibly brilliant game with some really creative ideas, but on the other, it's also one consistently held back by some glaring faults that keep it from reaching it's true potential. With that being said, enjoy my review/critique of the game as a newcomer! Timestamps: Introduction: 0:00 Episode 1: Woven in Beauty (atmosphere, world, graphics) 3:08 Episode 2: Tethered by Tedium (gameplay, combat) 7:55 Episode 3: Connections Unravelled (narrative) 13:59 Epilogue: Tying Things Together 27:06 #gaming #deathstranding #kojima #playstation #videogames #ps5