Name: デスストランディング～イージーアリーズのレビュー (Death Stranding - Easy Allies Review)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:29:21.000Z
Duration: 10 min 26 s
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In a lot of ways it's amazing Death Stranding even exists.

The game often prioritizes the mundane over the exciting,

intentionally evoking strong feelings of loneliness

by having you trudge through desolate areas all by yourself.

Such isolation ties into the core theme, which is all about bringing others together

It's easy to make parallels between what's going on in this fictional world

The fact that Death Stranding tries to explore and question so much is refreshing,

but sometimes the game overindulges, and not all of its ideas hit as they should.

There's a whole messy knot of things going on both within the narrative and the gameplay,

You play as Sam, a porter who spends his days bringing all manner of goods

from one part of Death Stranding's fragmented world to another.

And really, delivery is most of the game.

There are countless stretches where there's little other than the quiet, an objective marker,

It's a sort of intentional boredom that can be off-putting, which seems to be the point.

Delivery becomes a job, and like any job, there are times when you don't want to do it.

However, by having tedium serve as such an essential part, it makes small moments stand out more.

Carelessness leads to damaging whatever precious things you're carrying.

The same is true of the small decisions made along the way.

Stray packages are littered all over, and if you want to help out by picking them up, you can,

but doing so means increasing your load, potentially slowing you down and making it easier to lose balance.

Many times the quickest way to a destination isn't the safest,

and regularly scanning the environment to see the depth of a river or difficulty of the terrain

helps you safely put one foot in front of the other.

Using simple tools such as a rope to rappel down a mountain or a ladder to cross a chasm can be vital,

but knowing when to best use them as well as how many to bring along is all part of the strategy

Death Stranding does a commendable job of slowly layering new obstacles

on top of the basic challenge of traversal.

Weather conditions get worse over time, distances get farther, and loads become trickier to manage.

Outside adversaries such as the ghost-like BTs and the fanatic MULES also become more prevalent.

There's always something to deal with, whether big or small,

and like the Metal Gear Solid games, Death Stranding provides room for experimentation,

offering an array of tools that, while not essential,

offer flexibility and create the sensation that whatever delivery style you land on is your own.

The game's biggest strength comes from not how it promotes individual creativity, but

Objects like ladders and ropes that you use to make the road easier

appear in the worlds of other players and vice versa.

If someone uses a tool of yours, the game notifies you,

and players can even "like" the object repeatedly.

It's satisfying to serve as an invisible hand,

and the way Death Stranding is designed makes it hard to ever truly take it for granted.

Because there's often so little around, seeing the evidence of someone else can be comforting,

and you feel appreciative of whatever it is they placed into the world,

not necessarily because you need it, but because it punches through the wall of isolation

There are times when you do need it, though.

If you're caught in a bad situation for one reason or another,

a total stranger can almost feel like some sort of guardian angel.

It creates a tangible sense of community,

where you're appreciative of the kindness of others simply because they're being kind,

or at least it's easy to interpret that way.

There are countless other games where you play with others,

but few make the act of interaction so celebrated,

allowing it to feel a bit deeper and more meaningful.

How Death Stranding emphasizes interaction also helps the gravity of its own message.

Time and again, the game states how people need to come together in order to survive.

Yet because you get to live that experience firsthand just by playing,

it's easier to take into real consideration.

To put it bluntly, Death Stranding is trying to practice what it preaches.

Unfortunately when the game strays away from its best concepts, the end result is generally underwhelming.

Although we're limited in what we can show, boss fights look and seem like

they should be these incredible moments, but they end up playing out as anything but.

In fact, whenever Death Stranding leans in on shooting,

any tension or interest completely evaporates because of how rudimentary these sections are.

It essentially amounts to pointing and blasting away within a small box.

For how basic it all is, these moments can be needlessly stretched out.

What's worse is the game throws the same bad ideas at the player repeatedly,

Kojima has partly built a reputation on his inventiveness with action and boss fights, but

that quality is sorely missing in Death Stranding.

The same is largely true of dealing with MULE camps or sneaking past BTs.

MULEs hunt you down since they're obsessed with stealing whatever cargo you're carrying.

They can catch you off guard, especially if you're in a zen-like state while peacefully delivering packages.

Yet whatever excitement could pop up in these encounters

deflates upon discovering how quickly MULEs crumble.

Small armies of them can be dealt with by only using a rope.

It's practically an identical situation with BTs.

How they're presented is legitimately unsettling.

Trudging around these often invisible, otherworldly forces is an excellent concept,

as is the fact that they chase after you through handprints they aggressively stomp into the ground.

Yet despite the effective presentation, they're really not much of a threat.

As long as you move quietly and efficiently hold your breath,

The game doesn't dramatically change things up with BTs either.

Once you know how to get past them, they're simple to circumvent every time.

Death Stranding has a tendency of making something look interesting without necessarily following through.

As expected, the narrative is a lot to unpack.

Everyone is isolated in the aftermath of a cataclysmic event,

and it's your job to reconnect the United States by establishing a countrywide network.

Sam has a clear objective, but the game is always teasing at something greater and more insidious.

It often flashes intentionally confusing scenes that almost dare you to try to piece it all together.