As part of a bid to reconnect BridgesвЂ™ facilities with independent prepper headquarters around the country to include them in a larger a Chiral Network, Sam becomes a pack mule. HeвЂ™s the right-hand man to the current president вЂ“ not that a corporation backing a presidency would ever be problematic вЂ“ and wears a mask that helps to hide a hidden past because Kojima thinks thatвЂ™s cool as hell.ДЄfter sitting through about an hour of expository cutscenes, walking from location to location to kick off the next, I really shouldnвЂ™t have been surprised that the actual gameplay to follow would consist of walking from once place to the other.

If you thought SamвЂ™s name was strange, heвЂ™s not out of place - like other characters who could double as Mega Man villains named Deadman and Heartman, the head of Bridges is named Die-Hardman. You play as Sam Porter Bridges, a courier (or Porter) working for a company called Bridges the kind of organisation that feels the need to plaster its logo on literally everything. ItвЂ™s about as edgy as the decision to add in what amounts to an in-game currency based on social media Likes. YouвЂ™ll be beaten over the head with it several times an hour as you sit through cutscene after cutscene with characters telling you as much. This is Kojima thinking heвЂ™s woven some amazing allegory about the current state of America. вЂњIf we all donвЂ™t come together again, humanity will not survive,вЂќ said another.

вЂњWe still have an America worthy of the presidency,вЂќ one UCA member lamented. I sat there scratching my head for a solid five minutes wondering if I should restart and lie before setting off into the world of the embattled United Cities of America, a USA weakened by a disconnected people and infrastructure. I did so, indicating I was an Aquarius, and was quickly stopped dead in my tracks by a message that advised other star signs provided an option for better powers. Let me be clear: Death Stranding is an irredeemable piece of garbage that should serve as a warning to publishers who give developers carte blanche to create вЂњartвЂќ.Дeath Stranding starts off just as quirkily as any Metal Gear Solid game before it very early on, youвЂ™re asked to enter your date of birth. Sadly, whatвЂ™s been slapped together is frustrating beyond belief, invalidating any enjoyment potentially found within. Since he struggles to define the genre, weвЂ™re happy to help вЂ“ itвЂ™s one in which a developer aims to make a feature film and then realises far too late in the process that theyвЂ™re developing a game insteadвЂ¦ and that it requires actual gameplay. Kojima ProductionsвЂ™ Hideo Kojima has asserted heвЂ™s created an entirely new genre known as вЂњsocial strand systemвЂќ for his first post-Konami title, Death Stranding.

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