As someone was inspired to get into a career in game development cuz of Kojima, I have an interesting view of Death Stranding. my bias aside, I know that this game has very little appeal to the general audience and is fundamentally flawed/unfun in a lot of ways. and yet I can't help but still enjoy the shit out of this game and treat it as a relaxing game for me to immerse in and get swept up in the atmosphere. I can't say whether you will enjoy or hate the niche appeal of it, but its enough for me.