It's weird, dreadfully weird, enduringly weird, it doesn't work all the time, and it won't work for everyone, but it worked for me, and I feel very fortunate. From a presentation standpoint, it's perfect. The visuals, the score, and contains probably the best ensemble cast I've ever witnessed in a game (but how Mads and Norman got the nomination over Tommie I do not know). It took me a long time to finish- starting on pc, then restarting on PS5 with the new edition. But Kojima definitely crafted something so unlike anything I've ever played before that I feel like it's something you have to try at least once. I am so glad he is able to continue to make weird shit, and while Metal Gear was always somewhat based in reality Death Stranding throws proper nouns at you from the start and expects you to remember it all, and it rules for that. I hope he can continue to do this. Docked points because I cannot safely play this game with a beer in one hand without risking dropping all my cargo.

goated sequel

its more of the same twitch reaction ninja kino from before but now the developers just added literally every possible sick ass trick a robot ninja could do

the bike levels are the highlight of the game and some of the shit they do with it is brainmelting like jumping off your bike to avoid lasers and then pulling yourself back to it never got old

boss fights are improved because unlike the last game most of the bosses are dark mirrors of your character so its just ninja on ninja violence the final boss is notably a game highlight

the PC version is a bit fucky at the moment if you use directx12 then it has a crash at the Radhu boss fight which as of now is unfixable so you have to use directx11 for the rest of the game

worthy of joining the upper echelon of ninja video games i'm so excited for what they do with a Ghostrunner 3 (if that's even on the cards)