I am not confident in what I enjoy. I tend to listen to my inner critic that tears me down at any given moment, or even people who I don't know On The Internet and start to feel bad about having true enjoyment over things I start. It's no ones problem but my own really, it's also why I tend to go on this website and only type "funny" reviews. It's what I'm "good" at. But yeah, it's an issue, I'm a little self-conscious goober online, who isn't.

So why am I typing this "ooouuughh feel bad for me an internet stranger" post on a game about delivering packages through the shattered remnants of America? Well, the game compelled me enough to actually try writing something that isn't "piss fart ghosts from nevada ate my ass by chuck tingle" in a feeble attempt to get internet hearts. This game came into my life after I was reaching a full media burn out, the inner critic was winning and beating my ass within an inch of my life! Golly!!!

It sparked something inside of me, it's the first game that I have enjoyed without feeling bad or guilty for enjoying, I blocked all thoughts out besides delivering packages. Every bit of this game is magic to me. It's a game I've wanted since finishing NieR: Automata Ending E, the idea of a group of strangers coming together to accomplish a goal of another stranger. That is what Death Stranding is, you go around this barren but beautiful terrain, dodging invisible enemies, maybe even killing some, all to deliver another players lost cargo. In return, maybe that player builds a shelter to rest their own feet but also for you and all the other porters out in the world. I know it's kind of a silly little joke now but I think this game really can be described as "strand type."

I can easily turn this around by saying "ughhhh kojima and his kojima-isms making cut-scenes 80 years long as usualllllll." But god, I cannot care about that because it is so relentlessly itself. Chiral. Q-Pid. BTs. BB. DOOMs. The Death Stranding. A guy that works at a Wind Farm named fucking "Jake Wind." DIE-HARDMAN. Utterly ridiculous but I take it all seriously and I find it so compelling, no matter how goofy it may be to an outsider.

This game is therapeutic to me at this point, I turn it on in the background, get some packages delivered, maybe find some more out about the story along the way. As of writing this, I haven't finished it, I rarely finish things because my brain sucks! But I do see myself finishing it within this year. Unless my brain wins again and I give up on liking things because I am very feeble. So why am I giving it a star rating? answer: me not care.
Sorry for the wingefest, I'm just bored on 9/11.

Keep On Keeping On.