• TheSambassador@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      His stories are mostly over the top nonsense, but sometimes that’s fun. Also, for a “AAA” studio director, he’s willing to take some VERY big experimental swings when it comes to gameplay. Death Stranding has it’s problems, but it’s very unique. That’s worth some points.

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        5 months ago

        He takes no more ‘experimental swings’ than hundreds of indie developers. The only difference is, his studio has the money for the marketing campaigns.

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    5 months ago

    For me at least, the first part was an absolute work of art. Apart from the crazy, not always entirely comprehensible story, it was simply beautiful. I’ll never forget the moment when I climbed through the vast landscapes for the first time and suddenly heard this phenomenal soundtrack. The amount of multiplayer influence was also just right; you got the impression that someone had been here before, but you never met anyone. Wonderful.

    Didn’t expect a second part to be released, what a pleasant surprise!

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    5 months ago

    I can’t decide if Kojima is putting the acid industry out of business, because his games are enough of a trip already, or singlehandedly propping the industry up because he’s obviously consuming it all himself.

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    5 months ago

    I personally don’t care a lot about Kojima’s games but I still think it’s absolutely great he gets to make whatever he makes because he is a unique voice in gaming! In a sea of games as a service, mindless franchise milking and countless copycats someone like him is needed to make outlandish stuff, whether I like the games or not. Tons of people do and that’s great!

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      5 months ago

      Too bad about the horrible Monster Energy product placement. It totally ruined the game for me.

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        5 months ago

        I found it even more immersive. What ghost wouldn’t want a monster energy fueled piss grenade thrown at them?

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          5 months ago

          Jesus christ. I think there’s a lot about that game I’ve blocked out. Piss grenade was definitely one of them.