I haven't played much of Death Stranding, only 20 hours or so ("only") but I also have found a lot to enjoy about it. It's a more realistic depiction of hiking than I think I've ever seen attempted in a game, in terms of the moment to moment stepping on and around rocks. If they took this same method of traversal and applied it to something a little bit more DayZ-like in gunplay and looting, that'd be it for me. I'd be a withered husk clutching a controller, mouth forever agape in absurd joy.
Nice to read another Year-end Ryckert Reviewlet Capsule. Thanks Dan!
@sil3n7 To be fair, Rez came like 15 years later on PC. Hopefully we won't have to wait as long. I too wish to plug in my Rift again (the last time was for Rez). BIG UPS MIZ!
@magmamud: I think he said something along the lines of "suck on my dick, choke on it" to some schmoe on twitter who baited his ego. So it's a little gross, definitely a lot puerile, I'm sure he'd think of a better comeback in hindsight that wasn't so crass. If it were anybody else, just one more vaguely chauvinistic comment gets lost in the sea of misogynistic shit upon which we are buoyed aloft daily. But this dude made a really cool videogame, got sorta e-famous, Internet loves to overreact to stuff, especially to celebrities of its own crafting, and there you go. No Fez 2. I hope he circles back around to Fez at some point, it's easily the comfiest game that stretches your brain in the most ludicrous ways.
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