Hideo Kojima has heard your criticism it seems, and he’s responding to the Death Stranding gameplay complaints with a whopping 50 minutes of footage at the Tokyo Game Show this week. The problem is that he doesn’t really want you to watch it. Writing on Twitter, the auteur admitted that he’d “like you to play without any information and enjoy the surprise by discovering yourself”. However, he continued: “Since many people say they don’t know what the game is about, I decided to introduce the basic gameplay.”
This is a challenging one because, as we discussed in our Talking Point from earlier in the day, we feel like we’ve seen too much of the upcoming PlayStation 4 open worlder, but simultaneously nowhere near enough. In our opinion, the Metal Gear man has put himself in this position, because his trailers have been superfluous, overly long, and at times borderline obnoxious – and they’ve also generally been impenetrable to boot.
We’re convinced all of your questions will be cleared up by this time tomorrow, but it’s perhaps worth getting off the Internet for a little while if you were hoping to experience this enigma blind.
[source twitter.com]
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I would like to read a review and get a sense of how good the game is, and maybe some basics of what the gameplay entails. But mainly I’m just waiting for the reviews - I don’t necessarily want to see loads of gameplay.
Death Stranding is still one of the anticipated games coming this year so regardless what people feel about the trailers, it's clearly worked. If the developers feel you should go in as blind as possible then ideally I think you should do that. If you don't agree then wait for reviews and don't preorder, just don't spoil it for others.
I truly hope the game turns out amazing..... but he’s already lost my interest long ago. If it turns out after release to be spectacular then I’ll happily eat my words.
If a movie maker said "don't watch the trailers, just go see it" everybody would laugh at that. I know I would be thinking "wow is it that bad?"
I lost interest long ago, but maybe seeing in-depth gameplay may change my mind. But to be honest, the constant shaking the crying baby to put it back to sleep has really turned me off. No desire to play an adventures in babysitting simulator.
I've been in since day 1. But the urinating sealed the deal.
oddly enough i trust this guy with game i mean sure there will be cliched names or ridiculous outfits of sort but gameplay department he never disappointed generally speaking.
My Collector's Edition is paid for for quite some time so nothing will change my faith!
Still will see at least 10 minutes of the gameplay cause I just can't wait
He also mentioned something about editing the gameplay so it doesn't show spoilers. I'll watch it when I wake up tomorrow morning.
I’m so wary to watch trailers because I just don’t know if it’ll ruin the experience of discovering for myself what the whole deal’s really about. That being said, games are expensive Kojima, we’d like to actually know what we’re buying!
Kojima, don't forget to also watch your game's gameplay so you can also discover what it is about.
I choose to trust him
Nah, I'll be checking out gameplay footage when possible. Going into an experience totally blind is fine when that experience doesn't cost $59.99.
I just want to get a sense for how the game plays. I obviously wouldn't watch an extensive playthrough of most of the game.
@3MonthBeef People are hardly buying the game blind after so many trailers. They just don't want certain aspects spoiled before release.
It's probably good advice for those already sold on the game. I've avoided trailers with various games before, most recently with Persona 5 Royal. I'm not sold on Death Stranding just yet, and will need to see more of what the gameplay is like before buying it.
I rarely watch gameplay footage of a game I haven't played, unless I'm on the fence and don't trust the reviews I've read.
The only bit of the review I look at is the summary and score.
Like really it better be good it’s looking like an 7 or 8 at the mo
“like you to play without any information and enjoy the surprise by discovering yourself”. Now this will be a great game, I can certainly feel it already, basing on previous experiences with such types. I just know.
I've had this game ordered from the minute it was available. I waited years!, to play it now it's just over a month away. Everything I've seen of it so far looks incredible, I dont need or WANT to see 45mins of it thanks, I'm good. Roll on the 8th of November....
I watched the "Briefing" trailer which, while a bit silly (no less so than any MG cutscenes), I really enjoyed it. I also skipped through some of the game play again last night, but I got the impression it would be a better game to go in as blind as possible on.
But what I saw was enough to move me from interested to excited - I'm actually now pretty hyped, and looking forward to getting this at launch.
Emphasis on "Basic gameplay". This man showed a 50 minute long video worth of nothing but footage of the game. Everything presented was basic gameplay, imagine what lies underneath.
Problem with this generation, the Internet's turned everyone into spoilt dimwits.
@Rash yeah, I actually don’t want to know leaked information about games or watch a full game before I buy it. Leaks especially ruin the buzz of getting news directly from the developer and too much footage leaves out surprise from games.
I think there is a large audience of “gamers” who rarely play games and mainly just watch others play them. So maybe this group are the ones wanting the full insight without the experience we gamers are having?
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