my favorite since I bought a PS4. i played this game when my life really sucked and i was aware I’d been playing vdo games, especially the ‘choices matter’ game, to escape reality for a few years. When Death Stranding came along, it was the first time in many years that I could play game for over 4-6 hours straight. And realized i came back to enjoy the vdo game AS IT IS instead of playing it to escape reality. It’s the story, ost, atmosphere, a sense of connection (whether to people, then especially life & death) and oc the gameplay itself. That moment when I thought hey there’s some good in this world to live for besides book, coffee and cats, it’s this game! It’s the kind of game I appreciate and want so badly to thank the creator team for making it. I’d really want part 2, or something equivalent to it if possible.
To be honest, it’s not completely new as it claimed, but most of it is new to me so to me the game is still perfect. It really helps me get thru life and also a pandemic, no kidding I owe to it.
I hate BB at first because for over 30+ years, I never liked babies in general. I even thought this game is going to be perfect wo BB. But as I played along, there comes the connection I never thought would form even in vdo games. BB became my favorite character and he even played a big part changing me IRL, even my family is shocked how I came to like babies now lol (but oc, limited to babies who look like BB lol)