Review Death Stranding 2

Great visuals, Builds on the original's gameplay mechanics in several new ways, Memorable cast of characters, Excellent voice acting and audio design, Detailed open world environments, Focus on stealth

Deeply impactful, mesmerising story
Excellent cast and voice work
Vastly improved combat and stealth
Enjoyable cargo deliveries
Impressive weather effects
New visual benchmark on PS5
Incredible audio, cutscenes, and design

Hugely improved story pacing
Excellent supporting cast
Well-implemented gameplay improvements and additions
Fantastic, varied environments
Impressive boss encounters

A deep, moving and challenging story
Very well located for Brazilians.
New combat system increases the excitement of the game.
An even more lively and dynamic open world, with real-time events.
Significant evolution in delivery and construction mechanisms

The best-looking game I?ve ever seen
Masterfully builds upon the original
New systems that keep gameplay engaging
Beautiful and heartbreaking narrative
Lots of Kojima?s signature, quirky humor

The same but better
Artistic and sound direction
A plethora of equipment
New weather conditions
A story full of twists and turns and more accessible

Excellent story with an incredibly moving ending. Graphically impressive. Improved mission design gives the game a better rhythm. Neil's sequences feel great to play.

Development of its history
New weapons, equipment, structures, and enemies
Allies and antagonists who give more weight and importance to the storytelling.
Designing your scenarios
Procedural music

Exciting story, well told and high quality staging.
Graphically and technically mainly excellent.
Fantastic music and sound effects
Very good speakers (also in German!)
Several comfort improvements and "less annoyances" compared to its predecessor.
A good online system, also cooperative and indirect, adapted to the theme.
Spectacular boss battles
Vast and diverse gaming world

... you liked the predecessor.
... for you, the journey is the goal.
... you simply enjoy delivering packages.

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Gorgeous and tactile world to navigate
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Tarpunk sci-fi concepts better than ever
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Sense of online community is fantastic

It's more Death Stranding

Comfortable manual storage system (fast) and efficient checkpoints
Mainly precise control on foot and in vehicle
A lot of space in route planning/delivery paths.
A very powerful story, less cryptic, with high-quality staging.
Abundant offer, mainly available early, of useful delivery tools, weapons, and equipment.
A very creative level design in more linear history sections.
A vast and diverse open world
High solo playtime (40
+ hours)
Super final
High level of detail in environments and especially in character models
Strong effects, especially reflections and shine in the rain.
Absolutely stable performance and no major detectable bugs.
Very good voice quality - also in German
First class sound effects
Excellent, atmospheric soundtrack with great tracks, including many licensed songs.
Roads, bridges, vehicles, and other players appear in your world.
The social network allows for targeted and indirectly cooperative collaboration with friends.

The environment of Australia is diverse, beautiful, and very convincing.
The asynchronous online part remains a smart and essential part of the experience.
The action is clearly improved (although without great challenge)
Rebuilding a destroyed world remains addictive.
High-quality cinematic scenes

Gameplay more action...
Top-notch facial animations...
Graphically exceptional...
Slightly more open narrative
New gadgets and exploration possibilities
Excellent dubbing and music

Stunning graphics
Impactful music
Original universe
Imnersive

Visually stunning
Much more enjoyable action part
The perfect soundtrack

Flaming whale meteors
Quokka
Hot Springs singalongs
Blood Boomerangs
Blurring the lines of science fiction and fact
Teeters between the implausible and impossible
Masterful cinematic direction
Every pore and hair follicle drawn out on Norman Reedus' tired face
More woodkids and Low Roar tracks to keep on keeping on to

Deep, ambitious, and thematically adult narrative
Natural expansion (and evolution) of the original gameplay
I share an exceptional technical department
The soundtrack is still as moving.
Super longevity

Exceptional gameplay between a comfortable open world and a survival action-adventure.
A unique online experience where players build infrastructure together.
more accessible and more refined in its gameplay than its predecessor
Incredibly beautiful graphics
Spectacular intermediate sequences with a typically surreal story from Kojima...
... and many Hollywood stars like Norman Reedus and Léa Seydoux
melancholic soundtrack
Wild gun games
About 35 hours of gameplay for the story, over 80 hours for completionists.