Sam, packages to deliver in a devastated world, creatures from elsewhere, and a haunting question: should we really have connected everything?

On gut feeling, the community is split, around average, and the game is recent, so caution. The detail reveals a stark contrast, typical of Kojima. Fun and the soundtrack climb very high, ahead of more than 90% of games. But controller feel, the wish to rediscover it, and the desert island pick finish at the very bottom. It is the series' paradox: a fascinating, sonic, atmospheric proposition, but whose laborious trudging and slowness deeply divide. You fully buy in, or not at all.

Next to other adventure games, it extends the singular vision of the first Death Stranding, between meditative delivery and inhabited science fiction.

So, who is it for? For you if you like atmospheric, contemplative experiences and Kojima's worlds. Much less if you want action and sharp gameplay. To be reassessed as the votes accumulate.