Kojima shyts on American gamers for not appreciating his new game "Death Stranding"

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Kojima suggests some American critics ‘misunderstood’ Death Stranding | VGC

Kojima suggests some American critics ‘misunderstood’ Death Stranding

“AMERICANS ARE BIG FANS OF FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS AND DEATH STRANDING IS NOT, IT IS FLYING HIGHER.”

NEWS
11TH NOV 2019 / 10:30 AM
Posted by
Andy Robinson

Hideo Kojima has again addressed Death Stranding’s mixed critical reception, this time suggesting that American reviewers may have found the game difficult to understand compared to critics in some other regions.

Death Stranding’s Metascore currently sits at 83 on aggregation site Metacritic, with its 83 review scores ranging from 35/100 to full marks. At the time of publication, the game’s user score is 7.1.


In a new interview with Italian site TGCom24, game designer Kojima suggested that American publications had shown “stronger criticism” to his latest title, possibly in reference to IGN’s 6.8 review and 7/10 scores from USGamerand Game Informer.

In comparison, Kojima claimed that Death Stranding had received the “enthusiastic reviews” from Europe and Japan.

Kojima said: “I have to say that the game received enthusiastic reviews, especially in Europe and Japan. Here in United States, on the other side, we had stronger criticism.

“Maybe this is a game that is difficult to understand for a certain type of critic or audience. Americans are big fans of first-person shooters and Death Stranding is not, it is flying higher.

“I always try to create new things and disputes and discussions are fine, but it must be said that the Italians or the French have a different artistic sensibility that allows them to appreciate this kind of very original products.”

Death Stranding is out now for PlayStation 4
Analysis reveals that the lowest Death Stranding review scores on Metacritic are actually from European and Australian publications such as VG247 (3/5), Digital Spy (3/5), Ausgamers (6/10) and VGC(3/5). IGN’s 6.8 review was also covered by its Australian office.

US publications Gamespot, Washington Post and EGM all gave Death Stranding 9 or 10 out of 10 review scores. Some analysis has suggested that the average Death Stranding metascore doesn’t differ greatly across North America, Europe and Asia.

In a separate interview this month, Kojima claimed he expected “positive and negative reactions” to Death Strandingbecause of the game’s unique design.

“This happens when you try to do something new, even in movies or games,” Kojima told PlayStation Access. “If people are faced with something they haven’t experienced before, it can be challenging. It was the same when I first did a stealth title.

“But I am hoping with the support I get from fans, that positivity will spread out. And that in five years or 10 years people will look back at Death Stranding as a new standard. Then I’ll try and create something new again.”

Death Stranding released on Friday, November 8. It’s available to buy now from retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, ShopTo and Game.

VGC’s Death Stranding review was published ahead of release.

A PC version of Death Stranding will release in summer 2020. Publisher 505 has confirmed that Death Stranding PC will release for both Steam and the Epic Games Store.

VGC analysis has revealed that of the some 120 core developers who worked on the game at Kojima Productions, more than half also worked on Kojima’s final Konami title, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

 

[daemonova]

no one is spending all that money for a system and online connection to walk thru a game with a box on their head thru a beautiful landscape. just another scenario of game developers being cheap and lazy. But I expect nothing else from this generation of ports and retreads

 

[Canon]

He’s right

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Yeah let’s just blame “dumb Americans” for their fair criticisms about the game that you created.

People can’t seem to take constructive criticism anymore and always get so defensive when some critiques their product in a way that they don’t like.

 

[thaKEAF]

 

[tjax03]

His game is dumb and makes no sense. Just a bunch of random thoughts going through his head that he put to a video game.

I can't believe someone wasted a budget on this

 

[Wiles]

The game becomes goat after episode 3 yall are fukking retarded

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

The game becomes goat after episode 3 yall are fukking retarded

Nahhh we just have differing opinions

 

[Dre Space Age]

So this game is a radical departure from MGS?

 

[Canon]

The game becomes goat after episode 3 yall are fukking retarded

You know they haven’t played the game in here

 

[Stepback]

The game becomes goat after episode 3 yall are fukking retarded

and how many hours does it take to get past episode three.

Not everyone is willing to pay $60 to wait hours for a game to get interesting. Plenty of other stuff to buy that'll hook you immediately.

 

[Wiles]

and how many hours does it take to get past episode three.

Not everyone is willing to pay $60 to wait hours for a game to get interesting. Plenty of other stuff to buy that'll hook you immediately.

If you skip all the side quests not long
But this Just proves his point that most gamers are stupid low attention span slow mother fukkers

 

[KushSkywalker]

How come the strongest opinions of this game are coming from people who didn't try it.

All you do is deliver packages and walk.

, cause thats not all you do.

 

[Wiles]

the brehs who complained never touched a mgs in thr life..

look at this comments on youtube.

"my dad played mgs4 it had soooo many cut scenes I couldnt get into it"

really? so mgs1 2 3 and 4 had cut scenes but this game was suppose to be different?

complaining a kojima game has cut scenes is like complaining that madden only makes football games.

 

[Stepback]

If you skip all the side quests not long
But this Just proves his point that most gamers are stupid low attention span slow mother fukkers

LMAO so you have to speedrun the game and skip all the side quests just to get to the point it becomes amazing. I didn't do that when I played the game because you know, I like to not ignore things that a campaign has to offer. I dropped it. but you can have fun with it if you want.

You can have a high attention span and a high IQ and still think DS is boring as fukk and not worth the personal time investment. Nothing about intelligence, that's some elitist shyt as if youre special for liking this game and missing out on something special for not being patient.