Death Stranding is a one of a kind game. It is a game, an experience unlike anything you've ever played before. The game is about connection. Connecting with other people, other NPCs, changing a broken down post-apocalyptic country set in a sci-fi setting and bringing it back up and running...society, humanity, culture making the country whole, You are Sam Porter Bridges, a one man team selected to do just that. You do that by delivering cargo to other NPCs and people, some mundane, some critical to sustaining life and humanity, all of which has meaning and value to every individual.

For your every actions, you will not only be rewarded by NPCs in the game but also by real players too in many ways. Be it via likes, via items, weapons, resources etc. Throughout your journey, you will find help from both NPCs and actual other players alike too. Yes, even though the game is single player, there's asynchronous multiplayer in the game from start to finish where you won't see the players but will see the help they've chosen to provide you via weapons, items, structures and many others things to make the journey more convenient for you. In this game, the journey is just as important and rewarding as the destination.

You will face many obstacles along the way too, not just the enemies and bosses, which you will encounter a lot but also the seemingly beautiful and hostile environment itself. There are both human and supernatural enemies in the game. The environments are nice and varied...from huge grassy green fields to rocky plains to volcanic crevices to snowy mountain peaks. The game has unique challenges and overcoming said challenges, especially when you're helped by other players, is immensely rewarding.

Visually this one of the best, most photo-realistic game you'll ever come across. Some of the other strong points of this game are the story, character build-up and interaction, gameplay, unique combat encounters and soundtrack. Hideo Kojima and his team at Kojima has directed / crafted this game masterfully and meticulously with the finest details from start to finish and it really shows in the game.

The game is also extremely well optimized and runs beautifully on decent hardware while looking stunning. I ran the game on my I7 4790K CPU paired with a GTX 1070 GPU and 16GB ram. Maxing out the game, I had anywhere from 60 to 120+ FPS. Depending on the location and how intense the visual spectacles were.

I've spent 133 hours finishing the game even though there were still quite a handful of side missions left. I played it non-stop since launch on Steam as the game was highly addictive and rewarding. Yes, it is THAT good and I don't praise a game to this high caliber lightly. I'm telling you, this is a game you MUST experience at least once in your life as it is a one of kind unique game that is so well made, you won't believe until you've experienced it yourself.

Overall, I give Death Stranding my highest score which is a 10/10. I'm seriously hoping there be a sequel as this game has a great potential to become the next big franchise.

Keep on keeping on, Porters

EDIT: Nominated Death Stranding for The Steam Awards Game of The Year