Death Stranding: Director's Cut

Death Stranding Director's Cut is a phenomenal experience that, five years on, is still as incredible, mechanically, narratively and graphically, as ever. A top-notch cast do their best with what is an admittedly bonkers story (bonkers in all the best Kojima ways, you understand), whilst this incredibly haunting world, this emotional tale and its incredible characters, absolutely hook you in for o...

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is a game with a ton going on. It’s an easy recommendation for anyone looking for a creative and enjoyable experience. The only question for those who played the original version is whether or not they enjoyed their first trip through Kojima’s brilliant creation. If you did, or if this is your first time playing Death Stranding, you are absolutely going to love every...

This is a game that needs very little introduction. In 2019, Hideo Kojima returned with Death Stranding on PlayStation 4, and that name alone made the game an important one. As it so happened, the game was unlike anything else released at the time, mostly eschewing violent conflict in favour of a quest to bring people together. While we won't be going through all the basics here — read our review ...

Death Stranding Director's Cut continues to impress with its fearless commitment to fetch quests on top of fetch quests, and again, it's not going to change your mind if you didn't already buy into what it was selling back in 2019. But if you did, the Director's Cut enhances and enriches that original experience, and you'll be happy you jumped back into this one.

When Death Stranding first arrived nearly two years ago, it launched at a time when I had recently lost my father to MS. For more than a week, I holed myself indoors and let the task of reconnecting and rebuilding bridges be my own coping mechanism. Because of this, I held Death Stranding in a special place in my heart but never had the heart to finish. I’d come back from time to time to check on ...

Some of Death Stranding Director's Cut's new additions are a little disappointing, but the experience's core mechanics remain intact. Though it is an inessential purchase, those who enjoyed the original game and want to dive in again will find plenty to like here.

Death Stranding: Director's Cut is an awesome game and it can be played, but there will be a lot of issues later in the game on Steam Deck.

I wish more could have been done on the story front, but Death Stranding Director's Cut is still a solid experience on PS5.

Death Stranding: Director's Cut provides the best Strand experience without changing too much. This version offers new content and features making an overall good experience even better.

An absolutely enjoyable experience gameplay-wise, but a definitely skippable story; you're better off playing Death Stranding like a walking simulator and completing each area as you're introduced to it, rather than rushing to an unfulfilling story conclusion.

As protagonist Sam Porter Bridges makes his way from the east coast to the west, he delivers all manner of supplies to people who have been living underground in order to avoid the Beached Things (BTs) that are invading from the other side of death. With a Bridge Baby in a pod attached to his suit -used to detect the near-invisible BTs - Sam interacts with a large cast of characters to unlock the ...

I think it’s safe to say that 2019’s Death Stranding was (and still is) director’s Hideo Kojima’s weirdest game to date. A post apocalyptic delivery simulator that has what’s essentially a mailman traveling across America to deliver packages whilst avoiding threats from the afterlife. It is a divisive game that provided one of the most polarising gameplay experiences of the past generation. This r...