Playing for the first time and I've felt some awkward moments in the first couple chapters (cringe Higgs monologue, overexplaining things to Sam, weird Amelie, etc) ...Though overall I felt the story and world building was going extremely well. I was very invested and hopeful, still am. The positives outweighed the negative.
But now that I've just finished the Chiral Artist delivery quest...holy shit I've never played something this badly handled before in a AAA game. First glaring issue is how Sam doesn't say even ONE word. Not even when the characters directly address him or ask him questions...did Norman Reedus call in sick that day or what?
As everyone mentioned already the voice acting/language barrier is atrocious. They shouldve just made her character purely Japanese and used English subtitles. The confusion about their relationship was weird and the whole mission felt like a major disappointment because it's the first time I got to see a real NPC walk out of the bunker, ask to come with me, and then...goes back inside while Sam stares blankly until I go to the terminal...
but then I get to carry her on my back. Delivering a living person shouldve been an easy lay up for a solid side quest. Now my main question becomes: Is this rock bottom for Death Stranding? I'm hoping the answer is yes because I'd like to look forward to finishing DS1 and buying DS2 on PC.
