Overview:

Where to even begin with describing this game.  Let alone the sequel to one of the weirdest games of the last decade.  I’ll try.  Death Stranding 2 is a delivery game at its core.  You take possession of packages from one location of an apocalyptic and destroyed continent of Australia and deliver it to another while getting a grade at the end.  Along the way you’ll have to either fight ruffians or the spirits of the dead who want nothing to do but drag you down with them.  You can improve the traversal by creating generators, bridges, towers, and a multitude of other things.  Mostly, you want to create roads which help you go through the barren wastes.  That about sums it up.

Visuals:

Man, I didn’t realize games could look this good.  It’s an overly beautiful game with sweeping vistas and character models that look so goddamn lifelike.  Everything is just supremely superb and there really isn’t much to say.

Audio:

Like the visuals, there isn’t really much to say other than this is a basically perfect game from an audio standpoint.  The sounds of the world, the voice acting, and soundtrack are just 100%.

Completion:

I FINISHED THIS GAME!  It took me almost 40 hours and I rushed to get to the ending but it was well worth it.  The story is just as bonkers as before but it makes sense in this world.  It was a very satisfying ending and makes me hope that should they make a third one it’ll be different enough to make the series fresh.  I absolutely enjoyed this game.  I dunno if I’ll go back to it at a later time for I felt I got my fill, but it does scratch an itch no other game does. PEKO!