Death Stranding, which is now out on PC, is the rare game that uses its online features to encourage empathy in the player, writes funkefly.
With every step I can feel myself pushing against the game’s systems, wobbling slowly towards my objective with way too many kilograms on my back. At its worst, the game can feel uncomfortably isolating as you take to the mountains by yourself, trying to manage orders through a tiny, overcomplicated menu and please every NPC. But shortly into the game you realize you’re never really alone, and that makes the experience way less taxing.
I’ve played a lot of competitive multiplayer games online and the communities are usually a cesspool of the worst minds in gaming. There’s no getting around it. Text chat doubles that toxicity, and voice chat triples it. A couple of days ago I was playing, a shooter, and I was listening closely for my enemy’s footsteps so I could get the jump on them. It’s a game where paying attention to sound is crucial to winning, so I was focused.
When you’ve fallen into that hiking rhythm, walking across the beautiful post-American landscape and listening to some premium melancholic indie music, you might stumble upon another player’s lost cargo. You could leave it there to slowly decompose, but if you have some extra space, you can deliver it for them and split the reward.
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