It took me countless tries to finally play this to completion. On what felt like my 8th try I finished the game and absolutely loved it. The first 3 or 4 hours are probably the worst start to a game I've played in a while.
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Ahead of our review of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, here's what our reviewer @cardy.bsky.social thought of the original game:

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