Death Stranding is hard work. It is repetitive and unyielding, resolute in its determination to slow you down. It succeeds when it asks little of you and stumbles on the rare occasion that it demands more – that you sprint, that you shoot, that you fight to survive. It's a game that works when your only discernible objective is to put one foot in front of the other for long stretches of time, soaking in the silence of a world slowly coming apart at the seams. If you're planning on diving into Death Stranding: Director's Cut on Xbox this weekend, here's my advice: Take your time, because to do anything else would be a waste of it.
Death Stranding: Director's Cut is now available on Xbox Series X. The game is also available on PC and PS5, and you can go back and read our Death Stranding review for the original GamesRadar+ verdict.
