4 Things to Know Before Starting Death Stranding

The Controls Will Start Off Clunky

Death Stranding uses a lot of physics in its gameplay. Cargo will weigh you down and tilt you off balance, deep water can wash you away, momentum can either stop you in your tracks or have you pick up speed, and there are many other things that can affect your character’s movement.

With that, in addition to the general learning curve, controls may feel a little harder to get used to compared to other games.

Of course, the game isn’t impossible to learn or manage but there’s still a level of roughness to the controls that may or may not turn players off.