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> His latest game death stranding was panned by most people

Clearly not.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/death-strandin...

> rightfully so since it's just a walking simulator.

I haven't played the game, but even I know this is not true.

Is Super Mario Brothers is just a jumping simulator?

Call of Duty is just a point and click adventure.

Tetris is just a matching game.

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Walking simulator is a genre like Jump & Runs/Platformers (Super Mario Brothers).

No, it's not. Walking simulator is a meme handed out to games as a joke. Saying Death Stranding is "just a walking simulator" implies more than a genre. You couldn't even call SMB "just a jumping simulator" without attaching additional meaning to it.

Witcher 3 is just a walking simulator.

Yes but that doesn't change the fact that Death Stranding is not a member of that genre despite the fact that it is, in the most literal sense, a walking simulator....am I making any sense at all?

The "walking simulator" meme is just wrong and is a description levied by people who haven't actually played the game beyond the first few hours. Vehicles become available pretty early on and are a core component of the gameplay. Players even have a garage where they can store, manage, repair, charge, colorize and share various vehicles with other players online. A very significant part of the game involves the collective construction of roads in order to maximize travel efficiency using said vehicles. The game is certainly not without its issues, but "walking simulator" is just a thing people on the internet say to annoy fans of the game.

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