505 Games makes bad ports of good games, and don't deserve a single dime of your money. Their ports are always strewn with a litany of issues (especially their Switch ports) and unfortunately, their port of Death Stranding from the PS4 to PC is no different.

While everyone else who played the game on the PS4 gets to remember the beautiful landscapes, entrancing music, tense stealth segments, and satisfying weight management and gameplay mechanics, I'll only ever remember Death Stranding as the game where I trudged through 40 hours of the campaign in short 20 minute bursts between constant crashes only to have the game soft lock at the very end.

Yes, the game soft locked at the very end of the game. Spoilers ahead: After 40 hours of walking, running, and trudging through the wasteland, the prompt to sit down that's supposed to trigger after 2 minutes of walking aimlessly along the beach doesn't activate for me. Amelie never appears, no footprints are on the beach, nothing happens. Nothing. They can't even get two minutes of walking right. What irony. Don't believe me? Here's an unedited THIRTY MINUTE LONG VIDEO of me trying to get Sam to activate the cutscene with no luck. OBVIOUS SPOILERS AHEAD: https://youtu.be/MDfiM4LwMlc

This review will remain negative until 505 fixes this issue. I submitted a ticket with official support weeks ago, but I'd probably have better luck catching a fart in the wind than to have anyone answer me. I'll gladly update my review if they fix this, however, I fully expect 505 to abandon this port the same way they abandoned their other ports. If my review can sway one more person away from giving 505 more money to ruin more games with bad ports in the future, then I'm okay with that.

Again. 505 Games makes bad ports of good games, and don't deserve a single dime of your money. Don't waste your time and pay for broken ports.

UPDATE:

Surprise surprise, here's the official response from 505:

Thank you for contacting 505 Games support.
We apologize for the late reply.
Seems like your save file is corrupted and there is not much we can do to help in this situation.
Could you try to reload the previous chapter and see if you are able to trigger the cutscene, if you are still unable to trigger that cutscene the only thing we can suggest is to try with a new save file with a fresh start and see if the issue persists, we know how frustrating this sounds and we know how it will be to do everything again.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you need further assistance.

I already took the steps suggested, and did every troubleshooting step possible on two separate computers, yet the issue remains. The game stays unfixed, so the review stays negative. Don't waste your time, and don't pay for broken ports.

505 Games makes bad ports of good games, and don't deserve a single dime of your money. Their ports are always strewn with a litany of issues (especially their Switch ports) and unfortunately, their port of Death Stranding from the PS4 to PC is no different. While everyone else who played the game on the PS4 gets to remember the beautiful landscapes, entrancing music, tense stealth segments, and satisfying weight management and gameplay mechanics, I'll only ever remember Death Stranding as the game where I trudged through 40 hours of the campaign in short 20 minute bursts between constant crashes only to have the game soft lock at the very end. Yes, the game soft locked at the very end of the game. Spoilers ahead: [spoiler]After 40 hours of walking, running, and trudging through the wasteland, the prompt to sit down that's supposed to trigger after 2 minutes of walking aimlessly along the beach doesn't activate for me. Amelie never appears, no footprints are on the beach, nothing happens. Nothing. They can't even get two minutes of walking right.[/spoiler] What irony. Don't believe me? Here's an unedited THIRTY MINUTE LONG VIDEO of me trying to get Sam to activate the cutscene with no luck. OBVIOUS SPOILERS AHEAD: https://youtu.be/MDfiM4LwMlc This review will remain negative until 505 fixes this issue. I submitted a ticket with official support weeks ago, but I'd probably have better luck catching a fart in the wind than to have anyone answer me. I'll gladly update my review if they fix this, however, I fully expect 505 to abandon this port the same way they abandoned their other ports. If my review can sway one more person away from giving 505 more money to ruin more games with bad ports in the future, then I'm okay with that. Again. 505 Games makes bad ports of good games, and don't deserve a single dime of your money. Don't waste your time and pay for broken ports. UPDATE: Surprise surprise, here's the official response from 505: Thank you for contacting 505 Games support. We apologize for the late reply. Seems like your save file is corrupted and there is not much we can do to help in this situation. Could you try to reload the previous chapter and see if you are able to trigger the cutscene, if you are still unable to trigger that cutscene the only thing we can suggest is to try with a new save file with a fresh start and see if the issue persists, we know how frustrating this sounds and we know how it will be to do everything again. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you need further assistance. I already took the steps suggested, and did every troubleshooting step possible on two separate computers, yet the issue remains. The game stays unfixed, so the review stays negative. Don't waste your time, and don't pay for broken ports.