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Death Stranding Director's Cut
Death Stranding Director's Cut
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Kojima's courier epic, ready for your backlog

Death Stranding Director's Cut

Death Stranding Director's Cut — the expanded edition of the atmospheric delivery epic, for players who like their games weird and beautiful.

Deal score 6.7 · Great deal
$13.99$39.99 xbox.com's regular price

You save $26.00 at xbox.com

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Why it's a great deal

  • xbox.com lists its regular price at $39.99: 65% off by its own figures
  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 174 buyers
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About the Death Stranding Director's Cut

Death Stranding Director's Cut is Kojima Productions' expanded version of its 2019 delivery-and-survival game, built for PS5 and later ported to PC and Xbox. It adds a firing range, ranked races, a cargo catapult, buddy bot, and new story missions to the original's long walks across a ruined America. The core loop of planning routes, balancing cargo, and building zip lines and roads is slow and divisive, but players who click with it call it one of the most original big-budget games of its generation. It suits patient players who like atmosphere and systems over constant action; anyone wanting fast combat should look elsewhere.

Best forPatient players who enjoy slow, atmospheric gamesFans of Kojima's storytelling and weirdnessPlayers who like route planning and base buildingAnyone who wants a long single-player campaign
Pros
  • Distinctive traversal and cargo-management systems
  • Huge map with player-built roads, bridges and zip lines
  • Director's Cut adds real content: firing range, races, catapult, buddy bot
  • Strong art direction and soundtrack
  • Long campaign with plenty of side content

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Cons
  • Slow opening hours put many players off
  • Heavy cutscenes and convoluted story
  • Combat and stealth are shallow next to the delivery loop
  • Inventory and menu management can feel fiddly

What reviewers say

  • 4.7 / 5174 ratings

Reviewers and owners rate it highly, praising its originality, atmosphere and the generous Director's Cut additions. The common complaint is pacing: the first several hours are slow and story-heavy, and some find the combat and menus clumsy.

What people mention
  • PacingMixedMany say the first hours drag before the game opens up.
  • TraversalPraisedPlayers enjoy planning routes and building zip lines and roads.
  • StoryMixedThe plot and long cutscenes divide players; some love the weirdness, others find it convoluted.
  • Added contentPraisedThe Director's Cut extras like the firing range and races are seen as worthwhile additions.
  • CombatCriticisedFighting and stealth are called shallow compared with the delivery systems.

Questions and answers

Is the Director's Cut worth it over the original?
Yes, if you are buying fresh. It bundles the base game with extra missions, a firing range, ranked races, a cargo catapult and a buddy bot, and it runs better on current hardware.
Do I need to play the original first?
No. The Director's Cut includes the full original story, so it is the complete package to start with.
How long is the campaign?
The main story runs roughly 40 to 60 hours, and completionists can spend well over 100 hours building out the map.
Is it an action game?
Mostly not. It is a traversal and logistics game with some stealth and combat; the challenge is planning routes and managing cargo.
Does it have multiplayer?
Not direct multiplayer. It uses an asynchronous online system where other players' structures and supplies appear in your world.
Which platforms is it on?
It started on PS5 and has since come to PC and Xbox Series X|S.