I'm confused. Death Stranding currently holds a 6.7 user score on Metacritic and the #37th best PS4 game of 2019. Was this list of a separate smaller polling sample?
As someone who's never played FF14 my gut reaction is that they're relying on nostalgia for sales rather than originality. It feels like something one of the mobile spin-offs (Brave Exvius / Record Keeper) would do rather than a numbered entry. But if I'm way off base please forgive me, just giving my honest reaction. The game looks really cool though.
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