Not only does the PC version run smooth, but it might be the best way to experience the game.

When I received the code in my inbox for Death Stranding on PC, I'll admit I was excited to hop into the game again. I played it on PS4 back when it first came out and I spent weeks in its sprawling, dense, and sometimes obtuse world. There was something fascinating about it. It was partially the audacity of some of the narrative and gameplay elements — where else can you play a game where the main character's blood, urine, and feces creates weapons to take on dangerous ghosts — but it was also how pure it all was. Whether you like Hideo Kojima or not, you can't deny that this is a Kojima game down to its core.

That Kojima stamp means we were going to get a game that was both a technical masterclass, introducing new ideas on how games can integrate multiplayer and online connectivity, and had a story that was up to its neck in its own nonsense. Death Stranding was a game of its moment....