Now is the perfect time to play ‘Death Stranding’

In such a lonely, disconnected time, it feels good to connect — even if it’s just a game.

Death Stranding is a masterpiece. It doesn’t feel like it at first — it starts slow, and, well, kinda weirdly, and the various threads of plot and gameplay don’t fully come together in a satisfying way until the end. The first few hours is a lot of cutscenes and talk about a strange world…