With Summer Sales happening across every platform, players who haven’t had the opportunity to test out Death Stranding are eager to see what the hype for DS 2 is all about. However, Death Stranding is a far cry from what you may see in the trailers for Death Stranding 2, so you’ll want to make sure you do yourself a favor and grab DS: Director’s Cut to have a better overall experience.
Luckily, in what is the best surprise summer deal of all for this game, Death Stranding: Director’s Cut is now free with Amazon’s Prime Gaming. This means that any Amazon Prime subscriber can access Death Stranding: Director’s Cut at no additional cost through Amazon Luna, but that’s not all. Prime Gaming is stacked with a list of other games, all available right now, to help keep you busy throughout the summer.
Death Stranding: Director’s Cut Is Free For Prime Gaming Members
You Haven’t Played Death Stranding If You Haven’t Played The Director’s Cut
While “Director’s Cut” is more commonly a term used in films, here it’s mostly used to describe a Death Stranding remaster with some significant quality-of-life changes that it’s speculated Hideo Kojima regretted leaving out of the original release. Whether or not you’ve played Death Stranding, it’s worth noting that DS: Director’s Cut is its own experience entirely. User M-Hashmi is just one of many who dubs this remaster a “masterpiece” among the thousands of reviews on Metacritic, and with good reason.
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If you know nothing else about Death Stranding, chances are that you know this franchise is most highly regarded for how realistic the games themselves look. Which is why one of the major QOL improvements for DS: Director’s Cut is enhanced visuals that players shouldn’t take lightly. That being said, visuals aren’t the only changes in the Director’s Cut edition, as there is additional content as well as refined features that help improve the overall player experience.
So, given how different the remaster feels from its original release, whether you have played Death Stranding or not, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to play the improved version of the two for free. Prime Gaming is something thousands of people have access to, but hardly anyone ever remembers to take advantage of, which is why you’ll also want to take a look at what else Prime Gaming has in store for you this summer.
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Enjoy Plenty Of New Games With Prime This Summer, Including Fallout, Hollow Knight, & More
While Death Stranding: Director’s Cut is undoubtedly the most exciting and relevant release in Prime Gaming’s July lineup, that’s not to say that the others aren’t worth taking a look at. The games that will be available on Prime Gaming this July, alongside DS: Director’s Cut, are:
- Smurf’s Kart
- The Smurf’s – Mission Vileaf
- World War Z
- Hollow Knight
- Monster Truck Championship – Rebel Hunter Edition
- DUSK
- Tiny Lands
- CLeM
- Worms
- Crazy Golf
- Get Packed: Couch Chaos
- Q.U.B.E 10th Anniversary Edition
- Fortnite OG
- Fortnite Ballistic
- LEGO® Fortnite Brick Life
- Fortnite Battle Royale
- Fortnite Festival
- LEGO® Fortnite Odyssey
- Rocket Racing
- Fortnite
- Trackmania Starter Access
- Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition
- Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
- Rainbow Six Siege
With such a large variety at your fingertips for no additional cost, there’s a little something here for everyone, even if Death Stranding is not your cup of tea. Among the AAA titles like Fallout New Vegas, there are also some notable indies in this lineup, like Hollow Knight, that you may want to try your hand at, especially if you want to be prepared ahead of Silksong‘s exciting upcoming release.
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Lastly, if you’re not already a Prime Member, be sure to check out the amazing summer deals happening on other platforms as well, as Death Stranding: Director’s Cut and more are seeing massive discounts across a variety of online shops that just might be the better deal for you.
Sources: Metacritic
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Kojima Productions
- Publisher(s)
- Sony, 505 Games
- Engine
- Decima
- Cross-Platform Play
- Yes! Players will share the same server as Steam and Epic users
- Cross Save
- yes
- Franchise
- Death Stranding
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- yes
- PC Release Date
- July 14, 2020
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- November 7, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- September 24, 2021
- Platform(s)
- iOS, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- How Long To Beat
- 40 Hours
- Release
- 2022-03-30 (PC)
- X|S Optimized
- no
- Metascore
- 85
- PS Plus Availability
- Extra & Premium
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
