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The Last of Us Part II Remastered
4.7 feature score
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Best Sony Interactive Entertainment Gaming for stealth mechanics
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
4.4 feature score
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Ghost of Yōtei
8 supporting reviews
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Stealth mechanics were widely praised as tense, flexible, and improved, especially when No Return encouraged new approaches.
Pros: core gameplay loop, level design
Cons: family friendliness, puzzle design
Stealth is broadly praised as deeper, more flexible, and more fun, with many reviewers comparing the expanded toolkit favorably to Kojima’s stealth legacy.
Pros: animation quality, facial animations
Cons: quest design, AI behavior
Stealth is enjoyable and viable, especially with chain assassinations and tools, but several reviewers call it basic or largely unchanged.
Pros: movement feel, environmental detail
Cons: puzzle design, age appropriateness