Death Stranding is the best bicycle touring game out there
Death Stranding is the best bicycle touring game out there
I've put about 10 hours in so far and from the macro-routefinding to the micro-route finding, considering what supplies you want to bring / have to bring, the wear and tear of things and such it does a really good job around gamifying the experience of bicycle touring, even if it doesn't actually have bicycles.
The bikes are fun - especially if you're playing online because most people tend to drop recharging stations along routes so even if the road isn't rebuilt, you can usually zoom & jump across everything but the mountainous terrains.
Honestly the game hits a really nice mid-point where you have all the equipment necessary for traversal and it becomes super fun just running around doing deliveries. I spent the longest time like 30hrs into the game just going around with the speed power armor, the level 3 stabilizers (Max out Mountain Knot City's deliveries), and the floating carrier combined with the sticky gun. Running full sprint off a level 3 ramp someone plopped down and launching into the air before basically gliding down with the stabilizers, jumping on the floating carrier and riding to a lookout point, grabbing packages with the sticky gun. Finding a hot spring and playing BB's theme to cheer the lad up with the harmonica before continuing my journey. GOOD GAME.