OfTheOverflow
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Pretty funny that we had a few similar looking games in the conference, but yeah it fell flat. Gunplay looks a bit shit frankly, although the hordes would technically impressive.
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Days Gone (Sony Bend, UE4) - E3 2016 Gameplay Walkthrough
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Are you all seriously upset that there are people on NeoGAF with dissenting opinions from your own? People are allowed to express themselves when they don't like something and there is no reason to dump on them for it.
This is a forum for crying out loud, people discussing their differing opinions is its primary purpose.
mercenar1e
Member
As someone said the only was this would capture my attention is if it was The Last of Us: Day's Gone. If it was such an impressive concept that Sony would suggest that and Naughty Dog would allow it.
Otherwise it looks like a zombie game devoid of charm. The only thing I found impressive about the entire demonstration was the technology.
Otherwise it looks like a zombie game devoid of charm. The only thing I found impressive about the entire demonstration was the technology.
Its a message board, they can also comment on what other people not reacting like they were expecting. Or are you upset that people are upset? ;D
So it's not allowed to build/form its own "charm"?
Equanimity
Member
This might just be the best zombie game from the looks of it. Looks amazing!
Kenshin001
Member
It looks exactly like TLoU. Had they called it TLoU: Days Gone and thrown in a few Clickers no-one would have raised an eyebrow.
I find it really frustrating to see so many people take up such a condescending tone just because they see people disagreeing with them in a thread. That's not a mature way to go about things and doesn't make for good discourse. It's borderline shitposting.
My point was that the demonstration was charmless. The trailer that played before to.
It just seems uninspired.
benicillin
Banned
I've been super excited for what Bend has been working on and I thought it looked great. The number of enemies on screen was amazing. They were playing a live (scripted) demo, the infinite ammo + one shot kills + easy mode were just for effect so he didn't die. I think the game looks great, and I'm a total sucker for the Naughty Dog-inspired action/adventure cinematic action/adventure titles coming out.
It's probably one of my favorite genres of game to play, and everything they've said about it in the post show make it sound phenomenal. Like some kind of TLOU-inspired I Am Legend thing.
It's probably one of my favorite genres of game to play, and everything they've said about it in the post show make it sound phenomenal. Like some kind of TLOU-inspired I Am Legend thing.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Looks ok, but I was hoping for vampires, ala I Am Legend; travel and gather supplies in the day, hunker down @ night, etc.
Oh well.
Edit: didn't even see the other I Am Legend name drop in the post above until after I posted this, lol
Oh well.
Edit: didn't even see the other I Am Legend name drop in the post above until after I posted this, lol
dr_rus
Member
Yes, waste of talent. What's not being forced to do anything have to do with it? They can easily waste their talent on their own by making a 100th zombie game with no identity, forcing the player to shoot these mindless meat pieces for the whole 50 hours of the campaign. The game may be good - in spite of that - but the zombie theme is so off putting to me that my expectations are automatically set to the lowest possible.
Well "charm" being completely relative means it's entirely up to one's perspective. I too thought it was perhaps a Last of Us tie-in in some way initially until i saw the zombies/infected. Not entirely interested in the game but not going to label it until we've more information about it.
Darryl M R
Member
Is this purely single player? I thought I heard this would be a dynamic world.
ButchCat
Member
I've always had that idea of using an oil filter as a silencer, I desperately wanted it in the TLoU with scavenging being a big part of it. I'm glad these guys have realized this mechanic.
I really like what these guys are doing. There are many zombie games out there, but I don't remember the last time I saw the player chased by huge swarms of zombies in a sandbox like this.
I really like what these guys are doing. There are many zombie games out there, but I don't remember the last time I saw the player chased by huge swarms of zombies in a sandbox like this.
Oh God Why
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I don't know if this was posted yet, but apparently a gaffer noticed that the domain Days Gone was registered on April 18th of this year (post number 122, also the image of the trademark is no longer viewable). Ironically, this poster noticed this in a thread about the possible name of Sony Bend's game being Dead Don't Ride.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1209064&page=3
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1209064&page=3
Lol at waste of talent, sure you aren't serious.
travisbickle
Member
It needs another demo that shows the open-world environment, riding around, caves, night time and setting traps (from the promo talk). It looked like TLOU because it was a scripted sequence, but an open-world survival game would be very different to play.
I'm very excited for this game and km really interested in seeing what DG has to offer, but yes, absolutely, before they showed the monsters I was convinced Bend was making a game set in the TLOU universe, which I would also be totally okay with. I think I even said aloud "Did they give Bend Last of Us?"
I'd say it's a waste of money and time to have yet another zombie shooter in the fucking United States.
Why does this have to be in the US again? There are so many countries in the whole world yet for the millionth time it's in the US.
Necromanti
Member
I guess I'm in the minority that found the demonstration to be not super exciting (within the context of what they actually showed).
So you're saying that post-apocalyptic games are getting tiresome based on those two examples? One is an amazing game, and the other isn't even out yet - also those games have almost nothing in common, really.
It's like saying "Shooting things, AGAIN!? Meeeeh"
dr_rus
Member
I am. I would prefer them doing something else.
Hydrargyrus
Member
Single player focused is music to my ears
AltogetherAndrews
Member
That's a whole lot of zombies
And like we haven't seen a myriad of the same posts deriding the game as nothing impressive and even down right bad when I can't think of many open world games of this nature. I'm fairly sure if they just called them demons instead of zombies a lot of people would be doing an about face because... well its not zombies and that seems to be a deciding factor in most peoples thinking. Doesnt matter that the tech and the potential alone in what it could offer an open world AAA sandbox.
Hell I may catch flak but I could give a shit less about Crash Bandicoot and was far more excited to see something like this game.
Veritigo_X
Member
It's too bad Bend comes back after all this time and reveals Yet Another Zombie Game. It looks like a neat game, but I'm beyond tired of zombies at this point.
Bomb-Threat
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BlackGhost
Banned
I'm actually pretty excited about what I saw yesterday, I'll be keeping my eyes on this. I have hopes
MysteryQuesadilla
Member
I wish they showed something else related to the world they were building other than just biker dude shooting a horde of zombies.
Laws00
Member
wasn't paying attention to it to be honest lol but i see now
I can understand some of the fatigue of the zombie genre. I mean, we saw at the very least 3 zombie games revealed within the last 24 hours(Days Gone, State of Decay 2 & Dead Rising 4). But for me, I don't really see it any different than when everything is a military shooter (but it looks like now we are at least trying to mix up the military shooter genre lately). Either way, I'm looking forward to Days Gone but not as much as God of War(I can't believe they got me interested again in this series) and Horizon.
Please note how it's only the people that are impressed with the game that are being incredibly rude to others in the thread. The people that aren't impressed are merely stating their opinion on the game. The people that are impressed are passing value judgements on other people in the thread for no good reason. World of difference.
bitbydeath
Member
The new title is likely a tribute to what made Zombies really popular.
The very first Walking Dead comic.
The sound of an open world zombie game might sound 'been there, done that' but the level of destruction on that one building alone gave it a TLOU scripted feel which has me intrigued as to just how deep that goes in an open world... World.
Sorry George Romero
The very first Walking Dead comic.
The sound of an open world zombie game might sound 'been there, done that' but the level of destruction on that one building alone gave it a TLOU scripted feel which has me intrigued as to just how deep that goes in an open world... World.
bug_42
Member
So much negativity for a game that isn't even out yet. I, as many others are getting sick of zombie games, but this has my interest peaked. It looks intense. Demon Souls intense. The amount of zombies on the screen at 1 time was incredible. Even though I am a little burnt out on zombie games, I am MORE then willing to give this one a try.
Blackthorn
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I thought it was interesting that the gameplay seemed to be more like controlling the flow and volume of a liquid rather than fighting a large number of individual zombies, they could do novel things with that concept, kind of like the entirely forgotten The Last Guy.
Not excited by the story though, yet. Have to admit I rolled my eyes at another fridged woman.
Not excited by the story though, yet. Have to admit I rolled my eyes at another fridged woman.
somesayyea
Member
i really liked what i saw of this game.
SDCowboy
Member
Maybe I'm just weird here as I may be more hyped for that than any other game after that showing. Looked stunning visually, great setting, and a unique main character. I mean how many AAA titles having you playing as a 1%er?
My only gripe, the gun sounds. Sounds like a damn potato shooter. lol
My only gripe, the gun sounds. Sounds like a damn potato shooter. lol
iceblade997
Member
Same here. The way there was so little info on Bend is what makes this more appreciated IMO - comes out of nowhere and impresses in the few minutes it had. I definitely didn't expect the trailer to end up the way it did haha.
I want to see what kind of take they give on the zombie setting and scenario, and I trust Sony's studios well enough to take a chance on one. Not played a game by Bend but this looks really good so far.
PuppetMaster
Member
Main character needs a personality. He is a bit too generic.
But otherwise I liked what I saw.
But otherwise I liked what I saw.
SDCowboy
Member
Yeah game looked stunning. That gun sound though...lol
As someone else pointed out, the way they chase you is like World War Z type of intensity.
Edge of your seat type stuff. The game looks amazing.
Yeah its really well done in the game.