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The more I see of Days Gone, the less I am enthused about it...
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SkeletonQuays
Member
What kills it for me is the phoned in dialogue. I think it's tough to be fresh and unique with the post apocalyptic setting, as even "funny guy" characters come off as cliche because the genre has been done to death. I still maintain that they could have made the same exact game but given it a much needed "shot in the arm" by changing the aesthetic to something completely different... ie distant future dystopia with alien type enemies (blaster master style). Ah well, will likely check it out... but def waiting for reviews first
LucidFeuer
Banned
Not been interested once by this game...seriously just the setting and concept are absolutely uninteresting and vapid.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
I watched about 40 minutes of the GI gameplay and I was really unimpressed. Is it me or did they make it seem way too much about the bike? Like you're gonna upgrade the bike and do all this stuff with the bike....and I'm just sitting here like...how many Zombies am I going to kill....while I'm on the bike?
I think the initial hype started with the early trailers with your character running around jumping and using the environment to set traps for the zombies or use those traps to take down enemy factions. You were also fighting what seemed like hundreds of zombies. I understand this was the first hour, but I'm left to wonder, at what point are you literally jumping through building while 100's of zombies are chasing you.
Something doesn't feel right here.
I think the initial hype started with the early trailers with your character running around jumping and using the environment to set traps for the zombies or use those traps to take down enemy factions. You were also fighting what seemed like hundreds of zombies. I understand this was the first hour, but I'm left to wonder, at what point are you literally jumping through building while 100's of zombies are chasing you.
Something doesn't feel right here.
TheShadowLord
Member
sony should give the order another try and let Ready at dawn or Bend Studio to develop it. Even The Order looks like a more interesting game then Days Gone. All they have to do is add 4 player coop and improve the gameplay
SmoothRunningGun
Member
The E3 trailer had me intrigued but now after the GI videos, nope.
Ml33tninja
Neo Member
People just want something different is all. You can't expect everyone to want to like the same thing. I'll be honest it's not grabbing me there
-MD-
Member
Could've just game passed it for $10.
BizarroPete
Member
Eurogamer had a chance to play 30 minutes of the game recently, and they also seem to be down on it.
Days Gone's E3 demo shows scant signs of life
Days Gone's E3 demo shows scant signs of life
grizzlywhisker
Neo Member
the concept of this game is obviously totally unoriginal, but i think the gameplay looks like fun. i like open world games that you can explore and just have fun finding stuff and killing enemies. for me the story is just a bonus if it's any good. also, the motorcycle seems like it would be fun to drive around.
Memorabilia
Member
I'm really excited about Days Gone. I pre-ordered during the last BB Visa promo so that might be a record for me between placing the order and receiving the game. Lol I guess if the reviews bomb it I'll just return the game. But, as we've just seen with State of Decay 2, mainstream reviewers don't always get it right. So, we shall see.
Memorabilia
Member
The game is great but it's very niche. So keep that in mind. If you liked the original you'll love this one. If it scratches a particular itch for u it'll be one of your fave games. If not, you may not like it at all.
The negative reviews seem to have greatly over-stated the bugs problem. It's nowhere close to "unplayable" (on X1X here...will likely purchase on PC if/when they bring it to Steam). I've played roughly 18 hrs and have only experienced 2 bugs, neither of which are close to game breaking.
I'm personally loving the game and having more fun with it than any game I've played since, well, the first SoD...or, say, when Titanfall first dropped. It'll either click for you or it won't. This isn't a game that relies on flash or the quick fix...its very much a strategy/resource mgmt/sims/RPG-lite game set in a zombie apocalypse.
That works for some and not so much for others.Atanascovich
Member
Same, l think it is trying to many thing and being below average on every aspect. Melee combat looks bad,shooting looks bad, the cuts scene to gameplay looks bad, the "choose your history options" looks bad, the crafting looks bad, the random encounters looks bad. I think the only thing that is ok is your bike.
From the 40 min that I saw, the game already feels old and boring by the repetition.
And there is one big problem, Red Dead Redemption 2 probably is going to introduce new things to the open world genre and push the standards. I'm getting Infamous second son vibe on this, and that is not a good thing.
From the 40 min that I saw, the game already feels old and boring by the repetition.
And there is one big problem, Red Dead Redemption 2 probably is going to introduce new things to the open world genre and push the standards. I'm getting Infamous second son vibe on this, and that is not a good thing.
zeorhymer
Member
Outposts like...Farcry. Only thing missing are towers to climb up and synchronize and open the map.
bitbydeath
Member
This makes it sound promising.
https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/22/...its-like-saying-superheroes-are-played-out/2/
https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/22/...its-like-saying-superheroes-are-played-out/2/
Xander Crews
Member
With the way your motorcycle is tied to the gameplay so much, I really wish they'd kept the other title "Dead Don't Ride". Days Gone seems so generic compared to that.
astroglide
Member
Its like this game is being set up to fail. Its not gonna score well due to last of us comparisons. I feel a repeat of the order
Jigsaah
Gold Member
The game is great but it's very niche. So keep that in mind. If you liked the original you'll love this one. If it scratches a particular itch for u it'll be one of your fave games. If not, you may not like it at all.
The negative reviews seem to have greatly over-stated the bugs problem. It's nowhere close to "unplayable" (on X1X here...will likely purchase on PC if/when they bring it to Steam). I've played roughly 18 hrs and have only experienced 2 bugs, neither of which are close to game breaking.
I'm personally loving the game and having more fun with it than any game I've played since, well, the first SoD...or, say, when Titanfall first dropped. It'll either click for you or it won't. This isn't a game that relies on flash or the quick fix...its very much a strategy/resource mgmt/sims/RPG-lite game set in a zombie apocalypse.
So I been playing...non-stop since it came out. It's a very addictive game. That being said, it is the glitchiest mess I've seen...pretty much ever. The things they get right they get really right though. I compare it to Destiny in a sense because the mechanics feel so good to play but the game overall is significantly flawed. For Destiny, it's the systems, the microtransactions, lack of innovation and the PR issues the game has. The shooting and gameplay is so satisfying that I still pick it up when content releases. State of Decay 2 is similar, except it's problem is it's scope and the bugs. However, killing zombies, building and management your community and the GTAlite style of gameplay just feels so damn good. I have to be over 30 hours in by now. I finish a run and I go right into the next one. Truly addictive game. I hope i'm not burned out by time they fix the problems.
DonF
Member
I hate when games do that. It's less prevalent now, but assassin's creed and Rocksteady's Batman did this so much and it killed the immersion. I think of it as something that passed, too bad that this game is doing it. This game has so many red flags, its a shame.