Eventually got the platinum, but really slowed down my play time. Levelling camp 4 up was a PITA, should have saved my ears for that one. Was a bit worried about going for the nitro trophy, but it popped on my second attempt (the one where I didn't run into a tree, lol).
It was the collectathon trophy that was the real pain, so glad it wasn't 100%. The easiest way to get the last few was driving to the historical markers - I'd assumed that once they were on the map I'd seen them, but no, the only appeared on the map by reading the maps in bunkers. Probably could have done a lot of those while playing the game, didn't realise.
Doesn't in any way take the shine of an amazing game. Be there day #1 for More Days Gone on ps5.
I can't wait for this game to get a sequel for next gen. I have a good feeling about it now that Bend has gotten experience on their first open world game. Plus with next gen tech behind it, I can see it circumventing a lot of the performance issues that the game currently struggles with.
I've really been enjoying my time with it, and while I can see some of the mixed issues some reviewers have had with it, it's likely to stay in my top 3 for this year. Also, I think this game has WAAAAY more heart than Assassins Creed and other Ubi style open world games. I'm still honestly baffled why those games continue to get praise. My girlfriend as a light gamer has regularly commented on how incredibly bland and boring Assassins Creed is, and that's even with me trying to straightline through main content and avoid meandering.
For my purposes, Days Gone is far more compelling. I think this comes down to the characters, and largely the awful grindy level gating of Odyssey and Origins.
Although I often agree with critical consensus, Days Gone has made me question how much stock I should honestly put into professional criticism.
The only thing I can come up with is how Sony's own WWS have raised the quality bar so anything coming out of first party has to meet a certain standard.
Also the one consistent issue I see with the game is "slow start" this could be particularly painful for critics who are rushing to finish games for review time.
Deacon's automatically in cover position/animation when he's crouching near a waist-height object but without the stickiness of Uncharted cover system.
Completely agree, cover is very slickly done. Also, even though there's loads to interact with, the game keeps that all pretty tidy with the little triangles until you're up close. Last thing it needed was something like The Division 2's visual vomit and clunk with button prompts scrawled on the surrounding obstacles, it's so much cleaner and leaves you in the experience more and able to navigate some tricky situations quite smoothly. Don't feel like I'm sitting back thinking "this is such a gamey game with these game things" as with other titles.
well, if this truly is just 40% of the way through the game, then i'm gonna have to come up with another game or 2 to play during breaks (which was the only way i managed to finish red dead redemption 2) :) ...
The only thing I can come up with is how Sony's own WWS have raised the quality bar so anything coming out of first party has to meet a certain standard.
Also the one consistent issue I see with the game is "slow start" this could be particularly painful for critics who are rushing to finish games for review time.
Yeah the first few hours are probably the least interesting part of the game, so if someone frames their criticism from that perspective and don't toy around with the systems much, I could see why it would fair worse.
The waypoint review could not have been more wrong in its characterization of the story and characters. Really enjoying the presentation and dramatic performances.
Yeah, it was really frustrating to see that from @patrickklepek. So much of what he complains about is literally him not giving the game a chance to play out its conflicts. It comes across like someone reading the first third of The Great Gatsby and writing an essay to condemn it's uncritical display of opulent wealth. He complains about the Lisa story at a point where the game literally tells you you've only seen the first 17% or so.
Listening to the Waypoint podcast on the game was also extremely frustrating. He said a lot of things that are patently false, like that the game doesn't have hordes, and there is no bike customization. He even brings up the wedding scene to further dunk on the game, obviously completely absent of any knowledge of the context the game actually provides for the line. And that's totally ignoring his assertion that the game feels bad to play, which I would strenuously disagree with.
The problem isn't that he's critical of the game, it's that his critique is incredibly shallow and ignorant.
I didnt even find out the game had flash bangs until last night, after beating the game lol. I used distractors a ton though, they're so good to round up hordes and then lob a grenade.
Shooting is much nicer than i expected! Well the times I got a good shotgunand an automatic rifle that is.
Also kinda weird how the driving impacts framerate so much (base ps4). The game is literally about zombies and the bike. Not affecting my enjoyment as of yet, but hope it does not get worse
I didnt even find out the game had flash bangs until last night, after beating the game lol. I used distractors a ton though, they're so good to round up hordes and then lob a grenade.
Shooting is much nicer than i expected! Well the times I got a good shotgunand an automatic rifle that is.
Also kinda weird how the driving impacts framerate so much (base ps4). The game is literally about zombies and the bike. Not affecting my enjoyment as of yet, but hope it does not get worse
Finally got my platinum trophy after taking my time with the game, driving the broken road, while doing side-stuff all the time.
I think I've played ~90 hours (as I said: I took my time, driving around, exploring, etc.). What a ride. Great game. My score: 8/10
To get a 9/10 or 10/10 for the sequel: - Better performance
You can clearly see how small this team was. Too small for such a big game. ~45 devs when this project started. Now with 135+ devs, I'm sure it won't happen again. The Unreal Engine 4 is a nice engine, but I still hope they will use Guerrilla's Decima Engine for the sequel on PS5. Would be nice :D - Get rid of thse forced slow walking sequences
Jesus Christ... they were killing me. Especially when you get to the military base for the first time. You wanna drive around on the broken road as quick as possible, because it feels so good. You wanna feel free.
But then, every few hours, they cripple you with those forced slow walking sequences to continue the story. They have to find a different way to tell the story, without forcing you to slowly walk around NPCs. Take a look at TLOU, GOW or Uncharted. Even tho NPCs are talking to you, you still can run/jump around while they are talking. - More stunts with the bike
Driving around with the bike is awesome. But let us do some stuff with it while driving. Like... in Spider-Man PS4 while jumping around through the city. You've been able to fool around in mid-air with jumps, somersaults, etc.
There were a few ramps in Days Gone. But that's not enough. Give us a litte bit more :) - Fuel lasting longer
To refuel the bike almost every ~5 minutes is annoying as hell. Too annyoing. Make it every 15 - 20 minutes. So you can enjoy riding the broken road with your bike, without being too scared all the time about your fuel, because you are looking at your fuel-gauge all the time. Make it last ~20 minutes. That's better, because it would suprise you more often. You wouldn't expect it all the time. You wouldn't look at your fuel-gauge all the time. - Boss fights
Do some more boss fights. Mutated/infected creatures specifically/only for boss fights.
I expected him to be happy that Sarah survived, etc. And then he reveals that he's infected and mutating? Dude looked like a Breaker. Something big is coming.
I had this exact conversation with a friend yesterday, some of the lower scoring reviews sound like they didnt finish the game. Its a huge 60 hour game and the reviewers probably had a week to finish the game, write a review and put the footage together for the review. I was in a similar boat and didnt like it the first 10 hours, kind of forced myself to continue. Absolutely loved it once i was halfway through
So I defeated the E3 lumberyard horde (absolutely incredible, one of the best videogame battles I've had in years) and...
I can't complete it? It won't say the horde is defeated even though the are absolutely NO freaks nearby. I can sit on my bike and even the bike's wider radar range doesn't show up any red for zed.
I killed some 500 freaks when I defeated them in full (bounty count was 480 but I think I killed a few earlier in the game)
- More stunts with the bike
Driving around with the bike is awesome. But let us do some stuff with it while driving. Like... in Spider-Man PS4 while jumping around through the city. You've been able to fool around in mid-air with jumps, somersaults, etc.
There were a few ramps in Days Gone. But that's not enough. Give us a litte bit more :)
Harley's aren't really built for that, but they could give us a motocross style bike for jumps and stunts as an option. Not sure doing Superman seat grabs is very in character for Deek, though.
So I defeated the E3 lumberyard horde (absolutely incredible, one of the best videogame battles I've had in years) and...
I can't complete it? It won't say the horde is defeated even though the are absolutely NO freaks nearby. I can sit on my bike and even the bike's wider radar range doesn't show up any red for zed.
I killed some 500 freaks when I defeated them in full (bounty count was 480 but I think I killed a few earlier in the game)
Harley's aren't really built for that, but they could give us a motocross style bike for jumps and stunts as an option. Not sure doing Superman seat grabs is very in character for Deek, though.
I don't need superman jumps, but some fun stunts would be nice and more fun. And the bike you had in the game wasn't really a Harley/Chopper. I mean, we were flying around in the world of Days Gone thanks to the ramps ingame. So doing a little bit more would have been nice. No reason the be super realistic. It's still a freaking zombie game in a post-apocalyptic world ;)
So I defeated the E3 lumberyard horde (absolutely incredible, one of the best videogame battles I've had in years) and...
I can't complete it? It won't say the horde is defeated even though the are absolutely NO freaks nearby. I can sit on my bike and even the bike's wider radar range doesn't show up any red for zed.
I killed some 500 freaks when I defeated them in full (bounty count was 480 but I think I killed a few earlier in the game)
Are you doing this after completing the story, or before? I had the same issue. I've complete the storyline, closed and started the game again and the remaining freakers were on the map. So I killed them and finish the Horde quest.
I don't need superman jumps, but some fun stunts would be nice and more fun. And the bike you had in the game wasn't really a Harley/Chopper. I mean, we were flying around in the world of Days Gone thanks to the ramps ingame. So doing a little bit more would have been nice. No reason the be super realistic. It's still a freaking zombie game in a post-apocalyptic world ;)
Are you doing this after completing the story, or before? I had the same issue. I've complete the storyline, closed and started the game again and the remaining freakers were on the map. So I killed them and finish the Horde quest.
I'm having so much fun with this game. I'm near the end now and the progression has been really satisfying; I have all the upgrades, almost all skills, a great arsenal and I'm feeling enjoyably OP. (It helps that I'm playing on easy mode.) Mostly I've been cheesing the hordes by hiding in bushes and throwing attractors and pipe bombs but I just did one of the ones where you have to run around and shoot all the explosives and it was a ton of fun.
I don't super love the story and characters (except for my girl Rikki) but it's better than my admittedly low expectations. I found Deacon pretty unlikeable for most of it but he's sort of grown on me now. And the gameplay is really good so it makes up for the story's shortcomings.
So many weapons I wanna use in the camp I'm in now. Wish I could create a set so I can just have my horde fighting set, silent assassin set and cowboy set.
So I defeated the E3 lumberyard horde (absolutely incredible, one of the best videogame battles I've had in years) and...
I can't complete it? It won't say the horde is defeated even though the are absolutely NO freaks nearby. I can sit on my bike and even the bike's wider radar range doesn't show up any red for zed.
I killed some 500 freaks when I defeated them in full (bounty count was 480 but I think I killed a few earlier in the game)
I just checked online storage and found Days Gone uploaded over sixty auto save files even though I only have fifteen auto save files on my system lol
Is this related to version 1.06?
I just completed the game and noticed a save upload error notification. For some reason it decided to backup every single autosave since I started the game which topped 10GB.
So I defeated the E3 lumberyard horde (absolutely incredible, one of the best videogame battles I've had in years) and...
I can't complete it? It won't say the horde is defeated even though the are absolutely NO freaks nearby. I can sit on my bike and even the bike's wider radar range doesn't show up any red for zed.
I killed some 500 freaks when I defeated them in full (bounty count was 480 but I think I killed a few earlier in the game)
This horde isn't a part of the Horde Extermination storyline and you do not get a notification for clearing it. not now, not during the story mission.
it really sucks as well because
when you arrive to clear it for the mission, the horde is of course already dead and gone but the game does not acknowledge it. Also, it is supposed to be an important part of the ending of the game, yet it feels empty and broken because of it.
Don't know whose dumb idea was it to put this Horde in the middle of the game but it was stupid as hell
Do it. But like I said, I did it after the storyline (where they mark the horde positions on the map). But you can try it :) Maybe it will even work before you completed the story :) Good luck :D
i haven't beaten it yet, but I think I'm at the last mission to help Sara escape the camp because it says I'll be leaving the southern territory. Is there anyway to go back and finish the side missions? Because they're not popping up anymore and I want the unlocks lol
This horde isn't a part of the Horde Extermination storyline and you do not get a notification for clearing it. not now, not during the story mission.
it really sucks as well because
when you arrive to clear it for the mission, the horde is of course already dead and gone but the game does not acknowledge it. Also, it is supposed to be an important part of the ending of the game, yet it feels empty and broken because of it.
Don't know whose dumb idea was it to put this Horde in the middle of the game but it was stupid as hell
Do it. But like I said, I did it after the storyline (where they mark the horde positions on the map). But you can try it :) Maybe it will even work before you completed the story :) Good luck :D
