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Days Gone preview thread
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I mean, lots of "influencers," by which I believe you mean to say reviewers without the unnecessary quotation marks, said that Anthem was shit before it came out, and it was shit. This narrative that early impressions are always positive is false and annoying as hell to see repeated over and over in threads for movies and games where people seem to have some weird vested interest in seeing them fall flat. The last game I remember with this trend was Horizon ZD, which got positive previews despite many posters willing the game to fail, and released to acclaim and excellent sales, just in line with the positive previews. Crackdown 3 got mixed previews and sucked. The order 1886 got mixed previews and sucked. Age of Ultron got mixed previews and sucked. Justice League got mixed previews and sucked. Sometimes positive early reception is actually indicative of, and stay with me here, this is a doozy--positive early reception
Mainly cosmetics, but I wouldnt be oppose to if comsetics changed your stats as well... like in The Witcher games.
I was looking forward to customizing the beard, the vest and all that stuff, not JUST the bike....
It doesn't have any cosmetic options for MC. Just the bike, afaik
influencers said crackdown 3 was actually really fun too.
World War Z devs announced they sold 1 million in a week now, and that was a low budget game with very little marketing, so people definitely not sick of zombies and I don't think Days Gone will have anything to worry about.
Because it's always the same for these 'early social media impressions'. They're always overly positive.
There is a countdown timer on OpenCritics website to when the review embargo lifts. If that helps :)
Sigh.
As with any opinion - do your own damn research into their taste/preference/history to see if their opinions are worth a damn or not. For example - a lot of these positive influencer opinions I have no attachment to it. I don't know them, their taste in games could be shallow etc etc.
However, that recently deleted tweet from a certain influencer made me :thinking: because putting the reason why his content isn't allowed here aside, his reviews in the past has imo, been very critically minded and well-regarded for various games.
Alternatively, the fact that a lot of outlets that I kinda expected to be more 'down' on the game like Polygon or Kotaku ended up going through their 1-hour stream being more neutral and not showing any obvious signs of 'we don't like this game', made me more optimistic on the reception overall.
We know there's at least one outlet (EDGE) who more or less has hinted that their review won't be glowing. And that's perfectly normal. If your personal taste aligns with that reviewer, then that opinion will hold far more weight than others.
As with any opinion - do your own damn research into their taste/preference/history to see if their opinions are worth a damn or not. For example - a lot of these positive influencer opinions I have no attachment to it. I don't know them, their taste in games could be shallow etc etc.
However, that recently deleted tweet from a certain influencer made me :thinking: because putting the reason why his content isn't allowed here aside, his reviews in the past has imo, been very critically minded and well-regarded for various games.
Alternatively, the fact that a lot of outlets that I kinda expected to be more 'down' on the game like Polygon or Kotaku ended up going through their 1-hour stream being more neutral and not showing any obvious signs of 'we don't like this game', made me more optimistic on the reception overall.
We know there's at least one outlet (EDGE) who more or less has hinted that their review won't be glowing. And that's perfectly normal. If your personal taste aligns with that reviewer, then that opinion will hold far more weight than others.
Sure, but it was typically couched in phrasing like: it has loads of problems, but at least there is some fun to be had.
Any time that previews have little to offer beyond kazookid.gif, you know a game is fucked. And previews were definitely very mixed on CD3
What vids are these? Can't scroll through the thread at the moment. Would like to save the vids for later viewing. I've been waiting for them to show more variety! Sounds great
It's just the games way of tracking stuff. Like Daryl in TWD can. You can't let the player go find broken twigs for obvious reasons.
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If I recall, the usual context was a lot of problems but fun to be had with the right mindset
I don't get it because I saw Deacon with a different cloth set in the Japanese footage.. maybe he changes clothes depending on the story progress? huh
The people complaining about positive early impressions will be the same ones that quote the 5/10 review and say "I knew it, yikes!" while ignoring the positive reviews.
I get not wanting to hype something up only for it to not live up to it. But I've never understood going into something the opposite way by being grumpy about it. They must need to knock one out before doing absolutely anything to get rid of the constant frustrations.
I get not wanting to hype something up only for it to not live up to it. But I've never understood going into something the opposite way by being grumpy about it. They must need to knock one out before doing absolutely anything to get rid of the constant frustrations.
Yeah he'll change clothes throughout the story but you can't customize it manually.
Yeah, but why does he see enemies through walls? RDR2 did the tracking vision well where you see the footprints and a trail but you can't see stuff through walls.
Ah that makes a lot more sense.. Curious about post release content, other than that can't wait for the game. I'll be getting it at 9pm on Thursday
I imagine it'll be similar to Uncharted 4. Unlock all the outfits in your first play through and use them at will on the second or during the end game activities.
At least do some research before such a post, GoW had great legs, the game only disappeared from PAL charts after 7 months and then it was on and off, even last week it was on the chart.
After the WWZ news, I can see this do 3M WW in a week and some change. It will outdo Horizon's 2.6M in 2 weeks.
Sales comparison to HZD is perhaps the true measure of this games success. I'm not sure about the specific launch numbers but how Sony frames it in terms of PR will also be interesting.
5 Survival Tips for Days Gone (Playstation Blog, German Link, UK/US is strangely enough not live yet, will update later with UK links)
Part 5 as a normal link, can't include it as preview, due to the posting limitation
Videos are in English with German subtitles
Part 5 as a normal link, can't include it as preview, due to the posting limitation
Videos are in English with German subtitles
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So how is the general consensus from these previews? I'm on media blackout and don't want to watch any media.
Yeah, the Spider-Man special edition doesn't fit into the picture and had to go on top of the shelf.
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Did you buy the normal PS4 version? Did you get the wood mill theme as a pre order bonus? I don't see that info in the psn description text anywhere.
A user in a german forum got already the german M!Games with a review.
Conclusion in german.
Conclusion in german.
Singleplayer: 8/10
Grafik: 9/10
Sound: 8/10
Spielspass: 83 = Fun to play
Fazit: Atmosphärische und kompromisslose Motorradtour durch die Postapokalypse, die im Detail Mängel offenbar.
Pro: Landidylle mit fiesen Zombietrupps, viele interessante NPCs, riesige Freakerhorden mit tageszeitabhängigem Verhalten, edle Optik
Contra: ab und zu stürzt das Spiel ab (V1.02), Storysequenzen werden immer wieder mit Ladezeiten unterbrochen, Pop-ups und teils schlechte Bildrate, 08/15-Missionsdesign
Grafik: 9/10
Sound: 8/10
Spielspass: 83 = Fun to play
Fazit: Atmosphärische und kompromisslose Motorradtour durch die Postapokalypse, die im Detail Mängel offenbar.
Pro: Landidylle mit fiesen Zombietrupps, viele interessante NPCs, riesige Freakerhorden mit tageszeitabhängigem Verhalten, edle Optik
Contra: ab und zu stürzt das Spiel ab (V1.02), Storysequenzen werden immer wieder mit Ladezeiten unterbrochen, Pop-ups und teils schlechte Bildrate, 08/15-Missionsdesign
Lol you may want to put a Days Gone filter on Era for the next few days
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Overall very positive but a bit sad that they used version 1.2 because the biggest complaints are technical issues.
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Yeah, that's right.
M!Games is long known in germany/austria and I often buyed it when I was younger.
I got the standard PS4 version but I don't think I did get a theme. Will have to check on PS4 when I am back home.
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