And of course there must be HDR. Hopefully there's a decent toggle and the game doesn't look as dark as Spider-Man and RDR2 (I know, fake HDR) on my B7.
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Days Gone preview thread
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And of course there must be HDR. Hopefully there's a decent toggle and the game doesn't look as dark as Spider-Man and RDR2 (I know, fake HDR) on my B7.
Jon Ryan wrote the IGN preview and complained about Deacon being white. Funny thing is his GOTY was RDR2 and he loves Arthur Morgan. Imagine that.
Looks like it will be a rather decent game.
Given Bend's size and their AAA console experience, that is a job well done.
Given Bend's size and their AAA console experience, that is a job well done.
The previews are positive but not overwhelmingly like i hoped they would , was leaning into 85-90 range but from the previews it seems 82-85 is the right way to go! ( It still would be a good game and i will buy it regardless)
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I'm sleepy, so that's the best I can do right now.
The previews seem fine, so long as your not expecting a reinvention of wheel, but in the context of zombies, it's an exciting enough premise for many. Sounds like a high 70s-low 80s sorta MC game unless the story and gameplay loops go wild later.
The complaints about Deacon being another white protagonist. I get it. I'm fine with the complaints being echoed (and they should). I just hope journalists make it a consistent issue and not something that comes up for the occasional game only to be forgotten for the next big game (which happens and I fully expect to keep happening).
Makes it a bit of a shit point if you have no complaints about RDR2s MC or Detroits problematic shit but only raise the issue of the lead characters race in select games.
The complaints about Deacon being another white protagonist. I get it. I'm fine with the complaints being echoed (and they should). I just hope journalists make it a consistent issue and not something that comes up for the occasional game only to be forgotten for the next big game (which happens and I fully expect to keep happening).
Makes it a bit of a shit point if you have no complaints about RDR2s MC or Detroits problematic shit but only raise the issue of the lead characters race in select games.
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Dutch website:
https://gamer.nl/artikelen/preview/days-gone-laat-je-overleven-in-een-wereld-vol-zombies
Dutch website:
https://gamer.nl/artikelen/preview/days-gone-laat-je-overleven-in-een-wereld-vol-zombies
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Some people are either unable, or unwilling to learn from their mistakes, then. We've seen the same thing several times with characters like Joel from TLoU. Oh look, another bearded white guy... who ended up being a fantastic, well-written character, backed by a captivating performance from Troy Baker. It's almost as if the quality of the character is determined by the depth they have as people.
Sam Witwer seems like a talented dude. I think he'll do a good job.
Seems... okay. Hopefully it's actually fun, and not Crackdown 3 "fun." I always get worried when press previews offer vague mentions of the fun they had after describing how rough a product is to soften the blow.
Please be good lol
Please be good lol
It's time to update "Everything about Days Gone" thread, great stuff
As in they will be bad? From what I've read people are surprised about the narrative and interested to see more.
Wow those journos really have a bone to pick with how Deacon looks, not from america but ain't that how most people look up there in the north?
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People are tired of the white male protagonist trope, supporting these kinds of games seems to be perpetuating the cycle, so naturally it's going to receive some criticism based on this.
It might do a lot of things other open world games do these days but like Spider-Man, if getting around the world is fun, in this case riding the Bike, the story is half decent and the hordes are a good challenge, then I think it will be enough for the game to review well, I expect it to score in the mid 80's MC.
The previews are pretty good in general but there is some things that disapoint me. Like the fact they removed the choices. I was very interested about this aspect of the game. Does that means there is no more different endings?
Also 240 collectibles... RIP Platinum.
Also 240 collectibles... RIP Platinum.
I'm constantly being hammered with it on social media, and I have been for weeks.
It is just an opinion man. Chill out. Metacritic is a good reference for me at least to buy day one or wait for a sale.
This game sounds like a good game for a sale not for day one.
Everything I was worried is being said in a lot of previews like worried of the length and to start being boring and repetitive.
Comparison with far cry didn't help a lot to me since I think far cry is really bland and boring.
Look again.
MC means pretty much shit to me. I purchased games like GTA5 and RDR2 day one because of MC, I had WAY more fun with Spider-Man, Metro Exodus, AC Origins, Dying Light, Far Cry 5, Just Cause 3 etc. I'm pretty much 100% sure I will enjoy Days Gone more then the highest ranking MC games from this gen.
I think it's fine...if it sticks with other games that have white protagonist. Problem is..it won't as we literally just had rdr2 and it wasn't no where near as loud about Arthur
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I'm really looking forward to this. I felt the complete opposite when the game was announced, but I get more and more excited for the game the more I see of it. It also seems Sony did the right things by giving Bend more time to work on this game. It's really come together into a solid looking game, and I'm excited to try it myself next month when it comes out.
Why do people base everything on race? I understand that having more women/minoroties in a game is always a good thing,but the most important thing about characters should always be how well they are written and not how diverse they look
Reviews seem very optimistic about this game, something I couldn't have agreed to back when it was first revealed. It won't be a day 1 for me since my TV broke and I'm kinda on a budget for trips I've already got planned, but I'm definitely getting this along with a new TV in a couple of months.
People are tired about that trope unless it is in RDR2 then that is fine because it is historically accurate.
People are tired about big empty open world games, unless it is RDR2 because that is what the devs intended.
People are tired about limited gameplay and simplistic crafting unless it is RDR2 because the crafting fits the time period and ... I don't know fucking reasons.
Basically I think this game will be shit on by a lot of people. Not because of anything it particularly does wrong, but because mediocre open landscape games like RDR2 and Spiderman have been praised to the heavens despite making all the same "errors" and people will feel the need to reclaim some credibility.
Or it might mostly suck, that could also end up happening.
Wait, so they removed all the choices in game that were shown in the earlier builds, so you no longer have an rpg'ish type of narrative that lets you make choices that impact how things play out? That's a huge bummer, that's one of the main things I was looking forward to about the game.
Ironically the "embarrassing" comments about the preview from Metro made me look at it.
First thing my eyes were drawn was the head count of 130.
That's really small in comparison to other Sony studios isn't it ?
It's incredible that only 130 people made this and it looks like it's up there with other open world games made by double that number ! Wonder if we will see less variety of mission structure as a result; hope not.
Really looking forward to Days Gone myself, think it will be my next game, followed by Rage 2.
Edit: just continued reading Metro... wow it's bad.
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JG: And the thing about the freakers in Days Gone is they're within the realm of possibility.
GC: They are?
JG: If you have a virus that can mutate genome it can do these things. So you notice that all the freaker types in Days Gone are grounded in reality. They're not so far-fetched"
Lol the interviewer sounds like a total idiot it's almost comical to read !
First thing my eyes were drawn was the head count of 130.
That's really small in comparison to other Sony studios isn't it ?
It's incredible that only 130 people made this and it looks like it's up there with other open world games made by double that number ! Wonder if we will see less variety of mission structure as a result; hope not.
Really looking forward to Days Gone myself, think it will be my next game, followed by Rage 2.
Edit: just continued reading Metro... wow it's bad.
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JG: And the thing about the freakers in Days Gone is they're within the realm of possibility.
GC: They are?
JG: If you have a virus that can mutate genome it can do these things. So you notice that all the freaker types in Days Gone are grounded in reality. They're not so far-fetched"
Lol the interviewer sounds like a total idiot it's almost comical to read !
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From what I'm lead to believe, biker subculture is predominantly white, even overwhelmingly so. Given that angle, it should come as little surprise that picking a biker as your main character = probably gonna be a white guy.
It's the good old "judging the book by its cover" thing. And it's kinda sad and annoying. But this won't change, as it looks like.
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Agree, I don't give a shit if the protagonist is white, yellow, purple or green or whatever.
Are people already complaining about the Forbes top 10 richest people all being white males?
Days Gone seems to have a lot more system beneath the surface. Things like freaker and animal behavior, dynamic time of day and weather that further affect things like freaker gets stronger at night, dropped visibility during rain, but boost stealth, how it affect bike handling in muddy terrain, how you have to land your bikes in certzin way during jump to lessen damage to your bike. There's lots of little system here and there to make the game have more depth.
Watching EZA previews really make you hyped and see how it differentiate itself from other open world games.
You should really be careful about defending problematic titles on here, game has been called out for it, rightly so.
they absolutely deserve. hopefully we get syphon filter or something after this if this does well.
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And I'm tired of people being tired, we all need some sleep then!
But seriously there are so many games now with different protags that you can choose, attacking days gone for having a white protag in a relevant context is trying too hard.
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