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Days Gone Review Thread (See Staff Post)
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The reviews clearly aren't positive enough to shake my ennui towards Days Gone. It's a nice-looking game, but it just seems kind of workmanlike. I was hoping the reviews would indicate otherwise, but clearly not the case.
Gamer NL 8/10
https://gamer.nl/artikelen/review/d...veilige-spelwereld?API_COOKIE_REDIRECTED=True
levelup 9.4
https://www.levelup.com/PlayStation-4/juegos/380038/Days-Gone/review
https://gamer.nl/artikelen/review/d...veilige-spelwereld?API_COOKIE_REDIRECTED=True
levelup 9.4
https://www.levelup.com/PlayStation-4/juegos/380038/Days-Gone/review
Right it always some extremes with people for no reason.
It's damaged goods, it's their second The Order 1886 this gen. Start a new IP or SF.
Looking good is the minimum I expect from Sony games these days. The Order 1886 looks incredible but was a bad game imo. I can't think of many games from Sony that don't look good.
The problem is that Days Gone is at the lower end. Look at other Sony games such as H:ZD, Spider-Man, Uncharted, The Last of Us etc. Even GT Sport has a higher score and probably would review much better now will all the added content.
I think, as per every other review thread, some are hellbent on focusing on predominantly the most scathing reviews, ignoring the more positive ones. There are 41 positive reviews, 24 mixed, and 2 negative, hence the aggregate is as it is, and not as awful as some are making out.
Well i did enjoy Nioh more than Sekiro...but that's neither here nor there
A game like Dying Light at the beginning of the generation and a game like Days Gone are two totally different animals though. Dying Light didn't have a lot of competition and was an exciting new IP with new ideas. Zombies as a premise were not as played out. When there are so many masterpieces on the market, a middle-of-the-road game like Days Gone just doesn't have the same appeal.
Destiny had a 72 Metacritic and went on to be the best-selling new IP of the generation......but if Bungie released something that mediocre today it would have been eaten alive.
I always found this game to be uninspired...well that isnt completely true. It looks like they tried to take Daryl from The Walking Dead, and threw him into a world with zombies from World War Z, but instead of calling them walkers from The Walking Dead, they call them Freakers.
Anyways, it has a 7/10 right now which is decent, but there is a lot of reviews pointing at this game as being bad. I hope the game does ok though, as I do think Bend Studios has potential. I enjoyed Golden Abyss on the Vita.
Anyways, it has a 7/10 right now which is decent, but there is a lot of reviews pointing at this game as being bad. I hope the game does ok though, as I do think Bend Studios has potential. I enjoyed Golden Abyss on the Vita.
Judging by the score predictions nobody expected the game to be amazing but just a good solid game.
Surprising scores so far. I was pretty confident that it'd hit at least 80 but I've never been the best at judging the reception of these games.
About what I expected so far. Question is, will it stay in the 70s or dip into the 60s? Better yet: Over or under Crackdown 3?
Nope.
Nope.
I cant wait to start playing it also, its my kind of game. For the record i played wildlands so much that I eventually got the plat for it.
What about having a logical/cautious outlook?
I think some of the expectations were just illogical and unrealistic - Sony studios don't have this magic pixy dust that automatically makes every exclusive great/amazing. They have nurtured and grown these studios over the years to get to the point of where some of them are today
Hmm, really split on what I should do with my Special edition preorder. I still think I can wrangle out some decent fun from this, but uncertain I want to splash out for the price that the special edition sells for. Too bad, really hoped this would be better than just "another open-world game".
Sekiro and Ghosts are different games that don't seen to aim for the same thing.
While I agree with you, I think this sentiment is the result of so many great games releasing every year. All these games, not to mention other entertainment or even the real important stuff in life, are fighting for our time and we have to decide what to spend it on. If Days Gone got 90/100 or even 80/100 review scores, it would get my attention and maybe a sale. Now I'll just pass (probably since I was already on the fence, leaning towards a pass).
Most of the reviews seem to say that you don't have the skills/upgrades to take on hordes until very deep into the game. That's not to say that there are no hordes at all in the early game, just that you will mostly be avoiding them or running from them.
Gamespot says the first horde-related mission is after 40 hours.
Yeah I was more on the optimistic side 82-83, I was way off. The bike riding looks fun enough to pick this up at some point.
Yeah nice review by the way.
I agree it's never looked as good as the likes of Horizon and God of War, when it comes to PS4 exclusives but it's always looked decent and fun.
Seems to be a few overreactions, gotta love review threads. Some reviewers being a bit too harsh on it (no way it's a 5/10 or lower) and then people thinking a 7/10 is a terrible score lol
no, they'd be better off working on a new IP, or on a sequel to another series.
Good post. The defense force was always strong with this one... Its been impossible to have an even keeled discussion about this game ever since it was first revealed.
It probably stings, but I doubt they're not proud of their work. Even if some aspects of it aren't good, it's definitely something for the studio to be proud of after biting off a massive undertaking for such a small studio who only worked on handheld games for like a decade. It's a good first effort in a series that hopefully they're given the opportunity to revisit. I wouldn't mind them looking at a smaller game next time if they're going to remain the size they are.
Quoted for truth.
I mean I get it and you're right this place can indeed get pretty toxic. I don't want to tell anybody how to post or how to feel or even make a thread discussing over hyping games. Just you know we've got thread marks these days that can be used and linked to. Don't know if this site still has the ''new news, new thread'' rule from the old site but with the new updated features that practise seems outdated. No reason game news, hype checks, new small videos ect ect can't be all kept under one thread with only the actual significant news being worth of a new thread. I guess the problem you have with that though is potential hostility to anybody with a different opinion. It happens a lot on here, discussion gets shut down or hand waved away as trolling because you aren't hyped to the max.
I guess it is what it is. I'll be picking the game up down the line but then that seems the norm for me these days.
At least Dying Light had something to separate it from the crowd, whether it was well received or not. Days Gone doesn't even seem to have that going for it.
The Order was an overall bad game and way too damn short. But pretty, yes. Horizon, Spider-Man, TLOU, Uncharted etc. are made by huge 300+ teams. Days Gone by a 60 - 110 team. Looks pretty good for that. And again, it'a a good game. Let's see what they can do while being a 110-130+ dev team since day 1 on the PS5 :)
It definitely felt weird reading about it there, i would 100% expect this to blow way up more if it was actually the case.
Interesting to say the least, but so i don't think it's that much reflective of the actual game.
Seems like a good game but I'll wait for the updates and no need to get it @$60...
Lower than the low 80's I was thinking it would get based on previews, but let's see how this correlates to sales.
Lower than the low 80's I was thinking it would get based on previews, but let's see how this correlates to sales.
The fuck!! 40 hours??? That's ten hours after I'd prefer the game to have ended lol
Man, these open world games need to learn how to edit
You're talking about the studio heads that decided to greenlight Knack 2, right.
Dying Light also had a multiplayer component that helped the game out and gave it legs
It's crazy how much joy is taken by some when a game doesn't do so well. I honestly wonder what motivates people to come around after a game gets an average score and start shitting on people who were excited previously or talking about vindication for some person they've never met. I don't see why some are so invested myself.