So Days Gone has been getting massive success, both from the player base and sales which means a sequel is definetly coming. Bend is one of my favourite developers ever and I really like when an underdog developer succeeds.
I am not really sure what the sequel would be like or what new things they can add because the template they got in place is really well done. So I am going to talk about the things I would like to see fixed or improved:
-Loading screens should go away. I would like the next game to be GTA like in this department. Once you load the game it would stop having black screens between cutscene to gameplay and will be more seamless. This issue made the game feel less immersive to me.
-Gameplay. While the gameplay in the game is fine as it is and is fun, I feel there is a lot more they could do with it. Gun feedback would be the biggest thing to improve, make the guns feel much more "crunchy" and the sound of the guns should be louder and more crisp. I would love it if they out MGS5 as an inspiration and tried to do something similiar mechanically.
-Better planning. The game feels a bit weird sometimes in the structure department. It feels like some cutscenes doesn't fit because they changed something last minute. I get why it happened (for people who don't know, the game started with 50 developers making it and the scale and the development team got bigger and bigger each year). Next game should have 160 or so developers making it so I am sure this won't be a problem.
-Frame rate and overall performance. This is something I am sure we will see improved significantly (probably before Days Gone 2 if PS5 comes out next year).
-Better animations. I think this is definetly coming now that they will surely get their mo cap studio.
-More over all polish. Just polish the game to hell and back. The first game is steadily getting better and better each patch so I hope they learn from this and apply it to the sequel.
With performance and all that out of the way, things I would like to see added:
-Outfits and more customizable main character. I want to change clothes just like in GTA or RDR. Add a real time beard/hair.
-I would like it if camps were much more bigger. I would love to see something like Red Dead Redemption 2 with characters in the camp interacting together. This might be a money sink however so It is not a must have for me but it would be nice to add even more lore to the game (which has been really excellent so far).
-Freakers. I am not sure how they can improve them to be honest so I will say this, add even more quirks to them. Make them fight each other in the horde (kind of like how humans in a community might get into a fight) and have some of them be abnormal (a weirdo like how humans might have weird people doing weird or abnormal things). Some of that is already in the game but I would like it to be expanded more. These freaks are intelligent so I would like to see more of that.
-AI should be smarter on the human side.
-Mini games. This isn't necessary but I would love if they pulled a RDR and added poker or liar's dice to play while in a camp. It could make for some really cool immersion and downtime. Again I am not expecting much here but it would be cool.
-More unique encounters and side quests. I would love to encounter some weird side quests by being at the right time at the right place. Kind of like Strangers in the original Red Dead Redemption or 2 where you find some interesting characters just by stumbling upon them.
-More survival elements. Something like RD Redemption 1 (not 2) could be cool. Basically they should let you hunt animals to eat while out in the wild.
As for the story and setting, I am not sure what they can do here. I really like Oregon due to how diverse it is. You got deserts, volcano ruins, woodlands and the weather having snow makes things really cool. I want something as diverse as Oregon for the next game. Storywise I haven't beaten the game yet because I have been really busy with a lot of things but I hear it goes places. You can discus this but please spoiler tag it. But I have been enjoying Deacon's story so far. Maybe have a female protagonist in the next game? We need more female protagonist!
Something I thought of as a joke in another thread but I will put it here anyway, how would you guys feel about Japanese bikers? Takes place in the japanese county side and has all these crazy bikes that looks ridicilous. I would love to see this the more I think about it but I am not sure if Bend would be interested. Maybe in Days Gone 3 or later down the line when they want something unique.
What do you guys think?
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