Bend moved to a new, bigger place and expanded the team considerably. I think that a sequel is a lock, hopefully it will come out faster and more polished than the first, with the shortcomings addressed.
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Days Gone best selling new IP of 2019 (so far) in UK
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Bend moved to a new, bigger place and expanded the team considerably. I think that a sequel is a lock, hopefully it will come out faster and more polished than the first, with the shortcomings addressed.
It's all that along with the ones calling people who are calling out salty people, as salty people.
PC is a big platform for Sekiro and that won't be inese charts, I think.
Sure, that's dumb if true. Nobody else has done Walking Dead x Sons of Anarchy before. I just thought the problems were mostly execution, not concept.
As usual, so many people just seem dead set on hoping this game would fail for no damn reason. So happy it is doing great. Can't wait for a sequel! For Bend's first AAA game, they knocked it out of the park.
Nah, that would have been a shame, since the series is still quite unique both in terms of structure and the platforming that it still feels different enough from what's out there. And Crackdown 3's campaign is great. What they should have done, was can the multi player and instead have been laser focused on what makes Crackdown Crackdown. The cloud tech multi player created the wrong set of expectations, which helped shape the narrative surrounding the game and it possibly added to the development troubles it went through.
I wanna cry if we've lost it forever now :(
It still beat all other exclusives this year. If you prefer seeing that way.
Great news again for Days Gone and single player games in general. Well deserved Bend, it's just unfair/sad on Sony's part that we don't get any sales update while Horizon and God of War got many... last time they did that was with Driveclub IIRC. Let's hope Bend and their game doesn't get Driveclubbed.
Define major. Sekiro and Apex Legends are pretty big releases as well. Death Stranding will probably take it for this year though.
Reminds me of how some people say certain characters for smash have no chance of getting in, and then after the fact were considered "really obvious".
Before release: game will be a commercial failure, people are tired of zombies and open world
After release: ofcourse the game is selling well, it's zombies and open world
The victory is selling really good in this huge negative environment (forums and other internet media), so good that it seems to have done equal or better than acclaimed Sekiro which is close to 4 million, and also seems quite close to also acclaimed RE2 , established IP.
And this being on a single platform.
Another victory is that many people that bought it are pleased with their purchase, so that bodes well for a sequel and Bend's future.
Yea, if days gone 2 can make something even close to an uncharted 2 tier jump, this can become somethung really big.
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Yeah, maybe canning the multiplayer would have helped the game, but it still broke my heart to see what became of Crackdown with 3.
The first will forever remain one of the most unique gameplay experiences I've had. Nothing will ever come close to replicating how it felt progressing in CD1. To go from lowly agent to the most beastly motherfucker jumping over buildings in a single leap has and likely never will be replicated and don't get me started on the transforming vehicles.
Anthem was in the bargain bin a few months after release. It was a flop.
I'm 99% sure the GfK top 3 charts include digital sales. So PC platform sells should reflect in the sales.
Great game. Some people still unwilling to eat their crow. Like a finicky baby who refuses to be fed 😂
I'm surprised RE2 has sold more as Days Gone was the better selling out of the gate and seemed to have better legs. Although I guess RE was multiplat (despite PS getting the lions share) and it's been out longer.
Cant quite decided whether Days Gone or Sekiro is my fav game thus year 🤔
Would definitely like to know Days Gone total sales/shipment.
Would definitely like to know Days Gone total sales/shipment.
Core gameplay is pretty solid. Riding the bike (after a few upgrades) is pretty fun and engaging, interesting enough that traversal is compelling on its own, IMO. The bike needs some management, and riding around actually requires some thought. Horde encounters are very, very intense, unlike anything I've played before, and very well integrated into the game world. The way the world is structured makes for quite a bit of emergent gameplay.
The story isn't amazing, but it's good enough, if a bit meandering, with uneven characterization. There are some good ideas there, they're just not explored well enough, sometimes the execution is a bit off.
it never looked like yet another zombie game to me. its a story focused narrative driven game by Sony first party studio who have been putting out fantastic story driven titles all gen.
As for gameplay, if the horde in the first gameplay trailer made it look like just another zombie game to you then nothing i say will convince you otherwise. its got the most deadliest zombies ive ever seen in a video game. the most number of enemies on screen at once. the way they move is unlike anything else out there. not even the latest world war z game looks this good.
taking out these hordes (there are 40 in the game) is the most exhilirating experience ive had this gen. right up there with the valkries in God of war and boss fights in sekiro. they give you dozens of weapons and tools to kill these zombies and sometimes its still not enough.
the story has got heart. the characters are all extremely well realized. its not a story for kids who want a good guy vs bad guy story made for the marvel movie generation. its got flawed characters who do flawed things because of who they are, and thats what makes this story more mature and better than most video game stories out there.
Days Gone is great because it sets up Bend to make an even better game. It's always great to have more AAA studios, and they clearly just stepped into that delivery mechanism.
I can see why teens and fodder are mad about it.
I can see why teens and fodder are mad about it.
It's one of those things that makes me understand why so many games do the almost now cliche "opening of the game takes place somewhere near the endpoint of the game, then we flashback to '2 weeks earlier', and the game sets your character back to level 1." so many gamers are impatient, and hate a slow burn (another reason why so many modern action movies jump into the action within the first 10-15 minutes of the movie, instead of establishing character/tone/plot), so developers compensate by teasing late game content at the start, then reign that in (either by depowering the character, or using the aforementioned flashback technique).
Days Gone most certainly has a rough start. It takes its time to set up its protagonist and supporting character, and holds your hand for a lot longer than what we're used to, and doesn't open up until after at least the first 2 hours of gameplay. Once the training wheels are off, the game really sings. If you have the misfortune of stumbling across a horde early game, you learn really quickly that you are not prepared to deal with them. Eventually, you'll have upgraded your skills and weapons to the point where Hordes are manageable, but still terrifying and can quickly go south.
I can't think of many open world Zombie games with an interesting story and cast of characters (Deek is a prick early on by design. he's not meant to be instantly endearing like Nathan Drake in the first scene of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, but he grows as a character over the course of the game, and because the game is so long and methodical, it takes its time letting you get into Deek's head and understand his worldview, even if you don't agree with it. he's actually a surprisingly well thought out character).
Getting past that first two hour block is the hardest part of Days Gone. Not every game needs to start off like God of War 3, but I can understand how people can check out. Sticking with it past that block, though, is so, so worth it.
Thank you both for the feedback. The price seems right now.
Yeah it's been since like Syphon Filter since they'd been on a full scale console game, great to see Bend make the big jump successfully with this game.
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Some Notable New IP releases so far in 2019:
Anthem
Days Gone
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Left Alive
Generation Zero
Dreams (Early Access)
Blood & Truth
Outer Wilds
Slay the Spire
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
My Friend Pedro
Judgment
SolSeraph
The Church In The Darkness
Sea of Solitude
Katana Zero
My Time at Portia
Vane
Wargroove
A bunch more Indie Titles.
Still to come:
Rad
Remnant: From the Ashes
Oninaki
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Control
Astral Chain
The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan
Warsaw
GreedFall
Daemon X Machina
Code Vein
Concrete Genie
Indivisible
The Outer Worlds
Death Stranding
People keep saying this in UK sales threads when most other countries aren't any better.
Great game, rough start and its
not as polished as horizon, gow or TLOU, but thats a pretty high bar to reach.
The hordes are some of the most exhilarating games mechanics ive encountered this gen.
The ending was really heartwarming and
And that sequel bait was wow.
not as polished as horizon, gow or TLOU, but thats a pretty high bar to reach.
The hordes are some of the most exhilarating games mechanics ive encountered this gen.
The ending was really heartwarming and
And that sequel bait was wow.
A AAA multi million dollar marketed game selling more than all those incredible indie games. Just WOW.
