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Days Gone Press Tour going on right now (Preview embargo lifts March 6th at 00:01 PT/08:00 GMT/09:00 CET)
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To be fair, it's not as if The Order 1886 lacked in marketing dollars back then either in terms of press/preview events back then either.
In spite of the media's lack of enthusiasm for Days Gone compared to other Sony tentpole games, the metrics for Days Gone so far has shown that there's a lot of consumer interest and even if Days Gone doesn't turn out to be an amazing game, so long as it's good ( enough ), it should do pretty well commercially.
I kinda love how Sony's marketing of their exclusives rivals that of early 360 exclusives. Their advertisements are everywhere, the press events are gigantic and ambitious, the promotional trailers are getting epic. Makes me shiver at the thought what they'll do for The Last of Us or Ghost of Tsushima.
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Suppose you are right actually. Wonder if they recouped the cost on Order. Doubt it considering the lack of sequel and separation from RAD.
In any event, it seems this method has been mostly successful with the other blockbusters they had in the running.
I think Shinobi commented on that one time and said The Order made a profit for them. He didn't get into the specifics of that, however.
I'm just glad no one can blame publishers or whatever external factors determining the success of this title.
It's been given every opportunity to succeed. Prominent E3 billing, tons of trailers, promotional cuts, preview events, time and funding for delays to improve quality.
If it's a fuck up, it's on Bend.
It's been given every opportunity to succeed. Prominent E3 billing, tons of trailers, promotional cuts, preview events, time and funding for delays to improve quality.
If it's a fuck up, it's on Bend.
You almost sound like you're grinding the axe for the studio...
I think that lifting impressions embargo more than a month ahead shows rather good confidence (granted it's not full on reviews).
Just to follow up on that.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so...ir-current-projects.397/page-432#post-8413871
And yeah, I see what you're saying. Bend would be a major factor in its failure. Of course, that also means Bend would have to get a ton of cred if this turns out well. Especially since this is their first console game in forever all with a relatively small team.
I did say if.
It just shows a stark contrast between that and what EA is doing with Anthem. Really kind of eye opening on how Sony treats it's studios as a publisher compared to the rest of the industry.
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Yeap. Hoping someone gives a general hint. It's too long of a wait till March! Lol
You would have to cancel your current preorder and order as Digital Deluxe version. As for the gift card, I never tried myself, but I think it credits your account back if you cancel a purchase with a gift card.
I love this part of the year, a new IP getting it's big preview blowup, with a few weeks lead up to it, waiting to hear anything from previewers teasing their experience with the game, I am actually surprised at how early the preview embargo is. I remember previews from Sony usually be a bit closer to the reviews. Sony sounds confident.
March 6th??? Very nice. Two weeks away. Expecting an 85+ MC/OC and at least a 9.0/10 for me personally. Can't wait baby!!!! Whooo!!!
I seem to remember one of old God of War game had reviews out a month before the game is released
I know majority dislike him but Colin Moriarty said years ago that The Order: 1886 made a profit for Sony and it's been confirmed by Shinobi and/or Nirolak here on resetera a few times because no one believed me when I said due to the original source. Like him or not, Colin was right in regards to The Order: 1886 making a profit for Sony.
Still hoping for The Order: 1887 on PlayStation 5. :)
I'm kinda thinking Sony should have kept the original February 22 date, looking at how mixed reception everything is in February so far besides Apex and maybe Metro but whatever.
Sony giving it plenty of marketing support with early previews feels like a good sign so looking forward to reading some impressions.
Sony giving it plenty of marketing support with early previews feels like a good sign so looking forward to reading some impressions.
So excited for this, its gonna scratch a gameplay and story itch I need I'm thinking.
2019 been a slow start for me in terms of what games I'm interested but Days Gone should fix that.
Edit: anybody seen the dynamic pre-order theme yet?
Think its better Sony Bend got to avoid that February melee for some breathing room+extra polish time is good and will show in the final product hopefully.
2019 been a slow start for me in terms of what games I'm interested but Days Gone should fix that.
Edit: anybody seen the dynamic pre-order theme yet?
Think its better Sony Bend got to avoid that February melee for some breathing room+extra polish time is good and will show in the final product hopefully.
I hope someone put a high quality B-Roll preview footage with no commentary online in the future...
God of War B-Roll footage back then satiate me for awhile until release.
God of War B-Roll footage back then satiate me for awhile until release.
Calm down, Satan :p
Nothing is surpassing RDR2 for a long time to come.
I'm still slightly confused by this game. Early sightings seemed more like a tech demo for zombie swarms but the game itself didn't seem that interesting. But the recent marketing (in particular the three videos 'get to know the world of days gone') pretty much swung me round.
The marketing is Sony getting their weight behind a new first party IP which is good to see, but doesn't necessarily mean its a AAA game. Aren't Bend still a relatively small developer? I'm wondering if this is possibly a lower scope/ambition game being pushed into being more than it is through marketing.
I have my fingers firmly crossed and from what I've seen so far Bend looks to be delivering - but if it is a 'smaller' game than eg GoW/Horizon/Spiderman I hope that doesn't backfire on Bend due to Sony marketing it how they are.
The marketing is Sony getting their weight behind a new first party IP which is good to see, but doesn't necessarily mean its a AAA game. Aren't Bend still a relatively small developer? I'm wondering if this is possibly a lower scope/ambition game being pushed into being more than it is through marketing.
I have my fingers firmly crossed and from what I've seen so far Bend looks to be delivering - but if it is a 'smaller' game than eg GoW/Horizon/Spiderman I hope that doesn't backfire on Bend due to Sony marketing it how they are.
lol, well I'm mostly speaking from a gameplay perspective. Look at it this way, if we compare RDR2 and God of War, RDR2 had the far larger, more fleshed out world with more things to do, more characters and all that fun stuff. God of War surpassed it in GOTY awards and one of the reasons was it was simply a better game to play. I have no doubt that RDR2 will have a more fleshed out open world with more characters, things to do and all that fun stuff compared to Days Gone. But based on the gameplay we've seen so far, I have the feeling that Days Gone will be the better game to play.
Hope that puts my feelings into better perspective.
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If you played them all, then I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you're just done with games as a medium?
Well I can name 20 games that I had way more fun with this gen than RDR2 (which I finished at 85% completion). Currently having more fun with Metro Exodus than RDR2 will ever give me. And I know for a fact that Days Gone is also gonna give me way more fun. RDR is the most overrated and overhyped game this generation, by far, in my opinion.
Clearly I'm not but thanks for your concern. You may be reassured to know that I loved Bloodborne and liked God of War. Not the rest tho.
I don't think you have much to worry about. They've concentrated on fighting the hordes mainly because it's a flashy and great visual spectacle to show off in a relatively short period of time and draw more attention to the game. The hordes are going to be a fun part of the game, but it's so much more than just fighting hordes as we've seen in the crap-ton of footage we've gotten over the past year.
As for the scale, here's an interview with Sam Witwer (the actor for Deacon St. John the main character in Days Gone) from last year. He offers some decent insight into the project, that it is a AAA game and that the scope of the game has grown significantly over the past few years. The video is timestamped for 31:25 in case you open it in a new window:
I mean, not really? If anything, other than visuals, animations, sound design, etc - Bend's game feels like it's being more ambitious than even some of other Sony's AAA titles.
- Decently sized open world game. ( Based off the rough estimate of the size of one hub and the fogged map that was in previous teasers, the size of the world will be substantial enough to be believably sold as an open world game, even if not AssCreed or RDR2 levels for obvious reasons )
- Day/night cycle with weather patterns
- 30 hour long story campaign ( according to the devs, even if we trim it down to hyperbole and it's actually only 20-hours - it's still substantial )
- At least 4 different combat-related open-world activities ( hordes/human enemy camps/freaker breeding grounds/NERO checkpoints)
- At least several typical open-world style activities ( side-quest/collectibles/towers/bikes/etc)
-Pitched or positioned to be a rather 'dynamic' open world, one where enemies have movement patterns and a degree of randomness. ( enemies will sleep at different times of the day, stronger in cold weather, will move around the map, won't just be in one location, etc etc )
I have certain areas of concern with Days Gone even now ( tightness of gunplay, lack of hipfire which imo could make horde clearing unfun, poor sound design, and animation that isn't as visceral or well-animated as the WWS peers ), but otherwise it looks to be plenty worthy even just looking at its checklist of features.
As of the old E3 demo ( which was playable by the public in some events recently ), it wasn't. At least not for on-foot combat.
Interesting. I guess we'll find out in a couple of weeks if that's been added.
I mean, it doesn't need to be in the game. But looking at the videos of the horde gameplay I feel like it's a poor design choice to have the player have to stop and shoot everytime you want to chip away at the horde. I get the worry that hipfire would make horde clearing much easier, but I would imo balance that with making hip fire extremely inaccurate for high ROF weapons. ( accurate for handguns, but handguns are useless against horde anyway )
this part is what that grabs me about days gone. you rarely see games that are so complex systemically. if they can pull it off, then i find that part even more interesting than the horde tech itself.
Wait. You can't run towards the camera and fire behind you at the same time?
Do you even know what AAA means? Days Gone is definitely an AAA game. It's published by Sony and made by a Sony owned Studio. If anything is AAA, this is it.
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Which negative E3 turnout ?
I would call previews like the one from Easy Allies not negative.
yea the previous trailer was originally running at 60fps, but sony cut the framerate back 30fps now, which probably means that trailer wasnt even running on a PS4....