Days Gone Review Thread (See Staff Post)

[Gerwant]

Bleh, the score is lower than I expected (77-82). I'm going to wait for a sale.

 

[Segafreak]

Uninteresting boring looking game confirmed to be uninteresting and boring.

Probably gonna land mid 60s on Meta

 

[Deleted member 2791]

Not very surprising

 

[TooBusyLookinGud]

It's exactly what it looked like to me from the scores. I couldn't understand the praise it was getting here because it looked off from the jump.

 

[Kolx]

Good thing I didn't pre-order the game. Just bring on tlou2.

 

[illmatic22]

Well it's what I thought, just doesn't seem to stand out. Very tough coming off the likes of Horizon and Spider-Man etc.

Oh well, maybe when play it eventually I'll like it enough.

 

[Old School Gamer]

Generic looking game is getting generic level scores. Anyways, my copy just shipped. :/

 

[Nintendo]

Sony is very strick on their games quality don't be surprised if this the last time we saw bend making a game.

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Open world + zombie games sell a lot. I wouldn't worry about Bend. Low review scores don't affect sales.

 

[Jump_Button]

Game is buggy as hell

 

[Deleted member 10737]

5.5 from EGM
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/days-gone-review/

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damn, so i guess under 70 metascore it is

 

[NediarPT88]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...w-copy-of-many-better-open-world-action-games

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lmao

 

[ExquisiteSteez]

Damn son........
I guess i'm waiting for a deep deep deep sale.

 

[Iwao]

Shiiiiiiit lol.

I will never get why people think a 7 is a bad/mediocre game.
A 7 mean a good game, not great, but good.

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We've been spoiled I guess.

 

[Deleted member 152]

Looks like the scores are taking quite the bend from what people hoped for in that special hype thread!

 

[Butterworth]

, it's 15 fps on bike AND in camps now.

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That reads like hyperbole

 

[regenhuber]

Not ashamed to admit I was wrong.

Still looks good to me though

 

[Lucifonz]

I'm pretty surprised how bad this has turned out. Despite middling previews they seemed to delay it a fair bit to get things on track. That really sucks :( Sony are yet to send us any review titles so unfortunately I wasn't able to review this one for the embargo, but I've been looking forward to it.

 

[vestan]

Probably not even going to rent this, yikes

 

[FiXalaS]

Yikes, I guess Ill just Game Pass it then.

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[Ikuu]

All those loud ninja threads had me fooled

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Well that is his job.

 

[Loudninja]

Attack of the Fanboy 4/5
https://attackofthefanboy.com/reviews/days-gone-review/

VideoGamer 8./10
http://www.videogamer.com//reviews/days-gone-review

Gaming Nexus 8/10
https://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/5923/Days-Gone/

We Got This Covered 4/5
https://wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/days-gone-review/

 

[data]

I doubt there r plenty of 8s and 9s versus 7s, unless u r referring to backlog.

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Backlog for sure. This game would just be added to most backlog

 

[Winstano]

wow, what's this stuff about selling slaves? WTF

Spoiler: I guess spoilers?

The thing is, Deacon sucks. He doesn't just suck because he moves around the world as if he's just learning to walk and super frustrating to control around packs of zombies, he sucks because the game tries to present him as a morally complex anti-hero and it doesn't land. It's one thing to present players with a character they're supposed to feel conflicted about, but what am I supposed to do with a person who says you "can't shoot a woman unless you have to," while later selling a woman he saved to a labor camp, knowing she'll spend her whole life digging ditches for the tyrant running the place?

From Waypoint's review.

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Yeahhhhhh that's not exactly what happens.

 

[Podge293]

DP

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Don't think you can use TLOU as to why this game is reviewing poorly.

Some games are just not great. This is one of them Evidently

 

[Secretofmateria]

I get it. The game always looked boring but i was hoping it would surprise us. Even watching some reviews just now i got bored by how bland it looks

 

[nib95]

So slightly better than crackdown 3? Sony wins again

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Lol.

 

[Vault]

looked like a dud from the first trailer

 

[Tzarscream]

Gamespew 9/10
PSX Brasil 9/10
https://psxbrasil.com.br/analises/analise-days-gone/
Spazio Games 8.8/10
https://www.spaziogames.it/days-gone-recensione-loregon-morente-di-bend-studio/
Video Chums 8.8
https://videochums.com/review/days-gone

Hobby Consolas 87/100
https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/analisis-days-gone-ps4-altura-nuevo-exclusivo-409835

Wccftech 8.4
https://wccftech.com/review/days-gone-drifting-through-the-apocalypse/

The Games Machine 8.2
https://www.thegamesmachine.it/days-gone/days-gone-recensione/

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Really scraping the barrel there huh?

 

[entremet]

I never understood the hype here for this game. People were predicting millions sold. It looks so unappealing.

Looks like the reviews are verifying my suspicions.

 

[R dott B]

Turns out generic was the right word after all. Who would have thought...Oh wait anyone with eyes.

 

[Sasliquid]

That's a shame but it never looked like it was going to set the world alight

 

[Gamer17]

Well looks like sonys crackdown 3 moment. Tons of people will ultimately enjoy the game.

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i dont think it will go that low but yea for sony this is crackdown 3 ish level. hope sony bend will be safe from the round of sony closing

 

[Deleted member 5491]

Because why play a 7 game when there's plenty of 8 and 9s?

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THIS

A 7 isn't bad and can still be a good experience but there are sooooo many games out there that have better critics.
So why invest time and money to games that aren't as good?

 

[Kilic95]

I guess a long development period doesn't necessarily mean a game is gonna be good.

 

[Hitokiri03]

Yikes

So.... this is Playstation Crackdown??

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Or Crackdown was Microsoft's The Order :P

NOT LIKE THIS

Can somebody makes the papa EA meme but now with Sony and BEND?

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If it bombs on sales they might be back to be a support studio, but I don't think they will close them.

 

[gschmidl]

I will never get why people think a 7 is a bad/mediocre game.
A 7 mean a good game, not great, but good.

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If a garbage fire like FO76 still sits at 51, we're going to have to ditch the 0-50 end of the scale and adjust expectations accordingly, that's why people call a 7 bad/mediocre.

 

[Loudninja]

Well that is his job.

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Please dont post stupid shit this

 

[data]

Well that is his job.

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What do you mean?

 

[Electro]

hmmm... :/

 

[MHWilliams]

Over at USG, I gave Days Gone a 3.5 out of 5.

Days Gone, like its protagonist Deacon St. John, does not want to let you know what's going on underneath the surface. It's content to close whole parts of itself off from you for much of the game. Instead, you have to fight, trudge, and cajole Days Gone to show you the goods. It's an odd choice, one that feels potentially correct thematically, but not right for players.

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Oddly enough, this is a different 3.5 than I gave an earlier release this week. Mortal Kombat 11 is a fantastic game, surrounded by some poorly-implementation single-player modes. Days Gone has some highlights, but most of it is just average.

 

[Bulby]

Ouch. I never thought the game looked interested but I expected 80s. It looked like a very well made game at least.

 

[HellofaMouse]

was expecting low 80s, high 70s.

 

[Indelible]

Cancelled my pre-order, I will wait for it to hit sub $20 like I did the Order 1886.

 

[Braaier]

Wow, less than an hour! I went 70-79. Previously I was thinking 72, but now I'm a bit more optimistic. Going with 77.

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Damn. Should have stuck with my initial guess. Oops!

 

[Wahad]

Called it.

 

[starrywhispers]

Yikes, did not expect that but I feel like I should've. My main concern from the beginning was the writing and it looks like that's about as bad as I thought. I think I'll still enjoy it a reasonable amount but I probably shouldn't have preordered.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Bend studio on watch?

Its easy to see where the fault points might have been with this game in hindsight, but even i didnt expect Bend to get drop the ball like this.

Sony first party standards have a lot to live up to, so these kinds of games are nothing but black marks.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

The thing is, Deacon sucks. He doesn't just suck because he moves around the world as if he's just learning to walk and super frustrating to control around packs of zombies, he sucks because the game tries to present him as a morally complex anti-hero and it doesn't land. It's one thing to present players with a character they're supposed to feel conflicted about, but what am I supposed to do with a person who says you "can't shoot a woman unless you have to," while later selling a woman he saved to a labor camp, knowing she'll spend her whole life digging ditches for the tyrant running the place?

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Oh lawd kill it with fire

 

[hank_tree]

Who could have seen this coming?

 

[vestan]

6/10 from Stevivor
https://stevivor.com/reviews/days-gone-review-dead-arrival/

Deacon, his mate Boozer and the remaining inhabitants of Oregon have decent stories to tell (when they're not padded with filler quests, that is). When bugs aren't present, things generally flow pretty well, keeping my claim that this is State of Decay with a budget an accurate one. The big problem is, the current state of affairs means Days Gone practically goes out of its way to hamper enjoyment; unoriginal yet decent systems are continually hampered by a lack of polish quite uncommon in Sony first-party titles. At the eve of PS5 near-announcements, it's sad to see Sony's powerhouse console finish up on a sour note such as this. While patches may be able to salvage quite a few of its bugs, there are some questionable design decisions that certainly can't be fixed as easily.

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