Days Gone Review Thread (See Staff Post)

[rochellepaws]

Disappointing scores but not surprising for Bend, they've never really been at the level of other Sony studios.

 

[ASilentProtagonist]

I thought the game looked incredibly boring for years now, but this is worse than I expected. Wow.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

1.5/5 from Slant
https://www.slantmagazine.com/games...nds-your-submission-to-the-content-treadmill/

Days Gone is the apotheosis of the more-is-more philosophy: more bars to fill, more gates to progress, more zombies per square inch because "more" is supposed to fill the hole where some semblance of meaning ought to be. It's the purest example yet of the video game as mere content to be consumed, down to the very fact that each storyline you're supposed to be emotionally invested in is marked with a completion percentage. Days Gone is a void.

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[Deleted member 51789]

I'm predicting an EDGE 4. It's the only game I've seen them shit all over in a preview.

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Yeah, that wasn't a good sign for it. A 4 or 5 really wouldn't surprise me.

 

[OddSock]

Game getting roasted. Here's our review:
https://www.criticalhit.net/review/days-gone/

Days Gone has moments where it reveals its brilliance, but they're buried under a litany of uninteresting and repetitive missions and numerous technical issues.
6.5/10

 

[Sasaud]

Expected better from bend, now i'm thinking they aimed far higher than they should have
What do u think will happen if the game fails critically but sells well? I really hope the outcome will be a new smaller scale IP.

 

[Masagiwa]

We knew it was going to review average but some of these score are seriously brutal.

 

[Anubis]

So slightly better than crackdown 3? Sony wins again

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Crackdown has a 60. This game looks to be a solid 7.

Nba era being disingenuous again.

 

[benzopil]

That reads like hyperbole

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Well, play the game and let's compare what we see lol

 

[FormatCompatible]

Fucking knew it, Deacon is a shit character.

 

[Y2Kev]

Wow syphon filter would definitely be scoring in the 80s

 

[Kyuuji]

Wheww.. damn..

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that preorder theme though..

 

[Fliesen]

Hmmmm, i'm really torn. Most reviewers knock it for mostly narrative reasons. Which is - of course - absolutely right.
But i just want a game to keep busy and grind some open world shit while i listen to other stuff on my phone ... 😫

 

[Yerffej]

I'm looking at these reviews and a lot of posters' comments are not consistent with the scores.


Yes you again are just cherry picking impressions.

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Lol, sure. We all go with reviewers we trust for the most part. I wouldn't say Dan Ryckert is one for me, overall. I would say most at Waypoint are and well, the game sounds shitty on a lot of fronts.

 

[Caspar]

It always looked like a 7/10 game. I'm sure there's fun to be had with it, but it was never going to be another Sony GotY contender. Sale for me.

 

[GreyFox]

Hardcore Gamer - 8
Videogamer - 8
Attack of the Fanboy - 8
We Got This Covered - 8
Gameinformer - 7.8
Easy Allies - 7.5
Push Square - 7
Trusted Reviews - 7
Press Start - 7
USgamer - 7
CGMagazine - 6.5
IGN - 6.5
Critical Hit - 6.5
Gamingtrend - 6
Stevivor - 6
Destructoid - 6
Metro - 6
EGM - 5.5
Gamespot - 5
Slant Magazine - 3

Eurogamer - No Recommendation
ACG - Wait For Sale

Metacritic: 71%
Opencritic: 71%

 

[nib95]

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

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I'm not saying TLOU is the reason this reviewed poorly, but that Bend should have gone with a different project altogether because of the proximity of their idea vs direct first party competitors, who've already absolutely nailed it.

 

[R.T Straker]

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/

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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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This is just sad.

 

[Scuffed]

First Anthem, now Days Gone...

I regret making fun of people saying both will flop critically in the flop prediction thread.

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Well in all fairness Anthem was a Bioware/EA GaaS title so expecting it to be trash was a safe bet. Days Gone didn't have nearly that looming stigma so it could have gone either way imo.

 

[Ada]

Saw these scores a mile away, the game always looked like a watered down TLOU. The studio has a long way to go before being one of Sonys' golden geese.

 

[llehuty]

Loud Ninja's Days Gone thread count will end up being higher than the average score.

 

[jett]

Well there it is.

It's exactly what I expected. And it's exactly what it looked from everything they showed.

 

[EssCee]

Sounds like a mixed bag - exactly as I have been saying this entire time but apparently that means I've been "unfairly hating it".

This will still sell well

 

[Deleted member 12833]

Dreams will save Sony.

Early Access is already 10/10

 

[Deleted member 50232]

Oh dear at the reviews.

Anybody know if/how to cancel a PSN pre-order??

 

[LordOcidax]

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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This game is going to end below that...

 

[Richter1887]

Might as well just cancel my pre order and see what the hell this whole slave shit is about. Will get it if it turns out to be nothing.


A shame because I was really looking forward to the game.

 

[LiK]

Reviews sound about what I expected. I'll check it out in the future but def not a day one for me right now.

 

[Putty]

Shame about the scores, but I'll still give it a shot when I get home 8)

 

[0ptimusPayne]

Couldn't people see these scores coming a mile away? People have been saying it since day one yet there was always a handful proclaiming it to be something better.

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This. While it did improve from a technical standpoint over time, everything looked pretty straight forward outside of the freaker horde gameplay which looks awesome.

 

[HeavenlyE]

This is just sad.

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I mean it's not like anyone else is posting the positive reviews

 

[Datajoy]

nvm

 

[thuway]

Man this sucks. I'll still get it on a sale but wow. This feels like Crackdown 3 all over again

 

[Segafreak]

Why did Bend even make this, why did Sony need 2 visually similar looking zombie games?

Also why are they the only 1st party that didn't use one of the 1st party engines but went with UE4?

 

[Memento]

I did not expect it to score lower than Quantic Dream titles

 

[Dphex]

4players.de: 80%

 

[entremet]

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.

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I'm looking at their portfolio. What did people expect? Syphon Filter was decades ago by now.

 

[Mikebison]

lmao the amount of people in the preview threads shilling like 'can't wait until you all eat crow when the reviews come out'.

Well now.

 

[vestan]

This really gonna land in the 60s huh

Damn shame when 2018 had the double whammy of God of War and Spidey, not to mention Astro Bot

Third parties are carrying this year

 

[dragonbane]

Oh well. I guess this can be constructed as the actual break of Sony's AAA review streak. But it was inevitable and I'm sure the game will still sell well

 

[Butterworth]

71 like World War Z. 1mil in a week confirmed

 

[Armadilo]

PlayStation should stop having these late review embargo's, this is sad

 

[Chucker]

Well that is his job.

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This is it.

 

[Masagiwa]

1.5/5 from Slant
https://www.slantmagazine.com/games...nds-your-submission-to-the-content-treadmill/

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So they gave half a point less than Sekiro. Hahahah

 

[Bundy]

So.... this is Playstation Crackdown??

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No. Days Gone is a 7/10. Crackdown 3 isn't.

 

[Corky]

1.5/5 from Slant
https://www.slantmagazine.com/games...nds-your-submission-to-the-content-treadmill/

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wow

 

[CaVaYeRo]

Ours, 7/10: https://www.gamereactor.es/days-gone-analisis/

Gamereactor (Spain)

Some issues with IA/little polish, uninspired mix, but bright at times, Oregon/Deacon being great. Could've used a bit more time in the oven.

 

[Deleted member 13101]

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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Not the first game to do this. In dragon age ii you could return a former slave to their former master.

 

[shaneo632]

LMAO woo boy.

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

And that, friends, is why we don't pre-order games.

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Nah, it was obvious this was always gonna be underwhelming. Pre ordering is fine, just be smart about it.