What, did I miss something? I've always appreciated Patrick's work and been a fan of his since the 1up days. Somehow this has flown under the radar, what did i miss?
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Days Gone Review Thread (See Staff Post)
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What, did I miss something? I've always appreciated Patrick's work and been a fan of his since the 1up days. Somehow this has flown under the radar, what did i miss?
I personally use a full range like this (maling 5 an average), but realistically review sites NEVER do this. How often do you see games actually even get a 5, let alone a 2, 3, 4, etc. 7 ends up being on the low end of numbers that actually get used and going to a 5 usually means the game is pretty busted.
It's a super messed up system where the majority of the numbers aren't realistically used.
I don't mind somebody actually treating games as narrative products worthy of analysis.
Takeaways for me from the reviews:
- There is no way in hell I want to spend 30+ hours with this protagonist
- I am already tired of hearing regular old zombies be called "freakers"
- I really like the diversity of the camp characters, not just ethnically but also age and body type too, like that fat older woman with the short grey hair.
I agree, it's a disappointment. But people have no problem burning other forms of art at the stake. The studio really should have put some thought into making an original game from conception.
at the risk of sounding annoying at this point, MAKE A NEW SYPHON FILTER!
Fuck, way lower than I expected indeed.
For that masterpiece, yeah (although bugged af, sadly).
Consistancy isn't too much to ask in a game surely? Waypoints review for a lot of it paints a picture of an inconsistant chraracter in tone and actions that made it unenjoyable for the reviewer. I don't think at any point the review demanded the writing be among the greatest authors of all time....
Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
The pitch seems to have been: The Walking Dead is popular, Daryl is popular, zombie games haven't done running swarms. Mix TLOU with Sons of Anarchy. And those ideas were mixed into a formulaic open world structure. The protagonist looks like the Gears of War guy. Just not appealing to me tbh, but that's not knocking the dev team, and the reviews aren't terrible, I'm sure there's entertainment to be had. But conceptually it's a misfire for me.
Lol more like 4 to 5 million minimum. You do realize Detroit sold over 2 million in a niche genre?
Maybe you should look up the definition of average, then look at the score distribution on opencritic. The average of the score distribution is around 7/10.
He did actually say that though, he said the technical issues depending on how much they bother you will push this into deep sale territory. From most reviews that took the time to actually outline the negative aspects of the game it seems most are tied up as technical issues that took them out of the game. If these can be fixed (and they should) I could see them having a more favorable opinion of the game.
Yes, that's my guess. 4 - 5 million in the end. Which is really good :)
Well this is disappointing. So much for that hope they had of Days Gone becoming a new franchise...
If that review average gets any lower, it will be lucky to break even.
I feel very sad for Bend Studios right now. I know that they worked very hard and put a lot of time and effort into this game. Hopefully they can iron-out and patch most, if not all of the bugs and glitches soon.
If that review average gets any lower, it will be lucky to break even.
I feel very sad for Bend Studios right now. I know that they worked very hard and put a lot of time and effort into this game. Hopefully they can iron-out and patch most, if not all of the bugs and glitches soon.
Probably after huge huge discounts. I got detroit become human for 10 dollars new around the holidays.
From what we heard from Benji and others, it's looking really good. My guess is 5 million copies sold. lol of course it's gonns break even. And with a average score of 7/10, it's look good so far.
It will sell a few millions before imo ;) But they, if you want cheap games for around $10 to $20, you should always wait for Black Friday or Christmas :)
Bummer the sentiments of the reviews and how little some people felt they got out of it given it's Sony Bend, but I do hope to try it myself soon!
The formula these devs are using is so damn stale. Add to that the character looks abysmal and has a ridiculous name. I'd rather play Dead Island.
I was way too overhyped for what Bend was making.
For those who haven't play one of these games in a good while, it does look like something that could entertain and fill the void until the next big release at least. They'll sell 4 million.
I was way too overhyped for what Bend was making.
For those who haven't play one of these games in a good while, it does look like something that could entertain and fill the void until the next big release at least. They'll sell 4 million.
Like Kingdom Hearts being a surprising meditation on toxic masculinity. Sure.
Ughh okay dude. I think you should for making posts like this
Because I'm not dropping $60 day one on a game that's reported to be bad in order to form my own opinion. Maybe I'll do it in a year or two when it's on deep discount.
People who come into bad review threads championing not listening to reviewers and buying a game day one to "form their own opinion" are people who have already formed an opinion based on marketing material.
no one is asking for literary masterpieces... but at least have something meaningful to say. I knew from the jump that this game's plot was going to be hollow.
That's much lower than I thought. I'll watch through all of the reviews and get to grips with the common issues with the game.
So we should, what, still rush out to support mediocre products? Besides, that doesn't really have anything to do with what I said initially. Criticizing a game doesn't mean you're taking personal swipes at the people who made it.
7/10 is a piece of shit? Jesus some people here. I mean I have no interest in the game at all but this is a ridiculous post.
I'm a reviewer myself and I rate on a scale of 1-10. Have been doing this for ~10 years now. I'd rather have no rating though, but that's what the publications I write for force on me. I've scored games below a 5 multiple times before, but usually only bad VR games or obscure Japanese Vita titles that are just a boring, broken slog to play through. A game like Days Gone is not comparable with games like that, even if it's repetitive and has technical issues (that are apparently already patched out for a big part).
I know what average means. But on a scale of 1 to 10 a 5,5 would literally be average. A 7 would be well above average. In the score distribution on Opencritic, a 72 currently is 'the' average, yeah. But that doesn't mean it's average on a scale of 1 to 10. On that scale it would be good. An 8 would be great etc.
This place has gotten as bad as the place that we shall not speak of...
lol k
Night of the Living dead is the OG of the zombie genre, and it's both entertaining as hell and political as hell. The genre's foundations are in this.
Another thing that worries me is that several of the reviews mentioned that the narrative goes nowhere, which is deeply disturbing as it makes it sound like the game just kind of cliffhangers at the end just to tease a sequel - which, judging by the reviews, we most likely will not ever see a sequel.