Why does this scene need to be justified? Just asking out of general honest curiosity
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Days Gone Review Thread (See Staff Post)
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Usually trophy hunters see most if not all of the game. Because, you know, trophies require that. While reviewers blast through a game to get a review out fast. Soooo.......
I haven't played the other two but Dying Lights distinct features were implemented really well. It was mostly bogged down by poor story and repetitive missions just like Days Gone but parkour and co-op were its high points which made moment to moment gameplay really fun. From some reviews I read Days Gone still seems to be missing a unique hook that can elevate the experience. I have to look hard for it which wasn't the case with Dying Light.
A little too late, son. We're not taking predicitions in here anymore. Do you want to place this prediction on Rage 2 instead?
I'm trash!!!
Also I used to work for GameStop so I definitely understand how someone coming in and cancelling a pre-order can ruin your day.
I was in 100% agreement with you until the bolded part. You assume people bitching are owners of rival systems, bringing in the "console wars" bullshit into the thread. If you would of left it at the reviewing badly your point would of been valid. Some f the people posting concerns about the game are people I know that are PS4 only owners that were looking forward to the game and feel a bit disappointed in some of the reviews and issues being brought up. Assuming that negative comments are "rival system" owners trashing the thread is just adding fuel to the flames.
Oh nooo. I was kind of confident it'd get ~85. It seemed like a underestimated title that could really be a stand-out hit.
Is this like, the game is actually a mediocre experience or its more like, the story is so bad that Reviewers hit it harder because of that? Is the core gameplay loop interesting? (Going to watch EZA review now)
Is this like, the game is actually a mediocre experience or its more like, the story is so bad that Reviewers hit it harder because of that? Is the core gameplay loop interesting? (Going to watch EZA review now)
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I read somewhere that it's calling back to a joke between them before the marriage. Maybe I misread it. Anyway, still not seeing how this is the most terrible thing ever. Like, the clip someone posted of S.O.A. Biker culture. So this fits.
I'm not a huge follower of KF, but honestly I've seen them on more of the 'influencer/talking head' side if the field than hard critique. It's hard to see them as impartial critical eyes when they regularly do sponsored events for publishers.
Not saying it's payola - more that they seem more interested in the hype cycle leading up to a game than the discourse following the release.
Kind of a combination of both.
Severe technical performance issues and a laughable story that wants to be taken seriously seem to be consistent themes across reviews.
I think I only like two of the characters and neither of them show up for HOURS but the voice acting in this game is at least really damn good.
You know? It's cool this conversation. Now I get what you are saying. Every discord should be like this. And I'm grateful that you took the time to explain something that wasn't clear for me. I guess you are right in the sense that if the game wants to be the next horror narrative that want you to think about human condition and fails on that it deserved the critic. But for what I have seen, read, etc. The game is all except that. Previews can be tricky. I thought the developers knew that. And the wedding stuff was hilarious not deep.
read/watch reviews. Shallow gameplay, very buggy/technical issues, terrible writing, fetch quests, etc.
And said trophy hunter genuinely has no receipt for his claim that reviewers are wrong about the quality of the story.
Gotcha! Yeah I'm not seeing it either. I'm definitely interested in playing and learning more once they release another patch
Dont understand why gamespot reviews this and gives it a 5/10 and says the gameplay loop is repetitive when a game like AC Odyssey is pretty much the same but is a fantastic game too.
There was a USG piece last month about the politics of the game, in an interview with the creative director:
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/days-gone-interview
I'm surprised with the meta score, I was rooting for the team to turn it around. But honestly it was set up for failure from concept stage, because the topic is so overdone, and the standard from TLOU is so high. I hope they get to make more games, but next time make something really interesting, like Guerilla did with Horizon.
I really hope so...as every civilized person usually is.
Because it depends on many factors including gameplay mechanics, enemies, locations, weapons etc. Days Gone and AC Odyssey are not the same in how they play I suspect though superficially it might seem that way.
This is a really good and interesting read. Pretty refreshing. Especially since I've always loved Patrick's TLOU review.
I do think an editorial owes it to the reader to play through the entirety of the game but at least it is disclosed how long they interacted with it.
Different reviewers
And for me personally Odyssey is a 9, while DG is a 6. I didn't encounter so many pointless fetch quests in Odyssey like I did in DG.
Can't wait. Game is preloaded and all patched up. Got to get up early tomorrow but will have to squeeze in an hour or so when it unlocks at midnight. I was way off with my guess, but despite the "low" reviews I'm hyped to play it.
They are doing pretty good. Bend Studio is bigger than ever now, they have a brandnew office and are ready for PS5 development. Like I already said man times, Days Gone is a 7/10 game now and it seems like it will sell a few millions. It's all good :)
People aren't familiar with motorcycle culture, but yet called this game "generic". Sometimes people really don't know everything going into a review.
I'd be disappointed to find out that the "mill moment", or something like it, didn't make it into the game. That was the initial premise/promise, followed by the missions with the multiple approaches. Are the just the objectives of the missions "generic", or are the ways to accomplish them rote and unchanging? How much emergent gameplay is there?
But I am even more disappointed to hear about the base PS4 issues. This would be a notable miss given how all the other Sony first-party games run on the base console.
As far as some of the other criticisms, even R* games have moments where you might travel across the map just to have a small scene, depending on the order you want to do certain things. Horizon and Spider-Man had some generic missions also, but those games had pretty good story through-lines and great characters. If Days Gone is really missing those after all, then it's going to be tough.
I'd be disappointed to find out that the "mill moment", or something like it, didn't make it into the game. That was the initial premise/promise, followed by the missions with the multiple approaches. Are the just the objectives of the missions "generic", or are the ways to accomplish them rote and unchanging? How much emergent gameplay is there?
But I am even more disappointed to hear about the base PS4 issues. This would be a notable miss given how all the other Sony first-party games run on the base console.
As far as some of the other criticisms, even R* games have moments where you might travel across the map just to have a small scene, depending on the order you want to do certain things. Horizon and Spider-Man had some generic missions also, but those games had pretty good story through-lines and great characters. If Days Gone is really missing those after all, then it's going to be tough.
I said it as soon as it was unveiled, I have no idea why this game pitch was given the green light.
After watching a full 16 hour play through, I can attend to the story being pretty interesting. Reminds me of fear the walking dead personally, the first 3 seasons that is.
All you're doing is making a case for why I should listen more to what Slant has to say.
Correct. Common sense dictates that trophy hunters do indeed explore and see much more of the game than "professional reviewers." You don't have to explore everything to blast through the story, but you do have to put in extra work & exploration usually for trophy hunting. I know it because I hate it and don't do it unless it's a game I absolutely fucking adore.
I mean this game went into full production in 2015. That was like, peak walking dead and sons of anarchy hype.
I think it's a symptom of the super long dev time, the time of the pitch this kind of game made sense but with each passing year it seemed more and more a bad idea.
That sounds a lot like your average Waypoint review to be fair.
