He gave fallout 76 and anthem a pass, and his opinion to people who hate both games are valid? Not saying you yourself like those two but there is some cognitive dissonance here.
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Days Gone Review Thread (See Staff Post)
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He gave fallout 76 and anthem a pass, and his opinion to people who hate both games are valid? Not saying you yourself like those two but there is some cognitive dissonance here.
So because you reviewed the game, you can immediately discern the exact 'hours played' count of every other written review?
Called it, always prediction in the 70-74 section.
The biker-gang thing always looked generic and uninspiring.
The biker-gang thing always looked generic and uninspiring.
There are games with enough character development and the entire game can last just a couple of hours.
Do they deserve it, though? I know they canceled some projects after Golden Abyss, but nonetheless, it was an 8 year period between the two games. It's a lot of time, especially to release a game that clearly is way below the level of other AAA PS4-exclusive games.
I know they have a lot of talent there and this was their first big game, but I have doubts if Sony will be willing to give another chance.
My point was that Greg tends to be VERY forgiving of flawed games, and yet Days Gone was too flawed to recommend.
No. I'm implying that some reviewers didn't even reached half of the main quest to write that Deacon is a "selfish bastard". It's ok not to like the game and i think that it's normal :D
So, how does the game follow up on the
selling a woman into slavery
"But only if you promise.... to ride me as much as you ride your bike."
They didn't say it was hidden, they said it was not shown as part of the e3 2018 song presentation, which it wasn't.
I highly doubt Sony thought "wow, people are going to think our show is light on games, better not make it worse by including days gone." That doesn't make any sense.
Have some decency, a lot of people poured their heart and soul into this project, it's unfortunate for them that it appears the game is not the critical hit they hoped it would be.
I had a gut feeling the game wouldn't be received well in addition to not really wanting to buy it myself to begin with...that doesn't mean there's something worthy of celebration when a game fails to reach critical/commercial targets (other than when said failure is due to say abhorrent, anti consumer practices by the people behind the game).
I had a gut feeling the game wouldn't be received well in addition to not really wanting to buy it myself to begin with...that doesn't mean there's something worthy of celebration when a game fails to reach critical/commercial targets (other than when said failure is due to say abhorrent, anti consumer practices by the people behind the game).
what i'm saying is that you are criticizing people for only playing 5 hours of the game and making their definitive opinions based on that, but who has done that?
Really wide range of scores, seems like a game I'll pick up on sale or maybe wait to be on PS+ eventually. The Mad Max game from a few years ago seems like a good comparison I enjoyed my time with that one.
"Only if you promise to ride me as much as you ride your bike"
I imagine in those cases the game's pacing is probably suited to their length.
I feel like any time a game takes heavy inspiration and reference from a specific television show that they're at risk of those references either falling flat or becoming dated almost immediately.
This clip will be Sony/Bend's Assassin's Creed Unity face glitch moment
It's a 7. It did come together. Not GOW tier, but still good. Sales will be very good, so Bend Studio is good. Check the OT by the way. This thread here went over the hill long ago.
Yikers...
Family owns bikes. Nobody says this. Nobody would ever say this. Especially during a wedding ceremony.
That line should never have made it into retail. It's not even remotely clever...
Yeah the delivery only makes it worse, and I don't blame the actress, because she does seem to be nailing an intent, it's just weird. Like even the SoA scene someone linked where people say the same thing, they say it like it's the most obvious and played out lame joke you could make -- which it is. They might as well have the best man's speech include, "Take my wife - please!"
Somehow the delivery here is kind of flirtatious, like this is a really good come on, like it's a real sweet moment between them. It's so much worse that way.
I think Bend's a great studio but this was always a generic, boring sounding idea. It was greenlit in an era where The Last of Us and Walking Dead were massive successes and zombies essentially ruled the world and now everyone's tired of it and this was a remnant of an era of days gone by.
And even then, I'm aware of the MC score, doesn't stop from buying day one.
I guess I struggle to understand why that wouldn't be called bad writing. If you're writing someone people generally find uninteresting then that's bad to me, especially when it's not because (in this case) some crazy twist is being set up or something.
There are tons of reviews here already, but, hey, one more: my take after I sighed and stopped 10 hours in. We opted to publish my thoughts as "impressions," not a review, owing to my incomplete playthrough (essentially a Wot I Think-level writeup).
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019...motorcycle-times-hampered-by-everything-else/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019...motorcycle-times-hampered-by-everything-else/
If E3 is only press conferences they'd be right. What good would it do showing another gameplay demo of a game that was a complete known quantity when they had 4 really huge first party IP to show instead? They showcased the game multiple times at E3 before and then had game preview and a new trailer last year they just didn't feel like it belonged in a show that was structured around gameplay reveals of 3 games and highlighting another that was releasing that calendar year.
Again, people can try to be revisionist and say Sony hid a 70s MC game but that isn't true no matter how much you may want it to be.
Maybe that line is just too subtle/nuanced and its deeper meaning is eluding us.
This game will likely still do really well for them, it's open world, it's got zombies and motorcycles, and it looks on par with some of the best looking PS4 exclusives graphically.
I wouldn't worry too much about Bend.
Sony were pushing this game so hard too. Oh well at least now this game is out we will get to see the far more interesting other first party games at some point....right?
Looked mediocre from day 1 to me.
Looked mediocre from day 1 to me.
My biggest take away from reading and watching reviews, is the world feels dead (no pun intended). With little interaction with objects, water ect. it's like there's a very strict set of rules the devs allow the player to actually play around with. I've decided not to get it day 1, but I still might down the road.
If you gotta wait 10 or so hours for character development, something has gone wrong with the pacing.
This feels like it should go on that Twitter account that posts the dialogue from women that was clearly written by a dude. Jesus
The Days Gone wedding scene would be very good if later it cut to the wife wearing a massive strap-on.
That's my take.
That's my take.
How else will you know if the game is worth a purchase? I'm not going to buy something totally blind and hope it's good.
He doesn't sell anyone into slavery, he rescues a girl that was hiding alone and brings her to a camp that does work it's people hard so she can be safe.
Nowhere near selling someone into slavery.
A little disappointed, but not surprised because I had seen less than stellar impressions of it in the past.
Would like to throw out the outlier reviews......have a hard time believing the 9/10s from PlayStation-centered sites or that it is as bad as 1.5/5. The reviews that bother me though when considering the game are the 6s and 6.5s from some trusted/notable sites and publications. And I've already got some open-world fatigue....and that's from really good open world games.
Probably will have to pass on this because my backlog is too much even when it goes on sale.
Would like to throw out the outlier reviews......have a hard time believing the 9/10s from PlayStation-centered sites or that it is as bad as 1.5/5. The reviews that bother me though when considering the game are the 6s and 6.5s from some trusted/notable sites and publications. And I've already got some open-world fatigue....and that's from really good open world games.
Probably will have to pass on this because my backlog is too much even when it goes on sale.
One thing that's been consistent among reviews is that the script is pretty weak, (but the actors put some work in), and that it takes itself incredibly seriously. A bad move, one of the reason TLOU resonated with a lot of people is that for such a bleak game it had a character like Ellie who was written competently enough to warrant a couple genuine laughs during cinematics and gameplay.
I hope my wife says something cool like that at my wedding. None of this lovey dovey shit everyone else likes to say at their wedding.