The concept is actually interesting (biker in a zombie world) but I have many problems with the execution:
- All faces and characters look alike which is one of the reason the game as a whole looks generic. Characters are generic.
- World is not interesting. Is there even a meaningful story ? Why didn't they tease us that first ? We haven't seen much of Death Stranding and TLOU2 (much less than Days gone), but we know that the story will be either compelling (TLOU2) or completely over the top (DS). Same for God of War, the first E3 demo was enough to get us hooked.
- You got big vistas and dynamic weather but graphics look rather bland, how did they do it ? For instance graphics of Far Cry 4 are rather simple (rocks, trees and mountains), but they are quite beautiful to look at. It's always a delight to explore its world.
- The way the main character is running is ridiculous.
But my biggest gripe with the game is the gunplay and controls, particularly controls. You are supposed to fight against hordes of enemies coming in all directions but your character has rather tank controls and he can't turn fast enough to deal with enemies around him. I feel like gunplay won't be fun because it's going to be frustrating. How do you deal efficiently with so much enemies behind you if you can't quickly make U-turns ?
This is where Dying Light works and is so fun to play. The view is first person and the controls are very responsive. Days gone is like using the fiddly controls and unresponsive camera of the very cinematic Uncharted 4 in Dying Light. That wouldn't work.
Finally how could they name a child-like zombie Newt ? This is a deal breaker. :P
