Days Gone

[Parzival]

Has anyone else here played it?

[Kean_1]

Had a bad feeling about it due to the delay and some of the remarks from developers.  ....in one article they even got a little defensive about being considered yet another zombie game.  Nothing substantial to cause worry but just a feeling I had that the game might be "meh".

I figured I'd wait until after release, catch some in-game footage, read some reviews and then decide if it's the kind of game for me.  Wasn't too thrilled that they didn't include co-op either and I'm not really looking for a solo-only experience right now from a game.

Have you played it?  If so, what's your thoughts?

[Parzival]

I'm liking it a lot. Being a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, Days Gone checks off the most boxes on the list of features I look for in that ideal third-person, open-world post-apocalyptic survival horror game I've been searching for. I've seen a few reviews criticizing it for not being revolutionary or groundbreaking in some way, but I honestly don't see why it even needs to. Seems like reviewers these days want every game to include some new, never-before-seen mechanic that blows everyone's minds, but yet will give CoD's most recent facelift a 1,000,000/10 for doing absolutely nothing the previous title didn't already do. But I digress.

Any proper review of the game I try to compose would be laughably incoherent (believe me, I tried three times in this post to make a short one and all three times it came off as the random ravings of a madman lol), so if there are any specific aspects of the game that are holding you back, tell me what they are and I'll give you an honest opinion on how the game fairs in respect to them.

Edited April 29, 2019 by Parzival

[Kean_1]

6 hours ago, Parzival said:

.....so if there are any specific aspects of the game that are holding you back, tell me what they are and I'll give you an honest opinion on how the game fairs in respect to them.

I honestly have no expectations for the game.  I'll really need to see some more in-game footage to see how the mechanics work, freedom of movement in the game world, etc.  

[debbo89]

On 4/29/2019 at 3:42 PM, Parzival said:

Has anyone else here played it?

Sadly not, as it is PS4 exclusive. Really annoys me that we all can't all enjoy games just because of the system we own. 

Xbox seriously need to pull their finger out!

[Parzival]

3 hours ago, debbo89 said:

Sadly not, as it is PS4 exclusive. Really annoys me that we all can't all enjoy games just because of the system we own. 

Xbox seriously need to pull their finger out!

Well, Xbox players have State of Decay 2, which is pretty similar and something I was annoyed I couldn't play until I found out about Days Gone. IMO, though, I think platform exclusives (maybe excepting certain PC games like ArmA that give you so many control options that you'd need six controllers and twice as many hands to actually play it) are an outdated concept that should be done away with.

Anyone thinking of getting Days Gone might want to hold off or at least shelve it for a bit, though. The 1.06 update that was released for it the other day is causing some consoles to crash, with yours truly being one of those affected. As much as I want to fire it up and play right now, I'd rather not risk my PS4's hardware or hard drive being damaged in some way.

[Kormath]

1 hour ago, Parzival said:

Well, Xbox players have State of Decay 2, which is pretty similar and something I was annoyed I couldn't play until I found out about Days Gone. IMO, though, I think platform exclusives (maybe excepting certain PC games like ArmA that give you so many control options that you'd need six controllers and twice as many hands to actually play it) are an outdated concept that should be done away with.

as sick as i am of all the zombie sh*t out there, i did really enjoy State of Decay 2.  Mostly as my son and I play it when we get bored. Makes the zombie overkill bearable.   agreed on the platform specific games.  They'd make more money selling the game to all platforms.

[Kean_1]

1.07 for Days Gone just went live so that may fix the crashing issue caused by 1.06.   ......just an FYI.

[DNMNetTech]

You mean a production game with problems? Imagine the complaints their sites must have since the Beta problems have this many?

[Parzival]

4 hours ago, Kormath said:

agreed on the platform specific games.  They'd make more money selling the game to all platforms.

Especially these days with even supposed low budget games having production budgets that rival some films, which in turn has resulted in the consumer price almost doubling. I remember back in the day I could go into GameStop with a $100 bill and walk out with at least three brand new games and change to spare, but these days I can barely afford to buy three new games a year. And I honestly think another drastic price increase is inevitable once the next gen systems come around, it's just a question of how much.

No wonder some are predicting a major video game industry crash.

 

2 hours ago, Kean_1 said:

1.07 for Days Gone just went live so that may fix the crashing issue caused by 1.06.   ......just an FYI.

And here I was about to sit down and watch the amazing Green Lantern movie. 😝

[debbo89]

On 5/1/2019 at 3:42 PM, Parzival said:

Well, Xbox players have State of Decay 2, which is pretty similar and something I was annoyed I couldn't play until I found out about Days Gone. IMO, though, I think platform exclusives (maybe excepting certain PC games like ArmA that give you so many control options that you'd need six controllers and twice as many hands to actually play it) are an outdated concept that should be done away with.

Anyone thinking of getting Days Gone might want to hold off or at least shelve it for a bit, though. The 1.06 update that was released for it the other day is causing some consoles to crash, with yours truly being one of those affected. As much as I want to fire it up and play right now, I'd rather not risk my PS4's hardware or hard drive being damaged in some way.

You didn't miss much with SOD2. I enjoyed the first game but the second one is trash IMO.

I agree though. Not everyone can afford two consoles and its just a shame for the gamers who miss out. Have to say though when you compare the exclusives on each console its the Xbox players who I think are missing out the most. God of War game of the year yet can't even play it. 

[Volt]

I'm kinda of interested in this game too. But holding off until I hear more about. I also have the high quality problem of then needing to make time to play it. Too many games, not enough time.