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’Days Gone’ will need a stellar story to save its stale gameplay - Engadget

Andrew Tarantola writes: "Days Gone looks to be a perfectly entertaining open-world adventure game. It just didn't immediately capture my imagination like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Dead Rising or God of War did. That's not to say that I won't pick it up when it comes out because, again, killing zombies is kinda my jam -- just that it'd better have one heck of a compelling storyline to help carry the otherwise unremarkable gameplay."

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Storm Shadow NF2165d ago ShowReplies(9)
thatguyhayat2165d ago

Stale gameplay? What are you smoking? This is more of an opinion than a preview.

DigitalRaptor2165d ago (Edited 2165d ago )

You're right. Based on everything Bend Studio has given Game Informer access to, the gameplay is sounding anything but stale.

The 6+ varied enemy types alone guarantees that the gameplay isn't going to be stale, especially when you can dynamically turn enemies on one another for different results.

The Horde gameplay alone where there are 300+ freaks chasing you at once is exhilarating and has never been done like this in games before.

The pervasive sense of threat and crazy difficulty sounds like a good way to create dynamic encounters that prevent the gameplay from getting stale.

The motorbike that acts as an extension of your character and that you have to maintain to survive sounds like a good way to prevent gameplay from being stale.

Game Informer footage has more useful information than any of these previews. What was the point in Sony giving them limited access compared to Game Informer? It does little, just give them access to all or nothing.

And If they're judging a game labelled Alpha and is a year out from release, you'd think that would occur to them, or they could at least piece things together from Game Informer like the rest of us.

IamTylerDurden12165d ago (Edited 2165d ago )

The horde gameplay, upgrades/crafting, and motorcycle riding throughout the beautiful open world looks like enough on its own to keep the game interesting and exciting. I can't wait to build the ultimate motorcycle part by part and cruise off road. I look forward to attacking missions in a variety of ways like in Deus Ex. Saving and trying to complete an objective via full stealth, guns blazing, adaptive, ect. I look forward to learning about the apocalypse and why it happened, burning down Freak nests, taking on raiders. The game likely will not have an impactful narrative in the mold of TLoU, but it looks damn fun and anything but stale.

gillri2164d ago

Eurogamer has also said the same thing, they were also un-impressed with the game considering its been 3 years since we first saw this I am worried it will be at least 2 more years before we see it

bouzebbal2164d ago (Edited 2164d ago )

and hate begins...
tbh one thing i dislike with this game is the playable character, he's so random with no charisma at all.

blitz06232165d ago

Newsflash - (P)reviews ARE opinions

OB1Biker2164d ago (Edited 2164d ago )

Previews and reviews are more than opinion pieces or essays. They should thoroughly inform first and foremost. I know a lot of reviewers think its all about them and their feelings but I disagree.

81BX2164d ago

@OB1Biker
This piece informed you of some of the mission types, the play style and frame rate issues. Also states it's still in development.

joab7772165d ago (Edited 2165d ago )

I’m pretty sure the story will be good. It seems to be following in the vein of recent 1st part Sony studios. And I’m sure they are commiserating with ND, Guerilla and the rest.

SquareBurgers2165d ago

WARNING! WARNING! Negative PS4 story, all hands on deck!!!

lxeasy2165d ago

So true ps fan boys can't take any criticism. Lol

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smolinsk2165d ago

The gameplay? what the fu.. you havent played the game buddy...the gameplay looks fine, whats the problem..

Jinger2165d ago

He, uh, did play the game. But it's his opinion from an early build, the game still has plenty of time in the oven.

UCForce2165d ago (Edited 2165d ago )

Well, he did played it and yes he’s not impressed of course. But i’m glad Bend Studio to let people play the alpha build to improve the game in final release. Now say what you want about The Order 1886 but at least the game was playable and polished from start to finish in final release. I trust Bend Studio to improve the game in final release. The reason State Of Decay 2 have mixed reviews because the game filled with bugs and glitches and it was rushed in release. If I want to compare game to SOD2 in term of playable and polish, I would say God Of War. God of War bug and glitches were almost non existent and you can tell that Sony give their devs enough time to polish the game.

Jinger2165d ago (Edited 2165d ago )

@UCForce

It's funny people are still stuck on the "Bugs and Glitches" for SoD2. I have hands on experience with both GoW and SoD2 and while SoD2 lacks overall polish it has yet to have any major bugs or glitches for me. I actually had 1 game breaking glitch in GoW where a chain glitched out and I couldn't proceed and made me need to restart and another where I was trying to return my axe but it got stuck on my wrist or forearm for a while until it fixed itself. It caused me not to attack and had to only dodge for a while.

The most I have had with SoD2 was a clipping issue that didn't let me do a finishing move because one of the zombies head clipped into a curb... The rest has been fine. You can believe it or not, which you probably won't believe, but whatever, I have actually played both. /shrugs

Gaming_1st2165d ago

@Jinger

Sorry facts do not care about your opinion.

Jinger2165d ago

@Gaming_1st

So my actual gameplay isn't facts? It's all the facts I need.

rainslacker2165d ago

It's just odd that you're about the only person who doesn't seem to have any bugs in any MS games.

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SquareBurgers2165d ago

The gameplay is stale because its been done over and over again, he doesn't mean performance. It it more of the same like all games lately.

smolinsk2165d ago

So it's fine you mean, what do you expect of gameplay? If it's fine then everything is okay, better with a easy and not confusing gameplay then a very confusing one.

Rachel_Alucard2165d ago

It's so bizarre to me to see someone claiming the guy who played the game didn't play the game, then saying it looks fine despite having never played the game themselves and only seeing the game through other channels.

smolinsk2164d ago

But it looks fine and pretty sure it is fine, is he has played it or not the game and gameplay is gonna be fine, the gameplay looks simple and easy and that's only good.

Rachel_Alucard2164d ago

@smolinsk

Thats the problem. That "simple and easy" is why its getting the stale comments. I know you guys talk shit about how outlets are untrustworthy and paid but if a preview event has multiple groups including a pro sony site saying its stale or anything negative you know theres something wrong. Most of the comments are just people basing their opinion from a god damn video on youtube. Playing a game and watching it are 2 different things.

OB1Biker2164d ago (Edited 2164d ago )

The game is far from simple and easy. Its not a generic tps. You dont regenerate health, you cant go back into stealth once you are spotted, your mellee weapons break, you cant stop too long because your never safe. Etc etc inform yourself
I haven t played the game but its well reported.
The real problem that every report agrees with is it s rough. Bad framerate and that sort of thing.
The one thing is good to know is the full game is playable now. Ironing out bugs and optimizing is what they have to do from now till Spring next year. Plenty of time.

Rachel_Alucard2164d ago

@oB1Biker

I'm gonna ignore the biased avatar red flag but everything you listed has already been done in many other zombie survival games. When someone says this is stale, it means that what is being done is not new or fresh or interesting or exciting. They are right about that just based on those traits you listed.

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ZombieKiller2165d ago

Still buying it despite this opinion piece. The gameplay looks anything BUT stale.

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Lamboomington2165d ago

I don't know, looks pretty stale to me, but not in a way that they can't fix. The game is a whole year away from release.

IMO it just needs some flavour, and some of that will come with polish I think. I see a lot of potential with this game, but it has not impressed me thus far. That's okay though, because this is an early alpha.

X-Alchemist2165d ago

Lol are you guys trolling? '...But it looks.' '...that's impossible they said...' These people have literally played the game and if most are saying the same thing, god forbid they might actually be on to something. Holy mother, put down your bongs and take Bends d*ck out from your mouths.

RDF2165d ago

Didn't this site give stat of decay 2 a high score? If so then then site should just be ignored.

Prince_TFK2165d ago

They should be ignored because they give a game that they like a 3.5/5? Wow, logic.

FernDiggidy2164d ago (Edited 2164d ago )

Did they? or are you just saying that to prove a point?

Edit: they did....smfh! Proceed.

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Fluke_Skywalker74d ago (Edited 74d ago )

Never say never, I really didn't expect to ever see Space Marine 2 and 12 years later its almost here.
So there is still hope for all these games.

Chocoburger74d ago

I've completed 5 of the games on the list, but the author forgot to include Advent Rising. It was supposed to be a trilogy, but it bombed hard, and the two sequels never got made. It was Mass Effect, a console generation before Mass Effect.

The game is buggy and unpolished, it needed a few more months of development, but the potential was there. At the end of the game, you have all these super abilities, I remember the stomp attack that created a shockwave being especially powerful.

shinoff218374d ago

I personally think days gone will recieve some sort of sequel at some point. I'm personally also hoping it's not the rumored multiplayer online stuff. I'd think most that enjoyed it would rather thisnto.

Knightofelemia74d ago

Sony needs to dust off Sly Cooper and Days Gone so needs a sequel two of my favorite Sony titles. Bulletstorm I love great game wish it also got a sequel. And I wish Namco would finally give Enslaved a sequel another great game.

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Days Gone | Trailer [GOG]

Days Gone is now available DRM-free from GOG

shinoff2183182d ago

Such a fun ass game. I enjoyed it alot more then I thought I would.

ravens52182d ago

We need a part 2 doesn't even have to be Deacon. But I had no problems with him either, he was a dude on a mission.

Cacabunga182d ago

My second favorite PS4 game after RDR2 hands down

neutralgamer1992182d ago

I think with Jim Ryan gone we may get a sequel down the road. It has become a cult classic

andy85182d ago

This was so fun I love the hoards. People need to stick with it because the start is very slow

MrDead182d ago

Has a really good PC port too, I wasn't expecting much from this game but I had a blast. Wish it had a part 2 as the story was building well.

jznrpg182d ago

It does take some time to get some weapons ,skills and a few bike upgrades up to feel like you got a rhythm going but then it really starts to click and the game is a lot of fun

shinoff2183182d ago

I was sad when it ended. I wanted more. I'd have to look but I think that was one of the few games I platinumed to. I only got like 4. I don't go out of my way for trophies though

Abnor_Mal182d ago (Edited 182d ago )

@shinoff same I only have 4 plats and one is Days Gone, and I also don’t go out of my way for platinums.

Was a very fun game and wish there would be a sequel, maybe one day they will come back to it with a different pitch that Sony will approve.

They probably rejected it he sequel because it might not have been the direction they were going for with gaas games and the like.

jznrpg182d ago

@shinioff I had the same feeling when I got the platinum. I need more. Hopefully they make a sequel and leave multiplayer out of it unlike the last pitch for Days Gone2.

got_dam182d ago

The critical reception had Sony relegate Bend to a support studio. Thank God the fans spoke up and Sony reversed that decision.

jznrpg74d ago

They have been working on a game for some time now and have said so

Knightofelemia182d ago

One of my favorite Sony titles too bad there is no sequel.

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Hereandthere292d ago

4 PlayStation exclusives, rdr2 and gta 4 and 5. Not one xbox made game.

zachyBROosevelt292d ago

What Xbox game should be on there?

Flewid638291d ago

Quantum Break and Ryse Son of Rome. They're the only 2 Microsoft games I ever enjoyed, probably because they felt like PlayStation games.

MIDGETonSTILTS17292d ago

What Xbox games are missing?

What Xbox games would even be candidates? The OG Xbox version of Chaos Theory?

SullysCigar291d ago

None - I took that as his point. There aren't any xbox games that are contenders for this list.

Abnor_Mal291d ago

“Not one ‘Xbox made’ game.”

“Made”

Yet people are throwing out games made by third parties that are exclusive to Xbox, which isn’t what the question asked.

MIDGETonSTILTS17290d ago

A simulator that was built for PC first hardly counts….

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MIDGETonSTILTS17292d ago

MGS2’s ice cubes deserved a mention.

ClayRules2012292d ago

Seriously, they melt🤯 that game, ahead of its time.

andy85291d ago

Blew my mind back in 2001 in the bar area, each bottle smashing individuallly when you shot them too. Never seen that before

ClayRules2012292d ago

I’m so glad to see Days Gone get some recognition, because it absolutely is a BEAUTIFUL looking game, and in other times, downright incredible, with its snow forming on the ground over time and the storms coming in with the winds blowing the trees is a sight to behold! I remember at one point I was using photo mode and snapped this photo (I swear) using the filters and other effects the shot I captured looked so realistic, it was remarkable. It was of a leaf 🍁 (others were around it) by this train track and the area was wet from the rain. I captured many others, which turned out fantastic. I’m sure ya’ll captured some fantastic one’s yourselves. Oh, and the horde of freakers 500 coming at you is insane and a sight to see. Wish we could get a sequel, Days Gone deserves it!

Uncharted 4 - Man, that game still blows me away still to this day. ND really captured the adventures of Nate, Elena, Sully and Sam in a way that was not just so stunning to look at, but in a way that EVERY new location, be it in a new area of this specific city, town, jungle, mountain range etc all felt truly living, with life. One of my favorite locations was the old lady’s mansion, such a simple mission, yet so fun, intriguing, sad, and intense all at the same time. And the richness of detail packed into the objects in that mansion is superbly detailed. Anyone notice the couch pillow in Nate and Elena’s house actually mushes down when she rests her arm on it when she’s talking to Nate about him taking the job? ND delivered with best in class character models, yet again. Dirt in nails, I mean🤯 I remember capturing a photo of Nate hanging from a ledge in Madagascar and I snapped a pic, zoomed in, and dirt was in his finger nails, that’s just insane detail. Add on the chest hair blowing in the wind lol.

RDR2 - Masterpiece of a game! In visual details, how this game still looks better than games nowadays (and they don’t even have to be open world) is something else. Fantastic character models, hair/facial hair that grows in real-time, awesome cloud system, NPC characters in the world actually eat their food, cut up their 🥩 among other new details being discovered these almost 5 years later, it’s amazing. Horse testicles. Has me intrigued to see how GTA6 will deliver in comparison to dynamic events etc.

The Last of Us Part 2 - ND took PS4 to its limits with this game. The level of detail in these models is striking, again, best in class, along with the environments. Foliage is phenomenal and doesn’t look like that “cheap” looking video game grass. It’s such a step up in quality. The gore is a visual ummm, I don’t want to say delight, but showcase for depicting how unforgiving that world is. The level of pain, fear and loss on the faces of NPC’s when you take their life in this game as Ellie or Abbie, man I always felt bad about that. And the dogs too… until the dogs came at me, than all bets were off lol. But again, there’s many more details that players who’ve not played this game must see for themselves to appreciate. Motion matching technology to me tho has to be the most impressive thing above even the visuals. Although both compliment each other, playing the game with the tech and the way everything flows so fluidly and smoothly is like playing an E3 demo, each play through feels just that damn good.

Rimeskeem292d ago

Wonder if Sony will give Bend another chance at Days Gone. The game was great, just maybe not the same quality as other PS exclusives. They are on the right track though, for their first new IP since 1999 I would say they should be given a chance to polish in a sequel. I can only imagine the madness of hoards they can make with the PS5. Maybe add a coop mode so that friends can be like a biker gang together and take out giant hordes with each other.

Just seems stupid to not give the IP another chance given it (supposedly) sold extremely well.

jznrpg291d ago

As long as it stays single player I hope they do make a sequel. I really enjoyed Days Gone and It would be a guaranteed purchase from me. I have the collectors unopened for the first game.

StormSnooper291d ago

I wouldn't mind a multiplayer Days Gone. It would have some intense hoard fights for sure! This is from a mainly single player gamer. I would want a single player Days Gone II, with a solid multiplayer mode.

Rimeskeem291d ago

I'm not saying to make it massively multiplayer or PVP, just would be nice to explore and kill hordes with a friend or 2.

1Victor291d ago

@Rimes:”Wonder if Sony will give Bend another chance at Days Gone.”

Personally I would prefer a remastered Warhawk, Starhawk or better jet a new game in the series even if it’s a GAS 😢

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