Not my cup of tea from what I've seen so far. I can only muster the appetite for one more zombie game - that's tLoU2. Maybe I'll give it a go down the line.
Personal preference aside, I can definitely see the appeal, this game's production values are through the roof.
@ROFU I agree. I initially thought it was great. Then after the first real gameplay was shown, was a bit disappointed, but now feel like its cone into it's own, and looks pretty damn good. We'll see how it ends up, I may have to pick a ps4 again, with this and last of us 2 on the way.
I'd like to think so too but, although I've seen enough to make me believe I'll enjoy it a great deal and pre-order, I think it's more likely gonna be a well-liked game that people are pleasantly surprised by, as opposed to a Goty.
If it is a GotY nominee though, I'll be very happy for the developers. They seem to have really done everything possible to make the game they envisioned.
Really the only game I’m anxiously anticipating this month. Digital delux pre ordered. I’ll be playing it Thursday at 9pm! Then Avengers Friday night. Gonna be a good weekend.
Well Days Gone is being developed by SIE Bend Studios that's why it's considered a surprise hit of the year Naughty Dog has a great track record with their games so The Last of Us 2 is already considered a hit.
Days Gone will be a hit, all the preview reception has been very good, the "nay sayers" are the ones that repeat the same tired "zombie" or "open world" fatigue mantra.
My excitement for this game is like a roller coaster. With each piece of news I either go "eh this is standard open world stuff but done right" or "I cant wait to encounter that in game"
The game is gonna be good at the very least no doubt even if it's just standard for open world. I think the story will make or break this game as far as it being talked among other sony exclsuives. As far as the media and fanboys go I'm sure they'll be ready to trash this game If it's not an 8 or 9/10 or real sketchy y doesnt try to innovate beyond hordes
I hope it does well. Sony has been trying new IP and the more successful they are the more new IPs we will get . I love the motorcycle and the hordes have more to them them just being there for looks . I think it will do fairly well for a new IP
Just think about how many NEW IP's Sony have released this gen. They wil be going into next gen with a great back catalogue to capitalise on. But yeah, there hasn't been a publisher this gen that has released as many new IP's than Sony. For that they deserve much credit.
think about the series they haven't had time (or desire) to go back to on ps4 that were successful: syphon filter, jak and daxter, demon souls are a few examples.
With all the "concerned" bandwagon skeptics giving it shit, I pray it delivers. So much negativity just for the purpose of being negative. Because apparently it's just the cool thing to do, just hate for no reason! Like there are literally loads of generic open world games that are by the numbers and they seem to get passed but oh no Days Gone has got to suck because it's an exclusive or whatever!
With what I've seen and read and what most hands on impressions being positive I say oh hell yeah!
I really don't know why people have been crapping on this game since it's release. All we've heard is "zombie fatigue, open world fatigue, zombie fatigue...zzzzZZZZzz..."
And then Assassins Creed Odyssey comes out and it's a hit. Resident Evil 2 Remake comes out and it's a hit, even Metro last light comes out and is a hit. It just goes to show that it's not as much a bias against the genre as it is a bias against the publisher.
The publisher that delayed the game more than once and gave Bend more time to polish the game and as a result the previews have been far more favorable than they were before the delays? It seems to me that the publisher was the 1st to realize that Days Gone wasn't entirely up to scratch but let's play the Sony is a victim game shall we?
Saying that Sony gave Bend more time to improve their game and as result the previews became more favorable means that I'm against the game? https://www.youtube.com/wat...
So basically you admit that Sony have never announced a prior release date to the Februaury 22nd release date. So it was only delayed once, a release line-up and release date are two different things. You do know the difference right? For example - Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima and TLOU2 all are being "thought" to release this year, i.e. Sony has these games as part of their release line-up, but none of those games have recieved official release dates. If they all get moved to 2020, you do realise that it's not officially a delay, because they never got official release dates to begin with. It only counts as a delay when it has an official press release date that then gets moved. That's like saying if Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't release this year, it means it's been delayed. Days Gone has only been delayed once.
The point of my initial comment, that you didn't address is that many of the game press where citing "zombie fatigue" and "open world fatigue" as why they were not interested in Days Gone. Many of those same game site then praised Resident Evil 2 Remake - a zombie game. Not once did any one state zombie fatigue. Each time Days Gone was shown - 2016, 2017, 2018, so many game journalist were saying - "it's just another open world game, with the same open world tropes we've seen so many times before" etc.
Then Assassins Creed Oddyssy drops in 2018. There have been 21 Assassins Creed games. 11 Main AAA titles. So if ever there was going to be a case for "open world fatigue" it would be here. You would have expected the games media to shout it froin the rooftops. But nope. It becomes a smash hit and is praise to high heaven. Not even a hint of "open world fatigue". But when it comes to an original IP published by Sony, never mind the fact there haven't been any high quality AAA open world zombie games in recent years. But suddenly everyone has zombie fatugue now, and open world fatigue all of a sudden.
You don't ever even hear the same, or any critisicm levelled at Word War Z. A zombie game that is out next week, and looks sub-par in almost every category to Days Gone (fair enough it's a multiplayer only game), and one that is not doing anything new that hasn't been done before (a criticism leveled at Days Gone constatly), but no one is calling out World War Z and making those comments that are being leveled at Days Gone.
I'm not admitting to anything. I didn't say that the game was going to be released in 2018. Bend did in their own website and just because a specific date wasn't given it doesn't change the fact that the game was originally planned to be released in the year 2018. It wasn't released in the year 2018 as was originally planned so the game was delayed. Also, "thought" isn't a word used by publishers to determine the release date of projects that cost them millions of $. Bend didn't put 2018 in their website because they felt like it.
Well maybe "journalists" said those things because the game was a combination of zombies and open world and because the game wasn't up to scratch. After being delayed more than once what I saw were mostly positive previews and I'm sorry but I have to ask: bias towards Sony the publisher? Really? How can anyone say that when GoW was the game that won the most GOTY awards last year and it's just not GoW. Astrobot, Spider Man, Uncharted 4, MLB the Show, Ratchet remake, Horizon, SoTC Remake, Bloodborne... many of the games that Sony publishes are extremely well received by the media.
Actually there were loads of "concerned " pieces about God of War, HZD, Uncharted 4, Detroit Become Human, even Shadow of Collosus but when these games all released those"concerns " dissipated!
Why did most of the "concerned " articles go away once these games released? Well it's because once they are in the wild one can see for ones self those concerns were for not! They were mostly smoke jobs.
And then those games were released and were extremely well received by gamers and the "journalists". You know why they do that? Clicks. It's not bias, they want money and there are many fools out there that give it to them.
It should be. I think this is Sony's most difficult challenge in PS4 era. New IP, comeback developer, single player, zombies, bikes,,,, to me this is impossible odds.
You should be surprised and show great respect to Sony's handling of game production, if the game becomes a hit. This is not an easy game to make and sell.
I hope so but Sony's devs are working more and more under pressure because for about 4 years running now Sony has been releasing hit after hit after hit and no one wants to have the label of being the first Sony dev in four years to fail. But from what I have seen so far things are looking very good.
I think it has the capability. I'm looking forward to it.
I think it will depend on how much content it has to offer with no multiplayer 🤔
I hope so,a day one buy for me.
Really the only game I’m anxiously anticipating this month. Digital delux pre ordered. I’ll be playing it Thursday at 9pm! Then Avengers Friday night. Gonna be a good weekend.
Day 1 for me also!