'Days Gone' Is a Parody of Big Budget Video Games

The only interesting part of PlayStation 4's new exclusive is hidden behind dozens of hours of a zombie game you've played before, and better.

The 40 hours it took me to beat Days Gone were as generic as anything I’ve seen in a big budget video game. It plays like The Last of Us mixed with Far Cry. By that I mean: there’s a big map with lots of activities, a long and melodramatic story, the ability to equip and upgrade your character and his motorcycle, and a laundry list of side quests.

[NecrumOddBoy]

Only interesting part? Let's come down from your high horse with the rhetoric. It's starting to get unjustly out of hand. The game has some issues but this dog pile of nitpicky hate is dumb.

[pwnmaster3000]

Yeah I really don’t understand the hate the media got for this game.
From what me and a couple of buddies have played, we really enjoy the game. Even through out some sites like YouTube, many people are voicing their opinions saying it’s a good game. I’ve seen more people say they like it then hate it, in person and on the internet. Even people I know who has both consoles and prefer Xbox, likes it. I’m loving it and maybe I’m bias because I love zombie (freakers) type games

It’s weird man. This game ain’t perfect but it’s not a trash game like how some people are making it out to be.
I feel like this will pull an uncharted if they get a chance to make a sequel.

[naruga]

it s not a trash ...but is not worth the hype ,the budget, the marketing and the development time behind it especially as a late game in PS4s life...Sony could easily have forseen this even from trailers (or pitch demos for them) and intervene to improve the thing or cancel it and fund somthing else ...if you see my comments (and others forum followers comments) when they released the first 2016 trailer , you ill understand that people didnt excited a lot from another ultra geenric zombie game and most of them had big doupts about the game ....... its the worst mix for a game .... completely bland boredome story/environement and the "unattractive" from any aspect protagonist along with 1000 times seen type of gameplay and you have Days gone

[sprinterboy]

Unfortunatly the media get bored of the top dog and try root for the under dog, this happens in everything from gaming, sport, tvs etc.
Seriously they'll be gaming journalist nxt gen try to down play anything positive sony do and if Sony make a hint of a mistake they'll be over them like a zombie rash.

[Kosic]

It's due to it being really hyped up that people are hitting it hard. Then there are people who think 6/10 means broken, buggy game. When it really means it was ok.

Other people get upset when someone expresses their opinion.

Me personally, I wasn't interested in the game from the get go. The first E3 teaser it looked kinda arcadey shooter and wasn't for me (I like my zombie games more serious ton like the last of us). Since then it has changed a little but, I will wait till the price drops before I get it.

[UltraNova]

What they couldn't or wouldn't say on the endlessly repetitive AC games they said for DG.

[pwnmaster3000]

@naruga
What Hype tho. This game been getting trashed since day one. Have you even played it or are you just speculating? I’m guessing not because it’s far from bland and boring. Seeing a horde jump out of no where, inside a train while I was trying to open a safe house was one of the most exciting things I’ve seen in 2019 for gaming. Thinking you cleared out a cave but just having to find out there are several more zombies ready to chase and having no supplies left and hopping on your bike to have the freakers arm length away you, barely making it out is heart racing and this is 5 hours of just playing.

And what’s wrong with the protagonist?
What do you hate about him?

I think this game is crazy fun. I hope they make a sequel and fix all the issues they had.

[AnubisG]

I understand it. Let me explain.

Sony is insanely successful this gen. They released one hit after another. People have grown to expect amazing games from Sony. The competition could not attack Sony on anything. It took years for the competition to come up with one thing and they made that anthill into a mountain. That one thing was crossplay. Do you remember the countless hate articles that poped up? It was so important to MS and their ilk like nothing was as important ever before. They kept on taking a dump om Sony. It blew over like the manufactured outrage that it was.

Now, they finally got something they can take huge dumps on. The Sony haters having a field day with Days Gone and since finally they got something they don't want to let it go and that is why we are grtting so many hateful "articles" about this game. Expect even more. Now they feel like they can tear down Sony. If you think that this is a conspiracy theory, just look at the evidence of the countless articles about it and where they are coming from.

[outsider1624]

@naruga it's a new ip, ofcourse it's going to need the hype, budget and marketing.
No one expected this to be a masterpiece like every other Sony First Parties. More like a sleeper hit.

"..cancel it and fund something else." This isn't M$. Thank God you don't work for Sony. I seriously hope Bend comes up with a sequel after this diamond rough.

[jer1122]

It's because the characters are male and not a main female character. A white male at that. Literally the worst thing in the world right now. Any games I have a female lead character get super high reviews. Strong female character. Look at Gamespot review it said bikes and boys it's like come on really.

[rainslacker]

@Naruga

Not being worth the hype isn't justification for lowering review scores.

[S2Killinit]

personally I think its because every once in a while the gaming media needs to bash on something, so they wait for the moment when they think others will be writing clickbait reviews so they can also write something clickbait without being found out. Its like a snowball effect.

and I'm pretty sure this only happens with games that don't allocate funds for advertising on the review sites. They are essentially saying to the gaming companies "look how effectively I can affect your game sales, next time include our site when deciding to advertise your games".

[ILostMyMind]

@naruga
You contradict yourself. You talk about hype and then you say people were not excited about the game from the beginning. So then you say that Sony should cancel the game by forseen that it would not be a big hit. Apparently you would like 90% of all games to be canceled. Including 100% of XBO games.

Phil Spencer was indeed right, "cancellations are better for gamers."

[Larrysweet]

Its insane it aint no diff then ac orgins or odyssey really and they praised those repetive games...idk idc seems be selling well and i highly enjoy it and pray sequel comes using decima engine

[Anthotis]

Games journalists are the only parody here.

[mrmikew2018]

Game journalism has been a joke for the past decade.

Just bunch of egotistical nerds that try their hardest to push their opinion off as fact.

[GameStallion]

Srsly amazing + accurate burn.

[Al_Simmons]

Very much so. SMH

[uth11]

It's this games version of
'Sekiro needs accessible mode'. They all pile on with ridiculous arguments for clicks

[DaDrunkenJester]

The difference is people still rated Sekiro highly.

[Kornholic]

It's becoming more clear every day that the Days Gone I am playing currently is apparently a drastically different version of the game most of the reviewers played. The outright hatred for this game is unfathomable.

[P_Bomb]

[Quote]Taking on zombie hordes is fun, and an opportunity for Days Gone to differentiate itself, but I only fought two of them of the course of the entire game.[/Quote]

But there *are* 40. You liked what you saw, but made no effort to VS more than 2? Seems counterintuitive. If I like something, I seek it out again.

In a bit of a twist it sounds like you did find your differentiator to AC/TLOU/FC. Your x ingredient, the hook, but chose to ignore it, instead writing about the word ’freaker’. A boring complaint in and of itself. TWD has been calling zombies ‘walkers’ and ‘roamers’ for a decade+ .

I just beat my first horde and I’m still early enough to be popping tutorials. They aren’t RNG. At this rate I don’t see how I could end up with only 2/40 encounters after 40hrs unless I was actively avoiding them. *cough*

[gleepot]

but its not good

[NarutoFox]

I'm still scratching my head on how IGN gave this game a 6.5 🤔

[CP_Company]

I agree, your article is a big parody.

[mrmikew2018]

I never played any game before that had these many hordes of zombies.

Is there another game out there like this or am I missing something?

[Fluttershy77]

Not zombies! They are freakers! They drink water and make nests with their own sht

[sprinterboy]

The game "does exactly what it said on the tin"
I don't get what gamers expected, we've seen enough trailers to no it was gonna be a story about the wife, fixing the bike and upgrading the bike as you progress through the story and meet different characters along the way.
I seriously worry about the intelligence of the human species. If you didn't like what ive just mentioned what we got from the trailers and devs running upto the release of the game then the game was never going to be for you in the first place.

[mrmikew2018]

You’re right, my b.

[PhantomS42]

Found the Studio Bend employee. You can call zombies Freakers but they are still zombies at the end of the day.

[Kornholic]

Zombies are undead. A zombie is a reanimated human corpse. Freakers are not undead, therefore freakers are not zombies. It's not that hard.

[aconnellan]

Quick question from someone who hasn’t played the game.

Aside from nests (which you could argue zombies have as well), are those points of difference represented in the game?

The videos I’ve seen so far show them as basically zombies (shambling around, decaying skin, animalistic, etc), but I’ve heard that “they’re not zombies, they’re dreamers” line parroted for a few months, and it just comes across as marketing speak to try and create a point of difference.

I could be wrong because I haven’t played it and I’ve only watched review gameplay. But does the gameplay itself differentiate them from zombies?

[Kornholic]

aconellan it's not marketing speak, it's a technicality. You can't call it a zombie if it's not undead. For example, the infected from 28 Days Later were not zombies since they did not die and resurrect as the undead and they could die out of starvation.

"The videos I’ve seen so far show them as basically zombies (shambling around, decaying skin, animalistic, etc)"

The only correct part of that statement is that they are animalistic. They are not shambling around and do not have decaying skin.

[EazyC]

That sounds like my first year at college

[Kribwalker]

dead rising 3 had hundreds of zombies at once. One of my favourite things to do in that one was build a steamroller motorcycle and plow through them all lol

[IRetrouk]

Dead rising 3 had hundreds of zombies around you but only a couple attack at once, the rest just kinda lull about untill you get closer to them, days gone freakers attack as a group, they also migrate across the map, and repopulate their group if you dont take them all out, something dead rising doesn't feature, but if you like state of decay 2 and dead rising 3 then I dont see how days gone wouldn't excite you, it's better than both in almost every way...

[mrmikew2018]

Sigh....

[gangsta_red]

World War Z just released with words of zombies

[gangsta_red]

Words...hordes! Lol

[IamTylerDurden1]

It's the only game with similar hordes, it literally just released.

It's odd that some are saying "we've played this game before, but better". Where? What game has horde gameplay like this combined with a legitimate sp story, open world, resource management, rich motorcycle gameplay/management, A1 graphics and tech, dynamic weather of this magnitude, 3D audio, satisfying stealth, zombie animals? What game is even similar other than a couple aspects?

L4D is a story-less co op game

Dead Island doesn't have the survival aspect, hordes, resource management, or similar tone. The story in Dead Island and Dying Light is also very weak.

Dead Rising is a jokey sandbox with poor graphics and generic tech. High zombie numbers are featured but you can basically walk through hundreds of them and they barely react. Talk about AI, the zombies in Dead Rising are on thorazine. They are meandering figures that only react when directly near them. They story in Dead Rising means nothing because the tone is so bombastic and stupid. Like Saints Row 4. It's a cartoon game.

State of Decay has virtually no story. It's a budget game with poor graphics and tech, no hordes, and an emphasis on co op. It doesn't have top notch voice work, character development, or the same mix as Days Gone. It has resource management and survival, but it's a totally different style of game.

[gangsta_red]

@Tyler
"It's odd that some are saying "we've played this game before, but better". Where?"

Throw a rock at an open world game by the sound of it.

Seriously though, why do you feel the need to tear down those games you're mentioning in order to prop this one up with marketing speech?

Your opinions on those games are not as credibile than the ones saying the same about Day's Gone.

[UltraNova]

Even you, yes you, know that everything Iamtyler said its true.

[gangsta_red]

No, every thing he said is not true, it's his opinion.

[UltraNova]

Then present your counterarguments as to why L4D, DI, SoD and DR are better than DG and why they were not viceraly attacked as the latter did.

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

World War Z

[thepetedog]

for a website that claims to hate this game, they sure are writing a lot about it

[robtion]

I am amazed by all of the negativity being piled on this game. Days Gone is REALLY good. Something weird is going on because a game that looks this good and is this fun should not be getting such a bashing.

[rainslacker]

There's actually more positivity floating around, it just doesn't get as much attention, because it doesn't fuel one's biased preconception of the game. By preconception, I obviously mean, "hope that it sucks so we can defame Sony in some way".

Those who are most active saying the game is terrible, are also the ones who admittedly haven't played it. It's one thing to call out positive or negative reviews for what is apparently innacurate, it's quite another to agree with them because you want to validate your own bias.

But, as it is, I say let the haters be. Let them dig their own hypocritical grave, because the next MS piece of trash that rolls out, where they try to defend low review scores, we can now easily find examples of where they only focus on the negative reviews, and ask why they aren't doing the same thing.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

I'm loving the shit out of it and I see others are too. I'm so glad most can see thru the bullshit reviews and are giving this game a well deserved chance.

[Sitdown]

Because if you hate something, it means you can't have a lot to say about it? Regardless of how one feels about the game, your statement is so illogical in general.

[bluefox755]

I truly don't understand the hate with this game. It's not perfect, it's a little rough around the edges, and has a few oddities, but it's a lot of fun, and I'm quite enjoying the story. Certainly better than the gaming media would have you believe.

[Dreamcatcher45]

Because there is zero continuity between these so called gaming "journalists". Game A and game B can be exactly the same, but will somehow get different results.

Gears 4 plays EXACTLY as The Order 1886 (I know, couse I have them both) and not only that, Gears 4 plays ECACTLY like Gears 1. It has literally been close to zero gameplay evolution between three games. Yet one scores 9 and 10's and the other 6's and 7's. That can't be taken seriously imo.

[chiefJohn117]

Your argument fell dead when you compared the order to Gears. 0 creditability after that.

[IRetrouk]

I understand your point but the order really was just an ok game, they do play kinda the same but gears is a quality game, the last one was defo not as good as the original trilogy but it was a better more fleshed out game than the order. As for days gone, I dont let reviews choose my games, never have, it's a quality game and much better than what a metacritic score will tell you. Go buy it people. Gruff biker for tha win!! Lol

[Dreamcatcher45]

Kinda the same? Both are cover based shooters in tight corridores. Both is killing off a wave of enemies then proceed to the next cover. Gameplay wise they play identically. Order is actually more varied because it has some stealth segments.

[CorndogBurglar]

Yeah.....

Your argument isn't wrong, but The Order and Gears are way different. Yes, they are both cover-based shooters. But if you honestly can't see that The Order is highly inferior to Gears then Indon't know how seriously anyone should take you.

The Order was extremely short, had terrible AI, no bosses except for the one mid-game boss that was then repeated as the end boss, had nothing to do in it's beautiful world except walk to the next area with enemies (no collectibles or anything), and a lack of weapons.

Gears is far superior and it's very obvious to see.

[Obelisk92]

There are two big differences between Gears and The Order: Multiplayer and Longevity.

[william_cade]

I wouldn't go that far

[Dark_Knightmare2]

So it plays like other games that are fun but still has its own unique and fun qualities and that’s a problem why?

[Teflon02]

Every so often when a bunch of good games come out. One has to become the target of negativity. This was obviously the target. It's a easy target because the genre. I'm not surprised. But it goes to show you. Rip of rereleases of already overpriced games that are old being rereleased at a overpriced price again, but years later and they're not shitted on by these ppl. Yet they're going out of their way to find some bs to cry about with the game because it's just decent lol. It shows the intent

[mrmikew2018]

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I have the game and I’m about 5 hrs into it, game is incredible.

I haven’t run into any game breaking bugs, just annoying load times, but other than that the game is up there with other Sony exclusives.

I will say try for yourself, and don’t listen to these assclowns that truly believe they’re a game journalist.

[BLow]

Haven't you heard, Sony games are supposed to reinvent everything lol. I'm going to wait and see if they say the same about a racing game and this cover based 3rd person shooter coming out later this year. Will those games be more of the same? We shall see....

[rainslacker]

Because average and good reviews don't get enough attention to drive hits. Just look at the positive reviews. They're pretty much a wasteland comment wise, while negative reviews are rife with trolls driving high hit numbers.

[SpinalRemains138]

This game rocks, period.

No one buys games for academy award winning performances so stop with the harsh judgements. We play games because we want to blow up stuff and cause mayhem.

This game does that well.

[KillZallthebeast]

Lol gaming "articles" are getting as hillarious as some political ones

[darx]

Game stinks

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

Yes mate - on your way.

[Kribwalker]

what’s wrong with him voicing his opinion on the game? you have a tonne of people on here calling the article clickbait/ the wrong opinion and how great the game actually is, why is he not allowed to express his opinion?

Me i find it funny, suddenly low review scores/game opinions are wrong, but a game like sea of thieves or crackdown and other than the high review scores (which were obviously paid) the journalist and reviewers were spot on. The Same ones that were spot on giving GOW perfect scores are now tired of supporting the gen winner? Are biasly reviewing sony games now? LOL

[IRetrouk]

You do the exact same thing krib, you even make stuff up, did it while defending crackdowns terrible multiplayer mode. Days gone is a quality game with plenty of content, crackdown was mostly just hype trailers and lies, final game was nothing like promised, same with sea of thieves, all early trailers showed stuff that you either cant do or is just not there, i know the updates have made it better now but that's hardly the point. days gone is exactly what they have been showing us, your two examples are bad, both those games were over hyped and delivered less than what was promised, days gone is exactly what they said it was.

[gangsta_red]

@ireteouk

What's funny about your comment is that there was also early reviews and demos that were written about Days Gone saying that it wasn't necessarily a good game, that it felt generic and boring.

So if that game was exactly what was promised like you mentioned then why are we all here acting surprised that this game is getting bad reviews?

Kribwalker is right, no one was calling out journalists integrity, bias reviews or begging people to play a game to try it for themselves when GoW, Bloodbourne, Uncharted or any other game was getting great reviews but here we are complaining about review scores for a game that had the warning bells early on it's development.

[IRetrouk]

Not once have I complained about review scores or anything like that, you say that's it's getting bad reviews yet from what I can see its had far more positive reviews than bad, I dont form my opinion based on or around them though, regardless of what those early previews stated the game itself is exactly what was shown, no fake videos, no over hyped promises, no new tech just real gameplay from a game still being made.
Plenty of xbox fans do indeed insinuate those games are over hyped or scored too high, why you claim the opposite is beyond me.
So people now saying to try it first are begging people? What? Get out of here with that bull, we are gamers, we are supposed to recommend games to other gamers lol
What warning bells are you talking about? The game is great fun it's not boring at all🤣, but then again I'm playing it....

[gangsta_red]

"..from what I can see its had far more positive reviews than bad..."

Lol, yeah, that's why we're having this conversation now right? Because there's been a lot more positive reviews than negative. I also remember having these conversations in GoW, HZD and Persona 5....hmm...

"..those early previews stated the game itself is exactly what was shown"

And what was shown is exactly what these critics are saying in their reviews. Average, mediocre game.

"Plenty of xbox fans do indeed insinuate those games are over hyped or scored too high,"

Just like Sony fans insinuate that journalists have an agenda, hate Sony exclusives or are scored too low even though they have no issues with those same journalists when they're scoring other Sony games high as Kribwalker said. "I can do this all day" - Cap

"So people now saying to try it first are begging people? What? "

Yes they are, they certainly didn't have to do that for good scoring games did they? Now all of a sudden we're in these articles telling everyone that they're personally playing this game and having fun with it despite what the critics say.

I never had to see such declarations for games where the majority of reviews was scored well.

*Insert emojii

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

Krib - And what a very articulate opinion. You cannot under any circumstances defend SOT or CD3. Please for the love of all things rational. SOT was developed by Rare, yes that dev that have some of the best games ever under their belt. It was and still a disaster. This is what ms gave you guys after so many promises and years of waiting.

Next up CD3 - how many broken promises and lies was that game founded on? It released and was rightly crucified. ms would have been better off cancelling that, but they've made a habit of doing that and wanted to actually see a product to completion.

[IRetrouk]

You brought up the reviews not me and insinuated most were bad, all I did was state the opposite which is true.

46.9% gave it a 80+ 
22.87% gave it 70 to 80. 
30.86% gave it 65 or bellow

Again you brought reviews up, thats why we are now having this conversation, I dont use reviews to make any of my points, I play the game and form my own thoughts.

You also keep mentioning the bad previews like that's all there are, even though there were also just as many if not more positive previews, what makes your view on it(having not played it) more legit than people who have been playing it? Saying its good or bad matters little if you haven't played it, surely?

I called out krib on how hypocritical he is and how he does exactly what hes trying to accuse others of doing, also pointing out how his examples are no good, and you try jumping in and confusing the point, I dont care if the game looks boring or mediocre to you, the point about the game being exactly like what has been shown is just that, there was no lies or fake vids used, there was no over hyping either or the promise of new tech, good or bad we knew what we were getting.

Again people telling people like yourself to atleast try the game is not begging, if you have not played a game your view on it is irrelevant because all you are doing is regurgitating someone else's crap, every good game gets recommended, by people who play them lol.
If you had of said some of the crap about hzd or any enjoyable game like you say about some of the other Sony games then yes, people would be telling you to go play it, are you actually serious right now,?🤣🤣

You pushed a couple of the bad reviews and tried insinuating that is the overall consensus of the game, which is flat out wrong, be careful, your agenda is showing.

[rainslacker]

@Krib

SoT was only good with friends remember? Now, it's getting reviews saying it's better with the updates, and even many Xbox fans say the game is much better than the less than stellar content of launch.

CD3 we haven't heard one word of since the reviews. But people criticizing were mostly just talking about the obvious downgrade in the cloud destruction, and since most of the reviews were bad anyways, there weren't that many positive reviews to spend time in. But, there were people in the positive reviews saying it was not accurate.

This game has a bunch of positive reviews you could be spending time in, yet here you are. Me, if i think a game is crap, or want to talk about it's quality at least, and care enough to talk about it, I'll go into both negative and positive reviews...but I notice a distinct lack of heat on the positive reviews for this game. Why is that? Is it because it doesn't back up the bias or need for this game by some to be a bad game?

All people that say they play it, say it's a good game. Rough in places, but generally pretty good. Not the best game ever, but certainly fun, and with plenty to do.

So, who to believe? The outlier negative reviews some want to focus on and make into fact, or the majority of average reviews which seem to line up with user accounts on the games quality? Believe the people who regurgitate vague hyperbolic statements from random reviews as if it means something, when none of the reviews actually gives specifics about what they're talking about.

It's not funny at all that you call out hypocrisy, when you yourself exhibit it so handily. Go into a positive review, and explain why it's wrong, or say why its right, because it appears your only opinion on this game is based on cherry picked reviews, as you haven't once stated you've played it, or shown any indication that you've played it by mentioning specifics about it.

[MasterCornholio]

@Krib

To be fair after reading your comments it appears that it bothers you a lot that Days Gone scored a higher metacritic than Sea of Thieves and Crackdown 3. I came to that conclusion after seeing you constantly trash Days Gone and complain about Sea of Thieves and Crackdown 3 in Days Gone submissions. You obviously have an emotional interest in Crackdown 3 since it’s part of your profile.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

All these articles deriding DAYS GONE being submitted by xbox trolls is hilarious. Keep it up, you're making a difference haha.

[AnubisG]

They weren't successful tearing down Sony with their manufactured crossplay hatred train, so now they are trying hard with this. That is the truth.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

Did you see the article about PS5? How now it has to be more than a console to compete with the next xbox? It's getting beyond hilarious now. The western media did the same thing when xboxone was announced.

And that numpty Major Nelson was so convinced they'd win - he said 'first to 10 million sales win'. They ended up with Day One Editions sitting in warehouses.

[rainslacker]

Keep throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. Funny they haven't really bothered trying to go after the censorship stuff from Sony though. Seems like a slam dunk way to bring Sony down, but nope. Lets harp on cross play and a AAA game which is only average, instead of exceptional. Apparently, Sony's worst is an average game. Don't think that has quite the message that XBox fan boys are hoping for.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

An average game (I think it's a better than average) that shames any of their first party output this gen - that's saying something.

They'll find out next gen when all these studios they've brought deliver average games, there might be the odd GOTY contender.

Great games are bloody difficult to make.

[ninsigma]

I've gotten into this game way more than I thought I would. I knew it wouldn't review well and to me it didn't seem like it would be a great game leading up to release and cancelled my preorder. GF bought it for herself and I got to play it first all day yesterday and last night. So much better than I thought it would be. Starts off slow and I was unsure of it but it doesn't take long to open and be really fun. Anything under 7 BS imo.

[StrengthInNumbers]

It's okay to enjoy average or 'bad' games. There's no need to be so defensive.

[Kribwalker]

Agreed. Just like crackdown 3 and the order. They were a badly reviewed games, but i had a lot of fun playing those, even though i was told i wasn’t having fun. Average games can be just as much fun as high rated games.

[chiefJohn117]

Exactly, that's the funny part. The ridiculous excuses. But they lived and die by metacritic to hype games and criticize others.

[rainslacker]

I often enjoy average games. Most games are average. That's what makes them average.:)

Bad games.....I don't really enjoy those as much, but I can sometimes find redeeming qualities that make me want to play them. But, what I consider bad, average, better than average, or exceptional, I make my own mind up on. Don't really care what reviewers say either way.

[THC CELL]

This game is under rated and awesome

[CaptainCook]

If it was an Xbox Exclusive you'll be saying the opposite.

[THC CELL]

Yawwwwn your boring me already with ur bs

Only major letdown was crackdown on xbox
Most other games was good
Am not into cup heads or forza

[rainslacker]

If it was a Xbox exclusive, I'd be more happy that MS released a new AAA IP, instead of a AAA game from their staples portfolio.

In fact, I might even give them extra credit for it, because I'd prefer to encourage that sort of thing from MS, than ride their ass over it.

[Kornholic]

If this was an Xbox exclusive, it would get all 10s because it would be a rare sight.

[sampsonon]

ok, am i the only one that's really enjoying this game and can't understand the hate?
this is not me bull$*ting either. i just don't get it.

[NarutoFox]

@Kribwalker

Days gone is still better than every Xbox game I've played on my PC this generation

[CrimsonWing69]

All I can say is I’m playing it and in no way, shape, or form is this a bad game. I really am baffled at the critical response, it leads me to believe they might not be qualified to review games.

[AnubisG]

Not mamy gaming "journalist" is qualified to even talk about games because they can't put their biases aside and have to inject their political agendas into their articles and game reviews. You know, thatbis todays culture that have been formed in the last 5-10 years.

[AK91]

I’m starting to think games journalism is a parody itself.

[rainslacker]

You can't present parody by doing the norm.

[Gwiz]

" The only interesting part of PlayStation 4's new exclusive is hidden behind dozens of hours of a zombie game you've played before, and better. "

I'm really curious,what games are you talking about?remember Call of Duty Zombies is not even the same thing lol.

[GamingSinceForever]

This game is a victim of Sony’s own 1st party exclusive success. It is not the most original of games from either a story or gameplay aspect.

However, when taking it for what it is which is FarCry mixed with TLOU I’m enjoying it immensely.

Not to mention it is without question one of the best looking open world games ever.

I think in the case of this games a lot of my usually trusted review sites were being extra critical here. Especially based off my first point above. They expected more from sony. Ok so it’s not that game, but this game is a lot of fun.

Just my opinion.

[nucky64]

was RDR2 original from a story or gameplay aspect?

[GamingSinceForever]

What’s your point?
I said it is being unfairly judged.

[goldwyncq]

TLOU wasn't original either but got critical acclaim because of presentation and execution. Same with RDR2.

Days Gone can't really claim the same. Everything about it screams generic.

[P_Bomb]

Speaking of RDR2, writer says DG doesn’t do anything better than TLOU, AC, RDR2. Something to that effect. That’s a big blanket to throw. I’m currently at Copeland’s camp, running around. Unlike every RDR2 camp, I can actually sprint in these. I’m not forced to crawl from my bed to the kitchen to drop off meat, to the bounty booth to increase my standing. That’s something better, right? To say nothing, is myopic.

I already like the day/night cycle better than HZD’s. Stays light out for longer, which I prefer. Don’t have to use lockpicks to loot cars either ala Dying Light. Does that make it a better game than HZD or DL? No. But it doesn’t have to. It’s not in competition with games I beat years ago. Just do something good today, right now.

[nucky64]

this article is a parody of a properly thought-out article. i'm having a blast with this game.

[CaptainCook]

It doesn't look like a big budget game

[nucky64]

plays like it. i'm enjoying it as much as metro: exodus, RE2, and sekiro. - all good games that have come out this year.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

It looks bloody gorgeous - what are you seeing? Also one of the better looking U4 engine developed games.

[TKCMuzzer]

Er, listen you can knock other things to get your kicks but one thing that can't be targeted is how good it looks, because it impressive. Of course it depend on what color goggles your wearing I suppose.

[Lexreborn2]

Can’t wait for my copy to come, this hate the games getting is clearly unwarranted. These guys just want something to hate on, funny because since I got game pass I even have been trying out crackdown 3 on PC. That game isn’t even a bad game, it’s pretty average as a whole but that’s only because the pvp multiplayer brings it down.

But then again like I said in plenty other past comments. You simply can’t trust gaming Journalism at all, they are all sensationalist who are jaded by a long standing career holding a single position of subjective opinion.

Game reviews really should be done by two reviewers at a time. A veteran gamer and a semi casual one, this way they can make a collaborative opinion that’s not based on their nostalgia and favorite games. Until then people on the internet will argue over clear manipulative writing to build clicks for revenue.

[GamingSinceForever]

How can you say that it is unwarranted if you’ve yet to play it?

I do think it is unwarranted but I’m currently playing it.

For all you know you may agree with the critics.

[Lexreborn2]

Because I can literally seeing hundreds of examples of a divided community. I see the same cycle of selective nit picking that game journalist have been playing for years. And then pick a random new open world and smear it because they know they’ll get hits.

I still find it interesting how perfect and amazing game journalist have tried to claim breath of the wild to be. When that game is a mediocre one at best. I simply don’t trust them, and they earned this distrust for quiet a while now with me.

That’s why I can say it’s clearly getting unwarranted hate.

[nucky64]

i've played about 20 hours and i can say it's unwarranted. it's a great game and i'm having loads of fun playing it. other than some minor complaints about loading screens, they did a good job with this.

[outsider1624]

"It plays like The Last of Us mixed with Far Cry."
That alone is like a dream come true for me.

[Al_Simmons]

And you're a parody of what a REAL reviewer would consist of. LMAO, you sorry a** grade F reviewers are so cringeworthy. No, you don't have to like everything. But saying unnecessary stuff like that is making you come off as clout chasers. On the bandwagon of hate for this game. Luckily N4G allows us to criticize in the comments and not follow a link onto your pathetic little website. Not getting our clicks!

[Al_Simmons]

The next title will say " Days gone tries but fails. The details of the forestry reminds us of why we can't play the atari anymore"

[Silly gameAr]

If only this game had MT's and was grindy as hell, it probably would have got better reviews, Oh well.

[OB1Biker]

' It plays like The Last of Us mixed with Far Cry, eww'
A parody of games journalism.

[Dirtnapstor]

Days Gone is getting panned by a multitude of critics unnecessarily so. Totally reminiscent of The Order 1886. Sure the overall concept or formula is nothing new, but please do tell, what game hasn’t borrowed from another?
Good solid ip. Enjoying it so far.

[DaniMacYo]

I’m starting to get the feeling it’s just websites that prefer Xbox or PC than Sony that are hating on this game so much. It’s not perfect for sure, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near as trash as some articles are making out. I looked up the scores list and there was far more positive scores than negative ones. Like 42 scores 27 were more positive and 15 were more negative. I only included 7 and up and 3/5 and up as good scores. 6.5 down and 2/5 down are bad scores to me. So give or take.

[FPS_D3TH]

It’s hilarious that none of these tropes were judged as hard in the endless assassins creed or far cry sequels but when a new studio comes in with their new IP it’s suddenly generic and boring.

[ScreamKween]

Z nation had more charm to it than days gone.

[rainslacker]

"The 40 hours it took me to beat Days Gone were as generic as anything I’ve seen in a big budget video game"

Guess they don't play many Ubi or EA games....moreso EA games as Ubi sometimes has bouts of creativity.

Only interesting thing about this review is the use of grammar, or lack thereof.

[S2Killinit]

and this is a parody of gaming journalism sites.

[HaVoK308]

Oh look, Vice is at it again.

[Xavi4K]

funny title

[VTKC]

I am going to take a guess at why all the hate for this game. Its only on PS4. PlayStation Has already The Last of Us, which is a very good game, gameplay and visually. Days Gone however is a combination of that and more of other games combined. So these so called urinalists favour a different console which dont have a game that does all these other games at once

[ILostMyMind]

Well, it looks like now the trend is for the media to talk shit about Days Gone, even though most people who played it said the game is good.

[carcarias]

I've been enjoying it a lot. It's not a classic or what some people may have hoped for from a 1st party exclusive but, given my tastes for this type of game, it just about hits the very good, 80% mark for me.

My only problem with the game are that it's too easy, even on hard. Enemies do hit hard but they are REALLY easy to sneak up on, even the humans. Also, resources are too plentiful, which kinda mutes the survival horror aspect. After an hour or so, I was already getting 'you can't carry anymore of those' messages all the time. Maybe it'll get tougher later on.

[milohighclub]

And it's still rated higher than the majority of xbox one exclusives..

[Twinblade]

since when did Vice started doing game reviews? And why should we take Vice serious at all?

[Nacho_Z]

I think the issue is that a lot of gaming journalists/writers try to look at games from an artistic perspective whereas most gamers just want something fun to play that gives them good value for money.

The more pretentious a reviewer is the wider the divide is and there's a lot of them.

[OG_TK_Cole]

As a gamer who plays video games on all Consoles, Im more pissed at the PlayStation Community than the media right now. Here is why. Days Gone is not a horrible video game, buts its far from great. A lot you are "Idol Worshipping" Sony Interactive Entertainment to the point that its blinding you. I know im going to get down voted in droves, but I could care less, my comment rings true and thats all that matters.

Lets honestly as Gamers stop being "Bias" as well as stop "Idol Worshipping" these companies. Days Gone as it stands right now is a "Mediocre" AAA game, and deep down in your hearts all of you that are blaming the video game media know damn well this game is Average. I give it a 6.5/10, thats my opinion minus the hate, and "Bias" behavior.

[Elda]

That's clearly your opinion that you're entitled to,though I've been playing the game this entire weekend & the game is fun & I give it an 8 out of 10 so far.

[OG_TK_Cole]

Smh @ 8 out of 10... Your basically saying the game is "Great" and thats bullshit and you know it... This is why I dislike this generation so much. You young people label anything and everything either Classic or Great.

[ShadowWolf712]

"If you like this game more than me you're a biased fanboy!" is quite the take.

I've been playing it for hours and it's really good so far.

[Elda]

It's not BS. Many people are enjoying the game immensely!! Again I give the game an 8 out of 10!! I've been enjoying myself playing Days Gone all this past weekend!!

[GordyNYC]

I don’t get all the hate for Days Gone. I’m a few hours in and I’m totally enjoying it. Amazing open world with unique mechanics. The resource management is different from other open world games and it’s more of a stealth game than a straight up shooter. Don’t listen to the haters.

[Hardiman]

It's fuc*ing fun and its not more generic than AC Odyssey or Shadow of War. It looks great, plays great, has a detailed game world and again, it's fun.

As for hype, what hype?!?! This game has been shit on since jump street! My parameters aren't that a game has to be as good as TLOU, GOW or whatever, it just needs to be fun and if it reaches those levels, great but again every game doesn't have to reinvent the wheel!

[rob-GP]

Isn’t a parody where you take a piece of work then intentionally exaggerate and alter things so it’s the same but in a more comedic fashion? If so, how Is the game a parody of anything?

[SIdepocket]

Oh boy, another Vice piece.

No doubt it’s more stoned millennials whining about how white men are colonizing a post-apocalyptic Oregon, how killing female zombies is normalizing violence against women. Oh and a lack of gender-fluid zombie representation.

/s

[EliteComments123]

LOL @ Hate Just NItipicky BS

[PEEPer]

The journalists are getting desperate with this game because they know its one of the last ''bad'' PS4 exclusives. Next-gen Sony is going to publish only 80+ and 90+ games and they won't have anything to make hater articles about.

[Ratchet75]

It's funny because when you get these trash talks kind of opinion pieces, they re always come from sites you ve never heard of.
I wonder why???? 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔

[n1kki6]

This article is a parody of quality gaming articles.

[Pego]

This game gets so much trash for nothing. I know this game has lots of flaws but man, oh man, when this game shines it really shines. The main character, Deacon St. John, is one of the most layers characters out there. The emotional parts really touched me in ways no other game has ever touched me before. Riding the motorcycle around the amazing open-world made me feel I was there, smelling the wet grass, smelling the danger of a dystopian world. Mark my words, this game will be appreciated in the future and will be called a misunderstood masterpiece.

[ShadowWolf712]

I think my favorite complaint about Deacon is that he "seems like he's going crazy".

...that would kinda happen in a world like this. lol The talking and muttering to himself is part of the believability of the character, imo. I mean that's like complaining Joel was a bit of a detached jerk at first in TLOU.

[BondJames]

It s no GOTY it s not perfect but it is not a bad game it s a fun game.

[Wulfric]

All it needed was a Nintendo label or character and it would have received 9's and 10's.

[VTKC]

ha ha yeah. Nintendo cant do no wrong.

[leemo19]

LOL..The more hate the game gets, the more I read and hear from people who bought it are enjoying it a lot. Really shows reviewers/critics don't have a clue anymore and outta touch with what the gaming community likes out of their games.