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Days Gone is a fantastic, tense experience if you play it on the higher difficulties. Having to sneak around, using hit and run tactics and trying to save on gas and ammo had me on edge the whole time, and the game expands the amount of freakers per area. This essentially makes any township a horde spawn, and it's absolutely horrifying having to take out the nests. It also removes the superpower abilities, making you use your eyes and ears for everything. I highly recommend playing it like that for your first playthrough. It's also secretly a Syphon Filter game, so 😎👉👉
@@adamjohanssonn fr? I mean i own the game on ps5 but every time i think about playing it i see something online that makes me play a most likely better game…
@@larifax-8107 Don't get me wrong, there are technically better games, heck, more competent games out there. Days Gone is fairly unique with what it makes of the more tropey elements of modern survival game design. Sure, it might play like a slightly faster paced Last of Us sometimes, but a good majority of the game is strategizing when and where you're going to drive to not end up attracting a horde and running out of gas. You will never know true, pants crapping terror until you have a good hundred freakers chasing you a few metres out, and after you've run out of gas, have to slowly kick your bike up a hill so you can use gravity to keep yourself alive for just a bit longer. I think the game would have done better as a AA, middle market indie published game rather than a big budget Sony exclusive, as the hype kinda killed any chance of its seemingly intended niche demographic.
i played this on pc, fucking loved it so much, not a masterpiece but it also doesnt stumble or slip anywhere either, there are plenty of things that could be polished or improved but nothing actually wrong with it at all, great soundtrack, some great mechanics, believable characters and a fun open world, id personally slap this with an 8.5, pretty much all the jank is gone from the pc release apart from the odd animation desync here and there but that shit has been prevalent in these sorts of games since arkham asylum first dropped
While i agree with everything you are pointing out, i disagree about the Junk. I play on PC ONLY and my game runs flawlessly. PC versions of games are always better than platforms.
I think what makes this game enjoyable is Deacon's goal, his ambition, what he would do to survive and save his wife. In a way, This game shows how Deacon have some humanity left in him, that we can relate to and the music is just beautiful, especially the main theme with it's beautiful way of giving us the feeling of: hope, intensity, sadness and peace
I have a weird relationship with Days Gone. I love the game, with all it's flaws, and truly think it deserves a sequel. I got it free with PS Plus, and played it non-stop for 2/3 weeks, as did all my friends. We spent hours talking about the story, our favorite moments, and our favorite characters (Boozer. No other answer.) It has its bugs, but it's still insane to fight huge hordes while biking around. Sam Witwer's performance is great, and I wish we got some more closure on his and Sarah's story. The memories I have with this game are mostly because of the story, and the times my friends all played in the party together.
The best thing about Days Gone is that it had the voice actress who did Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite in her first role since that game. Hopefully she does more, she's great. And the reason all these IP's make up dumb names for their zombies is because you can't copyright or trademark zombie. And if Days Gone ends up becoming successful(lol) then they can sell Freaker merch, and control the Freaker brand. XD
you know what i personally like about your channel? Its the fact that you pretty much have the EXACT same opinions as me lol. from Splinter Cell to Days Gone... Like literally EXACTLYYYYYYYYY the same thoughts. So its a good way for me to watch a review or something that I know its coming from a gamer's perspective thats VERY similar to mine. Also in general you make great videos! Keep it up bro :D
Honestly I absolutely adore this game. Bought it on PC and got it on PS5 too. It's fantastic. And no, it isn't still full of bugs on playstation at all, they were patched out for the most part. There was even another patch a couple of months ago
Personally a game I didnt enjoy, but it did have one of my favourite moments in gaming. Was sneaking around taking out zombies, turned round to a MASSIVE GODDAMN HORDE not far from me that had stumbled down. Bloody terrifying.
Here's the thing about critic scores, tho... What's a 6 for us, is an 8 for them. So them giving Days Gone such a low score, for them, is honestly what killed this game. If they had just stuck with their own review policies, then we'd be getting a banger of a sequel more than likely.
Forgot I had downloaded this a few months back and decided to try it out without any expectations and I have been enjoying every second of it. The attention to small details, the world building. I feel tense from the enemies and think strategically in getting about situations. Everything so far has been great. I haven't seen any bugs as of yet and nothing has really made me reflect on it in a negative or critical aspect yet. Such a beautiful game.
I never expected to disagree with you so much! I loved this game on PC! Sometimes you just want a lot of an enjoyable experience. Not constant changes or major changes. Just a smoooooth slow steady change of pace over a nice beautiful map. It's in my top five games I'd say.
I played through the game when it came on PC and I felt like it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. All the bugs that every other reviewer had talked about in their videos were ironed out, the characters felt well written and the Deacon himself felt like a very compelling character and his relationship with Boozer felt genuine and authentic. I did almost all the sidequests and while they were hardly anything to write home about, it was a good time for me since I enjoyed the core gameplay loop well enough. Sucks that it isn't going to get a sequel but I feel like this game will be appreciated much more in retrospect.
I played it on launch on ps4 and got it on pc when it launched, there are not many games that grip me these days and I dont have much time to really sink into hardcore stuff these days. I found Days Gone mega enjoyable and I found it no more buggy than any other game
ok no bullshit on bugs being ironed out, there an area in the map that still doesn't load correct and there also main mission in the area that can soft lock your game if you didn't save (What It Takes To Survive is the mission) that been know to happen since the game came out, i had multiple times the gun just stop shooting, freaker can hit you when 5 feet away, the human enemy are dumb as rocks and hordes just spawning in on top of you. i Like the game but seeing people state there no major bugs is bullshit (also on ps4 pro)
@@nuttyjawa no i was talking about the main comment, your comment fine because you stated "I found it no more buggy than any other game" so you did get some bugs but i'm calling out the main comment for stating the main game been ironed out when it has not, just look up the mission What It Takes To Survive because you can found mutiple people who had that mission bugged for them.
The depiction of nature and the weather are some of the best I've seen in any game. Also the sound design. The game is highly immersive imho. I honestly love it.
I went into this game expecting nothing I came out loving it so much. It's not perfect, by any means but when people describe it as a diamond in the rough, that is honest to God true It deserves the love it got. It coulda been stronger in other areas but at least it was damn solid overall
This game made me appreciate Naughty Dog even more. I platinum’d Days Gone but it’s McDonalds. Naughty Dog are PROFESSIONAL & experienced master chefs. Days Gone not getting a sequel is a blessing in disguise
I would argue that when encountering hordes, it depends on your playthrough. I one had a playthrough where I didn’t encounter a horde until that one side mission in that mine or whatever it was. Then in another playthrough I encountered a horde at the first base I tried to clear out.
I recall my first horde was the train horde. My second was during a mission, i was sneaking around, hopped through a window and it seems a wandering horde came pass and i was shortly swarmed, had a fun chase but i could not win
This was my lockdown game (1st one March 2020) and I loved it. Played on PS4 Pro and no bugs or crashes whatsoever. I enjoyed the story and the hordes were just so well done and I just loved coming up with tactics and plans to sort of a script my own fights. It might not be a masterpiece but it was fun and diverting at a time I really needed something to be just that. On scoring of games - one persons 10 is another’s 1 - so by and large meaningless. Read a few reviews and take my chances is my modus operandi. The scores I ignore. For me I’d score this as ‘enjoyable’.
I went in without any expectations and I enjoyed it, for what it was. I was invested in the characters, but yeah, some of the storyline was hilariously telegraphed. Anyway, I had a lot of fun.
When I played this game on the regular ps4 in 2020 it ran fine and I didn't encounter more than a handful of bugs in one playthrough. It was quite nice. Biking through the world and listening to music from "The Revenant" is so good.
I spent 52 hours on this game. When it was all over I drove around the entire map to see if anything would spawn, and the only thing that does is survivors and ad traps.
Finally, someone else who likes the game. However, i grew up riding bikes and dirt bikes, was a rifleman in the military, i even own a compound bow and i like THIEF and Splinter Cell series, so, stealth too. This game has all that i like, i am on my 4th playthrough. However, i don't mess with the crossbow or the automatic rifles. AT ALL. Just get Unlimited Throwables mod, from Nexus and you're golden.
Currently i'm replaying this game on the highest difficulty, that being Survival II which removes the HUD, you can only see the minimap when using Survivor Sense, and enemies do a lot of damage. So far it's been a blast. the gameplay suits it to some degree. the game itself is incredibly flawed but it isn't flawed enough to be considered bad or mediocre. it's okay and does enough to keep itself interesting but not for long. the characters are alright but the story they're stuck in has many issues that should've been ironed out or left on the cutting room floor. Days Gone is the sort of game that you'd play just to pass the time here and there because trying to take huge chunks out of it at once can get tiring. Great video dude. can't wait to see more from you.
Finally got the plat this year after buying this game at launch. It being an open world game, I knew I'd inevitably get fatigue from wanting to do everything on the map. Something kept me coming back though. More than I can say for like 80% of my game collection.
I know this game is massively flawed: Several bugs and glitches that still happen after patches, an open world that is kind of empty, a pretty meh story that has its moments sometimes and some modern gaming tropes that were inserted so that this game could blend in so well with all other sony games...BUT I still love this freaking game. A satisfying gameplay loop that kept me hooked for 40 hours, an awesome performance from one of my favourite actors (Sam Witwer) as well as beautiful visual design and art direction on pretty much everything. This game is one of my top 3 favourite games (below Journey and Dark Souls). Days Gone is a cult classic that i can't get enough of
so thankful I found your channel for the love of splinter cell , but dear lord your content , the way you speak , the way you present your opinions , it just kinda sticks in my brain and gives new perspective towards games. SC or no SC , your channel is amazing. I wish I could look at the games the way you do
Honestly, despite the issues I really enjoyed Days Gone, though that was mainly the bike physics and gameplay carrying it for me personally, that and Sam Witwer's performance, the story is.....eh.....it works, but it's not exactly new, still knocks it out of the park imo to tell the story it wants to tell
The power creep you mentioned was pretty much my entire experience in the game. I played through on normal and keep seeing online videos of people taking on the hordes and was thinking "I can't wait to get to that point." But as soon as I got to that point, I was so fucking bored all the way till I quit with one horde and the final mission left. I just got so burned out I couldn't force myself to finish it. Tried going back to it again but playing on Hard II and I quit again within two hours knowing how long I had before it would get fun. I also find I have a difficult time enjoying playing on my PS4 at all now that I have a decent laptop and have gotten spoiled by above 60fps at all times.
I ain't gonna lie, one of the main reasons I finished this game was because of how great the gun sounds are. You're absolutely right about how the director told Sam to go a little too far with being unhinged. It's some of the corniest "try to sound like a hardass" dialogue I've ever heard. It sounds like a mix between him getting off and trying to sound tough I've ever heard, and it's so bad it's funny. The game would've been so much better if Deacon's wife, Sarah, was actually dead, and he had to learn to let go. The scene at the church was probably the best piece of the narrative, and they threw it all away for a "everyone wins" ending. And as milquetoast as the story is, I kinda liked how feel good it was. It was a nice break from all of Sony's somber, stoic 3rd person action games they've been churning out.
Recently bought a PS4 and played trough Days Gone. I really loved it but it had it's flaws. My least favourite thing was how (spoiler) I could ignore the hordes most of the game and suddenly I had to beat one for most of the missions left.
Is the constant showing of the Syphon Filter livery a hint at a possible Syphon Filter retrospective video in the future? I’d love to see a properly made retrospective for a childhood favorite of mine be done by one of my most favorite TH-camrs.
I enjoyed this game alot tbh, did all nero collectibles, all ambushes, all historic landmarks, i hated the hordes so much tbh, when I finished the game, and did the rest, there was only a couple infestation left in the last area of the game and all the hordes all over the world, having to collect supplies to build stuff to fight the hordes was the last thing on my mind, loved the experience of doing as much as I could In the game, but stuff like hordes I couldn't be bothered to do at all. If there's anyone else who agrees pls let me know
I can't watch your video because I never played Days gone, my system can't run it, but I shared it on reddit. I like your content and attitude and I will support you any way I can
Man when I heard that the sequel got canceled I was really sad. Mostly because the potential for an amazing game was here in the first one but it missed the mark.
The radio...the radio....THE FRIGGING RADIO!!!! It won't shut up!!!! EVER! IT's Deacon talking to himself or the radio....no one and nothing shuts up. Ever!
I first played this after all the big patch work already came out, and I honestly had one hell of a time with it. It's one of my favorites of this generation. The only problem I have was with the way the story was written regarding Sarah's relationship with Deacon. It just didn't seem to make enough sense. But Deacon's friendship with Boozer was extremely memorable and more than made up for it.
After thinking about it more I disagree with saying Jessies reveal has no weight. I think we mostly get into this game expecting a modern, grounded story, but Days Gone follows an older fashioned "everything is connected" type story. Jessie being the rippers leader has weight in the fact that its one more shitty thing Deek can blame himself for. The guy they burned in the past is the one that has now turned that torment and killed hundreds of survivors and also took boozers arm, which deacon had already blamed himself for. Though I understand why people would still rather they not have it
I agree with your point on ratings. I remember Metro 2033 getting quite a few scores in the 60s and thinking, "Yeah, that's fair," even though I fricken LOVED that game.
I am so happy you made a video on this game, I look up to you as a Video Essay TH-camr and I am surprised you and I had the same opinion on the game. We brought exactly the same points in both our videos xD
I think the story is the best part of days gone. Combat is great. Starts of tense and you really feel like you improve. The motorcycle is great. You feel the improvement when upgrading. The world is beautiful using Oregon was a great idea. Using real landmarks like crater lake. The stealth is way to easy. The side missions ok some better then others. The problem with 6.5/10 is people looked at it and said I’ll just skip it must be bad. It’s supposed to be AAA game. I probably would have given a 7/7.5?
All of the criticisms are valid (except I'm not seeing any bugs now or performance issues on a PS4 Pro). But they add up to a solid 8 or even 9 out of 10 because it really feels like you are living, surviving and scavenging in its world in a way that just isn't true for games such as Red Dead or Tsushima. Those are much more story- and mission-orientated whereas Days Gone really nails the open world feel.
I streamed and finish this game. But there's still a lot of things to do! I'm still streaming this, clearing hordes & side missions. It has its flaws, but it's enjoyable. I've said it so many times on my stream... Believe it or not, It's like playing Horizon, but with zombies... I mean freakers. 🤣
Just beat it on PC and its in my top 10 all time favorites, I freakin love this game and cried at the end, I want more!!! sony you bastards! Did Skizzo put you up to this!!! Love how Deacon talks shit to himself while hes approaching a maurauder/ripper camp
I really liked this game. It had issues with pacing and polish and some weird design choices, but I had lots of fun with the combat and the design of the world really pulls you in. I think Bend, who I was already a fan of from the Syphon Filter games, did a great job on a lot of the environments. I think the story is better than it gets credit for too. I like how optimistic it ultimately is compared to other zombies media and Deacon turns out to be a more unique character than he appears to be at first glance. That sequel hook at the end is insane and I am sad that we may never get to see what they were setting up with it.
Its a good game. Only negatives for me are the flashback sections where im just walking essentially. And i don't find the very last boss interesting. But i really like riding around on bike. Customizing. Upgrading.
I started the game awhile ago and I just couldn't get attached to it. To me, it was the gunplay. It just felt off and not satisfying unlike any other third person shooter.
Days Gone was a solid $30 experience. It was well made, not a mtx generator and had a relatively good story. That being said it was literally just TLOU mixed with an Ubisoft open world game. Nothing to write home about
i agree with the dialogue/script, and performance of those dialogues. it just annoyed me who was directing the vos. atm, the fuel management system - im up to the second fuel tank upgrade - is pissing me off. like, the horse in red dead redemption 2 is a pleasure to explore and open up the world with, and dg would be good too if i didnt have to stop and look for a fuel container every 5 minutes of riding. it's so stupid how much they gimped the fuel tank. they shouldve opened up the map more, and have us be able to approach spots of the map from different angles. these simple/forced paths make it less open world, unlike red dead redemption 2, unlike zelda breath of the wild, and more like borderlands 3, or enslaved, or rage. but will still keep an eye out for the studio's next project.
It has 2 many rough edges for me, core gameplay felt repetitive, and after 30 hours it just didn't make any sense for Deacon to keep doing anything. I mean this whole "new area but same missions" were annoying, and I just dropped it.
I played Days Gone for around 50 hours or so. Fuckin loved the horde and the motorcycle driving is I think the best out of any game that exist. Driving your bike is better than any bike driving from GTA, Ride and definitely Death Stranding. The shooting is okay I guess and the zombies kinda lack variety. The skill trees are poor, stealth is ehh and the boss fights are bullet sponges. The story I think was pretty decent on the first half, seeing a man who is stuck in the past being challenged by new people and even battling with the fact that the person that could be his love interest now will part ways with him if he keeps chasing his old girlfriend which most likely is dead. His relationship with his brother, Rikki and also Iron Mike was pretty good. Deacon's personality seems to me like a guy who likes to play this tough act but inside he is really vulnerable. Him talking to the radio with some of the factions are fun to listen to sometimes. The moment the story just goes absolutely downhill was the moment you meet Sarah. Oh boy did it just get a whole lot worse. You now become an errand boy for like 5 quest and the new faction they introduced is so ass and Deacon being shown to inspire the people and act as the leader after Iron Mike's death was executed laughably. The pacing is slow and weird but since it's an open world game, I can forgive them for it. There isn't any open world games I can remember that has well paced narratives since the concept of an open world game is that the player can play the game at their own pace so the story will only progress if the player decides it.
I bought this on PS4 and never finished it - but that is because I hate gunplay with controllers. I bought it on PC on steam the day of release. I have completed it, completed Game+ mode. For all of it's flaws, I adore this game immensely and was so disappointed when Sony called off the sequel . I mean Sony announced a Last Of Us re-make from dropping Days gone 2 which could have opened up new dialogue based on the "secret ending" which I don't think is very secret, but I digress and won't spoiler anything. Essentially the game IS fun...has to be because I keep coming back to it for "One Last Ride". Thanks for the video I did enjoy it, but no disrespect to you but I disagree on most of what you said. However it is refreshing to see other peoples point of view. Also this is beautiful and silky smooth at 100+fps, PS4 30fps, makes me shudder to try and remember it.
It’s a good game, not great but not bad either, it starts out really slow, feels like you’re just running errands for a few camps, but if you stick with it it’s a worthwhile experience with a satisfying progression system
I only have a PC so when this game cameout my experience with the technical problem you describe are nowhere to be seen, no pop-ups/loading stutters/etc it's seems to be a problem of the PS4 version and they will never upgrade it to PS5. I agree with a lot of your points but I have to point out that the cover system is really good, it has that dynamic thing where if you think you can climb that you probably can which adds a ton of ways to approach fights. The gameplay felt sooo good that I did stick with it for longer that I did with Horizon (also on PC) where everything felt really floaty.
Your review is spot on, game is very much a solid 6-7/10. Not a masterpiece but not something you're going to regret your life over. I enjoyed my time a lot when playing this game on my first playthrough... until it overstays its welcome then I just rush to the end since I can't be bothered anymore. Had they more time to polish and tighten up the pacing it would've been much better.
I played days gone on PS4 and i think your rewiew is pretty acurate. Bigest problem for me was the pacing, because you spend too mutch time doing side stuff to unlock new gear and bike parts. Also fighting the first mandatory horde was a real shock, because they just throw you into water and expect you to swim. I think horde fights would be mutch better if we had them from begining and they would just escalate.
Loved the game, but yeah selling 8m copies at full price is very different from having 8m players, most of whom either bought at a discount or even played for free through game pass or psplus/now
Great video! It was a likeable game, had all the makings of a masterpiece but gets let down by its downsides. A flawed masterpiece if you will. Its one of those games that could have probably faired better if it stayed in the oven a little longer. Like the rebirth we saw from Cyberpunk 2077 basically releasing in 2023 the game they should have dropped in 2020.
*I have Luke Stephens review of it etched into my memory where he said Days Gone is like a supermodel who keeps tripping on the runway every few steps😂
I loved this game...wish they would have done more with character development, like Boozer, his presence when he is gone should feel like a real blow, idk maybe have more missions where he does more than just help and tanks stuff. Stuff like that.
Thank you for this Craig. Just started playing this on my Ps4 and I must say the game looks great the story is kinda bleak and weak and random events are repetetive but it's good zombie(freaker) killing fun.
I love the game... I understand your points. I remember I was playing it and it went first person on me but once I got on the bike it went back to normal to third person.. besides that the normal glitches. Just wanted to share that experience. ☀️🐺🌙🐺🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 WE ROCK!!!!!!
I think Days Gone has really solid gameplay, like 8 or 9/10, and nearly 10/10 environment/graphics and it's all to service a 3/10 story.. The problem is whoever wrote the people in the game has like zero insight into why people do certain things, in no way do I buy that Rippers are a real group of people, they have no infrastructure, no organization, it's just a bunch of crazy people supposedly just getting high all the time, yet they control a large portion of land, and are apparently organized enough to not only do large attacks, but also trained to stop once a certain horn is blown, they do not make sense! And yeah the motorcycles, like I could see Deacon and Boozer insisting on their bikes, despite fuel running out, and the noise being completely counter productive, Deacon at least is presented as someone stuck in the past enough to do that. But everyone else? You go to Rikki and tell ask her to help pick up a very ill Boozer, and Rikki's reaction is to roll out her bike, that almost certainly doesn't have room for another person, while you don't see them driving it does appear the camp has working cars. The time when I realized how bad it was during this second playthrough, was me focusing on Skizzo, and I was talking to Rikki and she told me he was caught peeping on Rikki and Abby, and I know/remember Skizzo backstabs you later, so it's like they couldn't write him to be just 1% not the worst, and on top of that you later learn, he appearently was top of his class back when society worked, and Deacon derides him for it, saying "I knew he wasn't a gangbanger" But wtf he never indicated at all he was smart, like at all, because that would be too charitable to his character according to the weirdo who wrote him. There's also a really funny moment, Boozer does farming work, as people who are in the lost lake camp needs to earn their keep, and that little area is controlled by Skizzo. You see how Skizzo keeps up work morale, he walks around with his gun out, and quietly tells people "hey do the work, we all gotta eat you know?" That was the double whammy for me, when I saw that, it's like yeah, this was written by a complete detached person, that scene was probably made as yet another reminder that Skizzo is a bad guy, but it doesn't make any sense! The people who go there are part of the camp, and they go there by themselves, it is so stupid! And yet I actually legit enjoy this game, and was very happy to see it on GOG recently, the motorcycle controls feels weighty, the gunplay is decent and doesn't feel overpowered, even when you've upgraded your skills, hell I even found stuff to like about Deacon despite the writers best efforts.
I definitely enjoyed days gone the whole time I played it but it definitely wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. That’s not to say it’s a bad game, it’s not bad at all. My expectations for it were just to high I guess
Best ps4 exclusive imo. Yeah it was a bit of a slog to start with and has some holes, but after a while, i couldn't put down. Was gutted when i finished it. I also enjoyed the story as i didnt have liberal dribble rammed down my neck every 5 mins.
Days Gone isn't great, but it still has likeable qualities. Was anyone else coaxed to play Days Gone after the sales news? Did you play it at launch? Did you like the game or did the flaws get in the way?
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i watched the entire game at launch and proceeded to buy it and i think its a really good game that deserves another shot
On pc, you can mod Days Gone to play as USS Hunk. Wish we could do that on PlayStation. Awesome.
i loved Days Gone! If you dont like it its gotta be because you dont like open world zombie games.
Garbage game. As is Ghost of Tsushima
@@NeverQuit87 That's a rare one coming from a console guy because usaully it's "Ghost of Tsushima is better than god of war in so many ways"
Days Gone is a fantastic, tense experience if you play it on the higher difficulties. Having to sneak around, using hit and run tactics and trying to save on gas and ammo had me on edge the whole time, and the game expands the amount of freakers per area. This essentially makes any township a horde spawn, and it's absolutely horrifying having to take out the nests. It also removes the superpower abilities, making you use your eyes and ears for everything. I highly recommend playing it like that for your first playthrough. It's also secretly a Syphon Filter game, so 😎👉👉
Yeah and it looks like the gunplay is the same as in the last syphon Filter Game…
@@larifax-8107 the gunplay is very satisfying, the shots have weight to them, feels great
@@adamjohanssonn fr? I mean i own the game on ps5 but every time i think about playing it i see something online that makes me play a most likely better game…
Well said my friend
@@larifax-8107 Don't get me wrong, there are technically better games, heck, more competent games out there. Days Gone is fairly unique with what it makes of the more tropey elements of modern survival game design. Sure, it might play like a slightly faster paced Last of Us sometimes, but a good majority of the game is strategizing when and where you're going to drive to not end up attracting a horde and running out of gas. You will never know true, pants crapping terror until you have a good hundred freakers chasing you a few metres out, and after you've run out of gas, have to slowly kick your bike up a hill so you can use gravity to keep yourself alive for just a bit longer. I think the game would have done better as a AA, middle market indie published game rather than a big budget Sony exclusive, as the hype kinda killed any chance of its seemingly intended niche demographic.
i played this on pc, fucking loved it so much, not a masterpiece but it also doesnt stumble or slip anywhere either, there are plenty of things that could be polished or improved but nothing actually wrong with it at all, great soundtrack, some great mechanics, believable characters and a fun open world, id personally slap this with an 8.5, pretty much all the jank is gone from the pc release apart from the odd animation desync here and there but that shit has been prevalent in these sorts of games since arkham asylum first dropped
While i agree with everything you are pointing out, i disagree about the Junk. I play on PC ONLY and my game runs flawlessly. PC versions of games are always better than platforms.
I think what makes this game enjoyable is Deacon's goal, his ambition, what he would do to survive and save his wife.
In a way, This game shows how Deacon have some humanity left in him, that we can relate to
and the music is just beautiful, especially the main theme with it's beautiful way of giving us the feeling of: hope, intensity, sadness and peace
I have a weird relationship with Days Gone. I love the game, with all it's flaws, and truly think it deserves a sequel.
I got it free with PS Plus, and played it non-stop for 2/3 weeks, as did all my friends. We spent hours talking about the story, our favorite moments, and our favorite characters (Boozer. No other answer.)
It has its bugs, but it's still insane to fight huge hordes while biking around. Sam Witwer's performance is great, and I wish we got some more closure on his and Sarah's story.
The memories I have with this game are mostly because of the story, and the times my friends all played in the party together.
Exactly same here.I cried when it ended.I really beg Sony to make a sequel
That’s your answer right there, that’s why you liked it, you got it for free almost a year after release
I think the game is great, had hardly any issue with it. Would love a sequel
It has a slow start, but there's something about it. I played through it twice, it earns a 7 in my book.
The best thing about Days Gone is that it had the voice actress who did Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite in her first role since that game. Hopefully she does more, she's great.
And the reason all these IP's make up dumb names for their zombies is because you can't copyright or trademark zombie. And if Days Gone ends up becoming successful(lol) then they can sell Freaker merch, and control the Freaker brand. XD
you know what i personally like about your channel? Its the fact that you pretty much have the EXACT same opinions as me lol. from Splinter Cell to Days Gone... Like literally EXACTLYYYYYYYYY the same thoughts. So its a good way for me to watch a review or something that I know its coming from a gamer's perspective thats VERY similar to mine. Also in general you make great videos! Keep it up bro :D
Tbag I subs to you
Didn’t expect tbag to be here
Honestly I absolutely adore this game. Bought it on PC and got it on PS5 too. It's fantastic. And no, it isn't still full of bugs on playstation at all, they were patched out for the most part. There was even another patch a couple of months ago
Personally a game I didnt enjoy, but it did have one of my favourite moments in gaming. Was sneaking around taking out zombies, turned round to a MASSIVE GODDAMN HORDE not far from me that had stumbled down. Bloody terrifying.
I'm a bit confused, did you not enjoy it because you were terrified by the game?
@@DJSLEV3N No, I just found the general gameplay a bit dull, fhe characters completely unlikeable, and the story also dull.
@@GhostNappa2k10are you kidding. The story is great!!
Better than God Of War ragnarok IMO ,the story that is.
@@donsantos8798I love the game but he not lying. There’s parts of the story I hate and the controls are kinda 🗑️
Here's the thing about critic scores, tho... What's a 6 for us, is an 8 for them. So them giving Days Gone such a low score, for them, is honestly what killed this game. If they had just stuck with their own review policies, then we'd be getting a banger of a sequel more than likely.
Forgot I had downloaded this a few months back and decided to try it out without any expectations and I have been enjoying every second of it. The attention to small details, the world building. I feel tense from the enemies and think strategically in getting about situations. Everything so far has been great. I haven't seen any bugs as of yet and nothing has really made me reflect on it in a negative or critical aspect yet. Such a beautiful game.
I never expected to disagree with you so much! I loved this game on PC! Sometimes you just want a lot of an enjoyable experience. Not constant changes or major changes. Just a smoooooth slow steady change of pace over a nice beautiful map. It's in my top five games I'd say.
I played through the game when it came on PC and I felt like it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. All the bugs that every other reviewer had talked about in their videos were ironed out, the characters felt well written and the Deacon himself felt like a very compelling character and his relationship with Boozer felt genuine and authentic.
I did almost all the sidequests and while they were hardly anything to write home about, it was a good time for me since I enjoyed the core gameplay loop well enough. Sucks that it isn't going to get a sequel but I feel like this game will be appreciated much more in retrospect.
I played it on launch on ps4 and got it on pc when it launched, there are not many games that grip me these days and I dont have much time to really sink into hardcore stuff these days. I found Days Gone mega enjoyable and I found it no more buggy than any other game
ok no bullshit on bugs being ironed out, there an area in the map that still doesn't load correct and there also main mission in the area that can soft lock your game if you didn't save (What It Takes To Survive is the mission) that been know to happen since the game came out, i had multiple times the gun just stop shooting, freaker can hit you when 5 feet away, the human enemy are dumb as rocks and hordes just spawning in on top of you. i Like the game but seeing people state there no major bugs is bullshit (also on ps4 pro)
@@jackleface2903 If I experienced none of those bugs, I am not spreading bullshit by saying I had no bugs
@@nuttyjawa no i was talking about the main comment, your comment fine because you stated "I found it no more buggy than any other game" so you did get some bugs but i'm calling out the main comment for stating the main game been ironed out when it has not, just look up the mission What It Takes To Survive because you can found mutiple people who had that mission bugged for them.
The depiction of nature and the weather are some of the best I've seen in any game. Also the sound design. The game is highly immersive imho. I honestly love it.
I went into this game expecting nothing
I came out loving it so much. It's not perfect, by any means but when people describe it as a diamond in the rough, that is honest to God true
It deserves the love it got. It coulda been stronger in other areas but at least it was damn solid overall
I love this game.
Following another story or protagonist, such as Derrick Kouri, in a sequel would have been awesome.
I have to say, days gone did two things exceptionally well, it’s Characters, and it’s World Building.
Day's Gone is fantastic and deserves a sequel.
This game made me appreciate Naughty Dog even more. I platinum’d Days Gone but it’s McDonalds. Naughty Dog are PROFESSIONAL & experienced master chefs. Days Gone not getting a sequel is a blessing in disguise
I would argue that when encountering hordes, it depends on your playthrough. I one had a playthrough where I didn’t encounter a horde until that one side mission in that mine or whatever it was. Then in another playthrough I encountered a horde at the first base I tried to clear out.
I recall my first horde was the train horde.
My second was during a mission, i was sneaking around, hopped through a window and it seems a wandering horde came pass and i was shortly swarmed, had a fun chase but i could not win
Loved all my time with days gone. Got the platinum too. I would have bought a sequel on day one. One of the best looking unreal 4 games.
This was my lockdown game (1st one March 2020) and I loved it. Played on PS4 Pro and no bugs or crashes whatsoever. I enjoyed the story and the hordes were just so well done and I just loved coming up with tactics and plans to sort of a script my own fights. It might not be a masterpiece but it was fun and diverting at a time I really needed something to be just that. On scoring of games - one persons 10 is another’s 1 - so by and large meaningless. Read a few reviews and take my chances is my modus operandi. The scores I ignore. For me I’d score this as ‘enjoyable’.
loved this game and was hoping for part 2... but we know how that turns out. Best quote in any game.. "Only the lost tell lies"
I went in without any expectations and I enjoyed it, for what it was. I was invested in the characters, but yeah, some of the storyline was hilariously telegraphed. Anyway, I had a lot of fun.
The bb gas tank is the best crossover ever
When I played this game on the regular ps4 in 2020 it ran fine and I didn't encounter more than a handful of bugs in one playthrough.
It was quite nice. Biking through the world and listening to music from "The Revenant" is so good.
I spent 52 hours on this game. When it was all over I drove around the entire map to see if anything would spawn, and the only thing that does is survivors and ad traps.
Finally, someone else who likes the game. However, i grew up riding bikes and dirt bikes, was a rifleman in the military, i even own a compound bow and i like THIEF and Splinter Cell series, so, stealth too. This game has all that i like, i am on my 4th playthrough. However, i don't mess with the crossbow or the automatic rifles. AT ALL. Just get Unlimited Throwables mod, from Nexus and you're golden.
when you can play a game and love it knowing the flaws, is a description of a great game. -kefir
Currently i'm replaying this game on the highest difficulty, that being Survival II which removes the HUD, you can only see the minimap when using Survivor Sense, and enemies do a lot of damage. So far it's been a blast. the gameplay suits it to some degree. the game itself is incredibly flawed but it isn't flawed enough to be considered bad or mediocre. it's okay and does enough to keep itself interesting but not for long. the characters are alright but the story they're stuck in has many issues that should've been ironed out or left on the cutting room floor. Days Gone is the sort of game that you'd play just to pass the time here and there because trying to take huge chunks out of it at once can get tiring.
Great video dude. can't wait to see more from you.
Drop this puppy on Game Pass and a whole new fan base would open up
Finally got the plat this year after buying this game at launch. It being an open world game, I knew I'd inevitably get fatigue from wanting to do everything on the map. Something kept me coming back though. More than I can say for like 80% of my game collection.
Everything this man has been true and even though it was a hard pill to swallow, it’s the truth but it’s still my favorite game after playing it
From the minds who brought you Bubsy 3D.
Loved the game. Was a bit tired of the Walking Dead storylines so got my zombie fix by playing this game.
Needs to be played on survival difficulty. Then it’s a solid 9 for me.
I know this game is massively flawed: Several bugs and glitches that still happen after patches, an open world that is kind of empty, a pretty meh story that has its moments sometimes and some modern gaming tropes that were inserted so that this game could blend in so well with all other sony games...BUT I still love this freaking game. A satisfying gameplay loop that kept me hooked for 40 hours, an awesome performance from one of my favourite actors (Sam Witwer) as well as beautiful visual design and art direction on pretty much everything. This game is one of my top 3 favourite games (below Journey and Dark Souls). Days Gone is a cult classic that i can't get enough of
My standards must be low, I had never noticed any of these things. Btw I absolutely adore deacon
There is just some moments in the game where decon just dead ass sounds like Joe from family guy
so thankful I found your channel for the love of splinter cell , but dear lord your content , the way you speak , the way you present your opinions , it just kinda sticks in my brain and gives new perspective towards games. SC or no SC , your channel is amazing. I wish I could look at the games the way you do
Honestly, despite the issues I really enjoyed Days Gone, though that was mainly the bike physics and gameplay carrying it for me personally, that and Sam Witwer's performance, the story is.....eh.....it works, but it's not exactly new, still knocks it out of the park imo to tell the story it wants to tell
Enjoyed Days Gone more than I thought, enough that I Platinumed it, but then aside from clearing out Hordes, not much to do after
The power creep you mentioned was pretty much my entire experience in the game. I played through on normal and keep seeing online videos of people taking on the hordes and was thinking "I can't wait to get to that point."
But as soon as I got to that point, I was so fucking bored all the way till I quit with one horde and the final mission left. I just got so burned out I couldn't force myself to finish it.
Tried going back to it again but playing on Hard II and I quit again within two hours knowing how long I had before it would get fun.
I also find I have a difficult time enjoying playing on my PS4 at all now that I have a decent laptop and have gotten spoiled by above 60fps at all times.
play it on steam, its much better
I ain't gonna lie, one of the main reasons I finished this game was because of how great the gun sounds are.
You're absolutely right about how the director told Sam to go a little too far with being unhinged. It's some of the corniest "try to sound like a hardass" dialogue I've ever heard. It sounds like a mix between him getting off and trying to sound tough I've ever heard, and it's so bad it's funny. The game would've been so much better if Deacon's wife, Sarah, was actually dead, and he had to learn to let go. The scene at the church was probably the best piece of the narrative, and they threw it all away for a "everyone wins" ending. And as milquetoast as the story is, I kinda liked how feel good it was. It was a nice break from all of Sony's somber, stoic 3rd person action games they've been churning out.
Recently bought a PS4 and played trough Days Gone. I really loved it but it had it's flaws. My least favourite thing was how (spoiler) I could ignore the hordes most of the game and suddenly I had to beat one for most of the missions left.
Is the constant showing of the Syphon Filter livery a hint at a possible Syphon Filter retrospective video in the future? I’d love to see a properly made retrospective for a childhood favorite of mine be done by one of my most favorite TH-camrs.
I enjoyed this game alot tbh, did all nero collectibles, all ambushes, all historic landmarks, i hated the hordes so much tbh, when I finished the game, and did the rest, there was only a couple infestation left in the last area of the game and all the hordes all over the world, having to collect supplies to build stuff to fight the hordes was the last thing on my mind, loved the experience of doing as much as I could In the game, but stuff like hordes I couldn't be bothered to do at all. If there's anyone else who agrees pls let me know
I can't watch your video because I never played Days gone, my system can't run it, but I shared it on reddit. I like your content and attitude and I will support you any way I can
There's a reason that I play this game in bursts
Man when I heard that the sequel got canceled I was really sad. Mostly because the potential for an amazing game was here in the first one but it missed the mark.
The radio...the radio....THE FRIGGING RADIO!!!!
It won't shut up!!!! EVER! IT's Deacon talking to himself or the radio....no one and nothing shuts up. Ever!
I first played this after all the big patch work already came out, and I honestly had one hell of a time with it. It's one of my favorites of this generation.
The only problem I have was with the way the story was written regarding Sarah's relationship with Deacon. It just didn't seem to make enough sense. But Deacon's friendship with Boozer was extremely memorable and more than made up for it.
After thinking about it more I disagree with saying Jessies reveal has no weight. I think we mostly get into this game expecting a modern, grounded story, but Days Gone follows an older fashioned "everything is connected" type story. Jessie being the rippers leader has weight in the fact that its one more shitty thing Deek can blame himself for. The guy they burned in the past is the one that has now turned that torment and killed hundreds of survivors and also took boozers arm, which deacon had already blamed himself for. Though I understand why people would still rather they not have it
I agree with your point on ratings. I remember Metro 2033 getting quite a few scores in the 60s and thinking, "Yeah, that's fair," even though I fricken LOVED that game.
As of 2021 the game actually did sell around 8 million, so Jeff Ross was actually correct.
I am so happy you made a video on this game, I look up to you as a Video Essay TH-camr and I am surprised you and I had the same opinion on the game. We brought exactly the same points in both our videos xD
I think the story is the best part of days gone. Combat is great. Starts of tense and you really feel like you improve. The motorcycle is great. You feel the improvement when upgrading. The world is beautiful using Oregon was a great idea. Using real landmarks like crater lake. The stealth is way to easy. The side missions ok some better then others. The problem with 6.5/10 is people looked at it and said I’ll just skip it must be bad. It’s supposed to be AAA game. I probably would have given a 7/7.5?
I had no clue Aiden from Being Human U.S. was the main guy and it totally threw me off
the only real reason for the whole jesse thing, at least for me was that it showed deacon wasn't the best type of people before the world ended.
All of the criticisms are valid (except I'm not seeing any bugs now or performance issues on a PS4 Pro). But they add up to a solid 8 or even 9 out of 10 because it really feels like you are living, surviving and scavenging in its world in a way that just isn't true for games such as Red Dead or Tsushima. Those are much more story- and mission-orientated whereas Days Gone really nails the open world feel.
I streamed and finish this game. But there's still a lot of things to do! I'm still streaming this, clearing hordes & side missions. It has its flaws, but it's enjoyable. I've said it so many times on my stream... Believe it or not, It's like playing Horizon, but with zombies... I mean freakers. 🤣
Just beat it on PC and its in my top 10 all time favorites, I freakin love this game and cried at the end, I want more!!! sony you bastards! Did Skizzo put you up to this!!! Love how Deacon talks shit to himself while hes approaching a maurauder/ripper camp
I really liked this game. It had issues with pacing and polish and some weird design choices, but I had lots of fun with the combat and the design of the world really pulls you in. I think Bend, who I was already a fan of from the Syphon Filter games, did a great job on a lot of the environments.
I think the story is better than it gets credit for too. I like how optimistic it ultimately is compared to other zombies media and Deacon turns out to be a more unique character than he appears to be at first glance. That sequel hook at the end is insane and I am sad that we may never get to see what they were setting up with it.
Its a good game. Only negatives for me are the flashback sections where im just walking essentially. And i don't find the very last boss interesting.
But i really like riding around on bike. Customizing. Upgrading.
I started the game awhile ago and I just couldn't get attached to it. To me, it was the gunplay. It just felt off and not satisfying unlike any other third person shooter.
Days Gone was a solid $30 experience. It was well made, not a mtx generator and had a relatively good story. That being said it was literally just TLOU mixed with an Ubisoft open world game. Nothing to write home about
i agree with the dialogue/script, and performance of those dialogues. it just annoyed me who was directing the vos.
atm, the fuel management system - im up to the second fuel tank upgrade - is pissing me off. like, the horse in red dead redemption 2 is a pleasure to explore and open up the world with, and dg would be good too if i didnt have to stop and look for a fuel container every 5 minutes of riding. it's so stupid how much they gimped the fuel tank.
they shouldve opened up the map more, and have us be able to approach spots of the map from different angles. these simple/forced paths make it less open world, unlike red dead redemption 2, unlike zelda breath of the wild, and more like borderlands 3, or enslaved, or rage.
but will still keep an eye out for the studio's next project.
It has 2 many rough edges for me, core gameplay felt repetitive, and after 30 hours it just didn't make any sense for Deacon to keep doing anything.
I mean this whole "new area but same missions" were annoying, and I just dropped it.
you quit right when the story gets going, which shouldnt take 30 hours but the ripper storyline and then the military base were incredible
Last third of the game is easily it’s highest point.
I played Days Gone for around 50 hours or so. Fuckin loved the horde and the motorcycle driving is I think the best out of any game that exist. Driving your bike is better than any bike driving from GTA, Ride and definitely Death Stranding. The shooting is okay I guess and the zombies kinda lack variety. The skill trees are poor, stealth is ehh and the boss fights are bullet sponges.
The story I think was pretty decent on the first half, seeing a man who is stuck in the past being challenged by new people and even battling with the fact that the person that could be his love interest now will part ways with him if he keeps chasing his old girlfriend which most likely is dead. His relationship with his brother, Rikki and also Iron Mike was pretty good. Deacon's personality seems to me like a guy who likes to play this tough act but inside he is really vulnerable. Him talking to the radio with some of the factions are fun to listen to sometimes. The moment the story just goes absolutely downhill was the moment you meet Sarah. Oh boy did it just get a whole lot worse. You now become an errand boy for like 5 quest and the new faction they introduced is so ass and Deacon being shown to inspire the people and act as the leader after Iron Mike's death was executed laughably. The pacing is slow and weird but since it's an open world game, I can forgive them for it. There isn't any open world games I can remember that has well paced narratives since the concept of an open world game is that the player can play the game at their own pace so the story will only progress if the player decides it.
I had a fun time with it until a glitch where none of the cut scene audio would play
I bought this on PS4 and never finished it - but that is because I hate gunplay with controllers. I bought it on PC on steam the day of release. I have completed it, completed Game+ mode. For all of it's flaws, I adore this game immensely and was so disappointed when Sony called off the sequel . I mean Sony announced a Last Of Us re-make from dropping Days gone 2 which could have opened up new dialogue based on the "secret ending" which I don't think is very secret, but I digress and won't spoiler anything.
Essentially the game IS fun...has to be because I keep coming back to it for "One Last Ride".
Thanks for the video I did enjoy it, but no disrespect to you but I disagree on most of what you said. However it is refreshing to see other peoples point of view.
Also this is beautiful and silky smooth at 100+fps, PS4 30fps, makes me shudder to try and remember it.
You played the game? Deacon and Boozer burned tattoos off of Jesse prior to the freaker apocalypse.
It’s a good game, not great but not bad either, it starts out really slow, feels like you’re just running errands for a few camps, but if you stick with it it’s a worthwhile experience with a satisfying progression system
I love this game so much and wish a sequel would be released.
Even if it's not that kickass game, I strongly think that it should have a sequel to continue its storyline with the history of outbreak!
And the Freaker name is from the biker lingo, a methhead. The whole game is a biker theme game
I'll give the game this. It's the best "none walking dead" walking dead game.
I only have a PC so when this game cameout my experience with the technical problem you describe are nowhere to be seen, no pop-ups/loading stutters/etc it's seems to be a problem of the PS4 version and they will never upgrade it to PS5.
I agree with a lot of your points but I have to point out that the cover system is really good, it has that dynamic thing where if you think you can climb that you probably can which adds a ton of ways to approach fights. The gameplay felt sooo good that I did stick with it for longer that I did with Horizon (also on PC) where everything felt really floaty.
You are a nice person who is alright at games :)
Your review is spot on, game is very much a solid 6-7/10. Not a masterpiece but not something you're going to regret your life over. I enjoyed my time a lot when playing this game on my first playthrough... until it overstays its welcome then I just rush to the end since I can't be bothered anymore. Had they more time to polish and tighten up the pacing it would've been much better.
I played days gone on PS4 and i think your rewiew is pretty acurate. Bigest problem for me was the pacing, because you spend too mutch time doing side stuff to unlock new gear and bike parts. Also fighting the first mandatory horde was a real shock, because they just throw you into water and expect you to swim. I think horde fights would be mutch better if we had them from begining and they would just escalate.
Loved the game, but yeah selling 8m copies at full price is very different from having 8m players, most of whom either bought at a discount or even played for free through game pass or psplus/now
Idk why but I fuckin loved this game
Great video! It was a likeable game, had all the makings of a masterpiece but gets let down by its downsides. A flawed masterpiece if you will. Its one of those games that could have probably faired better if it stayed in the oven a little longer. Like the rebirth we saw from Cyberpunk 2077 basically releasing in 2023 the game they should have dropped in 2020.
*I have Luke Stephens review of it etched into my memory where he said Days Gone is like a supermodel who keeps tripping on the runway every few steps😂
One of the best game I’ve ever played…. Period.
I played your Mum. That was fun.
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I loved this game...wish they would have done more with character development, like Boozer, his presence when he is gone should feel like a real blow, idk maybe have more missions where he does more than just help and tanks stuff. Stuff like that.
Thank you for this Craig. Just started playing this on my Ps4 and I must say the game looks great the story is kinda bleak and weak and random events are repetetive but it's good zombie(freaker) killing fun.
I love the game...
I understand your points.
I remember I was playing it and it went first person on me but once I got on the bike it went back to normal to third person.. besides that the normal glitches. Just wanted to share that experience.
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I dont get it Days Gone was a great game and i Love it so much! I hope they bring a second one!
We want that Sequel!
i never had any of these bugs and my frames were pretty good on ps4 when the game came out
technical problems aside this game is great
The Game deserves a Sequel
Thanks!
I think Days Gone has really solid gameplay, like 8 or 9/10, and nearly 10/10 environment/graphics and it's all to service a 3/10 story.. The problem is whoever wrote the people in the game has like zero insight into why people do certain things, in no way do I buy that Rippers are a real group of people, they have no infrastructure, no organization, it's just a bunch of crazy people supposedly just getting high all the time, yet they control a large portion of land, and are apparently organized enough to not only do large attacks, but also trained to stop once a certain horn is blown, they do not make sense! And yeah the motorcycles, like I could see Deacon and Boozer insisting on their bikes, despite fuel running out, and the noise being completely counter productive, Deacon at least is presented as someone stuck in the past enough to do that. But everyone else? You go to Rikki and tell ask her to help pick up a very ill Boozer, and Rikki's reaction is to roll out her bike, that almost certainly doesn't have room for another person, while you don't see them driving it does appear the camp has working cars.
The time when I realized how bad it was during this second playthrough, was me focusing on Skizzo, and I was talking to Rikki and she told me he was caught peeping on Rikki and Abby, and I know/remember Skizzo backstabs you later, so it's like they couldn't write him to be just 1% not the worst, and on top of that you later learn, he appearently was top of his class back when society worked, and Deacon derides him for it, saying "I knew he wasn't a gangbanger" But wtf he never indicated at all he was smart, like at all, because that would be too charitable to his character according to the weirdo who wrote him.
There's also a really funny moment, Boozer does farming work, as people who are in the lost lake camp needs to earn their keep, and that little area is controlled by Skizzo. You see how Skizzo keeps up work morale, he walks around with his gun out, and quietly tells people "hey do the work, we all gotta eat you know?" That was the double whammy for me, when I saw that, it's like yeah, this was written by a complete detached person, that scene was probably made as yet another reminder that Skizzo is a bad guy, but it doesn't make any sense! The people who go there are part of the camp, and they go there by themselves, it is so stupid!
And yet I actually legit enjoy this game, and was very happy to see it on GOG recently, the motorcycle controls feels weighty, the gunplay is decent and doesn't feel overpowered, even when you've upgraded your skills, hell I even found stuff to like about Deacon despite the writers best efforts.
I definitely enjoyed days gone the whole time I played it but it definitely wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. That’s not to say it’s a bad game, it’s not bad at all. My expectations for it were just to high I guess
Best ps4 exclusive imo. Yeah it was a bit of a slog to start with and has some holes, but after a while, i couldn't put down. Was gutted when i finished it.
I also enjoyed the story as i didnt have liberal dribble rammed down my neck every 5 mins.